{"value"=>"<p>Includes letters, cards, telegrams, and invitations Mary Ellis received over an 82-year period from many friends and loved ones, family members, and professional associates, most of whom were on a first-name basis with her. Among the most frequent correspondents are friend Romney Brent; opera singer and mentor Geraldine Farrar; friend Mary Morris; and collaborator Ivor Novello. Ms. Ellis separated some of these pieces of correspondence roughly by date, and some by correspondent; others were separated into envelopes marked \"very special letters\" or, in one case, \"interesting & very important notes, cards, and letters of a life-time.\" Since so much of the subject's correspondence could be interpreted as fitting that description, these have been integrated in alphabetical order with the rest.</p>"}