Correspondence, notes and writings, project files, printed material, photographs, and art work primarily concerning Aschenbach's involvement with the Vermont International Sculpture Symposia (1968, 1971), and other projects he participated in, most relating to sculpture and its role in the community.
Included are biographical material; correspondence, 1965-1975, primarily related to Aschenbach's coordination of the Vermont International Sculpture Symposia of 1968 and 1971, the Sculpture on the Highway project, ca. 1971, and to his association with the Vermont Marble Company. Correspondence with artists participating in the Symposia include Karl Prantl, Jasuo Mizui, Herbert Baumann, Erich Reischke, Barna von Sartory, Philip Pavia, Kenneth Campbell, Clement Meadmore, Isaac Witkin, Eduardo Ramirez, James Silva, and Rudolf Uher. Notes and writings include unmailed letters to Aschenbach, ca. 1973-1974, written by his wife, June.
Project files, 1968-1975, contain correspondence, notes and writings, printed material, invoices, receipts, mailing lists, reference material, biographical material on participating artists, and photographs for the Vermont International Sculpture Symposia, Danby Sculpture Works, Inc., Danby-Currier Memorial Sculpture Project and other sculpture projects. Printed material, 1957-1978, includes newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, and annual reports.
Photographs consist of Aschenbach at work, his finished sculptures, and a few personal photographs. Works of art include a variety of Aschenbach's studies and sketches for sculptures, executed in watercolor, pencil, felt pen, woodblock and chalk, and an unbound booklet of anonymous wood engravings.
Biographical / Historical:
Sculptor; Vermont. b. 1921; d. 1994. Organized the Vermont International Sculpture Symposium in 1968 and 1971, which supported stone sculpture by several sculptors for installation in rest areas along the Vermont Interstate Highways 89 and 91.
Provenance:
Donated 1983 by Paul Aschenbach.
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Collection Citation:
Jacques Lipchitz papers and Bruce Bassett papers concerning Jacques Lipchitz, circa 1910-2001, bulk 1941-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by The Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation, Inc.
This series consists of letters exchanged between Lazzari, family members, and colleagues. Over one hundred letters from the Federal Works Agency and the Treasury Department Section of Painting and Sculpture concern post office murals for towns in Florida, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Five letters from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration contain 23 photographs of astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt preparing for an Apollo 17 mission to the moon. Lazzari also received at least one letter each from Jacqueline Kennedy, Duncan Phillips, Eleanor Roosevelt, industrialist John Rust, and socialist Norman Thomas.
See Appendix for a list of selected correspondents in Series 2.
Arrangement note:
Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Appendix: Selected Correspondents in Series 2:
Aguilera, Francisco: undated (1 letter)
Albergo Saturnia, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Alberts: Russell Alberts-Laura Langdon Antiques: undated (1 letter)
Alexander Gallery: undated (1 letter)
Allied Publications, Inc.: 1965 (1 letter)
