Marianne Greer Appel papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mecklem, Austin Merrill, 1894-1951
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content: Austin Merrill Mecklem and Marianne Greer Appel papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-2006
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meckaust, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Letters include communications from the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration concerning the Carville, Louisiana Marine Hospital Water Color Competition and reference letters in support of Appel's application for a Guggenheim Fellowship, including one by Ernest Gruening, then Governor of Alaska. Gruening became acquainted with Appel's work when she and Mecklem worked in Alaska for the Works Progress Administration. More personal are the hand-written letters from friends, including notes of condolence on the passing of Mecklem. Writings by Appel express her interest in nature and thoughts about life. There are illustrated drafts of her children's book "The Story of Juliet," about life lessons of a seal. Also found are three sketchbooks including one she shared with Mecklem.

The photographs are of puppets, paintings by Appel, and what are probably family snapshots. The donors' notes suggest that writings that accompany certain puppet photos are notes from Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets.