Collection Creator:

Wood, Beatrice  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1910-1998

Scope and Contents note:

This subseries contains both personal and professional correspondence from the early years of Wood's career as an actress and artist until the end of her life. Included in this series are letters to and from friends, family, clients, other artists, gallery owners, museums, and editors. An an avid writer, Wood maintained lifelong relationships through her letters. Correspondents include John Estenza, Anna Bing Arnold, Ruth Maitland, Ruth Dayan, Reginald Pole, Anais Nin, Dorothy Liebes, Rue McClanahan, Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, Rupert Pole, Esther Rosencrantz, Michael Weightman-Smith, and Geesche Ninke. Wood also formed many personal and professional relationships with individuals she met during her three trips to India in 1961, 1966, and 1971. Among these correspondents are Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, N. Suri Ram, P. K. Vyas, Srimali Rukmini Devi, and N. Kumar Das. Several art museums are represented in this subseries, including DeYoung Memorial Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Pasadena Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Art, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art. See Appendix for a list of correspondents from Series 2.1.

Arrangement note:

Material is arranged chronologically by date. Undated letters can be found at the end of the subseries, arranged by last name of correspondent. Note that Wood's correspondence with the galleries is found in Series 3: Personal Business Records. Additional correspondence with publishers is found in Series 4: Notes and Writings.

Appendix: Correspondents in Series 2.1.:

Agrawal, Satyendra Narayan: 1966 America House: 1943-1944, 1952-1953, 1956-1957, 1962-1967, 1969 Archipenko, Gela: 1938 Armitage, Merle: 1933, 1957-1958 Arnold, Anna Bing: 1973, 1981-1983, 1987-1988 Bleazby, Leah: 1946-1948, 1951-1952 Bailey, Clayton: 1931 Bok, Ecke: 1986-1987, 1989-1990 Bryan, Robert: 1969, 1972, 1978, 1991 Cabaniss, Adelaide: 1947-1951 Case, Francis: 1943 Chattopadhyay, Kamaladevi: 1961-1973, 1975 Clark, Iris: 1988-1990 Clark, Susan: 1991 Colino, Jose: 1986-1989, 1991 Corle, Helen Freeman: 1951, 1955 Cummins, Harry: 1985 d'Harnoncourt, Anne: 1987 Das, N. Kumar: 1966-1968 Dayan, Ruth: 1971, 1976, 1978-1985, 1987, 1992 Devi, Srimali Rukmini: 1961, 1965, 1967-1968, 1977 DeYoung Memorial Museum: 1952-1954 Dillingham, Rich: 1987-1989 Dove, Tom and Marge: 1972-1973, 1977, 1981, 1983-1985, 1987-1988 Duchamp, Teeny: 1968, 1976 Erazo, Victor: 1984-1985 Estenza, John: 1950 Feinberg, Lillian and Len: 1985-1987, 1989 Gandhi, Indira: 1983 Gateff, Elisabeth: 1977, 1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1986, 1988, 1991-1992 Gibson, Marga: 1959 Hall, Denise: 1978 Hammond, Vera: 1945, 1986 Hapgood, Benie: 1976-1977, 1982, 1986-1987, 1992 Hapgood, Elizabeth Reynolds: 1923, 1930-1932, 1935-1942, 1944, 1947-1948, 1950-1973 Harlan, Loren Clyde and Hermine (Wood's aunt): 1930, 1938-1947 Hathaway, Michael: 1980, 1988-1989, 1991 Hinkhouse, F. M.: 1957-1960 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 1977 Hoag, Paul Sterling: 1983 Hoag, Steve: 1944-1948, 1951 Hooper, Peter Lawrence: 1976-1977 Huckaby, Grover: 1945, 1947, 1951 Huglin, Henry: 1964-1965, 1977 Huyler, Steven: 1978-1982, 1985, 1987, 1989-1991 Jesch, Klement: 1985-1992 Jones, Barbara: 1977 Kaplan, Connie: 1989 Kaye, Caren: 1988-1991 Lee Nordness Galleries: 1968-1969, 1972, 1977 Liebes, Dorothy: 1941, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1961-1963, 1971 Logan, Robert and Mabel: 1939, 1952, 1954 Look, Heartie Anne: 1958-1960 Lukens, Glen: 1935-1936, 1938 McClanahan, Rue: 1980, 1985 McCloskey, Helen Hooper: 1979-1985 Maitland, Ruth: 1938, 1945 Martin, Olavee: 1989-1990 Morrow, Margo: 1935, 1937-1939, 1946 Murchie, Guy: 1980-1982, 1984-1986, 1988 Murphy, Bob and Ginny: 1965, 1981-1985, 1991 Natzler, Otto and Gertrude: 1983 Ninke, Geesche: 1985, 1987-1990, 1992 Nin, Anais: 1971, 1974-1975 Noyes, Frank: 1950-1952 Palmer, Herbert: 1973-1974 Padadena Art Museum: 1952, 1957 Patch, Margaret: 1971 Peterson, Susan: 1989 Phoenix Art Museum: 1960, 1967, 1973 Pole, Reginald: 1950, 1952, 1970-1971 Pole, Rupert: 1977 Ragan, Nell: 1971-1972 Rajagopal, D.: 1938, 1951, 1975, 1985 Rajagopal, Roselind: 1936-1937, 1940, 1955, 1972-1974, 1977 Reynolds, Wallace: 1937-1938 Rhodes, Lillyan and Daniel: 1983, 1986, 1989 Rosencranz, Esther: 1935-1948, 1950 San Francisco Museum of Art: 1953, 1956-1958, 1971 Santa Barbara Museum of Art: 1950, 1954, 1958, 1967-1968, 1972 Sasaki, George: 1981, 1983, 1989, 1992-1993 Skiles, Bob: 1951-1952, 1982 Sipprell, Texana: 1947, 1958-1960 Stern Evelyn: 1977, 1992 Story, Ala: 1965, 1967 Takaezu, Toshiko: 1988 Taylor, June: 1949-1951, 1952-1953, 1958 Tibbitt, Laurence: 1926 Tomlin, Lily: 1984, 1987 Vyas, P. K.: 1962-1965, 1967-1968 Wallace, Marlene: 1977, 1989 Warrington, A. P. and Betty: 1929-1930, 1932-1934, 1939 Wash, Connie: 1961 Watson, Steven: 1988-1989 Webb, Aileen: 1947, 1950-1951, 1965, 1967-1968 Webster, Win: 1990, 1992 Weidemann, William: 1945, 1947 Weightman-Smith, Michael (Michael O'Shaughnessy): 1930, 1933-1934, 1936-1948, 1950, 1956, 1982 Wilkie, Margo: 1980, 1986-1986, 1989, 1991-1992 Wood, Carrara R. (Wood's mother): 1930-1936 Wright, Lloyd: 1947, 1969 Zook, Edgar: 1926, 1936-1943, 1947, 1967

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Collection Citation:

Beatrice Wood papers, 1906-1998, bulk 1930-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.woodbeat, Subseries 2.1

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