Richard Artschwager papers
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Artschwager, Richard, 1923-
- Dates:
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1959-2013
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5.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.artsrich
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York painter and sculptor Richard Artschwager measure 5.6 linear feet and date from 1959-2013. The papers include extensive correspondence, recorded talks and a lecture, exhibition files, printed material, and photographs.
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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)
- Dates:
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1911-1978
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12 Cubic feet (39 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0269
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1: Correspondence, 1932-1977 is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In 1965, Marx gave the Library of Congress a portion of his correspondence with well-known personages. The majority of the correspondence in this collection dates from the post World War II era (Marx's early correspondence is located at the Library of Congress.) Th...
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Hermann, Emil, 1888-1968
Francais, Jacques, 1923-2004
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1844-1998, undated
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33.3 Cubic feet (61 document boxes, 30 binder boxes, 5 flat oversize)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0872
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Jacques Français was a preeminent luthier, violin expert, and dealer in rare stringed instruments. Emil Herrmann was also a violin expert and dealer in rare violins. This collection contains photographic prints, negatives, certificates of authenticity, and sale books related to their business as dealers and authenticators of rare stringed instruments.
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- series
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2008
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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Vose Galleries of Boston
- Dates:
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circa 1876
1890s-1996
bulk 1920-1940
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25.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vosegall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 25.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.
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Yamin, Alice
- Dates:
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1927-1998
- Size:
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.yamialic
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, draftsperson, and art consultant Alice Yamin date from 1927-1998, and measure 2.0 linear feet. Found within the papers are letters from artists, writers, galleries, and CIGY-GEIGY Corporation for whom Yamin worked as an art consultant. The collection also contains exhibition files, printed material, and photographs of Yamin, family members, and colleagues.
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1883-1980
- Level:
- series
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2.1 Linear feet (Box 1-3, FC 23)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pachwalt2
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This series contains family correspondence and extensive professional letters from noted artists and art world figures including critics, writers, collectors, museums and other art institutions. Scattered letters from Pach can also be found here. See Appendix for partial chronological list of letters from Series 2.
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Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
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1856-1989, undated
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65 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0395
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Printed advertisements, scrapbooks, correspondence, marketing research, radio commercial scripts, photographs, proof sheets, reports, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, television commercial storyboards, blueprints, legal documents, and audiovisual materials primarily documenting the history, business practices, and advertising campaigns of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated. Collection documents the professional and private lives of the Hills family; insight into the cultivation, production, and selling of coffee; and construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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Carus, Julius Victor, 1823-1903
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circa 1854-1902 and undated, with related materials to 1953
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1.68 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7315
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Julius Victor Carus Photograph Album Collection (Record Unit 7315) was received from the Division of Mollusks, National Museum of Natural History in October 1984.
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Reis, Bernard J.
- Dates:
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circa 1913-1983
- Size:
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2.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.reisbern
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York accountant and art collector Bernard J. Reis measure 2.1 linear feet and date from circa 1913 to 1983. The papers document his friendships with artists, his role as accountant for Art of This Century and the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, and executor of the Mark Rothko Estate. Included are biographical and family papers, correspondence, professional files, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.