THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Office of the Director OF ART January 6, 1955 For correspondence with Mr. Thacher re: Lawrence Majewski letters of February, March, April 1954 See Mr. Pease's personnel file CHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF: FORM CCC 2 Commercial Cables THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM "Postal (III Gmcrica Telegraph Cables Ilhickaij Rtu/io Send the following cablegram "VIA COMMERCIAL" ADDRESS: 67 Broad Street, ?>lew Yor\. Telephones: To send a subject to the terms on bac\ hereof, which are hereby agreed to: cable WHitehall 4-1250; for other purposes BOwling Green 9-5800. Day Lf: January 19, 1954 John £. 'Ihacher Dumbarton Q-*ks Research Library 1703 Thirty-Second Street Washington 1, I. C. Mr. Redmond, Mr. and Mrs. Easby, ay wife and I will be delighted to lunch with you on Wednesday 6top Mr. Rorimer unable to be th^re stop Others mentioned in your letter are now in Washington stop Callisen will telephone you about them Francis Henry Taylor THE I NTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Commercial (III (Imerica Tostal ttlackag Cables Cables Telegraph ~Radio To Send a Cable, Telephone VVHitehall 4-3250 For All Other Purposes, Telephone BOwling Green 9-3800 Head Office: 67 Broad Street, New York—Always Open TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THB COMMERCIAL CAULK COMPANY may decline to forward any mesaage, though it haa been accepted for transmission, hat in case of ao doing, shall refund to the sender the amount paid for ita transmission. THIS COMPANY WILL NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN RESPECT TO ANY MESSAGE BEYOND THE TERMINUS OF ITS OWN LINES. 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Taylor, Director Metropolis um of jftrt T}IRECTO'p Fifth Avenue at 32nd " York, New York •is, Do let me thank you again for having included me ^mong your guests at the dinner last Thursday night. I was delighted to be there and congratulate you warmly both for the occasion and for the new installations. I am delighted to hear that you are coming to Vashington h the delegates and I hope very much that you will be free to lunch with them at Dumbarton Oaks on Wednesday, the 20jh, at 1:15 o'clock. ft.s a member of our Visiting Committee, For oth ~ons, it would mean at deal to us to have you present. In view of the shortness of time, would it be too much trouble for your secretary to extend this invitation to Mr. Redmond, and to the members of your staff who I understand are coming to Washington. If r Id send me a collect telegram, I would it. Yours sincerely, John I believe those planning to come to Wi id Mrs. A. Hyatt Mayor #«w —Mr. and Mrs. Dudley r.^asby, Jr. e—" r* •. Theodore Rousseau, Jr. Stirling A. Callisen "*• • • Mr. James J. Rorimer 2 — ^V + i HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION 1703 THIRTY-SECOND STREET,WASHINGTON 7, D.C. April 16, 1953 RECEIVED Mr. Francis Henry Taylor Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art, APR 171353 New York 28, N. Y. DIRECTOR Dear Francis, We are naturally very much in hopes that you will be able to attend the Symposium on April 30, May 1 and 2, an invitation to which you should have received. In any event, I trust that as a member of our Visiting Committee you will be able to visit Dumbarton Oaks sometime this spring. Instead of calling a formal meeting of the Committee we have found it pieasanter and more profitable to invite two or three members to come to Dumbarton Oaks for lunch with us and spend the afternoon, because in this way we are able to see more of them and they to know more of what we are doing. It is fairly easy to arrange such meetings for those members who live in Washington but for those who are out of town we count on them to let us know when they are likely to be in Washington. Therefore, would you be good enough to let me know when there is any possibility of your being in Washington. With all best wishes. Yours sincerely, John S. Thacher Director RECEIVED HARVARD UNIVERSITY AUU 1 1 1952 THE DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION 1703 THIRTY-SECOND STREET,WASHINGTON 7, D.C. DIRECTOR August 6, 1952 Dear Francis, Only a short while ago did I return to Washington, after spending several months in Turkey and Greece. Therefore, I do want to send you these lines to tell you how greatly the Byzantine Institute and I appreciated your action and that of your Trustees in making it possible for Murray Pease to go to Istanbul and to study the problem of the proper treatment for the frescoes in the Karieh Cami. Doubtless Murray has told you about his trip, but I do want you to know that his study of the problem and his recommendations were of inestimable value to us and will permit us to complete the work with confid­ ence and reassurance. With best wishes, Yours sincerely, John S. Thacher, Director. Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, Director The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street New York, New York R«=CE!VFO 1 HARVARD UNIVERSITY y THE DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION 1703 THIRTY-SECOND STREET,WASHINGTON 7, D.C. MAR o - 1952 March 3, 1952 Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, Director The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street New York, New York Dear Francis, I have just received a letter from Murray Pease confirming the fact that the Metropolitan Museum has granted him leave to spend two weeks in May in Istanbul and that it will defray his expenses up to $1500. Therefore, I hasten to send you these lines to express my deep appreciation for the Museum's generosity and for your understanding of our problems, Murray1s presence I know will be a tremendous help to the Byzantine Institute. With best wishes, Yours sincerely, r7 JohnS. Thacher, Director. HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION 1703 THIRTY-SECOND STREET,WASHINGTON 7, D.C. March 21, 1951 Dear Mr. Taylor, At a meeting of the Board of Scholars held in Washington on April 28th, 1950, it was voted to hold a Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks on Iconoclasm. This Symposium will be conducted under the direction of the Chairman and it will be held on Thursday, April 26th, Friday, April 27th and Saturday, April 28th, ending at one o'clock. The program for the Symposium is enclosed. I take pleasure in inviting you, in the name of the Board of Scholars, to attend this Symposium and would appreciate your sending your acceptance on the enclosed self-addressed postcard. ncerely yours, /LA-^^J A.