Enid Eder Perkins papers, 1929-1973.

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Enid Eder Perkins papers, 1929-1973.

Original calligraphic works, reproductions, studies and tracings, client records, and correspondence representing Perkin's eclectic modern style at all periods of her life; there are also several folders of notes on the technique of illumination.

3.3 linear feet (4 boxes and 1 oversize box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7366344

Newberry Library

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