Subseries 3.1 | A Finding Aid to the Lee Nordness business records and papers, circa 1931-1992, bulk 1954-1984 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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3.1: Correspondence , circa 1959-1984

This subseries contains mostly incoming and outgoing correspondence with or related to artists, interfiled with scattered price lists, printed materials, photographic and other materials. Also found is some correspondence related to exhibitions, form letters, scattered inventory records, insurance and other general business records.

Folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title, which may be correspondent's last name or subject.

Description	Container	Select
"A" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, circa 1959-1980	93 2	Select: "A" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, circa 1959-1980
"A-C" Miscellaneous, 1969-1971	93 3	Select: "A-C" Miscellaneous, 1969-1971
American Crafts Council, 1971-1984	93 4	Select: American Crafts Council, 1971-1984
American Greeting Card Gallery Exhibit [Arts/Objects], 1973	93 5	Select: American Greeting Card Gallery Exhibit [Arts/Objects], 1973
Apple Pin, 1975-1976	93 6	Select: Apple Pin, 1975-1976
Appleton, Rachel, 1968-1971	93 7	Select: Appleton, Rachel, 1968-1971
Appraisals, 1969-1981	93 8	Select: Appraisals, 1969-1981
Arneson, Robert, 1968-1974	93 9	Select: Arneson, Robert, 1968-1974
"B" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1980	93 10	Select: "B" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1980
Bailey, Clayton, 1967-1974	93 11	Select: Bailey, Clayton, 1967-1974
Barron, Mark, circa 1968-1974	93 12	Select: Barron, Mark, circa 1968-1974
Bauer, Fred, Dorpat Book, 1969-1972	93 13	Select: Bauer, Fred, Dorpat Book, 1969-1972
Billeci, Andre [Arts/Objects?], 1972-1973	93 14	Select: Billeci, Andre [Arts/Objects?], 1972-1973
Blair Printing, 1970-1971	93 15	Select: Blair Printing, 1970-1971
Bondi, Stephen, 1973-1974	93 16	Select: Bondi, Stephen, 1973-1974
Buonagurio, Toby, 1973	93 17	Select: Buonagurio, Toby, 1973
Brynner, Irena, 1971-1977	93 18	Select: Brynner, Irena, 1971-1977
Brynner, Irena and Jacob Weinstein, 1972-1977	93 19	Select: Brynner, Irena and Jacob Weinstein, 1972-1977
Burglery, 1970-1973	93 20	Select: Burglery, 1970-1973
Burglery (November 22, 1973), 1978, 1972-1974	93 21	Select: Burglery (November 22, 1973), 1978, 1972-1974
"C" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1984	93 22-23	Select: "C" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1984
Cartwright, Roy, 1968-1974	93 24	Select: Cartwright, Roy, 1968-1974
Castle, Wendell, 1966-1973	93 25-26	Select: Castle, Wendell, 1966-1973
Charities, Gifts and Donations, 1968-1976, 1983	93 27	Select: Charities, Gifts and Donations, 1968-1976, 1983
Chemical Bank, 1982, 1977	93 28	Select: Chemical Bank, 1982, 1977
Chihuly, Dale, 1968-1974	93 29	Select: Chihuly, Dale, 1968-1974
Christman, Anne Hornby, 1968-1969	93 30	Select: Christman, Anne Hornby, 1968-1969
Commissions, Possible, 1970	93 31	Select: Commissions, Possible, 1970
Con Edison, 1968-1975	93 32	Select: Con Edison, 1968-1975
Consigned Works by Various Owners, 1970-1971	93 33	Select: Consigned Works by Various Owners, 1970-1971
Cooper-Hewitt Craft Fair, 1979-1981	93 34-35	Select: Cooper-Hewitt Craft Fair, 1979-1981
Craft Horizons, 1977-1982	94 1	Select: Craft Horizons, 1977-1982
