Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Roberts, Colette, 1910-
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content: Colette Roberts Papers and Interviews with Artists
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1; 0.5 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.robecoli, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Letters are filed alphabetically by their authors, with outgoing correspondence filed under Roberts, Colette, and corporate correspondence filed by individual author's name. Therefore, letters related to ongoing business with corporate entities such as New York University, Quakers, Red Cross Committee, etc. tends to be scattered in the series.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains mainly correspondence received by Colette Roberts. It also contains letters received by Jennett Lam, an artist represented by Roberts' gallery, and letters received by Roberts' son, Richard Roberts. Included is correspondence with academic administrators, students, gallery contacts, artists, and charitable organizations for which Roberts worked. Most is of a professional nature, but scattered correspondence with family and friends is also found. Some of the letters are in French.