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Box 2

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

India merchandising trip, 1955-1968

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Documents a trip to India on behalf of Bloomingdale’s to source merchandise, primarily textiles. Consists of Granville's report, correspondence regarding travel, and a pamphlet on new Coca-Cola plants inscribed by Mohan Singh. The file also includes a later proposal by Granville to the Indian consulate to serve as merchandising consultant to the Indian government, as well as William Suhr's permit for trekking in Nepal.

Dates: 1955-1968

Correspondence: General, 1965-1971, 2012-2014

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes letters and photographs from Granville's colleagues, including most notably Holiss S. Baker, Dorothy Liebes and H.O. Gummerus.

Dates: 1965-1971; 2012-2014

Correspondence with Edgar Kaufmann, 1952-1988

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes notes commending Granville on Bloomingdale's display of merchandise from the Museum of Modern Art's "Good Design" show, as well as personal notes and Kaufmann's writings about Frank Lloyd Wright's house, Fallingwater, which had been commissioned by his father.

Dates: 1952-1988

Dansk Designs Ltd.: Building photographs and clippings, probably 1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Documents Dansk's showroom in Westchester County, New York. According to Granville, the building was modeled on a Mayan temple.

Dates: probably 1955

Granville, Henriette: Curriculum vitae, documentation of work as consultant, and photograph, 1967-1987, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Includes a press clipping depicting furniture designer Ward Bennett with a metal rack. According to Granville, the rack was her idea. Also includes a photograph of a woman who might be Granville or a member of her family.

Dates: 1967-1987; undated

Granville Suhr residence photographs, 1951-1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7-9
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of interiors and press clippings about the design and decoration of Granville's East 72nd Street apartment in New York City, and her Mount Kisco home.

Dates: 1951-1958