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Series Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1979-2001

Scope and Contents:

This series contains materials collected and created by Myra Lynn Cones and her wife, G. Yvonne Harris. The series includes photographs, emphemera, periodicals, magazines, programs and commemorative materials from musical groups (The Village People) and television shows (Queer as Folk) as well as materials relating to marches (A Simple Matter of Justice, 1993), the AIDS Quilt, the women's festival Sisterfire, and an original poem.

Biographical / Historical:

This short biography was submitted by the donors Myra Lynn Cones and G. Yvonne Harris in October 2022

"Short Biography from 1981-2022

We first met in 1980, at on a military base in Hampton, Virginia. We were both working at the Arts and Crafts Center. We became friends first, through our love of art and being artists ourselves.

Soon there after we discovered that this was not the first time we had met. While discussing one day about our lives in Hampton, we discovered that we went to the same kindergarten school, at the same time! The conversation started like this:

Yvonne: I went to Jones Kindergarten. Myra: So, did I. Yvonne: Do you remember the Humpty Dumpty play at the end of the year? I played one of the soldiers in the group. Myra: Yep, I was a soldier too. Do you remember the Christmas party? Yvonne: Yeah, I do. Myra: Well, my dad played Santa.

That's when we knew this was too special to ignore.

In March of 1981 we moved in together as roommates. By May, we were a couple.

We were invited to our first lesbian bar, by a couple who could not believe in the three years we were together thus far, we had never been to one. We went to a place in Norfolk, Virginia called the Her She Bar. Funny how we describe the night like that scene in the Wizard of Oz, when the film is in black and white and the door of the bar opened up and there was color. And that was the start of our foray into the Gay and Lesbian scene in the 80's. We came out to our family in the 80's. Considering both of us coming from Christian raised families, they did very well with their acceptance.

We became part of the community, by participating in art shows at the local women's bars, and women events at the local college. Later we ventured outside the area to do shows at other women's events in Norfolk, Richmond, and the famous Women's festival Sisterfire.

We decided that we wanted to move to Washington DC, because there was an active artists and LGBT community. We both worked retail, we found that we could transfer through our companies.

In 1990, we both moved to Washington DC. While starting out in DC Yvonne had a part-time job at the well known LGBT bookstore Lambda Rising, owned by Deacon MacCububbin, and then Lammas Women Bookstore, owned and operated by Mary Farmer. We were learning about the community, participating in Pride events, and living our best LGBT life. We stayed for 10 years in a little one-bedroom apartment and later bought our first home in 2000.

After Washington DC legalized gay marriage in 2010, We decided to jump the broom. We were first going to have the ceremony done at the justice of the peace. But remembered that we had a client, who was a patron of our work who was not only clergy, but was also Lesbian. We contacted the Reverend Bonnie Berger. Reverend Bonnie conducted many weddings, and after the announcement of legalized marriages came through, she was indeed a busy woman. So, we gave her a date and she was ready to do the ceremony on May 9, 2010. We had a boat at the time, and thought that having the ceremony at the marina would be great. So, we had our boat at the dock and the guests on the pier. Not only did the invited guess come, but we were surprised to see all the folks we knew at the marina, our fellow boaters. The guys and their wives and girlfriends showed up for support and love.

As of this year 2022, we have been together 41 years. And we have enjoyed being in the city, in the heart of the artistic world, galleries, and museum that continues to feed our creativity, and seeing the advances that have been made in rights and visibility in the LGBTQ community. We've seen a lot in these 40 odd years. One doesn't realize that until you have a conversation with a 20 something year old young gay man, who looks at you in astonishment when they discover that you've been an out lesbian in the 80's.

Co-worker: How long have you two been together Yvonne: We've been together 41 years, married for 12 Co-worker: (eyes wide) Wow, that long. That was at a time when it was hard, being out in the 80's. Was it scary?

That is how far we've come. Wizard of Oz, black and white to color!"

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1146, Series 26

See more items in:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8eb565972-afaf-4486-ba58-1aa659ebfa86

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref3188

Painter:

Byrd, John Henry 1800-1874  Search this

Subject:

Palmer, Benjamin Morgan  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Louisiana State Museum P. O. Box 2448 New Orleans Louisiana 70176

Date:

Ca.1866-1884

Topic:

Portrait male--Knee length  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this

Control number:

IAP 17470028

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_480117

Correspondent:

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978  Search this

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Wallis, Ruth Sawtell, 1895-1978  Search this

Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991  Search this

Lopez, Salvador  Search this

Little, Kenneth  Search this

Wilson, Maggie  Search this

Whitecloud, Thomas St. Germain  Search this

Henry, Jules, 1904-1969  Search this

Hellman, Ellen  Search this

Haugen, Einar  Search this

Gough, Kathleen  Search this

Lewis, Oscar  Search this

Kaberry, Phyllis Mary, 1910-  Search this

Imes, Elmer Samuel, 1883-1941  Search this

Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962  Search this

Steyn, Anna F.  Search this

Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962  Search this

Solecki, Ralph S.  Search this

Sparta, Francisco  Search this

Rubin, Joan  Search this

Rubin, Vera  Search this

Rodnick, David  Search this

Rogers, Edward S.  Search this

Ritzenthaler, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1911-1980  Search this

Roberts, Robert W.  Search this

Ramo, Arthur  Search this

Richards, Audrey  Search this

Preston, Richard J.  Search this

Verger, Pierre  Search this

Vennum, Thomas  Search this

Topash, Mary  Search this

Topash, Joe  Search this

Teskey, Lynn  Search this

Taylor, Beryl  Search this

Tanner, Helen Hornbeck  Search this

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this

Quain, Buell H. (Buell Halvor), 1912-1939  Search this

Dunning, William  Search this

Douglas, William A.  Search this

Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991  Search this

Edmondson, Munro S.  Search this

Black, Mary B.  Search this

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948  Search this

Domengeaux, James  Search this

Feldman, Albert G.  Search this

Feder, Norman  Search this

Gacs, Ute  Search this

Franklin, John Hope  Search this

Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997  Search this

Erickson, Vincent O.  Search this

Falk, Minna R.  Search this

Faitlovitch, V.  Search this

Alberto Torres, Heloisa  Search this

Buck, Pearl  Search this

Bruce, Harold E.  Search this

Borri, Rina  Search this

Boggs, Stephen Taylor  Search this

Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997  Search this

Baldus, Herbert  Search this

Barnouw, Victor  Search this

Bateson, Mary Catherine  Search this

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich  Search this

Malherbe, E. G. (Ernst Gideon), 1895-  Search this

Marks, Eli S.  Search this

Masha, Louise  Search this

Maslow, Will  Search this

Masquat, Joseph M.  Search this

Mayer, Kurt B.  Search this

McWilliams, Carey  Search this

Bunche, Ralph J.  Search this

Carneiro, Edison  Search this

Chilver, E. M.  Search this

Chilver, Richard  Search this

Clifton, James A.  Search this

Colson, Elizabeth F.  Search this

Daveron, Alexander  Search this

Lowenfeld, Margaret, 1890-1973  Search this

Officer, James E.  Search this

Odum, Howard W.  Search this

Park, Alice  Search this

Paredes, Anthony  Search this

Paton, Alan, 1903-1988  Search this

Park, George  Search this

Prado, Idabel do  Search this

Peschel, Keewaydinoquay M.  Search this

Merwe, Hendrik W. van der  Search this

Murphy, Robert Francis  Search this

Messing, Simon D.  Search this

Neumann, Anita  Search this

Nef, Evelyn Stefansson  Search this

Nocktonick, Louise  Search this

Neumann, Walter  Search this

Creator:

Landes, Ruth, 1908-1991  Search this

Names:

Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures  Search this

Committee on Fair Employment Practices  Search this

Fisk University  Search this

Johnson, Charles S.  Search this

Landes, Ruth, 1908-1991  Search this

Park, Robert E.  Search this

Extent:

26.5 Linear feet ((63 document boxes and 1 oversized box))

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this

African  Search this

Acadians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Jews -- American  Search this

Latinos -- California  Search this

Brazilians  Search this

Basques  Search this

American Indians  Search this

Afro-Brazilians  Search this

Africans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Quebec -- Bilingualism

United Kingdom -- colored immigration

South Africa

Date:

1928-1992

Summary:

Most of Ruth Landes's papers relate directly or indirectly to Landes's American Indian research, her work in Brazil, and her study of bilingualism. There is also a considerable amount of material that relates to her experiences (sometimes fictionalized) at Fisk University. There is only small amount of material related to her other interests. Her collection also has material of and relating to the Brazilian folklorist and journalist Edison Carneiro. There is also noteworthy material concerning Herbert Baldus, Ruth Benedict, Elmer C. Imes, Charles S. Johnson, and Robert E. Park. There is a large amount of printed and processed materials in the collection, mainly in the form of newspaper clippings and a collection of scholarly papers.

