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Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 51, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.2: Charles Lang Freer Letterpress Books, 1892-1910

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3e42e524b-e305-4031-a0cd-a269045c6f14

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref667

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 51, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.2: Charles Lang Freer Letterpress Books, 1892-1910

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f6471071-2585-4b50-b90a-73e1917dcd71

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref668

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 52, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.2: Charles Lang Freer Letterpress Books, 1892-1910

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc397149a12-27b5-4be1-82f4-28e2197c89bb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref669

Author:

Buffalo Fine Arts Academy  Search this

Physical description:

88 pages illustrations 20 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Place:

New York (State)

Buffalo

Date:

1907

Topic:

Painting  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1079979

Collection Creator:

Margules, De Hirsh, 1899-1965  Search this

Extent:

(Box 1-3; 2.8 linear feet)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1923-2000, undated

Scope and Contents note:

Included within this series is the personal and business correspondence of De Hirsh Margules. Correspondence with the family includes his wife Blanche London, her parents, De Hirsh's mother Rosa and his sister Sam. There is correspondence with Jean and Harrison Horblit, friends and business associates of the Margules, as well as correspondence with his girlfriend, Marieli Kailin Mandel. Other correspondents include Alfred Stieglitz, John Marin, Henry Miller, Max Schnitzler, Charles J. Connick, Louis M. Eilshemius, Alex King, Myron Lechay, and two letters from New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman. There are single letters from Sasha Kolin; New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay; Lawrence F. O'Brien, special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; Buckminster Fuller; and Armin D. Lehmann, a member of Hitler Youth and courier in the Führerbunker at the end of Adolf Hitler's rein. This last letter was not addressed exclusively to Margules. Other personal correspondence includes letters, postcards and greeting cards from family members and friends. Other business correspondents include galleries and museums such as Babcock Galleries, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Niveau Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Brooklyn Museum, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Ferargil Gallery, Feigl Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, Worcester Art Museum and Walker Art Center.

The letters are arranged alphabetically by either institution or surname, while the material within each folder is arranged chronologically.

Collection Restrictions:

The De Hirsh Margules papers are 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:

De Hirsh Margules papers, 1888-2001, bulk 1923-1965. Archives of America Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.margde, Series 2

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De Hirsh Margules papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99404daf1-482d-4df3-8bc5-4f2ae682bd15

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-margde-ref29

Creator:

Hauenstein, Eugenie  Search this

Names:

Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, N.Y.)  Search this

Extent:

3 Volumes ((on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Scrapbooks

Date:

1886-1905

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbooks compiled by Hauenstein containing clippings, letters, exhibition catalogs and announcements, brochures and other printed material concerning the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Student's Art Club, the Woman's Art Club of New York, the Art Student's League, the Bohemian Sketch Club and other art organizations in Buffalo, New York. Much of the material pertains to the early history of the Albright Art Gallery (now the Albright-Knox Art Gallery).

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, Buffalo, N.Y.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1982 by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Library.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- Buffalo  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Function:

Arts organizations -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.haueeuge

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91b291f49-53df-4c93-920e-90f32db2ce7e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-haueeuge

Creator:

Little, John, 1907-  Search this

Guild Hall of East Hampton  Search this

Names:

Signa Gallery  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Hunter, Sam, 1923-  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Parker, Elizabeth, 1916-  Search this

Parsons, Betty  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet ((71 items))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1935-1978

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, including letters from Sam Hunter, Hans Hofmann, Betty Parsons, Guild Hall, and Frederick Kiesler; clippings; correspondence; photographs of Little and his work; printed brochures, one which includes a large Hans Namuth photograph of Little; an exhibition catalog of Elizabeth Parker; and a clipping about the Signa Gallery.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, sculptor, textile designer; born in Alabama, moved to New York; Attended Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Art Students League, studied with George Grosz, and at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. Taught at University of California, Berkeley and was treasurer of the Signa Gallery, which is located in East Hampton, New York. Little's preferred media are oils and bronze.

Provenance:

Donated 1980-1981 by John Little.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters  Search this

Sculptors  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Textile design  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.littjohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b728e85b-7f16-41da-bcd5-40e05d945d45

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-littjohn

Collection Creator:

Schmidt, Katherine, 1898-1978  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1944-1950

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

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:

Katherine Schmidt papers, circa 1922-1971. 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.

