Series 2 : Correspondence , 1951-2011, 1920
0.75 Linear feet
Box 1
This series includes Theodore F. Wolff's correspondence with artists, editors, publishers, museums, and galleries. Subjects relate to Wolff's book projects, reviews, and other writings as well as his activities as an appraiser and fine arts consultant. Outgoing letters, mostly carbon copies, are to friends and family members and are of a personal nature. Types of correspondence include holiday cards, postcards and letters. Some of the letters are annotated and a small portion are illustrated by Wolff.
Found is correspondence with his editors at The Christian Science Monitor Henrietta Buckmaster and Allan Bunce, printmakers, Norman and June Kraeft, and the writer, Tom Wolfe. The signficant portion of correspondence is with artists, including Richard Diebenkorn, Alexander Hogue,Ynez Johnston, Armin Landeck, Melissa Miller, Peter Milton, Robert Natkin, Theodoros Stamos, Clyfford Still, Athena Tachna, Stow Wengenroth, Jerome Witkin. Of interest, is Wolff's correspondence with Morris Graves and his partner, Robert Yarber. Graves's letters discuss his paintings, exhibitions, Wolff's writings as well as his thoughts on a variety of topics, aging, nature, technology, with allusions to Mayan, Chinese, and Hindu culture. Also found is a file of holograph letters from John Wilde.
In general, letters are filed alphabetically by person or corporate name. Names with five or more letters are filed in their own folders. Wolff's outgoing letters are filed together in the first eleven folders.
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Outgoing Letters (Carbon Copies), 1976-1993, 1920
Select: Outgoing Letters (Carbon Copies), 1976-1993, 1920 Scope and Contents (Includes a letter from John Taylor Arms)
Incoming Letters
Select: Incoming Letters
A-C, 1990s-1999
Select: A-C, 1990s-1999
D-F, 1977-2008
Select: D-F, 1977-2008 Scope and Contents (Includes single letters from Enrico Donati and Helen Frankenthaler)
G-I, 1980s-2011
Select: G-I, 1980s-2011
J-L, 1978-1998
Select: J-L, 1978-1998 Scope and Contents (Includes a letter from Morton Kaish)
M-N, 1983-1994
Select: M-N, 1983-1994
O-P, 1951, 1993-1994
Select: O-P, 1951, 1993-1994 Scope and Contents (Includes a letter from Gordon Onslow-Ford)
R-S, 1968-1999
Select: R-S, 1968-1999 Scope and Contents (Includes single letters from Norman Rockwell, John C. Swingdler, Victor Vasarely, and Robert Vickery)
T, 1981-1996
Select: T, 1981-1996
W, Z, 1975-2010
Select: W, Z, 1975-2010 Scope and Contents (Includes single letters from Marian Willard and Betsy Wyeth)
Graves, Morris, 1981-1999
Select: Graves, Morris, 1981-1999
Graves, Morris - Letters for a Book Proposal , circa 1932-circa 1997
Select: Graves, Morris - Letters for a Book Proposal , circa 1932-circa 1997
Wilde, John, 1994-1998
Select: Wilde, John, 1994-1998
First Names, 1983-1997, undated
Select: First Names, 1983-1997, undated
Loose Envelopes, 1976-1996
Select: Loose Envelopes, 1976-1996
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