If nothing else, I had an excellent phone call today. An archivist from NARA (The National Archives and Records Administration, A.K.A. The National Archives) phoned to respond to my inquiry about Ansel Adams contract with Interior.
He doesn't have it.
However, we chatted for a bit about the missing elements in the Adams correspondence stream that I've been posting here. He suggested that I try the Library of Congress and the Ickes archive there.
I did not know there was an Ickes archive at the Library of Congress -- until now.
Alternatively, he also suggested that if Ickes forwarded any of the correspondence to FDR, it might be housed in his presidential library & museum in Hyde Park, NY.
Ah, anyone out there planning an outing to the LofC or the FDR Museum?
Glad you got some kind of response about your inquiry! Too bad he can't help, but hey who said it would be easy?
ReplyDeleteWell, I had hopes.
ReplyDeleteAt some point, I'm going to need to quit researching and move on to interviews before I burn another year without producing a product.