Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Overton, Cleve
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cleve Overton papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-2021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.overclev, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Letters written by Cleve Overton to others are grouped together at the beginning of the series and letters written by others are grouped together towards the end of the series. There is one folder of letters from unidentified correspondents and letter fragments at the end of the series.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been digitized in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of this series consists of Cleve Overton's letters to his wife Jude Andreasen while she lived in several African countries: Niger, Zaire, Senegal, and Mauritania from 1981 to 1987. Also included in this series are Overton's letters to "Dear Ones," presumably friends and family. In both instances Overton's letters cover a wide range of topics from art, culture, race, social activism, travel, and politics, as well as discussing his personal life, activities, and work. There are a few folders of letters from various correspondents addressed to Cleve Overton and there is one folder of condolence letters addressed to Jude Andreasen.