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Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Anacostia Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

140 Sound recordings (45 sound cassettes ; 6 sound disk CD-Rs)

6 Electronic discs (DVD) (6 data disk DVD-Rs)

2.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Electronic discs (dvd)

Oral history

Interviews

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1974-1975

Scope and Contents note:

The Anacostia Oral History Project Collection contains 39 oral history interviews with 42 individuals who either grew up in or spent a considerable amount of time in the neighborhood. Interviewees discuss their memories of Anacostia dating back to the 1890s and points of focus include education, occupations, transportation, geographic boundaries, and recreational and community activities. The interviews were conducted and recorded on audiocassettes in 1975 through the Center for Anacostia Studies and the Anacostia Community Museum. Most of the interviews have been digitized and are accessible in the archive on CDs.

Biographical/Historical note:

The Center for Anacostia Studies was the predecessor of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum research department.

Related Archival Materials note:

The Anacostia Community Museum Archives also houses other oral histories of the area, including the ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Genre/Form:

Oral history

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Anacostia Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

ACMA.09-006

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa75960751b-6c6a-4411-a135-cdcbfbe86170

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-09-006

Creator:

Cranmer Art Group  Search this

Cranmer, Dana, 1948-  Search this

Names:

Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-  Search this

Marden, Brice, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

81 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1985-2021

Scope and Contents:

The Cranmer Art Group records document the professional activities of Dana Cranmer and her art conservation studio. The earliest records date to 1985-87 and document private conservation work undertaken by Dana Cranmer prior to opening Cranmer Art Conservation in 1988. The bulk of the collection consits of client files that document the work of Cranmer and her studio from 1988 until its closure in 2021.

Client files are organized chronologically by year, and alphabetically by client within each year and contain correspondence, condition reports, notes, analysis and treatment recommendations, and documentation of treatments performed. Certain artists with whom Cranmer had especially extensive relationships (e.g. Brice Marden and Ellsworth Kelly) have their own dedicated sets of records. Photographic materials (primarily 35mm color slides) are also organized chronologically by year, and alphabetically by artist within each year. Additional photographic materials document artworks in the studio, the CAG team at work in the studio and various offsite locations.

Biographical / Historical:

Cranmer Art Group (1988-2021) was a leading conservation studio in New York City. It was owned and operated by Dana Cranmer.

Provenance:

Donated in 2022 by Dana Cranmer.

Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference Services for more information.

This collection is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access, with permission, to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

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

Identifier:

AAA.cranmart

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw996258bdb-ab34-4526-9cde-10c9398493cf

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cranmart

Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Names:

Albers, Josef  Search this

Extent:

3.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1961-2020

Scope and Contents:

The papers of artist and teacher Robert Reed measure 3.4 linear feet and date from 1960-2020. The collection documents Reed's extensive career as an exhibition artist as well as his teaching activities. The latter includes over four decades at the Yale School of Art. The papers include extensive printed material such as rare catalogs, gallery cards, and exhibition mailers. There is also correspondence from students and peers in the art world, notably including painter Philip Guston. At the beginning of his career, Reed was tasked by Josef Albers with mixing colors and creating color plates for Albers' book Interaction of Color, Yale University Press, 1963. Some of these tests are included in the papers, along with a transcription of Reed's interview by the Albers Foundation.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Reed (1938-2014) was a painter and educator in New Haven, Conn.­ Reed was especially influential in the history of abstraction and African American art in the twentieth century.

Provenance:

Donated in 2022 by Susan Whetstone, Robert Reed's widow and by Dr. Lisabeth Jordan and Mark A. Reed, Robert Reed's children.

Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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 -- Connecticut -- New Haven  Search this

Educators -- Connecticut -- New Haven  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.reedrobe

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Robert Reed papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91b46191f-a69d-4af4-aeef-b0cc9e43aaf4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-reedrobe

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 39

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1972-1998

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

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Robert Reed papers

Robert Reed papers / Series 2: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ca053d0d-1e0d-48c6-b2cc-f00f5f398192

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref46

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 40

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1983-1984

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

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Robert Reed papers

Robert Reed papers / Series 2: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95c2fbb7c-cb6a-4f4a-a3aa-24f13d74225a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref47

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 41

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2011-2012

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

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Robert Reed papers

Robert Reed papers / Series 2: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b6408359-af7c-4417-a91e-5b5c971d7e30

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref48

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Extent:

1.5 Linear feet (Boxes 2-4)

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

Identifier:

