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Birger Sandzén, a charter member of the Lindsborg Rotary Club, received this letter from the Judge of the 31
My dear friend:-
It was wonderful of you to show us thru your Studio last evening. Mrs. Miller and I enjoyed it very much I assure you - and you are so generous in your time and attention.. And I can estimate the demands made on your time in this manner.
We are nevertheless hoping that it may not be long until we can have more time with you and bother you again. A visit to your studio is such a delight to some of us from out here where the dust and West begin.
On my way home last evening, after our fine Rotary meeting, I thought of so many fine things I should have said about you and the grand service you have rendered to KANSAS. You have brought more of Kansas beauty to her citizens, than any other individual. Without you, it seems to me, there were no Kansas Art. And I am so happy to name you as one of my friends, associates and former Professors. It is a charming remembrance.
We all have our fields of Service. What a grand field you have, and how you have SERVED with your Art in that field.
May it not be long until we enjoy another visiting spell with you and the lovely wife. And regards to Margaret.
Most cordially,
Karl Miller.
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Additional materials from the Sandzén Archives are newly published in the Spring 2001 issue of Gallery Notes. Included is a 1907 letter from Alfrida Sandzén to her mother Charlotte Leksell, detailing various joys and misadventures of a picnic in which the Sandzéns participated. Also included are menus for two elegant dinners for Bethany Seniors.
Gallery Notes is mailed four times a year to all current Gallery members. For additional information about these letter or others, contact Delmar C. Homan, Volunteer Archivist, at the Sandzén Gallery 785-227-2220.
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