ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/27/1952 - HFSID 344470

ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT
This typed letter expressing her admiration and congratulations for a report written by the recipient is signed by the stage actress and philanthropist
Typed letter signed: "Eleanor R. Belmont" in black ink. 5½x7¼. New York, March 27, 1952. Typed on personal letterhead to "Dear Mr. O'Connor" in full: "I am sorry that my acknowledgment of your report, 'Man's Responsibility in the Fight Against Disease' has been delayed. It is an extremely thoughtful, interesting and inspiring statement. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is a truly remarkable organization, and the cause is deeply appealing to everyone. May I, at this time, offer you my congratulations and my gratitude for what you have done. Sincerely yours". English-born American stage actressEleanor Robson Belmont (1879-1979) began her acting career in stock companies, in San Francisco at age 17, and made her New York debut in 1900. A major Broadway star for the decade of the 1900's, she retired following her marriage to financier and racehorse enthusiast August Belmont, Jr. in 1910. He died in 1924, but she remained active in New York's theatre life - always called Mrs. August Belmont - for another half century: the first woman on the board of the Metropolitan Opera Association, and the founder of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. She helped set the pattern for mixed public/private funding of the arts in the US. Lightly toned. Upper left hand corner creased. Horizontal fold across center. Otherwise, fine condition.