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Comprising two 1938 letters from James Farley, Postmaster General of United States at the time, thanking Shirley for her drawing to help inaugurate National Air Mail Week, noting, "I am convinced that the submission by you of this drawing and the publicity attendant thereto has done more than anything else to acquaint and interest the younger people of the nation in our National Air Mail Week program" and concluding with a handwritten "P.S. I thought you were great in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". Along with a photograph of Farley that is autographed "To Shirley, A sweet child whose ascending star I'll watch with interest. James Farley Postmaster General Sept. 16, 1935". Along with a photograph of Shirley's art work for that event, and a photograph of Shirley buying a six-cent airmail stamp from L.A. Postmistress Mary Briggs.