{"value"=>"<p>General correspondence is for the most part incoming, with only a few copies of letters from Harbach. It is made up of a small group of letters from friends and colleagues including <span class=\"persname\">Rudolf Friml</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Hammerstein</span>, Dorothy and <span class=\"persname\">Oscar Hammerstein</span>, Eva and <span class=\"persname\">Jerome Kern</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Carl Sandburg</span>. Letters from Arthur Hammerstein relate to business matters and discussion of works in progress. Five letters from Oscar Hammerstein are of particular interest; one discusses the details of a plot (<span class=\"title\">Song of the Flame</span>, produced in 1925) and another describes the differences between work in the theater and in the film industry. The latter was written from California \"between takes\". In a letter from England, Hammerstein reports on the preparations for the London opening of <span class=\"title\">Rose Marie</span>. The one letter from <span class=\"persname\">Dorothy Hammerstein</span> is a response to Harbach's letter of condolence at the time of Oscar Hammerstein's death. The letters from Kern include a request for Harbach to write the lyrics for a UCLA school song and two letters regarding <span class=\"title\">Gentlemen Unafraid</span> (also known as <span class=\"title\">Hayfoot-Strawfoot</span>). Several letters from Eva Kern are about family matters and Jerome Kern's estate. In addition to several notes from Carl Sandburg, his file includes a typescript poem: <span class=\"title\">Homage to Otto Harbach on His 80th Birthday</span>, with an inscription in Sandburg's hand.</p> <p>General correspondence also includes two notes from <span class=\"persname\">William Jennings Bryan</span> (one a letter of recommendation), two notes from <span class=\"persname\">Jean Sibelius</span> and individual letters from <span class=\"persname\">Harry Truman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Fay Templeton</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Noel Coward</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Ring Lardner</span>.</p>"}