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Oral history interview with Russell Cowles
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Creators:
Cowles, Russell, 1887-1979
Cummings, Paul
Dates:
1969 April 16
Size:
32 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.cowles69
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Russell Cowles conducted 1969 April 16, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Cowles speaks of growing up in Iowa; Iowa landscapes; his education; working in Charles Cumming's studio; his studies at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design; working as an assistant to Barry Faulkner; his Prix De Rome f...

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Digitized Content Barry Faulkner papers
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Creators:
Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966
Dates:
circa 1858-1973
Size:
2.82 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.faulbarr
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of muralist, painter, and teacher Barry Faulkner measure 2.82 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1973. Faulkner's career; his relationships with family, friends, and fellow-artists; and his thoughts on art and artists are documented in biographical materials, correspondence, writings, sketchbooks, five diaries, two photograph albums and photographs, and one scrapbook. Correspondents include family members, Witter Bynner, Ann and Eric Gugler, Leon Kroll, Isabel Manship, James Johnson Sweeney, Maxfield Parrish and others. An unprocessed addition to the collection dating 1942 includes a one page letter mounted on board from Maxfield Parrish to Barry Faulkner.

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Oral history interview with Nancy Douglas Bowditch
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Creators:
Bowditch, Nancy Douglas
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1974 January 30
Size:
28 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.bowdit74
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Nancy Douglas Bowditch conducted 1974 January 30, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

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Digitized Content The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
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Creators:
Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
Dates:
1831-1979
Size:
73 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite, typewriter)
26 Items (Stamps)
3 Items (Photographs)
Collection ID:
FSA.A2009.06
Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

This collection is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American Art. Included in the collection is a significant portion of letters from Abbott Thayer to correspondents from his circle of family, friends and art world figures such as Maria Oakey Dewing and Samuel Coleman.

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Alexander Robertson James papers
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Creators:
James, Alexander, 1890-1946
Dates:
1893-1983
bulk 1914-1946
Size:
3.6 Linear feet ((on 7 microfilm reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.jamealex
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Family and professional correspondence; exhibition and sales records; sketches; sketchbooks; photographs and printed materials documenting the career and activities of Alexander James.

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Digitized Content Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers
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Creators:
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
Dates:
1851-1999
bulk 1881-1950
Size:
5.12 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.thayabbo
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter and naturalist, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the Thayer family date from 1851 to 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1881 to 1950, and measure 5.12 linear feet. Thayer's painting career, interest in concealing coloration (camouflage) in nature, and relationships with artists, patrons, family, and friends are documented through correspondence, writings, scattered legal and financial records, printed materials, and a scrapbook. Photographs are of Thayer, his family, studio, and friends, including artists. The collection also contains family papers created by his second wife, Emma Beach Thayer, his son Gerald, his daughters Mary and Gladys, and Gladys' husband David Reasoner, who managed Thayer's estate after his death.

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Digitized Content Nancy Douglas Bowditch and Brush family papers
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Creators:
Bowditch, Nancy Douglas
Dates:
circa 1860-1985
Size:
6.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.bowdnanc
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter, author, and designer Nancy Douglas Bowditch and the George de Forest Brush family measure 6.2 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1985. The majority of the collection consists of Bowditch's correspondence with family and friends and her notes and writings, particularly concerning her biography of her father George de Forest Brush The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of her husband painter William Robert Pearmain. Brush family material includes scattered correspondence of George de Forest Brush and other family members, notes, sketches, clippings, and the family home building files, five scrapbooks, including two on William Robert Pearmain, and numerous photographs of the Brush family, Bowditch, and William Robert Pearmain. There is also correspondence between William Robert Pearmain and his family and artwork by Pearmin.

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Henry Ernest Schnakenberg papers
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Creators:
Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970
Dates:
1905-1969
Size:
5.1 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.schnh
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Photographs, correspondence, appointment books, etchings, a scrapbook, printed materials, writings, and posters.

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Digitized Content Leon Kroll papers
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Creators:
Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
Dates:
circa 1900-1988
Size:
8.7 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.krolleon
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of realist painter, muralist, and educator Leon Kroll date from circa 1900 to 1988 and measure 8.7 linear feet. The collection documents Kroll's painting career, teaching, and active participation in numerous art organizations. Over one-half of the collection is correspondence with artists, schools, galleries, museums, patrons, arts organizations, and others. Also found are scattered biographical material, writings and notes, legal and financial records, exhibition catalogs, clippings, other printed material, photographs of Kroll and colleagues, loose drawings and nine sketchbooks.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers
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Creators:
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924
Dates:
1760-1956
Size:
40 microfilm reels
Collection ID:
AAA.gardisab
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters, business records, diary, and photographs.

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