"D" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1973	94 2	Select: "D" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1973
"D-F" Miscellaneous, 1968-1981	94 3	Select: "D-F" Miscellaneous, 1968-1981
da Swart, Jan, 1963, 1969	94 4	Select: da Swart, Jan, 1963, 1969
Daniels, Martha, 1976	94 5	Select: Daniels, Martha, 1976
Di Mare, Dominic, 1968-1970	94 6	Select: Di Mare, Dominic, 1968-1970
Display Materials, circa 1968	94 7	Select: Display Materials, circa 1968
Dreisback, Fritz, 1972-1975	94 8	Select: Dreisback, Fritz, 1972-1975
Duncan, Tom, 1973-1974	94 9	Select: Duncan, Tom, 1973-1974
Dunning Letters, 1969	94 10	Select: Dunning Letters, 1969
"E" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1978	94 11	Select: "E" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1978
Earl, Jack [brochures], circa 1973	94 12	Select: Earl, Jack [brochures], circa 1973
Espenet, Arthur Carpenter, 1968-1974	94 13	Select: Espenet, Arthur Carpenter, 1968-1974
Everson Museum of Art, 1968-1970	94 14	Select: Everson Museum of Art, 1968-1970
Exhibitions		Select: Exhibitions
Enamel Group Show, 1969	94 15	Select: Enamel Group Show, 1969
"Animals in Contemporary Art" (August 4-31, 1969), 1969	94 16	Select: "Animals in Contemporary Art" (August 4-31, 1969), 1969
Ceiling Show, 1968-1969	94 17	Select: Ceiling Show, 1968-1969
Fountain Show, 1968-1969	94 18	Select: Fountain Show, 1968-1969
Miscellaneous, 1969	94 19	Select: Miscellaneous, 1969
"For Men Only", 1971	94 20-21	Select: "For Men Only", 1971
"Glass Show '73", 1972-1973	94 22	Select: "Glass Show '73", 1972-1973
"F" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1981	94 23	Select: "F" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1981
Fisch, Arline, 1968-1977	94 24-25	Select: Fisch, Arline, 1968-1977
Fishback, Kurt, 1975	94 26	Select: Fishback, Kurt, 1975
Fleming, Frank, 1976	94 27	Select: Fleming, Frank, 1976
Freeslate International, 1968-1970	94 28	Select: Freeslate International, 1968-1970
Friends of the Craft, Inc. (Gallery), 1974-1975	94 29	Select: Friends of the Craft, Inc. (Gallery), 1974-1975
Furman, David, 1969-1978	94 30	Select: Furman, David, 1969-1978
"G" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1969-1975	94 31	Select: "G" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1969-1975
"G-I" Miscellaneous, 1968-1977	94 32	Select: "G-I" Miscellaneous, 1968-1977
Gad, Simone, 1973-1977	94 33	Select: Gad, Simone, 1973-1977
Gilhooly, David, 1971-1978	94 34	Select: Gilhooly, David, 1971-1978
Ginsberg, Elizabet, circa 1972	94 35	Select: Ginsberg, Elizabet, circa 1972
Girls Club of Manhattan, 1970-1971	94 36	Select: Girls Club of Manhattan, 1970-1971
Gregory, Waylande, 1978-1981	94 37	Select: Gregory, Waylande, 1978-1981
Gregory, Waylande, Estate Inventory, circa 1974	94 38-39	Select: Gregory, Waylande, Estate Inventory, circa 1974
Gregory, Waylande, Robert Buff (Attorney), 1980	94 40	Select: Gregory, Waylande, Robert Buff (Attorney), 1980
Gregory, Yolande, Contracts, 1973-1980	94 41-42	Select: Gregory, Yolande, Contracts, 1973-1980
Gregory, Yolande, Kansas, 1976-1981	94 43	Select: Gregory, Yolande, Kansas, 1976-1981
Gregory, Yolande, Will, 1976	94 44	Select: Gregory, Yolande, Will, 1976
Gronborg, Erik, 1968-1972	94 45	Select: Gronborg, Erik, 1968-1972
Guermonprez, Trudi, 1968-1971	94 46	Select: Guermonprez, Trudi, 1968-1971
