Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jonedan
- Creators:
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- Dates:
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1917-1982
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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3.4 Linear feet
(partially microfilmed on 6 reels)
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, bookplates, publications, and other materials on Rockwell Kent and Jones' own commercial art work.
Scope and Contents
REELS 1783-1785: Correspondence with Fred Bartz, 1955-1972, Earl Gibson, 1959-1966, and Rockwell and Sally Kent, 1933-1971, including copies of Kent's letters to Harry M. Geller, 1961-1962; and material on and by Kent, including a sketch, original proofs of bookplates, reproductions of drawings, bookcovers and posters; and clippings and articles, 1917-1978.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1793: Ten commercially reproduced bookplates executed by Jones for various clients. Included is a portrait of Kent and the notation "Rockwellkentiana" that Jones designed for himself.
Scope and Contents
REELS 4298-4299: Correspondence, 1943-1959, between Rockwell Kent, Jones, the Antioch Bookplate Company, and others primarily concerning bookplates; and correspondence, 1931-1982, between Lynd Ward, Mae McNeer Ward, Jones, and others concerning bookplates, art work, and the exchange of visits.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: A typescript, gallery proofs, a signed first edition of THE PRINTS OF ROCKWELL KENT: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE (1975) by Jones; textiles; stamps, 1939, stationary, a scarf with a "Moby Dick" illustration; and a ceramic airmail stamp designed by Kent.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Businessman, collector, printmaker, bibliographer; Oak Park, Ill., Born 1908. Was a friend of Rockwell Kent, and a collector of material by and about Kent. Author of The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonne (University of Chicago Press, 1975)
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1783-1785, 1793, and 4298-4299 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Correspondence: location of originals unknown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1979-1982 by Dan Burne Jones, Lucille Jones and Daniel A.C. Jones.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers 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.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
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Washington, D.C. 20001
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