O'KEEFFE/STIEGLITZ 
LETTERS 
O'Keeffe, Georgia 
1939

Box 1, Folder 13

JAN, 1939

The Streamliner 
CITY OF LOS ANGELES

I was sorry not to see you 
again -- 
It was hard getting 
away, 
but feel alright now 
Wyoming with this sun and
blowing snow is beautiful 
-- cold drifting snow as if 
there are no people -- as we

Union Pacific Railroad  Chicago & North Western Ry.

come to pine trees they look 
black in this whiteness 
-- white in the air and white 
on the ground -- 

I'll be seeing Peggie in 
the morning 
and thinking of you -- 

as always 
G.

Feb, 1939

Matson Line.                       Feb/39
Oceanic Line.                   
California - Hawaii
South Seas
New Zealand -Australia

From     day at Sea
     I wish you were here to
walk up and down the deck
with me.
     Peggie is lovely ~every
thing seemed perfect~it
all felt quite different there
in the fall. Being with her
the little time was quite perfect

Derreck looks taller~~They all
looked very well and quite gay.
Gerald came for lunch both days
and was particularly  gay.
    Everyone wanted to know when
you would be back~I wanted so
much to tell Peggie of your plan for
her to go East but I didn't.
    We got a flat tire a little way from
the house on the way to the boat -
You would have laughed to see us
tearing on in a flapping old Cadillac.
We laughed at the way you men
would worry.
     I wonder if I'll ever be there when
you are at home. I always feel you

are all about the place -
But it is different there if S
could actually speak with
you.
Call Margaret and go
for lunch someday. She
would love it - so would
--- Peggie too.
I think you could safely 
feel much quieter than you
seem to - My love to you
G.

P.M.
Since I wrote you this morning I
went to a tea party and talked for 
a long time to a man just back from
Africa - the Belgian Congo - with
an idea to do a movie there - they
have [Flarity?] in mind - They haven't
all the money necessary - He is going
out your way in ten days or two weeks
I told him about you and am
giving him your address - whoever
is putting up the money seemed to be not 
quite in favor of [Flarity?] -- It may be 
nothing or something -- The mans name 
is Martin Birnbaum --

Mar. 1939

March/39 

Thank you for your letter 

I've seen the blue sea with 
its white froth and foam breaking 
over black black lava and 
black sand today 
and the high mountains 
that rise over it -- coming and going 
as the mist opens and closes over them 
I love it but new friends are 
not like old friends -- and here they 
are only new so I must say my love to you 

before I finish a very good day -- 

I wish you were here -- 
So much of this is so beautiful 
that it seems unreal to me -- 

G. 

Thank you again for your nice letter 
You are so nice about H. 
I am glad he is some thing to you too.  

Dec. 1, 1939

Dec 1/39

Ive been a long time resting myself since you 
went off into the sunset that afternoon -- 

Now that I begin to feel good -- really 
rested -- I wish that I could see you -- 

-- wish that I could look out over 
the desert with you for a moment 

Georgia -- 

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