"H" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1979	94 47	Select: "H" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1979
Halem, Henry, 1968-1969	95 1	Select: Halem, Henry, 1968-1969
Halem, Judi Meyers, 1969-1974	95 2	Select: Halem, Judi Meyers, 1969-1974
Hallman, Ted, 1968-1969	95 3	Select: Hallman, Ted, 1968-1969
Hanes Dye and Finishing Co., 1968-1969	95 4	Select: Hanes Dye and Finishing Co., 1968-1969
Harris, Peter, 1971	95 5	Select: Harris, Peter, 1971
Heaton, Maurice, 1968-1970	95 6	Select: Heaton, Maurice, 1968-1970
Helfant, Nancy, 1975-1979	95 7	Select: Helfant, Nancy, 1975-1979
Helwig, Harold B., 1968-1973	95 8	Select: Helwig, Harold B., 1968-1973
Hui Ka-Kwong, 1968-1972	95 9	Select: Hui Ka-Kwong, 1968-1972
Hultberg, Paul, 1968-1974	95 10	Select: Hultberg, Paul, 1968-1974
"I" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1970-1974	95 11	Select: "I" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1970-1974
Insurance Claims, 1968-1970	95 12-13	Select: Insurance Claims, 1968-1970
"J" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1979	95 14	Select: "J" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1979
"J-L" Miscellaneous, 1968-1974	95 15	Select: "J-L" Miscellaneous, 1968-1974
Jewish Organizations, 1969	95 16	Select: Jewish Organizations, 1969
Johnson, Gilbert C., 1972-1976	95 17	Select: Johnson, Gilbert C., 1972-1976
Jurying, 1970-1974	95 18	Select: Jurying, 1970-1974
Jurying Completed, 1969, 1974-1982	95 19	Select: Jurying Completed, 1969, 1974-1982
"K" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1981	95 20	Select: "K" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1981
Kaufman, Glen, 1968-1972	95 21	Select: Kaufman, Glen, 1968-1972
Keyser, Bill, 1972-1974	95 22-23	Select: Keyser, Bill, 1972-1974
Kington, Brent, 1968-1972	95 24-25	Select: Kington, Brent, 1968-1972
Koblick, Freda, 1967-1972	95 26	Select: Koblick, Freda, 1967-1972
Kottler, Howard, 1968-1974, 1980	95 27	Select: Kottler, Howard, 1968-1974, 1980
"L" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1977	95 28-29	Select: "L" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1977
La Verdiere, Bruno, 1968-1980	95 30-31	Select: La Verdiere, Bruno, 1968-1980
Lasser, Phyllis A., 1968-1970	95 32	Select: Lasser, Phyllis A., 1968-1970
Lechtzin, Stanley, 1968-1973	95 33	Select: Lechtzin, Stanley, 1968-1973
Lewis, John, circa 1973-1974	95 34	Select: Lewis, John, circa 1973-1974
Lipofsky, Marvin, 1968-1975	95 35	Select: Lipofsky, Marvin, 1968-1975
Lipski, Donald, 1972-1973	95 36	Select: Lipski, Donald, 1972-1973
Littleton, Harvey, 1967-1974	95 37-39	Select: Littleton, Harvey, 1967-1974
Loeber, Ken, 1978	95 40	Select: Loeber, Ken, 1978
Lovato, Charles, 1972	95 41	Select: Lovato, Charles, 1972
"M" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1984	95 42	Select: "M" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1984
"M-O" Miscellaneous, 1968-1982	95 43	Select: "M-O" Miscellaneous, 1968-1982
Maloof, Sam, 1968-1969	96 1	Select: Maloof, Sam, 1968-1969
Marshall, John [catalogs], 1967-circa 1973	96 2	Select: Marshall, John [catalogs], 1967-circa 1973
McCormick, Patrick, 1968-1974	96 3	Select: McCormick, Patrick, 1968-1974
Interoffice Memos, 1968-circa 1969	96 4	Select: Interoffice Memos, 1968-circa 1969
Miscellaneous, 1973-1974	96 5	Select: Miscellaneous, 1973-1974
Munick, Leo, MD, 1970-1971	96 6	Select: Munick, Leo, MD, 1970-1971
