Albright-Knox, Art Gallery Library , K ALBRIGHTKNOX 1285 Elmwood Avenue Tel 716.882.8700 ART GALLERY Buffalo, New York Fax 716.882.6213 14222-1096 www.albrightknox.org G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library July 24, 2003 Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Dear Dr. Epp: In researching your request for a copy of President Eliot's May 31, 1905 dedication address of the Albright Art Gallery, I have found several instances where the speech is referred to as "Beauty and Democracy" as opposed to "The Love of the Beautiful." I am including a copy of the address, taken from the Gallery's July, 1905 "Academy Notes" newsletter. We hope that this information proves helpful in your research. Please feel free to contact us in the future if you have any further questions. Sincerely, hyara tyude Amy Glende Susana Tejada Volunteer Reference Assistant Head Librarian ACAD EMY NOTES Amorem Artis Promovere VOL. I, No. 2 BUFFALO, N. Y. JULY, 1905 DEDICATION CEREMONIES "The heavens are teiling the Lord's endless glory, Through all the Earth his praise is found; ALBRIGHT ART GALLERY The seas re-echo the marvelous story: o man, repeat that glorious sound. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1905 Professor Horatio Parker of Yale Uni- A finer day for the Dedication ceremonies versity conducted the Chorus. could not be imagined. The sun was shin- Then President Charles William Eliot, of ing brightly in a sky of deep blue with only Harvard University, was introduced and de- an occasional filmy white cloud. The tem- livered an address on Beauty and Democ- perature was cool without dampness or racy." He spoke as follows chill. The rains of the week preceding had given the grass and foliage fresh luxuriance PRESIDENT ELIOT'S ADDRESS and increased richness of color. The white The ultimate object of democracy is to in- marble art palace, rising out of the mass of crease the satisfactions and joys of life for bright variegated greens into an " Italian the great mass of the people - to increase blue sky seemed to express a purer beauty them absolutely and also relatively to pains and sorrows. In other words, the final aim and more impressive dignity than ever be- of government by the people for the people fore, and constituted a majestic background is to increase to the highest possible degree, for the tiers of out-door seats covering the and for the greatest possible number of per- terraces of the east front. sons, the pleasurable sensations or cheerful feelings which contribute to make life hap- The tremendous assemblage of people in py and to reduce to lowest terms the pre- bright costumes gave a sparkling play of ventable evils which go to make life miser- color to the immediate foreground, and this able. The reduction of evil is an indirect was well relieved by the greensward of the benefit. The direct way to promote that public happiness which is the ultimate ob- terraces at the sides. ject of democracy is to increase the num- From the seats of the spectators the view ber, variety, and intensity of those sensa- was charming in another way. Beyond the tions and emotions which give innocent and frequently recurring pleasure. This in- speakers' stand the expanse of the lake crease of well-being should take effect on with its numerous pleasure-boats, its distant the masses of the democratic population wooded shores and the deep blue of the sky although the select few who possess unusual. reflected by its surface made a picture rival- capacity or good-will will inevitably get more than their proportional share of the ling in beauty the painted gems of the Loan general well-being. The natural and genu- Collection. ine leader, discoverer, or superior person The arrangements for the comfort of cannot but get unusual satisfaction out of the benefits he confers; and a true democ- the guests were admirable. Each section of racy will be glad he does, recognizing that the seats was designated by a distinctive his superiority does not obstruct or lessen color and the seat coupons for the section the happiness of the common people, but were of the same color. The ushers were rather promotes it. Nevertheless, the dem- ocratic goal is the happiness of the common numerous, ready, and informed, and every- mass. one of the several thousand spectators was Among the means of increasing innocent shown his or her seat promptly, easily, and pleasurable sensations and emotions for without confusion. All the details of the multitudes of men and women, none is more potent than the cultivation of the sense of event very nearly approximated perfection. beauty. Beauty means a thing enjoyable. At four o'clock the distinguished person- It must always be something which excites ages who were to participate in the ceremo- in human beings pleasurable sensations and emotions. Beauty is infinitely various, and nies, accompanied by the Directors of the it is omnipresent. It is accessible, there- Fine Arts Academy, marched from the Park fore, to all men in all places and in all Casino to reserved seats near the speakers' moods; and its infinite value for pleasure stand, and the exercises began. Mr. R. H. and content only waits on the development of the capacity in human beings to feel and Plumb, President of the Academy, presided. to appreciate it. First was the singing by the Orpheus, The enjoyment of