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September 23rd., 1958.

Dear Dr. Bob:

First I want to thank you for your reply to my letter of the 8th., and to tell you that I immediately communicated its contents to Mr. Carter at the Indianapolis museum, from whom you will hear directly should he be able to go ahead with his wish to hold the lecture series. He has all sorts of excellent ideas, but I fear may be handicapped by a certain complacency of the local environment and as he is a "tout jeune homme" his road is rough. 

Meanwhile however we have something I feel I simply [[underlined]] must[[/underlined](that is the way I feel about it)mention to you, though it is not actually within the period of your usual interests: a scene of the "Resurrection". I should not even attempt to describe it, but I shall - in a pre-dawn light, with great large stars overhead, a happy looking Christ walks away from the tomb, along side of which the soldiers still sleep. It is the most unusual conception of the scene I have ever encountered and I just adore it. Nevertheless, from your point of interest, it is not an oil but a gouache, and furthermore it is of the 19th. Century - by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) who as you know did many far-less-distinguished biblical subjects. Regardless of everything, I shall not be happy to see it go to anyone else until you will have seen it.....and no one has as yet, as it has just come and is not even in its frame. And its price is under $1,000.

Sooooooo if and when you can get to New York (and have you built a new dormitory for all those new students?) I hope we shall see you here. 

With many thanks for your kindness about the Indianapolis museum, 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Theresa D. Parker

Dr. Bob Jones, Jr.,
Bob Jones University, 
Greenville, South Carolina.