Artists Committee of Western New York records
13 notebooks ("yearbooks") of documentation including photocopies of correspondence, minutes, agenda notes, exhibition announcements, press releases, clippings.
Boston Athenaeum records
Letters regarding the shipment of paintings to and from the Boston Athenaeum. Correspondents, writing almost exclusively to E.A. Crowninshield, Chairman of the Committee of Fine Art, include C.B. Fairbank, Thomas Hatfield, Charles Lanham, Edmund M. Loring, and James Robb. Sent as enclosures with the letters are three shipping receipts for …
Arthur Dove note to unidentified recipient
Handwritten note on a brochure for the Arthur G. Dove Exhibition of paintings at An American Place, Apr. 21 1935-May 22 1935. Note reads: "E. dear, Stieglitz had these all reprinted, quite a difference. Love, Reds & Dove." List of paintings exhibited printed on back of brochure.
Accountants' inventory of sculptures in the estate of David Smith
Inventory prepared by accountants attending to David Smith's will contains separate lists for: titled works; titled and undated works; untitled works; untitled and undated works; and fragments.
Lena Gurr papers
The Lena Gurr (1897-1992) papers date from 1908 to 1979 and measure 7.0 linear feet. Gurr was a painter and printmaker who studied under John sloan and Maurice Sterne at the Art Students League between 1920-1922. She also studied in France and married painter and photographer Joseph Biel in 1931. The papers document both Gurr and Biel's careers through correspondence, notes, art work, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs. The collection offers researchers a valuable resource for studying the New York art community of the pre-war era.
Gael Hammer letters relating to Miles and Philip Evergood
Letters collected by Hammer for a planned biography of painter Miles Evergood, including letters from Philip and Miles Evergood to various people, undated, and 1938-1971, and a letter, 1983, to Hammer from Alan McCulloch, author of the Encyclopedia of Australian Art, regarding the reproduction of Miles Evergood's painting "Brisbane River."
Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection
The collection of artists' letters compiled by Mary and John McGuigan Jr. measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1794-1938. The collection is comprised of a group of letters, writings, and signed documents to and from a variety of artists, art administrators, art critics, historians, and art-related organizations assembled from multiple sources. It also includes associated printed material with some documents and a few photographs, including carte de visites and cabinet cards.
Daniel Varney Thompson letters to Edith Simonds Moore
Letters from Thompson to "Edie," his sister-in-law, Edith Simonds (Moore), regarding art work and techniques. The 1925 letter is written from Lachow, China while on an expedition with the Fogg Art Museum. Thompson describes a painting technique for wook-block he saw used which he recommends instead of printers' ink. In his …
Jesse Amado papers
The papers of artist Jesse Amado measure 1.3 linear feet and date from circa 1970 to 2016. The collection is comprised of biographical material, writings and notes, professional files, printed material, photographic material, and artwork.
Margaret Babcock letter from Edward Stasack
A one-page letter written in rhyme to Babcock from Edward Stasack while in Hawaii.
