Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Partridge, Roi, 1888-1984
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content: Roi Partridge papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1; 0.3 linear ft.; reel 5028)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1909-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.partroi, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The series is arranged into 2 subseries:

Subseries 1.1: General Correspondence, 1915-1993

Subseries 1.2: Family, 1909-1985
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: General and family correspondence consists largely of incoming letters with some copies and drafts of outgoing letters. General correspondence is mainly professional in nature and documents exhibitions, commissions, teaching, memberships in artists organizations, and participation in the WPA Public Works of Art Project. A small number of letters from friends concerning personal and social matters are scattered throughout. Among the correspondents are Ansel Adams, American Artist, Sherwood Anderson, John Taylor Arms, Art Instruction, Hollywood Riviera Galleries, Dard Hunter, Estate of Bertha Jacques [Elizabeth Linsky, executor], National Academy of Design, and Print Makers Society of California. Family correspondence includes letters to Roi Partridge from Uncle Arnold Frank George, his father, and son Padraic. Letters addressed to Gryffyd and family are from Imogen Cunningham and Roi Partridge; letters from others about family members are also included.