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Series 2: Correspondence, 1954-2013
4.8 Linear feet
Boxes 2-6

Correspondence is with family, friends and colleagues, many of whom were writers and performing artists, art historians, curators, dealers, and collectors. Frequent correspondents include: Etel Adnan, Mieke Bal, Powers Boothe, Ulla Dydo, Simone Fatal, Lee Buillat, Jane Kramer, Jean Rigg, Ellen Robbins, Dorothea Tanning and May Wilson. Correspondence with Benny Andrews includes a copy of his illustrated letter to May Wilson. Also found are copies of mail art letters from John Evans. Correspondence with curators, dealers, and art historians relates mainly to Deem's efforts to exhibit his work. In addition to letters, there are e-mails, postcards, and holiday cards, some handmade. Many letters include enclosures such as drafts of writings, check lists, business records (consignment forms, loan agreements, and shipping receipts), printed materials, and snapshots of friends.
Additional correspondence with galleries, museums, collectors and publishers is found among writings (Series 3), subject files (Series 4), project files (Series 5), and the addition to the George Deem papers (Series 9).
Description Container Select
Family Correspondence
Deem, Dan, 2004-2005
2
20
Deem, Darrell and Shelly, 1996
2
21
Deem, Rebecca, 2003, 1981-1982
2
22
Fields, Jean Schulze, 2008-2009
2
23
Joseph, Sara Schulze and Dan Joseph, 2004-2010
2
24
Knight, Jeff, 2003
2
25
McCormick, Lorene (Lorene McCormick Shunk Burkhardt Steinmetz), 1988-2006
2
26
Nelson, Kathy and Steve, 2002
2
27
Ottensmeyer, Ed and Agnes (Bud Otts, The Great Otts), 1994-2001
2
28
Ottensmeyer, Ed III and Anne Donnellon Ottensmeyer, 1999-2010, 1978
2
29
Ottensmeyer, Hilary, 1970-2001
2
30
Ottensmeyer, Michael, 1979-2008
2
31
Schulze, John and Jody and Quintin Schulze, 2007-2008
2
32
Schulze, William, 2008
2
33
Personal Correspondence
Acocella, Joan, 2001-2002
2
34
Adnan, Etel, 1994-2012
2
35
Airth, Rennie, 1988-2006
2
36
Albert, Neale M., 1982-2000
2
37
Alonso, Guillermo, 2001-2004
2
38
Amateau, Micaela, 1978-2001
2
39
Andes, Peter, 2003
2
40
Andrews, Benny, 1971-2008
2
41
Andrews, Benny – American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, The Art of Benny Andrews, 1997-1999
2
42
Andrews, Christopher, 2001-2008
2
43
Andrews, Mary Ellen, 1997
2
44
Anthony, Mary, 1993-2000
2
45
Archilesi, Vincent, 1997-2005
2
46
Arden, Deborah, Arden Van Wijk Associates, Inc., 1993
2
47
Ashley, George, 1979-1987
2
48
Ashley, Robert, 2009-2011
2
49
Attie, Dotty, 1998-2003
2
50
Baarsen, Reinier J., 1997-1999
2
51
Bachman, William, 1989-1997
2
52
Bal, Mieke, 1996-2005
2
53-55
Bangs, C., 2001
2
56
Barnes, Gavin, 2008
2
57
Barnes, Robert, 1997
2
58
Bauer, Karen, 2000
2
59
Bauermeister, Christiane, 1981-1987
2
60
Behrens, Roy, 2006
2
61
Belfage, Sally, 1979-1980
2
62
Bessemans, L., Stedelijke Musea Leuven, 1997-2001
2
63
Bilson, Gay, 1995-2006
2
64-66
Bond, Constance, 1993
3
1
Boothe, Powers and Lynne Steincamp, 1995-2008
3
2
Borden, David, 1984-2008
3
3
Boyle, Robert, 1999-2001
3
4
Brown, Jean Ann, 1993
3
5
Buecker, Robert, 1997-2012
3
6
Burger, Sister Mary Bertilla, circa 1980-2012
3
7
Carruthers, Derek, 1992-2006
3
8
Charlton, Maryette and Kirk Winslow, circa 1970-2012
3
9
Cheverton, Linda and Walter Wick, 2004-2013
3
10
Chisholm, Anne and Michael Davie, 1975-2009