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Katherine Schmidt papers

Katherine Schmidt papers / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9704f90d1-3751-4871-b311-f214c013bbc1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-schmkath-ref17

Collection Creator:

Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 23

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1948-1949

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. research facility.

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:

Andrew Carnduff Ritchie papers, 1907-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Andrew Carnduff Ritchie papers / Series 4: Committee and Organization Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e9cb8b4f-b4a1-40e5-ab37-89345e7e95a4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ritcandr2-ref138

Creator:

Townsend, J. Benjamin  Search this

Names:

Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1959-1964

Scope and Contents:

Papers regarding Townsend's article on Clyfford Still, "An Interview with Clyfford Still," 1961, including 8 letters from Still (and Mrs. Still on his behalf) and 3 letters to Mrs. Still from Townsend; a clipping of the article from GALLERY NOTES of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; an annotated manuscript and proofs of the article, and Townsend's notes of his interview with Still, December 14, 1959. Also included are letters to Townsend from artists William Ronald, John Opper, Richard Stankiewicz, and Mrs. Jose Guerrero, mainly regarding Townsend's proposed articles about them, and a letter and receipt from Edwin Dickinson.

Biographical / Historical:

Critic, historian; Buffalo, N.Y. Was assistant director of the National Portrait Gallery (1967-1968) and professor of art and literature at the State University of New York, Buffalo (1957-1983). Among his publications are JOHN DAVIDSON, POET OF THE ARMAGEDDON, Yale (1961) and THE BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY (1862-1962), Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1962).

Provenance:

Donated 1985 by Townsend and his wife.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art critics  Search this

Art historians  Search this

Educators  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Abstract -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.townj

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d1f026ba-196a-435e-ab23-3cfb592400f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-townj

Collection Creator:

Roberts, Mary Fanton, 1871-1956  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 57

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1908-1939, undated

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1880-1956. 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.

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Mary Fanton Roberts papers

Mary Fanton Roberts papers / Series 4: Art Correspondence/Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99c44c325-4ec1-455a-85f1-5be590d20d61

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-robemary-ref77

Collection Creator:

Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895  Search this

Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 37

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1922

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers, circa 1858-1965, 2008, bulk circa 1870-1935. 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.

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Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers

Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers / Series 1: Douglas Volk Papers / 1.2: Correspondence / 1.2.2: General Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a1242077-b3dc-4968-9c3c-64b1d41cb061

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-volkleon-ref23

Collection Creator:

Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895  Search this

Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 38

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1922-1923

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers, circa 1858-1965, 2008, bulk circa 1870-1935. 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.

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Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers

Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers / Series 1: Douglas Volk Papers / 1.2: Correspondence / 1.2.2: General Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9064df7b2-efcc-4806-8ca8-fecbc1d47eae

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-volkleon-ref402

Collection Creator:

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 91

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1917-1923

Scope and Contents note:

Blashfield, Edwin Howland

Bowditch, Nancy

Bowditch, Vincent Y.

Brackett, Mary A.

Bradley, Susan H.

Braun, John F.

Brown, Demetra & Kenneth

Browne, George & Emily H.

Brush, George de Forest

Buffalo Fine Arts Academy

Burlingham, L. L.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

Collection Rights:

Reel 3417 (art works): Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Jean Reasoner Plunket. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Collection Citation:

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers, 1851-1999 (bulk 1881-1950). 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. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

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Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.2: Emma Beach Thayer Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917ae8fe8-870f-4425-b555-90b319d97252

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-thayabbo-ref124

Collection Creator:

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 20

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1902-1921

Scope and Contents note:

Birch, Elsie

Birch, Mrs. (Fred Birch's mother)

Blashfield, Edwin Howland

Bloede, Victor G.

Bonnat, Mr.

Braun, John F.

Brenton, Albert G.

Brown, H. S.

Bruce, Charles M.

Buffalo Fine Arts Academy

Bureau des Inventions, Ministere de l'Armement

Burlingham, L. L.

Burroughs, John

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

Collection Rights:

Reel 3417 (art works): Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Jean Reasoner Plunket. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Collection Citation:

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers, 1851-1999 (bulk 1881-1950). 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. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

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Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.1: Abbott Handerson Thayer Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93ff5675e-18d5-4593-a1ed-d5e3c3f0d902

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-thayabbo-ref41

Collection Creator:

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 34

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1924-1925

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

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:

Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978 (bulk 1890-1937). 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.

