Object Details
- Creator
- Richards, M. C., 1916-1999
- Merritt, Francis Sumner, 1913-2000
- Subject
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- Other
- Physical Description
- Letter : 2 p. : typescript ; 42 x 30 cm.
- Summary
- In this letter to Merritt, the founding director of Haystack, Richards introduced the idea of combining the literary and visual arts in a calligraphy course: "Writing as a Handcraft, or Arts of the Scribe."
- Citation
- M. C. Richards. M. C. Richards, Union Dale, PA letter to Francis Sumner Merritt, 1972 July 5. Francis Sumner Merritt papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1972 July 5
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)180
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Francis Sumner Merritt papers, circa 1930-1980
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Art schools
- Arts administrators
- Arts and crafts
- Calligraphy
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_180
