Creator:

Chew, Mary C.  Search this

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942  Search this

Subject:

Titanic (Steamship)  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Place:

Washington, D.C.

Date:

1918 Aug. 5

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

Letter : 1 folded sheet : signed ; 17 x 27

Summary:

Chew writes to express her distress that there are further setbacks in settling on a location for the Titanic Memorial designed by Whitney. She discusses various locations that were considered, including one on 16th Street and another at the tip of Potomac Park. <br>Citation of this item must include the following title: Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers. Gift of Flora Miller Irving.

Citation:

Mary C. Chew. Letter from Mary C. Chew to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1918 Aug. 5. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Memorials  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)14040

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975, bulk 1888-1942

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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