Letter of Kahlil Gibran to Lucy Skidmore Scribner, New York, March 25, 1928.
"March 25 1928.My dear Mrs. Scribner, I regret very much that I shall not be able to dine with you on Thursday April the Twelfth. Had I not already made another engagement, for that same evening, nothing could have given me a greater pleasure. You are indeed most gracious to ask me and I grateful to you. Cordially yours Kahlil Gibran.”
The recipient, Lucy Skidmore Scribner (1853-1931), was married John Blair Scribner (1850-1879). The couple resided at 21 East 48th Street in New York for their marriage. In 1879, after just 4 years of marriage, Lucy was widowed when her husband died of pneumonia. In 1903, she created “The Young Women’s Industrial Club” in Saratoga Springs, New York, and in 1911, the club was renamed the “Skidmore School of Arts” and chartered as a college to vocationally and professionally train young women. In 1922, the school became a four-year, degree-granting institution for women and was renamed “Skidmore College.”
