Lorraine W. Pearce Letter to Joshua Miller
Name/Title
Lorraine W. Pearce Letter to Joshua MillerEntry/Object ID
2011.02.11 ABCDEFDescription
Lorraine W. Pearce handwritten two-page letter & envelope to Joshua Miller, October 29, 2009; includes 4 postcards – the Red Room, The Lincoln Bedroom, The Family Dining Room, and The Yellow Oval Room; all four postcards are signed on the back in black ink, “Lorraine W. Pearce, Curator of the White House 1961-1962”. Ms. Pearce explains that the Kennedy White House consisted of “two committees, one of donors to the project and one of art historians and museum directors.” She explains that the postcard images of the Lincoln Bedroom, the Red Room and the Dining Room are exactly as she, the committee and the supervisor, Mr. Henry Francis DuPont arranged them. She also states the Yellow Oval Room was Mrs. Kennedy’s private living room.Collection
Permanent CollectionCategory
Letter, Documentary Objects