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Archives of American Art
Richard Fitzgerald papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fitzrich
- Creators:
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Fitzgerald, Richard
- Dates:
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1930-1972
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Linear feet(72 items)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Research material used for Fitzgerald's Ph.D. dissertation at University of California, RADICAL ILLUSTRATORS OF THE MASSES AND LIBERATOR and for his book, ART AND POLITICS: CARTOONISTS OF THE MASSES AND LIBERATOR.
Scope and Contents
Eleven letters and cards from Helen Farr Sloan, widow of John Sloan; unpublished notes from John Sloan's conversations, interviews, and lectures at the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington; eight letters from Kenneth Russell Chamberlain; four interviews with Chamberlain; 28 letters and cards from Maurice Becker; a telephone interview with Becker; four Becker exhibition catalogues; and fifteen letters to Fitzgerald about artists Robert Minor, Art Young, and Maurice Becker written by their friends Gil Wilson, Lawrence Gellert, Joseph North, William Gropper, Daniel Aaron, and Harold Anton.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Art historian and writer; San Francisco, California.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1976 by Richard Fitzgerald.
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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| Politics in art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Caricatures and cartoons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cartoonists | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Illustrators | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art historians -- California | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sloan, John, 1871-1951 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell, 1892- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Becker, Maurice, 1889-1975 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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