Ida Guggenheimer correspondence with Walter Pach and related miscellaneous material, 1929-1951

Guggenheimer, Ida Espen, b. 1866 d. 1959
Activist
New York, N.Y.

Collection size: 0.2 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel).

Collection Summary: Fifty-seven letters from Walter and Magda Pach to Guggenheimer and a letter from Guggenheimer to Pach, discussing personal and art-related matters; a list of illustrations on art appreciation from the New York Women's Trade Union League; 3 lists of miscellaneous names and addresses; a 15-page essay "Tradition" by Walter Pach, 1934; 3 clippings, 1930-1950; an exhibition catalog for Pach from the Galerie Dru, Paris, 1932.

Biographical/Historical Note: Ida Espen Guggenheimer (Mrs. Jay C. Guggenheimer) was a noted feminist. Walter Pach was a painter and critic.

The donor, Clara Binswanger, is the daughter of Ida Guggenheimer.

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