2.5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 4 reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1941-1970
Scope and Contents:
Primarily research material for exhibitions organized by Story at the American British Art Center and at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
REELS 601-602: Correspondence, photographs, catalogs and business records for five exhibitions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, including: William Merritt Chase (1964-1965), Surrealism - A State of Mind (1966), Five Centuries of Prints (1967), Max Weber (1968), and Trends in 20th Century Art (1970).
REEL 2086: Papers, 1943, relating to Charles Dana Gibson exhibition at the American British Art Center, NYC, including sketches by Gibson, letters from him, price lists, a catalog of the exhibit, and miscellany.
REEL 3977: Biographical notes, photographs of drawings and paintings and exhibition announcements used by Story for exhibitions on William Merritt Chase, Harold Sterner and John Craske while at the American British Art Center; three letters from Robert Henri to Mrs. William Kennedy Thompson and one letter from William Merritt Chase to Della F. Shull; photographs of Henri and Chase; receipts and checks regarding Chase; and records of the American British Art Center, including 6 sales books, two guestbooks, a petty cash book, exhibition catalogs, and photocopies of exhibition catalogs and clippings.
ADDITION: 16 items including correspondence, 1941-1951, and a printed ceremonial program, 1952, of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Correspondents include Alfred Barr, R.A. Beaes, M. Buller, Sir Kenneth Clark, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Alfred A. Longden, H. F. Perkins, and Mary F. Wilson.
Biographical / Historical:
Curator, museum director; New York, N.Y. and Santa Barbara, Calif. Born 1907. Died 1972.
Provenance:
Donated by Margaret Mallory, 1970-1984.
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.
The collected papers of Everett Shinn measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1877 to 1958. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with friends and colleagues; personal business records; art work, including two sketchbooks of designs for Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre; notes and writings; eight scrapbooks; printed material; and numerous photographs of Shinn, his colleagues, and his work.
Scope and Contents note:
The collected papers of Everett Shinn measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1877 to 1958. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with friends and colleagues; personal business records; art work, including two sketchbooks of designs for Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre; notes and writings; eight scrapbooks; printed material; and numerous photographs of Shinn, his colleagues, and his work.
Biographical material includes miscellaneous biographical accounts and a membership certificate from the American Watercolor Society.
Correspondence consists of letters from Shinn's friends and colleagues, primarily from author Poultney Bigelow. There are also letters from decorator Elsie De Wolfe, dramatist Clyde Fitch, and artists Charles Dana Gibson, William Glackens, and George Luks, whose letters are illustrated. There are scattered letters from A. Stirling Calder, Theodore Dreiser, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, Julia Marlowe, Claude Rains, Ruth Warrick, Alexander Woollcott, and Mahonri Young.
Personal business records consist of two account books recording art work used in publications and loaned for exhibitions, and miscellaneous invoices.
Artwork consists of two sketchbooks of designs for the Stuyvesant Theatre murals and miscellaneous drawings by Shinn. Artwork by others, including H. B. Eddy, James Ben Ali Haggin, Colonel Hegan, Oliver Henfold, George Luks, and Philip Nolan, consist primarily of caricatures.
Notes and writings include a handwritten draft of Shinn's play Hazel Weston or More Sinned Against Than Usual, notes for a book on art, poems, and typescripts by Shinn including "Plush and Cut Glass," a book about George Luks.
Eight scrapbooks primarily contain clippings. Scrapbook 2 contains clippings, exhibition catalogs, a note from Stuart Benson, an illustrated postcard from Ed, and scattered photographs.
Additional printed material is primarily comprised of clippings, but there are also exhibition announcements and catalogs for Shinn, reproductions of art work, booklets, and miscellaneous printed material. Rare programs for plays written by Shinn list cast members, including Wilfred Buckland, Edith Glackens, William J. Glackens, James Ben Ali Haggin, Robert Henri, J. E. Laub, Thomas Newell Metcalf, James M. Preston, Florence Scovel Shinn, and John Sloan.
