Archives of American Art

Henry John Weeks papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.weekhenr
Creators:
Weeks, Henry John
Dates:
1965-1973
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painters -- California Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art critics -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Russell, Morgan, 1886-1953 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lundeberg, Helen, 1908-1999 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macdonald-Wright, Jean Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Neubert, George W. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Adlmann, Jan Ernst Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wong, Jason D. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Conklin, Dallas M. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gardiner, Henry G. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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