Series consists of letters received by Ghitta Caiserman-Roth from friends, relatives, collectors, dealers, and other artists; included are a few copies and drafts of her replies.
Among the correspondents are the following: Catherine Bates 1983-1988; Pat Martin Bates 1980; Bonnie Baxter n.d., 1990; André Biéler n.d.; Caroline Boileau 1992; Madeleine Boyer n.d., 1977; Jennifer Dickson 1967-1992; Robert Dietz 1982-1986; Barbara Eckhardt Goodwin n.d., 1983-1992; Barker Fairley n.d., 1978; O.J. Firestone 1975-1986; Beryl Fox 1978; Louise Gareau-Des Bois n.d., 1981; A. Christo Giannini 1984; Betty Goodwin 1986; Noreen Mallory Hood 1984-1989; Basya Hunter n.d. 1980-1988; Friedhelm Lach n.d., 1980-1985; Robert Langstadt 1986-1987; John Little 1981-1991; Jo Manning 1980; Naoko Matsubara; Ann McCall n.d., 1991; Nancy Durrell McKenna 1981-1991; Cleveland Morgan n.d., 1952; Wynona Mulcaster n.d., 1953-1992; P.K. Page n.d., 1980-1981; Roland Pichet 1962; Goodridge Roberts n.d.; Dorothy Ruddick n.d., 1990-1991; Marian Scott n.d., 1985-1991; Honoré Sharrer 1987-1991; Leah Sherman n.d., 1981-1992; David Silverberg 1992; Fred Taylor 1976-1981; and Jan Winton 1991.
Also included are some poetry manuscripts by Miriam Waddington n.d., 1967 and manuscripts by Friedhelm Lach n.d.
Additional records, received in 1999 and again in 2006, include correspondence consisting of letters, postcards, greeting cards and exhibition invitations received by Ghitta Caiserman-Roth from friends, relatives, collectors, dealers and other artists. Also included is correspondence from friends from her youth such as Dick Romaine, David Shapiro and relatives of her husband Max Roth.
Among the correspondents in the later acquisitions are Clare Bice, André Bieler, Marian Scott, Irene Kon, Pat Martin Bates, Honoré Sharrer and Harry Sternberg (her former teacher at the Art Students League, New York) n.d.; Ted Allan 1961; Catherine Bates 1991-1993; Henry Beissel 1997; Reva Brooks 1960; her mother Aviva Caiserman n.d., 1987-1996; Rhoda Cohen 1993, 1999; Jennifer Dickson n.d., 1981-1999 (including an artist's original card); Barker Fairley 1966; Gretl Fischer 1997; Betty Eckhardt Goodwin n.d. 1994-1997; Sydney Gordon 1958; Noreen Mallory Hood n.d., 1977-2001; Basya Hunter n.d. 1973-2001; her adopted sister Nella Laks n.d., 1981-2005; John Little n.d., 1993; Dvora Marcuse 1993-2002; Ann McCall n.d., 1994; Nancy Durrell McKenna n.d., 1998-2000; Wynona Mulcaster n.d., 1963-2000; Grant Munro 1989; Arthur and Sarah Rothman 1989-1994; Bruce and Dorothy Ruddick n.d. 1992-1999; Anne Savage 1969; Seymour Segal 1967; Leah Sherman n.d., 1969-1994; David Silverberg n.d., 1994-1998; Fred Taylor 1961, 1974-1975; Edith Tolkin n.d., 1993-2003; Tony Urquhart 1962; Van Ginkel, Blanche Lemco n.d., 1984-2001; Richard Veilleux n.d. 1992-2000; Miriam Waddington n.d., 1965-1995; and Carol Weidman 1992-2003. Also included are miscellaneous file arranged chronologically and files containing congratulatory notes on her reception of the Governor-General's Award for Visual Arts, 2000.
A few photographs were found enclosed in letters and remain with the correspondence.