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Creator:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Names:

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this

Delano, Jack  Search this

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Robbins, Jerome  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Extent:

25.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Drawings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1879-1990

bulk 1933-1970

Summary:

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

Scope and Contents note:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 12 series:

Missing Title

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biographical/Historical note:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related Archival Materials note:

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

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

Separated Materials note:

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

Provenance:

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

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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

Rights:

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

Occupation:

Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

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

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

Photographers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Printmakers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

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

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

Educators -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

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

Muralists -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Topic:

Social realism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Drawings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990, bulk 1933-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.shahben

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Ben Shahn papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shahben

Author:

Parke, Davis Company  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this

Names:

Pfizer Inc.  Search this

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis  Search this

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. Pharmaceutical Research Division  Search this

Davis, George S.  Search this

Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist)  Search this

Parke, Hervey Coke , 1827-1899  Search this

Extent:

365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Annual reports

Blueprints

Brochures

Catalogs

Correspondence

Employee records

Formulae, chemical

Lantern slides

Newsletters

Newspaper clippings

Notebooks

Price lists

16mm films

Sound recordings

Tracings

Trade literature

Date:

1866-1992

Summary:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of America's oldest and largest drug makers. Parke, Davis had the first research laboratory in the American pharmaceutical industry. The company played a major role in the development of some of the principle new drugs of the twentieth century and pioneered the field of drug standardization. They were one of the first American firms to produce antitoxins, hormones, and other biologicals. They introduced new and important drugs such as adrenalin, dilantin, chlorenpleniol, and other antibiotics. They also did important research on vitamins, disinfectants, and pencillin.

The collection contains complete documentaion of all the research activities done, including research laboratory notes, correspondence, and published papers. The collection also contains corporate, financial, advertising and sales materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of public health, the history of biologicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and business history.

Arrangement:

Collection is divided into 13 series.

Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951

Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970

Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989

Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980

Series 5: Photographs, 1866-1992

Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968

Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931

Series 8: Formulas, 1882-1967

Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978

Series 10: Publications, 1968-1988

Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978

Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971

Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970

Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-1957

Historical:

Parke, Davis and Company traces it's origins to Samuel Pearce Duffield (1833-1916), a physician and pharmacist. Duffield was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit when he was an infant. Duffield graduated from the University of Michigan in 1854 and he attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, latter leaving for Germany where he studied chemistry and sought treatment for his eyesight. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Ludwig University at Giessen in Germany. Duffield returned to Detroit in 1858 and established a retail drugstore with a strong interest in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Duffield sought financial partners for his retail and manufacturing venture with A.L. Patrick and Francis C. Conant. Both men retracted their investments and Duffield met Hervey Coke Parke (1927-1899), a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Duffield and Parke formed a formal partnership in 1866. George S. Davis, a third partner and traveling salesman previously with Farrand, Sheley and Company, was added 1867. Augustus F. Jennings joined the company as a partner to head manufacturing. The company became known as Duffield, Parke, Davis, & Jennings Company. Duffield withdrew in 1869 and the name Parke, Davis & Company was adopted in 1871. The company incorporated in 1875 and began planning world-wide scientific expeditions to discover new vegetable drugs such as Guarana, Bearsfoot, Eucalyptus Globulus, and Coca. The company first showed a profit in 1876, and the first dividend paid to shareholders in 1878 and dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity of the company.

In 1907, Parke, Davis and Company bought 340 acres in northeast Avon Township, Michigan, and called it Parkedale Farm. The farm was dedicated on October 8, 1908, and included sterilization rooms and a vaccine propagating building. By 1909 the farm included 200 horses, 25 to 50 cattle, 150 sheep, and employed 20 men. The horses produced the antitoxin for diphtheria and tetanus, the cattle produced a vaccine for smallpox preventatives, and the sheep made serum. Only the healthiest animals were used and all were well cared for. Exotic plants were also grown on the site and used for drugs. Parke-Davis' chief products were antitoxins and vaccines as well as farm crops for feeding the animals. The farm continued to produce vaccines for diphtheria, scarlet fever, tetanus, smallpox, anthrax, and in the 1950s, the Salk polio vaccine.

Due to a weakening financial position, the company became susceptible to take-over, and was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1970. Warner Lambert, was then acquired by Pfizer in 2000. In 2007, Pfizer closed its research facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Source

Rochester Hills Museum at Voon Hoosen Farm (last accessed on September 29, 2021 https://www.rochesterhills.org/Museum/LocalHistory/ParkeDavisFarm.pdf)

Parke, Davis and Company. Parke-Davis At 100...progress in the past...promise for the future. Detroit, Michigan, 1966.

