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Creator:
John Herron Art Institute  Search this
Subject:
Peat, Wilbur David  Search this
Albinson, Dewey  Search this
Baylinson, A. S.  Search this
Bell, Wenona Day  Search this
Benton, Thomas Hart  Search this
Biddle, George  Search this
Blume, Peter  Search this
Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard  Search this
Bohm, C. Curry  Search this
Borie, Adolphe  Search this
Borst, George H.  Search this
Brackman, Robert  Search this
Brecher, Samuel  Search this
Brook, Alexander  Search this
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim  Search this
Carian, Varaldo J.  Search this
Carpenter, E. F., Mrs  Search this
Carroll, John  Search this
Cikovsky, Nicolai  Search this
Cirino, Antonio  Search this
Clear, Charles Val  Search this
Cohen, Max B.  Search this
Curry, John Steuart  Search this
Davey, Randall  Search this
Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold)  Search this
Dickinson, Edwin Walter  Search this
Dougherty, Paul  Search this
Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this
Eddy, Henry S. (Henry Stephens)  Search this
Evans, Virginia Bargar  Search this
Fabrick, Anton Piers  Search this
Farnsworth, Jerry  Search this
Fiene, Ernest  Search this
Fitzpatrick, Kelly (John Kelly)  Search this
Folinsbee, John Fulton  Search this
Gailor, Charlotte  Search this
Garber, Daniel  Search this
Gilder, Robert F. (Robert Fletcher)  Search this
Glackens, William J.  Search this
Grabach, John R.  Search this
Greener, Charles T. (Charles Theodore)  Search this
Gruppe, Charles Paul  Search this
Higgins, Eugene  Search this
Hopper, Edward  Search this
Hunger, Bernard A.  Search this
Keller, Henry G.  Search this
King, Fanny Mahon  Search this
Klitgaard, Georgina  Search this
Kroll, Leon  Search this
Kuehne, Max  Search this
La Chance, Georges  Search this
Lucioni, Luigi  Search this
Marsh, Reginald  Search this
Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis)  Search this
McFee, Henry Lee  Search this
Hofmeier, Miriam McKinnie  Search this
Millet, Clarence  Search this
Moffett, Ross  Search this
Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis)  Search this
Mulhaupt, Frederick J.  Search this
Myers, Jerome  Search this
Nayland, Watson  Search this
Newcombe, Warren  Search this
Peirce, Waldo  Search this
Perrine, Van Dearing  Search this
Philipp, Robert  Search this
Phillips, Marjorie  Search this
Plaschke, Paul Albert  Search this
Redfield, Edward Willis  Search this
Reed, Doel  Search this
Rosen, Charles  Search this
Rowan, Edward Beatty  Search this
Rush, Olive  Search this
Ryder, Chauncey F.  Search this
Savage, Eugene F.  Search this
Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest)  Search this
Sepeshy, Zoltan  Search this
Sewall, Edward  Search this
Seyffert, Leopold  Search this
Sheets, Nan  Search this
Simkhovitch, Simka  Search this
Singer, Clyde  Search this
Smith, Judson  Search this
Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this
Speight, Francis  Search this
Sterne, Maurice  Search this
Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this
Tromka, Abram  Search this
Verner, Elizabeth O'Neill  Search this
Warren, Ferdinand E.  Search this
Waugh, Frederick Judd  Search this
Weber, Max  Search this
Wilcox, Lois  Search this
Wiltz, Arnold  Search this
Wood, Grant  Search this
Wrenn, Harold Holmes  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet, (on 1 microfilm reel)
Access Note / Rights:
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.
Summary:
Correspondence of director Wilbur D. Peat. Many of the letters are from well-known artists of the 1920s and 1930s relating to their contributions to an exhibition of American paintings which Peat was assembling in 1932-1933. [Microfilm title: The Herron Museum of Art]
Correspondents include: Dewey Albinson, A. S. Baylinson, Wenona Day Bell, Thomas H. Benton, George Biddle, Peter Blume, Ernest Blumenschein, C. Curry Bohm, Adolphe Borie, George H. Borst, Robert Brackman, Samuel Brecher, Alexander Brook, Charles E. Burchfield, Varaldo J. Carian, Mrs. E. F. Carpenter, John Carroll, Nicolai Cikovsky, Antonio Cirino, Charles Val Clear, Max B. Cohen, John S. Curry, Randall Davey, Charles H. Davis, Edwin Dickinson, Paul Dougherty, Susan M. Eakins, Henry S. Eddy, Virginia B. Evans, Jerry Farnsworth, Ernest Fiene, John K. Fitzpatrick, John F. Folinsbee, Anton P. Fabrick, Charlotte Gailor, Daniel Garber, Robert F. Gilder, William J. Glackens, John R. Grabach, Charles T. Greener, Charles P. Gruppe,
Eugene Higgins, Edward Hopper, Bernard A. Hunger, Henry G. Keller, Fanny M. King, Georgina Klitgaard, Leon Kroll, Max Kuehne, Georges La Chance, Luigi Lucioni, Reginald Marsh, Henry E. Mattson, Henry Lee McFee, Miriam McKinnie, Clarence Millet, Ross E. Moffett, Francis Mora, Frederick Mulhaupt, Jerome Myers, Watson Nayland, Warren Newcombe, Waldo Peirce, Van Dearing Perrine, Robert Philipp, Abraham Phillips (Tromka), Majorie Phillips, Paul A. Plaschke, Edward Redfield, Doel Reed, Charles Rosen, Edward B. Rowan, Olive Rush, Chauncey Ryder, Eugene F. Savage, Henry Schnakenberg, Zoltan Sepeshy, Edward Sewall, Leopold Seyffert, Nan Sheets, Simka Simkhovitch, Clyde J. Singer, Judson Smith,
Eugene Speicher, Francis Speight, Maurice Sterne, Alfred Stieglitz (letter written on the back of Peat's letter to Georgia O'Keeffe and written for her), Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Ferdinand E. Warren, Frederick Judd Waugh, Max Weber, Lois Wilcox, Arnold Wiltz, Grant Wood, and Harold Holmes Wrenn.
Citation:
Wilbur D. Peat correspondence, 1929-1936. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel D131 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
The John Herron Art Institute became the Indianapolis Museum of Art ca. 1969-1970. Peat was director 1929-1965.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1962 by the John Herron Museum of Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American -- Exhibitions  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8509
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210686
AAA_collcode_johnherr
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210686