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Series 2: Correspondence , 1922-1968
4.1 Linear feet
Boxes 1-5

This series, arranged chronologically, includes both personal and professional correspondence. Among the personal correspondents are relatives and friends in the Ukraine, Archipenko's wife Angelica during her extended stays in California and Mexico, and other women. Professional correspondence is with dealers, curators, scholars, collectors, colleges and universities concerning exhibitions, sales and commissions, loans, teaching, and lecture engagements. Also included are routine requests from prospective students for information about the Archipenko School or summer courses. Correspondence post-dating Archipenko's death concerns exhibitions, sales, and unfinished business.
Additional correspondence is included with Series 3: Subject Files, which includes significant correspondence with the Museum of Modern Art and others concerning "?That is Why I Request to Remove My Art from the Museum of Modern Art by Alexander Archipenko," 1943-1944.
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A Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
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32
A. Ottavino, 1955-1958
1
33
Akademie der Kunst, 1960-1961
1
34
Akron Art Institute, 1949-1950
1
35
Altenheim, 1959
1
36
Amherst College, 1949-1958
1
37
Anna L. Werbe Galleries, 1960-1961
1
38
Archipenko, Alexander, 1939-1964
1
39
Archipenko, Angelica, 1929-1950
1
40
Archipenko, Angelica, 1951-1954
1
41
Archipenko, Angelica, 1955-1964
1
42
Art Institute of Chicago, 1937-1956
1
43
Atamanetz, Ivan, 1938
1
44
Au Pont des Arts, 1962-1963
1
45
B Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
1
46
Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939-1963
1
47
Beechhurst Press, Inc., 1954-1956
1
48
Beyers, Bernice, 1954
1
49
Biennale D'Arte Triveneta, 1959-1963
1
50
Biennale di Venezia, 1954-1960
1
51
Blohm, Ernesto, 1959-1960
1
52
Bollman, Mari, 1958-1960
1
53
Bowdain College Museum of Fine Arts, 1949
1
54
Brandt, Paul, 1955-1956
1
55
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1939-1954
1
56
C Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
1
57
Cafritz, Edward A., 1952
1
58
Carnegie Institute, 1938
1
59
Chapelsky, Leo, 1935-1938
1
60
Cincinnati Art Museum, 1940-1944
1
61
Ciriche Raccolte D'Arte, 1959-1960
1
62
City of Auckland Art Gallery, 1963-1964
1
63
Civilta Delle Macchine, 1963-1964
1
64
Cleveland Institute of Art, 1953-1956
1
65
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1937-1956
1
66
Columbia University, 1939-1962
1
67
Columbus Art League, 1962-1963
1
68
Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 1949
1
69
Cooper Union, 1938-1939
1
70
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1931-1954
1
71
Curro, Giuliano Vismara, 1963-1964
1
72
D Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
1
73
Das Kunstwerk Redaktion, 1955-1959
1
74
Denver Art Museum, 1940-1958
1
75
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1935-1949
1
76
Drian Gallery, 1959-1960
1
77
Dzus, William, 1955
1
78
E Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
2
1
E. Weyhe Gallery, 1953-1956
2
2
Editions du Griffon, 1962-1963
2
3
Esposizione Nazionale Quadriennale D'Arte di Roma, 1958-1959
2
4
Ente Premi Roma, 1959-1964
2
5-8
Estorick, Eric, 1956-1961
2
9
Expositions Internationales des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles
2
10
F Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
2
11
Fairmont Park Art Association, 1940
2
12
Ferrari, Ettore Gian, 1962-1963
2
13
Fine Arts Society of San Diego, 1948-1949
2
14
Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, 1960-1962
2
15
Fondazione Pagani, 1967
2
16
Freie Kunstlergemeinschaft, 1960-1961
2
17
G Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
2
18
Galerie Alex Vomel, 1959-1961
2
19
Galerie Anderson-Mayer, 1963-1964
2
20
Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1960
2
21
Galerie Claude Bernard, 1959-1960
2
22
Galerie Europe, 1958
2
23
