Letters to John Crosby Freeman, 1973-1987.

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Letters to John Crosby Freeman, 1973-1987.

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Consists primarily of letters sent by John Maass to John Freeman pertaining to Maass' publishing ventures with the American Life Foundation. In particular, Maass set forth his plans for translating a three volume work by Eduard Fuchs (Sex: A Social History), including drafts of the translation of the introduction, and his ideas for a compilation of some of his articles. Maass and Freeman also exchanged information on art catalogs and book reviews. A few of the letters accompanied royalty checks for A Glorious Enterprise. The collection also contains correspondence from the Library of Congress regarding the copyrights on Maass' books. Additionally, several of the letters pertain to a manuscript Maass was preparing on Munkácsy.

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Freeman, John C. (John Crosby)

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John Crosby Freeman was a 1964 graduate of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. He has held several positions, including director of the Yorker Yankee Village Museum, instructor at the University of Victoria,and editor of the magazine Victorian Homes, for which he also wrote a column called "The Color Doctor," in which he gave advice about appropriate paint colors for older homes. He has helped two paint companies develop color palettes and has served as a consultant on historic pai...

Freeman, Judy

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American Life Foundation

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Maass, John, 1918-1991.

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John Maass was an author and architectural historian. He was born in Vienna and fled with his family to England to escape the Nazis. He came to the United States in 1941 and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1943 to 1945. After the war, Maass was employed by the N.W. Ayer ? he wrote several books and nearly one hundred articles, including the award winning The Glorious Enterprise, published by the American Life Foundation. Maass was a member of the Victorian Society in America, the National Trus...