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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.
Associated organization
Burndy Library,
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