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Creator:

Hughes, Daisy Marguerite, 1883-1968  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1925-circa 1968

Summary:

The scattered papers of painter, lithographer, and art teacher Daisy Marguerite Hughes measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1925 to circa 1968. Found is a biographical sketch, printed material, and eight sketchbooks containing pencil and watercolor sketches.

Scope and Contents:

The scattered papers of painter, lithographer, and art teacher Daisy Marguerite Hughes measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1925 to circa 1968. Found is a biographical sketch, printed material, and eight sketchbooks containing pencil and watercolor sketches.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Daisy Marguerite Hughes (1883-1968) was a painter and lithographer in Los Angeles, California. Hughes studied art at the Art Students League in New York in the mid-1920s. She exhibited locally and taught art in the public schools.

Provenance:

The Daisy Marguerite Hughes papers were donated in 1995 by art historian Nancy Moure. Moure acquired the papers from Michael Tierney of La Crescenta, California, who purchased them at a flea market.

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 -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Lithographers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Art teachers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women art teachers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Daisy Marguerite Hughes sketchbooks and papers, 1925-circa 1968. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

AAA.hughdais

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Daisy Marguerite Hughes sketchbooks and papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9aaf800aa-c5ea-4476-a852-a805eb4a89f6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hughdais

Interviewee:

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Hall, Parker  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Allied Artists Guild  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Bertrand, Ray, 1909-  Search this

Gaethke, George, 1898-  Search this

Neininger, Urban  Search this

O'Higgins, Pablo, 1904-  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

44 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 July 27

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Maxine Albro and Parker Hall conducted by Mary McChesney on 1964 July 27 for the Archives of American Art.

Albro speaks of her educational background including her work with Paul O'Higgins and as an assistant to Diego Rivera; of fresco and mosaic techniques; her mural at Coit Tower for the Public Works of Art Project; mosaics at San Francisco State College; her relationship with George Gaethke, Urban Neininger, Ralph Stackpole, Bernard Zakheim, and others; the Allied Artists Guild; the influence of the Federal Art Project on her career; and Ray Bertrand's lithography project. Parker Hall comments on his fresco at Coit Tower and other projects. Also present at the interview is Robert McChesney.

Biographical / Historical:

Maxine Albro (1903-1966) was a mural painter and mosaicist in Carmel, California. Her husband, Parker Hall, is a mural painter.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 26 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Muralists -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Lithographers -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Painters -- California  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.albro64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d877d3d1-f351-436b-9923-9fe358a1c582

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-albro64

Interviewee:

Schwartz, Joe, 1913-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Gardullo, Paul, 1968-  Search this

Subject:

Miller, James A  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Joe Schwartz, 2010 April 25-26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Lithographers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Photographers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15898

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)296243

AAA_collcode_schwar10

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_296243

Creator:

Nanao, Kenjilo, 1929-2013  Search this

Names:

Nanao, Gail Chadell  Search this

Extent:

10.9 Linear feet

0.706 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Drawings

Date:

circa 1885-2017

bulk 1970-2000

Summary:

The papers of California-based painter and educator Kenjilo Nanao measure 10.9 linear feet and date from circa 1885-1887 and circa 1949-2017, with the bulk of the papers dating from 1970 to 2000. The papers document Nanao's career through biographical material; correspondence with friends, family, artists, universities, and museums; journals; professional files such as teaching files, gallery records and financial records; printed materials, photographs, sketchbooks and drawings.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of California-based painter and educator Kenjilo Nanao measure 10.9 linear feet and date from circa 1885-1887 and circa 1949-2017, with the bulk of the papers dating from 1970 to 2000. The papers document Nanao's career through biographical material; correspondence with friends, family, artists, universities, and museums; journals; professional files such as teaching files, gallery records and financial records; printed materials, photographs, sketchbooks and drawings.

Biographical material includes address books, forms of international identification, travel documents, and interviews in the form of written typescripts and digital audio recordings.

