I. T. Frary to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 September 1932
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THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART1
CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A.
STATION E
WILLIAM MATHEWSON MILLIKEN, DIRECTOR
CABLE ADDRESS: MUSART CLEVELAND
September 28, 1932
Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt,
1646 Union Trust Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.
My dear Mr. Chesnutt:
I am sorry to learn that you have decided to discontinue your membership for the coming year and wish to thank you for your past contributions.
You are among the few who have continued your connection with the Museum since its early days, having been a member for sixteen years, and such friendly interest is largely responsible for the success of the work which has been carried on.
We endeavor to make the Museum as nearly as possible a free institution, but the income from endowments and trust funds is not sufficient to carry on the work, so it is necessary to have in addition dues from a large membership, in return for which special privileges are accorded.
However, whether or not you are a member, you will be welcome here at all times, and we trust that we may again have the pleasure of enrolling you as a member.
Sincerely yours, I. T. Frary I.T. Frary, Membership Secretary. ITF:MGCorrespondent: Ihna Thayer Frary (1873–1965) was a White designer, photographer and architectural historian in Cleveland, who also taught at the Cleveland School of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He was publicity and membership secretary for the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1920 until 1946. Like Chesnutt, he was a member of the Rowfant Club and the Chamber of Commerce in Cleveland.
1. The Cleveland Museum of Art opened in 1916 in a newly constructed neoclassical building in Wade Park. Chesnutt was a member from 1916 until he cancelled his membership in September of 1932 to cut expenses. [back]
