Letter, 1948 January 16, New Haven Connecticut [to] Mr. Roscher.

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Letter, 1948 January 16, New Haven Connecticut [to] Mr. Roscher.

One autograph letter, signed, from Donald Gallup, Curator of the Collection of American Literature at Yale University, to Mr. Roscher. The subject of the letter is a painting, possibly a portrait of Gertrude Stein. The letter was removed from a copy of Gertrude Stein's Blood on the Dining Room Floor (New York: Banyan Press, 1948; barcode 110631983) acquired by MASC.

1 leaf, plus 1 envelope

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