From Malcolm MacKay to Charles M. Russell / Malcolm S. Mackay
Gilcrease Museum
[letterhead page 1]
MACKAY & COMPANY
TENAFLY, N.J.
[handwritten] May 6th 21
My dear Charley__
I leave tomorrow night
for my annual pilgrimage to the home
of the Grizzlies_ we are going to try
the Brazeau mountains in alta[sic] this time__
I was wondering if
you had made and progress with
the Poster for the Russell Room yet.
Should you not have
started anything yet, How would it
be to paint a poster of your postcard
“Here’s how to me and my friend, the same to you
and yours, I savy[sic] these folks” I think that
would work out great___
We are going out
[over]
[verso]
to Alberta via the Grand Trunk from
montreal so will not have the pleas
ure of stopping off at your camp at
the Falls_
I do hope that you all
(3) will come to the 41 outfit this
summer and camp awhile _
I have talked with
several art dealer’s, along 5th Ave, of
late, regarding Charley Russell’s paintings,
and I am happy to relate that
the truth is pereating permeating into
these places at last_ they all say
now that Charley Russell stands at the
head of all our Western painters_ Truth
travels slowly, but it is sure to win
in time___
Our kindest to you all
Malcolm S. MacKay
Essay/Description
Handwritten, from Malcolm MacKay, May 6, 1921, request to paint a poster of your postcard "Here's how to me and my friends, the same to you and yours, I savy these folks."