Numerous photographs are found within the collection and depict Shinn as a boy, in various Philadelphia newspaper offices, in costume for stage performances, at the easel, and with colleagues, including Robert Henri and John Sloan. Photographs of colleagues also include author Poultney Bigelow, decorator Elsie De Wolfe, portrait painter James Ben Ali Haggin, actress Julia Marlowe, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts classmates William Glackens and Florence Scovel. There are also photographs of Shinn's residences, exhibition installations, set designs and stagings of plays, murals, and other art work.
Arrangement note:
The collection is arranged as 8 series:
Missing Title
Series 1: Biographical material, 1953 (Box 1; 2 folders)
Series 2: Correspondence, 1899-1952 (Box 1, 4; 61 folders)
Series 3: Personal business records, 1898-1928 (Box 1; 3 folders)
Series 4: Artwork, 1893-1928 (Box 1, 4, OV 6; 10 folders)
Series 5: Notes and writings, 1922-1951 (Box 1; 9 folders)
Series 7: Printed material, 1894-1958 (Box 2, 4; 21 folders)
Series 8: Photographs, 1877-1950 (Box 2-4, OV 7; 1.3 linear feet)
Biographical/Historical note:
Everett Shinn (1876-1953) was a painter, muralist, illustrator, and theatrical scene designer who worked primarily in New York City. Shinn was a member of "The Eight," a group of painters known for their realistic portrayal of American urban life.
Everett Shinn was born on November 6, 1876 in Woodstown, New Jersey, the son of Isaiah and Josephine Ransley Shinn. He attended Quaker schools until 1890 when he went to the Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia, studying engineering and industrial design until 1893.
Shinn enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1893 and 1897. During this time he was hired as an artist-reporter for the Philadelphia Press, the Inquirer, and the Ledger. He also forged his friendships with painters George Luks, John Sloan, William J. Glackens, and Robert Henri, all future members of "The Eight."
Shinn moved to New York City in 1897 and quickly found employment as an illustrator for the newspaper The World. In 1898, he married Florence Scovel, the first of his four wives. In 1900, he traveled to England and France, and was later employed by Harper's Weekly. Shinn befriended decorator Elsie De Wolf and architect Stanford White, and designed and executed murals for the homes of their clients. Shinn created eighteen mural panels for David Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre that opened in 1907, and murals for the Council Room of the Trenton, New Jersey City Hall in 1911. His most notable murals were created for the Oak Room of New York's Plaza Hotel in the 1940s.
In 1908, Shinn participated in the seminal group exhibition of "The Eight" at Macbeth Gallery. In 1911, he was included in the Exhibition of Independent Artists, and was invited to send works to the International Exhibition of Modern Art, better known as the Armory Show, in 1913, but for an unknown reason, declined. Shinn exhibited regularly and his works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.
Throughout his career Shinn was fascinated by the theater and the act of performance, which he made the subject of many of his works. He also wrote, directed, and performed in his own plays. Between 1917 and 1920, Shinn worked as an art director for Sam Goldwin at Goldwyn Pictures. He also worked for Inspiration Pictures from 1920 to 1923, and for William Randolph Hearst at Cosmopolitan Pictures in 1923. He divorced Florence Scovel in 1912, and married Corinne Baldwin in 1913, with whom he had two children, Janet and Davidson. He divorced again in 1921, married Gertrude Chase in 1924, and divorced again in 1932. In 1933, Shinn married his fourth wife, Paula Downing; they divorced in 1942.
From 1935 to 1939, he covered a murder trial for the Boston Traveler, exhibited his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and won a prize for watercolor at an exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute. In the 1940s Shinn participated in exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and at the American-British Art Center. In 1949, Shinn was made an Academician of the National Academy of Design, and in 1951, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Everett Shinn died on May 1, 1953 in New York City.
Related Archival Materials note:
Additional Everett Shinn papers are available at the Helen Farr Sloan Library, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.
