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O'Keeffe children family photo with Alexis, Anita, Ida, Georgia, and Francis. Handwritten in blue ink on verso: "Alexis Wyckoff O'Keeffe age 1//Anita Natalie O'Keeffe age 2//Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe age 3//Georgia Totto O'Keeffe age 5//Francis Calyxtus O'Keeffe age 7//Sun Prairie, Wis."

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Collection primarily consists of letters from Georgia O'Keeffe to her sister Anita O'Keeffe Young dating from 1937 to 1976. Includes select other correspondents, photographic material, and clippings. Accruals consist of additional correspondence, photographs, legal documents, and ephemera.

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Letter from Anita O'Keeffe Young to Claudia O'Keeffe discussing finances related to Ida's medical bills. Handwritten on verso: "Copy of this sent to Georgia Aug 23 - 59."

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten letters from Georgia O'Keeffe to her sister, Anita O'Keeffe Young, dating from the 1940s to the 1970s. The letters largely relate to personal matters, daily activities, and the management of O'Keeffe's paintings. There is some correspondence between O'Keeffe and Robert R. Young, Anita O'Keeffe Young's husband, and his assistant Florence McCormick, related to financial matters. Additionally, there are five small photographs and one article...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten letters from Georgia O'Keeffe to her sister, Anita O'Keeffe Young, dating from the 1940s to the 1970s. The letters largely relate to personal matters, daily activities, and the management of O'Keeffe's paintings. There is some correspondence between O'Keeffe and Robert R. Young, Anita O'Keeffe Young's husband, and his assistant Florence McCormick, related to financial matters. Additionally, there are five small photographs and one article...

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Anita O'Keeffe Young posing with a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. Handwritten in blue ink on verso: "Picture no. III//On loan//Nov. 8 - 1966//Anita." Stamped on verso: "286A."

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O'Keeffe's sisters Anita O'Keeffe Young and Catherine O'Keeffe Klenert with Georgia O'Keeffe, to receive honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Anita O'Keeffe Young and Catherine Klenert Krueger with Georgia O'Keeffe to receive honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Double-sided letter from Claudia O'Keeffe to both Anita O'Keeffe Young and Georgia O'Keeffe. The envelope is addressed to Anita Young in Georgia O'Keeffe's handwriting. The first page of the letter has a note by Claudia: "Georgia, I thought it best to send this to Anita via you."

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Portrait photograph of Georgia, Ida, and Anita O'Keeffe. Handwritten in blue ink on verso: "Georgia Totto O'Keeffe 10//Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe 8//Anita Natalie O'Keeffe 7." Printed in green on bottom front: "Mathieu Watertown//Sun Prairie and//Jueau, Wis."