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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 1253 Collections and/or Records:

Ethel to Georgia O'Keeffe, postcard, 1935-06-25

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 17
Identifier: 2000.6.20
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: 1935-06-25
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Correspondence

"Eyes", 1969, undated

 File — Box 25: Series 4; Series 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: 3.3
Overview

Invoice for O'Keeffe from New York Hospital. Correspondence from Doris Bry to Inez Ossendorf regarding payment of medical bills.

Dates: 1969, undated
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Papers / Biographical material / Medical

"Eyes Apollo Laser", 1968-1972, undated

 File — Box 25: Series 4; Series 3, Folder: 15
Identifier: 3.3
Overview

Correspondence, ephemera, and receipts related to O'Keeffe's faltering eyesight and visual aids.

Dates: 1968-1972, undated
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Papers / Biographical material / Medical

Fisk University, 1983-1984

 File — Box 25: Series 4; Series 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: 3.1
Overview

Letter from Fisk president, Roger Askew, to Georgia O'Keeffe regarding delivery of the hood, plaque, and programs for the honorary doctorate conferred upon O'Keeffe. Includes four copies of the program.

Dates: 1983-1984
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Papers / Biographical material / Awards

Florence McCormick to Georgia O'Keeffe, 1937-08-31

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.105
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: 1937-08-31
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Anita O'Keeffe Young Papers / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe and Robert R. Young

Florence McCormick to Georgia O'Keeffe, 1946-08-20

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.110
Overview

Unsigned letter likely by Florence McCormick to Georgia O'Keeffe regarding travel refunds.

Dates: 1946-08-20
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Anita O'Keeffe Young Papers / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe and Robert R. Young

Florence McCormick to Georgia O'Keeffe, 1947-06-11

 Item — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.112
Overview

Unsigned letter likely by Florence McCormick to Georgia O'Keeffe responding to O'Keeffe's letter of May 26. Includes two enclosed letters from Shearson Hammill & Co. dated 1947-03-01 and 1947-05-02 about which O'Keeffe inquired.

Dates: 1947-06-11
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Anita O'Keeffe Young Papers / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe and Robert R. Young

Foshee, Rufus, 1969

 File — Box 25: Series 4; Series 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: After Georgia O'Keeffe's death, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (GOKF) was established in 1989 to protect and preserve the legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe. One of its core functions was to distribute O'Keeffe's assets, including her Abiquiu home and studio, and the contents therein. Upon the dissolution of GOKF in 2006, GOKF donated remaining assets to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Among those assets were materials of an archival nature still contained in the Abiquiu home and studio. Those...
Dates: 1969
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Papers / Correspondence

Fran Gharagozlou [?] to Georgia O'Keeffe, envelope, 1955

 Item — Box 1A
Identifier: 2006.6.228
Overview

Envelope addressed to Georgia O'Keeffe from Fran Gharagozlou [?] from Kent State University, Ohio. Return address also lists Dr. M. Van Campen.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs

Georgia O'Keeffe: An Exhibition of the Work of the Artist from 1915-1966, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1966, 1964 - 1966

 File — Box 21: Series 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2.1.1
Overview

Correspondence and painting lists related to the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art exhibition of O'Keeffe's works. Includes correspondence with Mitchell Wilder and Doris Bry.

Dates: Event: 1966; 1964 - 1966
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Papers / Business papers / Exhibitions / O'Keeffe, Georgia

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