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Letter, Letter from Morris de Camp Crawford, Women's Wear Daily

This is a Letter. It was written by M.D.C. Crawford. It is dated September 11, 1916. Its medium is reproduction. It is a part of the department.

Morris de Camp Crawford, an editor at Women’s Wear Daily, was an advocate for the study of museum collections to forge a new identity in American design, a campaign he called “Designed in America.” In 1916 he responded to a letter from Eleanor indicating alignment with the Cooper Union Museum’s mission: “With you I thoroughly agree that the ancient models of fabric decoration should receive careful consideration by all students of design and the technique of expression be carefully studied.”

It is credited Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Sarah & Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum.

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