Galerie Gerald Cramer, 1959-1964
2
24-26
Galerie Gurlitt/Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, 1953-1963
2
27
Galerie Im Erker, 1962-1965
2
28-29
Galerie Kriegel, 1962-1963
2
30
Galerie Manfred Strake, 1962-1963
2
31
Galerie Moderne, 1963-1964
2
32
Galerie Stangl, 1963-1965
2
33-35
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, 1961-1963
2
36-37
Galleria D'Arte del Grattacielo, 1963-1964
2
38
Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Moderna, 1963-1964
2
39
Galleria San Fedele, 1961-1964
2
40
Galleria Schneider, 1963-1965
2
41
Gaulois, Helen, 1932-1933
2
42
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1949
2
43
Georgette Passedoit Galleries, 1939-1940
2
44
Gertz, Ulrich, 1962-1964
2
45
Golden Gate International Exposition, 1938-1940
2
46
Gray, Frances, 1955-1967
2
47
Guggenheim Museum, 1953-1959
2
48
H Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
2
49
H.G. Ollendorff Inc., 1960-1961
2
50
Hackley Art Gallery, 1949-1950
2
51
Handler, Milton, 1962-1963
2
52
Hanover Gallery, 1958-1960
2
53
Harvard University, 1937-1953
2
54
Hessischen Landesmuseums, 1951-1962
2
55
I Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
2
56
Instituto Guatemalteco-Americano, 1951-1953
2
57
J Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
2
58
James Vigeveno Galleries, 1948-1949
2
59
John Herron Art Institute, 1938-1956
2
60
Josef Schmutz Bollingen, 1960
2
61
Josefowitz, David, 1961
2
62
K Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
1
Kansas City Art Institute, 1939-1949
3
2
Karshan, Donald H., 1968
3
3
Katharine Kuh Gallery, 1937-1942
3
4
Katz, Benjamin, 1953-1954
3
5
Keck, George Fred, 1949-1956
3
6
Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1958-1959
3
7
Klingler, Marianne Migault, 1960-1961
3
8
Kunst Kabinett Klihm, 1955-1963
3
9-10
Kunstgewerbemuseum Zurich, 1960
3
11
Kunstgiesserei August Bischoff, 1955
3
12
Kunsthalle Bern, 1958-1959
3
13
Kunsthaus Zurich, 1958-1960
3
14
L Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
15
Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf, 1955-1961
3
16
Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art, 1949-1950
3
17
Leonard, Mary, 1951
3
18
Library of Congress, 1937-1961
3
19
London County Council, 1953-1954
3
20
Los Angeles County Museum, 1944-1956
3
21
M Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
22
Malisky, Omer, 1936-1938
3
23
Margot, 1946
3
24
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 1959
3
25
Matthiesen Gallery, 1961-1962
3
26
Mellquist, Jerome, 1959
3
27
Miami University, 1953-1954
3
28
Michigan State College, 1949-1950
3
29
Miller, Donna, 1958-1959
3
30
Milwaukee Art Institute, 1951-1956
3
31
Moderna Museet, 1958
3
32
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1949-1963
3
33
Musee National D'Art Moderne, 1952-1958
3
34
Museu de Arte Moderna, 1952-1956
3
35
Museum Boymans, 1958
3
36
Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1949-1953
3
37
Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, 1947-1962
3
38
Museum of Modern Art, 1935-1962
3
39
Museum Nationale Ucrainorum Leopoliense, 1934-1936
3
40
Museum Tel-Aviv, 1947-1961
3
41
N Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
42
Nair, Eva, 1958-1960
3
43
National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1962-1963
3
44
New York Graphic Society, 1962-1963
3
45
Newark Museum, 1939-1962
3
46
Niedersachsische Landesgalerie Hannover, 1956-1963
3
47
Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1949-1950
3
48
North Carolina State College, 1954-1959
3
49
O Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
50
Oland, Edith, 1947-1956
3
51
Orbit Film Corporation Ltd., 1955-1956
3
52
P Miscellaneous, 1938-1964
3
53
Pasadena Art Museum, 1954-1964
3
54
Perls Galleries, 1958-1964
3
55
Perrine, A.J., 1959-1960
3
56
Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1939-1953
3
57
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1939-1956
3
58
Philbrook Art Center, 1949-1962
3
59
Piper, Raymond, 1958-1962
3
60
Princeton University, 1942-1953
3
