Correspondence by Name/Subject
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ryerson, Margery
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content: Margery Ryerson papers
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content: Margery Ryerson papers / Series 2: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1980s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ryermarg, Subseries 2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence by name and subject includes letters informing Ryerson of awards and honorable mentions, letters related to donations of artwork made by Ryerson, and letters related to her interest in family genealogy and her grandfather, James Brown. Ryerson also corresponded with Robert Stuart about her family history and her work, which Stuart also wrote about. There is correspondence with and about artist Charles W. Hawthorne, and correspondence with Robert Henri primarily about work on, and publication and sales of, The Art Spirit.  Also found are photostat copies of letters between Robert Henri and Mary Fanton Roberts, possibly made by Ryerson during her study of Henri and his artistic process. Also found are three folders of holiday cards from friends and colleagues, many of which are handmade.