Henrietta Cholmeley-Jones Papers 1894-1979

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Henrietta Cholmeley-Jones Papers 1894-1979

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Papers of the American author and artist; born 1896. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1894-1970); diaries, drawings, poems, speeches, clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks. Also, correspondence, clippings, a speech, and reminiscences relating to the WPA Federal Art Project in Westport, Connecticut.

12 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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