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Artist:
Sister Gertrude Morgan, born Lafayette, AL 1900-died New Orleans, LA 1980  Search this
Medium:
tempera, acrylic, pencil, and ink on paperboard (album cover) vinyl (record)
Dimensions:
Album cover: 12 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (31.4 x 31.8 cm) Record: 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm) diam.
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
1971
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Performing arts\music\voice  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Religion\angel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak
Object number:
1981.136.5A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b5fc94bb-e14a-4981-82fd-ffb29c177fe6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1981.136.5A-B

Untitled

Artist:
James Castle, born Garden Valley, ID 1899-died Boise, ID 1977  Search this
Medium:
found paper and soot
Dimensions:
9 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (23.2 x 26.0 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1931-1977
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Castle Collection and Archive and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
2013.27.27
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk727cfef30-0ffa-468a-91c4-3121a8429aa0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2013.27.27

Untitled

Artist:
James Castle, born Garden Valley, ID 1899-died Boise, ID 1977  Search this
Medium:
found paper and soot
Dimensions:
5 x 6 1/2 in. (12.7 x 16.5 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1931-1977
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Castle Collection and Archive and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
2013.27.3
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d9c3d51c-af18-4a95-9807-3b0108df5219
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2013.27.3

Untitled

Artist:
James Castle, born Garden Valley, ID 1899-died Boise, ID 1977  Search this
Medium:
found paper
Dimensions:
12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1931-1977
Topic:
Still life\written matter\newspaper  Search this
Still life\trompe l'oeil  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Leslie and Ron Melnick
Object number:
2015.28.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk788b8c27f-bc81-43ce-8ec9-723f4ed3570c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2015.28.1

Esther McCoy papers

Creator:
McCoy, Esther  Search this
Names:
Historic American Buildings Survey  Search this
Society of Architectural Historians  Search this
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Architecture and Urban Planning  Search this
Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988  Search this
Barragán, Luis, 1902-  Search this
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012  Search this
Davidson, Julius Ralph, b. 1889  Search this
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945  Search this
Ellwood, Craig  Search this
Gill, Irving, 1870-1936  Search this
Grotz, Dorothy  Search this
Hollein, Hans, 1934-2014  Search this
Jones, A. Quincy (Archie Quincy), 1913-1979  Search this
Maybeck, Bernard R.  Search this
Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970  Search this
O'Gorman, Juan, 1905-  Search this
Rand, Marvin  Search this
Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953  Search this
Shulman, Julius  Search this
Soriano, Rafael, 1920-  Search this
Watanabe, Makoto  Search this
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766  Search this
Extent:
44 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Diaries
Etchings
Photographs
Sound recordings
Interviews
Video recordings
Slides (photographs)
Transcripts
Drawings
Memoirs
Date:
circa 1876-1990
bulk 1938-1989
Summary:
The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.0 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects.
Scope and Content Note:
The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.0 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects.

Biographical and family material consists of awards, resumes, identification documents, and other documentation of McCoy's personal life. Included are a transcript of a 1984 interview of McCoy by Makoto Watanabe and material relating to her friend, Theodore Dreiser.

Correspondence focuses on her personal relationships with family, friends, and lovers, and general correspondence relating primarily to her work as a writer. McCoy's personal correspondence is valuable to researchers who are interested in her personal life, her struggles as a young writer, and the way in which her family, friends, lovers, mentors, and colleagues helped to shape her work and career. As documented in this correspondence, her life offers a glimpse into twentieth-century American social and political history, especially the radical leftist movements of the 1920s and 1930s. Researchers interested in the roots of feminism in the United States should also find these papers useful in documenting the life of a creative and productive woman who was successful in a field then almost entirely dominated by men. Correspondents of note include her husband Berkeley Tobey, lovers Geoffrey Eaton and Albert Robert, writers Ray Bradbury and Theodore Dreiser, and artists and architects, such as Dorothy Grotz, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Hans Hollein, and J. R. Davidson. General correspondence is primarily with researchers, professors, architects, publishers, and professional organizations.

Personal writings include McCoy's diaries, notebooks, and memoirs, and writings by others including friends, lovers, and colleagues. Also included are drafts of McCoy's fictional works, both published and unpublished, including short stories, teleplays, and novels.

