George Rohrmann Collection
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Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)
- Dates:
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1970-1975
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129 color slides (35mm)
626 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2018-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection depicts the everyday life and architecture of Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Nigeria, Southern Africa, and Tanzania.
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Covey, Arthur Sinclair, 1877-1960
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1882-1960
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5.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.covearth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of mural painter and illustrator Arthur Sinclair Covey measure 5.7 linear feet and date from 1882 to 1960. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with art institutions, patrons, and colleagues; scattered business and financial records; notes and writings by Covey and others, including a transcript of an interview with Covey by a radio station; art work and sketchbooks by Covey and his colleagues including Paul Bransom, Harvey Dunn, and Edward Penfield; project files concering Covey's mural projects; a scrapbook of clippings; additional printed material; and photographs of Covey, family members, colleagues, and art work.
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French, Jared, 1905-1988
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1936-1937
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2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.frenjare
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Two contracts between the U.S. Treasury Department, Section of Painting and Sculpture, and French, in which he agrees to paint murals in the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia, and in the Post Office in Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
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Stempler, Stephen
- Dates:
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1977
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5 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.stemstep
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Three photographs and two clippings about Stempler's discovery in 1972 of two mural panels by Gorky at the Newark, New Jersey Airport, executed while Gorky worked for the W.P.A. Federal Art Project in 1937. [Microfilm title: Arshile Gorky papers]
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Nickelsen, Ralf E. (Ralf Edgar), 1903-1990
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1929-1993
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1.3 Linear feet
4 Items (rolled docs)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nickralf
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical materials, correspondence, business records, writings, art works, photographs, and printed material.
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Lockwood, Ward
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1913-1963
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1.5 Items (linear ft.(on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lockward
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, 1913-1963, regarding Lockwood's work on murals for government buildings, and letters from Andrew Dasburg, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Abraham Rattner; a 23 page diary, 1931-1933; an anecdotal reminiscence of John Marin; career resumes; 6 sketchbooks; 6 speech texts; material relating to mural projects in Washington, D.C., in Lexington, K...
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Lewis, Monty, 1907-1997
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1928-[ca. 1960.]
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1.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lewimont
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
REEL LA 2: A clipping, August 28, 1955, about Lewis; a book, Murals by American Painters and Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, 1932; a catalog, "The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art", vol. 4, July 1937; a newsletter, "Conferences on Inter-American Relations in the Fields of Art, Music, Education and Publications and Libraries, 1939-1940," Ma...
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Imandt, Robert
- Dates:
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1936
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47 Items (photographic negatives)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.imanrobe
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Photograph negatives of Biddle's murals for the Hall of Justice, Washington, D.C. showing the panels and details of the groups and figures.
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Walton, Richard Guy, 1914-
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1964-1974
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0.2 Linear feet ((64 items))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.waltrich
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Official correspondence about the completion of Walton's mural for the Federal Court House Building, Reno, Nevado; a copy of the contract with the General Services Administration; photographs of the project; announcements; and miscellany. In addition there are three letters from Walton to the Archives of American Art about his life and his personal...
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Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
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1893-1981
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3.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.corndean
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, 1937-1978, including a text for the biography, DEAN CORNWELL: DEAN OF ILLUSTRATORS by Patricia Janis Broder; correspondence with artists and business associates; diaries, ca. 1941-1957; writings and notes; business records, ca. 1949-1961; ten sketches, undated and 1934; five scrapbooks containing reproductions of others' art ...