Janet de Coux letters to Mary and Martha Bates Swiss
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Swiss, Mary Bates, 1925-1998
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content: Janet de Coux letters to Mary and Martha Bates Swiss
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.swismary, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Comprising the bulk of the series are 130 letters from sculptor Janet de Coux to her studio assistant Mary Bates Swiss and to Swiss's daughter Martha Bates Swiss. Also found are scattered letters to Martha's siblings and handmade greeting cards. de Coux writes about her works in progress, her emotional state of mind, her relationships, her philosophy of life, and her travels. Handwritten poems, sent to Mary Swiss from de Coux, are by others or are unsigned. Also included are two photographs of de Coux's sculpture of William Penn in progress in her studio in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania with her and Martha Swiss's poodle, Gigi. One clipping concerns de Coux's sculpture of William Penn.