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NewmanL/A/A2/Cunliffe/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 NewmanL/A/A2/Cunliffe/1
Title
TLS to "Friends of the Cunliffes"
Date(s)
- Aug. 1954 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 p paper
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Scope and content
Mentions Pamela Monkhouse. Describes arriving in New York and a subsequent visit to Chicago to see one of her architectural sculptures. Refers to Milwaukee, Williamsburg, Philadelphia and Woodstock, Edward Shil, and the Warner Mosses. Reports Marcus Falkner Cunliffe's success in academia, including being invited to Columbia's Bicentennary celebrations and being offered a Ford Foundation grant. Details her successful work on textile design and sculpture. Sends news of her children Antonia and Sharon. Mentions meeting American editors including Irving Dilliard of the St Louis Post-Dispatch, and Barry Bingham.