Box 111
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Correspondence with Library of Congress, July 1951-1953
File — Box: 111, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Kimball organized the Societe Mansart in 1950 for the purpose of raising funds by private subscription to purchase the Alfred Marie Collection of architectural tracings and other documents on French architecture under the Bourbons for the Library of Congress. As the organization's President, Kimball was in charge of fund raising and negotiating the acquisition of the collection's more than 3,000 documents, including those regarding Versailles, the Trianons, the Menagerie, Fontainebleau and...
Dates:
July 1951-1953