Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
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content: Will Barnet papers
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content: Will Barnet papers / Series 8: Addition to the Will Barnet Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.9 Gigabytes (ER03)
label: Extent
content: 2.3 Linear Feet (Box 13-16)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barnwill, Subseries 8.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence in the addition is similar in scope to that received in the original donation (series 2) and is primarily with Barnet's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates. Additional correspondence with galleries and museums can be found in subseries 8.5: Gallery and Exhibition Files. Correspondents of note include Cameron Booth, Worden Day, Nancy Grossman, Wolf Kahn, William King, Thomas Messer, Gregory Masurovsky, Henry Pearson, Angelo Savelli, Harry Sternberg, May Stevens, John Updike, and June Wayne. There is also correspondence from mentored artists Christina Bothwell, George Lloyd, and Ik-Song Jin, and contemporary artist and friend Arnold Singer. The folder for friend and collector Frank Ribelin contains a digital video recording commemorating the marriage of Ribelin and his wife Kathleen. Birthday, congratulation, and sympathy cards are filed at the end of the series.