Elsa Schmid papers

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Elsa Schmid papers

1910-1967

Personal and professional correspondence, files on artists, photographs, works of art, notes and lecture material, and printed material relating to Elsa Schmid's career as a mosaic artist.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6718774

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