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  3. Series 2:Correspondence, 1923-2002

Robert W. White papers, 1889-2003, bulk 1915-2003

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Series 2:Correspondence, 1923-2002
(Boxes 1-4; 3.8 linear feet)

This series includes mostly incoming correspondence, drafts of letters, greeting cards, and postcards. Several letters and envelopes are illustrated. Many letters have attachments such as receipts, invoices, exhibition announcements, printed material, and photographs.
Correspondence is also found in Series 3: Project Files, Series 4: Personal Business Records, and Series 5: Notes and Writings.
Files are arranged chronologically; undated letters are filed at the end of the subseries. A number of letters are in Dutch, French, German, and Italian.
The correspondence series is arranged into 2 subseries:
  • 2.1: Family and Friends Correspondence, 1923-1955
  • 2.2: General Correspondence, 1950-2002
2.1:Family and Friends, 1923-1955
This subseries includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards from family, friends, colleagues, and students. Correspondence provides a detailed account of the routine activities and work of family and friends; letters include references to artists, writers, and other prominent individuals, such as Bernard Berenson, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Carl Milles, and Walter Raemish.
Frequent correspondents include: Gil Franklin, Walker Hancock, Jim Harrison, Susan Hobbes, Bruce Hooten, Willard R. Huntington, Ben LeFarge, Ward Lamb, Suzannah Lessard, John Marquand, Peter Matthiessen, Walker O'Cain, Mark and Katja Oxman, Laura Spencer Pope, Paul and Ellen Resika, Paul Russotto, Sidney Simon, and William Styron. Files also include letters relating to White's activities as an artist and teacher.
DescriptionContainer
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1923-1929
1
8
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1930s
(2 folders)
1
9-10
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1930s-1940s
(2 folders)
1
11-12
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1933-1935
1
13
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1935-1938
(2 folders)
1
14
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1937
1
15
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1938
1
16
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1939
(2 folders)
1
17-18
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1940s
1
19
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1940
(4 folders)
1
20-23
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1941
(2 folders)
1
24-25
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1942-1945
1
26
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1942
(4 folders)
1
27-30
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1943-1944
1
31
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1945
(3 folders)
1
32-34
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1946
1
35
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1946
(5 folders)
1
36-40
Family and Friends Correspondence (Claire Nicolas White), 1946
(3 folders)
1
41-43
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1947-1948
1
44
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1947
(2 folders)
1
45-46
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1948
1
47
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1950-1952
1
48
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1950-1951
1
49-51
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1952
(3 folders)
1
50-52
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1953
(5 folders)
1
53-57
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1954
(6 folders)
1
58-63
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1955
(7 folders)
1
64-70
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1956
(5 folders)
2
1-5
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1957-1958
2
6
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1957
2
7
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1958
2
8
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1960
2
9
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1961
2
10
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1962
2
11
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1963
2
12
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1964-1965
2
13
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1967
2
14
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1969
2
15
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1970s
(3 folders)
2
16-18
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1970
2
19
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1971
2
20
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1972
(2 folders)
2
21-22
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1973
(2 folders)
2
23
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1974
(2 folders)
2
24-25
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1975
(2 folders)
2
26-27
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1976
(3 folders)
2
28-30
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1977
(3 folders)
2
31-33
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1978
(2 folders)
2
34-35
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1979
(2 folders)
2
36-37
