Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pène Du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958
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content: Guy Pène Du Bois papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.duboguyp, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is primarily with Pène Du Bois' family, friends, and business associates.  The series includes significant correspondence from fellow art critic Royal Cortissoz; artists Raphael Soyer and Edward Hopper; and writers Samuel Duff McCoy, Lincoln Isham, and Newton Booth Tarkington.  The over 180 letters to Lincoln Isham detail Pène Du Bois' daily life, in addition to covering his thoughts on writing, philosophy, politics, and news of his family.  

Other correspondents of note include C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries and Pène Du Bois' son, the children's book illustrator William Pène Du Bois.  There are also letters of condolences addressed to Pène Du Bois' daughter, Yvonne McKenney.