Scope and Contents:

This collection is mainly comprised of the professional papers of Ruth Schlossberg Landes. Included are correspondence, journals, published and unpublished manuscripts of writings, research materials including field notes and reading notes, photographs, drawings, scholarly papers and publications by other scholars, and clippings from newspapers and periodicals.

Landes's field research on Candomblé in Brazil is well-represented in this collection, consisting of her field journals, writings, and photographs. Also present are Maggie Wilson's stories that were the basis for Landes's The Ojibwa Woman. Unfortunately, Landes was unable to locate her journals for her early research with the Ojibwa/Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Dakota. There are, however, field photographs of the Ojibwa/Chippewa and Potawatomi in the collection. There is also a great deal of her research on groups, especially minorities, in multilingual states with particular focus on the French of Quebec, Basques of Spain and the United States, Boers and Blacks of South Africa, the several socio-linguistic groups of Switzerland, and Acadians (Cajuns) of Louisiana. In the collection are several drafts of her unpublished manuscript on bilingualism, "Tongues that Defy the State." There is also a small amount of material about Black Jews of New York and considerable material about Landes's experience among African Americans when she taught briefly at Fisk University, including her unpublished manuscript "Now, at Athens," containing fictional and autobiographical accounts of her time at Fisk.

Reflections of other facets of Landes's professional activities are also included. Some materials concern her teaching activities, and there is also documentation of her work with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (a federal government agency during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt) and a similar private organization which immediately succeeded the FEPA; Gunnar Myrdal's research into the plight of African Americans ("The Negro in America"); the Research in Contemporary Cultures project at Columbia University; and the American Jewish Congress.

Among Landes's correspondents are Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, Ralph Bunche, Herbert Baldus, Edison Carneiro, Sally Chilver, Frances Densmore, Sol Tax, Elmer S. Imes, Charles S. Johnson, Robert E. Park, and Hendrik W. van der Merwe.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 6 series: (1) Correspondence, 1931-1991; (2) Research Materials, circa 1930s-1990; (3) Writings, circa 1930s-1990; (4) Teaching Materials, 1935-1975, undated; (5) Biographical and Personal Files, 1928-1988; (6) Graphic Materials, 1933-1978, undated

Biographical Note:

Ruth Schlossberg Landes was born on October 8, 1908 in New York City. Her father was Joseph Schlossberg, an activist in the Yiddish labor socialist community and one of the founders of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. She studied sociology at New York University (B.A. 1928) and social work at the New York School of Social Work, Columbia University (M.S.W. 1929). While in graduate school, Landes studied Black Jews in Harlem for her master's thesis, a topic that developed her interests in anthropology.

After graduating in 1929, she worked as a social worker in Harlem and married Victor Landes, a medical student and son of family friends. Their marriage ended after two years when she enrolled in the doctoral program in anthropology at Columbia against her husband's wishes. She kept his surname due to the stigma of being a divorced woman.

At Columbia, Landes studied under Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, her main advisor. Under the guidance of Benedict, Landes moved away from further study of African Americans to focus on Native American communities. Upon Benedict's suggestion, Landes studied the social organization of the Ojibwa in Manitou Rapids in Ontario from 1932 to 1936 for her Ph.D. fieldwork. Her dissertation, Ojibwa Sociology, was published in 1937. Landes also contributed "The Ojibwa of Canada" in Cooperation and Competition among Primitive Peoples (1937), a volume edited by Margaret Mead. In 1938, Landes published Ojibwa Women (1938), a book written in collaboration with Maggie Wilson, an Ojibwa interpreter and informant.

In addition to studying the Ojibwa in Ontario, Landes also conducted fieldwork with the Chippewa of Red Lake, Minnesota in 1933, working closely with shaman or midé Will Rogers. Her book, Ojibwa Religion and the Midéwiwin (1968) was based largely on her research with Rogers and Maggie Wilson. In 1935 and 1936, she undertook fieldwork with the Santee Dakota in Minnesota and the Potawatomi in Kansas. Like Ojibwa Religion and the Midéwiwin, her books on the Santee Dakota and Potawatomi were not published until several years later—The Mystic Lake Sioux: Sociology of the Mdewakantonwan Sioux was published in 1968 while The Prairie Potawatomi was published in 1970. In between her field research in the 1930s and the publication of The Prairie Potawatomi, Landes returned to Kansas to study the Potawatomi in the 1950s and 1960s.

Landes's plan to continue her studies with the Potawatomi in 1937 changed when Benedict invited her to join a team of researchers from Columbia University in Brazil. Landes was to conduct research on Afro-Brazilians in Bahia, Brazil, while Walter Lipkind, Buell Quain, and Charles Wagley studied indigenous people in the Amazons. To prepare for her research, Landes was at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1937 and 1938 to consult with Robert Park and Donald Pierson and to use the university's library collections of African and African American materials. During that time, Landes also held a teaching position at Fisk and lived in the non-segregated women's residence on campus. Landes later wrote "Now, at Athens," an unpublished memoir containing fictional and true accounts of her experiences at Fisk.

From 1938 to 1939, Landes conducted fieldwork on the role of Afro-Brazilian women and homosexuals in the Candomblé religion in Bahia, Brazil. Unable to move freely by herself in Brazil as a single woman, Landes was accompanied by Edison Carneiro, a Bahian journalist and folklorist. With Carneiro as her companion, Landes was allowed access to rituals and people that would have been closed off to her otherwise. Due to her association with Carneiro, a member of the Brazilian Communist Party, Landes was suspected of being a communist and was forced to leave Bahia early. Publications from her research in Brazil include "A Cult Matriarchate and Male Homosexuality" (1940) and City of Women (1947). She returned to Brazil in 1966 to study the effects of urban development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1967, a Portuguese translation of City of Women was published, a project that Carneiro had commissioned as the first director of the Ministry of Education and Culture's Special National Agency for the Protection of Folklore.

Landes returned to New York in 1939, working briefly as a researcher for Gunnar Myrdal's study of African Americans. Unable to obtain a permanent position at a university, she worked in several other short term positions throughout most of her career. During World War II, Landes was a research director for the Office of the Coordinator for Inter-American Affairs (1941) and consultant for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fair Employment Practices Committee on African American and Mexican American cases (1941-44). In 1945, Landes directed a program created by Pearl S. Buck and a group of interdenominational clergy to analyze pending New York anti-discrimination legislation. She moved to California the following year to work for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Welfare Council on a study of race and youth gangs. After her contract ended, she moved back to New York and was hired as a contract researcher for the American Jewish Congress (1948-50). She also participated in Columbia University's Research in Contemporary Cultures (1949-51), studying Jewish families. She coauthored with Mark Zborowski, "Hypothesis concerning the Eastern European Jewish Family." From 1951 to 1952, Landes spent a year in London, funded by a Fulbright fellowship to study colored colonial immigrants and race relations in Great Britain.

After her fellowship ended, Landes returned to the United States and held short term appointments at several universities. She taught at the William Alanson White Psychiatric Institution in New York (1953-54), the New School for Social Research in New York (1953-55), University of Kansas (1957, 1964), University of Southern California (1957-62), Columbia University (1963), Los Angeles State College (1963), and Tulane University (1964). At Claremont Graduate School, Landes helped to develop and direct the Claremont Anthropology and Education Program (1959-62).