The collection contains in-depth documentation of McCoy's pioneering study of the modernist work of twentieth-century architects in Southern California. The bulk of her papers consist of her writing files for books, exhibition catalogs, articles, and lectures on architecture. Because many of the architects about whom McCoy wrote were her contemporaries, she developed personal relationships with several of them through her research and writing. Her writing files include drafts, notes, research material, photographs, and correspondence. McCoy also traveled extensively, particularly in Italy and Mexico, and wrote about architecture, craft, and culture in those countries. Project files document McCoy's other activities related to architectural history, such preservation projects, juries, grants, the Dodge House Preservation Campaign and related film project, her work for the Society of Architectural Historians and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), and her work at the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning, compiling a slide library and cataloging the Richard Neutra's papers. McCoy also maintained architect files which may contain correspondence, notes, photographs, research material, interview transcripts, about architects and their works. Among these extensive records, the files documenting the careers of R. M. Schindler, Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, and Juan O'Gorman are particularly rich.

Printed material in this collection documents McCoy's career as well as her personal interests. Included are books, clippings, magazines, newsletters, press releases, as well as publications arranged by subject such as architecture, art, Italy, and Mexico. McCoy also collected literary and leftist publications. The small amount of artwork in this collection consists of artwork sent to her by friends, including a drawing of her by Esther Rollo and etchings by various artists including Thomas Worlidge.

There are personal photographs of family and friends and of McCoy at different times in her life, as well as photographs gathered during the course of her research on architecture. Found here are photographs of architects and their works, including a large number depicting the work of Gregory Ain, Luis Barragan, J. R. Davidson, Irving Gill, Bernard Maybeck, Juan O'Gorman, R. M. Schindler, and Raphael Soriano. Many of these photographs were taken by notable architectural photographers Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand. Also found are photographs of architecture designed for the Case Study House program of Arts & Architecture magazine; exhibition photographs, primarily for the exhibition "Ten Italian Architects" in 1967; and other research photographs primarily documenting architecture and craft in other countries and the history of architecture in California. This series also includes approximately 3,600 slides of architecture.

Audio and video recordings include a videocassette of McCoy's 80th birthday party and 55 taped interviews with architects, people associated with architectural projects, and artists.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 10 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical and Family Material, 1881-1989 (boxes 1, 48; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1896-1989 (boxes 1-6, 4.9 linear feet)

Series 3: Personal Writings, 1919-1989 (boxes 6-14; 8.1 linear feet)

Series 4: Architectural Writings, 1908-1990 (boxes 14-24, 42, 49, 50; 10.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Projects, circa 1953-1988 (boxes 24-26, 47, FC 53-56; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 6: Architect Files, 1912-1990 (boxes 26-28, 42; 2.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, circa 1885-1990 (boxes 28-31, 42; 2.9 linear feet)

Series 8: Artwork, 1924-1967, undated (box 31; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs and Slides, circa 1876-1989 (boxes 31-38, 41-46, 51; 8.3 linear feet)

Series 10: Audio and Video Recordings, 1930-1984 (boxes 38-40, 47; 2.5 linear feet)
Biographical Note:
Esther McCoy (1904-1989) is remembered best for her pioneering work as an architectural historian, critic, and proponent of Southern California modern architecture of the early to mid-twentieth century. McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. Although her professional interests ranged from writing fiction to studying the folk architecture and crafts of Mexico, McCoy achieved her most notable success for her numerous articles, books, and exhibitions about Southern California architecture and the architects associated with the modernist movement.

Born in Arkansas in 1904, Esther McCoy grew up in Kansas and attended various schools in the Midwest. In 1926 she left the University of Michigan to launch a writing career in New York, where she moved in avant-garde literary circles and conducted research for Theodore Dreiser. She began writing fiction in New York and continued to write after moving to Los Angeles in 1932, working on short stories, novels, and screenplays. She published numerous short stories between 1929 and 1962, with works appearing in the New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, and university quarterlies. Her short story, "The Cape," was reprinted in Best Short Stories of 1950. Many of the novels that she wrote from the mid-1960s through the 1980s were related thematically to architects and architecture.

