Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden Letters
name: label: Creator
content: Halpert-Ryden, Jean, 1919-
label: Creator
content: Ryden, Edward, 1922-
label: Names
content: Haas, Ernst, 1921-
label: Names
content: Hamlin, Edith
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden letters were donated to the Archives of American Art by Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Halpert-Ryden, Jean, 1919-
label: Creator
content: Ryden, Edward, 1922-
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content: Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden Letters
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden letters measure 0.01 linear feet and consist of 42 items that date from 1981 to 1997. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, but there are also 2 short biographical summaries, and one clipping from 1991, and a career resume for Jean Halpert-Ryden. Among the correspondents are Hildegarde and Ernst Haas, Edith Hamlin, Ernie and Frances Barrish, and Myril Adler of Myril Adler Arts Workshop. A few letters pertain to Edward Ryden.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jean Halpert-Ryden (b. 1919) is a painter married to painter, sculptor, and designer Edward Ryden (b. 1922). They were primarily based in San Francisco, California. Jean Halpert-Rydern was born 1919 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and attended Brooklyn College. She studied art in New York City and in a collective of young artists under the leadership of painter and stage designer Mol Solotaroff. Her first exhibition was at the Norlyst Gallery in 1946. She married artist Edward Ryden in 1947. After two years in Boulder, Colo., they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981-1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.halpjean
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden letters, 1981-1997 (Folder 1; 42 Items)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2022.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden letters measure 0.01 linear feet and consist of 42 items that date from 1981 to 1997. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, but there are also 2 short biographical summaries, and one clipping from 1991, and a career resume for Jean Halpert-Ryden. Among the correspondents are Hildegarde and Ernst Haas, Edith Hamlin, Ernie and Frances Barrish, and Myril Adler of Myril Adler Arts Workshop. A few letters pertain to Edward Ryden.