Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943
Art patron, Collector
Size: 1 item (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: A letter to Mrs. Graham Shaw, May 21, 1923, permitting her to chaperone 12 people on a visit to his art collection. He agrees with Mrs. Shaw that "the appreciation of art in Philadelphia is much needed...."
Art collector and patron; Philadelphia, Pa.
Provenance unknown.
Microfilm reel 3482 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Joseph E. Widener letter, 1923. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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