Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Archives of American Art
American Artists' Committee of One Hundred records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ameracoh
- Creators:
-
American Artists' Committee of One Hundred
- Dates:
-
1916-1923
- Languages:
-
English.
- Physical Description:
-
1 Microfilm reelcirca 300 items on 1 microfilm reel
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The microfilmed American Artists' Committee of One Hundred records contain letters from chairman William Anderson Coffin regarding membership, other artists, some personal matters, and the Allied Bazaar of 1916. Among the correspondents are Leon Bonnat and Edmond Thoumy Paris.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The American Artists' Committee of One Hundred was a relief organization formed by New York painters and sculptors to provide aid to the families of French soldier-artists, chiefly through the sales of artwork and donations. William Anderson Coffin was chairman.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 506 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Reproduction Note
Carbon copies and drafts.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals and microfilm master negative in New York Historical Society, Manuscript Division.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent 1973 by New York Historical Society.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Related Materials
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds the William Anderson Coffin papers, 1886-1924. The New York Historical Society holds the William A. Coffin papers, 1915-1926 which mainly consist of records of the American Artists' Committee of One Hundred of which Coffin was chairman.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
---|---|---|---|
Arts organizations -- New York (State) | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
War relief | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
World War, 1914-1918 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin, 1833-1922 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Thoumy, Edmond | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Allied Bazaar (1916 : New York, N.Y.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions