Name/Title
Letter: Willard Seiberling to Robert HarrisonEntry/Object ID
A 2025.16.b1.f5.60 Description
Letter starts with writer "singing" Robert a happy birthday. The writer expresses their looking forward to seeing the reader during their visit to Hessel for their Harrison family reunion. The writer then shares the reader's family's transportation and arrival details for the reunion. The writer mentions enclosing a Trip-Tick of directions. The writer closes the letter with "With best wishes for the coming year of your life, Affectionately," and does not sign the letter. At the top of the letter is a handwritten note to Irene about the delay in mailing the letter in hopes of hearing about Irene's cook.Subject Person/Organization
Seiberling, Willard Penfield, Harrison, Robert Frank, Harrison, Irene SeiberlingCollection
PERMANENT COLLECTIONCataloged By
Katrina NeffAcquisition
Accession
A 2025.16Source or Donor
UnknownAcquisition Method
FoundLetter Details
Letter Date
May 21, 1978Primary Language
EnglishTranscription
Transcription
Irene,- I delayed mailing this too you in the hope that in a day or 2 or 3 I’d have word for you about your cook. From the date of this letter to the date of my letter to you is a delay of 5 days.
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Hessel, Mich., 49745.
Sunday, 5-21-78.
Happy bithday [sic] to you, H B D 2 U,
H B D Dear Robert, H B D 2 U.
Pretend that’s a singing telegram, and enclosed is my birthday check to wish you many happy returns of the day.
I am looking forward to seeing you during the three days you will be up here on your Mother’s big plans for your family reunion. The timing is bad, as I’ll be busy with my contractors, so you will have to help your Mother “run the show” as I won’t be available.
After I get Cove Point finished and no longer have contracters [sic] on my hands, I’m looking forward to having a Harrison Family reunion of two weeks up here instead of just three days.
Your Mother has probably already advised you of the transportation plans whereby she and Sally will be driving up on Friday the 9th, sleeping in Hessel at the Wilson’s Motel Friday night so as to have the full day of Saturday to get everything ready for the arrival of all of you from Akron and Chicago late Saturday afternoon. Sally’s children will sleep at the Gate Lodge Friday night and you will drive them them [sic] up on Saturday, leaving at about 8:30 a.m. so as to get here by 6:00 p.m. Enclosed is/a copy of Trip-Tick I made up for your Mother and Sally which will also help you; your Mother is getting the original.
With best wishes for the coming year of your life,
Affectionately,Transcriber
Cindi RokeLanguage
EnglishCreate Date
August 12, 2026Update Date
August 14, 2026