Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1914-1939, n.d.

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Cret, Marguerite Lahalle, d. 1965. Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1914-1939, n.d.

Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1914-1939, n.d.

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Paul Cret's correspondence with his wife begins with 4 undated letters from Marguerite written after their marriage and before World War I, and ends with several undated letters from Marguerite. The latest which can be dated by contextual evidence was written in 1939 at the time of Paul Cret's surgery. The bulk of the correspondence falls between 1914 and 1919 and comprises letters from Paul Cret to Marguerite during his service as a soldier in World War I. Only 2 letters from Marguerite from the war period are found here, both from 1914 and both containing information sent by Cret's American professional colleagues to be forwarded to him. She included in these letters copies in French (probably translations) of letters from John Harbeson, W. P. Laird, and Henry McGoodwin. During the war Cret wrote frequently, often daily, sometimes more than once a day. In addition to long handwritten letters, he sent Marguerite picture post cards, clippings (once an entire newspaper), photographs (including one of his mother), and a few pressed flowers. After 1919 the correspondence is sparse and irregular, with many items undated, as noted above.

791 items (907 leaves).

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