Correspondence
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Zimmerman, Elyn, 1945-
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- Elyn Zimmerman papers
- Extent
- 3.7 Linear feet (Box 1-4)
- Date
- 1978-2011
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.zimmelyn, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Elyn Zimmerman papers, 1967-2023. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
- Scope and Contents
- Correspondence dates from 1978-2011 and is comprised predominately of received letters and, to a lesser extent, drafts and copies of outgoing letters. The letters, postcards, memoranda, and printed emails found here are both personal and professional and pertain to work, projects, exhibitions, and life events. Notable and frequent correspondents include Zimmerman's late husband, curator Kirk Varnedoe, arts advocate Agnes Gund, and artists Ruth Dicker, Richard Diebenkorn, Kady Hoffman, and Masami Teraoka. Less frequent notable letters were received from Richard Avedon, Ed Colker, Joel Fischer, Shirley Jaffe, Jon Kessler, Lucio Pozzi, Cherie Raciti, Nan Rosenthal, Robert Storr, James Turrell, and DeWain Valentine.
- 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. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1584630068241-1584630068284-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0