Correspondence Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Rattner, Abraham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 1-5; 4.3 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1978, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rattabra, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Correspondence that is alphabetical by subject is arranged according to Rattner's filing system.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Notebook record of correspondence to Chronological correspondence through 1945 are on reel 5258; Chronological correspondence 1945-1949 is on reel 5259; Chronological correspondence 1950-1965 is on reel 5260; Chronological correspondence 1965-1978 to Art Association of Indianapolis, Indiana are on reel 5261; Art Director's Club to Miller, Henry are on reel 5262; Miller, Henry to UNESCO are on reel 5263; University of Colorado to Yale University are on reel 5264; and Gentle, Esther and Sag Harbor School are unfilmed.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Chronological correspondence contains letters from family, friends, artists, writers, and gallery owners, as well as a notebook that records correspondents and dates. Many of Rattner's own letters are also included in this series. Major correspondents found in this subseries include: Ramon Guthrie, Richard De Rochemont, Stuart Davis, Robert Gwathmey, Franklin C. Watkins, Carl Holty, Hilaire Hiler, John Dos Passos, Channing Peake, George Biddle, Kay Boyle, Norman Carton, Xavier Gonzalez, Robert Coates, Thalia Wescott Malcolm, Shelden Rodman, and Joseph Hirsch among others.

Alphabetical correspondence contains letters from friends, associations, colleges and universities soliciting Rattner for teaching positions, as well as a folder entitled "Requests". Rattner's long friendship with the writer Henry Miller is chronicled in this subseries. Additional major correspondents found in this subseries include Artists Equity Association, Kay Boyle, Paul Burlin, Emily Genauer, Weeks Hall, Bill Hayter, Rico LeBrun, Bill Ney, Anais Nin, Henry Varnum Poor, Waverly Root, and Jack Gage Stark. Rattner's letters also may be found here.