Provenance:
The bulk of the Everett Shinn collection was acquired via purchase from art dealer Thurston Thatcher between 1958-1964. Art collector Howard Lipman donated additional material in 1962. Five negatives of Shinn's work were donated in 1969 by Dr. Milton Luria, an acquaintance of Shinn's son, Davidson. The photograph of Everett Shinn, John Sloan, and Robert Henri was donated on an unknown date by an unidentified donor. The handwritten draft of Shinn's play Hazel Weston or More Sinned Against Than Usual was acquired via auction purchase in 2011.
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Collection Citation:
Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1880-1956. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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Collection Citation:
William Merritt Chase papers, circa 1890-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Box 3, folders 37-41 include letters of Rockwell Kent, Chester Price, John Taylor Arms, Marie Kirkwood, Jim Eglern, Thomas C. Parker, and Erwin Barrie
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The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
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Collection Citation:
Hugo Gellert papers, 1916-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
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Collection Citation:
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Processing of the collection was funded by the Getty Grant Program; digitization of the collection was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
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Collection Citation:
Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk 1892 to 1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Grant Program. Digitization of the scrapbooks was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee. Correspondence, financial and shipping records, inventory records, and printed material were digitized with funding provided by the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation.
American Art Association, Inc./American Art Galleries, Inc.
American Art News Co., Inc.
American Art Research Council
American Artist
American Artists Group, Inc.
American Association of University Women
American-British Art Center
American Collector
American Consul, Toronto
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The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
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Collection Citation:
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records, 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Files in the series consist of catalogs and announcements, mainly for the Maynard Walker Gallery; clippings; correspondence, an annotated exhibition catalog, announcements, checklists, and clippings relating to the 1945 exhibition Other Worlds organized by Maynard Walker for the American British Art Center in New Britain, C.T.; and a file regarding Spanish painting.
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This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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Collection Citation:
Maynard Walker Gallery records, 1923-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
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Collection Citation:
Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers, 1929-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the preservation of the Cornelia Chapin Home Movies was provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.
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Collection Citation:
Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers, 1929-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the preservation of the Cornelia Chapin Home Movies was provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.
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Collection Citation:
