Collection Information
Size: 66 items (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: Letters of Hattie Newcomer Gilpin reflect her patronage of artists Daniel Chester Dale, John La Farge, and Edwin Davis French.
Correspondence regarding the baptismal font and stained glass windows commissioned by Mrs. Gilpin for St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, Maryland, consists of ten letters from Daniel Chester French concerning the baptismal font, 1902-1904; a contract and eighteen letters, 1902-1903, from John La Farge, and a copy of a letter to La Farge from Mrs. Gilpin, regarding the stained glass windows. Also included are 36 letters from Edwin Davis French concerning the execution of engraved book plates for Mrs. Gilpin.