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Schmeckebier, Laurence Eli, 1906-1984
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1909-1988
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13.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schmlaur
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Archives of American Art
Biographical materials, correspondence, files, notes, writings, art works, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed materials relating chiefly to Laurence E. Schmeckebier's academic career and to his publications.
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John Weatherwax papers relating to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
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Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984
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1928-1988
bulk 1931-1933
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weatjohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This small collection of scattered papers of American writer John Weatherwax (1900-1984) dates from 1928 to 1988 (bulk 1931-1933), and measures 0.4 liner feet. The papers document Weatherwax's relationship with Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. In 1931, John Weatherwax approached Rivera to illustrate his English translation of the Mayan story of creation, the Popol Vuh. Rivera agreed and produced twenty-four watercolor illustrations for the text. The papers contain Weatherwax's translation, "Seven Times the Color of Fire", as well as manuscript versions of two short stories he wrote about Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo entitled "The Queen of Montogomery Street" and "Diego". Also found within the collection are correspondence, manuscripts and notes, printed materials, and photographs.
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Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998
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1900-1990
- Size:
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9.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.packemmy
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Emmy Lou Packard papers measure 9.4 linear feet and date from 1900 to 1990, and focus on the career of painter, printmaker, muralist, and sculptor Emmy Lou Packard. Also found are extensive materials relating to Packard's personal and professional relationship with muralist Diego Rivera and painter Frida Kahlo, with whom Packard lived for one year in Mexico. Papers include correspondence, financial records, notes, writings, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material.
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Montoya, José
Hernandez, Eduardo
Montoya, Malaquias, 1938-
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1988 Feb. 28-June 2
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7 Sound cassettes (Sound recording, master (ca. 11 hrs.), analog)
7 Cassettes (Sound recording, duplicate)
373 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.montoy88
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Interviews of brothers José and Malaquias Montoya conducted 1988 Feb. 28-June 2, by Eduardo Hernandez, for the Archives of American Art.
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Hirsch, Stefan, 1899-1964
Rogo, Elsa, 1901-1996
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1851-1986
bulk 1920-1960
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19.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hirsstef
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artists and educators Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo measure 19.6 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1986, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920s to the 1960s. Together, they traveled throughout Mexico and Latin America where they became involved in the social and art scenes. Hirsch and Rogo's artistic, teaching, and journalism careers are documented through biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, professional files, printed materials, photographs and motion picture films, and sketchbooks and other artwork.
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Ludins, Ryah, 1896-1957
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circa 1920-1950
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0.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ludiryah
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Ryah Ludins portfolio measures 0.1 linear feet and dates from circa 1920-1950. The porfolio contains photographs of murals by Ryah Ludins, which were mostly commissioned for government art projects in the 1930s.
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Wight, Clifford, 1900-ca.1960
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1929-1990
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1 Linear foot ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wighclif
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence between Wight, Rivera, and Rivera clients; technical documents including a chemical analysis of the fresco process, and proposals, cost analyses, work schedules and specifications relating to Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Rockefeller Center; writings by George Biddle, Edgar P. Richardson, Rivera and Wight; photog...
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Baca, Judith Francisca
Mesa-Bains, Amalia
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1986 August 5-6
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59 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.baca86
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Judith Baca conducted 1986 August 5-6, by Amalia Mesa-Bains, for the Archives of American Art.
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Romero, Frank
Rangel, Jeffrey J.
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1997 January 17-March 2
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99 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.romero97
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Frank Romero conducted 1997 January 17-March 2, by Jeffrey Rangel, for the Archives of American Art, in Romero's studio, in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Tartan, James, 1931-
- Dates:
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1981
- Size:
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5.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tartjame
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Murals of Aztlán Film Production Records measures 5.1 linear feet and consists of film footage, sound recordings, and notes from the documentary produced by James Tartan during the exhibition Murals of Aztlán: the Street Painters of East Los Angeles at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles in 1981. Film and sound elements in the collection include original sound recordings, work print, outtakes, and trims. Also found are production notes, museum memorandums concerning the exhibition schedule, and a transcript of a recorded conversation among muralists.