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Materials at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection

Trade catalogs related to Parke, Davis & Co.; Warner-Lambert; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; and Pfizer, Inc.

Materials at Other Organizations

Detroit Public Library, Special Collections

Parke, Davis & Company records, 1892-1959

Scrapbook of clippings, 1929-44; Excursions & Announcements, 1892-1902; and company newsletters.

University of California San Francisco

Drug Industry Documents was created by the University of California San Francisco Library in collaboration with faculty members C. Seth Landefeld, MD and Michael Steinman, MD. Originally established to house documents from an off-label marketing lawsuit against Parke-Davis (United States of America ex rel. David Franklin vs. Parke-Davis), the archive has grown to include documents from additional sources illustrating how the pharmaceutical industry, academic journals and institutions, continuing medical education organizations and regulatory/funding agencies operate in ways that are detrimental to public health.

Separated Materials:

Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History

The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis that primarily include containers (boxes and glass bottles) that held phamrmaceuticals, biologicals (vaccines), crude drugs, and herb packages. See accessions: 1978.0882; 1982.0043; 1982.0043; 1984.0351; 1985.0475; 1988.3152; 1991.0415; 1992.3127; 2001.3066; 2012.0165; and 2018.5001.

Provenance:

The initial collection of approximately 185 cubic feet was donated by the Warner-Lambert Company, through Jerry A. Weisbach, Vice-President and President of the Pharmaceutical Research Division, on February 3, 1982.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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:

advertising  Search this

Antibiotics  Search this

Architectural Blueprints  Search this

Biologicals  Search this

Chemistry  Search this

Diseases  Search this

Drugs -- 1900-1950  Search this

Drug factories  Search this

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919  Search this

Laboratories  Search this

Medical scientists -- 1900-1950  Search this

Patents  Search this

Pharmaceutical industry -- 1900-1950  Search this

Pharmacology -- 1900-1950  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Vaccines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Annual reports -- 20th century

Blueprints -- 20th century

Brochures -- 20th century

Catalogs

Correspondence -- 19th-20th century

Employee records

Formulae, chemical

Lantern slides -- 1900-1950

Newsletters -- 20th century

Newspaper clippings

Notebooks -- 1900-1950

Price lists

16mm films

Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Open reel

Tracings

Trade literature

Citation:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0001

See more items in:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8869c518d-5cbd-42cf-b508-e688de3bf14d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0001

Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet (3 record boxes, 2 legal size clamshell boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Exhibition catalogs

Contact sheets

Correspondence

Clippings

Photographic prints

Negatives

Exhibition records

Oral histories (document genres)

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1898-1988

Scope and Contents:

The records of the Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition presented by the Anacostia Community Museum measure 6 linear feet and date from 1898 to 1988. Included are exhibit administrative files, lists of images, press releases for the promotion of the exhibit, oral history transcripts and permission forms, and extensive research files into the Anacostia community in southeast Washington D.C.

The Research Files series contains news clippings, publications, unpublished articles, project files, and research material for the exhibitions. Subjects include local figures and the Barry's Farm neighborhood, unpublished historical narratives, and project records related to archaeological investigations and neighborhood development programs.

The Interview series consists of transcripts of the audio collected in 1970-1971 for the "Evolution of a Community" exhibits. This series also incliudes interview notes and thank you letters from the museum to the interviewees.

Exhibit File series includes an outline for exhibit themes and proposed layouts, drafts of the exhibit scripts, lists of exhibit objects, promotional press releases, and related correspondence.

Arrangement:

Evolution of a Community: 1972 exhibition records is arranged in 4 series.

Series 1: Research Files

Series 2: Interviews

Series 3: Exhibit Files

Series 4: Audiovisual Materials

Historical Note:

Three exhibitions were done by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum between 1972 and 1975. The first exhibition was The Evolution of a Community, Part 1: 1608-1955 and was held from February 27, 1972 – August 31, 1972. This exhibition centered on the history of Anacostia from 1608 until shortly after World War II, drawing from the 1970 oral histories interviews with longtime residents. The second exhibition was The Evolution of a Community, Part 2: 1955-Present and was held from September 1, 1972 – December 31, 1972. This exhibition showcased Anacostia's history from 1955 to 1972 and was organized into five major topics: housing, unemployment, education, crime, and drugs. The last exhibition was Anacostia Today: The Evolution of a Community, Part 2: Continued and was held from March 1, 1973 – July 31, 1973. This exhibition was the same exhibition as The Evolution of a Community, Part 2: 1955-Present but brought back for the museum's fifth anniversary and continued its focus on its five major topics.

