Alice Stanley Acheson letter, 1944 March 2

Acheson, Alice, b. 1895
Painter
Washington, D.C.

Collection size: 1 item (on partial microfilm reel).

Collection Summary: A letter to "Miss Curtis", March 2, 1944, about paintings of Acheson's grandfather, John Mix Stanley, which were exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution.

Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, illustrator; Washington, D.C. Born 1895. Full name Alice Stanley Acheson; granddaughter of painter John Mix Stanley. Wife of Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

This letter may have been received with the John Mix Stanley papers, lent by Acheson and microfilmed on reel 687. It is not on reel 687.

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