Manuscripts

Will Durant letters to Mr. Hauser

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Description: Three letters from Will Durant to "Mr. Hauser." The letters, dated 1928, January 27, January 31, and February 18, discuss plans for Hauser to meet with Will, Ariel, and daughter Ethel Durant. Two of the letters are creased, and one of these is torn. A note on a fragment of a file folder, written and signed by Will Durant and dated 1962, December 13, refers to the letters, stating that Durant was on a lecture tour.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1928, 1962.
Call number: mssHM 83000-83003
Creator: Durant, Will (1885-1981)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

Durant, Will

Manuscripts

Two letters of correspondence between Freddie Miller and Will Durant. Miller identifies herself to Durant as Otis Chandler's secretary and Mrs. Durant's hostess at the Women of the Year Ceremony.

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Manuscripts

Correspondents: Robinson, Jane Durant, Ariel and Durant, Will, 1885- Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981 and Theresa Meyerowitz Crosby, June Aronson, Cliff (Copenhagen Galleri) Reicherter, Wayne E.

mssKruse papers

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Incoming and some copies of outgoing correspondence, primarily with acquaintances in the art world including: artists and supporters of Kruse's work. Correspondence includes letters from: Stanley Burnshaw, Samuel Chotzinoff, Will and Ariel Durant, Michael Gold, Leon Kroll, Lew Lehr, Ethel Myers, Jerome Myers, James Johnson Sweeney, Frank Weitenkampf, and many other well-known personalities and personal friends.

mssKruse papers

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Phineas Warrener Hitchcock letter to Thomas Jefferson Durant

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Hitchcock wishes to see Durant in person to arrange for his deposition, for he is not sure when the opportunity may present itself. With printed letterhead of the United States Senate Chamber.

mssHM 29240

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Three prescriptions for Charles Hatchett

Manuscripts

Three prescriptions for medications for Charles Hatchett, one on each of three pages; the prescriptions are dated August 5, August 6, and August 8, 1796. The page dated August 5 is creased and torn.

mssHM 82720-82722

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David Saville letters to "My beloved wife,"

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In HM 16646, dated 1861, January 31, Saville writes to his wife that he is confident he will be able to provide for them both financially. In HM 16647, dated 1861, April 30, he writes that he regrets some of his investing, and of the importance of preserving the Union "even if it should cost all the Treasure in the Country."

mssHM 16646-16647

Will Durant letters to Mr. Hauser

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