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Robert Hughes papers, 1952-2012, bulk 1973-2004

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2.1: Correspondence, Personal, 1952-2012
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1, 21

Personal correspondence includes letters; emails; and postcards from friends, family, including his sister, Constance Crisp, and his first wife, Danne Emerson, fans, and colleagues. Hughes maintained both personal and professional relationships with authors, journalists, publishers, artists, and other notable figures in the art and literary worlds including Robert Motherwell, John Julius Norwich, Simon Watson Taylor, Avignor Arikha, and Delfina Rattazzi. Also included are letters of support from friends and fans regarding Hughes' 1999 near fatal car crash. Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Description Container Select
A, undated
1
27
Avigdor and Anne Arikha, 1974-1983
1
28
C, 1973, undated
1
29
Car Crash, Letters From Friends [1], 1999-2001
1
30
Car Crash, Letters From Friends [2], 1999-2001
1
31
Car Crash, Letters From Friends [3], 1999-2001
1
32
Car Crash, Letters From Strangers, 1999-2000
1
33
Joe Collard, 1975-1980, undated
1
34
Constance Crisp, 1978-2009, undated
1
35
D, 1969, undated
1
36
Geoff Dutton, 1968, 1987-1995
1
37
E, circa 1976
1
38
F, 1988, undated
1
39
H, 1988-1989, undated
1
40
Robert Hughes, 1969-1996, undated
1
41
J, undated
1
42
K, undated
1
43
Tony (Lark) Larkins, 1952-1989, undated
1
44
M, 1970, undated
1
45
Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant, 1989, 1992, undated
1
46
Robert Motherwell, 1978-1986
1
47
N, undated
1
48
John Julius Norwich, 1987-2003
1
49
O, circa 1969
1
50
P, 1957, 1967, undated
1
51
R, undated
1
52
Delfina Rattazzi, 1981, undated
2
1
Barbara Rose, circa 1970, 1978, undated
2
2
S, 1967-1988, undated
2
3
Robert Storr, 1995, 2001
2
4
T, undated
2
5
Simon Watson Taylor, undated
2
6
Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull, 1979, 1989-2002
2
7
Unknown Sender, 1973, undated
2
8
V, 1975, undated
2
9
W, 1968, 1972
2
10
1960s, 1962-1969
2
11
1970s, 1970-1979
2
12
1980s [1], 1980-1984
2
13
1980s [2], 1985-1989
2
14
1990s [1], 1990-1992
2
15
1990s [2], 1993-1999
2
16
2000s, 2000-2009
2
17
2010s, 2011-2012
2
18

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