Correspondence of Alice B. Toklas, 1928-1956

This series consists of letters from Alice B. Toklas to Georges Maratier and to Lawrence Scott dating from 1928 to 1939. Georges Maratier was a close friend of both Stein and Toklas during the late 1920s and 1930s. Letters written between 1928 and 1931 are addressed informally; later the salutation and content of the letters are more formal. Unlike the earlier letters, the letters written to Maratier from 1934 on deal with the issues of Gertrude Stein's U.S. tour and other business matters. Also included in this series is a letter from Toklas to Lawrence Scott in 1956 and a brief note by her written in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The documents have been arranged in chronological order.