Beck, James M. (James Montgomery), 1861-1936
Lawyer
Size: 5 items (partial reel of microfilm)
Summary: Three letters from Mantle Fielding to Beck and copies of two letters from Beck to Fielding, March 23 - April 29, 1931. In the letters Fielding identifies paintings in Beck's possession and they write particularly about a painting by James Frothingham.
Letters originally lent for microfilming on reel D316 by Charles Feinberg, 1967. Subsequently sold at auction and bought by AAA, 1968. Remicrofilmed on reel 3134.
Microfilm roll 3134 availabable at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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James M. Beck correspondence with Mantle Fielding, 1931. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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