Related Materials:

Anacostia Story: 1608-1930 Exhibition Records, M03-039.

Anacostia Oral History Project, 1975

Provenance:

Records of the Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition were created by the Anacostia Community Museum.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

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

Topic:

Museum exhibits  Search this

African American neighborhoods  Search this

African Americans  Search this

Genre/Form:

Exhibition catalogs

Contact sheets

Correspondence

Clippings

Photographic prints

Negatives

Exhibition records -- 1967-1989

Oral histories (document genres)

Citation:

Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, 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:

ACMA.03-040

See more items in:

Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition Records

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa75cac2f00-94cc-479a-bf58-1c9a3dd1ced4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-03-040

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Subject:

Marsh, George Perkins 1801-1882  Search this

Stanley, John Mix 1814-1872  Search this

King, Charles Bird 1785-1862  Search this

Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919  Search this

Johnston, Harriet Lane 1830-1903  Search this

Evans, William T. 1843-1918  Search this

Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this

Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954  Search this

Mellon, Andrew W (Andrew William) 1855-1937  Search this

Beggs, Thomas M  Search this

Scott, David W. 1916-  Search this

Davis, Robert Tyler  Search this

Taylor, Joshua C (Joshua Charles) 1917-1981  Search this

Lowe, Harry 1922-  Search this

Eldredge, Charles C  Search this

Broun, Elizabeth  Search this

Stebich, Stephanie A  Search this

National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

National Institute  Search this

Library of Congress  Search this

United States Congress  Search this

District of Columbia Supreme Court  Search this

National Museum of Natural History Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Renwick Gallery  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S. : 1906-1937)  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1906

1906-

Topic:

Art museums  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00007

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_217768

Creator:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library Research Center  Search this

Subject:

Nollman, Ellen Anne  Search this

Freer, Charles Lang 1856-1919  Search this

Parler, Grace A  Search this

Griffin, Grace C  Search this

Usilton, Bertha M  Search this

Olsen, Constance B  Search this

Kecskes, Lily  Search this

Smith, Priscilla P  Search this

Yoshimura, Reiko  Search this

Freer Gallery of Art  Search this

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Freer Gallery of Art Library  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Freer Gallery of Art Branch  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Branch  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler M. Sackler Gallery Library  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1921

1921-

Topic:

Art libraries  Search this

Museum libraries  Search this

Art, Asian  Search this

Art, Asian--Research  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00194

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_229086

Creator:

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Subject:

Wildenstein, Felix  Search this

Phillips, Duncan  Search this

Hays, Lee  Search this

Untermeyer, Louis  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Robeson, Paul  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)  Search this

Ruggles, Carl  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Search this

Nearing, Helen  Search this

Nearing, Scott  Search this

Pach, Walter  Search this

Rasmussen, Knud  Search this

Reeves, Ruth  Search this

Seeger, Pete  Search this

Daniel, Charles  Search this

Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland)  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this

Chamberlain, J. E.  Search this

Boyesen, Bayard  Search this

Chase, William Merritt  Search this

Freuchen, Peter  Search this

Gellert, Hugo  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry  Search this

Hartley, Marsden  Search this

Fitzgerald, James  Search this

Keller, Charles  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Jones, Dan Burne  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this

United Scenic Artists  Search this

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)  Search this

National Maritime Union of America  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Artists League of America  Search this

Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects  Search this

Farmers Union of the New York Milk Shed  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Writers' Project  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

International Workers Order  Search this

Type:

Poems

Sketches

Business records

Photographs

Drawings

Citation:

Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Politics and culture  Search this

Authors -- New York  Search this

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

Dairy farms  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757

AAA_collcode_kentrock

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757

Creator:

Hornak, Ian, 1944-2002  Search this

Subject:

Blake, Amanda  Search this

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Foote, John  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Hornak, Ian  Search this

Kasle, Gertrude  Search this

Mitchell, Jack  Search this

Nesbitt, Lowell  Search this

Stella, Frank  Search this

Tillich, Hanna  Search this

Warhol, Andy  Search this

Tibor de Nagy Gallery  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Ian Hornak papers, 1955-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13650

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)273147

AAA_collcode_hornian

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_273147

Photographer:

Bänziger, H (Hans)  Search this

Physical description:

viii, 232 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 27 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Southeast Asia

Date:

2021

Topic:

Erebidae  Search this

Moths  Search this

Bloodsucking insects  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1147270

Artist:

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1858 - 1949  Search this

Sitter:

