Collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence, including autograph letters, postcards, and holiday cards, from O'Keeffe to Susan and Alexander Girard, and their daughter Sansi Needham Girard Agnew. The Girards were residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and most letters discuss personal topics, including plans for visits to each others' homes. Also included are invitations to openings at museums exhibiting O'Keeffe's work which were sent on her behalf. The collection holds 23 snapshot photographs of O'Keeffe, the Girards, and others at events, gatherings, and on travels, and plus some scenery in New Mexico, and a portrait of O'Keeffe in an 8 by 10 inch format bearing a studio stamp of Charles Eames; the photographs date from 1963 to 1973. and With the collection is one letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham, dated March 10, 1959, discussing a recent visit with O'Keeffe.
Description:
Alexander Girard (1907-1993), American designer, art collector., Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2009., and Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Subject (Name):
Girard, Alexander, Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996, and O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States and Painters--United States
Indians of North America --Civil rights --20th century, Indians of North America --Government relations --20th century, Indians of North America --Politics and government --20th century, and Indians of North America --Social life and customs --20th century
Photograph album of a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii [graphic]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photograph album of a trip from San Francisco to Honolulu in February and March of 1923. Members of the trip include Mrs. H. T. Stickney, from New York, Bishop W. Q. Shepard, from Portland, Dr. A. L. Howarth, also from Portland, Edward H. Todd and his wife, from Tacoma, and Mrs. C. H. Jones, also from Tacoma.
South Dakota and Wounded Knee (S.D.) --History --Indian occupation, 1973
Subject (Name):
American Indian Movement
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Civil rights --20th century, Indians of North America --Government relations --20th century, Indians of North America --Politics and government --20th century, Indians of North America --Religion --20th century, Indians of North America --Rites and ceremonies --20th century, and Indians of North America --Social life and customs --20th century
Photograph album of a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii [graphic]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photograph album of a trip from San Francisco to Honolulu in February and March of 1923. Members of the trip include Mrs. H. T. Stickney, from New York, Bishop W. Q. Shepard, from Portland, Dr. A. L. Howarth, also from Portland, Edward H. Todd and his wife, from Tacoma, and Mrs. C. H. Jones, also from Tacoma.