3
11
Christ, Ronald, 1994-2001
3
12
Comito, John, 1997-2001
3
13
Connor, Russell, 1994-2001
3
14
Conrad, Becca, 1996
3
15
Cooper, Dennis, 2007
3
16
Cornelisen, Ann, 1981-2003
3
17
Cumming, Robert and Carolyn Cumming, 1979-2011
3
18
Curr, Judith, 1999
3
19
Danto, Arthur, 1999-2002
3
20
Daub, Matthew, 1993-2001
3
21
Deak, Linda, 2001
3
22
De Orleans-Borbón, Gerarda, 1995-2000
3
23
De Santo, Stephen, 1984-1985
3
24
Del Vayo, Juan, 1977
3
25
Dolle, Adam, 1994-1999
3
26
Dydo, Ulla, 1995-2009
3
27-28
Eckert, Dean, 1993-2004
3
29
Eifler, Jerry, 2001-2007
3
30
Evans, John, 1976-2005
3
31-32
Fattal, Simone, 1996-2012
3
33
Faulkner, Jim, 1982-2007
3
34
Fenley, Melissa, 1990-circa 1999
3
35
Fogel, Jessica, 2000-2008
3
36
France, Stephen and Christine, 1995-2010
3
37
Franck, Fance, 2000
3
38
Franits, Wayne, 2000-2011
3
39
Frank, Peter, 2000
3
40
Freedman, George, 1988-2008
3
41
Friedenberg, Jay, 1994
3
42
Friedman-Kien, Alvin, E., 2008
3
43
Friedrich, Dorothea, 1993-2002
3
44
Gamson, Annabelle, 1980
3
45
Gangi, Nicora, 2007-2008
3
46
Gardner, Frank and Joan Gardner, 1987-2006
3
47
Garnaut, Michelle, circa 2000-2009
3
48
Gates, Andrew, 1994-2001
3
49
Glass-Englehart, Marguerite, 1999-2004
3
50
Goldstein, Margaretta Gilbay, 1978-2009
3
51
Gomez, Mariette Himes, 1998
3
52
Gordon, David, 1978
3
53
Greenberg, Ronald, 2008
3
54
Gregor, Harold, 2001-2006
3
55
Grootenboer, Hanneke, 2007-2009
3
56
Guilliatt, Lee, 1978-2011
3
57
Gumberts, William A., 1975-1984
3
58
Haller, Gary, 1994-2007
4
1
Harmon, James L., 1989
4
2
Harper, Meg, 2001
4
3
Hayman, Jeff, 2000-2005
4
4
Hennessey, William, 1978-circa 1980
4
5
Hertel, Christiane, 1994-2009
4
6-7
Hillier, Peter, 1995-2008
4
8
Holder, Kenneth, 2001-2006
4
9
Hoogenboom, Peter J., 1998-2005
4
10
Johnson, Rom, 1984, 2001-2006
4
11
Jorgenson, Paul P., 1992-1993
4
12
Kapsalis, Thomas, 2000-2006
4
13
Karp, Ivan, 2000
4
14
Kewley, Ken, 2004
4
15
Kiesler, Lillian, 2001-2002
4
16
Kimbrough, Calvin and Nellie, 1993-2009
4
17
Kistemakken, Rene, 1997-2000
4
18
Komar, Vitaly, 1997-2005
4
19
Kramer, Jane, 1993-2007
4
20
Krauth, Anna, 1993
4
21
Kultermann, Udo, 1969-circa 2000
4
22
Landsdell, Sarah, 1966-1978
4
23
Leach-Jones, Alan, 1999-2003
4
24
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude, 2004
4
25
Lee, Ellen, 1978
4
26
Leese, Tim, circa 1983-2007
4
27
Leffingwell, Edward, 2002
4
28
Levi, Josef, circa 1978-2003
4
29
Levin, Gail, 1994-1996
4
30
Levine, Elizabeth, 1997-2002
4
31
Liedtke, Walter, 2000-2009
4
32
Linders, Jan, 1996-2001
4
33
Littlejohn, David, 1996-2006
4
34
Loudenback, Brad, 2000
4
35
Luber, Katherine Crawford, 2001
4
36
Lucier, Alvin, 2001
4
37
Mangolte, Babette, 2004-2007
4
38
Mann, James, Las Vegas Exhibition, 2009
4
39
Marquiz, P. S., undated, 1993
4
40
Marten, Ruth, 2003
4
41
Mathelin, Lucien, 1977-1978
4
42
Matisse, Sophie, 2001-2005
4
43
Maynard, Beverlie, 1980-2003
4
44
McCutchan, Ken, 1995-2002
4
45
Medoff, Eve, 1979
4
46
Melillo, Joseph V., 1999-2002
4
47
Melly, George, 1993-2007
4
48
Messerli, Douglas, Green Integer Books, 2008
4
49
Miller, Melissa, 1994
4
50
Miller, Richard, circa 1999-2010
4
51
Miretsky, David, 2000
4
52
Molesworth, Charles, 2003-2010
4
53
Monk, George, 1998, undated
4
54
Montias, John Michael, 2003
4
55
Moore, Claire, 1981-1988
4
56
Murphy, Dot and Jim, 1997
4
57
Moyer, Kurt, 2005
4
58
Naumann, Francis, 2006-2008
