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Going through the Virginia Broderick papers has yet to stop impressing me. I am always pleasantly surprised to open a folder and find absolutely breath taking works of art there. She had an very unique and amazing talent and looking through her sketches and final products it becomes very apparent. I can't wait to put pictures of all of it online so people can see how amazing she is! Today I found a folder that contain her "early artwork" from 1934, and while it is of ordinary things, like a plant, they are absolutely incredible! I am having so much fun everyday just looking through her work, and reading the fan mail that she gets from people telling her how much she inspires them. It is an incredibly cool collection to work with. If there was a higher honor than being called a hip lady, she deserves it.

The most impressive part of the collection that I have gotten to so far is the number of requests for art work she gets. There are at least 30 folders, all from different churches or companies, telling her how they are inspired by her work and would love her create something for them. The incredible part of it, besides the sheer number of requests, is the amount of creative freedom they give to Virginia. They tell her the dimensions that they want, and what they would like the picture to be of, and that's it. They let her choose how to portray the picture, and in what manner, whether a painting or some other medium. It shows how much the churches and companies trusted her as an artist and her talents to portray what they wanted. It really struck me how many people wanted her to create a work of art for them, but also the kind replies that she gave them back. From her letters, it seems like she was truly honored to do the work for them and very humbled by the entire experience. And while it struck me that that many people wanted work from her, I realized those are the letters that got saved, not all of projects she took on. From the photographs of her work, and the number of covers she designed is in the hundreds. And even that does not cover all the work that she did. The number of private designs that she did for friends, or herself, is an extraordinary amount as well. On top of everything, Virginia received so many requests to have her work be a part of a gallery, exhibit, or auction. Today really proved how she may not be the biggest celebrity in the world, she was incredible sought out in her own area of expertise. And she was totally cool about everything. She was incredibly humble and cool about it. This collection has had an impact on me in a way that I never thought would happen. She is a hip lady is quickly becoming an understatement.