Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1903-1940.

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Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1903-1940.

Correspondence concerns Cret's employment at the University of Pennsylvania. Correspondents comprise Warren P. Laird, Charles Custis Harrison, Jesse Y. Burk, Edgar Fahs Smith, Edward Robins, William H. Hutt, Josiah H. Penniman, Charles Osborne, George S. Koyl, Edward W. Mumford, and Thomas A. Gates. Correspondence also contains a letter from John Harbeson as acting dean of the School of Fine Arts proposing Cret for the Philadelphia Award, together with a partial list of his works.

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Robins, Edward, 1862-1943

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