ODELL SHEPARD - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/02/1932 - HFSID 286553
Sale Price $175.00
Reg. $220.00
ODELL SHEPARD
Shepard writes expressing his regret that the three phonographic
records of the Trinity Hymm he received in the mail were broken and apologizes
for his tardiness in letting the sender know what happened.
Typed Letter Signed: "Odell Shepard". 1 page5½x8½. On
Department of English Trinity College Letterhead, Hartford, Connecticut, 1932,
March 2. To a Mr. Martin Taylor. In Full: "Dear Mr Taylor. Your
kindness in having made and in sending to me three phonographic records of my
Trinity Hymm has not really made so little impression as my silence would
indicate. These records reached me six days ago, after lying for a day or two in
the janitor's office. I should have written to you about them at once. That I
did not is due to these three insufficient causes: that I had to leave town
shortly after they arrived, that I returned home with a mild case of grippe, and
finally that I was reluctant to tell you that all three of them were broken in
the mail. Needless to say, I am very sorry for this, on my own account as well
as yours. I should have been glad to take one of them to President Ogilby, as
you requested, and another to alumni secretary, Bill Brill, who is an
enthusiasts of many sorts, including the phonographic. I take it for granted
that the other seven records have been distributed-and indeed I heard from Judge
McCook that he had one-so that I may never hear one played. Just the same, I am
glad to know that they were made, and again I thank you for your interest in the
song. Cordially yours," Odell Shepard (1884-1967) was an American poet,
politician and professor. He was the lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from
1941-1943. Shepard graduated from Harvard, going on to teach at the English
department at Yale. He taught at Trinity college as a English Professor from
1917-1946. He won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for writing Pedlar's
Progress, a biography of Bronson Alcott the father one of the foremost
Transcendentalists Louisa May Alcott. Shepard edited the works of Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau. 2 filing
holes at left edge. 2 horizontal letter fold creases. Otherwise fine condition.
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