Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1906-1938.

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Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1906-1938.

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Correspondence concerns some of Cret's many professional collaborations with Laird. Correspondence contains items concerning the following projects: the University of Wisconsin, Work No. 29; the University of Cincinnati, Work No. 78; Springfield Hospital, Work No. 95; and the University of Pennsylvania Comprehensive Plan, Work No. 96. Correspondence also contains items concerning the following competitions: Minneapolis Museum (Cret advisor then juror), Hamilton County Court House (Laird advisor, Cret juror), New Castle County-Wilmington Public Buildings (Laird advisor, Cret juror), Virginia War Memorial (Laird advisor, Cret competitor and winner, Work No. 165), and Young Women's Christian Association, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Laird advisor, Cret juror). Laird sent Cret copies of correspondence with Charles Willam Dabney and George Dwight Pratt. Cret sent Laird a jury report signed by himself, Thomas W. Kellogg, and Charles Z. Klauder.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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