beauty is unselfish. Sangerbund, Teutonia Liederkranz, and When one solitary man feels it, he does not, by his enjoyment of it, deprive any other Guido societies and other voices, of Bee- creature of the same felicity; on the con- thoven's impressive chorus trary, in most instances his enjoyment is NOTICE This Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S Code 24 ACADEMY NOTES much enhanced by sharing it with sympa- vation of the heavens, for which the only thetic souls. The child who enjoys, she things needed are the open sight of the sky knows not why, the exquisite forms and and the observing eye. The heavens are colors of a single pansy does not shut out always declaring the glory of God. The other people from experiencing the same noblest poetry of all nations celebrates the sensations at sight of the same pansy; and majesty and splendor of the sky. Psalmist, she finds her pleasure only increased when prophet, and artist draw thence their loft- father and mother and playmates share it iest teachings. Sun, moon, and stars, sun- with her. When, at rare intervals, the snow- set and sunrise, clouds tossed and torn by clad Mount Rainier reveals itself, touched wind, floating or driving mists and fogs, by the rays of the setting sun, to far-off snow, rain, and the clear blue are all phe- Seattle, the enjoyment of the solitary nomena of the sky which will afford end- street-sweeper who has first noticed it is less delights to him who watches them. only enhanced when the people run out of The dweller on the prairie or the sea has their houses to enjoy the magnificent spec- the best chance at the sky, and the dweller tacle. In their spiritual effects aesthetic in narrow streets, hemmed in by tall build- pleasures differ widely from pleasures like ings, has the worst. This obstruction of those of eating and drinking, which are ex- the sight of the sky is one of the grave evils hausted on the individual who enjoys them. which beset a modern urban population. The happiness of loving things beautiful is City people run about at the bottom of deep in a high degree a social form of happiness; ditches and often can see only a narrow and it is the aim of democracy to develop strip of the heavens. Fortunately, the loft- social happiness, as well as individual. iest structures reared by man are not so It is undeniable that the American democ- high but that a moderate open area in the racy, which found its strongest and most midst of a closely built city will give a durable springs in the ideals of New Eng- prospect of large sections of the heavens. land Puritanism, has thus far failed to take This is one of the great things gained for proper account of the sense of beauty as an urban population by accessible open means of happiness and to provide for the spaces, such as parks, commons, marshes training of that sense. On the main gate and reaches or ponds of water. of Harvard University there stands this in- Next to observation of the sky as means scription, taken from "New England's First of developing the sense of beauty comes ob- Fruits," a little book published in London servation of the landscape. Landscape in- in 1643: "After God had carried us safe to cludes innumerable and various objects of New England and we had builded our beauty, for it includes beauty of form, of houses, provided necessaries for our liveli- texture, of color and of luster. Thus, the hood, reared convenient places for God's contours and surfaces of hills and valleys worship and settled the civil government, present infinite variety. Some fields and one of the next things we longed for and pastures are convex in form; others-and looked after was to advance learning and these are the more beautiful-are concave. perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave The plant and tree growths which cover an illiterate ministry to the churches when portions of these surfaces also present ex- our present ministers shall lie in the dust." traordinary varieties of color and texture. That sentence still describes the main ob- Threads or sheets of water add silver sheen. jects which present themselves to the minds In some landscapes it is a single object of the present generation of Americans like Niagara which absorbs the attention; when they settle a new region or reconstruct in others, it is a group of objects as in the an old one-houses, livelihood, churches, Garden of the Gods in Colorado or the civil government, and education and still Yosemite in California while in others the that order of development commonly pre- multitudinous multiplication of the same vails, except that education is nowadays put form is the interesting feature, as in a field earlier. To that list it is time to add the of wheat or of California poppies, or in a cultivation of the sense of beauty, or rather forest, or in the millions of equal ripples on to interfuse that cultivation sympathetically a sunlit lake. Over every landscape hangs with every item on the list. The Puritan, the sky, contributing lights and shadows, establishing himself painfully on the east- brilliancy or somberness, perfect calm or ern rim of the wild continent, thought rather boisterous windiness. The ear shares with of duty than of beauty, and distrusted pleas- the eye the beautiful effects of weather on urable sensations and emotions as probably landscape. The rushing of the