1939 - 1959 ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA OF THIS NOTED CHICAGO ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST

On offer is a large, archive of 120+ original intimate handwritten letters to and some from Chicago artist and illustrator Robert William Addison [1924 - 1988] spanning the years from just prior to World War II through 1959. A group of 3 or 4 regular correspondents including parents and wife, comprise a large part of the archive but then there are just a few letters and cards by Robert and a group of letters kept separate and obviously had some significance and for example we note a harsh letter from his dad for an indiscretion towards his mother in one case. Included ephemera: a number of photos, 30+, mostly identified, mostly the war years, a youthful drawing of a man in a car, and the photo it was drawn from. Researchers and historians interested in the Boise years will find Boise material in the family photographs. Even casual research finds a wealth of information on this noted illustrator who served stateside during the war, as part of the team producing war posters, graphics and similar materials. Overall G+. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, BOISE, IDAHO, ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR, WAR EFFORT, ART DURING WAR, PROPAGANDA ART, HOMEFRONT, WORLD WAR II,N WORLD WAR TWO, WWII, WW2, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, TRAVEL, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel,Merrill Chase Galleries, watercolor and Gouache, Andrew Wyeth, Peter Hurd, Charles Burchfield, Paul Wiegard, "the greatest realist of his time"