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Collection Creator:
Grinstein, Stanley, 1927-2014  Search this
Grinstein, Elyse, 1929-2016  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet (Box 1)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1937-2008
Scope and Contents:
Scattered biographical material includes Elyse Grinstein's 1980 passport, three awards Elyse received, and a demonstration flight certificate for Stanley Grinstein. Also found are Elyse Grinstein's undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and documentation of her application to the Graduate program in Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, with a recommendation from Frank O. Gehry. Event records include catering menus, invoices, and receipts for parties, fundraisers, and receptions held primarily at the Grinstein home. One menu is signed by attendees at a restaurant in Taos, New Mexico, in December 2006. Also found are printouts of an email about a 2007 party for Vija Celmins including photos of the party, and a photo of a mock cover of Architectural Digest featuring the Grinsteins. School ephemera consists of Elyse Grinstein's copies of an elementary school publication and a 1948 sorority pledge publication. Two folders of letters document support of political candidates with thank you cards and letters from Barbara Boxer, Michael Dukakis, and Sheila Kuehl, and a letter from California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., inviting people to a meeting at the Grinstein home. Also found is a letter from Newport Harbor Art Museum thanking the Grinsteins for their support, and other letters and cards from friends and family. Of note is a photocopy of a letter, probably from Walter Hopps to Betty Asher, recording the writer's impressions of the 1962 Venice Biennale.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
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Identifier:
AAA.grinstan, Series 1
See more items in:
Stanley and Elyse Grinstein papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97c36e6ff-1298-44c6-a9d8-c5dacbc82f43
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-grinstan-ref5