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[Letter from Choice L. Bryant to Blanche Perry]

Description: Letter from Choice L. Bryant at the Church of Christ in Yuma to Blanche Perry confirming receipt of the painting and Perry's letter of interpretation of the painting. Letter references specific instructions for preparing the wall, sizing it, and mounting the painting. Mentions a gospel meeting in Estancia, NM and the planned Opening Day at Yuma for the painting's debut.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: Bryant, Choice L.
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Edith Milsap to Blanche Perry]

Description: Letter plus envelope from Edith Millsap to Perry expressing appreciation for the baptistry painting and updating her on the congregation at Frederick, Oklahoma. Mentions that J.E. Foster and his wife had left to work at a church in Neosho, Missouri.
Date: November 19, 1944
Creator: Milsap, Edith
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Effie Billinsley to Blanche Perry]

Description: Letter plus envelope from Effie Billinsley to Perry. Billinsley thanks Perry for the painting, talks of her spiritual walk, her family, and the church in Frederick, Oklahoma. Mentions a church dispute which Brother Foster and his wife helped heal.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Billinsley, Effie
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Gray Carter to Blanche Perry #2]

Description: Letter and envelope sent from Gray Carter of a church in Durant, Oklahoma to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting. Mentions check for $7 in payment for Perry's service, as well as efforts at publicity, details of church life, and personal family.
Date: May 15, 1944
Creator: Carter, Gray
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Gretta Foster to Blanche Perry]

Description: Letter plus envelope from Gretta Foster (Mrs. J.E. Foster) to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting for the church in Frederick, Oklahoma. Describes baptistry and architecture of modern baptistries. Mentions stopping by the church in Durant, Oklahoma to see their baptistry painting that Perry did.
Date: March 21, 1944
Creator: Foster, Gretta
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Virginia Williams to Blanche Perry]

Description: Letter from from Virginia Williams of the Yuma, Arizona Church of Christ congregation to Blanche Perry thanking her for the painting and including a check of $10 to help cover the shipping costs. Mentions that Williams recently had a baby boy.
Date: July 16, 1944
Creator: Williams, Virgina
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter to Blanche Perry from Nashville, Tennessee]

Description: Incomplete letter from an unknown person to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting done for the church in Nashville, Tennessee. Mentions several comments from other church members regarding how the painting affected them. Includes personal details of author.
Date: October 18, 1944
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Nashville, Tennessee Church Bulletin]

Description: Portion of a bulletin from a church in Nashville, Tennessee. Contains the interpretation by Blanche Perry of the baptistry painting she made for the church there. Interpretative essay mentions symbols of mountains, hills, fountain, water, sunset, light, stream, cross, dove, lamb, birds, flowers, sheep, sunbeams, shaft of light.
Date: 1944
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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