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LETTERS & 1930s Letters and notes from Carl Milles - Rome Sketch plan of Eero Saarinen's - Rome Letters from Loja and Eliel Saarinen Eero Saarinen see file box. Folder #2 Trust Department in First National Bank in Saginaw, Michigan, letter by Florence Schust Guardian's secretary re: lost handwoven rug and tapestry made by Florence Schust at Cranbrook 1940s Letter of thanks "for a good job" Nelson Rockefeller Telegram to Ralph Rapson and Florence Knoll re: a prize from Chicago newspaper "Better Chicago Competition City Plan" Howard Meyers (Architectural Forum) party for Oscar Niemeyer with photos, guest list and original invitation Florence Knoll notes about Howard Meyers' important role in architecture of the period 1950s Copy of Florence Knoll birthday card by Heino Orro of the Planning Unit signed by all departments of Knoll original 18" x 24" in portfolio 3 Family letters Letters from Charles Eames Note from Frazier Wilde re: Chase Manhattan Letter from David Rockefeller re: Chase Manhattan 1958 wedding Florence Knoll and Harry Hood Bassett and notes - 8 1/2" x 11" card from Charles and Ray Eames in color 1960s Letter from Kay Graham re: my declining the Washington Post job Andrew Wilson former president of Art Metal Vogue, Mildred Schmertz of Architectural Record re: doing articles (regret), Life Magazine, The New York Times, Whitney Library of Design, Ladies Home Journal Charles Bassett - SOM architect of Southeast Bank in Miami Article about 10 years of "Knoll International in Germany" translated into English "Knoll Planning Unit" by Christine Rae Florence Knoll Bassett resignation from Knoll and letters of regret from staff, etc. 1970s Letter from Prime Minister Indira Ghandi to Florence Knoll Bassett and following articles by The Miami Herald and William F. Buckley - July 4, 1975 Entertainment at new Bassett house designed by Florence Knoll Bassett and thank you notes from William Scranton US ambassador to the U.N., Nancy Reagan, Kay Graham, Jack Youngerman, Diego Arria, Minister of Information of Venezuela General letters - Frank Stanton re: Look Magazine, ASID president, 10 year old Paul Miller aspiring to become an architect, The Miami Herald re: Knoll au Louvre, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Robert Damora, The White House, Walter Knoll, Loja Saarinen 1980s General correspondence - some personal - Kay Graham, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Philip Johnson, Maeve Slavin of Interiors, Ichiro Inumaru of the Imperial Hotel in Japan, Ronald Swanson, Leslie Cheek, Jr., [[strikethrough]] note to Don Rorke re: Knoll Book [[/strikethrough]], Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Isamu Noguchi, Tony Rosenthal (requests for interviews or lectures de-clined by Florence Knoll Bassett) 1985 Anti-billboard campaign by Florence Knoll Bassett in Miami 1990s Personal - John Helm, David Rockefeller, Robert Damora, Dan Paul, Kay Graham General - Farmland Trust, University of Vermont, chairman of Knoll, Cranbrook, The Architectural League, The Wolfsonian (Honorary Trustee), Pratt, requests for interviews, etc., some contributions
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Needs review, I may have missed something.
