George to Katherine & Francis Biddle., 01/04/1959-12/25/1959

File — Box: 2, Folder: 23

Identifier: 75130

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

01/04/1959-12/25/1959

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Permission of the Biddle Family is required before accessing this collection. The Booth Family Center for Special Collections can provide information on the permission process.

Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.25 Linear Feet (3 Hollinger Document Cases, 1 Record Storage.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Correspondence from George to Katherine and Francis Biddle: 21 ALS, 1 TLS, 1 ACS postcard, written from India and Italy. References to painting portraits of various Indian government officials including Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi; Marguerite and Roffredo Caetani and Lelia and Hubert Howard; Archibald MacLeish; Moncure and Brenda Biddle; Elizabetta Mariano ("Nicky") and Bernard Berenson (ALS 6/6/1959); Peyton Biddle (7/19/1959); Maurice Sterne (ALS 9/1/1959 including typescript of address by George Biddle about Sterne); Sturgis and Marion Ingersoll, Matthew Josephson (ALS 9/16/1959); Daniel Catton Rich (director, Chicago Art Institute) and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (ALS 10/14/1959); Helene Sardeau and Michael Biddle.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BIDDLE, GEORGE - CORRES. TO BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS 1959: Autographed Letter

BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS - CORRES. FROM BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

NEHRU, JAWAHARLAL - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

GANDHI, INDIRA - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

CAETANI, MARGUERITE - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

HOWARD, LELIA - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

CAETANI, LELIA - SEE ALSO: HOWARD, LELIA: Autographed Letter

MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

BIDDLE, MONCURE & BRENDA - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

MARIANO, ELIZABETTA ("NICKY") - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

BERENSON, BERNARD - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

STERNE, MAURICE - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

BIDDLE, GEORGE - ADDRESS: RE STERNE, MAURICE (1959): Transcript

RICH, DANIEL CATTON - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

SCHLESINGER, ARTHUR, JR. - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

CAETANI, ROFFREDO - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

HOWARD, HUBERT - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

SARDEAU, HELENE - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

BIDDLE, MICHAEL - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

BIDDLE, PEYTON - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

INGERSOLL, STURGIS & MARION - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter

JOSEPHSON, MATTHEW - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, GEORGE 1959: Autographed Letter