Bob Hope and his friend, Vice President Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), both received honorary degrees at Ohio State University in June 1969. In his commencement speech, Hope remarked that Agnew’s detractors, “said the Agnew library burned down and destroyed both of his books,” then added, “One of them, he hadn’t even colored yet.” Hope received angry letters, including this one. Hope related that Agnew gave him this Peanuts coloring book with a note referencing a page he had colored “all myself.”