Mimi Gross Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Grooms, Mimi Gross
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content: Mimi Gross papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2, OV 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grosmimi, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An unsigned sketch of a portrait of child named Stanford Johnson is likely by Mimi Gross. A lithograph of a holiday card is by Chaim Gross. Biographical materials include a passport for Gross and the resumes of Gross and Red Grooms. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence. Letters are to Mimi Gross and Red Grooms and many are illustrated. Correspondents include Dave Barker, Bill Barrell, Rudy Burckhardt, Dominic Falcone, Edward Flood, Sue Lawson, Louise Le Quire, Mira Schor, Larry Stearns, and Paul Suttman. Of note are letters from family members including Chaim and Renee Gross, Spencer Grooms, and Wilhelmina Grooms. Spencer "Penny" or "Pen" Grooms describes his service in the United States Army during the Vietnam War with prose and illustrations.  Printed materials include clippings and exhibition material. An unsigned writing is about films.