Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Patch, Margaret Merwin, 1894-1987
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content: Margaret Merwin Patch papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet (Box 1, 12, OV13-14)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.patcmarg, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found are scattered biographical materials relating to Margaret Merwin Patch, her husband George Patch, and members of the Merwin and Patch families. Found for Margaret Merwin Patch are awards, identification cards and passports, school records, an end of life decree, scattered receipts, and a wedding invitation. Material concerning Rachel Merwin-Coggeshall trace Margaret Patch's sister's career as an architect. A file for Buckland house and orchard includes plans, letters regarding the construction and building of the home, greeting cards featuring drawings of the home, deeds and inventories. Also found are a couple of photos of Patch's cousin, Ruth Merwin, who was accidentally shot and killed by United States Vice President Adlai Stevenson when he was a teenager. The file also includes an article about Stevenson.