Correspondence, notes, expense lists, and invoices for objects obtained by Gen. Munthe and shipped to Gertrude Bass Warner in Eugene [003]
Item
Title
Correspondence, notes, expense lists, and invoices for objects obtained by Gen. Munthe and shipped to Gertrude Bass Warner in Eugene [003]
Author
Munthe, Johan Wilhelm Normann
Recipient
Warner, Gertrude Bass, 1863-1951
Date
1928-04-08
Identifier
UA022_b005_f006_005_008
Description
Correspondence between Gertrude Bass Warner and General Normann Munthe
Transcript:
1928
Peking.
My dearest Mr. Murray Warner,
How perfectly adorable of you to offer so much help—personally I would have accepted it gladly & most thankfully as I quite agree with you about my husband’s requiring a longer treatment. But alas he has his own ideas on the subject & while he deeply appreciates your immense kindness in making the offer, he feels he can manage without any further assistance than he is getting now. He says a lady in Europe is constantly working for him & that he feels the benefit of her help—Between us she is new to Science & I doubt her holding the power an experienced practitioner would possess. However there it is—my husband being a Scandinavian sticks to his own view of things with a tenacity a tornado would find hard to move. Luckily is certainly much better than he was & walks about in the garden again among his beautiful old marbles. Albert is going to send off some of your curios by post which he declared is by far the best & safest way from every point of view.
Godfrey & I are now going by sail via Mukden, leaving on Thursday morning 19th of April & due to arrive in Kobe at half past 8 on April 22 (Sunday). We propose to stay at the Oriental Hotel which I was old was very good. It would be lovely if you were staying there too. I do so want to see your dear sweet face again & thank you personally for your wonderful kindness. We ere delighted with your friend from the “Resolute”. She came for tea yesterday.
With much love from us all
Yours gratefully
Alexandra S. Munthe
8/4 1928
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Transcript:
1928
Peking.
My dearest Mr. Murray Warner,
How perfectly adorable of you to offer so much help—personally I would have accepted it gladly & most thankfully as I quite agree with you about my husband’s requiring a longer treatment. But alas he has his own ideas on the subject & while he deeply appreciates your immense kindness in making the offer, he feels he can manage without any further assistance than he is getting now. He says a lady in Europe is constantly working for him & that he feels the benefit of her help—Between us she is new to Science & I doubt her holding the power an experienced practitioner would possess. However there it is—my husband being a Scandinavian sticks to his own view of things with a tenacity a tornado would find hard to move. Luckily is certainly much better than he was & walks about in the garden again among his beautiful old marbles. Albert is going to send off some of your curios by post which he declared is by far the best & safest way from every point of view.
Godfrey & I are now going by sail via Mukden, leaving on Thursday morning 19th of April & due to arrive in Kobe at half past 8 on April 22 (Sunday). We propose to stay at the Oriental Hotel which I was old was very good. It would be lovely if you were staying there too. I do so want to see your dear sweet face again & thank you personally for your wonderful kindness. We ere delighted with your friend from the “Resolute”. She came for tea yesterday.
With much love from us all
Yours gratefully
Alexandra S. Munthe
8/4 1928
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Source
Gertrude Bass Warner Papers, 1879-1954
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Institution
University of Oregon
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Rights
Rights Reserved - Free Access
Rights Holder
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives