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Series 1:Biographical Materials, 1880-1964
2 Folders
Box 1

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.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Description	Container	Select
Bouché Family Certificates and Announcements, circa 1880-1908	1 1	Select: Bouché Family Certificates and Announcements, circa 1880-1908
Curriculum Vitae, circa 1930-1964	1 2	Select: Curriculum Vitae, circa 1930-1964

Series 2:Correspondence, 1880-2007
1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2

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.

2.1 Louis Bouché, 1920-1977
2.2 Bouché Family, 1880-1947
2.3 Jane Bouché Strong, 1937-2007

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

2.1:Louis Bouché, 1920-1977

This subseries includes a handful of personal and professional letters addressed to Louis and Marian Bouché, including letters from artist friends Peggy Bacon, Katherine Schmidt, Louis Elshemius, and Marcel Duchamp. Love notes from Marian to Louis are also included.

Description	Container
Bacon, Peggy, 1933	1 3	Select: Bacon, Peggy, 1933
Bouché, Marian, circa 1920-1965	1 4	Select: Bouché, Marian, circa 1920-1965
Duchamp, Marcel, 1960	1 5	Select: Duchamp, Marcel, 1960
Eilshemius, Louis M., 1940	1 6	Select: Eilshemius, Louis M., 1940
Kraushaar Galleries, 1962-1974	1 7	Select: Kraushaar Galleries, 1962-1974
National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1953	1 8	Select: National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1953
Schmidt, Katherine, 1977	1 9	Select: Schmidt, Katherine, 1977

2.2:Bouché Family, 1880-1947

The bulk of this correspondence consists of letters from Henri to Marie Bouché. The subseries also includes letters from Henri and Marie to their children, from Louis' grandmother to the family, and from Louis and Claire to their parents.

2.3:Jane Bouché Strong, 1937-2007

This subseries includes numerous letters from Louis and Marian; letters from Jane's first husband, William Pène du Bois, during the early days of their courtship and marriage; letters from the Bacon and Alexander families; letters from academics researching Bouché and other modern painters; and letters regarding the gift of five Belmaison glass panels to the Newark Museum.

Series 3:Writings, 1933-1995
0.9 Linear feet
Boxes 2-3

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.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Series 4:Personal Business Records, 1930-1974
4 Folders
Box 3

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.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Description	Container	Select
Record of Artworks, circa 1960-1974	3 6	Select: Record of Artworks, circa 1960-1974
Sales Ledger, Book 1, 1930-1968	3 7	Select: Sales Ledger, Book 1, 1930-1968
Sales Ledger, Book 2, 1930-1968	3 8	Select: Sales Ledger, Book 2, 1930-1968
Sales Receipts, 1945-1974	3 9	Select: Sales Receipts, 1945-1974

Series 5:Printed Material, 1900-1997
0.5 Linear feet
Boxes 3, 6

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.

Series 6:Scrapbooks, 1880-1969
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 3, 7-8

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.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Description	Container	Select
Scrapbook I, Louis Bouché, 1915-1945 Oversized material housed in Box 7	3 24	Select: Scrapbook I, Louis Bouché, 1915-1945Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 7
Scrapbook II, Louis Bouché, 1945-1969 Oversized material housed in Box 8	3 25	Select: Scrapbook II, Louis Bouché, 1945-1969Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 8
Bouché Family, circa 1880-1955	3 26	Select: Bouché Family, circa 1880-1955
French Artists, circa 1930-1965 Oversized material housed in Box 8	3 27	Select: French Artists, circa 1930-1965Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 8
Oversized Scrapbook, Scrapbook I, Louis Bouché scanned with Box 3, Folder 24, 1915-1945	7	Select: Oversized Scrapbook, Scrapbook I, Louis Bouché scanned with Box 3, Folder 24, 1915-1945
Oversized Scrapbook, Scrapbook II, Louis Bouché scanned with Box 3, Folder 25, 1945-1969	8 1	Select: Oversized Scrapbook, Scrapbook II, Louis Bouché scanned with Box 3, Folder 25, 1945-1969
Oversized Scrapbook, French Artists, scanned with Box 3, Folder 27, circa 1930-1965	8 2	Select: Oversized Scrapbook, French Artists, scanned with Box 3, Folder 27, circa 1930-1965

Series 7:Photographic Materials, 1890-1994
2.3 Linear feet
Boxes 3-5, 9-10

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.

Series 8:Artwork, 1870-1965
10 Folders
Boxes 5, 10

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.

Description	Container	Select
Bacon, Peggy, Sketches, circa 1930-1950 Oversized material housed in Box 10, Folder 3	5 10	Select: Bacon, Peggy, Sketches, circa 1930-1950Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 10, Folder 3
Bouché, Ernest Louis, Sketchbook, 1890-1898	5 11	Select: Bouché, Ernest Louis, Sketchbook, 1890-1898
Bouché, Henri L., Monograms for Tiffany, circa 1880-1908	5 12	Select: Bouché, Henri L., Monograms for Tiffany, circa 1880-1908
Bouché, Henri L., Watercolors and Sketches, circa 1870-1908	5 13	Select: Bouché, Henri L., Watercolors and Sketches, circa 1870-1908
Bouché, Jane, Sketches, circa 1936	5 14	Select: Bouché, Jane, Sketches, circa 1936
Bouché, Louis, Sketches and Watercolor, circa 1900-1942	5 15	Select: Bouché, Louis, Sketches and Watercolor, circa 1900-1942
Brook, Alexander, Sketch, circa 1930 Oversized material housed in Box 10, Folder 3	5 16	Select: Brook, Alexander, Sketch, circa 1930Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 10, Folder 3
Davidson, Jo, Sketch, circa 1940	5 17	Select: Davidson, Jo, Sketch, circa 1940
Marsh, Reginald, Sketch, circa 1930-1950	5 18	Select: Marsh, Reginald, Sketch, circa 1930-1950
Unknown, Drawings and Sketches, circa 1910-1965	5 19	Select: Unknown, Drawings and Sketches, circa 1910-1965
Oversized Sketches by Peggy Bacon scanned with Box 5, Folder 10, circa 1930-1950	10 3	Select: Oversized Sketches by Peggy Bacon scanned with Box 5, Folder 10, circa 1930-1950
Oversized Sketch by Alexander Brook scanned with Box 5, Folder 16, circa 1930	10 3	Select: Oversized Sketch by Alexander Brook scanned with Box 5, Folder 16, circa 1930

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Series 1:Biographical Materials, 1880-1964
2 Folders
Box 1

Series 2:Correspondence, 1880-2007
1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2

2.1:Louis Bouché, 1920-1977

2.2:Bouché Family, 1880-1947

2.3:Jane Bouché Strong, 1937-2007

Series 3:Writings, 1933-1995
0.9 Linear feet
Boxes 2-3

Series 4:Personal Business Records, 1930-1974
4 Folders
Box 3

Series 5:Printed Material, 1900-1997
0.5 Linear feet
Boxes 3, 6

Series 6:Scrapbooks, 1880-1969
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 3, 7-8

Series 7:Photographic Materials, 1890-1994
2.3 Linear feet
Boxes 3-5, 9-10

Series 8:Artwork, 1870-1965
10 Folders
Boxes 5, 10

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