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Creator:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Names:

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this

Delano, Jack  Search this

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Robbins, Jerome  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Extent:

25.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Drawings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1879-1990

bulk 1933-1970

Summary:

The papers of social realist painter, photographer, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.1 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of social realist painter, photographer, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.1 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.

Biographical material and family records include a 1924 passport for Shahn and his first wife, Tillie, biographical sketches of Shahn, and award certificates received by him.

Letters are primarily written to Shahn from family members, artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Notable correspondents include Leonard Baskin, Alexander Calder, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Joseph Hirsch, Leo Lionni, John Bartlow Martin, George and Marian Nakashima, Clifford Odets, Charles Olson, Robert Osborn, Diego Rivera, Jerome Robbins, Selden Rodman, James Thrall Soby, Raphael Soyer, and William Carlos Williams. A small number of scattered letters from Shahn can also be found throughout the series.

Project files document approximately twenty-one of Shahn's commissions, including murals for the community center at Jersey Homesteads, the Bronx Central Annex Post Office, the Social Security Building in Washington D.C. , and the William E. Grady Vocational High School. The files also document his involvement in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Roosevelt, in addition to projects for schools, temples and private homes.

Financial and legal records include consignment records, loan agreements, royalty statements and receipts for artwork sold.

Notes and writings are by Shahn and others including Alan Dugan, W. H. Ferry, Theodore Gusten, and John Bartlow Martin. They include lists of artwork, many of which are annotated.

Artwork includes a sketchbook and several unbound sketches and lettering by Shahn, in addition to drawings and prints by others including Shahn's children, Mario Casetta and Stefan Martin.

Source files contain printed material and photographs relating to topics depicted by Shahn in his artwork such as children, dams, farming, houses, industry, mines and miners, slums, war and workers. These files also contain scattered photographic prints by FSA and OWI photographers including Shahn, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and John Vachon.

Printed material includes news clippings covering Shahn and his career as well as subjects of interest to Shahn. Also found are exhibition catalogs and announcements for exhibitions for Shahn and others, and reproductions of Shahn's artwork including publications illustrated by him.

Photographs are of Shahn, his family and friends and colleagues including Alexander Calder, Jerome Robbins, Charles Sheeler, David Smith and William Zorach. Also included are photographs taken by Shahn of New York City and for the FSA in the 1930s, as well as photographs of artwork by Shahn. Photographs by others include one photo each by Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee and Arthur Rothstein.

The collection also contains transcripts of eight radio, television and motion picture interviews of Shahn and a reel of 16mm motion picture film from the BBC-TV program "Monitor," in addition to sound recordings of interviews of Shahn by Tony Schwartz and Arlene Francis. Artifacts include a Christmas greeting in the form of a sock.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 12 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical and Family Records, 1879-1984 (Box 1, OV 36; 0.2 linear ft.)

Series 2: Letters, 1929-1990 (Boxes 1-25, 35, 43, OVs 36-38; 14.5 linear ft.)

Series 3: Project Files, 1933-1975 (Boxes 25-26; OVs 36-37; 1.03 linear ft.)

Series 4: Financial and Legal Records, 1934-1988 (Boxes 26-27, 35; 0.81 linear ft.)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, circa 1933-1988 (Boxes 27-28, 43; 1.72 linear ft.)

Series 6: Artwork, circa 1930s-1965 (Boxes 28, 35; 11 folders)

Series 7: Source Files, circa 1900s-1960s (Boxes 28-30, 35; 1.81 linear ft.)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1912-1988 (Boxes 30-33, 35, OV 39; 3.22 linear ft.)

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1900-1969 (Boxes 33-35; 0.86 linear ft.)

Series 10: Interview Transcripts, 1943-1968 (Box 34; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 11: Audio and Video Recordings, 1959-1968 (Box 34; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 12: Artifacts, circa 1930s-circa 1960s (Box 34; 2 items)

Biographical/Historical note:

Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a social realist painter, muralist, printmaker, photographer, illustrator, and educator who worked primarily in Brooklyn, New York and New Jersey. He was most active in the 1930s through the 1950s and worked on several federally funded arts projects, including the Farm Security Administration's photographic documentation project of rural America during the Depression.

Ben Shahn was born in Kovno, Lithuania and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1906 where he settled in Brooklyn, and later Roosevelt, New Jersey, after becoming a naturalized citizen in 1918.

Following an apprenticeship as a lithographer from 1913-1917, Shahn studied at New York University, the City College of New York, and the National Academy of Design from 1919-1922. He married Tillie Goldstein in 1922 and they had two children, Judith and Ezra.

