John M. Crawford, Jr. papers Crawford (John M., Jr.) Papers (bulk 1950-1970) 1940-1978

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John M. Crawford, Jr. papers Crawford (John M., Jr.) Papers (bulk 1950-1970) 1940-1978

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms2011.014&view=title

The collection is comprised of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, clippings relating to the history of writing, the art of calligraphy, Asian Art, and other lifelong interests of Mr. Crawford. Also included are ten calligraphy notebooks.

9.5 linear feet

eng,

John Hay Library, Special Collections

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Crawford, John M.,

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John M. Crawford Jr., a prominent collector of Oriental art and a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was the son of a manufacturer of oil-drilling equipment. Mr. Crawford graduated from Brown University in 1937. In 1941, Mr. Crawford went into publishing in Manhattan and began collecting books. He began collecting art in 1946. In 1962, when the Morgan Library exhibited his collection, Mr. Crawford noted that he was then the only suc...