Letter dated February 6, 2010, from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, regarding Brainard family history and the grape belt archive

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Title
Letter dated February 6, 2010, from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, regarding Brainard family history and the grape belt archive
Identifier
4004.440a
Description
One page letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, regarding Brainard family history and possible additions to the growing digital grape belt archive. Dated February 6, 2010.

Letter is printed on letterhead for the The Chautauqua-Erie Grape Belt Resource Network (including a typographical error in the word "Chautauqua." This document corresponds with 4004.440b

Full text of letter below:

MEMO FROM: John Thomas Slater
DATE:
TO:
SUBJECT:
February 6, 2010
Marshall D. Brainard
Brainard History
Dear Marshall,
First of all, I want to thank you again for sending the copy of your book on the Brainard family. You have done
an extraordinary job of telling the story of your ancestors and, as I told you in our last telephone conversation,
the portion of the book relating to the business ventures of your grandfather, Uncle Frank, and your father is of
tremendous value to those of us who have been researching the history of the grape industry.
I must apologize for the tardiness of my follow-up, but I wanted to have the opportunity to discuss your book
and the illustrations with a couple of my colleagues before requesting any additional material from you for our
growing Grape Belt Archive. This communication took a bit longer than I had expected due to some scheduling
difficulties. However, I have come up with a list of items that you have used in the book that we think would make
excellent additions to the digital archive. The list of these items is attached.
Since there were several hi-quality copies you had previously sent me, those are not included. The items listed
are primarily photos that you used as illustrations and would be of great value to us who are working to preserve
the legacy of the various companies and businesses that operated as part of the grape industry during the late
19th and early 20th centuries; as well as the individuals who made those companies successful.
We sincerely appreciate your support for our ongoing research project and hope you will consider providing hiresolution copies of the items listed herewith. In the meantime, I hope the New Year has brought you good health
and I will look forward to talking to you again soon.
Cordially,
Abstract
Letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, regarding Brainard family history and possible additions to the growing digital grape belt archive. Dated February 6, 2010
Date
2010
Subject
Slater, John T.
Chautauqua & Erie Grape Belt Resource Network
Format
PDF
Creator
John T. Slater
Access Rights
Open Access
Media
Brainard 02-06-10.pdf