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Henry Ossawa Tanner papers

Henry Ossawa Tanner papers / Series 2: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92920ab45-3053-4acc-bca1-7741ec578a4b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-tannhenr-ref638

Collection Creator:

Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968  Search this

Container:

Box 14, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1951-1963

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy. Use of the unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

Collection Rights:

The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.

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Collection Citation:

Erwin Panofsky papers, 1904-1990 (bulk dates 1920-1968). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Erwin Panofsky papers / Series 1: Correspondence / 1.3: Galleries and Museums / United States / New York

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97a0ce4f5-9ea7-46eb-9a8d-2e17133da8a2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-panoerwi-ref761

Collection Creator:

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 23

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Collection 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 audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2016, bulk 1920-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Stephen Diamond, the Roy Lichtenstein 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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Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers

Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers / Series 2: Correspondence / Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alphabetical Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93b2eda3a-4085-48c2-81a8-de6bd8793921

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kuniyasu-ref1110

Collection Creator:

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 18

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1941

Collection 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 audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2016, bulk 1920-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Stephen Diamond, the Roy Lichtenstein 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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Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers

Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers / Series 2: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9951a6bbe-f6ac-437d-8daa-d0e3ea194f4b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kuniyasu-ref114

Creator:

Kurtz, Charles M. (Charles McMeen), 1855-1909  Search this

Names:

Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, N.Y.)  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Southern Exposition (Location of meeting: (Louisville, Ky.).)  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Kurtz, Julia Stephenson  Search this

Extent:

27.74 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Date:

1843-1990

bulk 1884-1909

Summary:

The papers of arts administrator, museum director, collector, dealer, and editor Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909), measure 27.74 linear feet and date from 1843-1990 (bulk dates 1884-1909). The bulk of the collection consists of detailed chronological correspondence between Kurtz and his wife and family, friends, colleagues, and business associates that documents many notable exhibitions, galleries, museums, private collections, as well as cities, people, and events of the period. Also found in the collection are Kurtz's diaries, scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs.

Scope and Content Note:

The Charles M. Kurtz papers measure 27.74 linear feet and date from 1843 to 1990 with the bulk of the material dating from 1884 to 1909. The bulk of the collection consists of chronological correspondence between Kurtz and his family, most notably his wife, friends, colleagues, and business associates. Kurtz's letters are amazingly detailed and document many notable exhibitions, galleries, museums, private collections, as well as cities, people, and events of the period. The letters between Kurtz and his wife are most interesting for their descriptive commentary on late 19th century life and offer a complete picture of Kurtz's activities. Many of Kurtz's letters to Halsey C. Ives can be found in the Halsey C. Ives Papers. Some of the letters in the collection are illustrated. Also found in the collection are Kurtz's diaries, scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into twelve series.

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Series 1: Biographical Information, 1885-1931, undated

Series 2: Correspondence, 1843-1940, undated

Series 3: Circulars/Requests for Submissions of Works of Art, 1886-1905

Series 4: Legal Records, 1881-1928

Series 5: Financial Records, 1870-1989, undated

Series 6: Diaries, 1894-1901

Series 7: Notes and Writings, 1872-1980, undated

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1878-1909

Series 9: Printed Material, 1873-1990, undated

Series 10: Photographs, 1898-1990

Series 11: Photographs of Works of Art, undated

Series 12: Miscellany, undated

Biographical Note:

Charles M. Kurtz's name is known to many scholars and students of American art history. To some he is important for his critical writings, others are interested in his management of exhibitions for the Art Union and the American Art Association. Many are aware of him because of his publication of National Academy Notes, which continued for nine years. Still others are familiar with Kurtz in his role as an art administrator for late 19th century art exhibitions like those at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the St. Louis Fair, or for his accomplishments as the first director of the Albright Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Sometimes researchers have become familiar with his name through the sale catalogue for his considerable collection, which was sold at auction after his death in 1909. His career, which encompassed the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, touched on virtually every aspect of art in America during that period.

