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Collection Citation:
Roland C. Hawes Papers, 1908-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Collection Citation:
Roland C. Hawes Papers, 1908-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Collection Citation:
Roland C. Hawes Papers, 1908-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
The papers of New York painter, art instructor and writer Herbert Aach (1923-1985) measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1988. Papers include biographical materials, correspondence, scattered financial and legal records, notes and writings, subject files, a scrapbook, printed materials, photographs, and one videocassette.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of New York painter, art instructor and writer Herbert Aach (1923-1985) measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1988. Papers include biographical materials, correspondence, scattered financial and legal records, notes and writings, subject files, a scrapbook, printed materials, photographs, and one videocassette.
Legal records include materials relating to a lawsuit against Larry Rivers for a lease termination. Letters are from colleagues including Emily Genauer and Edwin W. Zoller regarding exhibitions and other art-related matters and brief letters from Elaine DeKooning, John Ferren, Adolph Gottlieb, and Rufino Tamayo. Subject files are found for many organizations of which Aach was a member, including the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Artists Technical Research Institute, and the Inter-Society Color Council. Printed materials include one scrapbook, clippings, and exhibition catalogs. There is documentation of Aach's work translating and editing Goethe's Color Theory, one 55 minute videocassette entitled Herbert Aach by Albright Knox Gallery, and photographs of Aach and his artwork.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 8 series. Records are generally arranged by material type and chronologically thereafter.
Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1985 (Box 1; 1 folder)
Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-1988 (Box 1; 0.6 linear feet)
Series 3: Financial Material, 1964-1981 (Box 1; 1 folder)
Series 4: Legal Records, 1951-1986 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)
Series 5: Notes, 1961-1984 (Box 1; 6 folders)
Series 6: Writings, 1950-1985(Boxes 1-2; 0.2 linear feet)
Series 7: Subject Files, 1942-1984 (Box 2; 0.6 linear feet)
Series 8: Photographs, 1952-1960 (Box 2; 3 folders)
Series 9: Scrapbook, 1951-1958 (Box 2; 1 folder)
Series 8: Printed Material, 1948-1988 (Boxes 2-3; 0.2 linear feet)
Series 8: Videocassette, 25 April 1975 (Box 3; 1 folder)
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, art instructor and writer Herbert Aach (1923-1985) worked primarily in New York City. Born in Cologne, Germany, Aach came to the United States in 1939. He taught at the Brooklyn Museum School (1947-1951), Pratt Institute (1966-1969), and at Queens College (1966-1985). In 1971 he was editor and translator of Goethe's Color Theory. Aach was president of the Artists Technical Research Institute, which was founded in 1959 by Bena Frank and Ralph Mayer to conduct scientific and educational research of materials and methods used in the visual arts.
Provenance:
Herbert and Doris Aach donated the papers to the Archives of American Art in 1984 and 1989.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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.
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Subject files contain letters, notes, and printed material concerning the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Artists Technical Research Insitute, Inc. (ATRI), the Color Forum, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC), New York Bridges, and the "Structure of Color" exhibition at the Whitney Museum. Also included is the book Goethe's Color Theory, which is translated and edited by Aach. The ATRI file contains correspondence between Ralph and Bena Frank Mayer, Ralston Crawford, Rutherford J. Gettens, and others concerning the establishment of ATRI, a copy of the by-laws, technical reports, and minutes of meetings.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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:
Herbert Aach papers, 1942-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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:
Herbert Aach papers, 1942-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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:
Nell Blaine papers, 1942-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Processing of this collection received Federal support from the Collections Care Initiative Fund, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and the National Collections Program
Sampling, standards, and homogeneity; a symposium presented at the seventy-fifth annual meeting, American Society for Testing and Materials, Los Angeles, Calif., 25-30 June, 1972. W. R. Kennedy, symposium chairman. J. F. Woodruff, co-chairman
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Symposium on Sampling, Standards, and Homogeneity (1972 : Los Angeles) Search this
Biological monitoring of water and effluent quality : a symposium, Blacksburg, Va., 2-4 Nov. 1975 / John Cairns, Jr., K. L. Dickson, and G. F. Westlake, editors ; sponsored by ASTM Committee D-19 on Water, American Society for Testing and Materials
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Symposium on Biological Monitoring of Water and Effluent Quality (1975 : Virginia Polytechnic Institute) Search this
