In April of 1962, 18-year-old Keith Richards wrote the following enthusiastic letter to his aunt, "Patty," and described, amongst other things, an encounter some months previo…

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On August 8th of 1933, author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the following letter of advice to his 11-year-old daughter, "Scottie," who was away at camp.

(Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald:…

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In 1938, some months after the initial publication of The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien and his British publisher, Stanley Unwin, opened talks with Rütten & Loening, a Berlin-based pub…

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On April 28th of 1952, medical staff at the Cedars of Lebanon hospital in L.A. wheeled an extremely nervous Marilyn Monroe to surgery where she was to have her appendix removed. Som…

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Image: Charles Dickens, via Lenin Imports
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of someone who, hopefully, needs no introduction: Charles Dickens — a man who wrote so man…

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In 1969, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton wrote the following, overwhelmingly heartfelt letter to her 15-year-old daughter, Linda, after battling mental illness for m…

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In November of 1964, fearful of his connection to the Communist Party through Stanley Levison, the FBI anonymously sent Martin Luther King the following threatening letter, alo…

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In December of 1958, advertising executive Leo Burnett — a hugely influential force in the industry who had a hand in creating, amongst many other things, the Jolly Green Giant, To…

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To usher in 2012 here's a wonderful New Year greeting from the early-1980s, written on an exposure sheet by the late-Norman McLaren — a pioneering animator who in 1941 established…

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Silver Liz - Andy Warhol, 1963
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor waited 14 years to acquire her own, personal version of the Andy Warhol silk-screens in which she featured; an iconic…

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Steve Vai is considered by many to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time, so it's safe to assume he receives a fair amount of fan mail. Presumably he's also a busy man, so it's he…

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One of Orson Welles' biggest supporters during his early years was a man called Roger Hill. Hill was Welles' teacher and later headmaster at Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illi…

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