Auction Date:2011 Jan 12 @ 16:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 18, 1968. Letter to Irene Walbrook in the Bronx. In full: “Your letter was so encouraging at a time when we are facing a most serious family problem. It is a comfort to know that people who are not personally involved care and we are grateful to you. We know they only real solution is the love and understanding that we give our son, and it is our intention to give everything we have to pull him through this critical condition. I have faith that our family ties are strong and that with God's help we will come through this crisis. Again our thanks. You will never know how much your interest means to our family.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
Robinson’s role as a baseball hero wasn’t nearly as important to him as his role as a father—a part he perhaps felt he had failed in as his son, Jack Jr., faced a personal crisis in 1968. The younger Robinson, emotionally troubled as a child, returned from the Vietnam War a broken man. Robinson’s son suffered deep bouts of depression and sought release in drug use, culminating in the “most serious family problem” alluded to here. Confronted with a raid during a drug buy, Jack Jr. fled police and engaged in a gun fight, leading to his arrest and a choice between prison or a rehabilitation program. Robinson gave his son the love, understanding, and professional help he needed, helping “to pull him through this critical condition. I have faith that our family ties are strong and that with God's help we will come through this crisis.” His prediction was correct, as his son eventually became a counselor at the same facility that helped him break his addiction—only to die in a 1971 car crash. Deeply personal correspondence from a man who single-handedly changed the face of baseball.
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