General Correspondence, 1970 - 1979

Description of the Addition (Boxes 13-17, 1931-1988)

This addition to the J. Carson Webster Papers fills five boxes and spans the period 1931-1988, with the bulk of the material dating between 1940 and 1980. The addition is comprised of three categories: correspondence, teaching files, and publications. A small amount of biographical material was also interfiled in the original series.

The correspondence concerns primarily Webster's academic, administrative, and professional activities.

The teaching files consist mainly of notes for lectures and reading notes. One folder deals with Webster's teaching at the University of Chicago.

The publications category contains a substantial amount of material related to Webster's major work Erastus D. Palmer, on the 19th century New York sculptor. Of interest are drafts of various parts of the book, correspondence related to Webster's search for material, correspondence with his publisher, Associated University Presses, and photocopies of Palmer's account books and many letters by and to him.