Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Myers, John Bernard
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content: John Bernard Myers papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (box 1, 6 folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1986, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.myerjohn, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: General correspondence is arranged chronologically. Other correspondence is organized alphabetically by name of correspondent or subject, and material within each folder is arranged chronologically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters that are both personal and professional in nature. Letters are from friends, admirers, and publishers. Among the general correspondence are fan letters, and invitations to lecture and teach. The file concerning John Canaday includes letters to the editors of The New York Times and Art In America complaining about the critic's unprofessional behavior and comments he made while visiting the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, a letter of apology from Canaday, and letters to friends and supporters alerting them to the upcoming publication of Myers' letter to The New York Times. Letters from Guy Davenport - a close friend, English professor, writer, and contributor to Parenthése - are about both personal and professional matters. Tracking the Marvelous includes letters from Myers' publisher and editor, along with contracts, fan letters, and his rebuttal to an unflattering review.