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Dorothy Gillespie papers, 1963-circa 1980

Creator:
Gillespie, Dorothy Muriel, 1920-  Search this
Subject:
Women's Interart Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
International Women's Art Festival (1975)  Search this
Citation:
Dorothy Gillespie papers, 1963-circa 1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Women arts administrators  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8213
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210384
AAA_collcode_gilldoro
Theme:
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210384

Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996

Creator:
Starr, Nina Howell, 1903-2000  Search this
Subject:
Ghent, Henri  Search this
Uelsmann, Jerry  Search this
Morgan, Barbara Brooks  Search this
Evans, Walker  Search this
Savage, Naomi  Search this
Kanaga, Consuelo  Search this
Kernan, Margo  Search this
Connor, Linda  Search this
Brandt, Helene  Search this
Szarwarski, John  Search this
Mainardi, Patricia  Search this
Sherwood, Maggie  Search this
Ringgold, Faith  Search this
Daitz, Evelyne Z.  Search this
Coke, Van Deren  Search this
Cohen, Stephenie  Search this
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this
Kruger, Louise  Search this
Putnam, Wallace  Search this
Rose, Ruth Starr  Search this
Strand, Paul  Search this
Evans, Minnie  Search this
DiSpirito, Henry  Search this
Siskind, Aaron  Search this
Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this
International Women's Art Festival  Search this
Sharon Arts Center  Search this
Professional Women's Photographers, Inc.  Search this
Photographic Historical Society of New York  Search this
Southern Regional Council  Search this
Museum of American Folk Art  Search this
Type:
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Interviews
Drawings
Sketches
Transcripts
Sound recordings
Prints
Citation:
Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Folk art  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
African American art  Search this
Folk art -- Photographs  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Photography  Search this
African American artists  Search this
Theme:
African American  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6053
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216034
AAA_collcode_starnina
Theme:
African American
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216034
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Dorothy Gillespie Papers

Collection Creator:
Gillespie, Dorothy, 1920-2012  Search this
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet (Box 1, OV 2)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1963-circa 1980
Scope and Contents:
Biographical materials include resumes and a hand-drawn plan for a ribbon sculpture. Correspondence is largely professional and includes letters regarding the International Women's Art Festival of 1975. Photographs include portraits of Gillespie and her paintings. Printed materials consist of clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs and posters. A professional activities file consists of scattered correspondence and lists regarding exhibitions and lectures at James Madison University, Manhattan Community College, and the Pratt Institute. Writings are by Gillespie and concern art and feminism.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Dorothy Gillespie papers, 1963-circa 1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.gilldoro, Series 1
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Dorothy Gillespie papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e6910f8f-a260-4309-8801-265d65b6eff9
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ead_component:sova-aaa-gilldoro-ref4

Dorothy Gillespie papers

Creator:
Gillespie, Dorothy, 1920-2012  Search this
Names:
International Women's Art Festival (1975)  Search this
Women's Interart Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1963-circa 1980
Summary:
The papers of painter and sculptor Dorothy Gillespie measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1963 to circa 1980. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs of Gillespie and her artwork, printed material, professional activities file, and writings and notes.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of painter and sculptor Dorothy Gillespie measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1963 to circa 1980. Found are biographical materials, correspondence relating partly to the International Women's Art Festival of 1975, photographs of Gillespie and her artwork, printed material, professional activities file, and writings and notes.
Arrangement:
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Biographical / Historical:
Dorothy Gillespie (1920-2012) was a painter and sculptor in New York City, New York and Florida. She was the co-coordinator of the Women's Interart Center, where she also spent time as an artist-in-residence. Gillespie is known for her colorful metal sculptures, some of which were created for Epcot at Walt Disney World.
Provenance:
The collection was donated in 1978 and 1981 by Dorothy Gillespie.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Women arts administrators  Search this
Citation:
Dorothy Gillespie papers, 1963-circa 1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.gilldoro
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98767c63f-b680-4359-8b8a-cc3832280ad9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-gilldoro