AAA.reedrobe, Series 3

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Robert Reed papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f798fc5c-1c18-41b8-92fc-f307669875df

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref9

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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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shahben

Collection Creator:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Container:

Box 29, Folder 64

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1930s-1960s

Collection Restrictions:

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

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

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

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

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Ben Shahn papers

Ben Shahn papers / Series 7: Source Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99bb0dd5e-c66e-40a8-91c7-79bd38f68590

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-shahben-ref1391

Collection Creator:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Container:

Box 29, Folder 65

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1930s-1960s

Collection Restrictions:

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

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

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

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

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Ben Shahn papers

Ben Shahn papers / Series 7: Source Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b9a482b8-e6da-47b3-bbf0-062968a87bdb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-shahben-ref2200

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 37

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1975

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

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Robert Reed papers

Robert Reed papers / Series 2: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983a1f9d6-5095-462c-969c-aa7ea46f3f46

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref44

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 38

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1994-1997

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

See more items in:

Robert Reed papers

Robert Reed papers / Series 2: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94d872058-e16a-4611-b489-e3f287597a35

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref45

Collection Creator:

Reed, Robert, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 36

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2003

Collection Restrictions:

Test plates made by Reed at the request of Josef Albers for Albers' book Interaction of Color are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

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

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Robert Reed papers

Robert Reed papers / Series 2: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d22ca4eb-f0d6-47a0-ab62-2652f652fd08

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-reedrobe-ref43

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

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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:

Milch Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Barmore, Charles  Search this

Barr, Charles H.  Search this

Ballin, Hugo  Search this

Barlow, Myron  Search this

Baer, Martin  Search this

Ascher, Mary G. (Mary Goldman)  Search this

Azzaretti, Faust  Search this

Biddle, George  Search this

Blackburn, Morris  Search this

Bellows, George  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston  Search this

Baumann, Gustave  Search this

Barr, Norman  Search this

Barrymore, Lionel  Search this

Acheson, Alice  Search this

Aiken, Charles Avery  Search this

Albee, Grace  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William  Search this

Trebilcock, Paul  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson  Search this

Anderson, Karl  Search this

Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich)  Search this

Varian, Dorothy  Search this

Ufer, Walter  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden  Search this

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson)  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault  Search this

Wiles, Irving Ramsay  Search this

Laufman, Sidney  Search this

Wiggins, Carleton  Search this

Appel, Marianne  Search this

Wickey, Harry  Search this

White, Henry Cooke  Search this

Zucker, Jacques  Search this

Woodward, Robert Strong  Search this

Waugh, Frederick Judd  Search this

Gonzalez, Xavier  Search this

Bacon, Peggy  Search this

Arms, John Taylor  Search this

Moffett, Ross  Search this

Milch, Edward  Search this

Moran, Thomas  Search this

Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis)  Search this

Meyerowitz, William  Search this

Milch, Albert  Search this

Manship, Paul  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander  Search this

MacRae, Emma Fordyce  Search this

Beal, Reynolds  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy  Search this

Melchers, Gari  Search this

Low, Will Hicok  Search this

Linde, Ossip L.  Search this

Lutz, Dan  Search this

Lucioni, Luigi  Search this

Woodward, Stanley Wingate  Search this

Lawson, Ernest  Search this

Lever, Hayley  Search this

Lie, Jonas  Search this

Kingman, Dong  Search this

Kroll, Leon  Search this

Kronberg, Louis  Search this

Wyeth, Andrew  Search this

Kupferman, Lawrence Edward  Search this

Ireland, Leroy  Search this

Judson, Alice  Search this

Kalish, Max  Search this

Katz, A. Raymond (Alexander Raymond)  Search this

Sheets, Millard  Search this

Heinz, Charles  Search this

Hennings, E. Martin  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Hopkinson, Charles  Search this

Tanner, Henry Ossawa  Search this

Sterner, Albert  Search this

Sterne, Maurice  Search this

Speight, Francis  Search this

Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this

Shuster, Will  Search this

Sharp, Joseph Henry  Search this

Shapiro, David  Search this

Schofield, Walter Elmer  Search this

Sawyer, Wells  Search this

Sample, Paul  Search this

Ryerson, Margery  Search this

Ryder, Chauncey F.  Search this

Rungius, Carl  Search this

Romano, Umberto  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis  Search this

Ritschel, William  Search this

Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel  Search this

Pugh, Mabel  Search this

Pleissner, Ogden M.  Search this

Pollet, Joseph C.  Search this

Perrine, Van Dearing  Search this

Pittman, Hobson Lafayette  Search this

Parshall, DeWitt  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M.  Search this