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1980s
(2 folders)
2
38-39
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1980
(2 folders)
2
40-41
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1981
(2 folders)
2
42-43
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1982
(2 folders)
2
44-45
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1983
(2 folders)
2
46-47
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1984-1988
2
48
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1984
(3 folders)
2
49-51
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1985-1986
2
52
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1985
(3 folders)
2
53-55
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1986
(2 folders)
2
56-57
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1987
(3 folders)
3
1-3
Family and Friends Correspondence (Valentin Tatransky), 1987-2002
(8 folders)
3
4-11
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1988
(4 folders)
3
12-15
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1988-1989
3
16
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1989
(3 folders)
3
17-19
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1989-1990
(2 folders)
3
20-21
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1990
(2 folders)
3
22-23
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1990
(2 folders)
3
24-25
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1991
3
26
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1992
(2 folders)
3
27-28
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1993
(2 folders)
3
29-30
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1994
(2 folders)
3
31-32
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1995
3
33
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1995-1996
3
34
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1996
(3 folders)
3
35-37
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1997
3
38
Family and Friends Correspondence, 1998-1999
3
39
Family and Friends Correspondence, circa 1999-2001
(2 folders)
3
40-41
Family and Friends Correspondence, 2000-2002
3
42
Family and Friends Correspondence, undated
(2 folders)
3
43-44
Family and Friends Correspondence, Loose Envelopes, 1938-1986
(4 folders)
3
45-48
2.2:General Correspondence, 1950-2002
This subseries includes correspondence with clients, museums, galleries, and publishers. Interspersed among the files are letters from family, friends, and students. Attachments to letters include loan agreements, purchase orders, receipts, and printed material. Letters to Robert White discuss his work, exhibitions, commissioned projects, and teaching positions.
Among the correspondents are Amyas Ames, Stan Brodsky, Theodore Cremer, Patricia Fleischman, Willard R. Huntingdon, Rebekah Harkness Kean, David Garrard Lowe, Richard McDermott Miller, Walker O'Cain, Mark Oxman, and Richard Wilbur. Also included are letters from the American Academy in Rome, Brooklyn Museum, Century Association, Contemporary Realist Gallery, Davis Gallery, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Harkness Ballet, National Academy of Design, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Steuben Glass. Also found is a draft of Robert White's letter to Jacques Lipchitz.
DescriptionContainer
General Correspondence, 1950-1952
3
49
General Correspondence, 1953
3
50
General Correspondence, 1954
3
51
General Correspondence, 1955
3
52
General Correspondence, 1956
(3 folders)
3
53-55
General Correspondence (Steuben Glass), 1957
3
56
General Correspondence, circa 1957
4
1
General Correspondence, 1957
(4 folders)
4
2-5
General Correspondence, 1958
(4 folders)
4
6-9
General Correspondence, 1959
4
10
General Correspondence, 1960
4
11
General Correspondence, 1961-1962
4
12
General Correspondence, 1963-1964
4
13
General Correspondence, 1965-1966
4
14
General Correspondence, 1967
4
15
General Correspondence, 1969
(2 folders)
4
16-17
General Correspondence, circa 1969-1971
4
18
General Correspondence, 1970
(3 folders)
4
19-21
General Correspondence, 1971
4
22
General Correspondence, 1972
(2 folders)
4
23-24
General Correspondence, 1973
4
25
General Correspondence, 1974
4
26
General Correspondence, 1975
4
27
General Correspondence, 1976
4
28
General Correspondence, 1977-1978
4
29
General Correspondence, 1979
4
30
General Correspondence, circa 1980s
4
31
General Correspondence, 1980
4
32
General Correspondence, 1981
4
33
General Correspondence, 1982
4
34
General Correspondence, 1983
(2 folders)
4
35-36
General Correspondence, 1984
(2 folders)
4
37-38
General Correspondence, 1985
4
39
General Correspondence, 1986
4
40
General Correspondence, 1987
4
41
General Correspondence, circa 1988
4
42
General Correspondence, 1988
4
43
General Correspondence, 1989
4
44
General Correspondence, circa 1990s
4
45
General Correspondence, 1990
4
46
General Correspondence, 1991
4
47
General Correspondence, 1992
4
48
General Correspondence, 1993
4
49
General Correspondence, 1994
4
50
General Correspondence, 1995
4
51
General Correspondence, 1996
4
52
General Correspondence, 1997-1998
4
53
General Correspondence, 1999
4
54
General Correspondence, 2000
4
55
General Correspondence, 2001
4
56
General Correspondence, 2002
4
57
General Correspondence, undated
4
58
General Correspondence, Loose Envelopes, 1950-1979
4
59

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