During the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s, McCoy participated in the politically radical movements of the period and wrote for leftist publications. Her interest in the lowcost housing projects of modern architects was prompted by one of her articles about slums for Epic News. During World War II she entered a training program for engineering draftsmen at Douglas Aircraft and in 1944 was hired as an architectural draftsman for the architect R.M. Schindler. As she became increasingly interested in modern architecture and design, she combined her two major career interests and began to focus her energies on architectural research, writing, and criticism. Her first article on architecture, "Schindler: Space Architect," was published in 1945 in the journal Direction.

McCoy began writing about architecture in earnest in 1950 as a free-lance contributor to the Los Angeles Times. From then until her death in 1989, she wrote prolifically for Arts & Architecture magazine, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Architectural Record, L'Architectura, Zodiac (Italy), Progressive Architecture, Lotus (Italy), and Architectural Forum. In addition to her numerous articles, McCoy wrote several books on Southern California modern architecture and architects. Her first major work, Five California Architects, published in 1960, is now recognized as a classic work in modern architectural history. It promoted a serious study of modern architecture in Southern California and introduced to the world several leading California architects and their work: Bernard Maybeck, Irving Gill, Charles and Henry Greene, and R.M. Schindler. That same year, she published another important book focusing on the work of the California architect Richard Neutra. Other books by McCoy include Modern California Houses: Case Study Houses (1962), Craig Ellwood (1968), Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys (1979), and The Second Generation (1984).

In addition to these books, McCoy organized and wrote catalogs for several significant exhibitions focusing on contemporary architects. Her first was the R.M. Schindler Retrospective, a 1954 exhibition at the Landau Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Her other exhibitions and accompanying catalogs include Roots of California Contemporary Architecture, 1956, Los Angeles Municipal Art Department; Felix Candela, 1957, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Irving Gill, 1958, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Juan O'Gorman, 1964, San Fernando Valley State College; and Ten Italian Architects, 1967, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Moreover, McCoy contributed numerous essays to other exhibition catalogs and publications, lectured at the University of Southern California, participated in preservation projects, organized tours for the Society of Architectural Historians, and contributed to a number of documentary films. Her energy and interests also led her to catalog and transcribe Richard Neutra's papers at the University of California Los Angeles Archives.

McCoy received national recognition from the American Institute of Architects for her seminal and prolific work in the field of Southern California modern architectural history and criticism. Her interests, however, were not exclusively bound to California. She traveled the world and was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. She made five extended trips to Italy during the 1950s and 1960s, publishing regularly about the architecture there and curating the exhibition Ten Italian Architects. She was a contributing editor to two Italian journals, Zodiac and Lotus, and was awarded the Star of Order of Solidarity in 1960 by the Republic of Italy for her research and writing.

Esther McCoy died of emphysema on December 30, 1989, at the age of eighty-five. Her last contribution was an essay for the exhibition catalog Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study House. The show opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles one month before her death.

Missing Title

1904 -- Born November 18 in Horatio, Arkansas. Raised in Kansas.

1920 -- Attended preparatory school at Central College for Women, Lexington, Missouri.

1922-1925 -- College education: Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; University of Michigan.

1924 -- Visited Theodore Dreiser in Michigan.

1926-1938 -- Began writing in New York City.

1926-1938 -- Researched and read for Theodore Dreiser.

1926-1938 -- Worked for editorial offices and publishers.

1926-1938 -- Traveled to write in Paris (1928), Key West, Florida (1930), and Los Angeles, California (1932-1935).

1938 -- Moved to Santa Monica, California.

1941 -- Married Berkeley Greene Tobey.

1942-1944 -- Employed as engineering draftsman at Douglas Aircraft.

1944-1947 -- Worked as architectural draftsman for R.M. Schindler.

1945 -- Began architectural writing career.

1950 -- Wrote script for film Architecture West.

1950 -- Joined editorial board of Arts & Architecture.

1950-1968 -- Worked as free-lance writer for the Los Angeles Times.

1951-1955 -- Traveled to, researched, and wrote about Mexico and Mexican art and architecture.

1954 -- R.M. Schindler Retrospective exhibition at the Landau Art Gallery, Los Angeles.

1956 -- Roots of California Contemporary Architecture exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Department.

1957 -- Felix Candela exhibition, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

1958 -- Irving Gill exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Traveled to Italy.

1959-1968 -- Contributing editor to Italian periodicals Zodiac and Lotus.

1960 -- Five California Architects (New York: Reinhold).

1960 -- Richard Neutra (New York: G. Braziller).

