Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Blackshear, Kathleen, 1897-1988
label: Collection Creator
content: Spears, Ethel, 1903-1974
setName: label: See more items in
content: Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blackath, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Researchers should note that additional correspondence may be found in Series 3 and Series 4.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Kathleen Blackshear's correspondence includes condolence letters sent after the death of her parents and from institutions and museums such as the Southern States Art League and the Art Institute of Chicago. Also found are letters written by Ethel Spears to Kathleen Blackshear throughout their relationship. Ethel Spears's correspondence includes letters from Florence Arquin, Fred Biesel, Daniel Cotton Rich, Increase Robinson, and Ed Rowan. Many of the letters relate to her participation in the Works Progress Administration.