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1968-1972	96 7	Select: Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1968-1972
Museum of Modern Art, circa 1968-1971	96 8	Select: Museum of Modern Art, circa 1968-1971
Museums, 1974-1978	96 9	Select: Museums, 1974-1978
Miscellaneous Museums, Galleries, Colleges, Etc., 1968-1974	96 10	Select: Miscellaneous Museums, Galleries, Colleges, Etc., 1968-1974
Myers, Joel Philip, 1968-1975	96 11	Select: Myers, Joel Philip, 1968-1975
"N" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1969-1984	96 12	Select: "N" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1969-1984
National Art and Antiques Festival, 1970, 1968	96 13	Select: National Art and Antiques Festival, 1970, 1968
Natzler, Gertrud and Otto, 1968-1971	96 14	Select: Natzler, Gertrud and Otto, 1968-1971
Nelson, Paul, 1971-1972	96 15	Select: Nelson, Paul, 1971-1972
Neumann, William A., 1972-1974	96 16	Select: Neumann, William A., 1972-1974
"No" File (1969 August - 1971 November), 1968-1972	96 17	Select: "No" File (1969 August - 1971 November), 1968-1972
No-Nos, 1973-1976	96 18	Select: No-Nos, 1973-1976
Nomura, Ruth, 1976	96 19	Select: Nomura, Ruth, 1976
Northwest Craft Center and Gallery, 1968-1982	96 20	Select: Northwest Craft Center and Gallery, 1968-1982
"O" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1975	96 21	Select: "O" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1975
Öhrström, Edvin, 1968, 1974, 1979	96 22	Select: Öhrström, Edvin, 1968, 1974, 1979
Ownership,Certificate of, 1969	96 23	Select: Ownership,Certificate of, 1969
"P" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1980	96 24	Select: "P" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1980
"P-R" Miscellaneous, 1968-1984	96 25	Select: "P-R" Miscellaneous, 1968-1984
Parrott, Alice Kagawa, 1968-1970	96 26	Select: Parrott, Alice Kagawa, 1968-1970
Perimeter Press, Jack Earl Book Contract, 1980	96 27	Select: Perimeter Press, Jack Earl Book Contract, 1980
Photograph Reorders, 1969	96 28	Select: Photograph Reorders, 1969
Photos, Forms & Objects Works, 1968-1970s	96 29	Select: Photos, Forms & Objects Works, 1968-1970s
Posner, Richard, 1982	96 30	Select: Posner, Richard, 1982
Prip, John, 1968-1973	96 31	Select: Prip, John, 1968-1973
Project Relief, Inc., 1972	96 32	Select: Project Relief, Inc., 1972
Projects, New, 1969	96 33	Select: Projects, New, 1969
Publicity, Magazines and Newspapers, 1968-1970	96 34	Select: Publicity, Magazines and Newspapers, 1968-1970
"R" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1978	96 35	Select: "R" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1978
Rabinovich, Raquel, circa 1974	96 36	Select: Rabinovich, Raquel, circa 1974
Radakovich, Ruth and Toza, 1968-1971	96 37	Select: Radakovich, Ruth and Toza, 1968-1971
Randall, Douglas, 1970-1971	96 38	Select: Randall, Douglas, 1970-1971
Renk, Merry, 1968-1974	96 39	Select: Renk, Merry, 1968-1974
Renwick Gallery, 1971	96 40	Select: Renwick Gallery, 1971
Requests, Collectors and Photos, 1968-1975	96 41	Select: Requests, Collectors and Photos, 1968-1975
Restorations, circa 1970s	96 42	Select: Restorations, circa 1970s
Richmond, Colin, 1968-1969	96 43	Select: Richmond, Colin, 1968-1969
Rose, Mildred, Burglery, 1970-1979	96 44	Select: Rose, Mildred, Burglery, 1970-1979
Rossbach, Ed, 1968-1977	96 45-46	Select: Rossbach, Ed, 1968-1977
Sauer, Dick, 1975, 1979	96 47	Select: Sauer, Dick, 1975, 1979