Alterman, Selma: undated (1 letter)
Ambasciata d'Italia: 1950-1973 (3 letters)
Ambasciatore d'Italia: undated and 1971 (2 letters)
America-Italy Society: 1956 (1 letter)
American Academy in Rome: 1955 (2 letters)
American Artists Professional League: 1949-1955 (3 letters)
American Battle Monuments Commission: 1959 (1 letter)
American Commission for Cultural Exchange with Italy (Fulbright grant): 1950-1954 (2 letters)
American Federation of Arts: 1951-1956 (2 letters)
American Red Cross: 1943-1945 (6 letters)
American University: 1947-1967 (5 letters)
Amici, Alfredo: 1948-1959 (6 letters)
Amministrazione Erdi M.se Saverio Patrizi: 1969 (2 letters)
Andori, Adolfo: 1913-1916 (3 letters)
Anderson, Wayne V.: 1956 (1 letter)
Andrade, Victor: undated (1 letter)
Angelelli, Augusta: 1972 (1 letter)
Angiolillo, Giuseppe: 1967-1972 (9 letters)
Anson, Cherrill: 1998 (1 letter)
Appleby, J. Scott: 1952-1961 (9 letters); see Life Insurance Company of Georgia
Aquil, Preta: 1921 (1 letter)
Architectural League of New York: 1955 (3 letters)
Aristide, Zio (?): 1926 (1 letter)
Arndal, Kersten: 1970-1977 (2 letters)
Art Direction -- magazine: 1956 (1 letter)
Art in Federal Buildings, Inc.: 1943 (1 letter)
Art Institute of Chicago: 1944-1956 (11 letters)
Artists Equity Association: undated and 1949-1972 (7 letters)
Artists for Victory: 1942-1943 (7 letters including a prospectus for "America in the War" exhibition)
Conant, Howard (New York University): 1956 (1 letter)
Connolley, Robert Emmet: 1947-1950 (8 letters)
Console Generale d'Italia: 1965 (1 letter)
Constantino, C.: 1967 (1 letter)
Cook, Elizabeth: [1946] (1 letter)
Cooke: Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation: 1974-1975 (3 letters); see National Aeronautics and Space Administration; see National Gallery of Art
Cooper, Alice J.: 1927 (1 letter)
Corcoran Gallery of Art: undated and 1951-1981 (37 letters)
Corsi, Emma and W. Edward: 1928 (1 letter)
Cosgrove, Jessica (Mrs. John O'Hara Cosgrove): 1928-1930 (22 letters)
Cosgrove, John O'Hara (editor of -- New York World): -- undated and 1927-1929 (7 letters)
Costintin, Celestino and Emilia: 1916-1971 (6 letters)
Cotzia, Pasquale: 1966-1968 (2 letters)
Coughlin, Clarence John: 1948 (1 letter)
Crimi: undated (1 letter)
Crosby, Caresse (Crosby Gallery of Modern Art): undated and 1945-1969 (14 letters)
Crossley, Kay A.: 1966 (1 letter)
Cullen, Amelia: undated (1 letter)
Cusumono, Stefano: 1947-1951 (3 letters)
Daloni, Edith B.: 1928 (1 letter)
Damer, Veffarghi: 1919 (1 letter)
Damiani, Angelo: 1921 (1 letter)
Dane, C. K.: 1965 (1 letter)
Dean, Edward: 1940 (1 letter)
Debs: Eugene V. Debs Foundation: 1965-1966 (3 letters including 6 photographs with Norman Thomas); see United Auto Workers
de Chetelat, Mr.: mentioned in letter dated 1928
de Chirico, Giorgio: mentioned in undated invitation from Ambasciatore d'Italia
DeLano, Agnes: undated (1 letter)
De Medio, Americo: 1963-1976 (32 letters)
De Medio, Vincenzo: undated and 1970-1977 (3 letters)
Demiddi, Alberto: undated and 1972 (3 letters)
De Mont, Nany and Eugene: undated (1 letter)
Dernay, Eugene: 1945-1959 (4 letters)
Design in Steel Award Program: 1972 (1 letter)
Dictionary of International Biography: 1974 (1 letter)
Diller, Burgoyne: see Federal Art Project
Dipanfilo, Pio: 1949-1968 (10 letters)
Di Raimondo, Vicenzo: 1920-1928 (7 letters)
District of Columbia Board of Commissioners: 1959 (1 letter)
