Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Schaeffer Galleries
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content: Schaeffer Galleries records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schagall, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series includes correspondence with collector Arthur C. Tate about his purchases of artwork and decorative arts either purchase directly from Schaeffer Galleries or arranged by Schaeffer Galleries with other dealers or galleries. The remaining correspondence is between Hanns Schaeffer and Pacific Coast director LeRoy Backus.  Tate was a Connecticut based businessman and art collector who bought several drawings and paintings from Schaeffer Galleries.  There are three folders of correspondence between Tate and various antique dealers and art galleries, including Schaeffer Galleries, about buying items for his personal collection.  The bulk of the series consists of correspondence between LeRoy Backus and Hanns Schaeffer about their thoughts on the cost of potential acquisitions for the gallery.  A few folders also contain lists of paintings and sales receipts that were attached to the correspondence.