Ellin Berlin letters, 1956, 1957.

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Ellin Berlin letters, 1956, 1957.

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Three letters with covers written to Caroline Wenzel who lived in Sacramento, California, as Berlin was completing the writing and publication of her novel, Silver platter, based on the life of her grandmother, Louise Hungerford Mackay. The letters are dated 7 April 1956, 23 May 1956, and 24 May 1957. Wenzel was head of the California Room at the California State Library and assisted her with research.

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University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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Berlin, Ellin, 1903-1988

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Ellin Mackay Berlin was a novelist and wife of the songwriter Irving Berlin. She was the daughter of Clarence and Katherine Mackay. Her father made his fortune from Postal Telegraph Company, the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, mining and several other inherited interests; her grandfather, John W. Mackay, an Irish immigrant made fortunes from the Comstock Lode. Her mother was a writer. Ellin herself was a successful writer....

Wenzel, Caroline, 1886-1951.

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Mackay, Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford), 1843-1928.

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