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VAN HORNESVILLE, N E W Y O R K
13475
19 June 1975
Bear Bob:
Following up the letters which Mildred Adams
Kenyon and I wrote you late in May, I am enclosing
xerographic copies of a score or so of pages from her
text, with certain corrections or annotations bearing
my initials. More often than not the corrections are
minor involving names or dates with which I am familiar
as Mildred was not* A few are merely corroborative or
answer questions which Mildred posed herself. More serious
are those which deal with lapses of memory or confusion
of sequences on Mr. Young 1 s part y especially in the early
interviews. By and large his memory seems to have been
sharpened as the interviews proceeded, and those with
my father called for very minor changes indeed. Nevertheless, I have made copies of all pages even when the
changes involved a single word.
The only pager I have despaired of getting
straight without redictating concern^ Mr. Young f s recollections of the creation of the Radio Corporation of
America in 1919*^ He had most of the facts in mind, but
the sequence of the moves he made is hopelessly confused.
Since Josephine and I have completed the chapter dealing
with these events after the most painstaking kind of research, I thought it best to send along my own version
of this page, with a copy going to Mildred. I am also
sending her a copy of this letter, but shall not trouble
her with the other pages unless she wants them. In any
event, I share her hope that this will be helpful to
others who may consult her recorded interviews, which I
for one have found exceedingly useful. Perhaps this will
help to repay you for the trouble you took in sending me
copies of the relevant sections of her papers.
Faithfully yours,
Everest Case
/
Mr. Robert Calkins
c/o Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D.C.