Biographical Material and Letters
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Grinstein, Stanley, 1927-2014
label: Collection Creator
content: Grinstein, Elyse, 1929-2016
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content: Stanley and Elyse Grinstein papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 1, 5-7, 20-21, OV 23)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-2022
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grinstan, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The series is partially digitized. Records not digitized include the guest book, holiday cards, the bulk of the thesis records, and slides related to construction at Rockingham Avenue. Additionally only a sample of the condolence letters has been digitized.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes awards and membership records for Stanley and Elyse, records of Elyse's graduate and undergraduate studies including her application to the Graduate program in Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA with a recommendation from Frank O. Gehry, and her thesis book and slides.

Event and party records include invitations to parties at the Grinstein's home, a guest book signed by multiple attendees from 1969-1970, and a small number of records documenting party logistics for parties held primarily from the late 1980s on. Also found is a folder of invitations the Grinsteins received, including from the White House, and an announcement and digital recording of the funeral and celebration of life for Stanley Grinstein.

Letters provide scattered documentation of support of political candidates, the Grinstein's interactions with museums and other art institutions, and friendships. The bulk of the letters are condolence letters sent on the deaths of Stanley and Elyse, as well as letters related to travel, and a folder of foreign service letters which document the purchase of work by Yoshio Hirose and Yasuo Tsuyki. Also found is a photocopy of a letter, probably from Walter Hopps to Betty Asher, recording the writer's impressions of the 1962 Venice Biennale. 

School ephemera consists of Elyse Grinstein's copies of an elementary school publication and a 1948 sorority pledge publication.

The series also houses records of the history of the Grinstein's Rockingham Avenue home, including a 1930s album of photographs, photocopies of real estate listings for the property, photos of the home when it belonged to comedian Ed Wynn, research from 2021 related to Wynn and Thomas Mann's connections to the property, slides showing construction in 1980 and earthquake damage, and architectural and garden design plans. Also found are digital records of a final party held in 2022 preceding the sale of the home and additional unprocessed born-digital records.