Suzanne La Follette letters from John Sloan
name: label: Creator
content: La Follette, Suzanne, 1893-1983
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
topic: label: Occupation
content: Journalists -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1973 by Suzanne La Follette.
creator: label: Creator
content: La Follette, Suzanne, 1893-1983
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: La Follette, a friend of John Sloan, was born in Washington state. She was a writer of conservative issues and was founding editor of The National Review. She also wrote and edited for such magazines as The American Mercury and The Freeman and was active in early anti-Soviet causes. She wrote several books, including "Art in America," which followed the course of American artistic development from the Colonial era.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1944
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lafosuza
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3483 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters, May 19, 1943 and February 11, 1944, from John Sloan. He described his stay at "Miss White's beautiful home in Sante Fa with 16 of my works on the walls...I have lived before with lots of my paintings around me but never before have I been flanked by 'Sold' ones." He also mentioned his marriage to Helen Farr, "a very lucky girl less than half my age" and other personal matters.