Oberteuffer, Karl A. (Karl Amiard)  Search this

Ochtman, Leonard  Search this

Myers, Jerome  Search this

Adams, Charles L.  Search this

Nagler, Edith Kroger  Search this

Adams, Wayman  Search this

Murphy, Hermann Dudley  Search this

Murphy, John Francis  Search this

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney)  Search this

Crane, Bruce  Search this

Davey, Randall  Search this

Daingerfield, Elliott  Search this

DeCamp, Joseph  Search this

De Groot, Adelaide Milton  Search this

Dessar, Louis Paul  Search this

Dehn, Adolf  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this

Butler, Howard Russell  Search this

Chamberlain, Samuel  Search this

Carroll, John  Search this

Christy, Howard Chandler  Search this

Cheffetz, Asa  Search this

Congdon, William  Search this

Cole, Alphaeus Philemon  Search this

Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry)  Search this

Bridgman, Frederick Arthur  Search this

Browne, George Elmer  Search this

Bruce, Edward  Search this

Brush, George de Forest  Search this

Buck, Claude  Search this

Burlin, Paul  Search this

Burr, George Elbert  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert  Search this

Blanch, Arnold  Search this

Blanch, Lucile  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar  Search this

Pène Du Bois, Guy  Search this

Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard  Search this

Bohm, Max  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Bosa, Louis  Search this

Hart, George Overbury  Search this

Halpert, Samuel  Search this

Grosz, George  Search this

Gregory, Waylande  Search this

Heerman, Norbert Leo  Search this

Hassam, Childe  Search this

Haskell, Ernest  Search this

Hartmann, Sadakichi  Search this

Gaspard, Leon  Search this

Ganso, Emil  Search this

Gallagher, Sears  Search this

Fuchs, Emil  Search this

Gregory, John  Search this

Greenwood, Marion  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde  Search this

Feshin, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich  Search this

Fenton, Beatrice  Search this

Etnier, Stephen  Search this

Farnsworth, Jerry  Search this

Fredenthal, David  Search this

French, Daniel Chester  Search this

Fitzgerald, James  Search this

Flagg, James Montgomery  Search this

Dike, Phil  Search this

Donoho, Gaines Ruger  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer  Search this

Diederich, William Hunt  Search this

Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this

Duncan, Charles  Search this

Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933  Search this

Milch Galleries  Search this

E. & A. Milch, Inc.  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Photographs

Citation:

Milch Gallery records, 1911-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Gallery owners  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8207

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210378

AAA_collcode_milcgall

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210378

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

Interviewee:

Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Guenther, Bruce  Search this

Subject:

Fitzgerald, James  Search this

Artists Gallery (Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Margaret Tomkins, 1984 June 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12308

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212455

AAA_collcode_tomkin84

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212455

Published by:

Playbill, American, founded 1884  Search this

Subject of:

Charles S. Dutton, American, born 1951  Search this

Rocky Carroll, American, born 1963  Search this

Apryl R. Foster, American  Search this

Carl Gordon, American, 1932 - 2010  Search this

Lisa Gay Hamilton, American, born 1964  Search this

Tommy Hollis, American, 1954 - 2001  Search this

S. Epatha Merkerson, American  Search this

Lou Myers, American, born 1945  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (21.3 x 14.3 cm)

Type:

theater programs

Place used:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1990

Topic:

African American  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Drama (Theatre)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens

Object number:

2011.45.77

Restrictions & Rights:

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5617dcbe3-2c46-45f9-8bf0-52d0ca62ee99

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.45.77

Artist:

Alma W. Thomas  Search this

Medium:

Painting, acrylic on canvas

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 182.9 × 132.1cm (6 ft. × 4 ft. 4 in.)

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 198.8 × 148.6 × 7cm (6 ft. 6 1/4 in. × 4 ft. 10 1/2 in. × 2 3/4 in.)

Type:

ART-Paintings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson

Inventory Number:

A19761791000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cc46b1df-3d17-438e-a0f1-c7a655f57dd7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19761791000

Artist:

Alma W. Thomas  Search this

Medium:

Painting, acrylic on canvas

Dimensions:

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 138.4 × 138.4 × 7cm (4 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 4 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 2 3/4 in.)

Type:

ART-Paintings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

1974

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen

Inventory Number:

A19770453000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98f7f031a-2ee3-42e7-a82c-3232277946e8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19770453000