Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jordan, Patricia M., 1937-1989
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content: Patricia Jordan papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet (Box 1, OV 4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950s-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jordpatr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence comprises about one half of the collection. Many items of correspondence border on works of art, or mail art, and include letters, illustrated letters, photographs, collages, postcards, greeting and holiday cards, and exhibition invitations. Letters are addressed to Patricia, Larry, and/or Lorna Jordan from friends and family. Correspondence from friends include many artists and poets including Wallace Berman, Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell (with whom Larry Jordan studied in 1965), Robert Duncan, Jess Collins, George Herms, Paul Beattie, Steve Arnold, Gary Snyder, and Kenneth Anger. Some items of correspondence include revealing stories about famous beat poets. Family letters are from Patricia's parents, sisters Joanna Doyle and Dee Beattie (married to Paul Beattie), daughter Lorna, and husband Larry. One file contains corresponce between Patricia and Larry.