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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama

May 27, 1948


Mrs. T. D. Parker
Contemporary American Dept.
Jacques Seligmann and Co., Inc.
5 East 57th Street
New York 22, New York

Dear Mrs. Parker:

Now, I am flabbergasted! I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate your contributing a print to our Collection. This expression of your personal interest and good will is most gracious and we shall be very happy to have the print you are sending. When the catalog of Second Acquisitions is printed, I should like to list your name with your print, instead of just "annonymous donor". Unless you object, I shall do this.

In regard to the plan of displaying the newspaper clipping, etc. along with your exhibition of the PRINTMAKERS, I think this is very generous and kind on the part of your gallery and again I wish to thank you for this splendid gesture. Under separate cover, I am mailing more catalogs which you may like to use and to send to the artists. The enclosed clipping is from the college newspaper. It illustrates, I believe, the interest of the students in the project. Please include this with the other one, if you see fit to do so.

Incidentally, the Reception which opened the First Presentation of the Collection had the largest attendance to date. The people came at four and instead of politely leaving after they had spoken to the "right" people and had had refreshments, they stayed - many of them - until six. The gallery was so crowded it was almost impossible to see the exhibition. Several promises for more prints came during the afternoon. After taking a look at the prints, the Dean of the Graduate School came back to the receiving line to tell me that the Graduate School would like to give one. Also, some of the donors have volunteered to make their gift an annual one.

I am planning to go to Mexico for the summer. It will be the first one I have not taught in eight years, so I am looking forward to at least a couple of months of concentrated