Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Beach, Chester, 1881-1956
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content: Chester Beach papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Box 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875
label: Date
content: 1933-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beacches, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged as 2 subseries. Project files (Series 2) contain the majority of Beach's professional correspondence. General business correspondence is filed among his business records (Series 3), and additional correspondence is found in volumes 1 and 2 of the scrapbooks (Series 8). A few Christmas cards (Series 5) contain notes from friends.

5.1: Family Correspondence, 1875-1996

5.2: Estate Correspondence and Related Documents, 1956-1999
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: With the exception of a nineteenth century letter addressed to a relative of Mrs. Beach, most letters are addressed to Chester Beach's widow and their daughter, Eleanor Beach Fitchen. Many mention Chester Beach. Estate correspondence and related documents, created mainly by the sculptor's daughter, Eleanor Beach Fitchen, concern efforts to exhibit or sell Beach's remaining work and maintain his reputation.