District of Columbia Department of Public Welfare: 1958 (1 letter)
District of Columbia Juvenile Court: 1964 (1 letter)
District of Columbia Recreation Board: 1963 (1 letter)
Dole (?), Louis: 1923 (1 letter)
Dollinger, Josef: undated (1 letter)
Donaldson, Leota L.: undated (2 letters)
Donaldson, Renee: undated (1 letter)
Douglas, Paul F.: 1951 (1 letter)
Dretzin, S. C.: 1950 (1 letter)
Draper, Warren A.: 1944 (1 letter)
Dumbarton College: 1949-1951 (3 letters)
Duncan and Duncan Chinese Shop: 1964 (1 letter)
Dunham, Dr. G. C.: 1944 (1 letter re: portrait of Dr. Sawyer)
Duproix, Eunice: 1928 (1 letter)
Durbin, Jack: 1960 (1 letter)
Editions du Griffon, Neuchatel, Suisse: 1964 (3 letters)
Edsor, Mary: 1928 (1 letter)
Elenbrock, Gretel: 1927 (3 letters)
Elkins: Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Arts of Temple University: 1956 (1 letter)
Eng, Ernest: 1959 (1 letter)
Ernesto Desideri: 1915 (3 letters)
Evening Star -- newspaper, Washington, D.C.: 1957 (1 letter)
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union: 1944 (1 letter)
Fasola, Roberto: 1948-1949 (2 letters)
Federal Art Project: 1938-1939 (4 letters)
Federal Works Agency, Public Buildings Administration: 1940-1947 (70 letters re: murals for the Brevard, N.C. post office, the North Bergen, N.J. post office, and the Jasper, Florida post office, including a contract, 2 photographs, and 2 sketches for a mural)
Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration: 1941-1942 (2 letters)
Fellowship of Reconciliation and War Resisters League: [1945] (1 letter)
Ferargil Gallery: 1941 (1 letter)
Ferreri, Elena: 1938 (1 letter)
Figoullo, Adriano: 1912 (1 letter)
Fiore, Ilario and Titta: 1966-1967 (5 letters)
Fitzwater, Aldace: 1950 (1 letter)
Florentine Gallery: 1956 (4 letters)
Fogle, Bruce: 1927 (1 letter)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: 1956 (1 letter)
Force, Mrs.: undated (1 letter)
Foreign Service of the United States of America: 1950 (3 letters)
Foresti, Arnaldo: 1948-1949 (2 letters)
Fortas, Abe: 1956 (1 letter)
Fortune -- magazine: 1944-1956 (2 letters)
Francis, Emily A.: 1951 (3 letters)
Franco, Johan: 1966 (2 letters)
Frankel, Samuel: undated (1 letter)
Freeman: Carl M. Freeman Associates, Inc.: 1963 (1 letter)
Frisine, Robert: 1967 (1 letter)
Frost, Phillip: 1981 (1 letter)
Fujita, Mr.: 1957 (1 letter)
Fulbright grant: see American Commission for Cultural Exchange with Italy
Fuller, Eve Alsman (Miami, Fl. post office): 1938 (1 letter)
Gabetti: undated (1 letter)
Galarza, Ernesto and Mae: (National Farm Labor Union; National Agricultural Workers Union): undated and 1944-1978 (27 letters); see Landon School for Boys; see Perkins, Milo
Galerie Internationale: 1965 (1 letter)
Galerie Schindler: undated and 1965-1972 (12 letters)
Gallaudet College: 1963-1970 (14 letters, including a contract)
Gallenga: 1951 (1 letter)
Gaspari, Mario P.: 1966 (1 letter)
Georgetown University Fine Arts Club: 1960 (1 letter)
George Washington University: 1965 (1 letter)
Giovannetti, Alberto: 1966 (1 letter)
Giovanni, Sebastiani: 1921 (1 letter)
Giricosnelli, Emilio: 1918 (1 letter)
Gobbi, Adolfo: 1928 (1 letter)
Goldberg, Dorothy and Arthur: 1964-1965 (3 letters)
Goldsmith, Alberto R.: 1947-1968 (3 letters)
Gonzales, Angelino: 1951-1975 (11 letters)
Gotham Book Mart: 1968 (1 letter)
Graham, John: 1948 (1 letter)
Granati, Pasquale: 1918 (1 letter)
Grand Central Art Galleries: 1956 (1 letter)
Grant, Blanche C.: undated (1 letter)