It was not until 1965 that Landes obtained a permanent faculty position at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario; she was recruited for the position by Richard Slobodin. Due to Ontario's age retirement law, Landes was forced to retire in 1973 at the age of 65. She continued to teach part-time until 1977, when she became professor emerita.

Landes passed away at the age of 82 on February 11, 1991.

Sources Consulted

Cole, Sally. 2003. Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.

Chronology

1908 October 8 -- Born Ruth Schlossberg in New York City

1928 -- B.A. in sociology, New York University

1929 -- M.S.W., New York School of Social Work, Columbia University

1929-1931 -- Social worker in Harlem Married to Victor Landes

1929-1934 -- Studied Black Jews in Harlem

1931 -- Began graduate work in anthropology at Columbia University

1932-1936 -- Studied the Ojibwa in Ontario and Minnesota (in field periodically)

1933-1940 -- Research Fellow, Columbia University

1935 Summer-Fall -- Studied the Santee Sioux (Dakota) in Minnesota

1935-1936 -- Studied the Potawatomi in Kansas

1935 -- Ph.D., Columbia University

1937 -- Instructor, Brooklyn College

1937-1938 -- Instructor, Fisk University

1938-1939 -- Studied Afro-Brazilians and Candomblé in Brazil, especially at Bahia

1939 -- Researcher on Gunnar Myrdal's study, "The Negro in America"

1941 -- Research Director, Office of Inter American Affairs, Washington, D.C.

1941-1945 -- Representative for Negro and Mexican American Affairs, Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), President Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration

1944 -- Interim Director, Committee Against Racial Discrimination, New York

1946-1947 -- Researcher, study of Mexican American youth, gangs, and families, Los Angeles Metropolitan Council

1948-1951 -- Researcher, American Jewish Congress, New York

1949-1951 -- Research consultant, study on Jewish families in New York for Research in Contemporary Cultures Project, Columbia University

1951-1952 -- Fulbright Scholar, to study colored colonial immigration into Great Britain

1953-1954 -- Lecturer, William Alanson White Psychiatric Institution, New York

1953-1955 -- Lecturer, New School for Social Research, New York

1956-1957 -- Married to Ignacio Lutero Lopez

1957 Summer -- Visiting Professor, University of Kansas

1957-1958 -- Visiting Professor, University of Southern California

1957-1965 -- Consultant, California agencies (Department of Social Work, Bureau of Mental Hygiene, Department of Education, Public Health Department) and San Francisco Police Department

1958-1959 -- Director, Geriatrics Program, Los Angeles City Health Department

1959-1962 -- Visiting Professor and Director of Anthropology and Education Program, Claremont Graduate School

1962 -- Extension Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Berkeley

1963 -- Extension Lecturer, Columbia University Extension Lecturer, Los Angeles State College

1963-1965 -- Consultant, International Business Machines (IBM)

1964 January-June -- Visiting Professor, Tulane University

1964 Summer -- Field work with Potawatomi in Kansas Professor, University of Kansas

1965-1975 -- Professor at McMaster University

1966 -- Studied urban development in Rio de Janeiro

1968-1975 -- Studied bilingualism and biculturalism in Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, United States, and Canada (in Spain and the United States concentrated on Basques)

1975 -- Became part-time faculty member at McMaster University

1977 -- Professor Emerita, McMaster University

1978 -- Award of Merit from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

1991 February 11 -- Died in Hamilton, Ontario

1991 -- Establishment of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund at Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM)

Related Materials:

Correspondence from Ruth Landes can be found in the William Duncan Strong Papers, the Leonard Bloomfield Papers, and MS 7369. The Ruth Bunzel Papers contains a copy of a grant application by Landes.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Ruth Landes in 1991.

Restrictions:

The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.

Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Midéwiwin  Search this

Bilingualism  Search this

Aging  Search this

Candomblé (Religion)  Search this

Citation:

Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.

Identifier:

NAA.1991-04

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Ruth Landes papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37e032ce2-12b4-4c64-83be-ec51796c4bd6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1991-04

Artist:

Edward Sorel, born 1929  Search this

Sitter:

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., born 8 Oct 1941  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush, 12 Jun 1924 - 30 Nov 2018  Search this

Michael Dukakis, born 1933  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole, 22 Jul 1923 - 5 Dec 2021  Search this

Al Gore, born 31 Mar 1948  Search this

Richard Gephardt, born 1941  Search this

Jack French Kemp, 13 Jul 1935 - 2 May 2009  Search this

Pat Robertson, born 22 Mar 1930  Search this

Medium:

Crayon, watercolor and paper on paper

Dimensions:

60.8cm x 49cm (23 15/16" x 19 5/16"), Image

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1988

Topic:

Caricature  Search this

Equipment\Sports Equipment\Skis  Search this

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.: Male  Search this

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Michael Dukakis: Male  Search this

Michael Dukakis: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Michael Dukakis: Politics and Government\Governor\Massachusetts  Search this

Al Gore: Male  Search this

Al Gore: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Al Gore: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Al Gore: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee  Search this

Al Gore: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Al Gore: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Tennessee  Search this

Al Gore: Nobel Prize  Search this

Al Gore: Oscar  Search this

Richard Gephardt: Male  Search this

Richard Gephardt: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Richard Gephardt: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Missouri  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Male  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Football  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Politics and Government\Vice-Presidential Candidate  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Housing and Urban Development  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Lobbyist  Search this

Jack French Kemp: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Male  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Politics and Government\US Senator\Majority Leader  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kansas  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Military and Intelligence\Officer  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Kansas  Search this

Robert Joseph Dole: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Male  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Military and Intelligence\Intelligence agent\CIA director  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Texas  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Naval aviator  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador\United Nations  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Oil  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Pat Robertson: Male  Search this

Pat Robertson: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Pat Robertson: Religion and Spirituality\Religious leader  Search this

Pat Robertson: Performing Arts\Producer\Television producer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.90.TC67

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Edward Sorel

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45d3321f6-c956-4d7b-a938-b80d84cb2844

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.90.TC67

Artist:

Joan Clark Netherwood, born York, SC 1932-died Joppa, MD 2021  Search this

Medium:

gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

image: 7 1/8 × 7 1/8 in. (18.1 × 18.1 cm) sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photoprint

Date:

1979

Topic:

Occupation\religion\nun  Search this

Object\other\flag  Search this

Object\toy\doll  Search this

Architecture Exterior\detail\window  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Object number:

1983.63.990

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d5fcb820-66e6-4e2c-a95b-9d98af88ef9d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1983.63.990

Creator:

Ostroff, Eugene, d. 1999 (NMAH Curator)  Search this

Salo, Matt, Dr.  Search this

Haberstich, David E., 1941-  Search this

Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015  Search this

Alland, Alexander, Sr. (Alexander Landschaft), 1902-1989  Search this

Names:

China Daily News -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

China Daily News -- Photographs  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Davis, Earl  Search this

Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )  Search this

Extent:

0.25 Cubic feet (4 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Oral history

Interviews

Audio cassettes

Place:

Virgin Islands -- 1930-1940

New York (N.Y.) -- 1930-1940

Bowery (New York, N.Y.) -- 1930-1940

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- 1930-1940

St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) -- 1930-1940

Date:

1985 - 1986

1930 - 1943

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains 273 silver gelatin photoprints (Series 1), most of which apparently were made during the 1930s and early 1940s, contemporaneously with the original negatives. All are 8" x 10" or slightly smaller, unmounted except for flush mounted linen on the backs of some prints. The photographs were made primarily in two locations, New York City and the Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands pictures were made as part of a special documentary project in 1939, as described above, whereas the New York photographs stem from Mr. Alland's largely self assigned documentation of various ethnic and religious groups in New York from approximately 1932 to 1943. The projects include photographs of the "Red Bandanna" Romany Gypsy group in the Bowery, a black Jewish congregation, Mohawk Indians in Brooklyn, and other groups, which required extensive exploration, research, and photographing over periods of many days or weeks. A variety of miscellaneous ethnic and religious groups are covered in the general "Other Religions" and "Nationalities" folders. The contents of the "Judaism" folder include primarily New York sites and people, but there are also additional views of a synagogue from the Virgin Islands project.

