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Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Sidney J. Perelman correspondence, 1967-1979

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-005
Scope and Contents

Consist primarily of 95 handwritten and typed letters, postcards, and telegrams from Perelman to his lover Irene O. B. Kemmer. Other correspondence includes letters from Perelman’s secretary to Kemmer, Princess Margaret to Perelman, and letters from Laura, Abby, and/or Sidney Perelman to Kemmer. Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings that Perelman enclosed with some of his letters, many of which bear his added notes and commentaries.

Dates: 1967 - 1979

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