Grebanier, Barnard: 1961 (1 letter)
Greene, Hope Margaret: 1926-[1927] (2 letters)
Gualdi, Luigi: 1947-1949 (11 letters)
Guarino, A.: undated letters to Mabel McMahon and Guiolitta Sartori
Guggenheim: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: 1937-1971 (5 letters)
Guggenheim: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: 1956-1960 (3 letters)
Gutheim, Frederick: 1956 (1 letter)
Haarlem House, Inc.: 1926 (1 letter)
Hahn, Rosemarie E.: 1961 (1 letter)
Halle, Kay: 1972 (1 letter)
Hammerle, Brooke: 1966 (1 letter)
Hansen, Jane: 1954 (1 letter)
Hardman, Virginia: undated (1 letter)
Harrison & Abramovitz, Architects: 1956 (1 letter)
Harrison, Charles H.: 1949 (1 letter)
Hart, Earl: mentioned in an undated letter
Hartley, Bettina: undated (1 letter)
Hartman Galleries, Inc.: 1973 (1 letter)
Hayward: City of Hayward, California: 1965 (1 letter)
Health, Education, and Welfare Employees' Association: 1962 (1 letter)
Hechinger, June: undated (1 letter)
Heilbron, Edna: 1972 (1 letter)
Heinemann, Mark: undated (1 letter)
Herzbrunn, Josef: 1949 (1 letter)
Heywood, Carmen: 1948 (1 letter)
Hollander, Cornelia: undated (1 letter)
Holvey, Sam: undated (1 letter)
Holy See: Permanent Observer of the Holy See: 1966 (1 letter)
Hom Gallery: 1972 (1 letter)
Horrocks, E. Joan: 1971 (1 letter)
Hotel Beau Site, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Hotel de la Ville, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Hotel Hassler, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Hotel Pension Alexandra, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Hotel Windsor, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Hough, Edith Louise: 1952 (1 letter)
Illinois State Historical Library: 1965 (1 letter)
Il Messaggero: 1928 (1 letter)
Immigration and Naturalization Service: 1976 (1 letter)
Institute for International Education: 1963 (1 letter)
Institute for the Arts of the Archdiocese of Washington: 1978 (2 letters)
Institute of Contemporary Art: 1956 (2 letters)
Institute of Gerontology: 1970 (1 letter)
International Directory of Arts: 1982 (1 letter)
Isherwood, Christopher: undated (1 letter)
Istituzione Maddalena Aulina: 1966 (1 letter)
Jacometti, Nesto: 1972 (1 letter)
Jaffe, Norman: 1964 (1 letter)
Janus, Virginia: 1929 (2 letters)
Jelleff: Frank R. Jelleff, Inc.: 1949 (1 letter)
Jennoff?, Peter L.: undated (1 letter)
Jewish Social Service Agency: 1967 (1 letter)
Johnston, L. R.: 1932 (2 letters)
Jones, Dorothea and Stuart E.: 1955 (3 letters)
Jones, George Lewis: 1961 (1 letter)
Jopp, Fred Gilman: 1936 (1 letter)
Josephy, Diane ( -- Time): -- 1968 (1 letter)
Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art: 1956-1960 (2 letters)
Jurin, Benjamin M.: undated (1 letter)
Kagy, Virginia and Sheffield: 1948 (1 letter)
Kahles, Jessie: 1940-1948 (3 letters)
Kennedy, Jacqueline: May 19, 1960
Letters from White House Social Secretary: 1961-1963 (5 letters)
Kerensky, Alexander: 1965 (1 letter)
King Features Syndicate, Inc.: 1943 (1 letter)
King, Marion: 1952 (1 letter)
King, Rufus: 1975 (1 letter)
Kneifel, Mr.: 1956 (1 letter from Lazzari)
Kramer, Herbert (Congregazione del Preziosissimo Sangue): 1950 (1 letter)
Krishnamurti, Jack: 1959 (1 letter)
Kurzland, Toby: 1991 (1 letter)
La Follia: 1926 (1 letter)
La Galleria: 1972 (1 letter)
Landon School for Boys: 1944 (1 letter re: Ernesto Galarza)
Landu, Consuelo: 1948 (1 letter)
Lanier, Fanita: see Ruffiner, Willis E.