Series 2 of the collection contains four cassette tape recordings of two interviews with Mr. Alland, three made by Richard Ahlborn (with Eugene Ostroff and Matt Salo) in 1985, and one by David Haberstich and Richard Ahlborn, June 2-3, 1986 (at which time the photographs were donated). The tapes include readings from his autobiography, personal reminiscences on his experiences as an immigrant and a photographer, and commentary on the photographs.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Photoprints, 1930-1943

Series 2: Audiotape Cassettes, 1985-1986

The photographs are arranged topically and by nationality.

Biographical / Historical:

Alexander Alland, Sr., was born in Sevastopol, Crimea (formerly in the Soviet Union) on 6 August 1902. His last name originally was Landschaft, but he legally changed it to Alland following the birth of his son. Alland's interest in photography began at the age of twelve, when he helped a local photographer with darkroom work. He constructed his own camera from cardboard with a simple meniscus lens and exposed glass plate negatives with the device.

Toward the end of the Civil War in Russia in 1920, Alland relocated in Constantinople, Turkey, where he was hired as an apprentice by a graduate of the Vienna Academy of Photography. When the Union Nationale des Combatants Francais went on a pilgrimage to Gallipoli, a former battle zone on the Dardanelles, he was asked to accompany them in order to document events. After having his request for a pay increase refused, he left his employer two years later and opened his own portrait studio, "Photo d'Art Russe." When civil unrest threatened Constantinople in 1923, he decided to emigrate to the United States.

During his first years in the United States he worked in photo finishing businesses while engaged in home portraiture independently. He married in 1929 and a son, Alexander, Jr., was born. In the 1930s he became one of the best known photographers portraying the life of immigrants and various ethnic groups in New York. (1) In 1936 he was appointed supervisor of the Photo Mural section of the W.P.A. Federal Art Project, and worked as a free lance photographer for magazines and periodicals featuring the activities of various ethnic groups living in New York City. He specialized in making photomurals with montage techniques. (2)

In 1937 Alland became photography instructor at the American Artists' School and joined the American Artists Congress. In 1939, his first book, Portrait of New York, was published and he became president of the "Exploration Photo Syndicate" and went to the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of a project to produce a pictorial record of the West Indian Islands. His photographs appeared in publications and were exhibited at the New School for Social Research and at the Schomberg Collection. In 1942 he joined the staff of Common Ground magazine as photography editor and was appointed by the National Youth Administration to supervise their photography workshop. His book American Counterpoint appeared in 1943 and was selected as "One of the Fifty Best Books of the Year." The original prints from that book were exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York, which also exhibited a portfolio of his work on American Gypsies. In 1944 he became director of an agency, "Pictures for Democracy," and in 1945 his book The Springfield Plan was proclaimed another "One of the Fifty Best Books of the Year."

During World War II Alland did technical photography for the War Department, receiving a commendation for this work. After another book My Dog Rinty was published, he left New York City to establish a school of photography, combined with a school of dance directed by his wife, Alexandra, a professional dancer and choreographer. (3) He then began to exhibit his own photographs and to collect glass plate negatives and vintage prints by significant photographers. He is perhaps best known for locating a collection of Jacob Riis negatives and making them available. In 1974 Aperture published his biography, Jacob A. Riis: Photographer and Citizen4. Because of his efforts in providing the Riis negatives to the Museum of the City of New York, that institution awarded a special commemorative medal to him in 1973. The Riis book was followed by two more studies of photographers, Jessie Tarbox Beals, First Woman News Photographer (5) and Heinrich Tonnies, Cartes de Visite Photographer Extraordinaire. (6)

Retrospective exhibitions of Alland's work were held in two major Danish museums in summer 1979 and he was honored for contributions to the cultural history of Denmark. In 1991 studies for his photomural work were included in an historical survey exhibition of American photomontage at the University of Maryland at College Park. (7).

Sources

1. My text is based upon the biographical information recorded on my taped interviews with Mr. Alland in this collection, but see also Bonnie Yochelson, The Committed Eye: Alexander Alland's Photography. New York: The Museum of the City of New York, Inc., 1991.

2. Merry A. Foresta, "Art and Document: Photography of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project," in Official Images: New Deal Photography (essays by Foresta, Pete Daniel, Maren Stange, and Sally Stein), Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987, p. 153, based on an interview with Alland, January 1987.

3. Photographic historian Anne Peterson, contractor for three Archives Center photographic collection projects between 1986 and 1982, reports that she studied ballet as a child with Mrs. Alland.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid

7. See catalog by Cynthia Wayne, Dreams, Lies, and Exaggeration: Photomontage in America. The Art Gallery, University of Maryland at College Park, 1991 (exhibition at the gallery Oct. 21 Dec. 20, 1991).

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Carlos de Wendler Funaro Gypsy Research Collection (AC0161)

Contains additional Alland photographs. De Wendler Funaro also photographed Steve Kaslov, his family, and his Bowery coppersmith workshop.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Alexander Alland, June 3, 1986.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Copyrighted material: photographs may not be reproduced without written permission from the Estate of Alexander Alland, Sr.

Topic:

Synagogues -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York, N.Y.  Search this

Newspapers -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Muslims -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Minorities -- Housing -- 1930-1940 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Minorities -- Housing -- 1930-1940 -- Virgin Islands  Search this

Judaism -- Customs and practices  Search this

Housing -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Immigrants -- 1930-1940 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Housing -- 1930-1940 -- Virgin Islands  Search this

Buddhism -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Catholic Church -- Liturgy  Search this

Chinese drama -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Churches -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Clergy -- 1930-1940 -- United States  Search this

Coppersmiths -- 1930-1950  Search this

Ethnic costume  Search this

Ethnic groups -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Falashas -- 1930-1940 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Fortune-tellers -- Gypsies -- 1930-1940 -- United States  Search this

Pluralism  Search this

Poverty -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Virgin Islands  Search this

Printing -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Protestant churches -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Religious and ecclesiastical institutions -- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- New York N.Y.  Search this

Singers -- 1930-1950  Search this

Synagogues -- 1930-1940 -- Virgin Islands  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1950

Oral history -- 1980-1990

Interviews -- 1980-2000

Audio cassettes -- 1980-1990

Citation:

Alexander Alland, Sr., Photoprints, 1932-1943, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0204

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8795050c9-502c-4bfa-afa7-3554b2c036d7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0204

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Names:

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924  Search this

Extent:

3.66 Cubic feet (consisting of 5.5 boxes, 1 folder, 9 oversize folders.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lectures

Fliers (printed matter)

Booklets

Advertisements

Broadsides

Fans

Realia

Poems

Clippings

Printed ephemera

Songs

Pamphlets

Correspondence

Ephemera

Newsclippings

Poetry

Programs

Posters

Newspaper clippings

Date:

1811-1937

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:

Temperance contains material documenting perspectives on alcohol use and regulation as well as the impact of various temperance movements on society and the government. The collection covers the issues related to these movements through multiple eras and social lenses, and addresses both pro and anti-temperance perspectives though there is significantly more material that supports the temperance and prohibition movements.

Materials represent a sampling of newsclippings, realia (ribbons, fans, and pendants), artwork in various mediums, and educational resources. No extensive records of any particular group or region exist, and no particular depth is present for any singular subtopic. The subject of temperance often overlaps with news and developments about the women's suffrage movement, elections, and wars.

While newsclippings are divided into specific subject categories, there may be significant overlap between regional issues and files pertaining to legislation and elections due to newsclippings frequently addressing multiple issues.

Arrangement:

Temperance is arranged in four subseries.

Perspectives

Organizations

Regional Issues

Political Parties

Individuals

Genre

Cigarette and Tobacco Documentation

Event Documentation

Images, Writings, and Music

Realia

Serial Publications

Subject

Medicinal Uses

Temperance and Government

Temperance and Religion

Temperance and Society

Temperance and War

Oversize

Miscellaneous

Related Materials:

Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:

Temperance is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

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.