Nina Howell Starr papers

Creator:
Starr, Nina Howell, 1903-2000  Search this
Names:
International Women's Art Festival  Search this
Museum of American Folk Art  Search this
Photographic Historical Society of New York  Search this
Professional Women's Photographers, Inc.  Search this
Sharon Arts Center  Search this
Southern Regional Council  Search this
Brandt, Helene, 1936-  Search this
Cohen, Stephenie  Search this
Coke, Van Deren, 1921-  Search this
Connor, Linda  Search this
Daitz, Evelyne Z.  Search this
DiSpirito, Henry, 1898-1995  Search this
Evans, Minnie, 1892-  Search this
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this
Ghent, Henri, 1926-  Search this
Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-  Search this
Kernan, Margo, 1927-  Search this
Kruger, Louise, 1924-  Search this
Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this
Mainardi, Patricia  Search this
Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992  Search this
Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989  Search this
Ringgold, Faith  Search this
Rose, Ruth Starr, 1887-1965  Search this
Savage, Naomi, 1927-2005  Search this
Sherwood, Maggie, 1922-1984  Search this
Siskind, Aaron  Search this
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976  Search this
Szarwarski, John  Search this
Uelsmann, Jerry, 1934-  Search this
Extent:
21.2 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Interviews
Drawings
Sketches
Transcripts
Sound recordings
Prints
Date:
circa 1933-1996
Summary:
The papers of photographer and art historian Nina Howell Starr measure 21.2 linear feet and date from circa 1933 to 1996. The papers contain research files about various art historical topics, museums and galleries, photography, and artists. There are extensive files documenting Starr's relationship as researcher, dealer, and friend of folk painter Minnie Evans. Additionally, the papers include biographical materials, writings, speeches, project files, printed material collected or authored by Starr, and hundreds of artistic and documentary photographs and negatives created by Starr depicting her travels, Minnie Evans' paintings, roadside folk art, and other topics.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of photographer and art historian Nina Howell Starr measure 21.2 linear feet and date from circa 1933 to 1996. The papers contain research files about various art historical topics, museums and galleries, photography, and artists. There are extensive files documenting Starr's relationship as researcher, dealer, and friend of folk painter Minnie Evans. Additionally, the papers include biographical materials, writings, speeches, project files, printed material collected or authored by Starr, and hundreds of artistic and documentary photographs and negatives created by Starr depicting her travels, Minnie Evans' paintings, roadside folk art, and other topics.

Biographical materials are scattered and include grant and publication applications, curriculum vitae, lists of artwork, and miscellany.

Starr's lectures, writings, and project files are arranged into one series. They include Starr's student writings, a notebook about Civil Rights, files documenting her work on a Florida public housing project, the Southern Regional Council, and the League of Women Voters. A few files of general writings and lectures mostly concern folk artist Minnie Evans and the exhibition Women Photograph Men, held at the International Women's Arts Festival in 1976.

Subject files on artists, art history topics, photographers and photography (including Starr's work), and on folk artist and friend Minne Evans comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are a mix of collated materials and primary sources created by Starr and others and many contain correspondence, notes, photographs, and a few sketches and orginal prints. Also included are materials related to professional and organizational groups in which Starr was involved, including the Professional Women's Photographers, Inc., the Photographic Historical Society of New York, and the Museum of American Folk Art; files on several of Starr's exhibitions; and files on artists that contain printed materials, correspondence, and photographs. The file on Ruth Starr Rose contains prints and drawings. There are also photographs taken by Stephanie Cohen. Particularly rich files are found for Stephanie Cohen; Van Deren Coke, Director of the George Eastman Company; Evelyn Daitz, Director of the Witkin Gallery; Henry DiSpirito; Walker Evans; the Fotofolio printing company; curator Henri Ghent; photographer Consuelo Kanaga and husband Wallace Putnam; Margot Starr Kernan; Lucy Lippard; Stanton Mac-Donald Wright; Sharon Arts Center; photographer Paul Strand; curator John Szarwarski; and photographer Jerry Uelsman.

The collection also documents the friendship between painter Minnie Evans and Starr, and Starr's business dealings on Evans' behalf. There is correspondence about and with Evans, several sound recordings of interviews conducted by Starr and others with Evans, many with transcripts, financial documents, publications about Evans including exhibition catalogs, clippings, journal articles and monographs, two posters, a scrapbook, and one sketch by Evans.

Printed material includes published articles, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and clippings about Starr.

