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Authors: Robert M. Edsel

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The Monuments Men (65 page)

31
. Houghton, “James J. Rorimer,” 39.

32
. Letter to Harvard from Frieda van Schaïk, November 1945, Huchthausen Papers, Harvard University.

33
. Letter from Marvin Ross, Huchthausen Papers.

34
. Hancock to Saima, November 25, 1945, Hancock Papers.

35
. Letter to Mr. Kenneth Balfour, October 1, 1954, Balfour Papers.

36
. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Balfour, November 17, 1955, Balfour Papers.

37
. Letter to Mr. Kenneth Balfour, October 1, 1954, Balfour Papers.

38
. Stoner, “Changing Approaches in Art Conservation, 41.

39
. Cohn, “George Stout’s Legacy,” 8.

40
. “George L. Stout, at 80; Expert on Restoration of Works of Art,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1978.

41
. “Report on Lieutenant George L. Stout, USNR, by Damon M. Gunn,” November 19, 1944, roll 1420, Stout Papers.

42
. Duberman,
The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein
, 403.

43
. Standen, “Report on Germany,” 213.

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