Virginia Dehn Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968
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content: Adolf Dehn papers
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content: Adolf Dehn papers / Series 2: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dehnadop, Subseries 2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: While additional Virginia Dehn correspondence is scattered throughout the other correspondence subseries, this grouping was established, presumably by the creator, and has been retained. General correspondence is arranged alphabetically; insurance and University of Missouri Press correspondence is arranged chronologically; and condolence cards and letters are in no specific order.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Files consist of the general, personal and business correspondence of Virginia Dehn. General A-Z correspondence includes both personal letters, including notes her sister-in-law Viola Tiala recalling Dehn's early years and business letters, primarily from galleries and museums concerning her or her late husband's art work. There are separate files of condolence letters and cards received from friends and associates. Additionally there are several files of correspondence with the University of Missouri Press related to the publication of a book on the prints and drawings of Adolf Dehn, which includes signed contracts and third-party correspondence with Dehn collectors.