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Hughes to Miller. Photocopied letter with "Dear Chuck" added in handwriting at the top. Hughes says that it has been approximately one year since she moved into her new house on Cave Lane. She apologizes for the Xeroxed letter and says that her eyesight is progressively failing, but that she is enjoying all of the dance concerts in San Antonio. 1 leaf.

Scope and Content Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on American Dance Therapy Association stationery. (Miller adds extra paragraphs on April 24th and May 26th.) He comments on Martha Graham turning 91 and planning a performance for her 60th anniversary. He says that his sister was disappointed in the Vancouver B.C. Exposition and that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster actually affected western Canada including the Vancouver area. Miller talks about the aerobic...

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Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on La Meri Ethnic Dance stationery (with her San Antonio address added on). The letter is a general newsletter to unspecified friends regarding a big birthday Bill gave her on May 14th (her 88th). Handwritten addition to Miller apologizes for a not more personal letter, but her eyes are worse and she welcomes his letters. 2 leaves.

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Hughes to Miller. Letter is missing from the envelope, unless it is one of the partially dated or undated ones below. Attached to the envelope is a color snapshot of two dogs. Envelope and photo.

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Hughes to Miller. Christmas card with note saying that she has one eye working again and will write a longer letter as soon as she can re-learn to type. A photo of Hughes in San Antonio is glued to the inside of the card. 1 item. Envelope included.

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Hughes to Miller [and Dorothy, his wife]. Handwritten letter on Russell M. Hughes stationery from San Antonio. She thanks them for their Christmas note and talks about her recent eye surgery. She talks of her present dogs, Wendy and Morganita, and her past dogs--and where they are all buried [on the Cape]. 2 leaves.

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Hughes to Miller. Typed letter on plain paper. First page is missing. She has received an award from the San Antonio Folk Dance Society of San Antonio College. She also mentions that Saeko Ichinohe and Victor Tello, former St. Denis Award winners, are giving a concert in July which they are dedicating to her. 1 leaf.

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Hughes to Miller. Short handwritten note letting Miller know that she has a new, unlisted telephone number and that he should "file it somewhere and use it some time." With the note, is La Meri's calling card with her San Antonio address and her revised telephone number. 2 items. Envelope included.

Scope and Content Miller to Hughes. Carbon copy of a typed letter on plain paper. Miller tells Hughes that he tried to phone her a few weeks ago but was told that she had not been feeling well. He is enclosing a newspaper clipping regarding the renovation of Jacob's Pillow and La Meri is mentioned in the article. Miller says that he has written to Barton [Mumaw] about his book and thinks that he and Jane Sherman have done an important job in the area of dance history especially as it pertains to Ted [Shawn's]...

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Hughes to Miller. Handwritten letter on bunny stationery. She tells Miller that Bill told her that he, Miller, had called and she is sorry that she did not get to talk to him because she was taking her afternoon nap. Hughes makes some comments about today's modern dance presentations, and says that a writer has been coming over twice a week to write Hughes's biography. 1 leaf. Envelope included.