Transcripts (15)
Legal documents (11)
Art historians (17)
Art, American (13)
Printmakers (11)
Critics (10)
Mural painting and decoration (9)
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (18)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (15)
Whitney Museum of American Art (13)
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) (11)
Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive (11)
Picasso, Pablo (11)
Lipchitz, Jacques (10)
Pach, Walter (6)
Albers, Josef (5)
American Federation of Arts (5)
Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.) (5)
Barnet, Will (5)
Feininger, Lyonel (5)
Force, Juliana (5)
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI (5)
Knaths, Karl (5)
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo (5)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI. (5)
Namuth, Hans (5)
Jamaican Americans (2)
Mexicans (2)
Puerto Ricans (2)
Asian Americans (1)
Chinese Americans (1)
Cuban Americans (1)
Japanese Americans) (1)
Latin Americans (1)
Romanies (1)
Safwa (African people) (1)
South Africans (1)
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) (3)
Cincinnati (Ohio) (3)
Berkeley (Calif.) (2)
Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
New York, New York (2)
Rochester (N.Y.) (2)
Smithsonian Institution Archives (5)
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections (2)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center (2)
Query: New York (N.Y.) -- 20th century
Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959
AAA.rungcarl
The Carl Rungius papers, 1896-1995, measure 0.6 linear feet. A scrapbook and three photograph albums document the work, interests, and family of the wildlife painter and illustrator.
Perls Galleries records
Perls Galleries
AAA.perlgall
The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.
Ira L. Hill Portrait Photonegatives
Photographic History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Martin, Ray
Hill, Ira L. (Ira Lawrence), 1877-1947
200 Cubic feet (300 wooden drawers; 23,metal file drawers)
Approximately 86,000 photographic negatives (Series 1) and twenty-three drawers of file cards (Series 2) comprise the collection. Most of the pictures are studio portraits. Series 1: Photonegatives The majority of the negatives are glass plates, 5 x 7 inches. Approximately 10% of the total number of images are on film, also 5 x 7 inches, and al...
Flora S. Kaplan papers
Kaplan, Flora S.
1951-2012, bulk 1969-2012
134 sound recordings
31.5 Linear feet (72 boxes)
NAA.2015-21
The Flora S. Kaplan papers document her field work, research, and professional activities from 1951-2012 (bulk 1969-2012) and primarily deal with her work as the director and founder of New York University's Museum Studies program and her field work in Benin and Mexico. The collection consists of correspondence, research files, book files, photographs, sound recordings, ephemera, and writings.
Will Barnet papers
Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
7.24 Gigabytes
AAA.barnwill
The papers of painter, printmaker, and educator Will Barnet date from 1897 and 1929-2016. The collection measures 30.7 linear feet and 7.24 gigabytes. Found within the papers are biographical material, including numerous recorded interviews of Barnet; personal and professional correspondence; writings and lectures; financial records; printed material; artwork; and photographs of Barnet, his family and friends, and his work. An addition received in 2016 includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries and daybooks, gallery and exhibition files, project and professional files, printed material, and photographic material.
Alexander Archipenko papers
Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
AAA.archalex
The Alexander Archipenko papers measure 19.5 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1986, with the bulk of materials dating from 1930 to 1964. The sculptor's personal and professional life is documented by correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs documenting his art, exhibitions, travel, teaching activities, and the Archipenko Art School. Archipenko wrote and lectured extensively about his philosophies of art and the relationship between art and nature. The papers include drafts, notes, and final manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, and notes, outlines, transcripts, and audio recordings of some of his lectures.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]
Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
10.22 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 2 folders, 9 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (2 full, 1 partial.))
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steamboats
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Elizabeth McCausland papers
McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965
45 Linear feet
AAA.mccaeliz
The papers of art critic, writer, and historian Elizabeth McCausland measure 45 linear feet and date from 1838 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1960. The collection provides a vast accumulation of research data on various artists and aspects of American art, especially the early American modernists and the Federal Arts Projects. Papers include McCausland's extensive research and writing files, particularly on Marsden Hartley, E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, and Alfred H. Maurer. McCausland's correspondence with artists includes a substantial amount with Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz. Her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs is well-documented within the collection. Also found are general writings, subject files, files relating to exhibitions, teaching, and committees, photographs, art work, personal papers, and printed material. Additional McCausland material donated later from the estate of Berenice Abbott include biographical materials, project files, writings, and printed materials.
Aleksandra Kasuba papers
Kasuba, Aleksandra, 1923-
AAA.kasualek
The papers of sculptor and environmental artist Aleksandra Kasuba measure 9.9 linear feet and date from 1942-2013, with the bulk of the material from 1960-2000. The collection documents Kasuba's career through biographical material, correspondence, interviews, lectures and writings, extensive project files, printed material, a scrapbook, artwork, and photographs.
Beatrice Wood papers
Wood, Beatrice
AAA.woodbeat
The papers of California ceramicist Beatrice Wood measure 26.6 linear feet and date from 1906 to 1998, with the bulk dating from 1930-1990. There is extensive correspondence with gallery owners, fellow artists, clients, friends, and family. The collection also contains biograpical materials, personal business records, writings, printed materials, photographs, and works of art. Of particular interest are the 28 diaries that Wood maintained from 1916 until her death in 1998 and 42 glazing formula notebooks dating from 1934-1997. Also found are documents of Steven Hoag and Esther Rosencranz, her husband and aunt respectively, that consist of correspondence, business records, and photographs given to the Archives of American Art as part of the Beatrice Wood papers.