Cleve Overton papers, circa 1928-2022, bulk 1948-2020

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Series 2: Correspondence, 1948-2021

0.8 Linear feet

Box 1

The bulk of this series consists of Cleve Overton's letters to his wife Jude Andreasen while she lived in several African countries: Niger, Zaire, Senegal, and Mauritania from 1981 to 1987. Also included in this series are Overton's letters to "Dear Ones," presumably friends and family. In both instances Overton's letters cover a wide range of topics from art, culture, race, social activism, travel, and politics, as well as discussing his personal life, activities, and work. There are a few folders of letters from various correspondents addressed to Cleve Overton and there is one folder of condolence letters addressed to Jude Andreasen.

Letters written by Cleve Overton to others are grouped together at the beginning of the series and letters written by others are grouped together towards the end of the series. There is one folder of letters from unidentified correspondents and letter fragments at the end of the series.

This series has been digitized in its entirety.

Description	Container	Select
Cleve Overton Letters to "Dear Ones" (Family Members?), 1993-2020	1 15	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to "Dear Ones" (Family Members?), 1993-2020
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1981 September-October	1 16	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1981 September-October
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1981 November	1 17	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1981 November
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1981 December	1 18	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1981 December
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 January	1 19	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 January
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 February	1 20	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 February
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 March-April	1 21	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 March-April
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 May	1 22	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 May
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 June	1 23	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 June
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 July	1 24	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 July
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 August	1 25	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 August
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 September	1 26	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 September
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 October	1 27	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 October
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 November	1 28	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 November
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 December	1 29	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1982 December
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1983 January	1 30	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Niger, 1983 January
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1983-1984 March	1 31	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1983-1984 March
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 April	1 32	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 April
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 May-July	1 33	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 May-July
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 August	1 34	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 August
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 August	1 35	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Senegal, 1984 August
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1985 September-November	1 36	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1985 September-November
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1985 December	1 37	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1985 December
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1986 January	1 38	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1986 January
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1986 February-April	1 39	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1986 February-April
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1986 May-June	1 40	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Zaire, 1986 May-June
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Mauritania, 1986 November-December	1 41	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Mauritania, 1986 November-December
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Mauritania, 1987 January	1 42	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Mauritania, 1987 January
Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Mauritania, 1987 February-April	1 43	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Jude Andreasen in Mauritania, 1987 February-April
Cleve Overton Letters to Various Correspondents (Alphabetical), 2000-2020	1 44	Select: Cleve Overton Letters to Various Correspondents (Alphabetical), 2000-2020
Condolence Letters, 2020-2021	1 45	Select: Condolence Letters, 2020-2021
Alphabetical Correspondence, A-L, 1948-2019	1 46	Select: Alphabetical Correspondence, A-L, 1948-2019
Alphabetical Correspondence, M-W, 1991-2019	1 47	Select: Alphabetical Correspondence, M-W, 1991-2019
Shanmugam, Pushparin and Chalomie, circa 2012-2017	1 48	Select: Shanmugam, Pushparin and Chalomie, circa 2012-2017
Unidentified Correspondents and Letter Fragments, circa 1960-circa 2019	1 49	Select: Unidentified Correspondents and Letter Fragments, circa 1960-circa 2019

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