Ruth Barker Johnston papers
Correspondence; writings; teaching material; list of equipment and supplies; material pertaining to Red Cross training corps; clippings; and exhibition material.
Martin Diamond papers
The papers of New York art dealer, writer and teacher Martin Diamond measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1928 to 2013. The materials involve to a limited degree Diamond's wife, Harriette Diamond, co-owner and co-operator of Martin Diamond Fine Arts, Inc. Their gallery work and relationships with artists they represented are documented by writings, subject and artist files, and photographic materials. Subject files concern American abstract art, particularly the 20th century Transcendental abstract painters, and include printed materials, correspondence and photographic materials. Artists' files include similar materials and some writings by artists. Photographic materials are of artworks and exhibition installations.
Chaim Gross papers
The papers of New York City sculptor and teacher Chaim Gross measure 21.1 linear feet and date from 1920-2004. The collection provides comprehensive documentation of Gross's career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence with family, artists, writers, galleries, museums, educational institutions, and religious and philanthropic organizations, writings, personal business records, extensive printed and published material including motion picture film and video recordings of four documentaries, one hundred and fifteen sketchbooks spanning the bulk of Gross's career, and photographs of Gross, his family, many friends and colleagues from the art world, his studio, personal art collection, and works of art. An unprocessed addition of three sketchbooks was donated in 2020.
Arthur Schwieder papers
A scrapbook of clippings about Schwieder and his students of the Arthur Schwieder Group; exhibition catalogs; letters; photographs of Schwieder's classes and exhibition installations, and of his paintings and his students; and a list of owners of his paintings.
George Elmer Browne postcards
Thirty-eight postcards to Browne and his wife from their son, painter Harold Putnam Browne, and colleagues Anne Balderston, Bertha Beckwith, William Henry Drake, Charles Warren Eaton, Paul King, Roland F. Knoedler, Anna Lou Matthews, and Chauncey F. Ryder, 1904-1927; and 13 postcards to Harold Putnam Browne from his parents and colleagues, 1905-1917.
William Clarke Rice papers
2 scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, printed matter, poetry, plays, an illustrated children's story, and other writings by Rice; "A Handbook of the Art of Painting and Allied Arts and Crafts," 1928, by Rice; 53 sketches and drawings; and 63 photographs of Rice and his works of art.
Oral history interview with Susan Crile
Cummings, Paul
101 Pages (Transcript)
Interview of Susan Crile conducted 1972 August 1-3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Crile speaks of her family background; having polio and problems with her eyesight; her education at Connecticut College, Bennington College, and New York University; art criticism; her teachers, including Lawrence Alloway, Paul Feeley, Jules Olitski …
Irving R. Wiles letter
A letter to Mrs. Scharin from Wiles concerning a portrait Wiles painted for her (the subject of the portrait is unclear).
Oral history interview with John Rewald
Cummings, Paul
Interview of John Rewald conducted 1972 Nov. 16-1973 Feb. 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Rewald speaks of his youth in Germany; the development of his interest in art; his education; beginning his writing career; traveling through Europe; the beginnings of his interest in Cezanne; coming to the U.S …
Oral history interview with Louis Bouché
Morse, John D., 1906-
An interview of Louis Bouché conducted on 1959 August 7, by John D. Morse, for the Archives of American Art.
