Ferry, W. Hawkins, 1913-1988
Collector, Arts administrator
Size: 400 items (on 1 microfilm reel).
Summary: Correspondence and administrative materials emanating from Ferry's work with the Detroit Metropolitan Art Association and the Friends of Modern Art of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Also included are: letters from dealers and artists from whom Ferry purchased works of art; photographs; and clippings.
Art collector; Michigan. Born 1914.
Lent for microfilming 1973 by W. Hawkins Ferry.
Microfilm reel 569 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
W. Hawkins Ferry papers, 1947-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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