Leeper, Blanche Magurn, 1911-1992

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Contains correspondence to, from, and about Magurn who was an acting curator of the Fogg Art Museum in 1946 while Warner was in Japan. The correspondence chiefly relates to Warner's audience with the Imperial Household of Japan, a legislative bill to establish a national Japanese Museum, and loans from Warner to the Fogg Art Museum.

Overview: Langdon Warner (1881-1955) was a curator of Far Eastern Art at Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum from 1923 to 1950, and was an advisor to the United States military on Far Eastern shrines and art centers in World War II. The Langdon Warner personal archive documents Warner's career as a curator, art historian, and lecturer and illustrates his roles as an authority on Asian art and culture, especially on Japanese and Chinese art and culture. The collection provides a view of United...