Letters and Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: DeMott, Helen, 1920-1997
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content: Helen DeMott papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896, 1930-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.demohele, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Folders are arranged alphabetically by type of correspondence, then by subject. Undated correspondence is filed at the back of each folder.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Both business and personal correspondence are found in this series. Business correspondence includes correspondence with publishers regarding DeMott's book proposal "Geography into Landscape," with universities and scientific institutions regarding the Wave series, with galleries, museums, art programs and foundations, and correspondence regarding her various committee and community activities. Much of the personal correspondence is from friends living or traveling outside of the United States; many address DeMott with familiarity and fondness, using the salutation, "Ho!" Among the correspondents are photographer, filmmaker, and painter Rudy Burckhardt, writer Alfred Chester, painter Clifford Wright, and collagist Edith Schloss. There is also a large quantity of personal postcards.