Leeper, John Palmer
Leeper was born in 1921 in Dennison, TX; BS in journalism from Southern Methodist Univ. and an MA in art history from Harvard Univ.; Blanche Magurn Leeper was born in 1911 in Boston, MA; BA in philosophy and MA in Fine Arts from Radcliffe College; she was asst. curator of Oriental Art at the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum at Harvard; asst. to the director, Pasadena Art Museum, 1950-53; married John Leeper in 1953; from 1954-90 John served as the director of the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX, and Blanche became a librarian there in 1954.
From the description of Correspondence, 1951-1952. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38963329
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| referencedIn | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Director. James Johnson Sweeney correspondence, 1961-1967. | Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | |
| referencedIn | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Director. James H. Chillman, Jr. correspondence and miscellaneous subjects, 1924-1970. | Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | |
| referencedIn | Museums -- McNay Art Museum. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
| creatorOf | Leeper, John Palmer. Correspondence, 1951-1952. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| referencedIn | Biography -- Leeper, John Palmer. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library |
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| associatedWith | Pasadena Art Museum. | corporateBody |
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