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Organization of Art Sponsors
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1970-1976
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6 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on partial reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.orgaof
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, membership lists, minutes, and by-laws, from 1970-1976.
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California Art Club
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1916-1961
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1.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.caliart
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The California Art Club guest register and scrapbooks measure 1.5 linear feet and date from 1916 to 1961. Included are guest registers spanning 1927 to 1931; a Year Book 1916 of the California Art Club containing images of member artwork and essays; and eleven scrapbooks with clippings, exhibition materials, club bulletins, and place settings.
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Los Angeles Art Association
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1922-1990
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12.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.losangea
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Los Angeles Art Association records measure 12.6 linear feet and date from 1922-1990. Almost a third of the collection consists of artists' files containing a wide variety of materials documenting the association's relationship with numerous California and international artists. Also found are ten scrapbooks documenting exhibitions and events over the course of 50 years, administrative files, correspondence, subject files, exhibition files, financial and legal records, printed material, and photographic material depicting artists, events, and artwork. Scattered files of Executive Director Helen Wurdemann's are also found throughout the collection.
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National Watercolor Society (U.S.)
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1920-1995
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3.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.natiwate
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Articles of incorporation, newsletters, artist's biographies, slides for exhibitions (1980-1990) and rental slides (1990-1995), pamphlets and programs (1954-1995), six scrapbooks (1921-1994) containing printed materials and some with photographs and artists' resumes, three Presidents' books (1922-1995), a guidebook, group portraits from 1949 and 19...
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Harris, Sam Hyde, 1889-1977
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1928-1980
- Size:
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1.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.harrsam
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Primarily printed material pertaining to the various California art organizations and clubs in which Harris was a member, 1923-1980, including exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, bulletins, including a series of THE ART BEACON, 1948-1972; correspondence, 1928-1979; photographs of Harris and other artists, including Bennett Bradbury,...
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Block, Irving
McGlynn, Betty Hoag
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
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1965 April 16
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43 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.block65
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Irving Block conducted by Betty Hoag on 1965 Apr. 16 for the Archives of American Art.
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Bengston, Billy Al
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circa 1940s-1989
bulk 1960-1988
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10.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bengbill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of southern California Pop artist Billy Al Bengston measure 10.4 linear feet and date from circa 1940s to 1989, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1960 to 1988. The collection documents the life and work of the artist through biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, gallery and museum files, teaching files, project and commission files, scattered artwork, printed materials, and photographs.
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Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009
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circa 1860-2009
bulk 1940-2009
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35.05 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hammfred
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Los Angeles Abstract Classicist painter and educator Frederick Hammersley measure 35.05 linear feet and date from circa 1860-2009, bulk 1940-2009. The papers contain biographical materials, 32 diaries, family and professional correspondence, personal business and financial records, estate records, writings, graphic design projects, teaching files, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and works of art. There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2020 that includes photographs of Hammersley's family, and most significantly for research, a study in pencil and a "model for making cubes," a paper document that can be stored flat and folded into a cube shape.
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Bothwell, Dorr
- Dates:
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1900-2006
- Size:
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10.6 Linear feet
1.72 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bothdorr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of California painter, printmaker, and art instructor Dorr Bothwell date from 1900-2006, and measure 10.6 linear feet and 1.72 GB. Found within the papers are biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, notes and writings, five diaries, art work and 19 sketchbooks, three scrapbooks, printed material, and print and digital photographs.
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Wittmann, Otto, 1911-2001
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1932-1996
- Size:
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10.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wittotto
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of museum director, art consultant and curator Otto Wittmann (1911-2001)date from 1932 to 1996 and measure 10.1 linear feet. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and other files concerning Wittmann's career as Director of the Toledo Museum of Art and as trustee and acting chief curator of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Eleven scrapbooks contain materials primarily relating to the activities of the Toledo Museum of Art, but also contain documentation of Wittmann's World War II service in the Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the present day CIA. Also found within the papers are files relating to his work with the National Endownment of the Arts, Arts and Artifacts Indemnification Committee, scattered biographical information, and personal correspondence.