Born in 1853 to Davis Brook Kurtz (1826-1906), an attorney, and Julia Wilder, Charles Kurtz enjoyed a genteel upbringing. The Kurtz family originated in Darmstadt, Germany, and migrated to America in the eighteenth century. D.B. Kurtz, a leading member of the Lawrence County bar, was also a vice-president of the National Bank of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. As a local representative of many important railroad and business interests, he accumulated assets estimated at one million dollars by the time of his death, just three years before that of his son, Charles, the eldest of his five children. Unlike his brothers Louis, who also became an attorney, and Edward, a professor at Columbia University, Charles eschewed a professional career to enter the art world, as did his sisters Emily, an artist, and Catherine, a musician.

After his graduation from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, Kurtz visited the Centennial Exposition, held in 1876 in Philadelphia, before coming to New York to study art at the National Academy of Design. These two activities foreshadowed the direction that his career would eventually take. As the chronology indicates, his early efforts revolve around writing for a variety of publications, most notably, his own National Academy Notes. In 1881 he took what was to be the first of many trips abroad to survey the art scene in Europe. Later in his career, his fascination with foreign art and his own entrepeneurial interests led him to become an outspoken opponent of tariffs on imported art.

Kurtz's personal life changed significantly in 1884 when he met Julia Stephenson, a physician's daughter and fledging art student from Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Throughout their courtship and after their marriage the couple was frequently separated. Consequently, they wrote lengthy letters which document not only their personal relationship but also Kurtz's aspirations and activities in the art world.

With his appointment as one of Halsey C. Ives's (1847-1911) chief assistants of the Fine Arts Department of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1891, Charles Kurtz's career achieved international stature. Among the most notable European artists he introduced into this country through circulating exhibitions were the Glasgow School, the Danish School, the Hungarian artist, Mihaly Munkacsy, and the subject of his final exhibition, the Spanish artist, Sorolla.

Throughout his life, Kurtz was plagued by health problems and, in 1899, illness forced him to resign as Assistant Director of Fine Arts for the United States for the Paris Exposition of 1900. Throughout the following decade, his work was increasingly interrupted by ill health. His death in 1909 at the age of 54, while sudden, was not entirely unexpected. However it most certainly cut short a cosmopolitan career that encompassed virtually every aspect of the art world and the pertinent issues of the day.

Kurtz is remembered for his editorial work with the National Academy of Design; as Art Director for the Southern Exposition, 1883-1886, and the St. Louis Exposition, 1894-1899 (where he introduced the Glasgow School of Painting); and as Assistant Chief/Director for the World's Columbian Exposition, the 1900 Paris Exposition, and the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He was also director of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy.

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1855 -- Charles McMeen Kurtz born

1876 -- receives B.S. degree from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania

1876-78 -- studies at the National Academy of Design, N.Y. with Lemuel Wilmarth and William Morgan; writes a column, "New York Letters," for The Courant published in New Castle, Pennsylvania

1878 -- edits a small daily paper published during a "National Camp Meeting for the promotion of Holiness" held that summer in New Castle, Pa.; its critical stance resulted in his public denouncement and earned him a reputation as a journalist in western Pennsylvania; receives M.A. from Washington and Jefferson College

1878-79 -- becomes the local editor of The Guardian of New Castle

1879 -- publishes The Daily Reporter, a financial success

1881 -- publishes the first issue of National Academy Notes; travels in Europe, spending time in England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France (Paris)

1881-82 -- prepares Illustrated Notes for Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition

1882 -- writes "Art Notes" in The New York Tribune and resigns Dec. 23rd

1882-83 -- accepts position to write for Music and Drama, a new daily paper

1883 -- becomes the general manager of the American Art Union; exhibits a large collection of Art Union paintings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Louisville, Ky., where they became part of the Southern Exposition's first great art display

1883-86 -- accepts offer to become Director of the Art Department, Southern Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky

1884 -- edits Art Union magazine until December; applies for position to head the Art Department of the New Orleans World's Fair in September

1884-86 -- accepts a position offered by the American Art Association; terminates uncongenial relationship in March, 1886

1885 -- writes catalogues for the sale of the George Seney Collection and for the Watts exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; October 1, marries Julia Stephenson (1861-1931), daughter of Dr. A. T. Stephenson of Harrodsburg, Kentucky; they had two daughters who survived them: Julia Wilder Kurtz (1889-1977), and Isabella Starkweather Kurtz (1901-1991); another daughter, Elizabeth Stephenson Kurtz (1886-1897), predeceased them

1886 -- terminates employment with the Art Association; daughter, Elizabeth Stephenson Kurtz, born

