Grace Mott Johnson was a white American artist and sculptor in the early 20th century. This collection contains letters to Johnson from her family, including her son Alfred Dasburg, and others in the artist community. Acquired as part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection at Duke University.

Collection consists largely of letters sent to Grace Mott Johnson, discussing her artwork, health, and career, as well as personal and family news. Some letters are from her son, Alfred Van Cleve Dasburg, while he lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Johnson lived in New York or New Jersey. There are letters documenting some of the miscommunications (and lack of communication) between Johnson and her former husband Andrew Dasburg, Alfred's father. There are also letters and greetings from other artists, like Rose Bernstein, Mariska Karasz, and Alice Morgan Wright. Some materials between Grace Mott Johnson and Raymond Fuller discuss the terms of their relationship.

Collection was acquired as part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection.

Mary Tarleton Knollenberg (1904-1992) was an American sculptor working primarily in bronze, stone and plaster. Her artwork characteristically portrays the female form and expressions of female identity. She specialized in nudes; however, her oeuvre also contains animals, busts, and portraits. The Mary Tarleton Knollenberg papers comprise photographs of her family and her sculptures, correspondence with her husband and fellow artists, journals, and ephemera related to her work and exhibitions. The collection also contains resources used in the creation of the retrospective Modern Figures, written by Tarleton's grand-niece, Ippy Patterson.

The Mary Tarleton Knollenberg papers are arranged into the following five series: Correspondence, Photographs, Writings, Publicity and Other.

These series comprise Mary Knollenberg's personal photographs of her family and sculptures; writings, diaries and sketches; as well as ephemera and publicity related to her work and exhibitions. The collection also includes correspondence between Mary and her husband Bernhard Knollenberg, friends, and other prominent artists of the time. In addition, The Mary Tarleton Knollenberg papers contain the journals and poetry of her mother, writer Mary L. Tarleton, as well as letters between her parents during the early years of their relationship.

These materials were assembled by Mary Knollenberg's great-niece, the artist Ippy Patterson, who used them to research Mary's life and work. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.