Edward MacDowell Association records
MacDowell Colony
Papers relating to the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, including artists' applications, letters of recommendation, and photographs of artists' works.
Gregorio Prestopino papers
Correspondence; biographical data; photographs; sketchbooks; writings; address books; exhibition catalogs and clippings; reproductions of magazine covers; and miscellaneous printed material.
Nancy Sussman Ranson papers
Correspondence; biographical data; 2 sketchbooks; catalogs and exhibit announcements; photographs of Nancy Ranson; photographs and slides of Ranson's work; clippings and other printed material, including a volume of 54 original lithographic advertisements by members of the Artists Equity Association, IMPROVISATIONS, Vol. IV published by Artists Equity Fund, Inc., 1953; papers relating to the …
Louis Guglielmi papers
Personal and business correspondence; a magazine of art; a scrapbook; poems and jottings; and a photograph of Guglielmi. Personal correspondence consists of some drafts of Guglielmi's letters to friends and students, occasionally interpreting his work. Business correspondence files include the Downtown Gallery, the MacDowell Colony, other museums, dealers, universities, associations …
Bashka Paeff papers
The papers of sculptor Bashka Paeff measure 1.5 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1981. The small collection documents her work as an artist in Boston, Massachusettes, through biographical material, two diaries, printed material, and photographs of Bashka Paeff and her artwork. Also found are an autograph book containing signatures and notes from MacDowell Colony members, one clippings scrapbook, and four photograph albums, including one from a trip to Europe in the 1920s.
Clemens Kalischer papers
276 photographs, ca. 1946-1966, taken by Kalisher of artists teaching at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, Black Mountain College, North Carolina, and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Vera Klement papers
1.36 Gigabytes
The papers of painter and educator Vera Klement measure 3.3 linear feet and 1.36 GB and date from 1950 to circa 2016. The papers include scattered correspondence with Franz Schulze and others, writings and notes including digital copies of a memoir, an interview, and a film, personal business records, printed and digital material, fourteen sketchbooks and other works of art, and photographs, including a photo of the MacDowell Colony in 1957.
Lillian Morrison materials relating to Worden Day
Biographical material including Worden Day's curriculum vitae and obituary notice and 5 letters from Worden Day to Lillian Morrison concerning an exhibiton at the New Jersey State Museum planned for 1986, Day's stay at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Southbriar and at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire.
Lawrence C. Rodda papers
65 letters to Rodda from painter Lee Gatch, whom Rodda had met in 1923 when they both attended John Sloan's class at the Maryland Institute, 1923. Gatch writes of his paintings, his studies at the Art Students League, his friend Marian Peters (referred to as Peter), his trip to France from 1924-1925, his brief …
Barry Faulkner papers
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.