1886-87 -- manages the circulation of Mihaly Munkacsy's Christ Before Pilot for Charles Sedelmeyer to American venues: New York, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Nashville, Phildelphia, Indianapolis; tour generates $90,000 in ticket receipts

1889-91 -- February 24, appointed art critic ("Art Notes") and book reviewer for New York Daily Star; later literary and art editor of the Sunday Star

1890 -- writes for the Sunday edition The Press, a New York paper

1891 -- writes for The World; art editor for The New York Recorder; contributes to the New York Truth

1891-93 -- contributes to Chicago Evening Post ; writes artist biographies for The Chicago Graphic, a regional magazine; appointed Assistant Chief of the Department of Fine Arts of the World's Columbian Exposition

1894 -- contributes column, "Art at the Exposition" to St. Louis Life

1895 -- tours Denmark, Scotland, and France during the summer on behalf of the St. Louis Exposition

1894-99 -- appointed Director of the Art Department of the St. Louis Annual Exposition

1896 -- elected member of The Japan Society, London

1897 -- daughter, Elizabeth (Daisy), dies

1898 -- receives a diploma and medal "in recognition of valuable services in connection with the Fine Arts Exhibit" from the directors of the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition, Omaha

1899 -- appointed Assistant Director of Fine Arts for the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition of 1900; resigned in July due to ill health

1901-04 -- appointed Assistant Chief of the Department of Art of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, August

1901 -- daughter, Isabella Starkweather Kurtz, born

1902 -- receives honorary Ph.D from Washington and Jefferson College "in recognition of distinguished ability and services as an art critic and writer"

1905 -- receives the cross of the Order of Merit from Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria; appointed Director, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, in January; exhibits Glasgow paintings at Albright Art Gallery from November until the following April

1906 -- writes Academy Notes, a bulletin pubished by the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and the Albright Art Gallery; father, D.B. Kurtz, dies in Newcastle, Pennsylvania

1907 -- accused of importing German pictures free of duty for exhibition purposes and then selling some for profit

1908 -- Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree conferred by Washington and Jefferson College

1909 -- Charles M. Kurtz dies in Buffalo, New York on March 21

1910 -- Sale of the private collection of Charles M. Kurtz at auction, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, February 24-25

1931 -- Widow, Julia Stephenson Kurtz dies October 30

1977 -- Daughter, Julia Wilder Kurtz, dies

1991 -- Daughter, Isabel Starkweather Kurtz, dies in Buffalo, N.Y.; remaining Charles M. Kurtz Papers bequeathed to the Archives of American Art and the National Academy of Design, New York

Related Material:

The St. Louis Exposition/Halsey C. Ives papers in the Archives of American Art contain material relating to Charles M. Kurtz.

Additional Charles Kurtz papers, 1870-1910, including 340 letters which discuss exhibitions, sales of art, patronage, atelier visits, and submissions to publications, and letters to his parents in which he discsses the art market and art world new; as well as manuscripts, notebooks, a diary, and printed ephemera relating to exhibitions and publications, are available at the Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Los Angeles, California.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel 4912) including Charles Kurtz's Glasgow painting diary. The loaned diary was returned to the lender and can now be found at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut. This material is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

For many years, the Kurtz Papers were thought to have been destroyed in a fire. Isabel Kurtz, a school teacher who lived with her older sister in Buffalo, New York, was vague when initially approached about her father's papers by Archives Regional Director, Robert Brown in the mid-1980s. However upon her death in 1991, her will revealed that the papers were indeed in her house in Buffalo and the bulk of them were bequeathed to the Archives of American Art. Paintings and a diary relating to the Glasgow School were given to the Yale Center for British Art. That diary has subsequently been duplicated on microfilm and is now also available in the Archives. Scorch marks on some of the papers and also on the paintings given to Yale suggest that there was indeed a fire. The material that was not bequeathed to the Archives included duplicates of printed documents along with books from the Kurtz library and a coin collection, all of which were dispersed in an estate auction that was held in Buffalo in 1991.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Rights:

Glasgow painting diary, Microfilm reel 4912: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Yale Center for British Art. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Art museum directors -- New York (State) -- Buffalo  Search this

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Topic:

Glasgow school of painting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Charles M. Kurtz papers, 1843-1990 (bulk 1884-1909). 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.

Identifier:

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