Topic:

War  Search this

Women's suffrage -- United States  Search this

Clergy  Search this

Suffragists  Search this

Women -- Suffrage  Search this

Government and politics  Search this

Presidential campaigns  Search this

Presidents -- United States  Search this

Elections  Search this

Political literature  Search this

Political cartoons  Search this

Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Political activists  Search this

Cigarette industry -- 20th century  Search this

Temperance  Search this

Political clubs  Search this

Tobacco  Search this

Alcohol  Search this

Alcoholism  Search this

Fraternal organizations  Search this

Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Law and legislation  Search this

Politics -- New York (N.Y.)  Search this

Legal History, U.S.  Search this

Tobacco -- 20th century  Search this

Cigarettes -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lectures

Fliers (printed matter)

Booklets

Advertisements

Broadsides

Fans

Realia

Poems

Clippings

Printed ephemera

Songs

Pamphlets

Correspondence

Ephemera

Newsclippings

Poetry

Programs

Posters

Newspaper clippings

Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Temperance, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Temperance

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Temperance

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a5453985-1d66-4fe8-9049-a58dbd598ecb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-temperance

Creator:

Gray, Cleve  Search this

Names:

Berry-Hill Galleries  Search this

Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this

Connecticut. Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Neuberger Museum of Art  Search this

Pratt Institute  Search this

Princeton University  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Davis, Jim, 1901-1974  Search this

Dillenberger, Jane  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984  Search this

Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977  Search this

Grace, Louise N.  Search this

Gray, Francine du Plessix  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Richter, Hans, 1888-1976  Search this

Smith, David, 1906-1965  Search this

Villon, Jacques, 1875-1963  Search this

Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947-  Search this

Extent:

9.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Poems

Articles

Photographs

Reviews (documents)

Notes

Illustrations

Notebooks

Sketches

Drafts (documents)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Manuscripts

Paintings

Prints

Watercolors

Drawings

Lectures

Date:

1933-2005

Summary:

The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam protest movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Scope and Content Note:

The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Among the biographical material are award and membership certificates, biographical notes, and personal documentation.

The alphabetical files contain Cleve Gray's personal and professional correspondence, as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Correspondence is with friends and family, colleagues, publishers, museum curators and directors, art dealers, collectors, and fans. Among the correspondents of note are: Jacques Barzun, James E. Davis, Naum Gabo, Louise N. Grace, Hans and Fridel Richter, and Jacques and Gaby Villon. Other substantial correspondence includes: Berry-Hill Galleries, Betty Parsons Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Jacques Seligmann and Co., Neuberger Museum of Art, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, and Rhode Island School of Design. Subject files mostly consist of correspondence, but include printed material and some photographs. Among the subject files are: Art Collection of Cleve and Francine Gray, Artist-Dealer Consignments and Visual Artists' Rights Act of 1989, Artists' Tax Equity Act of 1979, Promised Gifts to Museums, Threnody, Vestments, and Vietnam Protest. Of particular interest are files relating to the Estate of Hans Richter (Cleve Gray, executor), and Gray's research correspondence and illustrations for his Cosmopolitan article "Women-Leaders of Modern Art."

Writings are manuscripts and drafts, research materials, notes, and miscellaneous writings by Cleve Gray and other authors. Those by Gray include articles and catalog introductions on a wide range of art-related topics, as well as book and exhibition reviews. Also found are a book proposal, texts and notes for lectures and talks, miscellaneous notes, poems, political statements, and student papers. Of particular interest are autobiographical notes in the form of a chronology that his biographer, Nicholas Fox Weber, cited as an "autochronology."

Among the writings by other authors are pieces about Cleve Gray including Nicholas Fox Weber's manuscript Cleve Gray. A significant amount of material relates to three books edited by Gray: David Smith by David Smith: Sculpture and Writings, Hans Richter, and John Marin. Research material survives for an unpublished volume, Naum Gabo. Also included are notes relating to his translation of A l'Infinitif by Marcel Duchamp. Jane Daggett Dillenberger is represented by a lecture, "The Resurrection in Art." The remaining items by other authors are unsigned; of particular interest is a small notebook of reminiscences and notes about Jackson Pollock.

Artwork by Cleve Gray consists mostly drawings and sketches, and a small number of paintings, prints, and watercolors. Works by other artists consist are an unsigned mobile of paper cut-outs, possibly by Alexander Calder, and a pencil drawing signed Dick (probably Richard Avedon).

Audio recordings are a radio broadcast featuring Cleve Gray, several lectures by Gray on John Marin, and a lecture titled "Meaning in the Visual Arts." Other recordings are of Hans Richter and an interview with Jimmy Ernst conducted by Francine du Plessix Gray. Also found is a videocassette of "Glenville School Students at SUNY (Lincoln Center Activity)."

Artifacts are a Chinese scroll representative of those that hung in Cleve Gray's studio, two of his paintbrushes, Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association blue ribbon, and Neuberger Museum of Art Lifetime Achievement Award.

The vast majority of printed material - articles, clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, reproductions of art work, etc. - are about or by Cleve Gray. Miscellaneous items and publications mentioning Gray consist of annual reports, brochures, calendars, newsletters, programs, etc. Clippings about Vietnam and Vietnam protest memorabilia reflect his passionate involvement in the anti-war movement; a small number of these items mention Gray or were written by him.

Photographs are of artwork, events, people, places, and miscellaneous subjects. Most of the art work appearing in the photographs is by Cleve Gray and includes images of destroyed paintings. Also found is an original print of Photo Abstraction by Gray, circa 1934. Of particular note are photographs of Threnody, among them preparatory drawings and views of the work in progress. Photographs of artwork by other artists include Louise N. Grace, Jacques Lipchitz, John Marin, Hans Richter, and Jacques Villon.

Photographs of people are mainly portraits of Gray, and views of him with his wife and sons. Other individuals appearing in photographs are Hans Richter and some of Richter's descendants. Pictures of places consist of Gray's studio.

Events are an unidentified exhibition opening. Miscellaneous subjects are mostly exhibition installations. Illustrations consist of photographs published in David Smith by David Smith: Sculpture and Writings. Also found are small number of negatives and color transparencies.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1943-circa 2001 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 2: Alphabetical Files, 1936-2005 (Boxes 1-5, 9; 4.3 linear ft.)

Series 3: Writings, 1935-2000 (Boxes 5-6; 0.85 linear ft.)

Series 4: Artwork, circa 1933-1987 (Boxes 6, 9, OV 12; 0.45 linear ft.)

Series 5: Audio/Visual Records, 1971-1989 (Box 6; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 6: Artifacts, 1957-1999 (Box 6, RD 11; 0.45 linear ft.)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1933-2005 (Boxes 7-8; 1.25 linear ft.)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1934-2002 (Boxes 8-10; 1.15 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Abstract Expressionist painter, sculptor, and writer Cleve Gray (1918-2004) lived and worked in Connecticut where he was politically active in the Vietnam protest movement and other liberal causes.

Born Cleve Ginsberg in New York City (the family changed its name to Gray in 1936), he attended the Ethical Culture School and at a young age developed a fascination with color and paint. At the urging of friends, Cleve's parents allowed him to accompany a school friend for lessons with George Bellows' student Antonia Nell. She encouraged and inspired the young artist, and a still life he painted in her class was shown at the National Academy of Design's 1932 annual exhibition. Miss Nell also introduced him to Louise N. Grace, an artist who became a good friend and had a lasting influence on him. While a student at Phillips Academy, Cleve studied painting with Bartlett Hayes and aspired to paint in France. Upon his graduation in 1936, he was awarded the Samuel F. B. Morse Prize for most promising art student.

Gray's mother was always supportive of his career choice. His businessman father, who didn't understand his son's desire to be an artist, insisted on a college education. Cleve chose Princeton, where he majored in art and archaeology, and studied painting with James E. Davis. His senior thesis was on Chinese landscape painting; both Eastern philosophy and art were long-term influences on Gray's work and outlook. He graduated summa cum laude in 1940, and then spent several months painting while living at the farm of a family friend in Mendham, New Jersey.