61
Pritzker, A.N., 1961-1962
3
62
Providence Art Club, 1957-1958
3
63
Q-R Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
64
Rhode Island School of Design, 1938-1950
3
65
Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta, 1957-1958
3
66
Rose, Billy, 1954
3
67
Rosen, Saul, 1957-1963
3
68
Rost, Arno, 1957-1958
3
69
Rotunda Gallery, 1951
3
70
S Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
3
71
Saarlandmuseum, 1960-1964
3
72-73
Saltzman, Joan R., 1964
3
74
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1939-1951
3
75
San Jose State College, 1955-1956
3
76
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1948-1956
3
77
Santini Brothers, 1964
3
78
Schmitz-Hammann, Gabrielle, 1959-1961
4
1
Schmitz-Hillebrecht, Ernst, 1962
4
2
Schwarz, Galleria e libreria d'arte, 1960-1962
4
3
Sculpture in Replica, 1948-1953
4
4
Seattle Art Museum, 1936-1962
4
5
Semcesen, William, 1954-1959
4
6
Semcesen, William, 1960
4
7
Servizi Ritagli Stampa, 1963
4
8
Severini, Gino, 1963
4
9
Sichel, Pierre, 1962-1964
4
10
Societe Internationale D'Art, 1962-1963
4
11
Soletti, Luciano, 1963-1964
4
12
Springfield Museum of Art, 1939-1940
4
13
Stadt Duisburg, 1957-1964
4
14
Stadthaus Fuer das Middelheim, 1961
4
15
Stadtische Galerie und Lenbachgalerie, 1957-1959
4
16
Stadtische Kunsthalle Manheim, 1955-1962
4
17
Stadtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, 1955-1956
4
18
Stadtisches Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, 1958-1964
4
19-21
Stadtisches Museum Wiesbaden, 1959
4
22
State Teachers College, Pennsylvania, 1952-1956
4
23
State University of Iowa, 1939-1956
4
24
Stendahl Galleries, 1946-1962
4
25
Svoboda, 1935-1953
4
26
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 1938-1957
4
27
Syracuse University, 1939-1967
4
28
T Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
4
29
Tate Gallery, 1958-1963
4
30
U Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
4
31
Ukrainian Academy of Art and Science, 1952-1964
4
32
Ukrainian Canadian Committee, 1959-1962
4
33
Ukrainian Institute of America, 1956-1960
4
34
Ukrainian National Association, 1955-1962
4
35
Ullman, Harold, 1957-1960
4
36
United States Information Agency, 1961
4
37
University of British Columbia, 1955-1956
4
38
University of California, 1938-1956
4
39
University of Chicago, 1950-1952
4
40
University of Cincinnati, 1938-1954
4
41
University of Delaware, 1946-1954
4
42
University of Denver, 1956-1958
4
43
University of Nebraska, 1940-1949
4
44
University of New Hampshire, 1939-1953
4
45
University of Oklahoma, 1949-1950
4
46
University of Omaha, 1939-1961
4
47-48
University of Oregon, 1951-1955
4
49
University of Pennsylvania, 1939
4
50
University of Washington, 1953-1963
4
51
University of Wichita, 1949-1950
4
52
V Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
4
53
Verdier, Jean, 1952-1964
4
54
Verlag Kiepenheuer and Witsch, 1957
4
55
Verlag Ullstein, 1958-1960
4
56
vom Rath, Hanna Becker, 1961-1963
4
57
W Miscellaneous, circa 1938-1964
4
58
Walden, Nell, 1958-1963
4
59
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 1958-1963
4
60
Washington University, 1938-1963
4
61
Western Illinois State Teachers College, 1949
4
62
Wheelwright, Robert, 1944-1955
4
63
Whitney Museum of Art, 1938-1958
4
64
Wiese, Erich, 1946-1962
5
1-5
William A. Farnesworth Library and Art Museum, 1950-1953
5
6
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, 1937
5
7
Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, 1961-1962
5
8
Witte Memorial Museum, 1947-1949
5
9
Y Miscellaneous, 1955
5
10
Yale University, 1946-1956
5
11
Z Miscellaneous, 1939-1946
5
12
Zarembsky, Theodore, 1934-1935
5
13
Art Supplies, 1929-1963
5
14
Letters in German, 1956-1964
5
15
Letters in Russian, 1922-1963
5
16-18
Real Estate and Legal Advice, 1925-1964
5
19-21
Student Inquiries, Art School, 1936-1958
5
22
Student Inquiries, G.I. Bill, 1944-1950
5
23
Ukrainian Community, 1936-1962
5
24
Unknown and Illegible, circa 1938-1964
5
25
Condolence Letters, 1964
5
26

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