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Emma Amos papers, circa 1900-2019

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Series 3: Correspondence, 1952-2019
3.2 Linear feet
Box 4-7, 37

The series consists of Amos's personal and professional correspondence from 1952 to 2019. In Amos's early correspondence, letters with her parents and friends discussing school and traveling are prominent. Other correspondence is bell hooks, Moira Roth, and Ed Estes, as well as with galleries and arts organizations regarding Amos's artwork, installations, exhibitions, her association with artist groups such as Spiral, and a variety of other professional activities.
The series begins with personal correspondence arranged in rough chronological order followed by a file of personal correspondence between Amos and her son Nick. After personal correspondence, a mixture of personal and professional correspondence arranged in rough chronological order is followed by Amos's professional correspondence with students from class 311.
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Personal Correspondence, 1952-1959
4
17-20
Personal Correspondence, 1960-1969
4
21-26
Personal Correspondence, 1970-1974
4
27
Personal Correspondence, 1971-1981
5
1-3
Personal Correspondence, 1984-2000
5
4-7
Personal Correspondence, 2001-2010s
5
8-14
Personal Correspondence, undated
Includes letter discussing Amos's artistic abilities as a child.
5
15
Personal Correspondence, Nick Amos, 1977-1980
5
16
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1964-1986
5
17-27
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1987-1994
Folder 5 includes letters from Moira Roth and a card from bell hooks. Folder 7 includes correspondence from Ed Estes that includes letters and a photograph that were sent to members of the Amos family in the 1920s.
6
1-11
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1995-1998
6
12-19
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1999-2005
7
1-9
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 2006-2019
7
10-15
Professional Correspondence, Letters from Students in Class 311, 1980
7
16
Professional Correspondence, Letters from Students in Class 311, 1980
37
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