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Title: Small archive of autograph letters by and photographs of violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin and his family Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: c.1920's to 1940's Description: Includes One letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Truman [Young], husband of Jacqueline Salter [Young], 2 pages, Dec. 25, 1942. Two letters from Marutha Menuhin, Yehudi's mother, to Jacqueline Salter, 1937 & 1943. Two letters from Hephzibah Menuhin (Yehudi's sister, and a concert pianist) to Jacqueline Salter - one is 3½ pages (1941), the other a short note (1937). Two letters from Yaltah Menuhin (Yehudi's other sister, a pianist, painter and poet) to Jacqueline Salter, 1937 & 1947. Studio photograph of Yehudi Menuhin, his father Moshe Menuhin, and music promoter Jack Salter, father of Jacqueline Salter. Blindstamp of photographer John Alfred Piver, Hollywood. c.1938 Two snapshot photographs of children and adults of the Menuhin and Salter families posing on rocks, c.1925. Photograph of a very young Jacqueline Salter, seated by a Victrola record player, taken for an ad for the Cable Piano Co., Atlanta, Ga. Captivating little archive capturing some of the private side of the life and family of Yehudi Menuhin, a child prodigy who came to be considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. The archive centers in large part on Jacqueline Salter, daughter of Jackson DeWitt Salter, a partner in the Evans & Salter Musical Bureau, promoters of opera and concert performances. It was in this capacity that Jackie Salter met and befriended the Menuhins, forming an enduring relationship. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good condition. Item number: 269954