Biographical material consists of Louis Bouché's curriculum vitae and extended Bouché family marriage announcements, certificates, and death notices.

Materials are arranged by document type.

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The bulk of the correspondence consists of personal letters from Bouché's family, letters to Louis and Marian, and letters to Jane Bouché Strong.

Materials are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Undated letters are filed at the front of each folder. The series is arranged as 3 subseries.

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Writings include the final draft of Bouché's autobiography, along with the original first draft and various drafts compiled and edited by Jane Bouché for possible publication. The autobiography covers Bouché's family and early life, education in France and the Art Students League, friendship with Alexander Brook, military service, the Penguin and Whitney Clubs, his courtship of Marian, their honeymoon and travels, his early art career at Washington Square South, his work for Wanamaker's, his work as a muralist, vignettes on Woodstock, artist friends, art projects, his Guggenheim fellowship, and thoughts on art and teaching.

There are also 8 journals kept by Marian Bouché detailing her and her husband's travels in the United States and abroad from 1933 to 1963. The journal covering trips to Europe, North Stamford, and Haiti includes a handwritten draft of poems Marian and Peggy Bacon wrote for each other in response to the birth of Marian's child. Other writings include reminiscenes of Louis Bouché written by Peter Blume, Alexander Brook, Robert Coates, and Cyril Wright; and a poem to Louis Bouché by Peggy Bacon.

Materials are arranged by author and material type. Drafts of Bouché's autobiography are ordered by chapter and include edits by Jane Bouché Strong.

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Personal business records consist of two ledger books, lists of artwork, and receipts documenting the inventory, dimension, and sales of artwork.

Materials are arranged by document type.

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Printed material consists of three coffeetable art books from Bouché's personal library; clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and periodicals related to Bouché's work; and exhibition catalogs from Wanamaker's Gallery, which Bouché managed.

The series also includes a party invitation designed by Jules Pascin and materials from Walt Kuhn's Penguin Club, including exhibition announcements, party invitations, catalogs, a poster designed by Alfred Frueh, and a Club announcement for a stag dinner in honor of Horace Brodzky.

Materials are arranged chronologically by material type.

This series has been partially scanned. Books, journals, and exhibition catalogs have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages scanned.

Two scrapbooks include clippings, photographs, and printed material related to Bouché's career. One scrapbook documents the history of the extended Bouché family, including Ernest, Henri, and Claire, compiled by Marie Bouché. It includes clippings, photographs, catalogs, written memoirs, geneology charts, and drawings by Jane Bouché and Claire's son Peter. The final scrapbook consists of reproductions of works of art by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, and Chaim Soutine.

Scrapbooks created by Louis Bouché and his immediate family are followed by scrapbooks created by extended family members.

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Photographic materials include ten photograph albums. Three are of Louis, Marian, and Jane, three are of Jane and her family, and four are of Louis' parents and sister's family. There are also loose prints and negatives of Bouché, his family and friends, and copyprints of works of art, including works of art that were destroyed. Included in the loose prints of Bouché are photographs taken by Carl Van Vechten, Hal Phyfe, Herbert Gehr, and Drix Duryea.

Photograph albums created by Louis Bouché and his immediate family are followed by albums created by extended family members.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Artwork consists of sketches and drawings by Louis; a childhood collection of drawings by Jane; watercolors, etchings and monographs by Henri; and a pencil sketchbook of landscape scenes by Ernest Bouché. Additional sketches by Peggy Bacon, Alexander Brook, Jo Davidson, and Reginald Marsh are also included.

Materials are arranged by artist.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.