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Enid Thompson Sales correspondence : and other material, circa 1954-2008.
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Title:
Enid Thompson Sales correspondence: and other material, circa 1954-2008Creator/Contributor:
Sales, Enid Thompson, 1921-2008, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Whalen, Philip, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Cowan, Curtiss, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Roberts, Ann M., correspondent.Abstract:
Contains mostly personal correspondence of Sales, some from Bay Area Beat poet, Philip Whalen, and other acquaintances. Includes
a drawing of nasturtiums in a vase and poem (O Greta Garbo!) inscribed "Belated nasturtiams for the birthday of Tommy Sales,
with love from Philip Whalen. San Francisco 1: VI :64." Other material includes newspaper clippings about Sales' career activities,
photographs, and her obituary.
Date:
1954 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caContractors -- Women -- California
Art patrons -- Women -- California
Entrepreneurs -- Femmes -- Californie
Mécènes -- Femmes -- Californie
California
Sales, Enid Thompson -- 1921-2008 -- Correspondence
Sales, Enid Thompson -- 1921-2008 -- Portraits
Whalen, Philip -- Correspondence
Whalen, Philip -- Poetry
Cowan, Curtiss -- Correspondence
Roberts, Ann M -- Correspondence
Whalen, Philip
Note:
Gift; Of Rachel Lopez; 20090415.
Printed materials transferred to the Book Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Enid Thompson Sales was a noted San Francisco Bay Area building conservationist and patron of the arts. She was the first
woman in California to get a contractor's license, played a key role in starting the Carmel Preservation Foundation, and worked
for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
Preferred citation: Enid Thompson Sales correspondence : and other material, BANC MSS 2009/140, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Poetry.Portraits.
Personal correspondence.
Drawings.
Photographs.
Poems-California-20th century.
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (0.7 linear feet)
Language:
English