Manuscripts

Correspondence

Description: Incoming and some copies of outgoing correspondence, primarily with acquaintances in the art world including: artists and supporters of Kruse's work. Correspondence includes letters from: Stanley Burnshaw, Samuel Chotzinoff, Will and Ariel Durant, Michael Gold, Leon Kroll, Lew Lehr, Ethel Myers, Jerome Myers, James Johnson Sweeney, Frank Weitenkampf, and many other well-known personalities and personal friends.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917-1975
Call number: mssKruse papers
Creator: Kruse, Alexander Z (1888-1972)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Steven Kruse, December 1997.
Associated people: Barr, Alfred H., (1902-1981.); Bellows, George, (1882-1925.); Berenson, Bernard, (1865-1959.); Berger, Marvin, (1936-); Biddle, George, (1885-1973.); Blakelock, Ralph Albert, (1847-1919.); Blossom, F. A. (1878-1974.); Boudreau, James C., (1936-); Brand, Millen, (1906-1980.); Burnshaw, Stanley, (1906-2005.); Chotzinoff, Samuel, (1889-1964.); Christensen, Erwin O. (1890-1976.); Crowninshield, Frank, (1872-1947.); Davies, Florence. (1902-1971.); Dewey, Thomas E. (1901-1966.); Disney, Walt, (1877-1952.); Dreier, Katherine S. (1887-1968.); Duchamp, Marcel, (1885-1981.); Durant, Ariel. (1871-1956.); Durant, Will, (1901-); Feininger, Lyonel, (1903-1967.); Findlay, D. K. (1893-1967.); Gassner, John, (1898-1979.); Gold, Michael, (1891-1965.); Guggenheim, Peggy, (1865-1929.); Haas, Irvin. (1901-1989.); Heintzelman, Arthur William, (1888-1947.); Henri, Robert, (1898-); Hirschmann, Ira Arthur, (1890-1974.); Jewell, Edward Alden, (1883-1966.); Kish, Maurice, (1884-1974.); Komroff, Manuel, (1895-1950.); Kreymborg, Alfred, (1875-1964.); Kroll, Leon, (1867-1933.); Lehr, Lew, (1867-1962.); Lemoisne, Paul-André, (1889-1978.); Luks, George Benjamin, (1888-); McBride, Henry, (1902-1994.); Milliken, William Mathewson, (1890-1955); Myers, Ethel. (1885-1972.); Myers, Jerome. (1892-1957.); Nehru, S. S. (1894-); Nizer, Louis, (1886-1957.); Noback, Gustave J. (1893-1973.); Ostrowsky, Abbo. (1871-1951.); Ranson, Nancy Richey, (1899-1974.); Rascoe, Burton, (1887-1971.); Reiss, Lionel S. (1900-1986.); Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff. (1903-1957.); Rivera, Diego, (1906-1991.); Robinson, Edward G., (1881-1961.); Sievan, Maurice. (1866-1962.); Sloan, John, (1903-1972.); Soyer, Moses, (1891-1975.); Spire, André. (1889-1966.); Sprinchorn, Carl,; Sweeney, James Johnson,; Taylor, Francis Henry,; Von Groschwitz, Gustave,; Weber, Max,; Weitenkampf, Frank,; Zerbe, Karl,; Zigrosser, Carl,; Zorach, William,
Associated organizations: Bibliothèque Nationale.; Brooklyn Museum.; Burrell Collection.; Carter Gallery.; Victoria and Albert Museum.
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