American Federation of Arts records, 1895-1993 (bulk 1909-1969). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Chronological professional and personal letters received by Ben Benn relating to exhibitions, affiliations with various artists' groups, and relationships with other artists and friends. Found are letters from Alfred Barr, Holger Cahill, Juliana Force, Sidney Geist, Kaj Klitgaard, Rowan and Irene LeCompte, Audrey McMahon, Elie and Viola Nadelman, Samuel Rosenblum, Harry Salpeter, and Hugh Stix, and various art galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Newark Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Walker Art Center Also found is correspondence from containing letters from Hudson Walker and others, relating to Benn's one-man exhibition; included are price lists of Benn's paintings.
See Appendix for list of notable correspondents from Series 2.1. and 2.3.
Appendix: Notable Correspondents from Series 2.1. and 2.3.:
Abbott, Jere, (See The Museum of Modern Art)
American Artists' Congress, 1936 (1 letter)
American British Art Center, 1944 (1 letter
American Federation of the Arts, 1959 (1 letter)
American Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers, 1935-1936 (3 letters)
American Society for Technion, Women's Division, Israel Institute of Technology, 1958 (4 letters)
Anderson Galleries, The, 1922 (2 letters)
Arden Studios, Inc., 1931 (1 letter)
Art Appreciation Movement, 1942
Art For Living, 1949 (1 letter)
Art USA, 1959 (2 letters)
Artists Equity Association, 1951 (1 letter)
Artists' Gallery, The, 1937-1956 (11 letters)
Artists' and Sculptors' Division, Joint Distribution Committee, 1938 (1 letter)
Artists for Victory, 1943 (1 letter)
Artists Welfare Fund, Inc., 1973 (1 letter)
Associated American Artists, 1942 (1 letter)
Avery, Milton, 1930 (1 letter)
Barr, Alfred A., 1953-1956 (2 letters): See also The Museum of Modern Art
Baziotes, William, 1942 (1 letter)
Beer-Monti, Federica, (See The Artists' Gallery)
Bender, William H., 1968 (1 letter)
Benton, Tom, undated (1 letter)
Benton, Rita and Tom, 1925 (1 letter)
Benton, Rita, 1926-1928, undated (2 letters)
Biddle, George, 1949-1950 (3 letters)
Bluemner, Oscar, 1918-1932 (2 letters)
Blume, Peter, (See The National Institute of Arts and Letters)
Board, Brewster, (See First Municipal Art Exhibition)
Bourgeois Galleries, 1917-1918 (5 letters)
Bourgeois, P., (See Bourgeois Galleries)
Bourgeois, S., (See Bourgeois Galleries)
Breckinridge, Mrs. Henry, (See City of New York, Municipal Art Committee)
Brooklyn Museum, 1931-1932 (4 letters)
Brown, George Lippincott, 1922 (1 letter)
Brownell-Lamberston Galleries, 1930 (1 letter)
Bruckel, Fred H., (See Montross Gallery)
Bry, Edith, (See Artists' and Sculptors' Division, Joint Distribution Committee)
Bummell, Peter, (See The Museum of Modern Art)
Burck, Jacob, (See New Masses)
Cahill, Holger, (See First Municipal Art Exhibition): See also Works Progress
Administration/Federal Art Project
Carmel, Hilda, (See Artists Welfare Fund)
Chidsey, Alan C., 1937 (1 letter)
City of New York, Municipal Art Committee, 1936 (3 letters)
Coady, R.W., 1915-1918 (5 letters)
Codry, Patrick, (See New Masses)
Coffey, Katherine, (See The Newark Museum)
Cohen, Mildred, (See College Art Association)
College Art Association, 1932-1936 (5 letters; 1 press release)
Committee of Five/League for American Citizenship, 1928 (1 letter)
Corcoran Gallery of Art, The, 1938 (1 letter)
Dasburg, Andrew, 1921, undated (2 letters)
Educational Art Alliance, 1944 (1 letter)
The Day, 1935 (1 letter)
Egan, Charles, (See Egan Gallery)
Egan Gallery, 1946 (1 letter)
Elliott, James H., 1954 (1 letter)
Fair Lawn Art Association, The, 1950 (1 letter)
Ferargil Galleries, 1934 (1 letter)
First Municipal Art Exhibition, 1934 (2 letters)
Fisher, William, 1917-1925 (5 letters)
Fitzgerald, Eleanor M., The Studio Theatre, 1941 (2 letters)
Force, Juliana, (See Whitney Museum of American Art)
Ford Foundation, The, 1958-1960 (7 letters)
Forum Exhibition Committee, The, 1916 (6 letters)
Fraser, Joseph T., (See The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Frueh, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred, 1916 (1 invitation)
