- Collection:
- Cutler Collection
- Title:
- Letter, New York, New York, to Bessie Beamer, 1924 May 4
- Creator:
- Keith, Dora Wheeler, 1856-1940
- Date of Original:
- 1924-05-04
- Subject:
- Keith, Dora Wheeler, 1856-1940--Correspondence
Beamer, Bessie Baker, 1864-1955--Correspondence
Cutler, Hazel Beamer, 1901-1980
Mothers and daughters--Georgia--Thomasville
Cutler, Hazel Beamer, 1901-1980--Health
Haggin, Ben Ali, 1882-1951 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville, 30.83658, -83.97878
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letter written by illustrator, portrait artist, and muralist Dora Wheeler Keith (1856-1940), dated May 4, 1924, to Eva Elizabeth "Bessie" Baker Beamer (1864-1955). In the letter, Keith lets Mrs. Beamer know that her daughter Hazel Beamer (before she took the married surname of Cutler, and who lived from 1901-1980) is recovering from a tonsil operation performed by a "skillful" doctor and that she is bringing Hazel home the following day. Keith assures Mrs. Beamer that the hospital Hazel Beamer is staying in is reputable, that she has a private room, and that she is under proper care. Keith notes that once Hazel Beamer has recovered, she will bring her to Onteora, a Catskills artist colony in Greene County, New York, where her family owns a cabin. Keith notes that portrait artist and stage designer Ben Ali Haggin, III (1882-1951) sent flowers to Hazel, that a friend has brought her ice cream, and that assorted admirers have asked about her. Keith assures Mrs. Beamer that Hazel will write once she is better. Dora Wheeler Keith and her husband, New York lawyer and reformer Boudinot Keith (1859-1925) were Hazel Beamer's hosts and guardians in New York City, where Hazel Beamer attended college and performed as a dancer before she married.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tchs_cutcol_tchs6129-03-06-11
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:tchs_cutcol_tchs6129-03-06-11
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/tchs_cutcol_tchs6129-03-06-11/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Thomasville History Center
- Rights:
-
Sunday night 230 Riverside Drive New York City May 4th 1924 Tele. Riverside 9480 Dear Mrs Beamer This is to tell you that Hazel has safely weathered her tonsil operation & I am bringing her home tomorrow - We went Sat - & she had them out, in a short time by a skillful Dr - He insisted upon her taking [?] as he said very truly no doubt, then he could not make a thorough I was with her until she had taken [?] I then staid on until she came out of it. Dr made her faithfully sick of course - it always does - & it affords her some more than others [?] so we thought in-part to keep her at the hospital until she [was] is in entirely good shape. Of course I am with her all day - & she was fine tonight - so tomorrow she will coe home - Im going down in the morning to see her - Its a Good hospital & she has a private room - & the nurses & Dr are loved by her - I dont think Mrs. Beamer, that [?] one could be better taken care of or more loved than she is. We are ordered to keep her in bed the rest of the week - & so with her after that - & I shall take her to Onteora for a last time - They tell me that [?] was a very proper [?] & that 2 these bothersome [*230 Riverside Drive*] [?] will not [?] [?] to keep [*New York City*] again. Also they all tell me that she [*Tele. Riverside 9480*] put on fat for the first time in her life - & I believe she will. Bub sent her some lovely roses & Ben Ali sent a mass of beautiful spring flowers - & Mr. Keith is having her room here filled with daffodils & & tulips & all the gay things he can think of for her return - George has haunted the house & the hospital with ice cream for her & Mr. Keith says her various admirers have kept the wires hot asking abt her - & all our friends as well. She will write herself after she gets back & settled - Down farther to answer this letter, Mrs. Beamer - it is only to give yout the inside dope abt everything. I am awfully glad to leave it now - for it is a nasty job - but she certainlly needed it bads - My best love to Mm Sally & Mm Willy & always to yourself Yours Affectionately Dora W. Keith Of course I am ont here all day - until I have to leave for night - so dont worry.