Letters from friends and colleagues to Ilse Bing, 1937 - 1989

File — Box: 5, Folder: 16

Letters from friends and colleagues to Ilse Bing

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Materials relating to Ilse Bing include letter to her husband Konrad Wolff; correspondence with friends and colleagues; and photographs taken by her of Wolff.

In German, English, and French.

1. Autograph Letters Signed: 159 items total, 1936-1968, including: 41 with no conventional date or postmark, and dated according to a personal system, e.g., Year # (of her marriage?) + Day #, e.g., X, 254; 107 dated or postmarked according to conventional systems; 11 undated or incomplete (they may belong to other letters in this collection).

2. Typed Letters Signed: 49 items, ca. 1942-1968. Includes one with musical quotation. 3. Miscellaneous Items: Several autograph notes, envelopes, typewritten notes and poetry, one autograph musical quotation, autograph cartoons/sketches/drawings.

Dates

1937 - 1989

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