storm unworthy of a serious soul, not looking for through the narrow valley, the murmuring happiness in this life, but only in the next; tremor of the pines in the gentle breeze, the and to this day his descendants and fol- rustling and bowing of a field of corn in an lowers, spreading across the broad conti- August gale, the clatter of palmettos in a nent, pay far too little attention to the wind, the rattle of pebbles on a beach drag- means of promoting public happiness. They ged down by the retiring wave, the onset of seek eagerly material possessions and the a thundershower are delights for the ear as coarser bodily satisfactions, but are not at well as the eye. For such implanting and pains to discover and make available the developing of the sense of beauty in the emotional and spiritual sources of public minds of urban populations a large new pro- and private happiness. It is, therefore, an vision has been made by many American interesting inquiry how the sense of beauty cities during the last twenty years, and this and the delight in the beautiful are to be movement is still gathering force. It will implanted, cultivated, and strengthened result in great gains for public happiness. among the masses of the American popula- Democratic society is not favorable to the tion. creation and permanent holding of great The oldest and readiest means of culti- parks and forests by enduring families, a vating the sense of beauty is habitual obser- process which often procured important ad- NOTICE This Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 Code) ACADEMY NOTES 25 which the only sight of the sky The heavens are y of God. The ns celebrates the e sky. Psalmist, hence their loft- L, and stars, sun- ssed and torn by mists and fogs, blue are all phe- will afford end- ) watches them. e or the sea has and the dweller in by tall build- is obstruction of of the grave evils rban population. e bottom of deep : only a narrow unately, the loft- man are not so open area in the city will give a of the heavens. hings gained for accessible open immons, marshes ter. he sky as means beauty comes ob- Landscape in- rious objects of uty of form, of ister. Thus, the mills and valleys Some fields and m; others-and ul-are concave. :hs which cover also present ex- lor and texture. add silver sheen. a single object S the attention; objects as in the Colorado or the ile in others the n of the same are, as in a field Comyright by poppies, or in a equal ripples on landscape hangs S and shadows, perfect calm or ear shares with 5 of weather on of the storm the murmuring entle breeze, the Id of corn in an palmettos in a n a beach drag- PRESIDENT CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT lve, the onset of S for the ear as OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY implanting and : beauty in the a large new pro- many American years, and this force. It will ublic happiness. lavorable to the olding of great ring families, a d important ad- NOTICE This Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) 26 ACADEMY NOTES vantages for the public in feudal society. sity, so the earliest arts and trades will pro- The king, the prince, the cardinal or the vide shelters. For the worship of their gods propriate tion. Bu court favorite held great estates which all people try to rear imposing structures. easily might descend through many genera- The American people, if we study them all in a pala tions undiminished and well maintained. The across the continent, seem to mean that splendor on. It is whole community could enjoy in some their best buildings shall be schoolhouses measure the landscape beauty thus created and libraries, certainly not a bad choice. buildings. They are also ready to pay for costly build- noble, like and preserved. Under democratic legisla- must harb tion and custom it is difficult to transmit ings for the use of government, national, must be u ests, and I The pro beautiful $ memorate cating the casts, prin good colle to appreci shade, of and texti color, lust eye to the sition in C Examples ters in cc to obtain States; b collections value. U lation, tax on the na: serious ar INAUGURAL LOAN EXHIBITION GALLERY II-WEST END from generation to generation great private state, or municipal, each citizen having some holdings in land. It is, therefore, fortunate sense of individual proprietorship in such that the democracy has already decided that buildings. If we could always get in our it will itself own and preserve for public public buildings the beauty of good propor- uses large tracts of land. Public owner- tion and of pleasing decoration, what an ad- ship will provide in our country the for- dition to the everyday enjoyment of the ests, parks, river banks, and beaches which population would such good architecture will give the urban and suburban popula- give. To pass a noble building every day in tion access to landscape beauty. going from the home to the workship makes Another means of increasing the enjoy- an appreciable addition to the satisfactions ment of beauty which has of late years be- of the citizen. To go to school in a house come commoner in our country than it used well designed and well decorated gives a to be is the cultivation of flowers and flow- pleasure to the pupils which is an important ering shrubs in houses or house-lots, and part of their training. To live