Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966
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content: James J. Rorimer papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rorijame, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged chronologically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Correspondence mostly relates to Rorimer's army service during World War II from 1943-1946, such as letters about placement and assignments in the army, army directives, and announcements of awards. There are a few personal letters from Rorimer's wife Katherine or Kay. There are also letters about publishing the book Survival and congratulatory notes upon publication The more prominent names among the correspondents include Paul Sachs, associate director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist; Robert Lehman, banker and donor to the Metropolitan Museum; Francis Henry Taylor, director of the Metropolitan Museum; and Captain Edith A. Standen, one of the Monuments Men.