When a doctor suggeted that a dry climate might relieve sinus and asthma problems, Gray moved to Tucson, Arizona. Once settled in the desert, he contacted Louise N. Grace, whom he had met as a young teenager through his art instructor. Miss Grace, an artist and daughter of the founder of W. R. Grace and Co., was a highly cultured and independent woman older than his parents. The summer before Gray entered Phillips Academy, she had hired him to brush ground color onto canvases for murals she was painting for "Eleven Arches," her home in Tuscon then under construction. Miss Grace invited Gray to visit "Eleven Arches" to see the completed murals, and despite the substantial age difference, their friendship deepened; Gray found in her intellectual and spiritual guidance that was lacking in his own family. He remained in Tucson until enlisting in the U. S. Army in 1942, and they corresponded frequently during the the war. When a stroke in 1948 prevented Miss Grace from participating in the extensive tour of Europe she was arranging for a small group of friends, including Gray, she provided sufficient funds and insisted he make the trip on his own. Another stroke, suffered while Gray was traveling, left her in a coma; he was not permitted to see her again. Upon her death in 1954, Gray inherited "Eleven Arches."

Between 1943 and 1946, Gray was stationed in England, France, and Germany, serving in Army Signal Intelligence. Most of his work was performed at night, and he spent his free time drawing. While in London, Gray produced many colored pencil drawings of buildings that had been bombed. In France, a Red Cross volunteered to introduce him to Jacques Villon; although unfamiliar with the artist, Gray knew of Villon's brother, Marcel Duchamp, and accepted the invitation. Jacques and Gaby Villon lived near Gray's billet and he became a frequent visitor. Their friendship was important to his development as an artist. After being discharged from the Army in 1946, Gray remained in France to work with Villon who introduced him to the study of color and the concept of intellectual quality in painting. Gray also studied informally with André Lhote, Villon's former teacher. "American Painters in Paris," an exhibition presented in 1946 at Galerie Durand-Ruel, included work by Cleve Gray.

He returned to New York City in 1946. In the tight post-war rental market Gray managed to find a small room upstairs from a grocery store on East 106th Street for use as a studio. He commenced painting the London Ruins series based on drawings he had made during the war, and began thinking about exhibiting in New York. Gray secured introductions to Pierre Matisse, Curt Valentin, and Dorothy Miller. They encouraged him, but no opportunities came his way until Germain Seligmann, whose gallery was expanding its scope to include contemporary art, followed the advice of Curt Valentin and looked at Gray's work. Gary's first solo exhibition, held at Jacques Seligmann and Co., included selections from the London Ruins series, paintings done in Maine and Arizona, and a few portraits. The New York Times called it "an auspicious first," and one of the London Ruins series was selected by Edward Alden Jewell for the "Critic's Exhibition" at Grand Central Gallery.

Gray found New York City too frenetic. In 1949 he bought a large, old house in Warren, Connecticut, and lived and worked at "Graystones" for the remainder of his life. Half of a 6-car garage was converted to a studio; many years later, his studio moved to a barn, its renovation and design planned by sculptor and architect Tony Smith.

He married Francine du Plessix in 1957. Always interested in literature and philosophy, in the 1960s Francine du Plessix Gray began contributing articles to The New Yorker and is still affiliated with the magazine. Her reviews and articles appeared in prominent publications, and she wrote several award-winning novels and biographies. Their sons, Thaddeus and Luke (now a painter), were born in 1959 and 1961. Francine's mother, Tatiana du Plessix (the hat designer Tatiana of Saks), and step-father, the sculptor Alexander Liberman (also former art director of Vogue and later editorial director of Condé Nast publications) became Cleve Gray's closest friends.

The paintings and drawings of Cleve Gray - first consisting of figures and portraits, and then abstract compositions - were often produced in series. The earliest series, London Ruins, grew from the colored pencil drawings made while stationed in London during World War II. Travels to France, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Hawaii, Spain, Egypt, Japan, and Czechoslovakia, inspired many series, among them: Etruscan, Augury, Ceres, Demeter Landscape, Hera, Morocco, Hawaii, Ramses, Perne, Hatshepsut, Roman Walls, Zen, and Prague. His hometown, the Holocaust, and musicians inspired other series: Warren, Sleepers Awake!, Bela Bartok, and Four Heads of Anton Bruckner. Some series were works on paper, others were collage canvases, and a few series later spawned prints. Gray began using acrylics in the 1940s. Although the medium offered many benefits, he did not always like its appearance and frequently returned to oils. Around 1966 Gray was painting almost exclusively with acrylic, and eventually developed a technique of thinning the paint and applying successive layers of color (sometimes by pouring or with a sponge) on cotton duck rather than traditional canvas.

Gray was attracted to sculpture, too, working in that medium at different points in his career. His first sculpture, in plaster, was completed in 1959. In the early 1960s he visited a commercial sand-casting foundry and became excited about learning to cast in bronze. He made about a dozen sculptures to cast in sand, but due to too much undercutting, their casting became too difficult a problem. Lava flows seen while in Hawaii during 1970 and 1971 inspired a return to sculpture. This time, he used wood, papier maché, and metal. Gray then decided these pieces should be cast in bronze, and he was determined to do it himself. Friends taught him the lost wax process and he began working at the Tallix Foundry in Peekskill, New York where, over the next year, he cast about forty bronzes.

Gray's best known work is Threnody, a lament for the dead of both sides in Vietnam. In 1972, Gray received a commission to fill a very large gallery of the soon-to-open Neuberger Museum of Art (State University of New York, College at Purchase) designed by Philip Johnson. Friends of the Neuberger Museum paid his expenses and Gray, who was enormously excited about the project he considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, donated his time. Developing plans for the execution of Threnody consumed most of his time during 1972 and 1973. Composed of a series of fourteen panels, each approximately twenty feet square, the piece presented a number of technical challenges. It was constructed and painted in situ during the summer and early fall of 1973. Since then, Threnody has been reinstalled at the Neuberger Museum of Art on several occasions.

Gray was commissioned to design liturgical vestments for two Episcopal churches in Connecticut in the 1970s. A chasuble, stoles, and a mitre were commissioned by the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut in 1984.

He won the "Outdoor Art at the Station Competition," for Union Station, Hartford, Connecticut. His very large porcelain enamel tile mural, Movement in Space, was installed on the façade of the transportation center in 1988.

Gray began writing occasional articles and exhibition reviews in the late 1940s. His concern with rational structure in art led him to question Abstract Expressionism and write "Narcissus in Chaos." This article, published in 1959 by The American Scholar, drew considerable attention. In 1960, Cosmopolitan published "Women - Leaders of Modern Art" that featured Nell Blaine, Joan Brown, Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gretchoff, Grace Hartigan, Ethel Magafan, Louise Nevelson, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Between 1960 and 1970, Gray was a contributing editor of Art In America, producing numerous articles (a few co-authored with Francine) and reviews for the periodical. He edited three books, David Smith by David Smith: Scupture and Writings, Hans Richter, and John Marin, all published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, and translated Marcel Duchamp's A l'Infinitif.

During the early 1960s, Gray became intensely focused on the situation in Vietnam. His first artistic response came in 1963 with Reverend Quan Duc, painted to commemorate a Buddhist monk who had immolated himself. Francine, too, felt strongly about the issue and over time the couple became increasingly active in the anti-war movement. They joined a number of organizations and helped to found a local chapter of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. The years 1968 and 1969 were an especially intense and active period for the Grays. They protested, wrote and spoke out against the war, raised funds to support anti-war political candidates, and on a few occasions were arrested and jailed. Writing for Art in America, editing the book series, and anti-war activities left little time for his art. In 1970 Gray refocused his attention on painting.

Beginning in 1947, Gray was always represented by a New York Gallery: Jacques Seligmann and Co. (1947-1959), Staempfli Gallery (1960-1965), Saidenberg Gallery (1965-1968), Betty Parsons Gallery (1968-1983), Armstrong Gallery (1984-1987), and Berry-Hill Galleries (1988-2003). He was represented by galleries in other cities, as well, but not as consistently or for such long periods.

He exhibited extensively in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. In addition to numerous solo exhibitions presented by the dealers who represented Gray, there were retrospective exhibitions at: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, Krannert Art Museum (University of Illinois, Champaign), Princeton University Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wadsworth Atheneum.

Many museums' permanent collections include the work of Cleve Gray, among them: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Butler Institute of American Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art (SUNY, College at Purchase), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Newark Museum, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Phillips Collection, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Smithsonian Institution, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.

