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CARNEGIE STUDY OF UNITED STATES ART Box 1170 Williamstown, Massachusetts Office of the Executive Secretary January 26, 1959 Mr. Robert Graham James Graham Galleries 1014 Madison Avenue New York, New York Dear Mr. Graham: Through a grant to the University of Georgia, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has established a study of the arts of the United States with the specific objective of developing color material for teaching purposes. The current project, which has been going on for 22 months, concerns the development of sets of color slides, numbering about 4000 per set, which will be distributed to educational institutions in this country and abroad. The enclosed prospectus describes this project in detail. Our photographers have recently visited the object (or building) described on the enclosed lists and, with your permission, we hope to include it in the Carnegie Study. For this purpose we are enclosing a memorandum regarding permission and rights and three (3) copies of a permission form with a list attached to each, itemizing the objects (or building) concerned. As per paragraph 2 of page 1 of the memorandum, please sign the original permission blank and one of the copies and return to us in the enclosed self-addressed envelope. The third copy is for your files. As per paragraph 1 of page 2 of the memorandum please indicate any corrections on the (4th) "EDITORIAL" copy of the list of objects (or building), and return this in the same envelope. We sincerely hope that we may include this item in our collection and I would like to express in advance our gratitude for your assistance. Sincerely yours, William H Pierson Jr William H. Pierson, Jr. Executive Secretary Enc. 7