Malvina Hoffman letters and photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966
label: Names
content: Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966
label: Names
content: Parry, Roger, 1905-1977
label: Names
content: White, Edith M., 1882-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women authors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Letters on reel 2814 donated by Jack Perry Brown who found the letters in a book given to the library at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Announcement on reel D10 donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA. The provenance of the photographs is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966) was a sculptor, painter, and writer from New York, N.Y. Full name Malvina Cornell Hoffman; married name Mrs. Samuel Bonaries Grimson.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1925-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hoffmalv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Letters are available on microfilm reel 2814; exhibition announcement on reel D10 (frame 1287). Microfilm is available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. The photographs have been digitized and are available on the Archives' of American Art's website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, photographs, and an exhibition announcement.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Four letters, undated, 1934 and 1937, are from Malvina Hoffman to Mrs. James Parmelee. Hoffman mentions the possibility of visiting Mrs. Parmelee in Washington, comments briefly on her career activities, and inquires about the health of Mrs. Parmelee and her husband. Photographs include six snapshots of Hoffman, photographed by Edith M. White, 1921, at Tyringham, Mass and two photographs of Hoffman wearing a beret, photographed by R. Parry (Roger Parry), Paris, ca. 1925. The exhibition announcement is autographed by Hoffman.