Letters to John Crosby Freeman, 1967-1971.

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Letters to John Crosby Freeman, 1967-1971.

Consists of letters written by Egbert to John Crosby and Judy Freeman supplying advice to John Freeman for his thesis research as well as his own research activities. Many references are made to Alan Gowans, a collegue, in the letters. Also included is a design for a book by Egbert, "On Arts in Society," to be published by the American Life Foundation. Bills of its printing are laid in.

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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...

Egbert, Donald Drew, 1902-1973

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American historian. From the description of Communism, radicalism and the arts : American developments in relation to the background in Western Europe and in Russia from the seventeenth century to 1959 : typescript, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289639 Donald Drew Egbert was a member of the faculty of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University at the time these letters were written. His research interest was the impact art had on society. ...