Scope and arrangement
The Beatrice Rosenblum collection of Peggy Hopkins Joyce materials dates from 1895 to 1998 (bulk 1916-1933) and contains correspondence, financial papers, photographs, drawings, clippings, and research material on Joyce compiled by author and antiques expert Beatrice Rosenblum. Also present is an outline of a play or film entitled "The Insurance Agents Hold Up," presumably written by Joyce.
Correspondence is primarily comprised of incoming personal letters written to Joyce between 1917 and 1933. The letters consist of fan mail; personal letters from friends, lovers, and family; and financial and legal correspondence from lawyers and merchants. The fan letters are frequently accompanied by requests for clothing donations for poor women. Sometimes the letters are deeply personal and encouraging, such as those written to Joyce in 1922 after her accidental overdose on sleeping pills and subsequent declaration of being through with men. Some letters dated between 1919 and 1921 discuss litigation surrounding Joyce's divorce from Sherburne Hopkins. Letters from merchants generally serve as receipts or documentation of Joyce's jewelry purchases. A small amount of incoming professional letters from Charles Morrison, Frank Orsatti, and Louis Guertin are also present. They predominately date from the 1920s to 1933 and discuss potential show arrangements and performance dates.
Financial documents consist of Invoices, receipts, and payment notifications for purchases that Joyce made between 1917 and 1933. The materials document the content and nature of Joyce's spending, and to some extent, her investments and other related activities. Portraits of Joyce, production stills from International House, and photographs of her friends, lovers, and colleagues make up the photographs. Original drawings are portraits and caricatures of Joyce. Research materials are comprised of notes compiled by Beatrice Rosenblum and copies of Joyce's divorce documents.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by format or subject.