Letter from George Avakian (as Walter Mitty) to James Thurber
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Title
Letter from George Avakian (as Walter Mitty) to James Thurber
Collection
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers
Series I: George Avakian Papers
Subseries I.A. Personal Papers
Army Files
1944-1953, 1998
Names
Avakian, George (Correspondent)
Thurber, James, 1894-1961 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1945-08-22
Library Location
Music Division
Shelf locator: JPB 14-28
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20513910
Archives ID: 22589
Archives EAD ID: 2020256
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 16.506.189
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5ceadc0-c159-0133-bb20-00505686a51c
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from George Avakian (as Walter Mitty) to James Thurber" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5ceadc0-c159-0133-bb20-00505686a51c
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1945). Letter from George Avakian (as Walter Mitty) to James Thurber Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5ceadc0-c159-0133-bb20-00505686a51c
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from George Avakian (as Walter Mitty) to James Thurber" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5ceadc0-c159-0133-bb20-00505686a51c
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