Letter from Coleman Hawkins to Renée Gertler

  • Reference number
  • NJA/C/DIA/COR/41
  • Title
  • Letter from Coleman Hawkins to Renée Gertler
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  • Date of creation
  • 11/09/1934
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  • 1 Item
  • Description
  • Personal letter. Hawkins thanks Renee for having chased up his mail in London. He thinks there's another parcel waiting for him somewhere - having been returned to USA once previously. He thinks the issue is the fact that ther may be money to pay for Duty charges. Jack (Hylton) has just left for New York for about four weeks and Billy Ternant [sic] (Ternent) has taken the band to Ireland in the meantime. Renee will be having an operation on her tonsils.,,
    Subject notes (places): New York; Ireland. Subject notes (people): Louis (Armstrong); Alpha (Smith); Jack (Hylton); Billy Ternent.,
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    Format notes: Plain envelope and paper - paper deckle edged. Two sheets, folded to form eight numbered pages. Headed 'New Hippodrome Theatre, Darlington' and postmarked Darlington. Sent to 34, The Avenue, Brondesbury, London, NW6. No date. Letter signed 'Coly'. Note inside envelope saying 'My baby, I'll always love You'.
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  • Letter
  • Copy Status
  • Original
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  • Physical Description
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  • Storage location
  • Loughton Archive-2
  • Name of creator
  • Hawkins, Coleman
  • Language
  • English
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  • Out of copyright
  • No
  • Copyright expiry date
  • 31/12/2039
  • Copyright owner
  • Hawkins, Coleman
  • Copyright holder birth date
  • 21/11/1904
  • Copyright holder death date
  • 19/05/1969
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  • Access Status
  • Open
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