Rene Fudson

HOTEL

353 WEST FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET
NEW YORK

COLUMBUS 45-6100

EXECUTIVE OFFICE October 26, 1942

Mr. Gwinn Henry
Athletic Director
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Mr. Henry:

With the opening of the 1942-43 basketball season close at hand,
and your annual game with Fordham University to be held at Madison Square
Garden on December 28th, may I take the liberty of pointing out to you the
advantages and excellent facilities offered by the Henry Hudson Hotel.

We are located on West 57th street, near Columbus Circle or about
a five-minute walk from the Garden which is at 50th street. Subway and
bus lines, which make stops outside the door of the arena, are available
at the corner.

The Henry Hudson Hotel is a modern hostelry of twenty-seven
stories with 1200 rooms, each equipped with private bath. It offers
our patrons a choice of restaurants and a moderately priced cafeteria.
In addition, we submit the following fine facilities which no other
New York hotel can offer: a fully-equipped gymnasium, an excellent
marked-off basketball court and a 60 x 25 foot swimming pool. Also
electric cabinets, rubbing and massage tables, showers, rest cots, etc.
The appointments are superb, and while the equipment, including the
spacious lounges are unexcelled and compare most favorably with America's
finest hotel, the atmosphere is akin to that found in the foremost
clubs in the country.

We shall be pleased to arrange for you special individual or
group rates for members of the Kansas team, the student body or friends
who may accompany them to New York for the game with Fordham. We have
been host to numerous college groups coming to New York for their
athletic competition with local colleges and universities and have
always handled such movements satisfactorily. If possible, we would
like to have the name of the secretary of the New York alumni who might
be interested in securing accommodations for a pre-game rally or dimer.

Kindly advise me if there is any further information you
may desire regarding the Henry Hudson Hotel.

Cordially yours,

Assistant Manager

 
 
  
 

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