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Clare Leighton papers
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Creators:
Leighton, Clare, 1899-
Dates:
1931-1967
Size:
400 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.leigclar
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence; biographical data; exhibition materials; photographs; scrapbooks; sketchbooks.

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John A. Parker papers
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Creators:
Parker, John A. (John Albert)
Dates:
1959-1980
Size:
27 Items
Collection ID:
AAA.parkjohn
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Nine Christmas cards designed by Josef Albers and signed by Anni and Josef Albers, undated; 6 newspaper clippings regarding Josef Albers, 1971- 1980; four greeting cards designed and signed by Clare Leighton, 1976 and undated; a woodcut by Leighton, and 2 newspaper articles about her, 1959; and three newspaper articles, "The Native," by Esther E. W...

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Lynd Ward papers
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Creators:
Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
Dates:
1934-1964
Size:
1.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.wardlynd
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters, notes, business records, art works, printed material, and photographs relating to Ward's involvement in the American Artists' Congress (1936-1945), the Artists League of America (1934-1949), the Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences, and Professions (1944-1948), the Limited Editions Club competition (1932-1957), and the Soc...

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William Dolan Fletcher papers
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Creators:
Fletcher, William Dolan
Dates:
1924-1986
Size:
2.3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.fletwill
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Notebooks compiled by Fletcher listing prints by artists John Castigan, John Flannagan, Ruth Gannett, Gordon Grant, Norman Kent, Troy Kinney, Clare Leighton, Barry Moser, Chauncey Ryder, Benton Spruance, Walter Tittle and Keith Shaw Williams; and research material on Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and Benton Spruance. Brockhurst material includes corresp...

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Herman T. Radin letters
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Creators:
Radin, Herman T. (Herman Theodore), b. 1878
Dates:
1911-1944
Size:
100 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.radiherm
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters to Radin from painters, etchers, mezzotinters, wood engravers, lithographers and book-plate designers, primarily from England, but also from Wales, Germany, Austria, Belgium and the U.S.

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Norman Kent papers
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Creators:
Kent, Norman, 1903-1972
Dates:
1939-1964
Size:
300 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.kentnorm
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence, articles, clippings, and gallery literature.

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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 Isabel Bishop papers
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Creators:
Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
Dates:
1914-1983
Size:
2.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.bishisab
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of realist painter Isabel Bishop date from 1914 to 1983 and measure 2.6 linear feet. The collection documents Bishop's painting career, her friendship with other artists, and her participation in several arts organizations. There are scattered biographical documents, correspondence with fellow artists such as Peggy Bacon, Warren Chappell, Edward Laning, and R. B. Kitaj, and with writers, curators, museums, galleries, arts organizations, and others. Also found are arts organization files, Bishop's writings about Warren Chappell and friend Reginald Marsh, notes, exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material, photographs of Bishop and her artwork, and photographs of Reginald and Felicia Marsh. Original artwork includes 8 sketchbooks, loose sketches, prints, and watercolor figure studies.

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Digitized Content John Steuart Curry and Curry family papers
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Creators:
Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
Dates:
1848-1999
Size:
10.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.currjohn
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter, muralist, and illustrator John Steuart Curry, and Curry family papers, measure 10.1 linear feet and date from 1848 to 1999. Papers document his career and family history through certificates, correspondence, photographs, clippings, contracts, receipts, inventories, writings, notes, and other materials. The papers contain particularly rich documentation of Curry's period as artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, from 1936 to 1946. Mural projects in Kansas, Washington, DC, and Wisconsin are also documented.

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Digitized Content Prentiss Taylor papers
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Creators:
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991
Dates:
1885-1991
Size:
20.8 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.taylpren
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The collection measures 20.8 linear feet, dates from 1885 to 1991 (bulk dates 1908-1986) and documents the career of lithographer, teacher, and painter Prentiss Taylor. The collection consists primarily of subject/correspondence files (circa 16 ft.), reflecting Prentiss' career as a lithographer and painter, his association with figures prominent in the Harlem Renaissance, notably Carl Van Vechten and Langston Hughes, his activities as president of the Society of Washington Printmakers and other art organizations, his work in art therapy treating mental illness, and his teaching position at American University. The subject files contain mostly correspondence, but many include photographs and printed material. Also included are biographical, financial, legal and printed material; several hundred photographs; notes and writings; sketchbooks, drawings and a few prints by Taylor; and scrapbooks dating from 1885-1956.

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