Kenneth John Conant papers relating to Alfred Lunt

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Kenneth John Conant papers relating to Alfred Lunt

1909-1977

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Consists of letters and postcards from actor Alfred Lunt to Conant, 1909-1961: two letters from Conant to his parents concerning Lunt, 1913 and 1915; clippings relating to Lunt, 1946-1977; a short reminiscence of Lunt by Conant ca. 1976; a copy of Alice Duer Miller's "The White Cliffs" inscribed by Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine; 2 photographs of Lunt as a young man (one signed); and other papers. Some of the correspondence is water-damaged.

.2 linear feet

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Lunt, Alfred, 1892-1977

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Alfred Davis Lunt Jr. (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American stage director and actor who had a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne. Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Lunt received two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for 1931's The Guardsman and an Emmy Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame's production of The Magnificent Yankee. Lunt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1892 to Alfred D. Lunt and Harriet ...

Conant, Kenneth John, 1894-1984

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Kenneth John Conant (June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1984) was an American architectural historian and educator, who specialized in medieval architecture. Born in Neenah, Conant received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Harvard University in 1915. He was considered the academic heir of Herbert Langford Warren, a teacher at Harvard, and through him, of the art historians Charles Eliot Norton and John Ruskin. He served in the 42nd Infantry Division of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I a...