John Kenneth Byard papers

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John Kenneth Byard papers

1908-1960

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Papers relating mainly to Byard's business as a dealer in American antique furniture. Included are correspondence, 1950-1960, with Henry N. Flynt, Robert B. Hanan, A. M. Adler (Hirschl & Adler), Ellerton M. Jette, Cornelius C. Moore, Dr. J. Reed McClure, Otto M. Wasserman, Electra Webb (Shelburne Museum), and others; a scrapbook, 1908; notes from lectures; an obituary notice; and letters to Mrs. Dorothy Byard after her husband's death.

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Jetté, Ellerton Marcel

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Adler, A.M., 1902-

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Byard, John Kenneth, 1886-1959.

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Moore, Cornelius C., 1885-1970

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Flynt, Henry N. (Henry Needham), 1893-1970

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Hanan, Robert B.

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Webb, Electra Havemeyer, 1888-1960

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McClure, J. Reed.

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