Correspondence is between Kenjilo Nanao and friends, family, and other artists in both English and Japanese. Notable correspondents include John and Kati Casida, William Hyland, Fumiyo and Jun Kaneko, son Max Nanao, Nathan Oliveira, Mel Ramos, and others. There are also several journals of letter drafts by Kenjilo Nanao. This series also includes letters addressed to Nanao's wife Gail from various individuals.

There are numerous journals which contain entries on daily activities, but also include Kenjilo Nanao's thoughts on art, to-do lists, and some sketches in watercolor and charcoal. Later journals are titled and dedicated to specific travels abroad.

Professional files include appointment books, teaching files from California State University at Hayward, studio documents, assorted ledgers, and lithography course materials.

Printed material includes exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, magazines, posters, books written in Japanese, and other miscellaneous materials.

Photographs depict Nanao's family and friends, with a few images of artwork and exhibitions, and one small album of photographs of a house and neighborhood in Japan.

The artwork series mostly consists of sketchbooks, as well as some loose drawings and watercolors.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 7 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1960-circa 2017 (0.4 Linear Feet, 0.706 GB; Box 1, ER01)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1961-2013 (4.6 Linear Feet; Boxes 1-5, 12, OV 13)

Series 3: Journals, circa 1947-2013 (3.8 Linear Feet; Boxes 5-9, 12)

Series 4: Professional Files, circa 1967-2011 (0.8 Linear Feet; Boxes 9-10, OV 14)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1885-1887, circa 1968-2013 (0.6 Linear Feet; Box 10, OV 14)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1960-2011 (0.1 Linear Feet; Box 10)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1964-2013 (0.6 Linear Feet; Boxes 10-12)

Biographical / Historical:

Kenjilo Nanao (1929-2013) was a painter and printmaker in San Francisco, California.

Nanao was born in Aomori, Japan, and graduated with a degree in economics in 1953 from Nihon University before immigrating to the United States to study art in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received a bachelor's degree from the California School of Fine Arts in 1963 as well as a masters of fine arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1971, where he studied under Nathan Oliveira and met his wife and fellow artist, Gail Chadell Nanao.

Kenjilo's primary artistic medium was lithography in which he became known for Surrealist minimal figurative compositions. Eventually he immersed himself in painting in an Abstract Expressionist style that became his main form of artistic production from the 1980s on. Nanao taught lithography and painting at California State University at Hayward from 1971-1990, and lectured at various other schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, City of San Francisco, Pasadena Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Honolulu Academy of Art, Gruenwald (University of California, Los Angeles), the Achenbach Foundation, and others.

Kenjilo Nanao died in Berkeley, CA in 2013 and is survived by his wife and son Max.

Provenance:

The Kenjilo Nanao papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 2016 and 2018 by Gail Nanao, Kenjilo Nanao's widow.

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.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. 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:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Educators -- California  Search this

Lithographers -- California  Search this

Topic:

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American printmakers  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Drawings

Citation:

Kenjilo Nanao papers, circa 1885-1887, circa 1949-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.nanakenj

See more items in:

Kenjilo Nanao papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9496e27a8-fbe8-42d4-b862-c730a2a51d1e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nanakenj

Interviewee:

Schwartz, Joe, 1913-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Gardullo, Paul, 1968-  Search this

Miller, James A.  Search this

Extent:

83 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2010 April 25-26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Joe Schwartz conducted 2010 April 25 and 26, by Paul Gardullo and James A. Miller, for the Archives of American Art, at Schwartz's home, in Atascadero, Calif.

Biographical / Historical:

Joe Schwartz (1913-2013) was a photographer and lithographer in Atascadero, California. Paul Gardullo (1968- ) is a curator at National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. James A. Miller is a professor at George Washington University.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 memory cards as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 45 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Lithographers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Photographers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Brown Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.schwar10

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b2b96062-bcaf-430a-8596-e4fc3830054c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-schwar10

Creator:

Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this

Names:

Tamarind Institute  Search this

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Antreasian, Garo Z., 1922-2018  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-2008  Search this

Francis, Sam, 1923-1994  Search this

Hultberg, John, 1922-  Search this

McLaughlin, John, 1898-1976  Search this

Schwartz, Aubrey, 1928-  Search this

Wayne, June, 1918-2011  Search this

Woelffer, Emerson, 1914-2003  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot (Gift: (partially microfilmed on 2 reels))

37 Reels (Loan)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1954-1984

Scope and Contents:

Artists' files; institutional files; printed material and photographs.

