Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Lee-Smith, Hughie
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content: Hughie Lee-Smith papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.1 Linear feet (Box 2-8)
label: Extent
content: 0.006 Gigabytes (ER01)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-2006
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leeshugh, Series 2
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content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: In general, letters are filed alphabetically by person or corporate name. Names with four or more letters are filed in their own folders, and the remainder of correspondence is filed in miscellaneous alphabetical files. Some correspondence with individuals may also be filed according to the name of the organization with which they were associated.  Drafts of Lee-Smith's outgoing letters are primarily filed together in the first four folders of the series, but additional outgoing letters may be interfiled with incoming letters.
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content: Found here is Hughie Lee-Smith's personal and professional correspondence, including correspondence with many fellow artists, students and publishers, requests for him to teach, lecture, or write, and business correspondence regarding exhibitions and sales of his work. There are also letters from his mother, father, daughter, and other family members. Also found is correspondence with arts and cultural organizations in which Lee-Smith participated, which may include additional printed material sent out to members. He also corresponded with schools, galleries, and museums, primarily regarding his participation in events and exhibitions.

 
Artists that Lee-Smith corresponded with include Clarence Holbrook Carter, Adolphus Ealey, Anthony Eterovich, Reginald Gammon, Rex Goreleigh, Werner Groshans, Joseph Hirsch, Everett Kinstler, Leon Kroll, Joseph Pearson, Louis Redstone, Bob Solotaire, Carol Wald, and Hale Woodruff.  Materials relating to Joseph Pearson include digital photographs. Lee-Smith also maintained extensive correspondence with artists Sophie Wessel and Barry Hinchliff.  He also corresponded with art historians, collectors, curators, and gallery owners, such as Florence Davies, Carroll Greene, Lewis Tanner Moore, and Lowery Sims.