Two years after Shahn's first solo exhibition at the Downtown Gallery in 1930, his Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, a series of 23 gouaches about the Sacco and Vanzetti trial of the 1920s, was exhibited at the Downtown Gallery to critical and public acclaim. The exhibition marked the beginning of Shahn's reputation as one of the most important social realist painters in America. Shahn's commitment to social and political justice found a natural outlet in mural painting when, in 1933, he was hired to assist Diego Rivera on the labor and industry mural Man at the Crossroads, for New York City's Rockefeller Center. The mural was destroyed amid controversy in 1933 before it was completed, but Shahn had learned much about the art of fresco painting during the project and was inspired by the potential of the mural as a unique art form for presenting life's struggles and stories to a large public audience. Between 1933 and 1937 Shahn worked on various murals for other buildings, including New York's Central Park Casino (circa 1934) and Riker's Island Prison (1934), none of which saw completion. In 1937, however, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) commissioned Shahn to execute a mural for the Community Center in the town of Jersey Homesteads, later Roosevelt, New Jersey, which Shahn completed in 1938. Shahn settled in Jersey Homesteads the following year and remained there for the rest of his life. Other important mural commissions followed for the Bronx Central Post office (1939) and the Social Security Building in Washington DC (1942).

One of Shahn's assistants on the Jersey Homesteads mural was Bernarda Bryson, whom he had met in 1933 when she came to New York to interview Rivera about the Rockefeller Center mural controversy for an Ohio newspaper. Shahn and Bryson became lifetime companions and had three children, Susanna, Jonathan and Abigail, although they did not marry until shortly before Shahn's death in 1969. Shahn and Tillie Goldstein were divorced in 1944.

Shahn had enrolled with the federal Public Works of Art Project in 1934, and between 1935 and 1938 he and Bryson travelled across country as Shahn photographed poverty-stricken areas and documented rural life for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Resettlement Agency. Shahn's interest in photography developed in the early 1930s when, encouraged by his friendship with Walker Evans, he began photographing street scenes and people in New York City. He later used the images as the basis for many of his prints and paintings.

In 1942 Shahn began working for the Office of War Information (OWI) and was instructed to produce posters and pamphlets explaining to citizens the necessities of wartime, such as the need for secrecy and food rationing. Ultimately, only two of Shahn's posters were ever used; the rest were rejected as being too harsh for their intended audience. Shahn later worked for the Congress of Industrial Organization Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC), producing posters for the 1944 campaign to re-elect Roosevelt, who he believed in deeply. He was promoted to director of the CIO's Graphic Arts Division for the 1946 congressional campaign following Roosevelt's death, but that job ended when the election went poorly for the Democratic party.

Shahn returned increasingly to painting and a retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1947. He also became more active in academia as an accomplished writer, teacher and lecturer. He received honorary doctorates from Princeton University and Harvard University, and become the Charles Eliot Norton professor at Harvard in 1956. Shahn's Norton lectures were collected and published as the influential The Shape of Content in 1957. He also began to work as a commercial artist for a variety of companies and publications including CBS, Time, Harper's, and the Container Corporation of America. Shahn believed, however, that the artist's ideas and integrity must always be reflected in his commercial art. He refused to compromise on this point and was very selective in his choice of commercial commissions. Shahn illustrated many books and articles, designed sets for stage productions such as New York Export: Opus Jazz, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, and designed mural mosaics for synagogues, universities and private homes.

Since the 1930s Shahn had been represented by Edith Halpert at the Downtown Gallery, but his relationship with her was always contentious on the subject of payments Shahn received for commercial work, and became increasingly so as his income from such sources increased. Finally, in 1968, Shahn wrote to Halpert telling her that after ten years of "an accumulation of ill-feeling, discomfort and recrimination between us" he felt compelled to end their dealer-artist relationship.

By the time of Shahn's break with Halpert his health had begun to fail. He died of a heart attack following surgery in a New York City hospital on March 14, 1969.

Related Archival Materials note:

The Archives of American Art holds four oral history interviews with Ben Shahn: 1964 Apr. 14 interview conducted by Richard K. Doud for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project in which Shahn speaks of his travels and work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the American image as portrayed by FSA; 1965 Jan. 17 interview; 1965 Oct. 3. interview conducted by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project; and 1968 Sept. 27 interview conducted by Forrest Selvig. Most of these interviews have transcripts available online.

