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Young, Anita Natalie O'Keeffe, 1891-1985

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1891 - 1985

Biography

Sister of Georgia O'Keeffe. Married Robert Young who attained a substantial fortune after 1929 Crash. Had homes in NYC, Newport, R.I. and Palm Beach, Florida. Daughter Eleanor died in plane crash in 1941. Robert committed suicide in 1958. She and sister Georgia exchanged frequent visits.

Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, 1970-01-16

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.99
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...
Dates: 1970-01-16

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, 1970-10-20

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.100
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...
Dates: 1970-10-20

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, 1971-05-18

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.101
Overview Two page letter dated 1971-05-18 from Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young in which several items were enclosed. Enclosures include: a 1970-12-17 letter from the director of the Whitney Museum of American Art to Georgia O'Keeffe discussing the recently closed O'Keeffe exhibition; a 1970-10-26 five-page article from "New York" titled "The Arrogance of Culture Power" by Sophy Burnham with a previously stapled note, "Miss O'Keeffe asked me to send you these. D.B [Doris Bry]." The note from...
Dates: 1971-05-18

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, 1976-04-02

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.102
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...
Dates: 1976-04-02

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, 1956-07-07

 Item — Box 2: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.30
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young (1956-07-07) in which Georgia enclosed a one-page letter from their brother, Francis, written to Georgia, asking for a monetary loan (1956-06-30).

Dates: 1956-07-07

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young and Robert Young, 1941-07-02

 Item — Box 1: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.1
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...
Dates: 1941-07-02

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, itinerary, 1962-02-14

 Item — Box 3: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.63
Overview

Egypt travel itinerary by Four Seasons Travel Service, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts, for Georgia O'Keeffe. Mailed by Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young.

Dates: 1962-02-14

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, postcard, 1960-10-29

 Item — Box 3: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.57
Overview

Postcard of Queen's Road, Cosmopolitan Shopping Center in Hong Kong.

Dates: 1960-10-29

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, postcard, 1963-03

 Item — Box 4: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.72
Overview

Postcard, "Moonlight on the Nile," from Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young. Postcard features several boats with sails on the Nile River, with Cairo and the Pyramids of Giza in the background.

Dates: 1963-03

Ida (left) and Anita (right) O'Keeffe, probably 1898

 Item — Box 4: Series 2
Identifier: RC-1999-001-145
Overview

Studio portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe's younger sisters, Anita Natalie O'Keeffe (1891-1985) (left) and Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe (1889-1961) (right), taken in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

Dates: probably 1898

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Record 113
Collection 1
 
Subject
Correspondence 102
Photographs 7
Travel 5
Clippings 4
Exhibitions 3