Letters to Margaret Scolari Barr, 1936-1966.

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Letters to Margaret Scolari Barr, 1936-1966.

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Chiefly photocopies of letters from Berenson to Barr concerning personal matters, mutual friends and social events, as well as discussions of art and art criticism/history. Some letters touch on political matters during the time of World War II. Other letters are copies of correspondence among Max Schuster of Simon and Schuster, Brandt and Brandt, Berenson's U.S. agents, and Nicky Mariano, Berenson's secretary, concerning the US publication of "Rumor and Reflection," which was complicated by passages regarded by some as anti-Semitic.

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Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

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Schuster, M. Lincoln (Max Lincoln), 1897-1970

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Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987

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Simon and Schuster Inc

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Brandt & Brandt,

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Mariano, Nicky

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