Professional and Personal Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961
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content: William Mills Ivins papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Boxes 1-8; 6.5 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1908-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ivinwill, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series is organized into three subseries: 1.1: Correspondence, A-Z, circa 1908-1961

1.2: Metropolitan Museum of Art, General Office Files and Correspondence, circa 1919-1947

1.3: Correspondence With Publishers, 1932-1958
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains the personal and professional correspondence of William M. Ivins, Jr., consisting mainly of letters addressed to Ivins, with copies of his replies amounting to about five percent of the total. Correspondence with relatives can be found with the Ivins Family Papers.

Of particular interest are the letters of Bernard Berenson, Paul J. Sachs, and Theodore Sizer, each of whom correspondend with Ivins frequently over extended periods; their letters pertain to both professional and personal matters. Very few copies of Ivins' letters to them are contained in the collection; however, Ivins' letters to Sizer (approximately 110 items, dated 1926-1959) are in the collection of Yale University Library.

Also included are letters of condolence upon the death of his wife, Florence Wyman Ivins, in 1948, and correspondence and receipts from print dealers and booksellers concerning purchases for Ivins' personal collection.