Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mesches, Arnold, 1923-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Arnold Mesches papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mescarno, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Files are arranged by correspondent name or topic.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence dates from 1949-2014 and is both personal and professional in nature. Personal correspondence is with wife, novelist Jill Ciment, family, friends, and artists. The bulk of the correspondence falls within two date ranges, 1949-1960s and 1990s-2014. Professional correspondence is with museums, galleries, and magazines, and pertains to exhibitions, acquisitions, sales, and work for hire. There are also a few letters from senators regarding political issues. Notable correspondents include Arthur Danto, Robert Storr, June Wayne, and Howard Zinn. Single items of correspondence are from Kerry James Marshall, Henry Miller, Robert Motherwell, and Ben Shahn. Additional correspondence is found throughout the collection, particularly in the gallery and exhibitions files (series 4), activism files (series 5.2), and teaching files (series 7).