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Archives of American Art
Chicago Society of Etchers records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chicetch
- Creators:
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Chicago Society of Etchers
- Dates:
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1933-1972bulk 1940-1959
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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0.6 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence and a scrapbook kept by several of the Society's secretaries including F. L. Thompson and James Swann. Correspondence mostly with members concerning activities, sales, and exhibitions. Several letters inquire about the status of the Society and whether it will continue. The scrapbook, 1937-1972 (bulk 1937-1948), contains exhibition catalogs and announcements, letters, annual bulletins, membership lists, handwritten minutes of Board of Directors' meetings which detail expenses, suggestions for exhibition venues, membership and activities. Added to the scrapbook is the 1972 certificate of dissolution of the Society. A few miscellaneous financial records, printed materials, and price lists complete the collection.
Scope and Contents
Among the correspondents are: Cornelius Botke, Gustav Dalstrom, Gene Kloss, Philip Kappel, Roi Partridge, Leon R. Pescheret, and Maltby Sykes, as well as local Chicago artists.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged into series by record type: I. Correspondence II. Scrapbook III. Financial material; chronological thereunder.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Art society; Chicago, Ill., organized 1910; dissolved 1972.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1996 by Peter Jensen, son of printmaker John Paul Jensen, the last secretary of the Chicago Society of Etchers, who retained the records of the Society after its dissolution.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
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