[Letter, 1923 May 17] : New York City, New York, [to] John T. McCutcheon, Chicago, Illinois / [Edward Avery McIlhenny].

ArchivalResource

[Letter, 1923 May 17] : New York City, New York, [to] John T. McCutcheon, Chicago, Illinois / [Edward Avery McIlhenny].

McIlhenny discusses the prospect of meeting with McCutcheon and displaying his array of films and photographs of the birds on Avery Island, Louisiana. McIlhenny also extends an invitation to McCutcheon to become a member of the Gulf Coast Club.

[2] leaves ; 28 cm.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7654717

Chicago Zoological Society

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Brookfield Zoo archives.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nx0950 (corporateBody)

Brookfield Zoo (Ill.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh0fgb (corporateBody)

McIlhenny, Edward Avery, 1872-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6902zdb (person)

Edward Avery "Ned" McIlhenny, son of Tabasco brand pepper sauce inventor Edmund McIlhenny, was a Louisiana businessman, explorer, naturalist, and conservationist. He participated in Arctic expeditions as a young man before assuming control of the McIlhenny Company, overseeing Tabasco sauce production as president of the organization until his death. During his tenure, McIlhenny expanded, modernized, and standardized sauce production, as well as experimented with new ways of promotin...

McCutcheon, John T.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh2ptv (person)

John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a newspaper cartoonist and war correspondent. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, McCutcheon graduated from Purdue University in 1889. After graduation, McCutcheon got a job as a cartoonist for the Chicago Morning News (later the News-Record; Chicago Record; Record-Herald). McCutcheon published political cartoons and was a correspondent covering the Spanish-American War and the South African (Boer) War. He illustrated the stories of his close friend, humorist Georg...