Letters
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
setName: label: See more items in
content: Edith Emerson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1, OV 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.emeredit, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Letters are arranged in chronological order.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Within this series are personal and business letters. Included are letters between Edith Emerson and friends, as well as prospective clients for her artwork. Of note are letters from Margaret French Cresson, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, Daniel Garber, Charles Hopkinson, Clare Leighton, and Henry McCarter.  Also found are holiday cards to and from Edith Emerson. 

Business letters typically concern job details, sales of artwork, or art related events. Of note are referral letters from McCall Magazine editors and letters between the Philadlphia Art Alliance concerning Mr. Bart Tourison's housing projects. There are handwritten notes by Edith Emerson on a few of the letters.