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Barbara Houghton to Ellen Manchester
Tue. Dear Ellen—I certainly hope this gets to you before you leave. We're camped out here and it's so much better than THO [Timothy H. O'Sullivan] could have pictured it in his day. It's also a lot better than this pc. The water glows a turquoise & the rocks are stunning cream in the day/sunlight. This sunset was thinly overcast & it's almost dark. The water is still glowing turquoise & the mountains opposite are purple & mauve, the sky is lilac & purple & the sage & grasses are green & gold. Damn I'm impressed. We must come here sometime together. Found THO's picture & have not been able to get to it/ Road is closed. Found a Linda Connor at Thunder Mtn. I'll show you which one. The trip has been plagued w/ bad events but we go on. Water pump went out & we went to Provo & yesterday Jim [Houghton] broke a front tooth in half chopping wood. See you this weekend xx B.
Mark Johnstone to Ellen Manchester
Ellen—Thanks for offer to put me up May 3 on occasion of lecture @ CameraWork—I'll take you up on it. It'll be me (alone). Will call to confirm the week prior. Best Mark
Andrea Jennison to Ellen Manchester
4/25/83 Dear Ellen: Word DOES travel even tho I don't! Congratulations!!! That's wonderful...too bad it's on the date of our main event here, BUT we'll be toasting you guys! Just heard about Kenda [North] last week. We here in Colo. would love to have a double wedding RECEPTION for all of you! You WILL come through won't you? Linda [Laumeyer] & I will be mountain "hostesses"! Love to you, Andrea
Barbara Houghton to Ellen Manchester
Wed Ellen—On the way into Yellowstone my car started fucking up. The alternator messed up—so I stayed the night, blew off site seeing & headed on home. I stopped to ask a mechanic at a gas station what the problem was, and he said I could make it easy. Well I'm in Ft. Collins in a gas station & these really nice guys (tow trucker & the mechanic) were are trying to get me going. No dice. I'm now in a DELUXE suite at Holiday Inn F. C. got it cheap. Only room around & it's in a wing that's not finished. I've had my swim & a beer & in the morning I'll deal w/ my dead car. Good thing I've a sense of humor. Saw NO grizzlys [sic] but did see a moose. xo Barbara P.S. Thanks for such a good time.
Kenda North to Ellen Manchester and Mark Klett
Mark & Ellen—I'm at the Western Art Assoc. Museum conference, staying at La Fonda, with Kirk (my new bay associate). It's great, we both hustle the men and see who wins! It's good to breath [sic] clean air here. Lots of good people—I'm learning a lot. Will move into my apartment next week—yeah! Love Kenda
Kenda North to Ellen Manchester
Ellen—Starting my trip in Dallas, "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms", coming down from the last fran. days in B'Ridge (I sent or brought w/ me 40 prints) wish I could see you but will call when you're there—keep in touch w/ Andrea [Jennison] so I know when. Saw Lee [Clockman] last night for a few minutes...doin' OK. Love you much Kenda
Kenda North to Ellen Manchester
12/15 The little people with their little feet in white socks with toes shuffle/clomp around and make no giggle. i'm stuffed on raw fish, rice and sake and wish i could stay here a month. travelling [sic] with the family is cramped but i'm slowly relaxing and letting my eyes get big. Love, K.
Bonnie Lambert to Ellen Manchester
10.9.79 Dear Ellen, It was good to hear from you. Your trip to Yellowstone sounded wonderful. I still love that place, even though I've been there 6 or 7 times. We haven't decided about SPE at Asilomar. We heard some of the agenda & it sounds deadly! Will keep you posted. Will you come to LA? I hope so. I didn't get an NEA. I must be the only one—they gave 98 grants. xo Bonnie xo
Bonnie Lambert to Ellen Manchester
2/19 Dear EM—thanks for the fat [heart] letter. Your stationery is great! Cal Sparks is at DU & Barbara Houghton is at Metro. The new visiting artist is Ann Shapiro—a painter from San Francisco; she is wonderful! Her paintings are emotional, colorful, jewels! More soon XO B.
