Architects and Other Cultural Figures.

33 autograph and typed letters signed, several autographed photographs and other material, late 19th and 20th centuries.   

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Letters from architects includes LOUIS SULLIVAN, WALTER GROPIUS (5), CLAUDE BRAGDON, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, RICHARD NEUTRA (3), PHILIP JOHNSON, NORMAN BEL GEDDES (2), BUCKMINSTER FULLER, EUGENE MASSELINK, STANFORD WHITE (4), CASS GILBERT, JOHN A. ROBELING, PAUL PHILLIPPE CRET, JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT (2), SIR EDWIN LUTYENS, ALFRED WATERHOUSE, AND BERTRAM GROSVENOR GOODHUE.

Letters from other cultural and political figures include THOMAS HART BENTON, ROCKWELL KENT (2), JOHN SINGER SARGENT, HENDRIK VAN LOON. AND ALINE B. SAARINEN. Signed photographs include WHITNEY WARREN, ELSIE DE WOLFE (2), FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, BENITO MUSSOLINI. Other items include pamphlets and offprints.