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January 15, 1927. Letter from Fred Seely to Mr. Fred
O. Scroggs, Brasstown, N.C.. Suggests that Mr. Scroggs visit Tryon and
speak with Yale and Vance regarding their work. |
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January 21, 1927.Letter from Vance and Yale to Fred
Seely declining invitation to visit Grove Park Inn. Discussion on the
details of the door being carved for "Overlook", home of Seely.
"Our work was never so satisfactory as now. |
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January 24, 1927. Letter from Fred Seely to
Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale. "I am so happy to have your
letter this morning with all the good wishes it contains. We
really had a lot of anxiety and it is just a little worse today than
ever for Mr. Grove developed pneumonia last night and I am afraid his
time is very short. However, we will get back to normal in the near
future and I am so anxious to see the door and enjoy what you have done.
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January 25, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale
and Eleanor Vance to Fred Seely. "We sent the door on the 60'clock
train to-night. , by Express (charges paid) and we hope that it will
reach you safely. We feel as if we had lost part of ourselves now that
it has really started on its way, indeed, we have a lonely sort of
feeling as if a member of our Toy-Shop family had gone away.
...Bible..." |
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February 8, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale
and Eleanor Vance to Fred Seely. "I want to thank you for all you
did for me yesterday and for my friends. It is always so helpful to have
an interview with you and such a real holiday experience to have
Luncheon at the Inn that I never know how to thank you, then your making
it possible for me to see Mr. Wallace Davis was the greatest possible
favor for our work....I was delighted to know that you are pleased twith
the door but I felt sure you would be...." |
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February11, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale
and Eleanor Vance to Fred Seely. "We are enclosing the statement
for the door. The actual cost to us was $788.50 and we think we ought to
add 1/4 for the benefit of our little organization, as we laid aside all
other carving to do it. We appreciate the opportunity of doing the work,
yet we want to be fair to the Toy-Makers so as to keep afloat. ..." |
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March 20, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale to
Fred Seely. "I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciated your
generous courtesy to me and our friends yesterday. ...Mrs. Curtis' home
is in Rome. Her husband was for years head of the American Academy
there. He died during the war and he was buried with military honors.
This is the first time she has been in America for sixteen years. She
was greatly pleased to meet you and was impress with your personality.
After meeting you she understood why the great things she saw all around
the Hotel & the Industries could have been accomplished. I was
especially glad to be able to show her around as she came with a letter
of introduction from a n old friend of ours in Paris whom we have not
seen for thirty years!...Mrs. Carter ... Mrs Vinnage..." |
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May 3, 1927. Letter from Fred Seely to
Charlotte Yale. "We have lost quite a number of sales by not having
a stock of your goods and I am wondering if anything has happened or if
our credit is bad with you. Of course, you must remember that I am still
your Godfather and when I see you losing business I feel it my duty to
call you down. Are you going to be able to fill orders soon or just what
is the matter? " |
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May 4, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale and
Eleanor Vance to 'Godfather'. [Fred Seely]. "Dear Godfather: -
Thank you for you Fatherly letter just received. It does us a world of
good to know that in the midst of all you responsibilities you still
remember us. Yes, your credit is as good as ever, - even better and our
affection for you deeper every year, but you order came in too
late!...By the way, we never had such a season. No one else in Tryon did
much this year, but our product vanished like magic... P.S. You had
better come down and give the Toy-Shop 'the once over'. It might stir us
up a bit to get your 'slant' on our business C.L.Y. Later -- Just
telephoned for 10 1/2 yds. of Homespun but found you did not have it in
stock. 'I hate to see you losing business in this way!!' E.P.V. |
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May 6, 1927. Letter from Fred Seely to
Eleanor P. Vance. I hope you didn't take my letter too seriously but it
worried us a lot not to have the toys. ..." |
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June 14, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale to
Fred Seely. "If you have had a chance to have any pictures of the
door taken will you let us have one to take North with us on our Mission
to Wisconsin? ...We know these must be very busy days for all of you
[Gertrude's wedding] ...We were delighted to meet Mr. Eller here and
think he is a perfectly splendid young man. Best of all, Gertrude seems
so happy that it is a pleasure to see her. ..." |
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June 15, 1927. Letter from Fred Seely to
Charlotte Yale. "Thank you for your letter. I certainly thought I
had sent the photograph of the door but I must have failed to do so. I
send two photographs of it herewith and a couple of prints of the house
which will give a little idea as to where the door is to go.... Don't
let those Northern people steal your affection for if they do I will go
over to Tryon and steal the Toy Business." |
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June 18, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale to
Fred Seely. "Thank you for your kind letter of the fifteenth and
also for the fine photographs. We are so glad to have them to take North
with us. We hope to see the door in its setting some of these days.
There is no danger of the Northern people stealing our affections for we
love our own work too much and good old North Carolina as well. |
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June 22, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale to
Grove Park Inn. "Thank you for the check for $338.93 for our May
bills which was received on the 18th ...our figures differ. For your
reference I am listing the statements as they are on our file...." |
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July 28, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale to
Fred Seely. "We have returned from our perfectly wonderful trip and
we have brought back with us a book which Dr. Ely asked us to give to
you. The book is a volume of letters written by his son, Dinsmore, the
young aviator , who must have been a most unusual young man. Dr. Ely was
so thrilled over the whole conception of Grove Park Inn that he never
grew tired of asking questions about the man back of it -- the man who
dreamed the dream....we were happy to tell him that you are one of our
very best friends -- in fact, the 'God-Father' of the
Toy-Makers..." |
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July 29, 1927. Letter from Ruth Hatch to
Charlotte Yale. "We wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter
which has been received during Mr. Seely's absence from the City.
..." Note at bottom: "Mr. Seely's letter to Dr. Ely in
personal file E. Miscel." |
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August 8, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale to
Miss Ruth. "We are sending to-day one of our new Toys on approval.
It is a train of cars for the little ones who can only creep around. It
can be shuffled or pushed around the floor & there are no wheels to
get out of order. The coupling is not too difficult for the little folks
to manage. This is not a selling season with us and few come in..." |
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October 11, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale
to Miss Ruth. "We sent two boxes yesterday by Parcel Post for the
Sales desk. The twelve Hepplewhite Desk sets which we sent belongs to an
order which Miss Julia telephoned us 9/14/27 while you were away...The
road construction works a real hardship on our Shop." |
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November 20, 1927. Letter from Charlotte Yale
to Grove Park Inn. "We thank you for your Order NO. L202, dated
November 12th. ...We found that we could only send 6 Old Woman and Shoe
Sets, but we shall send the others very soon....Jumping Jacks..." |
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