Frueh, Alfred, 1917 (1 invitation)
Frueh, Giuliette, 1923 (1 letter)
Geist, Sidney, 1939-1959 (35 letters)
Gerdts, William H., (See The Newark Museum)
Glassgold, C. Adolph, (See Whitney Museum of American Art)
Goff, Carleton, (See Providence Art Club)
Gollomb, Joseph, 1931, undated (2 letters)
Goodyear, A. Conger, (See The Museum of Modern Art)
Hale, Robert Beverly, (See The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Hamlin, Elizabeth, (See Brooklyn Museum)
Hanna Ray, (See John Wanamaker New York)
Harris, Ruth F., (See The New York Times)
Hartley, Marsden, 1934 (1 postcard)
Hellman, George, 1926-1927 (2 letters): See also The New Gallery
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1974 (1 letter)
Horch, Louis L., (See Roerich Museum)
Irvine, Rosalind, (See Whitney Museum of American Art)
Johnston, E.M., (See Bourgeois Galleries)
Katz, Harry, The Library of Congress, 1993 (1 letter)
Kent, H.W., (See The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Klitgaard, Georgina and Kaj, 1920 (1 letter)
Klitgaard, Kaj, 1921-1936, undated (8 letters)
Korzenik, Lillian, (See American Society for Technion, Women's Division, Israel Institute of Technology
Krasne, Bell, 1954-1955 (2 letters)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1941 (1 letter)
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, (See American Artists' Congress)
LaGuardia, Fiorello, 1941 (1 letter)
Lambertson, Dorothy, (See Brownell-Lambertson Galleries)
Lang, Gladys V., (See The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Laurent, Robert, 1920 (1 letter)
Lechay, James, 1971 (1 letter)
LeCompte, Rowan, 1949-1953 (12 letters)
LeCompte, Irene and Rowan, 1952-1967 (12 letters)
LeCompte, Irene, 1951-1953 (4 letters)
Lerner, Abram, (See Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
Lewis, Robert, 1950-1952 (5 letters)
Lowry, W. McNeill, (See The Ford Foundation)
McBride, Henry, 1932 (1 letter)
McCausland, Elizabeth, 1951 (1 letter)
McKinney, Roland, (See Pepsi-Cola's Fifth Annual Art Competition): See also The Metropolitan Museum of Art
McMahon, Audrey, (See College Art Association)
Mallette, Alice, (See The Museum of Modern Art)
Marantz, Evelyn, (See Art For Living)
Marvel, Josiah P., The Springfield Museum of Art, 1932 (2 letters)
Meeting Place, The, 1931, (2 letters)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 1939-1957 (8 letters)
Miller, Ann, (See The Fair Lawn Art Association)
Minnigerode, C. Powell, (See The Corcoran Gallery of Art)
Montross Gallery, 1930 (1 letter)
More, Hermon, (See Whitney Museum of American Art)
Museum of Modern Art, The, 1931-1951, undated (5 letters)
Musgrove, Louis, 1935-1954, undated (4 letters)
Musgrove, Nonnie, 1963 (1 letter)
Nadelman, Elie, 1915 (1 letter): in French
Nadelman, Elie and Viola, 1921-1947, undated 6 letters)
Nadelman, Viola, 1925-1929 (4 letters)
National Society of American Art, 1934 (2 letters)
Nestor, Bernard and Dudley Pratt, (See Seattle Art Museum)
New Gallery, The, 1926-1927 (2 letters)
New Masses, 1933 (3 letters)
Newark Museum, The, 1958 (4 letters)
New York Times, The, 1938-1957 (2 letters)
Nordness, Lee, (See Art USA)
Ostrowsky, Abbo, (See Educational Art Alliance)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The, 1942-1965 (3 letters)
Pepsi-Cola's Fifth Annual Art Competition, 1948 (3 letters)
Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1929 (1 letter)
Providence Art Club, 1965 (3 letters)
Rickey, George, 1936 (1 letter)
Ritchie, Andrew C., (See The Museum of Modern Art)
Robinson, Eleanor, (See Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.)
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D., 1940 (1 letter)
Roerich, Horch L., (See Roerich Museum)
Roerich Museum, 1936 (1 letter)
Rogovin, Howard, 1956 (4 letters)
Rollins, Lloyd L., 1944 (3 letters): See also Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project
Ross, Sidney, (See Theatre in Art Exhibition)
Rowan, Edward B., (See Treasury Department, Section of Painting and Sculpture)
Saarinen, Aline B., (See The New York Times)
Salpeter, Harry, (See Harry Salpeter Gallery, Inc.)
