Correspondence Files
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Rattner, Abraham
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- Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers
- Extent
- (boxes 1-5; 4.3 linear ft.)
- Date
- 1933-1978, undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.rattabra, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers, 1891-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Correspondence that is alphabetical by subject is arranged according to Rattner's filing system.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Notebook record of correspondence to Chronological correspondence through 1945 are on reel 5258; Chronological correspondence 1945-1949 is on reel 5259; Chronological correspondence 1950-1965 is on reel 5260; Chronological correspondence 1965-1978 to Art Association of Indianapolis, Indiana are on reel 5261; Art Director's Club to Miller, Henry are on reel 5262; Miller, Henry to UNESCO are on reel 5263; University of Colorado to Yale University are on reel 5264; and Gentle, Esther and Sag Harbor School are unfilmed.
- Scope and Contents note
- Chronological correspondence contains letters from family, friends, artists, writers, and gallery owners, as well as a notebook that records correspondents and dates. Many of Rattner's own letters are also included in this series. Major correspondents found in this subseries include: Ramon Guthrie, Richard De Rochemont, Stuart Davis, Robert Gwathmey, Franklin C. Watkins, Carl Holty, Hilaire Hiler, John Dos Passos, Channing Peake, George Biddle, Kay Boyle, Norman Carton, Xavier Gonzalez, Robert Coates, Thalia Wescott Malcolm, Shelden Rodman, and Joseph Hirsch among others. Alphabetical correspondence contains letters from friends, associations, colleges and universities soliciting Rattner for teaching positions, as well as a folder entitled "Requests". Rattner's long friendship with the writer Henry Miller is chronicled in this subseries. Additional major correspondents found in this subseries include Artists Equity Association, Kay Boyle, Paul Burlin, Emily Genauer, Weeks Hall, Bill Hayter, Rico LeBrun, Bill Ney, Anais Nin, Henry Varnum Poor, Waverly Root, and Jack Gage Stark. Rattner's letters also may be found here.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512857377-1503512857397-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0