in a pretty in gardens both public and private. This cottage surrounded by a pleasing garden is cultivation is a very humane and civilizing a great privilege for the country-bred child. source of enjoyment. It is usually a pleas- The boy who was brought up in a New ure shared with others, and it is as enjoy- England farmhouse, overhung by stately able on the small scale as on the large for elms, approached through an avenue of the individual planter and tender. One of maples or limes, and having a dooryard the encouraging signs about American sys- hedged about with lilacs will carry that tematic education is that school boards and fair picture in his mind through a long teachers are beginning to see the utility of exile, and in his old age revisit it with de- school gardens. "How Plants Grow" was light. In regard to public buildings, how- great serv the title of one of Asa Gray's best books. ever, it is all-important that they should be, peoples of The place to teach that subject is not the not only noble in design, but also nobly tion, as al lecture room or the laboratory, but the gar- used or occupied. When a just and kindly risty deco rich man builds a handsome palace for him- mirable V den plot. self and his family, his lavish expenditure the world. It is said that the first art a barbarous people develops and fosters effectively is does no harm to the community, but on the great pai: architecture. Shelter is a primary neces- contrary provides it with a beautiful and ap- Holy Fan variety O NOTICE This Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S Code ACADEMY NOTES 27 pro- propriate object of sympathetic contempla- group, namely, a mature man, a young gods tion. But when a knave or a gambler lives mother, a baby, and a Saint Catherine or a ures. in a palace, the sight of his luxury and Saint John the Baptist, representing so n all splendor may work injury to the lookers- many interesting stages of human life, with that on. It is the same with regard to public all the appropriate varieties of facial expres- uses buildings. Their occupation or use must be sion, skin coloring, and graceful garments, oice. noble, like that of a Gothic cathedral. They the whole permeated with lofty and holy uild- must harbor honest men, not rogues. They sentiment. Such pictures the Roman church onal, must be used to promote large public inter- kept before millions of its worshipers for ests, and must be instinct with public spirit. hundreds of years. The modern painter has The provision of public museums like this not yet seized on any subject of such su- beautiful structure whose opening we com- preme merit and universal availability. memorate today is another means of edu- Since the church has had only a slight es- cating the popular sense of beauty. By thetic function in the United States, public casts, prints, etchings, and photographs a collections have in America even greater good collection trains the eyes of the people importance than they have in Europe. to appreciate beauty of outline, of light and It is apparent from the tremendous influ- shade, of symmetry and proportion. Vases ence of the passion of love that beauty in and textile fabrics supply instruction in man, woman, and child must yield a large color, luster, and texture. For training the part of the available material for developing eye to the appreciation of beautiful compo- and training the sense of beauty in the sition in color, good paintings are necessary. masses of the population. The attraction Examples of the work of the greatest mas- of sex becomes efficient when the eye is de- ters in color are, of course, very difficult lighted by the color, form, and grace of the to obtain for exhibition in the United beloved object. It is through the eye and States; but a few such objects in our best the ear chiefly that we are susceptible to collections would have an immeasurable beauty in man, woman, or child. The lov- value. Unfortunately, our barbarous legis~ er's senses are all quickened and set on fire, lation, taxing imported works of art, piles and his vital energies are magnified. His on the natural difficulties of our situation a fancy and his power of attention become serious artificial obstruction. One of the lively and keen; and, in short, all his vital ome uch our bor- ad- the :ure y in kes ons use S a ant etty 1 is ild. lew :ely of ard hat INAUGURAL LOAN EXHIBITION: GALLERY V, LOOKING SOUTH ong de- great services of the Roman Church to the functions are made healthier and stronger. w- be, peoples of Europe has been the free exhibi- It follows from this almost universal experi- bly tion, as altar pieces or as chancel and sac- ence that the enjoyment of beauty accom- dly risty decorations, of many of the most ad- panies and announces a condition of health im- mirable works of the leading painters of and vigor in the human body and the hu- the world. The favorite subject with these man spirit, and that whatever promotes the ure the great painters for a church picture-the public health, or, in other words, the habit- Holy Family-offered to the artist a large ual health of the multitude, will also pro- ap- variety of human figures in a compact mote the development of the sense of NOTICE Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code 1. 