Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Blume, Peter, 1906-1992
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- Peter Blume papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- 1.8 Linear feet (Box 1-3)
- Date
- 1926-1992
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.blumpete, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Peter Blume papers, 1870-2001. 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.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- This series has been scanned in its entirety.
- Scope and Contents
- Professional and personal correspondence is with friends, family, artists, writers, galleries, museums, and institutions. Correspondents include Kirk Askew, Kenneth Burke, Malcolm Cowley, Charles Daniel, Peter and Katinka DeVries, John Hersey, Joseph Hirsch, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and Frank A. Trapp, among many others. Some works of art have their own folder within correspondence as they reflect Blume's original order. All the letters are in reference to the specified artwork. Also found are letters written by Peter Blume to Grace Blume while Blume travelled or was working away from home. There are extensive letters written by Grace Blume to her sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Heber Blankenhorn and to friends, Nancy and Ned Holsten, mostly written during the Blume's travels abroad. Additional correspondence, particularly with galleries and museums, is found among the personal business and financial records. Also, scattered correspondence regarding genealogy is found in Series 10.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562710225389-1562710225429-1
