3 Letters by Stanford White, 1 by His Widow Bessie White and 1 by His Son Lawrence Grant White

Letters. Very Good +. An impressive crop of Stanford White-related material: 3 letters by the great architect himself, 1 by his widow Bessie and 1 by his son Lawence Grant White, who himself became a renowned architect. 4 of the 5 letters written on McKim, Mead and White letterhead, 4 of the 5 typed. Only the letter from Bessie White is handwritten and drawn on her personal stationary. All 5 letters are crisp and clean and very bright, all firmly signed by their authors. The 4 by the White men are all evenly folded, with neat creases. 2 of the Stanford White letters are from 1893 (1 constituting a short paragraph, the 2nd constituting half a page) and the 3rd letter is from 1899 and constitutes an entire page; the Lawrence Grant White letter is from 1919 and constitutes a full page; and, lastly, the Bessie White letter, written in 1921, constitutes a little more than 1 full page. The letters from the White men all measure 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" and the letter from Bessie White measures 5 3/4" x 6 3/4