Burton James letter to Defense Attorney Clifford O'Brien regarding the Canwell Committee, September 28, 1948
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- 1948
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- Burton James replies to a letter from Defense Attorney Clifford O'Brien regarding the repercussions of the Canwell Committee's investigation of Burton and his wife Florence. James addresses some of the legal work completed by O'Brien's firm and discusses poor sales in the wake of the committee hearings. James writes, "The Playhouse has suffered greviously. In terms of audience and pre-sales, these opening weeks have been ghastly." He also discusses the pressure put on the Playhouse from the University of Washington drama department.
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- James, Burton
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- University of Washington
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- University of Washington
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- text
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- TextCorrespondence (letter)Scanned from original text or image at 200 dpi saved in JPEG format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2015
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- James, Burton. Burton James letter to Defense Attorney Clifford O'Brien regarding the Canwell Committee, September 28, 1948. 1948. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/26695. (Accessed July 21, 2018.)
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- James, Burton, (1948) Burton James letter to Defense Attorney Clifford O'Brien regarding the Canwell Committee, September 28, 1948. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/26695
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- James, Burton. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/26695>.