Laurent, Louis Philippe Eugene, 1906-1992
Person
Biography
His wife was Phyllis Baker who died of Myasthenia Gravis in 1956.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Max Farrand, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California to Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 16, 1940 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 80Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1940.05.16
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Max Farrand to Robert Woods Bliss asking advice in a personal matter. A member of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery staff, C.H. Collins Baker, an artist, is frantic over the threat [of war] in England. Baker asks if there is any possible way for their daughter, Phyllis and her physician husband, Eugene Laurent to join them in this country if things worsened in England. Farrand describes Phyllis as an invalid and her husband restored her...