MRS. CHARLES B. GOODSPEED

2430 LAKE VIEW AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

December 16, 1940.

Dear Virgil Thompson,

It has been so long since I have seen hide or hair
of you, though I have heard plenty, and it would be such
fun to see you again.

I don't know whether you remember when you came to
town about The Arts Club, of which I have been President
for some eight odd years but have this year resigned,
since I am practically dead. However, I am still very
much interested in it and if it is possible and within
our means, we would like so much to have you come out and
lecture to us on Music or anything you please. It might
be a Sunday afternoon lecture or most any morning during
the week. The only difficulty is that we are very poor
and have to be very careful about our finances.

It would be such an honor to have you with us and
we do hope that it may be possible for you to come out.
We generally pay only a hundred dollars for lectures, but
we could add fifty or seventy-five more for expenses.
Does this sound too dreadful to you?

Could you drop me a line just as soon as possible,
so that if there is any chance we can make plans for dates,
as the time is flying.

MRS. CHARLES B. GOODSPEED

December 27, 1940.

Dear Mr. Thomson,

How nice to hear from you again and to have
news of Gertrude. I tried to cable her this Christmas,
but doubt whether my message ever arrived.

We are so pleased to think that you can come
to The Arts Club and lecture to us. I am turning the
arrangements over directly to the Club now, and the
Music Committee will write to you today and give you
their plans. I think their dates are filled for Febru-
ary and that they would rather have you the middle of
January, but I am leaving to them the arrangements from
now on.

Both of your lectures sound most interesting
and I would like to hear them both, but I think that in
view of the more modern programs we have at The Arts
Club, perhaps the one on "The Why and How of Music
Criticism" would fit into our scheme a little better.

I do hope to be here when you come, but since
I have to go to Arizona with my husband, I might be
out of town. However, if you are here by the middle

THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO

400 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE

December 27, 1940

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AIR MAIL

Mr. Virgil Thomson
New York Herald Tribune
230 West 41st Street
New York, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Thomson:

We are very glad to hear from you about your lecture. It happens that we already have dates in February taken and that the very best date for us is the middle of January. We hope therefore that the date of Wednesday, January 15th, will be agreeable to you.

Both of your lectures sound good, but as Mr. John Palmer, Vice-Chairman of the Music Committee is away for the holidays we shall advise you later about his choice.

We therefore have listed the following arrangements in detail:

**NAME:** VIRGIL THOMSON
**DATE:** Wednesday, January 15, 1941
**HOUR:** 11:30 A. M.
**DURATION:** About one hour
**SUBJECT:** (to be determined later)
**FEE:** One Hundred Dollars fee, and seventy-five dollars expenses ($175.00)

We understand that you use no piano or records with this lecture.

We would like to hear from you in confirmation of the above and hope that this date may be possible for you.

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