Harry Salpeter Gallery, Inc., 1956-1961 (11 letters)
Seattle Art Museum, 1933 (1 letter)
Shahn, Ben, 1949 (1 letter)
Slatkin, Charles E., (See Charles E. Slatkin Galleries)
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, Inc., 1959 (1 letter)
Society of Independent Artists, The, 1923 (1 letter)
Marie Sterner Fine Arts, 1930 (1 letter)
Stix, Hugh, 1930-1960 (6 letters): See also The Artists' Gallery
Theatre in Art Exhibition, 1932 (2 letters)
Treasury Department, Section of Painting and Sculpture, 1934 (1 letter)
Tschudy, Herbert B., (See Brooklyn Museum)
Usher, Elizabeth, (See The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Van Deventer, S., Kröller-Müller Museum, 1924 (1 letter)
Varian , Dorothy, 1937 (1 letter)
Von Groschwitz, Gustave, (See Ferargil Galleries)
Walker Art Center, 1953-1954 (17 letters)
Walker, Hudson, 1948-1958 (6 letters): See also Hudson Walker Art Center
Walkowitz, Abraham, 1928 (1 letter)
John Wanamaker New York, 1934 (1 letter)
Wehle, Harry B., (See The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Weichsel, John, The People's Guild, 1915 (1 letter)
Whitney Museum of American Art (pre-1930: Whitney Studio Club), 1927-1950, undated (16 letters)
Woodstock Artists Association, 1977 (1 letter)
Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project, 1935-1936 (2 letters)
Wright, Willard Huntington, (See The Forum Exhibition Committee)
Yiddisher Kultur Farband, 1951 (1 letter)
Zorach, William, 1916 (1 letter)
Notable Correspondents from Series 2.3: Velida Benn Correspondence, 1906-1963
Art Foundation, The, 1943 (Page proof of advertisement for Art News)
Hitchings, Elisabeth J., College Art Association 1935 (1 letter)
Kelly, Anne, (See Mrs. John D. Rockefeller)
Klitgaard, Kaj, undated (1 note)
LeCompte, Irene, 1951-1953, (2 letters)
LeCompte, Rowan and Robert Lewis, 1949 (1 letter)
Mora, Luis F., 1911 (1 letter in Spanish)
Nadelman, Viola, 1942 (1 letter)
Osma, Julio, 1923-1924 (4 letters: 2 letters in Spanish)
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D., 1931 (1 letter)
Rollins, Lloyd, 1944 (2 postcards)
Salpeter, Betty and Harry, 1956 (1 letter)
Salpeter, Harry, 1960 (1 postcard)
Sanger, William, 1915 (1 letter)
Stella, Joseph, 1918 (1 letter)
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1925 (1 letter)
Weber, Max, 1918 (1 letter)
Weischel, Mr. and Mrs., 1915 (1 postcard)
Zorach, Marguerite, 1915-1916 (2 letters)
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Collection Citation:
Ben Benn papers, 1905-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This series consists of the business and personal correspondence of Edith Gregor Halpert and the Downtown Gallery. For the most part, this series is general business correspondence concerning routine activities of the Downtown Gallery, including the American Folk Art Gallery and the Daylight Gallery, both operated by the Downtown Gallery on the same premises. Included are correspondence with clients, employees, other galleries, and colleagues concerning sales, loans, purchases, appraisals, and so forth; arrangements for shipping, framing, photography, reproduction permissions, and insurance; and gallery housekeeping and improvements, ordering of supplies, and other administrative concerns.
Also included is personal correspondence of Edith Gregor Halpert. There are letters and greeting cards from nieces, nephews, and other relatives; correspondence with longtime friends, including some who were art collectors, museum curators, or museum directors; and correspondence concerning upkeep and improvement of her Newtown, Connecticut, country home and entertaining there.
See Appendix A for a list of selected correspondents from Series 1
Arrangement note:
Letters (with enclosures) are arranged chronologically, with those of the same date alphabetized by name of correspondent; undated material is arranged alphabetically, followed by unidentified correspondents and letters bearing illegible signatures.
Box numbers provided in the Container Listing are approximate.
Appendix A: List of Selected Correspondents in Series 1:
Names and titles indicated in this list are those that appear on the letters. Where appropriate, terms have been standardized and cross-referencing provided. Because filing is not always consistent, researchers are advised to check both the name of an individual and the institution that he or she represented.