28 ACADEMY NOTES beauty, and will multiply the pleasurable and groves, and their skill in producing the feelings which accompany the observation most admirable varieties of fine work in of beauty. Whatever promotes the public metals, pottery, and textile fabrics have been health tends, therefore, to promote that the wonder of the Western world. Even public happiness which the recognition and the arrangement of cut flowers is for them a study of beauty is fitted to procure for the high art; a garden or a grove is almost a popular masses. sacred place; and the production of a single It has sometimes been maintained that beautiful porcelain or bronze vase or bowl love of the beautiful is an effeminate senti- is an adequate reward for months of labor. ment, which may fitly accompany delicacy, This devotion to the production of the beau- tenderness, and refinement, but is not an at- tiful is absolutely consistent with the pos- tribute of manly vigor or of a pioneering, session by the same race of the qualities enterprising, and martial race. On one which we commonly distinguish by such Memorial Day not long ago I was watching words as manly, sturdy, and heroic. We from my office window a post of the Grand ought not to be surprised at this union of Army of the Republic marching slowly to attributes. We ought never to have imag- DEDICATION OF THE ALBRIGHT GALLERY: PRESIDENT ELIOT SPEAKING wailing music toward the graves of their ined that the sense of beauty harmonized former comrades in Mount Auburn Ceme- only with softness, fineness, or frailty in the tery, which they were about to decorate human being. The fact is that many beau- with flowers. The friend who stood beside tiful objects are coarse, rough, stern, or me said: "I cannot bear to hear this music fierce, like the sea, the thunderstorm, or the or see these flowers. Both are beautiful, bare mountain crag. Beauty often results but both are too sentimental. They are bad chiefly from fitness; indeed, it is easy to substitutes for the stern, unadorned gravity maintain that nothing is fair except what is and resolution of our Puritan forefathers.' fit for its uses or functions. If the func- My friend was an intense patriot; but in tion or the product of a machine be useful this dislike he was wrong. The love of the and valuable, and the machine be eminently beautiful is not inconsistent with reverence fit for its work, beauty will be discernible in for honor, justice, and faithfulness unto the machine. An American ax is eminently death. Neither is it inconsistent with in- fit for its function, and it conspicuously has tense energy, and keen intellectual foresight the beauty of fitness. A locomotive or a and penetration, or with the martial virtues steamship has the same sort of beauty, de- of courage, self-sacrifice, and tenacity. If rived from its supreme fitness for its func- we need a demonstration that love of the tion. As functions vary, so will those beau- beautiful and habitual cultivation of the ties which depend on fitness for functions beautiful are not inconsistent with the sim- vary, from the exquisite delicacy of the nar- ultaneous possession of the most effective cissus to the sturdy vigor of the oak. In and robust human qualities, we may find it cultivating the love of the beautiful we shall in the extraordinary artistic qualities of the also cultivate the love and appreciation of Japanese as a race; qualities they exhibit in the fit. conjunction with great industrial efficiency, The best place to inculcate the love of remarkable sanitary wisdom, and an unpar- the beautiful is the schoolroom. To the alleled energy and devotion in war. The rising generation the most effective lessons interest of the Japanese in flowers, gardens, can be given and from the school millions NOTICE This Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) ACADEMY NOTES 29 producing the of children will carry the lessons to millions Human thought God's thought divining, fine work in of homes. After reading, spelling, writing, The perfect temples rose. rics have been and ciphering with small numbers and in O deathless splendor of the Attic prime ! world. Even simple operations, drawing should be the Spirit of Beauty, free of old, is for them a most important common-school subject. Eternal youth is thine no prison hold e is almost a All children should learn how lines straight Hath ever fast confined thee, on of a single and curved and lights and shades form pic- No earthly chain can bind thee vase or bowl tures and may be made to express sym- Lo, thou wilt bring again the age of gold ! nths of labor. metry and beauty. All children should ac- n of the beau- quire by use of the pencil and brush power Slowly, slowly through the night, with the pos- of observation and exactness in copying and Led by death the host moves on. the qualities should learn through their own work what Endless tumult, toil and fight, ish by such the elements of beauty are. It is monstrous Hopeless yearning for the light, heroic. We that the common school should give much Loss the prize in triumphs wori, this union of time to compound numbers, bank discount, Endless sleep when all is done. :O have imag- and stenography and little time to drawing. o the bitter waste and pain ! It is monstrous that the school which pre- To Death only comes the gain. pares for college should give four or five One long smothered cry is all hours a week for two years to Greek and no