Mitchell A. Wilder papers

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Mitchell A. Wilder papers

1946-1979

Correspondence; writings; speeches and notes for lectures; photographs; and files on museums and institutions in the U.S.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8257595

Archives of American Art

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