This typed letter was sent on behalf of Toni Morrison by her assistant Rene Boatman to Kenneth Cromer, director of the Lorain Public Library System in Lorain, Ohio.

The letter thanks Kenneth Cromer for the previously sent letter letting Toni Morrison know about the plans for the Toni Morrison Reading Room at the Main library. The Reading Room was the honor Toni had sought from the library after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 1993.

The letter is printed on official Princeton University stationery. Toni Morrison was, at the time of the letter, the Robert F. Goheen professor of humanities at Princeton University. The office address given at the head of the letter is "Dickinson Hall, Princeton, New Jersey 08544."
The contact phone and fax number is printed below the address (609-258-1071 phone, 609-258-5095).

The date the letter was sent to the library is 21 April 1994. The text of the letter is as follows:

Dear Mr. Cromer,

Toni Morrison has asked me to thank you for your letter apprising her of the Lorain Public Library's planned tribute to her. She is pleased that town of Lorain has chosen to honor her with a Reading Room at the Public Library, and sends her best wishes to the community and to the Library's Board of Trustees.
Yours sincerely,
Rene Shepperd
Assistant to Toni Morrison

The letter is date-stamped "RECEIVED Apr 26 1994" by the library.