Edith Towne Letter, MSS.2330

Abstract: Letter from Edith Towne of Berlin, Germany to Randy (Mrs. Peter) Merriman about sending a birthday gift for a mutual friend.Scope and Content Note: Contains one letter and envelope written to Mrs. Peter Merriman (Randy) by Mrs. Walter J. Towne (Edith) from Berlin, Germany.The collection contains a letter from Edith (Mrs. Walter J.) Towne of Berlin, Germany to Randy (Mrs. Peter) Merriman of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Edith is apparently on an extended trip to Germany as she says that she has sent in her church contribution covering April 1-July 1. She also asks Randy to purchase some candy or flowers for a mutual friend's birthday. She ends by saying that she is going to the opera to hear Albert Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann featuring Heinrich Schlusnus (the "best baritone in Berlin") as the Czar.Biographical/Historical Note: In 1939, Edith Towne (Mrs. Walter J.) lived in Berlin, Germany