Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Becker, Maurice, 1889-1975
setName: label: See more items in
content: Maurice Becker papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Boxes 1, 9)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beckmaur, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is primarily with Becker's family, friends, and business associates.  The series includes correspondence to and from his wife, Dorothy Baldwin Becker, letters from magazine editors regarding freelance commissions, and correspondence from artist friend Elizabeth Lancaster.  There are also draft copies of Becker's will dating from 1956 and a letter of invitation to artists and writers interested in reviving a new Masses style journal dating from 1925.