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Archives of American Art
Henry John Weeks papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weekhenr
- Creators:
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Weeks, Henry John
- Dates:
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1965-1973
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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85 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, Weeks' masters thesis about Southern California painters, and miscellany.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Stanton Macdonald-Wright. They write about a Macdonald-Wright autobiography, the sale of his works works and of Morgan Russell paintings owned by Macdonald-Wright, the financial problems of Macdonald-Wright, and personal matters.
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include Helen Lundeberg, Henry Gardiner, Lorser Feitelson, Jason Wong, Jan Adlmann, Dallas Conklin, George Neubert, and Jean Macdonald-Wright (Stanton's wife), among others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Art administrator, agent and critic; San Francisco, Calif. Weeks was painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright's Northern California agent.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 690 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the possession of Henry John Weeks.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent 1974 for microfilming by Henry John Weeks.
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
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