Carlotta Monterey O’Neill to Robert and Cepha Sisk

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Carlotta Monterey O’Neill. 1953. Carlotta Monterey O’Neill to Robert and Cepha Sisk. eOneill.Com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive, The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman's Eugene O'Neill Collection, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/assembled-playwright/item/49416

Title: Carlotta Monterey O’Neill to Robert and Cepha Sisk
Description: This short letter captures the grief and loneliness Carlotta felt upon the death of her husband. She describes the final days and immediate aftermath, and mentions her own poor health, which she had been struggling with for years while also caring for O’Neill.
Creator: Carlotta Monterey O’Neill
Date: 1953, December 6
Subject: O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 Selected letters of Eugene O'Neill New York: Limelight Editions; 1994
Source: Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill; Box 45, Folder 05
Format: Letter
Identifier: mss160-08-45-05-18-1953-003; mss160-08-45-05-18-1953-001; mss160-08-45-05-18-1953-002
Relation: eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive