{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the letters sent by Joel Sayre consist of some ninety-two lengthy, holograph and typewritten letters sent to his daughter, Nora Sayre, written from various places including Berlin, Germany in 1945, while he was a war correspondent, and from Los Angeles, during his employment as screenwriter in the motion picture industry. The letters, which are exceptionally rich in the description of his social and literary life and activities, were written mostly while Nora was a student in private school, while she was studying at Radcliffe College, and while she was abroad in Europe and England during the late 1950s. There are also are some eighteen, lengthy typewritten letters and cables sent (1938) by Joel Sayre to his wife, Gertrude Lynahan Sayre, describing in detail his life and activities as a screenwriter in the motion picture industry. One letter (4/7/38) alludes to meetings of the Screenwriter's Guild and to its political composition. There are also letters sent (1926-69) to his friend and former lover, Jeanette Lowe, relating to his screenwriting assignments for Warner Brothers, RKO, MGM and Twentieth Century Fox; two letters to her written from Marburg, Germany while he was studying medicine; two letters (1949) to Nunnally Johnson; and three letters (1943-44) to his mother.</p>"}