Family Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915
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content: Karl Theodore Francis Bitter papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Folders (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bittkarl, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found is correspondence of Karl Bitter's children, Marietta (Mrs. Walter Abel) and Francis Bitter, most of which concerns the Committee to Preserve American Art and the reinstallation of the caryatids on the St. Paul Building in New York City.  There is also a copy of a letter written by Marie Bitter to her children concerning the death of her husband and wishes for her own burial, which was sent to Francis Bitter.  Also found is a copy of a letter written by Karl Bitter to Daniel Chester French in which he discusses Greek archaeology and his feelings on World War I.