Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Allen,  Bardene, 1933-
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content: Bardene Allen papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.allebard, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series is digitized in entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence includes one folder of general personal correspondence, correspondence with friend and actor Richard Chamberlain, and letters and cards from Allen's former professor and friend Frederick Hammersley. Additionally, there are two folders of professional correspondence relating to Allen's career.   

Included are three letters and two cards from Richard Chamberlain, who writes of his excitement about his upcoming role in the television adaptation of Shogun. 

The Hammersley material is all in the form of letters and postcards from Hammersley and one letter from Hammersley's sister enclosing his obituary. Many of the letters include photos of exhibitions and artwork, some picturing Hammersley, clippings of cartoons, and clippings of articles about Hammersley. Also found in Hammersley's letters are copies of scattered family photos taken by Harold Hammersley.  

Professional correspondence is with galleries, including El Prado Galleries and Laguna Beach Arts Commission, and others to whom Allen sent her work on consignment. Also found are three items of correspondence with Karl Benjamin.