Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.
Found in 1255 Collections and/or Records:
Anita O'Keeffe Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-53
Overview
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.
Dates:
1845-1989, undated
Found in:
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Anita O'Keeffe Young to Claudia O'Keeffe, 1959-08-23
Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.119
Overview
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."
Dates:
1959-08-23
Anita Pollitzer to Georgia O'Keeffe, postcard, 1947-09-19
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 38
Identifier: 2000.6.44
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
Between 1947 and 1948, Georgia O'Keeffe shipped several boxes of books to New Mexico from her and her late husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, collections at their New York apartment and the Lake George house. This was the beginning of O'Keeffe's personal book collection in New Mexico. O'Keeffe grew her collection by purchasing and seeking out books on particular subjects; others she received as gifts from friends, admirers of her work, authors, and museums, which is documented through her habit of...
Dates:
1947-09-19
Ann to Alfred Stieglitz, 1943-07-28
Item — Box 3: Series 1
Identifier: MS-OKAS-0086
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection includes 232 letters, primarily from Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) to her husband Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), dating from 1933 to 1944. Between 1915 and 1946 O'Keeffe and Stieglitz exchanged over 5,000 letters; this is only a small sample of the rich correspondence between the two. The letters are personal in nature and discuss the lives and careers of O'Keeffe and Stieglitz. Some of the letters are "notes" left by O'Keeffe to be found by Stieglitz while she was in New...
Dates:
1943-07-28
Ansel Adams to Alfred Stieglitz, 1944-09-16
Item — Box 8: Series 1
Identifier: MS-OKAS-0232
Overview
Enclosed article by Alfred Frankenstein, postcard, and pine needles.
Dates:
1944-09-16
Art Institute of Chicago exhibition opening invitation, 1948-02-05
Item
Identifier: MS-GOMC-234
Overview
Invitation for the opening of The Art Institute of Chicago's Alfred Stieglitz exhibition on 1948-02-02. Invitation is from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.
Dates:
1948-02-05
Arthur Dove and Helen Torr, greeting card, undated
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 14
Identifier: 2000.6.16
Overview
Card appears homemade with an oak leaf pasted inside.
Dates:
undated
Arthur Dove and Helen Torr, greeting card, undated
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 14
Identifier: 2000.6.17
Overview
Card appears homemade with a maple leaf pasted inside.
Dates:
undated
Arthur Sze to Georgia O'Keeffe, 1976-06-25
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: 2000.6.40
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
Between 1947 and 1948, Georgia O'Keeffe shipped several boxes of books to New Mexico from her and her late husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, collections at their New York apartment and the Lake George house. This was the beginning of O'Keeffe's personal book collection in New Mexico. O'Keeffe grew her collection by purchasing and seeking out books on particular subjects; others she received as gifts from friends, admirers of her work, authors, and museums, which is documented through her habit of...
Dates:
1976-06-25
Blanche Matthias to Georgia O'Keeffe, greeting card, undated
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 22
Identifier: 2000.6.26
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
Between 1947 and 1948, Georgia O'Keeffe shipped several boxes of books to New Mexico from her and her late husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, collections at their New York apartment and the Lake George house. This was the beginning of O'Keeffe's personal book collection in New Mexico. O'Keeffe grew her collection by purchasing and seeking out books on particular subjects; others she received as gifts from friends, admirers of her work, authors, and museums, which is documented through her habit of...
Dates:
undated