Series 2 :Correspondence , 1906-19890.5 Linear feet
Box 1, 19
Correspondence documents Schaeffer's personal life and career as well as the activities of the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design. The earliest correspondence mainly concerns his educational background and early teaching experience, and includes letters of reference. Also included are many requests to lecture or serve on juries, letters from friends and former students, fan letters from readers of his magazine articles on flower arrangement, and correspondence relating to East West Gallery exhibitions, job prospects for students, and loans from the Rudolph Schaeffer Collection of Asian Art. Also included are correspondence between Schaeffer and Docili, long-time administrator of the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design and exectutor of Rudolph Schaeffer's estate, as well as with Chiang Yee, Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher who would visit and lecture at the school when in San Francisco. Correspondence between Frances Valesco and others are from after Schaeffer's death.
Additional correspondence can be found in Series 3: Subject Files. Letters are also incorporated into the scrapbooks in Series 6, and some of Schaeffer's journals in Series 4 include drafts of outgoing letters.
Description Container Select Correspondence , circa 1906-circa 1989 Select: Correspondence , circa 1906-circa 1989 Correspondence, circa 1908-1981 Select: Correspondence, circa 1908-1981 Peter Docili, circa 1971-1987 Select: Peter Docili, circa 1971-1987 Frances Valesco (to others), circa 1997 Select: Frances Valesco (to others), circa 1997 Chiang Yee, circa 1964-1976 Select: Chiang Yee, circa 1964-1976 Address Cards, circa 1970s-1980s Select: Address Cards, circa 1970s-1980s