Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne papers

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Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.bengrosa
Creators:
Bengelsdorf, Rosalind, 1916-1979
Dates:
1927-1978
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2.6 Linear feet
(on 4 microfilm reels)
4 Items
Sound recording
sound cassettes
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Biographical material; personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Francis V. O'Connor regarding her involvement with the WPA Federal Art Project; address books; draft of an unfinished autobiography and other published and unpublished writings; a transcript of an interview with Susan C. Larsen, dealing with American Abstract Artists; subject, teaching and exhibition files; photographs of Browne and her artwork; printed material on Browne and art in general; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and a manuscript of her 34-page article "Abstract Art and the W.P.A. in New York," commissioned by O'Connor, submitted to him in June 1969 and published in his THE NEW DEAL ART PROJECTS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MEMOIRS.
Scope and Contents
Also included are 2 untranscribed cassette tapes of a monologue of Browne concerning her husband Byron Browne and Sam Kootz.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, art critic, and educator; New York, N.Y. Married painter Byron Browne.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 2013-2016 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Author
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1978-1979 by Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne and her son, Stephen B. Browne.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Women artists -- New York (State) -- New York Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Browne, Byron, 1907-1961 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
O'Connor, Francis V. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Abstract Artists Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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