Dave Freund to Ellen Manchester
Dear Ellen—Connect the dots & you will see something shiftless indeed. Saw Gig Barendse & Diane couple days ago (& everyone else in the Southwest except busy Harold)—got to talk & sold some prints—pleasant. Now somewhere in Georgia at an expensive truck stop, heading toward NYC via DC, hustling at the Corcoran. South's been overcast & cool enuf for 6 days, —had heat aplenty in Ariz, NM—lookin forward to home—too many hi's goodbize—forget who, where, how I feel—need to stop. I'll be home by Oct 3 or 4, so write, let me know how you are, how you feel abt yr new job—Good luck—Love, Dave
Dave Freund to Ellen Manchester
Dear Ellen—As you no doubt know, the phones are out in Estes, which is why I didn't call—anyway, to get here, get to Estes Park, go to the main intersection, turn L onto 66, follow it a couple of mi to a fork : 66 to Rocky Mtn Nat Pk. goes R, "spur 66" to YMCA camp goes L. Go L and abt 1/2 mi past YMCA camp on the L is a sign on a fence, "WILLIAMS" (small)—4 cabins, mine's the highest on the hill—so cmon—see you, Dave
Peter Galassi to Ellen Manchester
Monday evening 9/16/74 Dear Ellen, I started work today, and I LOOOVE it. I feel like a spoiled kid. Thanks for your great letter—to which I will respond more fully soon. Dennis [Longwell] says hi. Diana [Edkins] is in Texas for the opening of her Jackson show. Glad to hear your setup is working out. The foilage weekend sounds good and I shall check it out w/ Dave [Freund] and Diana. I am in love w/ New England again. My apt. is unbelievably huge and beautiful—and lots of room for visitresses I just painted one wall in my LR flesh color (above) in remembrance of Bonnie's [Lambert] beautiful body and her beautiful spirit both of which I pine for each day. The 3 of us shall reunite ever stronger. Love, Pete
Peter de Lory to Ellen Manchester
Ellen—wanted to make sure you got this beauty. As it is also interrelated to our mutual interest in darkened places and ice skating. Will be in touch, have pasted around your enthusiazum (sp?) about being captain of the ship here. Love, Peter de
Dave Freund to Ellen Manchester
Just in case someday you have to prove you can do it. I forget what the foot was there fore [sic]. Dave
Peter de Lory to Ellen Manchester
10/9/79 Chicago 5:30 a.m. Ellen—first thing—I need my mail would you please collect it and send it on. Thanks Honey! Is the sonar coming my way soon? Working hard and for the moment playing a little too hard. I like Chicago, always something to do. I have a list a mile long, whenever I get the time. Alex [Sweetman] is well, Barbra [ Jo Revelle] is a balloon now. Jim Henkel & I pal around a lot. His work is fantastic. Mark [Klett] should see some. Andy's [Ostheimer] coming out for Thanksgiving, meanwhile I'm keeping myself happy. Best of [to] all, Mark, Dave [Wharton], Jim R. [Romberg] Andy K. [Kent] Love Peter de
Tina Clark to Tom Breeden
Dear Tom & Andrea, Come right ahead! You didn't even have to refresh a soggy memory. If you come in on 490 get off at Goodman St. and turn left. Or simpler call me at [phone redacted]. I live at [address redacted]. See you Sunday. Tina
Kenda North to Andrea Jennison
Jan 25 Andrea—Linda Simpson (at Keystone) felt sorry that you & Tom [Breeden] never arranged a "trade" for the lecture—dinner, lift ticket, etc. Why don't you take her up on it when you come for the workshop?? Let her know (or me) so she can arrange something. She enjoyed the presentation... Thanks, Kenda
Dave Freund to Andrea Jennison and Tom Breeden
Howdy—Terry [?] sez you're giving him a show—real good idea. He just gave me some Lake Superior salt water taffy. It was awful. God rest ye merry Dave
Barbara Houghton to Paula Crane and Ted Thomas
Paula & Ted—Couldn't find you before I left for B'Ridge. God talk about a busy crazy week. Had too much to pull together & too many people to deal w/. The one I wanted to deal w/ left early too. Mary's up here w/me and so far she's no trouble & will earn her keep typing for Andrea [Jennison] and Kenda [North] tomorrow. I'm running some film now. My class starts in a 1/2 hour. Horrors. They develop color film today—and hopefully make contact prints & learn how to make a print. I'm in class now & it's under control. Leaving for Chicago Tues—home Monday noon. Love B.
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