Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1909-1941.

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Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1909-1941.

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Correspondence concerns Cret's work on Louis Bernier's project to build a French Embassy in Washington, D.C. (never built); Cret's own French Embassy, Work No. 212 (never built); and the French Pavilion, Work No. 269 (never built), planned for the Century of Progress International Exposition. Enclosed are copies of correspondence with Ministère des Affaires Étrangères and with Ministère du Commerce. Correspondents comprise Ambassador J.J. Jusserand, Ambassador Paul Claudel, Jules Henry, G. Henry-Haye, Garreau-Dombasle, and André de Laboulaye. For the Bernier project, Cret writes on behalf of himself and his associate Louis E. Jallade.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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