Schwarcz, June, 1968-1970	96 48	Select: Schwarcz, June, 1968-1970
"S" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1982	96 49	Select: "S" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1982
"S-U" Miscellaneous, 1968-1975	96 50	Select: "S-U" Miscellaneous, 1968-1975
Security National (77th and 3rd Ave.), 1968-1973	97 1	Select: Security National (77th and 3rd Ave.), 1968-1973
Sekimachi, Kay, 1968-1973	97 2	Select: Sekimachi, Kay, 1968-1973
Shaw, Richard, 1969-1975	97 3	Select: Shaw, Richard, 1969-1975
Shows in Gallery, circa 1968-1969	97 4	Select: Shows in Gallery, circa 1968-1969
Shows Out of Gallery, Pending, 1974	97 5	Select: Shows Out of Gallery, Pending, 1974
Shows Out of Gallery, Returned, 1968-1971	97 6	Select: Shows Out of Gallery, Returned, 1968-1971
Standard Conditions for Touring Shows, 1969	97 7	Select: Standard Conditions for Touring Shows, 1969
Slides, 1971-1972	97 8	Select: Slides, 1971-1972
Sloane, Carol, 1971-1974	97 9	Select: Sloane, Carol, 1971-1974
Smith, Paul, 1973-1977	97 10	Select: Smith, Paul, 1973-1977
Soldner, Paul, 1968-1975	97 11-12	Select: Soldner, Paul, 1968-1975
Soleri, Paulo, 1969-1973	97 13	Select: Soleri, Paulo, 1969-1973
Sperry, Robert, 1968-1969	97 14	Select: Sperry, Robert, 1968-1969
Stewart, Bill, 1970-1974	97 15-16	Select: Stewart, Bill, 1970-1974
Supplies, 1968	97 17	Select: Supplies, 1968
"T" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1977	97 18	Select: "T" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1977
Tanner, James, 1983, 1981	97 19	Select: Tanner, James, 1983, 1981
Tasha, Carl, 1976	97 20	Select: Tasha, Carl, 1976
Tours, European, 1969	97 21	Select: Tours, European, 1969
Tucker, Yvonne, 1969	97 22	Select: Tucker, Yvonne, 1969
Underhill, William, 1969	97 23	Select: Underhill, William, 1969
"V" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1971-1973	97 24	Select: "V" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1971-1973
"V-W" Miscellaneous, 1969-1977	97 25	Select: "V-W" Miscellaneous, 1969-1977
Viking Book Orders, 1970-1972	97 26	Select: Viking Book Orders, 1970-1972
Voulkos, Peter, 1968-1973	97 27	Select: Voulkos, Peter, 1968-1973
"W" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1979	97 28	Select: "W" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1968-1979
Wallace, Jerome, 1967-1974	97 29-32	Select: Wallace, Jerome, 1967-1974
Westberg, Martial, circa 1969	97 33	Select: Westberg, Martial, circa 1969
Westphal, Katherine, 1968-1971	97 34	Select: Westphal, Katherine, 1968-1971
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1974	97 35	Select: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1974
Wilhelmi, William, 1972-1977	97 36	Select: Wilhelmi, William, 1972-1977
WIlson, Helen, 1972	97 37	Select: WIlson, Helen, 1972
Wilson, Laurie J., 1974-1975	97 38	Select: Wilson, Laurie J., 1974-1975
Woell, J. Fred, 1968-1974	97 39	Select: Woell, J. Fred, 1968-1974
Wyman, William, 1968-1971	97 40	Select: Wyman, William, 1968-1971
"X-Z" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1967-1974	97 41	Select: "X-Z" Miscellaneous Craftsmen, 1967-1974
Yaruss, Daniel, 1973-1975	97 42	Select: Yaruss, Daniel, 1973-1975
Zachai, Dorian, 1968-1973	97 43	Select: Zachai, Dorian, 1968-1973
Zelmanoff, Marci, 1971-1972	97 44	Select: Zelmanoff, Marci, 1971-1972
Znamierowski, Nell, 1968-1973	97 45	Select: Znamierowski, Nell, 1968-1973

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