Letter re: Will Rogers' death
- Title
- Letter re: Will Rogers' death
- Creator
- Pool, Julia W.
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/47906
- Description
- My dear Mr. Carter: I am sure there has never been a tragedy which so deeply touched the entire United States as has this one of yesterday. I believe every one feels a decided personal loss as no one has ever been so versatile - if that be the correct word - in their appeal to individuals as your (?) friend Mr. Rogers. When someone called me early this morning to tell me of this tragic happening, my first thought seemed to be that I had lost a friend who was indeed close, but after the shock my next thought was of you and your close friendship, then gaining my equilibrium I realized the loss was being suffered by the entire world. You had told us of your close association with him which of course I (?) of, then the Fourth of July, I chanced to be at the airport as he was en route from Stamford so I apologetically interrupted his enjoyment of a chicken bone to inquire about your trip and he told me that you had postponed going until October. Truly there can never be another. In unbelievable combination of humor with keen insight into affairs not only fo our country but of the entire world, the unusual ability to disagree and never offend! Sometimes I think of line "what manner of man is this"? Accept my deep sympathy and my kindest regards. Sincerely The Doniphon - Julia W. Pool August sixteenth
- Date
- 1935-08-16
- Decade
- 1930s
- Subjects
- Rogers, Will
- Source
- Box 157, Rogers, Will 1935, 2 of 21 Folder, Item 005
- Type
- Document
- Formats
- 10.5x6.75 Paper
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph