Marceau, Henri, 1896-1969

Person

Dates

Existence: 1896 - 1969

Biography

Henri Gabriel Marceau was born June 12, 1896 in Richmond, Virginia. He was an American architect, teacher, art historian and museum curator. He served as Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1955–1964. He died September 15, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara Sessions, 1938-1943

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z

Sub-Group — Box H, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence including letters and telegrams to, from, or about Barbara Sessions, librarian at Dumbarton Oaks and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

Letter from Henri Marceau, Pennsylvannia Museum of Art, Fairmount, Philadelphia to Barbara Sessions, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z / Sub-Group: Barbara Sessions

File — Box H, Folder: 2, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H2:Marceau 1938.04.13

Scope and Contents:

Typescript letter from Henri Marceau on Pennsylvania Museum of Art letterhead thanking Barbara Sessions, librarian at Dumbarton Oaks for Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss. He acknowledges the receipt of material that has been seen and stamped by the French consulate in Philadelphia. He mentions it [the material] was sent special delivery to catch the Europa [possibly a transatlantic ship]. He hopes the photographs and description will be of service to M.[Monsieur] Mallet.