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Louis Bouché papers, 1880-2007

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

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.
Description Container
Bouché, Claire to Marie Bouché (mother), circa 1883-1920
1
10
Bouché, Henri L. to Claire Bouché (daughter), 1897-1907
1
11
Bouché, Henri L. to Louis Bouché (son), circa 1883-1908
1
12
Bouché, Henri L. to Marie Bouché (wife), circa 1883-1908
1
13
Bouché, Henri L. to Marie Bouché (wife), circa 1883-1908
1
14
Bouché, Henri L. to Marie Bouché (wife), 1883-1899
1
15
Bouché, Henri L. to Marie Bouché (wife), 1900-1905
1
16
Bouché, Henri L. to Marie Bouché (wife), 1906-1908
1
17
Bouché, Josephine to Claire Bouché (granddaughter), 1903-1907
1
18
Bouché, Josephine to Marie Bouché (daughter-in-law), 1914-1918
1
19
Bouché, Louis to Claire Bouché (sister), circa 1880-1910
1
20
Bouché, Louis to Marie Bouché (mother), 1938-1947
1
21
Bouché, Marie, 1909-1916, 1942
1
22
Bouché, Marie to Claire Bouché (daughter), circa 1905-1923
1
23
Bouché, Marie to Henri L. Bouché (husband), circa 1883-1908
1
24
Stone, Frederick H. DuBois, 1894-1904
1
25
Whiton, Pete to Marie Bouché, circa 1930-1940
1
26
Unsigned and Illegible Names, circa 1880-1915
1
27

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.
Description Container
A-Z, Miscellaneous, 1981-1982
Includes letters from Ira Glackens, Jo Davidson, and Kraushaar Galleries
1
28
Archives of American Art, 1978-1988
1
29
Bacon, Belinda, 1987-2003
1
30
Bacon, Peggy, 1969-1975
1
31
Belmaison Panels, Expenses, 1984-1991
1
32
Belmaison Panels, Insurance, 1986-1991
1
33
Belmaison Panels, Taxes, 1991
1
34
Belmaison Panels, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, 1987-1991
1
35
Belmaison Panels, Newark Museum, 1991-1993
1
36
Belmaison Panels, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980-1989
1
37
Bouché, Louis and Marian, circa 1937-1964
1
38
Bouché, Louis and Marian, 1937-1948
1
39
Bouché, Louis and Marian, 1949-1951
1
40
Bouché, Louis and Marian, 1952-1959
1
41
Bouché, Louis and Marian, 1960-1964
1
42
Brook, Alexander, 1971-1980
1
43
Brook, Alexander (Sandy), 1987-2007
1
44
Pène du Bois, William, 1940-1941
1
45
Pène du Bois, William, 1942 January-September
1
46
Pène du Bois, William, 1942 October
1
47
Pène du Bois, William, 1942 November
1
48
Pène du Bois, William, 1942 December
1
49
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 January-February
1
50
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 March
1
51
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 April
1
52
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 May-June
1
53
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 July
1
54
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 August-September
1
55
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 October-November
1
56
Pène du Bois, William, 1943 December
2
1
Pène du Bois, William, 1944 January
2
2
Pène du Bois, William, 1944 February
2
3
Pène du Bois, William, 1944 March-April
2
4
Pène du Bois, William, 1944 May
2
5
Pène du Bois, William, 1944 June
2
6
Pène du Bois, William, 1944 August-October
2
7
Pène du Bois, William, 1945
2
8
Miscellaneous Researchers, 1976-1993
2
9

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