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Creator:
Levy, Florence N. (Florence Nightingale), 1870-1947  Search this
Extent:
6.6 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 5 reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Date:
1890-1947
Scope and Contents:
Letters, scrapbooks, subject files, and printed material, much of it related to her work as editor of American Art Annual and her guidebooks to art in New York.
REELS D43-D46: Scrapbooks, 1890-1920's, containing newspaper clippings and articles reflecting a wide variety of interests in the art world files of obituary notices collected for the American Art Annual; and subject files containing clippings, letters, pamphlets and handbooks on collectors and private collections, art work in and around New York, mural and fresco work in New York public buildings, and art in New York churches.
REEL N12: Correspondence, 1890-1947; minutes of American Art Annual, 1903-1914; writings on art education and other topics in the form of lectures, radio scripts, book reviews, and articles; clippings; and miscellany.
UNMICROFILMED Ca. 7000 file cards of biographical material used in compiling American Art Annual.
Biographical / Historical:
Editor and art historian; New York City. Founder and art editor of American Art Annual, 1898-1917. On staff of Metropolitian Museum of Art, 1908-1917. Director, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1922-1926. Author of Art in New York; a Guide to Things Worth Seeing (1916, 1922, and 1939).
Related Materials:
Florence Nightingale Levy papers, 1870-1947, are located at The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts.
Provenance:
Material on reels D43-D46 and unmicrofilmed material donated by the library of the Metropolitian Museum of Art, 1956-1961. Material on reel N12 was microfilmed in 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Editors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Artists -- United States -- Directories  Search this
Art -- Periodicals  Search this
Art -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Church decoration and ornament -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Scrapbooks
Identifier:
AAA.levyflor
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f45068fb-040e-4bdd-b1b1-fb9ea7b6427b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-levyflor