Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1948-1971, n.d.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1948-1971, n.d.

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The correspondence deals primarily with Zigrosser's interest in Augustin Dupré and his application for financial support in his research. There are also 12 invitations to meetings at the American Philosophical Society. Zigrosser's research notes on Dupré are in Box 73, folder 2289 of this collection.

12 items (25 leaves).

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American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Dupré, Augustin, 1748-1843.

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