Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1971, n.d.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1971, n.d.

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Douglas and Helen Haskell were long-time friends of the Zigrosser family. Douglas Haskell was trained in architecture, his letters touch on a week spent with Frank Lloyd Wright, a mutual campsite at Lake Placid, an anecdote about Thomas Hart Benton, the progressive North Country School he had designed near Lake Placid, stories about their friend T'eng Kwei, his reaction to some puppets designed by Alfred Maurer, and his later work with the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue. Early, undated letters are about running a progressive camp with Helen Haskell, "Treetops," at Lake Placid. Included is a photograph of Douglas Haskell by Zigrosser and a brochure for "Treetops."

13 items (14 leaves, 2 pamphlets, 1 photograph).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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