Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Wilde, John, 1919-2006
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content: John Wilde papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.6 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-9, 21, 25-27)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-2011
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wildjohn, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The first group of correspondence is more general in nature and arranged in rough chronological order.  The second group of correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name or subject.  

Letters from Walter Hamady are ACCESS RESTRICTED and stored separately.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is with family; artists and close friends Karl Priebe, Gertrude Abercrombie, Sylvia Fein, Dudley Huppler, and Marshall Glasier; curator Robert Cozzolino; art critic Theodore Wolff; art collectors Peter and Helga Gardetto; and with collaborators Andrew Balkin Editions, Warrington Colescott, Tandem Press, and Harvey Littleton. The majority of the correspondence in Shirley Wilde's files consists of sympathy cards and letters received after John Wilde's death. Other correspondence of Shirley is with galleries and museums regarding the exhibition and sale of John's works. Some of the correspondence files also include printed materials, writings, and business records, particularly in the gallery and museum files.