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A two page letter dated October 7, 1944 from Gladys Baker to Marilyn’s half-sister Bernice Miracle. Composed while institutionalized at Agnew State Hospital, Gladys requests to be transferred to another hospital. In part (sic): “But if you would please write to the staff doctors here giving them your o.k. to let me go back to the other hospital (Norwalk) where I was before my Catholic aunt took me from there…” Together with vintage black and white photographs; one of Gladys leaning against a car and one of Bernice, inscribed on verso: “Mona Rae & Bernice Sorenson/July 18, 1842.” Photograph: 5 by 7 and 3 ½ by 5 inches. Letter: 6 ½ by 10 inches. PROVENANCE: From the collection of Eleanor Goddard. Categories: Marilyn Monroe


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Date:
2006-12-16

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A two page letter (c.1954) from Gladys Baker to Marilyn Monroe (then Norma Dougherty), composed in pencil on tissue paper while institutionalized at the Rockhaven Read more…


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2006-12-16


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Letter sent from San Francisco, CA June, 1948, addressed to Mrs. Grace Goddard of Van Nuys, CA. Letter reads in part: "Well dear will say Read more…


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2007-06-16


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An original snapshot of Gladys Baker, Marilyn Monroe's mother, with a handwritten note on the photo indicating Baker was 13 at the time the photo Read more…


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2016-11-17


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A group of letters written by and regarding Marilyn Monroe's troubled mother, Gladys Eley (previously Monroe, Baker, and Mortenson). Group includes letters written by Eley Read more…


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2014-12-05


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A three-page "conformed" copy of Marilyn Monroe's Last Will & Testament administered by Weisberger & Frosch (New York) one year before her death, dated January Read more…


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2012-11-09


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An original snapshot of Gladys Baker and Marion Otis Monroe, Marilyn Monroe's mother and uncle, with a handwritten note on the photo indicating they were Read more…


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Date:
2016-11-17


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A three page 'conformed' copy of Marilyn's Last Will & Testament administered by Weisberger & Frosch (New York) one year before her death, dated January Read more…


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Date:
2008-06-21


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An original vintage black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe circa 1946, with her half sister Berniece Baker Miracle, her mother Gladys, and her niece Read more…


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Date:
2015-12-16


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Vintage black and white photograph. On reverse in Marilyn Monroe's hand: "Mother, second from end on right with her girl friends" PROVENANCE From the collection Read more…


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Date:
2007-06-16


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An oversized counter check dated July 25, 1952, completed fully in Monroe’s own hand, written to Mrs. Gladys P. Eley in the amount of $150.00. Read more…


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Date:
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