La Revue Moderne: 1961 (3 letters)
La Rocca, Principessa de: 1968 (1 letter)
Latif, Bilkeer: undated (1 letter)
Law, L. S.: 1932 (2 letters of recommendation for Lazzari)
Lawton, Thomas: 1974 (1 letter)
Lazzari, Attilio: 1922 (1 letter)
Lazzari, (Grace) Elizabeth Paine: undated and 1920-1951 (69 letters)
Letters from Pietro to Elizabeth: 1928-1929 (52 letters)
Lazzari, Evelyn Cohen: undated and 1948-1965 (6 letters)
Letters from Pietro to Evelyn: undated and 1932-1966 (49 letters, including one with a photograph of friends)
Lazzari, Fernanda (sister) and Vittoria: 1915-1949 (11 letters)
Lazzari, Leno: 1918-1929 (2 letters)
Lebanon: Embassy of Lebanon, Washington: 1956 (1 letter)
Lee, Amy: Nov 01, 1974 (letter from Lazzari); 1975 (1 letter)
Lee, Dal: 1954 (1 letter)
Lee, Pearl: undated (1 letter)
Levy, Sid A.: undated (1 letter)
Library of Congress: undated and 1965-1982 (6 letters)
Licciardi, Pietro: undated (1 letter)
Licinio Cappelli: 1949 (1 letter)
Life Insurance Company of Georgia: 1954 (2 letters)
Little Gallery: see Carolan, Anna B.
Lobatini, G.: undated (1 letter)
Loccatelli, Giulio: 1956-1958 (2 letters)
Lombaro (?), Patricia: 1961 (1 letter)
Loughlin, Dr. John J.: 1936-1940 (2 letters)
Lousine, L.: undated (1 letter)
Luccia, Enrico: undated and 1928-1977 (19 letters)
Lucibello, Luigi: Jan 12, 1965
Lucifero, Alfonso: Jan 13, 1912 (letter from Ministero delle Finanze)
McAfee, Don: 1955-1969 (3 letters); see Watergate Construction Corp.
McGinnis, Paul: 1988 (1 letter)
McIlhenny, Henry P.: 1949 (1 letter)
McIntyre, W. A.: undated (1 letter)
McKeogh, Elsie: 1954 (1 letter)
McKonish, Margaret: 1949 (1 letter)
McMahon, Mabel: undated (1 letter from A. Guarino)
Meert, Margaret Mullin: 1948 (2 letters)
Meeting House Gallery: 1972 (1 letter)
Meguin, A.: undated (1 letter)
Menard, G.: 1928 (1 letter)
Men of Achievement: 1974-1975 (2 letters)
Mensh, Elizabeth: 1978 (1 letter)
Merritt, Polly: undated (1 letter)
Messina, Joseph R.: 1971 (1 letter)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1951 (1 letter)
Miami Museum of Modern Art: 1965-1968 (7 letters)
Miki, Suizan: undated (1 letter)
Mills, Harrington: 1933 (1 letter)
Ming, Wang (National Art & Frame Co.): 1968 (1 letter)
Mitchell, Austin: 1946 (1 letter)
Montgomery County Art Association: 1961 (1 letter)
Moore, Norman Perry: 1927-1928 (2 letters)
Moore, Paul: 1970 (1 letter)
Morey, Mr.: [1950] (1 letter)
Morott, Aristodemi: 1918 (1 letter)
Morrison, Lillian: 1971 (1 letter)
Mortot, Virgilio: undated and 1962-1964 (4 letters)
Morvidi, Maria: 1918 (1 letter)
Moskin, Ruth: undated (1 letter)
Mullins, Mrs.: undated (1 letter)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: undated and 1955 (2 letters)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: 1964 (2 letters)
Museum of Modern Art: 1949-1973 (3 letters); see Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art
Myers, Eugene Ekander: 1976 (1 letter)
National Academy of Design: [1939] (1 letter)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 1962-1973 (5 letters including 4 photographs of artwork and 23 photographs of astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt preparing for an Apollo 17 mission to the moon; an Apollo translunar/transearth trajectory plotting chart; an Apollo lunar orbit chart; and an Apollo earth orbit chart); see Cooke: Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation
National Cyclopedia of American Biography: 1979 (1 letter)
