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  • Low, Sanford B. D. (Sanford Ballard Dole), b. 1905 d. 1964

    Designer, Illustrator, Museum director, Painter
    New Britain, Conn., Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (Show Bio)

    Sanford B. D. Low papers, 1931-1975

    0.2 linear ft. (186 items on 1 microfilm reel)
    Reel(s): 2147

    Biographical data; personal and business correspondence, including letters from Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, Robert Vose and Robert Vose, Jr. of Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., and others; writings; exhibition catalogs; printed materials regarding the Sanford Low Memorial Collection of American Illustration; 3 sketches by Low, clippings on Low and the activities of the New Britain Museum of American Art; photographs of Low, of Low with Benton, Thomas Craven and Denys Wortman, and photographs of the installation of a Low retrospective exhibition, 1963.

    The donor, Virginia Low, is the widow of Sanford Low.

    How to Use this Collection

    • Patrons must use microfilm copy.
    • Microfilm reel 2147 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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