The Archives also holds the Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, circa 1947-2005, and two oral history interviews with Bernarda Bryson Shahn: 1983 Apr. 29 and 1995 July 3.

Separated Materials note:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel N70-6) including addresses and essays by Shahn, seven royalty statements, and three letters from publishers. Many of the writings found on this reel were included in subsequent donations. All other lent material was returned to the lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The Ben Shahn papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments between 1967-1991 by Shahn's widow, Bernarda Bryson Shahn who also lent materials for microfilming in 1969. Jean Shahn, Ben Shahn's daughter-in-law and estate representative, donated additional material in 2018 and 2021.

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.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

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

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

Photographers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Printmakers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Educators -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Muralists -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Topic:

Social realism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Drawings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990, bulk 1933-1970. 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

Identifier:

AAA.shahben

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Ben Shahn papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983b06d9b-dd51-45bc-9b11-09b06a88f6c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shahben

Collection Creator:

Sanford, Marion  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1931-1965

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:

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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Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers

Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers / Series 2: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c42a69e6-a6e0-4897-b4b8-67b6fda80dca

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-sanfmari-ref28

Interviewee:

Harak, Rudolph de  Search this

Interviewer:

Larsen, Susan C.  Search this

Names:

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art -- Faculty  Search this

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. -- Employees  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission  Search this

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) -- Design  Search this

Burtin, Will, 1908-  Search this

Golden, William, 1911-1959  Search this

Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001  Search this

Tritel, Hal  Search this

Weingart, Wolfgang, 1941-  Search this

Extent:

Sound recording: 3 sound cassettes (270 min.) : analog + printed material and drawings

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Drawings

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2000 April 27

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Rudolph de Harak conducted 2000 April 27, by Susan Larsen, for Archives of American Art, in Trenton, Maine. Also received from De Harak at the time of the interview are a photocopy of an article reprinted in Design Culture that de Harak wrote for the American Institute of Graphic Arts; photocopy of an interview transcript with Gyorgy Kepes conducted by de Harak, de Harak's vitae, 2 exhibition catalogs, an article in recognition of de Harak by Daniel Forte, and a pencil drawing and a design with color chart.

De Harak discusses his childhood in California and moving to both Chicago and New York in support of his sisters' dancing careers, as well as his education and career. He attended the New York School of Industrial Arts, graduating in 1940, at the age of sixteen. After graduation he worked in an upholstery factory etching zinc plates for printed and painted silk fabric for use in draperies. At age eighteen he was drafted into the Army and served throughout WWII. After the war he returned to California, to be with his sisters and mother. Eventually he found work in a Los Angeles design studio, where he became reacquainted with Hal Tritel, whom he had known in New York. Together, they attended an inspirational lecture by Will Burtin, the art director of Fortune magazine.

In 1947, De Harak and Tritel opened their own design firm. In 1950, De Harak moved back the New York in search of more opportunities as a designer. He worked at a variety of tasks including a stint at Seventeen magazine, starting his own design firm, and teaching at Cooper Union School of Visual Arts. His clients included McGraw Hill Publishers, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also worked on the World Trade Center. Through his work with the Atomic Energy Commission, De Harak became friends with Gyorgy Kepes. He also became friends with Will Burtin and Bill Golden, the designer of the "CBS eye" logo. De Harak also discusses the effect computers have had on design, the influence of Wolfgang Weingart, and his decision to focus on painting.

Biographical / Historical:

Rudolph de Harak (1924-2002) was a graphic designer and painter from Trenton, Maine.

Provenance:

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

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Painters -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Designers -- Interviews  Search this

Exhibitions -- Design  Search this

Graphic artists -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.harak00

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99a5a4398-0ed7-4821-b590-2d56f9a7ccc9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-harak00

Collection Creator:

De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1972

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Roy De Forest papers, 1916-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck. Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by Gloria Marchant.

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Roy De Forest papers

Roy De Forest papers / Series 3: Writings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9761b3dd4-e4a9-4962-8f0e-08b8a080342d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-deforoy-ref43

Collection Creator:

Sims, Lowery Stokes  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS)

Container:

Box 23, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

circa 1990s

Scope and Contents:

The recording contains a news story on Bearden that aired on CBS Sunday Morning.

Collection Restrictions:

Notebooks in Series 5 are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.

