Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 14-18, 1952

A tough & spirited jury session.  Divided pretty clearly into Right (Bouché & Hopper) & Left (Poor & Rattner) with myself in the center – My sympathies inclined to the Right but I tried to harmonize the opposing views….Roberts again expressed the hope I would go to Rome as artist in residence – when I asked him what I needed to do he said “Just write me that you want to go – that’s all there is to it.”

…[February 18, 1952]: Thoughts & discussing about going to Rome. Neither of us really want to go, but wonder if we are silly not to.

Excerpts from “Feb. 12-16 - Trip to N.Y.” when Burchfield was chairman of the jury for the American Academy of Rome, Journals, February 14-18, 1952