1962-02-14, TLS to Merton, 'I want to thank you for your fascinating and helpful letter concerning the Shaker'

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1962-02-14, TLS to Merton, 'I want to thank you for your fascinating and helpful letter concerning the Shaker'

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  • 1962 February 14 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Typed signed letter.

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(1922-1994)

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Mary Childs Black was, at time of writing, Director of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection in Williamsburg, Virginia. (See also the Finding Aid to the Mary Black Papers at the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library [http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/col538.html]).

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First lines: "I want to thank you for your fascinating and helpful letter concerning the Shaker spiritual drawings"... Contents index: hoping Merton will publish Shaker photo essay / fractur painters of Ephrata - Edward Hicks / conference mostly focused on the Shakers.

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  • English

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