4
59
Niehaus, Hugo, 1979
4
60
O'Brien, Peter, 2008
4
61
Ochiishi, Augustmoon, 1981-2005
4
62
O'Connell, Mary, circa 2000-2005
4
63
Pashalinski, Lola and Linda Chapman, 1996-2010
4
64
Pesle, Benedicte, 2002
4
65
Pops, Martin, 2000
4
66
Poulson, Allan, 1997-2005
4
67
Preston, Ethel, 1957
4
68
Priest, Terri, 2001-2010
4
69
Radziminski, Wayne, circa 1970-2005
4
70
Ravitz, Mark, 1996-2000
4
71
Reid, Sheila Robbins, 2008, undated
4
72
Rice, Bill, undated, 2006
4
73
Rigg, Jean, 1972-1978
4
74-77
Rigg, Jean, 1972-1977, undated
5
1
Robbins, Ellen, 1985-2008
5
2
Robbins, Libby, circa 1986
5
3
Rogge, Robie, 1994
5
4
Rosenblum, Robert, 1999-2004
5
5
Rudolph, William, 1999
5
6
Rutherford, Erica, 1974-2008, 2013
5
7
Schnapf, Marty, 1999
5
8
Schneider, Cynthia, 2000-2002
5
9
Schnell, Werner, 2002
5
10
Setterfield, Velda, 1980
5
11
Sevini, Bruna, 1975-2007
5
12
Sherman, Stuart, 1995-2009
5
13
Simon, Peter Angelo, 1987-2009
5
14
Sims, Patterson, 1973-1992
5
15
Sjoberg, Marie, 1978
5
16
Smart, Geoffrey, 1982-2008, undated
5
17
Sorrels, George, 2001-2004
5
18
Spector, Buzz, 1981-2008
5
19
Staley, Harry and Helen, 1980-2009
5
20
Sterzing, Andreas, 2000-2001
5
21
Stewart, Penfield and Susan, undated, 2001
5
22
Stinson, Cynthia, undated, 1993
5
23
Stork, David, 2003-2005
5
24
Tanning, Dorothea, 1995-2005
5
25
Taylor, Anne, 2007
5
26
Teslenko, Betty, 2006-2008
5
27
Thibodeau, Ron, 1993
5
28
Thimey, Erika, 2007
5
29
Tillis, Nurit, 1992-2009
5
30
Tobias, Tobi, 1993
5
31
Torlone, Susana, 2008
5
32
Toynbee, Polly, 2006-2007
5
33
Tully, Judd, 1999-2000
5
34
Updike, William, 1954-2001
5
35
Upshaw, Reagan and Roberta, 1980-2010
5
36
Vallance, Brendon de, undated, 1979
5
37
Vance, Ronald, 1986-2000
5
38
Van der Meulen, Dawn, 1995-1997
5
39
Van Keuren, Philip, 1999-2007
5
40
Vaughan, David, undated, 1978-2008
5
41-42
Vlietstra, Ronald E., 1994-1997
5
43
Warum, Richard, 1976
5
44
Watson, Jerry D., 2001
5
45
Weil, Phoebe Dent, 2000
5
46
Weiss, Evelyn, 1975-1977
5
47
Welu, James A., 1980-2009
5
48
Wheelock, Arthur K., 1983-2007
5
49
Williams, Bernard and Patricia, 1976-2009
5
50
Williams, Gil, 1981-1982
5
51
Wilson, May, 1970-2008
5
52
Wilson, William S., 1977-2012
5
53
Witts, Noel and Krys, circa 1970-2006
5
54
Wolf, Bryan Jay, 2002-2003
5
55
Yakes, Wayne F., 1999-2000
5
56
Yockel, Jane M., 1989-1990
5
57
Young, Christopher, 1992-1999
5
58
Zeigen, Lila, 1979-2004
5
59
Zver, James, 2005-2010
5
60
Letters relating to Final Illness, 2008
5
61-62
Condolence Letters, A-B, 2008
5
63
Condolence Letters, C-F, 2008
5
64
Condolence Letters, G-H, 2008
5
65
Condolence Letters, J-M, 2008
5
66
Condolence Letters, Mc-P, 2008
5
67
Condolence Letters, R-S, 2008
5
68
Condolence Letters, T-Z, 2008
5
69
Professional and Business Correspondence
Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Kunstkraut, 2000-2007
5
70
Anderson, Rae, 1995-1997
5
71
Collier's Encyclopedia, 1983-1993
5
72
Fink, Rosalie, 1984-2007
5
73
Folkeskolen Redaktion, 1995
5
74
Frankfuter Allegemeine Magazin, 1993
5
75
Hertel, Christiane, 1995
6
1
Imago Mundi, Ltd., 2002
6
2
Kogan, Victoria, 1978
6
3
Powell's Books, 2011
6
4
Schnell, Werner, 1994-2004
6
5
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Alumni News, 1999-2003
6
6
Smithsonian Magazine, 1993-1997
6
7
USA Today, 1975-1977
6
8
E-mails, 2006-2007
6
9

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