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:

Lowery Stokes Sims papers, 1967-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Lowery Stokes Sims papers

Lowery Stokes Sims papers / Series 9: Research Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw980e5869d-4100-4951-9ce9-9bfdb9992dbd

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-simslowe-ref416

Collection Creator:

Freeman, Linda, 1941-  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS)

1 Videocassettes (BetacamSP) (Copied from VHS)

Container:

Box 25, Item 605-606

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images [31027000863551]

Videocassettes (vhs)

Videocassettes (betacamsp)

Date:

2001

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 born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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

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:

Linda Freeman papers, 1971-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Linda Freeman papers

Linda Freeman papers / Series 22: School's Out: Self-Taught Artists (2001) / 22.2: Production Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw995ab2a55-d8f8-4f79-8644-f6b125f8acd4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-freelind-ref450

Creator:

Wiseman, Frederick J., 1875-1961  Search this

Names:

Early Birds of Aviation (Organization).  Search this

Wiseman-Peters (Fred Wiseman and J. W. Peters) (Aircraft manufacturer)  Search this

Extent:

0.59 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Tickets

Correspondence

Clippings

Date:

1909-1968

bulk [ca. 1910s, 1950s]

Summary:

Fred Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan. On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. After the 1911 season, Wiseman gave up flying.

This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.

Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.

Arrangement:

Materials are in the order the donor attached them to the scrapbook. Correspondence is often located within the envelope that is attached to the scrapbook. Some materials are loose and have been left in the arrangement in which they were found, unless a portion of a newspaper article could be matched to its other parts.

Biographical / Historical:

Fred Wiseman (1875-1961) was born in Santa Rosa, California, and after attending local schools he engaged in both the bicycle and automotive businesses. Wiseman won considerable fame racing Stoddard-Dayton cars on the West Coast as well as in the Chicago area. He became interested in aviation after attending the Wright brothers' homecoming celebration in 1909 and the first Los Angeles aviation meet at Dominguez Field in 1910.

After these two events, Wiseman was convinced he wanted to learn to fly and so he returned to his home in Santa Rosa and persuaded Ben Noonan to put up $10,000 to build a plane. Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan.

On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. (The first air mail flight sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office in Washington, D.C., took place on September 23, 1911, when Earle Ovington carried mail from Garden City, Long Island, to Mineola; and the first continuously scheduled U.S. air mail service began on May 15, 1918, with routes between Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.)

During 1911, Wiseman had an active season of exhibition work, including flying for one week at the California State Fair. However, after this season Wiseman gave up flying because he thought there was no future in it. He sold his plane and returned to the automobile business. He later worked for Standard Oil Company of California. Wiseman was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization of pilots who flew solo in an aircraft prior to December 17, 1916.

Weldon Cooke, another pioneer aviator from California, bought and modified the Wiseman-Peters aircraft, renaming it the Wiseman-Cooke. Cooke flew the Wiseman-Cooke for exhibition and air mail flights. The Wiseman-Cooke aircraft is currently part of the Smithsonian Institution's collections.

Provenance:

No donor information, Gift?, unknown, XXXX-0618, unknown

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Automobile racing  Search this

Air mail service  Search this

Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this

Aeronautics -- Exhibitions  Search this

Airplane racing  Search this

Aeronautics -- Competitions  Search this

Aeronautics -- 1903-1916  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Air pilots  Search this

Wiseman-Peters #2 Biplane (1910)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Tickets

Correspondence

Clippings

Citation:

Fred Wiseman Scrapbook, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0618, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0618

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b1a6ef9c-06ed-414f-adc3-98f31de066e0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0618

Collection Creator:

Vernon, Lillian, 1927-2015  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Duration: 0:00:50)

Container:

Box 28, Item AC1495-OV0134

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

2002-03-01

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Lillian Vernon Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Lillian Vernon Collection

Lillian Vernon Collection / Series 3: Audio Visual Materials / 3.2: Videocassettes (VHS)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88bd5c5e4-b213-4032-b437-c9cd13b42e5c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1495-ref880

Collection Creator:

Vernon, Lillian, 1927-2015  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Duration: 0:03:21)

Container:

Box 28, Item AC1495-OV0138

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

2002-04-22

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Lillian Vernon Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Lillian Vernon Collection

Lillian Vernon Collection / Series 3: Audio Visual Materials / 3.2: Videocassettes (VHS)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b7982203-e144-44d6-9408-0798cfe72ca8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1495-ref884

Collection Creator:

Vernon, Lillian, 1927-2015  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS)

Container:

Box 27, Item AC1495-OV0124

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

2001-11-27 - 2001-11-29

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Lillian Vernon Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Lillian Vernon Collection

