Norman Rockwell Fan Correspondence Collection

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Norman Rockwell Fan Correspondence Collection

1922-1978

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The Norman Rockwell Fan Correspondence Collection is collected incoming fan correspondence sent to Norman Rockwell from 1922-1978. Beyond textual letters, the collection includes artwork created by fans, photographs of fans, and newspaper clippings sent by fans. As a collection of letters written to a seminal popular culture figure, this grouping of correspondence not only reflects Norman Rockwell as a celebrity but the iconic history of the "Saturday Evening Post." Rockwell created covers for the "Post" for nearly 60 years, making the man and the magazine's histories nearly inseparable. This collection of fan correspondence tells not only the history of a popular culture personality from a public perspective, but a recapitulation via admirers of the most widely circulated magazine of the time. Coming from a wide geographic scope, the correspondence shows the diversity of gender and age amongst Rockwell's fans. The letters often reflect the Saturday Evening Post covers, while elucidating personal experiences and microhistories of the author.

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Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge

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Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978

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Illustrator, painter; Norman Rockwell painted and illustrated 317 covers for the Saturday Evening Post from 1916-1963. From the description of Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post covers, 1919-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777815899 Norman Rockwell was among the most popular and successful American artists of the 20th century. His signature style of representational realism, used to express themes of traditional American values, was easily recognized an...