Esther Gentle Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Rattner, Abraham
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content: Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 31-32; 1.3 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1984, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rattabra, Series 23
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The Esther Gentle papers are on reels 5277-5279 unless noted otherwise.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Though Esther Gentle is represented throughout the collection, papers belonging solely to her are found in this series. Materials include: the birth certificate for her son Bernard Mozen, her marital history, a draft of her will, her application for the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, her resume, correspondence, notes, art work, art expenses, as well as papers regarding her business Esther Gentle Reproductions such as order books, sales records, inventories, catalog mock-ups, correspondence, and invoices. Diary entries, notes and writings contain detailed journal-type recollections and expressions of very personal psychological and emotional issues that Gentle dealt with, including the process of grieving and coming to terms with Rattner's death.