Papers, 1909-1945.

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Papers, 1909-1945.

Includes personal correspondence between Ferriss and Orrick Johns (an American poet and editor), two poems by Ferriss, one printed pamphlet and four drawings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6738191

National Gallery of Art Library

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Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946

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Author and activist Orrick Johns was born in St. Louis, where he worked as a journalist and critic. In 1919 he moved to New York and worked in advertising, and wrote a play; he travelled throughout Europe in 1926-1929. Johns became involved in labor unions and the Communist Party in California, and wrote for the Daily Worker in New York, although he later left the party and supervised the WPA Writer's Project. He published several books of poems, a novel, and a memoir. He committed suicide in 19...

Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962

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The final scheme for Lincoln Center was chosen by 1960. From the description of 8 plazas & a park [graphic] : [study for Lincoln Center site plan] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss ; Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect]. [before 1960] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82399869 The United Nations headquarters complex (Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect) was completed in 1953. Ferriss died in 1962. From the description o...