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Edgar V. Seeler Collection
219 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA
United States
phone: (215) 925-2688
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Edgar V. Seeler's notebook of letters from various architects and several artists inc. Charles F. McKim (Boston Public Library); Cass Gilbert; Walter Cook; Walter Cope; John Stewardson; Aston Webb; Carrere and Hastings; George B. Post; Charles H. Walker; Grosvenor Atterbury; Frank Miles Day; Edwin Austin Abbey; Leopold Seyffert and Owen Wister; etc. This archive is a who's who of 20th c. architectural luminaries and the Beaux-Arts movement with special ties to Philadelphia and Boston. There are references to work on several buildings with special emphasis on the Curtis Publishing Building in Philadelphia. Also includes CECELIA BEAUX (Am., 1855-1942) three page folded note, The Gladstone, Oct 27 Dear Mr Seeler, I think the question of.......Most sincerely yours, Cecelia Beaux.; with a note card, Gloucester Mass Miss Beaux regrets that she is unable to attend the Dedication Ceremony at Princeton on June Sixteenth, 5 by 6.5 and 3 by 5 in.; along with VIOLET OAKLEY (Am., 1874-1961) three page letter, Cogslea Allen Lane, Philadelphia My dear Edgar;.....(discussing paintings in the Capitol, etc]).....With many thanks for your kind congratulations and with kindest regards from us all to Mrs. Seeler and to the "15 Edgars" Very sincerely yours, Violet Oakley (note in upper corner: Rec'd 1/25/1912), folded, 8 by 5 in. Ex: library of Edgar V. Seeler
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