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Archives of American Art
Kenneth Russell Chamberlain papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chamkenn
- Creators:
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Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell, 1892-
- Dates:
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1917-1972
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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150 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; a chapter on Chamberlain from Richard A. Fitzgerald's dissertation, RADICAL ILLUSTRATOR OF THE MASSES AND LIBERATOR, University of California, 1969, with a commentary by Chamberlain; biographical notes; MASSES clippings and articles, and published and unpublished cartoons; and six photographs of Chamberlain.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Cartoonist for THE MASSES and LIBERATOR, radical periodicals, as well as several established newspapers. Chamberlain was a cartoonist of considerable importance ca. 1910-1920; among his colleagues were John Sloan and Maurice Becker.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 291 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1972 by Kenneth Russell Chamberlain.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Masses (New York, N.Y.) | Title | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Liberator (New York, N.Y.: 1918) | Title | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Political cartoons -- California | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Caricatures and cartoons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cartoonists -- California | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Illustrators -- California | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fitzgerald, Richard | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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