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Digitized Content Oral history interview with Lloyd Goodrich
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Creators:
Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-
Dates:
1962 June 13-1963 March 25
Size:
225 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.goodri62
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Lloyd Goodrich conducted 1962 June 13-1963 March 25, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art. Goodrich speaks of his youth in Nutley, New Jersey; his family background; his father's influence; his friendship with Reginald Marsh; studying at the Art Students League under Kenneth Hayes Miller; attending the National Acade...

Digitized Content Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers
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Creators:
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942
Dates:
1851-1975
bulk 1888-1942
Size:
36.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.whitgert
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Digitized Content Bob Thompson papers
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Creators:
Thompson, Bob, 1937-1966
Dates:
1949-2005
Size:
2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.thombob
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of New York African American figurative painter Bob Thompson measure 2 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2005. The collection includes biographical material, videocassettes, correspondence, writings by Bob Thompson and others, exhibition files, scattered personal business records, printed material, photographs, and photograph albums. The correspondence is mostly between Carol Thompson, the artist's wife, and others concerning Bob Thompson's artwork.

Digitized Content Henry Bascom Collins films of Yupik Eskimo Life, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
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Creators:
Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968
Dates:
circa 1930
Size:
Film reels (black-and-white silent; 2000 feet, 35mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1982.06
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Footage taken by Smithsonian anthropologist Henry Collins and his assistant James Ford in the summer of 1930, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Shots include Eskimos in boats; three men positioning themselves in boulders along seacliffs to catch birds with pole net; dancing and drumming; fishing with both lines and nets; dog teams; the preparat...

Digitized Content Esta Nesbitt papers
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Creators:
Nesbitt, Esta
Dates:
circa 1942-1981
bulk 1964-1975
Size:
10.05 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.nesbesta
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of illustrator, xerography artist, filmmaker, and educator Esta Nesbitt measure 10.05 linear feet and date from circa 1942-1981. Found within the papers are biographical material, correspondence, writings, xerography research files, project and exhibition files, and printed material. Much of the collection relates to Nesbitt's xerography art work. Additionally, the collection includes motion picture film and sound recordings related to her film and performance work.

Digitized Content VIdeo of Maria Martinez family pottery demonstration
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Museum Programs
Erickson, Peter, 1951-
Dates:
1978
Size:
1 Video recording (67 minutes, color sound)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1986.11G
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Full video record created for the Office of Museum Programs, Smithsonian Institution, documenting a demonstration of San Ildefonso blackware pottery making techniques by Maria Martinez' family members at the Renwick Gallery of Art, Washington. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the contex...

Digitized Content Oral history interview with Paul Burlin
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Creators:
Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
Dates:
1962
Size:
5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (2 hr., 39 min.), digital, wav)
65 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.burlin62
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Interview of Paul Burlin, conducted on December 5-6, 1962, by Dorothy Gees Seckler, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Digitized Content American Art Research Council records
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Creators:
American Art Research Council
Dates:
1935-1956
bulk 1942-1947
Size:
3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.amerartr
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of the American Art Research Council, a cooperative research group headquartered at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, measure 3 linear feet and date from 1935 to 1956. The records include Chairman Juliana Force's correspondence, administrative correspondence, advisory committee files, miscellaneous administrative files, scattered financial records, and printed materials.

Digitized Content Oral history interview with Beaumont Newhall
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Creators:
Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993
Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 Jan. 23
Size:
23 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.newhal65
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Beaumont Newhall conducted 1965 Jan. 23, by Joseph Trovato, for the Archives of American Art. Newhall speaks of his education and first jobs in museums; his administration of the WPA Federal Art Project in Massachusetts; Berenice Abbott's photographs of New York; and the Farm Security Administration's photography project. He speaks ...

Digitized Content Oral history interview with Ludwig Sander
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Creators:
Sander, Ludwig, 1906-
Cummings, Paul
Dates:
1969 February 4-12
Size:
78 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.sander69
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Ludwig Sander conducted 1969 February 4-12, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Sander speaks of his early exposure to art and music in New York; his travels in Europe; studying with Alexander Archipenko at the Art Students League; studying with Hans Hofmann in Munich and Positano; painting and teaching in Woodstock;...

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