REELS 2866-2878: Artists' files, 1960-1981, containing biographical data, correspondence, project proposals, contract agreements, invoices, receipts, newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and press releases.

REELS 2952-2975: Organizational files, 1958-1972, containing Board member's and Board of Directors correspondence, 1958-1972, Executive Committee minutes and panel of selection correspondence and recommendations; correspondence of Garo Antreasian, Clinton Adams, John Sommers and June Wayne, 1954-1973; grant applications from Manolis Piladakis, Noemi Smilansky and other artists; data on staff, including biographical data, employment contracts and printed material; and material on printer training programs, artists, writers, printers and curators.

REEL 3051: Files, 1960-1978, containing correspondence with artists, Board of Directors, Panel of Selections, Clinton Adams, Garo Antreasian, June Wayne and others; and printer evaluation reports and general correspondence.

REELS 3052-3055: Organizational files, 1959-1981, containing correspondence, information on fellowships and printer and curatorial training, biographical data, printed material, photographs of artists and printers, progress reports and proposals, financial material and printed material; 4 scrapbooks of printed material, 1960-1972; and photographs of artists, printers, the studio, staff parties, workshops, special projects and lithographs. [261 duplicate prints of some of the above photos were given to the Archives April 2, 1984 for study purposes only].

UNMICROFILMED: Printed material, 1958-1984, including catalogs, brochures, exhibition catalogs and publications by the workshop and institute; price lists of Tamarind lithography editions, 1983-1984; publications concerning the art and technique of lithography and the marketing of prints; and photographs of William Brice, Sam Francis, John Hultberg, John D. McLaughlin, Aubrey E. Schwartz and Emerson Woelffer with June Wayne working in the studio.

REEL 439-440 AND SCANNED Seventeen photos of artists, previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists I, and subsequently scanned and returned to the Tamarind records. Artists include: Annie Albers, Josef Albers, William Brice, Richard Diebendorn, Sam Francis, John Hultberg, John McLaughlin, Nathan Loiveria, Henry C. Pearson, Miriam Schapiro, Aubrey Schwartz, Esteban Vicente, Romas Viesulas, Emerson Woelffer, and Adja Yunkers.

Biographical / Historical:

Lithography workshop; Los Angeles, Calif. Founded in 1960 by Garo Antreasian, Clinton Adams and June Wayne. Relocated to Albuquerque, N.M., 1970, by Adams and Antreasian and re-established as the Tamarind Institute.

Provenance:

Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project, 1983-1984. Unmicrofilmed material and 261 duplicate prints of some photos on reels 3052-3055 donated 1984 by the Tamarind Institute via Clinton Adams, director.

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.

Reel 3051 is ACCESS RESTRICTED written permission is required.

Occupation:

Lithographers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Printmakers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

Lithography -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles -- Study and teaching  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- California

Identifier:

AAA.tamalitw

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ab157c11-e68a-4d41-ab4c-a3ac881d1cd7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-tamalitw

Creator:

Wayne, June, 1918-2011  Search this

Extent:

8.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1945-1981

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, writings and speeches by June Wayne.

REELS 2303-2314: Correspondence with artists, museums, curators, art organizations, legislators and others; and writings and speeches by Wayne.

Biographical / Historical:

June Wayne (1918-2011) was a painter and lithographer in Los Angeles, Calif.

Provenance:

Donated 1981 by June Wayne.

Restrictions:

Reels 2303-2314: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Rights:

Reels 2303-2314: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Robin Park or Ariane Junah Claire. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Lithographers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.waynjune

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96b55c5c0-411b-4d5c-95b5-1176b9bd16b6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-waynjune