Abate Associates, Inc., 1956
Abbot and Land, 1965
Abbot, B. Vincent, 1944
Abbot, Bernice, 1957
Abbot, John E., 1945, 1948
Abbot Laboratories, 1950, 1952
ABC Employment Agency, 1951
Richard Abel and Co., Inc., 1968
Abendroth, Robert W., 1966-1967
Abercrombie and Fitch Co., 1962
Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, undated, 1949, 1954
Abingdon Square Painters, 1965
Abraham and Straus, 1930, 1960, 1965-1966, 1968
Abraham, Mae C., 1965
Abrahamsen, Mrs. David, 1962
Abramowitz, M., 1958
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1958-1960, 1965-1966, 1968-1969
"HemisFair '68," 1968 (see also: "International Exposition, HemisFair '68")
Hemmenway, Catherine C., 1961
Hemmingsen, R. V., 1963
Hemmingson, Victoria, 1965
Henderson, Hanford, 1960
Henderson, Priscilla A. B. (Mrs. A. I.), 1934-1955
Henderson, Ray, 1956
Hendrick, Mrs. James Pomeroy, 1961
Heninger, Helen, undated, 1963, 1969
Henquet, Roger, 1948, 1965
Henri, Robert, 1926-1927
Henry, David T., 1964
Henry, Helen (Mrs. Charles), undated, 1949
Henry, James F., 1958
Henry Street Settlement, 1958, 1962-1963
Hentschel, R. A. A., 1951-1954
Hepburn, Katharine, 1952
Herbert, Elmer, 1962
Herbert, James D., 1962
Herider, Ed. L., 1961
Heritage Gallery, 1960, 1964
Herman, Stanley, 1964
Herman, Vic, 1968
Herring, Audrey L., 1964
Herrington, Nell Ray (Mrs. A. W. S.), 1962, 1965
John Herron Art Institute, undated, 1934, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1957-1958, 1962-1964, 1967 (see also: Art Association of Indianapolis; Art School of the John Herron Art Institute)
Hertslet, G. Gordon, 1962, 1966
Hertz, Richard C., 1965
Hertzberg, Stuart E., 1967-1968
Heschel, Mrs. Abraham, 1961
Hess, Elaine Marie, 1965
Hess, Mrs. Thomas B., 1954
Hetzel, Margaret deL. (Mrs. Joseph L.), 1948
Hewitt, Ada M., 1953
Edwin Hewitt Gallery, 1953
Heydenryk, Henry, 1954, 1960, 1964
Heynick, Carla Marian, 1965
Hickok, M., 1958
Hiddens, Mrs. Earl, 1952
Hiersoux, Arne, 1966
Hi Fi/Stereo Review, 1960
High Museum of Art, 1950, 1955, 1961-1962, 1965-1968 (see also: Atlanta Art Association; Atlanta Art Association and High Museum of Art)
Highway Antique Shop, 1954
R. Hill and Son, Ltd., 1960
Hill, Ralph Nading, 1952, 1962
Hille, Elise B., undated
Hille and Curran, 1954
Hilleman, Alex L., 1956
Hiller, Paula, 1962
Hilles, Mrs. Frederick W., 1956
Hillman, Mrs. Joel, II., 1960
Hillside Hospital Clinic, 1949, 1953
Hillstrom, Richard L., 1958, 1962, 1964-1965
Hilltop Theatre, Incorporated, 1952
Hilsenrath, Yakov R., 1965
Hilson, Catherine [Katy] and/or John S., undated, 1958-1959, 1961-1966
Himel, Irving, 1963
Himmelsfarb, Samuel, 1955
Hines, Felrath, 1961
Hinkhouse, Inc., 1960, 1964
Hirsch, B., 1961
Hirsch, E. W., 1954
Hirschberg, J. Cotter, 1956
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., 1958, 1960, 1963-1965, 1968
Hirschland, Dr. and/or Mrs. F. H., undated, 1959
Hirschland, Paul Michael, 1945
Hirschburg, Mrs. Roy, undated
S. A. Hirsh Manufacturing Co., 1966
Hirshberg, Henrietta, 1961
Hirshhorn, Mrs. Arthur, 1960
Hirshhorn, Joseph H., 1946, 1948, 1951-1954, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1965
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, 1959-1960, 1962-1963, 1965-1966
[incomplete; without signature], undated, 1953, 1961, 1967, 1968
Collection Restrictions:
The microfilm of this collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.
Collection Rights:
The Downtown Gallery records are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Prior to publishing information regarding sales transactions, researchers are responsible for obtaining written permission from both artist and purchaser involved. If it cannot be established after a reasonable search whether an artist or purchaser is living, it can be assumed that the information may be published sixty years after the date of sale.
Collection Citation:
Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing, microfilming and digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
