Collection of J Edgar Hoover Memorabilia
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Collection of J. Edgar Hoover memorabilia: 1969 autographed color photo with Mara and Art Forbes (Forbes was the Hotel Manager at the Hotel Del Charro which features prominently in the Hoover/Clyde Tolson/corruption/etc. story; a signed/autographed letter to Art Forbes from Hoover about giving Art a copy of a copy of his remarks made at the 10/22/71 dinner meeting of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI on FBI Director stationery: an eleven page document noted in the above letter on the Director's stationery; a Signed/autographed letter from Hoover to Mara Forbes thanking her for the poinsettia she and Art sent Hoover for Christmas, dated 1/2/70 including the envelope: an Original FBI copy of the Tolson letter to Newsweek Magazine Editor Osborn Elliott refuting the infamous December 7, 1964 article about the FBI and Hoover. On Associate Director Tolson stationery; an original copy (stapled to the above Tolson letter to Newsweek) of Hoovers letter to Robert F. Kennedy dated 11/22/63 extending condolences on the death of President Kennedy; a Typed letter (with corrections) from Art Forbes to Assistance Director Tolson expressing dismay at the Newsweek article and refuting any attempt by Newsweek that placed Forbes as the source of information in the article. Paper has damage; a Seasons greeting card from Hoover; a Seasons greeting card from Tolson; a Seasons greeting card from Tolson in envelop with Tolson return address and hand addressed to the Forbes
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Collection of J Edgar Hoover Memorabilia
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