Scarce remembered years recall. time at all to drawing. The main object in Nay, not so, 'tis only seeming every school should be, not to provide the Even now behold, a gleaming children with means of earning a livelihood, Even now thy garments trail, but to show them how to live a happy and Spirit, on the shrouded mountains ! worthy life, inspired by ideals which exalt From the everlasting fountains and dignify both labor and leisure. To see Light is streaming o'er the vale ! beauty and to live it is to possess large se- curities for such a life. Yea, by all the discords harsh of life In diffusing among the American popula- The music of the world is never hushed. tion knowledge and appreciation of the fine Upon the woeful strife arts we shall also diffuse the artistic senti- Of souls pain-scarred and crushed ment about labor. The artist is always The sweet calm face of nature smiles. working with mingled gladness and disap- O beckoning hands, pointment toward an ideal he never attains. O voices in the wilderness, It is his struggle toward that ideal which Ye heavenly bands makes his life a happy one. That is the That cheer and bless, spirit in which all the work of the commu- Spirit of Beauty near us yet, nity should be done. Everybody should be Though we like aliens wandering in far trying to realize perfection in his art or lands trade or daily work. Toward that idealiza- O'er wasted miles tion of daily life the love of the beautiful Thy loveliness too oft forget ! leads us, and the road which connects the From age to age thy mountains call us, love of the beautiful with the love of the Thy radiant dawns and sunset lights en- good is short and smooth. When, there- thrall us, fore, the citizens of Buffalo assemble in this Thy handmaid stars attend us, beautiful park to dedicate this beautiful Thy trees and flowers befriend us, building and its collections to the public Thy mighty waters will not let us be, service, they are commending to the rest Thine erant winds still set our spirits free. IG of the nation a high example of private beneficence which will promote, in a wise Not unto us, not unto us the praise, harmonized and sound way, democratic happiness. O Spirit Guide ! frailty in the President Eliot's address was delivered in Thou who from the broken past dost raise many beau- a clear, ringing voice and was listened to What shall abide, stern, or Here amid the transitory torm, or the most attentively. At its conclusion the Sway and stress of man's estate, often results Chorus sang the following Ode, written by In thy great name we dedicate t is easy to Mr. Arthur Detmers of Buffalo, and the An altar to thy glory. cept what is music for which was composed by Profes- May it lift the souls of men If the func- Out of lethal marsh and fen ne be useful sor Horatio Parker of Yale University. Pro- To that far eternal height e eminently fessor Parker conducted the singing. Crowned with light, iscernible in Immune from time, is eminently SPIRIT OF BEAUTY Where nearer God the soul may learn icuously has The beauty and the joy sublime motive or a O splendor of the far-off days For which man ne'r doth cease to yearn. beauty, de- Forever gene ! or its func- Still through the darkened maze those beau- Of years we wander on, Professor Parker's music was admirably or functions Haunted by visions of an elder time fitted to the Ode, and, under his direction, of the nar- When glory crowned the orient hills was sung with impressive effect. In the he oak. In And great Apollo laughed iful we shall As the purple sea he quaffed, space at command it is impossible to present reciation of And the nymphs by hidden rills any analysis of the music or even specifically Leaped and danced, refer to its particularly appropriate and ef- the love of And the silver arrows glanced fective passages. The Chorus was well 1. To the From the Huntress' bow sublime While from storied heights, far shining trained, and, sustained by an instrumental tive lessons ool millions In Olympian repose, accompaniment, carried well. NOTICE This Material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: shared library ID [artref@albrightknox.org] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:08 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Dedication of the Albright Art Gallery Dear Dr. Epp: Your email of July 21st was forwarded to my attention. A copy of the address is in the mail. Thank you for your interest in the G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library. Sincerely, Susana Tejada Head Librarian Original Message From: Ronald Epp [mailto:r.epp@snhu.edu] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 10:32 AM To: artref@albrightknox.org Subject: Dedication of the Albright Art Gellery Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot delivered an address at the dedication of the Albright Art Gallery titled "The Love of the Beautiful." This claim is cited in an abstract of that presentation in the PCI Full Text database. Is this article available in your archives and would it be possible to make it accessible to me for research that I am completing on an intellectual biography of George B. Dorr, founder of Acadia National Park. Dr. Eliot worked closely with Mr. Dorr in establishing ANP. Thank you for this professional courtesy. Susa Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Busa 7/24/2003