Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1937-1942.

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Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1937-1942.

Correspondence concerns the Hispanic Room at the Library of Congress, Work No. 331. Correspondents comprise Herbert Putnam, Leicester Holland, Archibald MacLeish, and Verner W. Clapp.

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