Letter : Cidra, Puerto Rico, to John M. Crawford, Jr., 1957 June 14.

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Letter : Cidra, Puerto Rico, to John M. Crawford, Jr., 1957 June 14.

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Thanks Crawford for his gift of a signed first edition of John Howard Benson's The First Writing Book (Yale University Press, 1954). As donor of both the book and the accompanying letter, Crawford identified Hawes in an ANS on the second page of the letter.

2 p.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956

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Benson was an American artist, calligrapher, sculptor, and designer of incised letters. From the description of Papers for Flags of the Old state house, ca.1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612205894 Artist, calligrapher, and sculptor. From the description of John Howard Benson items, 1953-1956. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64054605 Benson was an American artist, calligrapher, sculptor, and designer of incised letters. ...

Hawes, Peter

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[Hawes] "was a disciple of both [Eric] Gill and [John Howard] Benson. He designed and carved the memorial stone commemorating Elmer Adler in La Casa del Libro, San Juan, P.R." John M. Crawford, Jr. (Brown Class of 1937) was a book collector, a philanthropist, and a collector of Oriental art. He had a particular interest in fine printing, illustrations, calligraphic manuscripts, and paper making. He bequeathed his books to the John Hay Library, Brown University. ...

Crawford, John M., Jr., d. 1991,

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