Administrative Records
- Level:
- series
- Dates:
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1961- circa 1990s
- Size:
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1 Linear foot (Boxes 1-2)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ankrgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Joan Ankrum
- Level:
- item
- Dates:
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1962 June 7
- Size:
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1 Sound tape reel
- Collection ID:
- AAA.goremari
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Should government patronize the arts panel discussion
Ross, Kenneth, 1910-
Paxton, Mary Jean Wallace
Mugnaini, Joseph A.
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25 Pages (Transcript: (on 1 microfilm reel))
A panel discussion, "Should Government Patronize the Arts," sponsored by the Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, California. Panel members are Sister Mary Jean, Joseph Mugnaina, and Kenneth Ross, with Edward Biberman as moderator.
Records
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Subject Files
This accession consists of records that document the administrative and professional activities of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), Office of the Director. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Abram Lerner, HMSG Director from 1974-1984, and James T. Demetrion, Director 1984- . Some of the Lerner correspondence dates back to 1965, when …
Correspondence
- Level:
- series
- Dates:
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1926-1974, undated
- Size:
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22 Linear feet (Boxes 1-22; Reels 5488-5545)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Lee Nordness business records and papers
bulk 1954-1984
The Lee Nordness business records and papers measure 117.5 linear feet and date from circa 1931 to 1992 with the bulk of materials dating from 1954 to 1984. The records document seven New York City art-related companies with which Nordness was involved: Talent Discovery Company, The Little Studio, Ltd., American Art Expositions, Inc., Nordness Gallery, Inc., Lee Nordness Galleries Art Advisory Section, Inc., Lee Nordness Galleries Exhibition Section, Inc., and Forms & Objects, Inc. Records include correspondence, artist's files, business and legal records, inventories, financial and sales records, printed materials, scrapbooks, and photographic materials. Also found is a small group of personal papers.
Colin de Land collection
bulk 1980-2003
0.901 Gigabytes
The Colin de Land collection measures 15.15 linear feet and 0.901 GB and dates from 1968 to 2008, with the bulk of the collection dating from the early 1980s through 2003. The majority of the collection consists of photographic material, primarily snapshots, documenting daily life in and around de Land's gallery American Fine Arts, Co., as well as de Land's pesonal life and affairs. There are candid photographs of exhibition openings, day-to-day gallery operations, art fairs, vacations, social gatherings, and New York City street scenes. Also included are some personal objects belonging to de Land and his wife Pat Hearn, as well as two scrapbooks containing items once decorating the walls of de Land's office at American Fine Arts. The collection includes video recordings documenting trips to Cape Cod, Hearn's illness, and occasional art world events.
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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The materials document the orders placed by the clients of the Scurlock Studio. The photographs primarily depict individual portrait sittings but there are also portraits of children, groups, and other subjects.
Downtown Gallery records
bulk 1926-1969
The records of the Downtown Gallery date from 1824 to 1974 (bulk 1926-1969) and measure 109.56 linear feet. The records present a comprehensive portrait of a significant commercial gallery that operated as a successful business for more than forty years, representing major contemporary American artists and engendering appreciation for early American folk art. There is an unprocessed addition to this collection dating circa 1970 of a single financial/legal document.