Cleve Gray served as artist-in-residence at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1963 and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1970, both sponsored by Ford Foundation programs. In 1980, he was appointed an artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome, where Francine concurrently served as a writer-in-residence; they returned for shorter periods during each of the subsequent seven years. Cleve Gray was presented the Connecticut Arts Award in 1987, and the Neuberger Museum of Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. He was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Hartford in 1992, and was elected a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998. In addition, he was a trustee of the Neuberger Museum of Art, New York Studio School, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wadsworth Atheneum.

Cleve Gray hit his head and suffered a massive subdural hematoma after falling on ice outside of his home. He died the following day, December 8, 2004.

Separated Material:

Exhibition catalogs and announcements and two scrapbooks donated to the Archives in 1967 and 1968 were microfilmed on reels D314-D315. Items on reel D315, transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library in 1975, are not described in this finding aid.

Provenance:

The Cleve Gray papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Mr. Gray in 1967 and 1968. The bulk of the collection was given by his widow, Francine du Plessix Gray, in 2007 and 2008.

Restrictions:

Use of original material requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordigs 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.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- Connecticut  Search this

Painters -- Connecticut  Search this

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest Movements -- United States  Search this

Designers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Poems

Articles

Photographs

Reviews (documents)

Notes

Illustrations

Notebooks

Sketches

Drafts (documents)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Manuscripts

Paintings

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Drawings

Lectures

Citation:

Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.grayclev

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-grayclev

Artist:

Jack Lewis Hiller, 7 Jan 1930 - 3 Feb 2016  Search this

Sitter:

Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 39.6 x 49.2cm (15 9/16 x 19 3/8")

Mat: 55.9 x 71.1cm (22 x 28")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1960

Topic:

Costume\Jewelry\Ring  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jack Lewis Hiller

Object number:

NPG.2006.88

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

©1960, Jack L. Hiller

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40a5fb414-2a35-4fe7-afa0-5813c16a25fd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2006.88

Artist:

Michael O'Brien, born 27 Jun 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Howard Finster, 2 Dec 1916 - 22 Oct 2001  Search this

Medium:

Inkjet print

Dimensions:

Image: 45.4 x 45.7 cm (17 7/8 x 18")

Sheet: 61.1 x 50.9 cm (24 1/16 x 20 1/16")

Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Georgia\Chattooga\Summerville

Date:

1988 (printed 2010)

Topic:

Exterior  Search this

Artwork  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Howard Finster: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Howard Finster: Male  Search this

Howard Finster: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Bill and Sally Wittliff

Object number:

NPG.2010.105

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Michael O'Brien

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National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm420f30bde-879e-4459-80e0-811c87a1f586

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2010.105

Artist:

Ross R. Rossin, born 1964  Search this

Sitter:

Andrew Young, born 12 Mar 1932  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 121.9 x 121.9cm (48 x 48")

Frame: 128.3 x 128.6 x 5.7cm (50 1/2 x 50 5/8 x 2 1/4")

Type:

Painting

Date:

2009

Topic:

Andrew Young: Male  Search this

Andrew Young: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor  Search this

Andrew Young: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this

Andrew Young: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Georgia  Search this

Andrew Young: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador\United Nations  Search this

Andrew Young: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Atlanta, GA  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jack Watson

Object number:

NPG.2010.53

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

©2009 Ross R. Rossin

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National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47693e635-c90d-4cb7-a591-f4d66f8ea8e9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2010.53

Artist:

Robert White, 1645 - 1703  Search this

Copy after:

Jan Van Der Spriet, 17th century  Search this

Sitter:

Increase Mather, 21 Jun 1639 - 23 Aug 1723  Search this

Medium:

Engraving on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 19.6 x 12.2cm (7 11/16 x 4 13/16")

Type:

Book

Date:

1725

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Book  Search this

Illustration  Search this

Increase Mather: Male  Search this

Increase Mather: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.98.19

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43f0f17ef-0af9-4d55-b9ff-7cd8f3e04244

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.98.19

Artist:

Stefan Martin, 1936 - 1994  Search this

Copy after:

Ben Shahn, 12 Sep 1898 - 14 Mar 1969  Search this

Sitter:

Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this

Medium:

photolithographic poster after wood engraving

Dimensions:

Sheet: 72.3 x 55.9 cm (28 7/16 x 22")

Board: 77.5 x 61 cm (30 1/2 x 24")

A to G depth: 7/8"

Type:

Print

Date:

1968

Topic:

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Poster  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mary Hanes Holbeck

Object number:

NPG.99.127

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Estate of Stefan Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c664270e-1f60-415f-98ac-ded00b2bfe9c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.99.127

Artist:

Lewis Koch, born 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 11.7 x 13.2 cm (4 5/8 x 5 3/16")

Sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Nassau\Hempstead

Date:

1965 (printed 2005)

Topic:

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist, in honor of his brother, Richard "Terry" Koch

Object number:

S/NPG.2006.89

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© 2007 Lewis Koch

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm460da886d-80b1-4843-93a4-218070de7c93

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.2006.89

Artist:

DeVon C. Cunningham, born 21 Feb 1935  Search this

Sitter:

John Robert Lewis, 21 Feb 1940 - 17 Jul 2020  Search this

Sherry Zimmerman Frank, born 1942  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers, born 31 Jan 1962  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, 11 Jan 1907 - 23 Dec 1972  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this

Medium:

Oil, acrylic, ink, and collage on Masonite

Dimensions:

Frame: 101.6 × 121.9 cm (40 × 48")

Type:

Painting

Date:

June 2019

Topic:

Exterior\Landscape  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Foliage  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Pendant  Search this

Equipment\Rope  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Scarf  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie  Search this

Exterior\Street  Search this

Architecture\Bridge  Search this

Nature & Environment\Animal\Insect\Bee  Search this

Human Figures\Crowd  Search this

John Robert Lewis: Male  Search this

John Robert Lewis: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this

John Robert Lewis: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Georgia  Search this

John Robert Lewis: Politics and Government\Politician  Search this

John Robert Lewis: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers: Female  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers: Literature\Writer  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers: Education and Scholarship\Founder  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers: Medicine and Health\Psychologist  Search this

Dr. Shari Rogers: Society and Social Change\Administrator  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Male  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Literature\Writer  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Education and Scholarship\Scholar  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Religion and Spirituality\Theologian  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist  Search this

Dr. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Rabbi  Search this

Sherry Zimmerman Frank: Female  Search this

Sherry Zimmerman Frank: Literature\Writer  Search this

Sherry Zimmerman Frank: Education and Scholarship\Administrator  Search this

Sherry Zimmerman Frank: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this

Sherry Zimmerman Frank: Society and Social Change\Administrator  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Spill the Honey Foundation

Object number:

MI990058

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e98bf2fa-d5a0-4b30-b194-0d9b87b11964

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_MI990058

Artist:

Arthur Leipzig, 25 Oct 1918 - 5 Dec 2014  Search this

Sitter:

Adam Clayton Powell Jr., 29 Nov 1908 - 04 Apr 1972  Search this

Hugh Mulzac, 26 Mar 1886 - 30 Jan 1971  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 19.3 × 24 cm (7 5/8 × 9 7/16")

Sheet: 20.7 × 25.5 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1943

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Hugh Mulzac: Male  Search this

Hugh Mulzac: Business and Finance\Transportation\Seaman\Sea captain  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: Male  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of Arthur Leipzig

Object number:

NPG.2018.159

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47400e24b-57a5-4d78-bb39-86bd8f758667

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2018.159

Artist:

Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902  Search this

Sitter:

George Bancroft, 3 Oct 1800 - 17 Jan 1891  Search this

Kate Josephine Bateman, 7 Oct 1842 - 8 Apr 1917  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton, 19 Dec 1814 - 24 Dec 1869  Search this

Clara Louise Kellogg, 12 Jul 1842 - 13 May 1916  Search this

Fernando Bellini, 1800 - 1900  Search this

P. T. Barnum, 5 Jul 1810 - 7 Apr 1891  Search this

Edwin Thomas Booth, 13 Nov 1833 - 7 Jun 1893  Search this

George Francis Train, 24 Mar 05 Jan 1829 - 1904  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885  Search this