Lillian Vernon Collection / Series 3: Audio Visual Materials / 3.2: Videocassettes (VHS)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep893f9e4e9-5c9f-4068-9422-26fb45086403

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1495-ref870

Collection Creator:

Vernon, Lillian, 1927-2015  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Duration: 0:14:00)

Container:

Box 27, Item AC1495-OV0119

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

2001-10-07

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Lillian Vernon Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Lillian Vernon Collection

Lillian Vernon Collection / Series 3: Audio Visual Materials / 3.2: Videocassettes (VHS)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep859d079d7-af37-41a1-b105-0f1d123cd634

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1495-ref865

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 462, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1979 - 1988

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 14: Development / 14.2: Donors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45d9a40a2-2a21-4c3b-9a50-4a41795d7b3e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref2224

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

A. L. Stoffers  Search this

A. R. A. Görts-van Rijn  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

K. J. Bonsen  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

White clay savanna after long periods of drought  Search this

Place:

Lethem, near; Rupununi, U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

5 Nov 1982

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Bulbostylis conifera (Kunth) C.B. Clarke

Barcode:

00717103

USNM Number:

3108161

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a236099a-b820-4dfb-aad8-429cff32ca86

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10666487

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Christian Feuillet  Search this

Paul H. Hiepko  Search this

Laurence E. Skog  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Max. Elevation:

150  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Savanna and forest islands  Search this

Min. Elevation:

140  Search this

Place:

Rupununi Savanna, Mountain Point, near ranch of Shirley Humphries, U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

28 Feb 1985

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Bulbostylis conifera (Kunth) C.B. Clarke

Barcode:

00717104

USNM Number:

3065298

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/338b3e786-6722-414b-9e86-e6a7062042f4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10751786

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Christian Feuillet  Search this

Paul H. Hiepko  Search this

Laurence E. Skog  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Max. Elevation:

150  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Drying pond in wet sand  Search this

Min. Elevation:

140  Search this

Place:

Rupununi Savanna, Mountain Point, near ranch of Shirley Humphries, U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

2 Mar 1985

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Eleocharis subfoliata C.B. Clarke

Barcode:

00700697

USNM Number:

3070279

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39065ef74-ceab-48f8-b0ca-d426432a407a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10751850

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Eimear M. Nic Lughadha  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Doorjoohan Gopaul  Search this

Max. Elevation:

260  Search this

Min. Elevation:

240  Search this

Place:

Gunn's, Essequibo River, U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

5 Sep 1989

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Scleria macrogyne C.B. Clarke

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ae80afe-5f5a-4e9e-8ec1-02e4cb8ec22e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10759100

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Doorjoohan Gopaul  Search this

Violet James  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Forest along river  Search this

Min. Elevation:

200  Search this

Place:

Kuyuwini Landing, Kuyuwini River, Rupununi District, U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

8 Feb 1991

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Cyperus chlorocephalus (C.B. Clarke) Kük.

Barcode:

00686990

USNM Number:

3366581

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39985e5f6-b098-4a9c-a022-6314f3deb867

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10760187

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Doorjoohan Gopaul  Search this

Violet James  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Forest along river  Search this

Min. Elevation:

200  Search this

Place:

Kuyuwini Landing, Kuyuwini River, Rupununi District, U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

8 Feb 1991

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Cyperus trailii C.B. Clarke

Barcode:

00692508

USNM Number:

3265750

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8df0b62-0134-4829-86d1-6fe8aca090a7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10760191

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Violet James  Search this

R. Andrew  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Rocky outcrop  Search this

Min. Elevation:

200  Search this

Place:

Shea Rock, Rupununi Dist., U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

26 Aug 1995

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Rhynchospora trichochaeta C.B. Clarke

Barcode:

00742066

USNM Number:

3366598

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ba21cee4-ab26-484b-8c85-c41a32ab181c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10760544

Biogeographical Region:

82 - Northern South America  Search this

Collector:

Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs  Search this

Berend J. Welle  Search this

Andre S. Chanderbali  Search this

U. P. Raghoenandan  Search this

Violet James  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Savanna  Search this

Min. Elevation:

160  Search this

Place:

Shea Village, Rupununi Dist., U. Takutu-U. Essequibo, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

9 Feb 1994

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae

Published Name:

Bulbostylis junciformis (Kunth) C.B. Clarke

Barcode:

00717122

USNM Number:

3366570

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Guiana Shield

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/327fc1896-07c7-496d-9ee4-6e35dd3319f1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10761631