AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

Bounemouth [sic], Dorset, 25 November 1989. Letter. Creasing from mailing. Near Fine. A two-page handwritten letter on both sides of an 8" x 11-3/4" sheet of paper. Excellent content regarding her ground-breaking work with chimpanzees. Addressed to Nancy [Reynolds]. Goodall begins, "I think you are one of the very most important things that has happened for the chimpanzees in years. I mean that. The people you can introduce me to can make so much difference. And I hope you know how very, very grateful I am. On behalf of all the chimps -- Thank you." Goodall mentions a U. S. NEWS lunch where she was asked "incredibly far ranging" questions, giving examples including "'If it is a question of humans dying of AIDS versus chimp extinction, what is your answer?'... And that it simply demonstrated the need for searching harder for alternatives and sticking a Nobel Prize in there for good alternatives found. For any kind of animal tests." She talks about her future plans and on how that very day the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC film team was arriving to film her where she grew up. SIGNED "Love/Jane."

Nancy Clark Reynolds was a partner in Washington’s first woman-owned lobbying firm--Wexler, Reynolds, Harrison & Schule, Inc.--and a member of Ronald Reagan's inner circle. She led an interesting life, having dated J. D. Salinger and making over 80 trips to Africa where she befriended Jane Goodall as well as Richard Leakey.