{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of this sub-series, and of the entire collection in fact, filling most of three boxes, the manuscript letters Edwin Booth wrote to his daughter, mainly while he was on tour, are found here. They include her pencilled notations of sections to be omitted from her published version of his letters (any mention of her stepmother or of her father feeling unwell or unhappy, for example) and in many cases, her typed transcriptions of the edited letters. A few letters have \"Don't copy!\" written across the top. Some of these letters have suffered water damage. This series also contains other letters received by <span class=\"persname\">Edwina Booth Grossman</span> including letters and poems by her husband, <span class=\"persname\">Ignatius R. Grossman</span>, and letters from prominent people, mainly from the world of theater, including <span class=\"persname\">Julia Marlowe</span>, <span class=\"persname\">E. H. Sothern</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Tommaso Salvini</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ellen Terry</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Francis Wilson</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Julia Ward Howe</span>.</p>"}