National Gallery of Art: undated and 1956-1974 (7 letters)
National Housing Center: 1961 (2 letters)
National Investigations Committee on Aerian Phenomena: 1957 (1 letter)
National Society of Arts and Letters: 1952 (1 letter)
National Society of Mural Painters: 1940-1963 (3 letters)
National Student Art Tour: 1949 (1 letter)
National Sugar Refining Company: 1938 (1 letter)
Neale, Rosamund: 1961 (1 letter)
Neilson, Robert Hude: 1928 (1 letter)
Nelson, Helen Ewing: undated (1 letter)
New American Library: 1953 (1 letter)
Newlin, Ben: 1979 (1 letter)
New Society for Art and Literature: 1947 (1 letter)
Nichol, Jean: 1926 (2 letters)
Nichol, Nella: 1929 (1 letter)
Nilsen, Laila: 1946 (1 letter)
Nobili, A.: undated letter written on reverse of photograph of Nobili painting
Nuova Critica Europea: 1969 (1 letter)
O'Connor, Don: 1960 (1 letter)
O'Connor, FrancisV.: 1968 (1 letter)
Oggi: 1967 (1 letter)
Okamoto, Yoichi R.: undated (1 letter)
Oklahoma Art Center: 1969 (1 letter)
Oklahoma Museum of Art: 1988 (1 letter)
Olson: Charles Olson Archives, University of Connecticut: 1975-1976 (3 letters)
Oregon State Library: 1957 (1 letter)
Orlando, Teresa: undated and 1949-1971 (3 letters)
Ottiani, Giuseppe: 1909 (1 letter)
Palmieri, Renato: 1928 (1 letter)
Park, Marlene: 1979 (1 letter)
Pavia, Dagoberto: 1959 (1 letter)
Pavia, Goffredo: 1921-1924 (7 letters)
Palmieri, Renato: 1957 (1 letter)
Palombi, Angelo: 1921 (1 letter)
Pan American Union: 1944-1945 (2 letters)
Parsons, Betty (Betty Parsons Gallery): undated and 1949-1973 (9 letters)
Passedoit Gallery: 1956 (1 letter)
Pensione Boos, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Pensione Girardet, Rome: 1928 (1 letter)
Perentine, Giuseppe (Nino): 1927-1950 (3 letters)
Peresson, I.: 1971 (1 letter)
Peretti, Luigi: undated (1 letter)
Perkins, Milo: 1944 (1 letter re: Ernesto Galarza)
Perna, Giorgio: undated (1 letter)
Peterson, Esther: 1978 (1 letter)
Philadelphia Department of Public Property: 1960 (1 letter)
Philadelphia Museum of Art: 1965-1966 (3 letters)
Phillips, Duncan: 1954 (1 letter)
Pirucchini, Maria: 1927 (1 letter)
Pope Paul VI: mentioned in 7 letters dated 1966, including 2 photographs of Lazzari with bust of the Pope; see Fiore, Ilario; see Giovannetti, Alberto; see Institute for the Arts of the Archdiocese of Washington
Preissler, Audrey: 1970 (1 letter)
Print Collector's Quarterly: 1949 (1 letter)
Print Council of America: 1963 (1 letter)
Prospersin, Eugenio: 1941 (1 letter)
Pyramid Club: 1956 (1 letter)
Quick, Robert B.: 1972 (1 letter)
Quinzi, Amerigo: 1920-1925 (2 letters)
Rady, Cabell: 1958 (1 letter)
Rahill, William Allen: 1954 (1 letter from Lazzari)
Rassegna Nazionale di Arti Figurative: 1948 (1 letter)
Rattu, Salvatore: undated and 1926-1966 (13 letters)
Reeves, Rosser: 1947 (1 letter)
The Reporter -- magazine: 1956 (1 letter)
Reuther, Victor: see United Auto Workers
Reynolds, D.: 1939 (1 letter from Lazzari)
Rhine, J. B.: 1949 (1 letter)
Ricca, Roberta: undated (1 letter)
Rieder (?), Baronessa: 1934 (1 letter)
Rioffo, Angela: 1959-1962 (2 letters including 2 photographs of friends)
River Road Gallery, Louisville, Ky.: 1941-1943 (4 letters)
Rivoi, Swami: undated (1 letter)
Robson, John: 1958 (1 letter)
Rocca Sinibalda: 1920 (1 letter)
Rockefeller, Nelson A.: 1946 (1 letter)
Rodman, Selden: undated (1 letter)
Rollins College: 1933-1942 (4 letters)
Roosevelt, Eleanor: Nov 09, 1945 and a letter dated 1964 concerns a viewing of the Roosevelt portrait bust); see White House; see Roosevelt Library
Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park: 1963-1965 (8 letters, including typescripts of speeches); see United Auto Workers
Ross, Fred: 1949 (1 letter)
Rosso, Giulio: undated letter of recommendation by Lazzari
Roth, Maurice: 1993 (1 letter including 2 photographs of Lazzari's work)
Rothschild, Anselm A.: undated (1 letter)
Rowan, Edward: see Federal Works Agency
Rowan, Leata: undated (1 letter)
Rowantrees Pavilion: see Thompson, Lin
Rowin, Fran: 1976 (2 letters)
Rowland, Creelman: undated (1 letter)
Ruffner, Willis E. (lawyer for Fanita Lanier): 1944 (1 letter)
Russell, N. F. S.: 1932 (1 letter)
Rust, John and Thelma: 1952-1954 (38 letters, including an application from Lazzari for a grant from the John Rust Foundation, including a clipping about Rust and 3 photographs of cotton pickers); see West Tennessee Historical Society
St. Louis, Bertha: undated (1 letter)
Sanderson, W. A. (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation): 1958 (1 letter)
San Francisco Museum of Art: 1967 (1 letter)
Sartori, Guiolitta: undated letter from A. Guarino
Satterlee & Smith, Architects: 1962 (1 letter)
Savini, Renata: 1965-1967 (3 letters)
Scheetz, June Rice: undated (1 letter)
Schoenberg, Rose: 1967 (1 letter)
Schurmer, Zaira E.: 1947 (2 letters)
Schwarz -- magazine: 1957 (1 letter)
Scigliano, Peppino Cosenza: 1910 (2 letters)
Sebastiani, G.: undated (1 letter)
Selmi, Gabriella: undated (1 letter)
Sevareid, Eric: 1956 (1 letter)
Sheen, Rev. Fulton J.: 1970 (1 letter)
Simotti, Aristide (friend who was prisoner of war): 1911-1925 (62 letters)
Sinisca: undated (1 letter)
Sirony, Simone: 1955-1964 (8 letters)
Smart: David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art: 1991-1996 (4 letters)
Smith, George: 1926-1927 (2 letters)
Smithsonian Institution: undated and 1947-1976 (8 letters)
Snyder, Nell H.: 1969 (1 letter)
Society of American Etchers: 1944 (1 letter)
Society of American Graphic Artists: 1956 (2 letters)
Society of Washington Artists: 1960-1961 (2letters)
Society of Washington Printmakers: 1976 (2 letters)
Sound View Press: 1991 (1 letter)
Spiral Group: see Strantin, Wally
Stevenson, Adlai: see White House
Stewart, George: 1932 (1 letter)
Strantin, Wally and Edward: 1950-1951 (2 letters)
Stroppoghetti, Arturo: 1923 (1 letter)
Stubbs, Kenneth: [1948] (1 letter)
Studer, Alfredo and Clara: 1947-1976 (15 letters)
Sweeney, James Johnson: 1949 (1 letter)
Syracuse University: 1964 (1 letter)
Taylor, Prentiss: 1972 (1 letter)
Teller, Douglas H.: 1963 (1 letter)
Terenz, Don Umberto: 1960 (1 letter)
Thames and Hudson, Ltd.: 1974 (1 letter)
Thomas, Norman: 1963-1965 (2 letters)
Thomen, Luis Francisco (Ambassador from Dominican Republic): undated (1 letter)
Thompson, Lin: 1950-1951 (3 letters)
Thurston, Charles D.: 1927-1928 (4 letters)
Tibet Society: 1975 (1 letter)
Timpenado, Cesare: 1927 (1 letter)
Tirrocelli (?), A.: 1917 (1 letter)
Toledo Museum of Art: 1957 (1 letter)
Toscanini, Arturo: mentioned in 2 letters dated 1928
Tosello, Alfredo: 1947-1949 (2 letters)
Tosi, Elisa: 1929 (1 letter)
Treasury Department, Section of Painting and Sculpture: 1936-1939 (53 letters concerning the Arlington, N.J. post office, the Sanford, N.C. post office, and the New York World's Fair Sculpture Competition)
Truman: Harry S Truman Library at Independence, Mo.: 1963 (1 letter)
Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.: 1958-1959 (4 letters including a photograph of Lazzari)
Tyler, Richard O.: 1958 (1 letter)
Ugolini, Luigi: 1969 (1 letter)
Ungar, Harold and Mildred: 1965 (1 letter)
United Auto Workers (U.A.W.): 1963-1971 (9 letters); see Debs: Eugene V. Debs Foundation
United Scenic Artists of America: [1939] (1 letter)
United States Civil Service Commission: 1944 (2 letters)
United States Department of Agriculture: 1945-1967 (10 letters)
United States Department of Labor: undated (1 letter)
United States Information Agency: 1959 (1 letter)
United States Information Service: Jul 09, 1964
University Settlement: 1946 (2 letters)
Upham, Elizabeth: 1948 (1 letter)
Van De Bries, Enri: 1973 (1 letter)
Vangell?, Raphaele: undated (1 letter)
Van Smith, Anne: 1949 (1 letter)
Venice Biennale: 1948-1954 (3 letters)
Vermont Marble Company: 1955 (1 letter)
Veschi, Signora: undated (1 letter)
Vickery, Ruth Bacon: 1929 (1 letter)
Victoria Hotel, Rome: 1928 (2 letters)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: 1956 (1 letter)
Visher, John: 1956 (1 letter)
Vosseller, Harold: 1948 (1 letter)
Wagner, Edward A. (Dell Publishing Co.) and Julia: 1954-1976 (5 letters)
Waldo, M. V.: 1945 (1 letter)
Warren, Susan and Louise: undated (1 letter)
Washington Gallery of Modern Art: undated (1 letter)
Washington is Wonderful: see Jones, Dorothea and Stuart E.
Washington-Lee High School: 1961 (1 letter)
Washington, Walter E. (Mayor of Washington, D.C.): 1976 (1 letter); Oct 19, 1976 (1 letter from Franz Bader)
Washington Water Color Association: undated and 1961 (3 letters)
Watergate Construction Corp.: 1968-1969 (4 letters); see Don McAfee
Watson, Ernest W. (editor, -- Art Instruction -- and -- American Artist -- ): 1939-1949 (3 letters)
Watson, Forbes: see Art in Federal Buildings, Inc.
Weil, Frank L.: 1926-1936 (2 letters)
Weinmann, Eric: 1980 (1 letter including a photograph of artwork)
Wells, John K. (Equitable Life Assurance Society): undated (1 letter)
West Tennessee Historical Society: 1952 (3 letters); see Rust, John
Weyhe: E. Weyhe Gallery: 1949 (1 letter)
White, Sarah: 1929 (1 letter)
Whitney Museum of American Art: 1939-1980 (11 letters)
Whyte Gallery: 1944-1950 (2 letters)
Widdemer, Kenneth D.: 1928 (1 letter)
White House: 1965-1968 (4 letters concerning the presentations of the busts of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson)
Whittemore, Manvel: 1936 (1 letter enclosing poems)
Who's Who in America: 1979-1980 (2 letters)
Works Progress Administration: 1937-1938 (4 letters)
Workshop Center of the Arts: 1953 (1 letter); see Berkowitz, Ida and Leon
WRC Radio: 1966 (1 letter including a photograph of Lazzari)
WRC-TV: 1967 (1 letter)
Young, June: undated (1 letter)
Young, Louis Butler: 1971 (1 letter)
Zerega, Andrea: 1972-1976 (4 letters, including a résumé)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.
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:
Pietro Lazzari papers, 1878-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Physical Access: Researchers must use microfilm copy. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.
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Collection Citation:
NW Ayer & Sons, incorporated Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Rockwell Kent. Strike of Vermont Marble Company Workers verbatim report of public hearing, Town Hall, West Rutland, Vt., Feb. 29, 1936, 1936. Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.