Blah-se-dah, born late 19th century  Search this

Medium:

Crayon on paper

Dimensions:

34cm x 23.6cm (13 3/8" x 9 5/16"), Sight

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1905

Topic:

Blah-se-dah: Female  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: The Butler Institute of American Art

Object number:

912-D-596

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/sm46a5fd35c-1b81-4517-b46f-14962369cfc1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_912-D-596

Artist:

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1858 - 1949  Search this

Sitter:

Cal-lah-hob-nah, born mid 19th century  Search this

Medium:

Crayon on paper

Dimensions:

33.5cm x 23.5cm (13 3/16" x 9 1/4"), Sight

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1906

Topic:

Cal-lah-hob-nah: Male  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: The Butler Institute of American Art

Object number:

912-D-632

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/sm4e71b3f09-8473-47b7-8f03-a2f7e188e228

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_912-D-632

Artist:

Jon R. Friedman, born 1947  Search this

Sitter:

Maxine Singer, born 1931  Search this

Medium:

Oil on gessoed paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 75 × 105 cm (29 1/2 × 41 5/16")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

2012

Topic:

Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this

Maxine Singer: Female  Search this

Maxine Singer: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biochemist  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist

Object number:

NPG.2013.11

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

©Jon R. Friedman

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4382d83b9-def0-4c66-9669-30a097c7778c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2013.11

Artist:

Jon R. Friedman, born 1947  Search this

Sitter:

Barney Frank, born 31 Mar 1940  Search this

Medium:

Oil on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 55.6 × 76.2 cm (21 7/8 × 30")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

2012

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Barney Frank: Male  Search this

Barney Frank: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts  Search this

Barney Frank: Politics and Government\Politician  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist, Jon R. Friedman

Object number:

NPG.2013.120

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

©Jon R. Friedman

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e370fbd1-2be3-4530-8ae9-5e595b671c04

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2013.120

Artist:

Stanislaw Zagorski, born 1933  Search this

John Channel, active c. 1970  Search this

Medium:

Collage of painted paper, colored printed paper on paperboard

Dimensions:

30.5cm x 24.8cm (12" x 9 3/4"), Accurate

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1970

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC105

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bf7d84c3-600a-4bf7-b3be-85e3130978d8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC105

Artist:

Joseph Piccillo, born 1941  Search this

Medium:

Charcoal on artist board

Dimensions:

Sheet: 76.4 × 56.5 cm (30 1/16 × 22 1/4")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1968

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC106

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d9102390-9eaf-43c0-9970-337bfe7f1b74

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC106

Artist:

Roy Lichtenstein, 27 Oct 1923 - 29 Sept 1997  Search this

Medium:

Felt tip marker and graphite on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 60 x 41.9cm (23 5/8 x 16 1/2")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1968

Topic:

Weapon\Gun  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC143

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44ed53d1d-45c8-4f14-965f-901959516ef5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC143

Artist:

Roy Lichtenstein, 27 Oct 1923 - 29 Sept 1997  Search this

Medium:

Felt tip marker on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 61 × 43.3cm (24 × 17 1/16")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1968

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC143.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Roy Lichtenstein

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45c3adee8-e5b1-4f8a-a599-c9b0f7e5ed45

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC143.1

Artist:

Roy Lichtenstein, 27 Oct 1923 - 29 Sept 1997  Search this

Medium:

Printed dot collage and graphite on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 60.6 x 42.2cm (23 7/8 x 16 5/8")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1968

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC143.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Roy Lichtenstein

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a2e74a6a-a69a-4d07-a7c4-0d8906980d8d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC143.2

Artist:

Roy Lichtenstein, 27 Oct 1923 - 29 Sept 1997  Search this

Medium:

Felt tip marker and graphite on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 61.6 x 43.2cm (24 1/4 x 17")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1968

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC143.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Roy Lichtenstein

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49bbadb9a-3d34-4410-b73b-95d4574d5687

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC143.3

Artist:

Vittorio Fiorucci, 2 Nov 1932 -30 Jul 2008  Search this

Medium:

Ink and watercolor on board

Dimensions:

51.8cm x 38cm (20 3/8" x 14 15/16"), Accurate

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1974

Topic:

Exterior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Television  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC180

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4fbc7d12d-4560-411c-a815-0f55bde0b5cd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC180

Artist:

George Giusti, 1908 - 1991  Search this

Medium:

Colored ink on board

Dimensions:

Sight: 35.6 x 24.8cm (14 x 9 3/4")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1974

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC183

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f07751dd-4555-41a7-a6ce-a2e828ba05d2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC183