Preservation photocopy of a typed letter : New York, to John Steinbeck, 1948 July 23.

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Preservation photocopy of a typed letter : New York, to John Steinbeck, 1948 July 23.

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Concerning research for the film Viva Zapata! Noting that Henry [White] informed him that the Kodak Library does not have any films on Zapata or the Revolution, but that they suggested contacting the General Film Library and the film library at the Museum of Modern Art. Reporting that neither institution had any films, but that he was referred to a private individual in Chicago. Asking whether he should pay a $25 research fee to continue investigating, or if he should let the matter drop.

1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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