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China eggs / Kay Sage
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Creators:
Sage, Kay
Dates:
1955
Size:
1 Item (ca. 160 p. (on 1 microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.sagekay2
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Kay Sage's memoirs, covering the period ca. 1910-1935. She writes of her family; childhood years in the United States and Europe; travels; her painting; living in Italy; her marriage to Prince Ranieri di San Faustino; and her friendship with Ezra Pound. The manuscript is a typescript, edited throughout, presumably by Sage.

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Michael Lekakis papers
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Creators:
Lekakis, Michael, 1907-
Dates:
1940-1990
Size:
0.4 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
0.4 Linear feet (Addition)
Collection ID:
AAA.lekamich
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence; U.S. Army records; postcards; telegrams; a monologue; photographs; catalogs; clippings; and publications.

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Elizabeth Olds papers
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Creators:
Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991
Dates:
1917-1976
Size:
3 Linear feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.oldseliz
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters, writings, business records, printed matter, photographs and art works.

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John Quinn memorial collection in the New York Public Library
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Creators:
Quinn, John, 1870-1924
Dates:
1901-1925
Size:
26 microfilm reels
Collection ID:
AAA.quinjohn
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence, including letters from numerous art dealers, George Bellows, Arthur B. Davies, Sir Jacob Epstein, Walt Kuhn, Walter Pach, Ezra Pound, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, and the Society of Independent Artists.

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A. Hyatt Mayor papers
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Creators:
Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
Dates:
1815-1980
Size:
5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
0.4 Linear feet (Addition)
Collection ID:
AAA.mayoa
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence; scrapbooks and diaries; writings; photographs; medals; passport; engagement calendars; and printed material.

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Marcella Comès (Winslow) papers
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Creators:
Winslow, Marcella Comès
Dates:
1915-1982 [and undated]
Size:
1,202 Items ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.winsmarc
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Files related to Washington, D.C. art activities; photographs; scrapbook; and guestbook.

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Digitized Content George Biddle papers
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Creators:
Biddle, George, 1885-1973
Dates:
circa 1910-1970
Size:
0.76 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.biddgeor
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of New York painter and muralist George Biddle (1885-1973), measure 0.76 linear feet and date from circa 1910-1970. The collection includes a certificate signed by President Harry Truman, transcripts of Biddle's diaries, a manuscript of a memoir about meeting President Franklin Roosevelt, three letters from William Hunt Diederich's daughter, transcripts of letters from Bernard Berenson, sketches and mural studies, and two glass plate negatives.

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Oral history interview with Edith Gregor Halpert
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Creators:
Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-
Dates:
1962-1963
Size:
436 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.halper62
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Edith Halpert conducted 1962-1963, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.

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

The collection measures 20.4 linear feet, dates from 1885 to 1991 (bulk dates 1908-1986) and documents the career of Harlem Renaissance 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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Digitized Content Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 16: Country, Western, and Folk Music
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Creators:
DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
Dates:
1839-1986, undated
Size:
94 Boxes
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0300.S16
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 16: Country, Western, and Folk Music contains approximately 11,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards country, western, and folk music in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.

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