William Cullen Bryant, 3 Nov 1794 - 12 Jun 1878  Search this

Joseph Smith Fowler, 31 Aug 1820 - 1 Apr 1902  Search this

Henry Ward Beecher, 24 Jun 1813 - 8 Mar 1887  Search this

Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902  Search this

Max Maretzek, 28 Jun 1821 - 14 May 1897  Search this

John Thompson Hoffman, 1828 - 1888  Search this

Wendell Phillips, 29 Nov 1811 - 2 Feb 1884  Search this

Horace Greeley, 3 Feb 1811 - 29 Nov 1872  Search this

Andrew Johnson, 29 Dec 1808 - 31 Jul 1875  Search this

Medium:

Wood engraving on paper

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 40 × 55.6 cm (15 3/4 × 21 7/8")

Type:

Print

Date:

1866

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Headdress  Search this

Interior  Search this

Music\Musical instrument  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Weapon\Gun\Rifle  Search this

Artist's Effects  Search this

Vehicle\Train  Search this

Weapon\Sword  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Equipment\Shield  Search this

Artist's Effects\Palette  Search this

Artist's Effects\Paintbrush  Search this

Caricature  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Architecture\Column  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Imaginary  Search this

Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this

Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird  Search this

Nature & Environment\Bone\Skull  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Star  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Sash  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Mask  Search this

Architecture\Stairs  Search this

Self-portrait  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops  Search this

Costume\Armor  Search this

Clara Louise Kellogg: Female  Search this

Clara Louise Kellogg: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Opera singer  Search this

Clara Louise Kellogg: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Soprano  Search this

Horace Greeley: Male  Search this

Horace Greeley: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher  Search this

Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper  Search this

Horace Greeley: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist  Search this

George Francis Train: Male  Search this

George Francis Train: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

George Francis Train: Business and Finance\Transportation\Seaman\Shipmaster  Search this

P. T. Barnum: Male  Search this

P. T. Barnum: Performing Arts\Performer\Showman  Search this

P. T. Barnum: Performing Arts\Circus owner  Search this

P. T. Barnum: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Cultural organization administrator\Museum  Search this

John Thompson Hoffman: Male  Search this

John Thompson Hoffman: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

John Thompson Hoffman: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

John Thompson Hoffman: Politics and Government\Politician  Search this

John Thompson Hoffman: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\New York, NY  Search this

Edwin Thomas Booth: Male  Search this

Edwin Thomas Booth: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

Edwin Thomas Booth: Performing Arts\Theater manager  Search this

Edwin Thomas Booth: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater  Search this

Wendell Phillips: Male  Search this

Wendell Phillips: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Wendell Phillips: Literature\Writer  Search this

Wendell Phillips: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this

Wendell Phillips: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist  Search this

Wendell Phillips: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Temperance  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Male  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\Governor\Tennessee  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\State Senator\Tennessee  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Tennessee  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Tennessee  Search this

Andrew Johnson: Crafts and Trades\Textile worker\Tailor  Search this

Kate Josephine Bateman: Female  Search this

Kate Josephine Bateman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater  Search this

Fernando Bellini: Male  Search this

Joseph Smith Fowler: Male  Search this

Joseph Smith Fowler: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Joseph Smith Fowler: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee  Search this

Joseph Smith Fowler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President  Search this

Henry Ward Beecher: Male  Search this

Henry Ward Beecher: Literature\Writer  Search this

Henry Ward Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor  Search this

Henry Ward Beecher: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist  Search this

William Cullen Bryant: Male  Search this

William Cullen Bryant: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

William Cullen Bryant: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this

William Cullen Bryant: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor  Search this

Thomas Nast: Male  Search this

Thomas Nast: Visual Arts\Artist\Cartoonist  Search this

Thomas Nast: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator  Search this

Thomas Nast: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Consul\US Consul  Search this

George Bancroft: Male  Search this

George Bancroft: Literature\Writer  Search this

George Bancroft: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy  Search this

George Bancroft: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this

George Bancroft: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Male  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Male  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

Max Maretzek: Male  Search this

Max Maretzek: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Max Maretzek: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.83.186

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm438698b78-641b-4c4f-95a4-a1ce08fca26c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.83.186

Artist:

Robert Rauschenberg, 22 Oct 1925 - 12 May 2008  Search this

Sitter:

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., born 20 Jan 1930  Search this

Janis Joplin, 19 Jan 1943 - 4 Oct 1970  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy, 20 Nov 1925 - 6 Jun 1968  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this

Medium:

Color screenprint

Dimensions:

Image: 89.5 x 68cm (35 1/4 x 26 3/4")

Sheet: 109 x 86.3cm (42 15/16 x 34")

Mat: 121.9 x 96.5cm (48 x 38")

Type:

Print

Date:

1970

Topic:

Weapon\Gun\Rifle  Search this

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone  Search this

Human Figures\Soldier  Search this

Vehicle\Military vehicle\Jeep  Search this

Human Figures\Astronaut  Search this

Janis Joplin: Female  Search this

Janis Joplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rock singer  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Male  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Literature\Writer  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Pulitzer Prize  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Male  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Literature\Writer  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Campaign director  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Brother of US President  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.: Male  Search this

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.: Science and Technology\Scientist\Astronaut  Search this

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.94.58

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d1944522-78ce-45f3-a171-0790cdf80595

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.58

Creator:

Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters  Search this

Names:

Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Oral History Collection  Search this

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)  Search this

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968  Search this

Extent:

159 Video recordings (U-matic 3/4" video recordings)

1 Video recording (VHS 1/2" video recording)

15 Linear feet (15 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Videocassettes

Place:

United States -- Race relations

United States -- Rural conditions

Date:

1989-1994

Scope and Contents note:

The collection, which dates from 1989 to 1994 and measures 15 linear feet, documents the reminiscences of elderly members of various African-American churches in the Atlanta area, as well as individual church histories, outstanding personalities of the South, religious expression in the South, and styles of singing and worship. The collection is comprised of audiovisual materials.

Biographical/Historical note:

Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, Inc. is the nation's largest regional interfaith cable network. AIB has been providing faith-based communities and nonprofit service organizations access to a larger audience since 1969. AIB remains a destination for international dignitaries and media representatives due to its unique programming platform, which promotes dialogue between all faiths, cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. Seen in over 1,000,000 homes across 19 metro area counties, AIB is a self-supporting organization and does not allow the solicitation of funds or attacks on other faiths. Viewers can find Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and others presenting their views.

Provenance:

Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Oral History Collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

Negro leagues  Search this

Spirituals (Songs)  Search this

Women clergy  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans  Search this

Choirs (Music)  Search this

Civil rights movements -- United States  Search this

African American clergy  Search this

African American churches  Search this

African American journalists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American poets  Search this

African American lawyers  Search this

African American military personnel  Search this

African American social reformers  Search this

African Americans -- Religious life  Search this

African Americans -- Music  Search this

African Americans -- Social life and customs  Search this

African Americans -- Social conditions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Videocassettes

Citation:

Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters oral history collection exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

ACMA.09-001

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Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa716afb35a-8e6f-47a7-a093-bc32f9631c06

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-09-001

Artist:

Gerard Mountain  Search this

Copy after:

Thomas Cockson, c. 1569 - before 1641  Search this

Sitter:

Francis White, 1564 - Feb 1638  Search this

Medium:

Engraving on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 18.5 × 11.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/8")

Sheet: 27.9 × 16.8 cm (11 × 6 5/8")

Book closed: 28.8 × 18.2 cm (11 5/16 × 7 3/16")

Book open: 37.5 × 18.2 cm (14 3/4 × 7 3/16")

Type:

Print

Date:

1625-30

Topic:

Printed Material\Book  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill  Search this

Print  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Emblem\Coat of arms  Search this

Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird\Eagle  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Wreath\Laurel  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Collar\Ruff  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap\Skullcap  Search this

Francis White: Male  Search this

Francis White: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Prelate\Bishop  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

S/NPG.77.43.123

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bf988d53-6cdf-478d-8d0b-a8145c7cea77

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.77.43.123