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| Title: | David S. Clark letter to William Walton |
| Author: | Clark, David Sanders |
| Date: | 02/07/1970 |
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Bibliographic Metadata
| Author: | Clark, David Sanders |
| Title: | David S. Clark letter to William Walton |
| Date: | 02/07/1970 |
| Archive: | Special Collections, Gelman Library, George Washington University |
| Collection name: | Committee of 100 on the Federal City, records (Part I) |
| Document location: | Box 20, Folder 8 "PADC: Old Post Office Project 1970-1982" |
| Publication location: | |
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Descriptive Metadata
| Editorial notes: | David Sanders Clark was Chairman of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City in 1971-72. |
| Description: | Letter by David S. Clark to William Walton, Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, voicing strong opposition to proposal to destroy the Old Post Office Tower. This letter, written in 1970, demonstrates one viewpoint in a debate that lasted for more than a decade. The letter also makes derogatory reference to the plans for the new F.B.I. Headquarters building on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| Subjects: | Clark, David Sanders;; Walton, William;; Commission of Fine Arts;; Old Post Office Tower;; Hoover, J. Edgar |
Technical Metadata
| Date scanned: | 03/06/2006 |
| Person scanning: | Christopher Brantley |
| Date converted: | 03/06/2006 |
| Person converting: | Christopher Brantley |
| Scanner used: | Fujitsu fi-4220C |
| OCR program: | PixEdit 7 Rev. 7.3.6 |
| Technical notes: | This was a carbon copy, and therefore not on committee letterhead. |