Epstein Archive Epstein Archive The Epstein Archive is one of the largest collections of archives documenting the personal and professional life of the renowned artist and sculptor, Jacob Epstein. It is housed at The New Art Gallery Walsall in England. The collection of letters, diaries, journals and photographs was preserved due to the actions of the museum's Head of Collections, Jo Digger. Kathleen Garman (later to become Kathleen Epstein, Jacob's second wife) had made her friend Beth Lipkin a major beneficiary in her will upon her death. They had shared a house together up until her death and the documents were all
Barbara Epstein Epstein, together with friends Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick, founded the biweekly magazine "The New York Review of Books", which Barbara called "the paper". She and Robert B. Silvers became the editors. Barbara Epstein remained at the New York Review of Books as an editor for 43 years. The Epsteins divorced in 1990; Barbara Epstein lived with journalist Murray Kempton until his death in 1997. She continued in her editing until shortly before her death. Epstein died on June 16, 2006 of lung cancer in New York City at age 77. Barbara Epstein Barbara Epstein (August 30, 1928 – June