Photographic materials are extensive and include photographs and slides taken by Starr of friends, family, artwork by Minnie Evans, events, exhibition openings, world travels, and folk art, especially roadside. Prominent artists and art historians photographed include: photographers Maggie Sherwood, Naomi Savage, Barbara Morgan, Linda Connor, Aaron Siskind, Consuelo Kanaga, Faith Ringgold, and Walker Evans; sculptors Louise Kruger and Helene Brandt; feminist and art historian Pat Mainardi; and curators Henri Ghent and John Szarkowski. Starr's artistic photographic work is also represented, and includes two silver gelatin prints of Minnie Evans, and subject studies on hands, people, and nature, among others.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical material, 1954-circa 1990 (8 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Writings, Speeches and Projects, 1933-1995 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Subject Files, circa 1939-1996 (8.3 linear feet; Boxes 2-10)

Series 4: Minnie Evans, 1962-1996 (3.7 linear feet; Boxes 10-13, 23, OV 24)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1936-1995 (2.7 linear feet; Boxes 13-16, 23)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1939-1993 (5.4 linear feet; Boxes 16-23, OV 24)
Biographical / Historical:
Nina Howell Starr (1903-2000) was a photographer, art dealer, and art historian who worked primarily in New York City. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1903 as Cornelia Margaret Howell, Starr attended Wellesley College and graduated from Barnard in 1926. Also in 1926, she married Nathan Comfort Starr, an English professor, and, over the years the couple lived in Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida, and New York City.

In 1963, at the age of 60, Starr received the first M.F.A. in photography granted by the University of Florida. Starr exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions, including Magic Lantern (Photographer's Gallery, London, 1976), and the Strength of Women (Witken Gallery, 1991), and numerous shows featuring photographs of outsider art. Her "New Yorker" project became an exhibition in 2016. Her work is owned by several prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography.

As art historian, self-proclaimed critic, and civil rights and feminist advocate, Starr lectured widely, wrote articles and letters to editors, and corresponded with many notable art world figures. She became especially interested in outsider and folk art. Starr met outsider artist Minnie Evans in 1962 and became Evans' lifelong friend, advocate, and representative dealer. She wrote about Evans and introduced Evans' works to galleries and other exhibition spaces in New York, including the Whitney Museum, where she guest-curated an exhibition of Evans' work in 1975.

Starr was an active member of professional organizations including the Photographic Historical Society of New York, Professional Women's Photographers, Inc., and the Museum of American Folk Art where she served on the Advisory Committee.

Nina Howell Starr died in 2000 in Connecticut at the age of 97.
Provenance:
The Nina Howell Starr papers were donated by Nina Howell Starr in 1996.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Folk art  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
African American art  Search this
Folk art -- Photographs  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Photography  Search this
African American artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Interviews
Drawings
Sketches
Transcripts
Sound recordings
Prints
Citation:
Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.starnina
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Nina Howell Starr papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dccd352c-b391-49d6-ae20-8b00e1e280d3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-starnina
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Writings, Speeches and Projects

Collection Creator:
Starr, Nina Howell, 1903-2000  Search this
Extent:
1.1 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1933-1995
Scope and Contents:
This series includes writings, speeches, and projects. School records consist of college and graduate school notes and notebooks and Starr's thesis, "American Abstract Photography to 1930" (1963). Writings and speech materials are primarily about friend and artist Minnie Evans, and contain drafts of articles, notes, slides for the exhibition Women Photograph Men, held at the International Women's Arts Festival (1976), and scripts. There are also two speeches about race relations and writings and research that developed into publications and speeches, such as "Minnie Evans – Innocent Realist" and "Minnie Evans and Me". Project files document Starr's work on the Florida Public Housing Project and include notes and clippings on civil rights and race relations, and meeting minutes, notes, clippings, photographs, newsletters, and correspondence from the organizations Florida Council on Race Relations, Gainesville Council on Human Relations, League of Women Voters and the Southern Regional Council.
Arrangement:
The series is organized into groupings of writings, lectures and speeches, and projects.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.starnina, Series 2
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Nina Howell Starr papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a84323c8-bf1f-4dc5-91e3-0e21bab9bfbe
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-starnina-ref10

International Women's Arts Festival

Collection Creator:
Starr, Nina Howell, 1903-2000  Search this
Container:
Box 6, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1975-1978
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Nina Howell Starr papers
Nina Howell Starr papers / Series 3: Subject Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98928edca-bd2f-49a0-942d-609a66842151
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-starnina-ref166

Aleppo 8th international women art festival, 2010

Title:
International women art festival 2010
Author:
Touma, Issa  Search this
Le Pont Organization  Search this
Le Pont Gallery (Aleppo, Syria)  Search this
Physical description:
54 unnumbered pages illustrations (chiefly color), map 20 x 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2010
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Art  Search this
Femmes artistes  Search this
Call number:
N5068.M66 .A54 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158601

Alice Baber

Author:
Baber, Alice  Search this
Subject:
Baber, Alice  Search this
Physical description:
23 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 x 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1975
20th century
Topic:
Painters  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND237.B17 A45 1975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_735772

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