Raymond Baxter and Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden papers

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Raymond Baxter and Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden papers

1937-1996

Correspondence, letter essays, writings, project files, printed material, works of art, and photographs primarily regarding Dowden's positions as head of the Design Department at Cooper Union Art School (CUAS) for 32 years and Director of the Yale summer art school in Norfolk, Connecticut. Also included are papers of Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8209370

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