1960 -- Awarded Star of Order of Solidarity by the Republic of Italy for reporting on arts and crafts in Italy.

1962 -- Death of Berkeley Greene Tobey.

1962 -- Modern California Houses: Case Study Houses (New York: Reinhold) (reprinted as Case Study Houses, Los Angeles: Hennessey and Ingalls, 1978).

1963 -- Resident Fellow at Huntington Hartford Foundation.

1964 -- Juan O'Gorman exhibition, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Calif.

1965 -- Consultant for the California Arts Commission.

1965-1966 -- Wrote and produced the film Dodge House.

1965-1968 -- Lecturer at University of California at Los Angeles, School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

1966 -- Resident Fellow at MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire.

1967 -- Ten Italian Architects exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

1967 -- Honorary Associate of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

1967 -- Regents' Lecturer at University of California, Santa Barbara.

1968 -- Craig Ellwood (New York: Walker).

1968 -- Distinguished Service Citation from the California Council of AIA.

1969-1970 -- Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

1969-1989 -- Contributing editor of Progressive Architecture.

1971-1978 -- Graham Foundation Grants.

1974 -- Regents' Lecturer at the University of California,Santa Cruz.

1979 -- Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys (Santa Monica, Calif.: Arts & Architecture Press).

1979 -- Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.

1981 -- Los Angeles Chapter Women's Architectural League Honorary Member.

1982 -- Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Modern and Contemporary Art Council Award for Distinguished Achievement.

1983 -- Home Sweet Home: The California Ranch House exhibition at California State University.

1984 -- The Second Generation (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books).

1985 -- American Institute of Architects, Institute Honor.

1986 -- High Styles exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

1987 -- Vesta Award for outstanding scholarship.

1989 -- Award from the Historical Society of Southern California.

1989 -- Award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

1989 -- Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study House exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Died in Santa Monica, California, December 30.
Related Material:
Also in the Archives of American Art are eight sound cassettes of a transcribed interview with Esther McCoy conducted by Joseph Giovannini, June 8-November 14, 1987.
Provenance:
The collection was given to the Archives of American Art by Esther McCoy in 1986. Before her death in 1989, McCoy assisted in the organization and identification of the papers. Original pre-print film elements for Dodge House 1916 were donated to the Archives of American Art by the Academy Film Archive in 2018.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual recordings without access copies requires advance notice.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Architectural historians -- California  Search this
Art critics -- California  Search this
Topic:
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Mexico  Search this
Architects -- Italy  Search this
Architecture, Domestic -- California  Search this
Authors -- California  Search this
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California  Search this
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Europe  Search this
Architects -- California  Search this
Feminism and art  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Etchings
Photographs
Sound recordings
Interviews
Video recordings
Slides (photographs)
Transcripts
Drawings
Memoirs
Citation:
Esther McCoy papers, circa 1876-1990, bulk 1938-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.mccoesth
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Esther McCoy papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93ee58e3b-f2fc-4d98-acf9-de6f76bfed63
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-mccoesth
Online Media:

Kristin Congdon research material regarding Ruby C. Williams and Florida folk artists, circa 1997-2019

Creator:
Congdon, Kristin G., 1948-  Search this
Subject:
Williams, Ruby C.  Search this
Smith, André  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Citation:
Kristin Congdon research material regarding Ruby C. Williams and Florida folk artists, circa 1997-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women art historians  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Theme:
African American  Search this
Craft  Search this
Women  Search this
Architecture & Design  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)22210
AAA_collcode_congkris
Theme:
African American
Craft
Women
Architecture & Design
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22210

Kristin Congdon research material regarding Ruby C. Williams and Florida folk artists

Creator:
Congdon, Kristin G.  Search this
Names:
Smith, André, 1880-1959  Search this
Williams, Ruby C., 1928-2022  Search this
Extent:
2 Linear feet
32 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Sound recordings
Date:
circa 1997-2019
Scope and Contents:
Kristin Congdon research material regarding Ruby C. Williams and Florida folk artists measures 2.0 linear foot and dates from circa 1997-2019. Included are letters from Ruby Williams to Kristin Congdon (1997-2003); slides of Williams, events and works of art; photographs of Williams with others; brochures, announcements, newspaper clippings and flyers about Williams; and a flash drive of photographs of William's gallery openings taken by David Congdon, Kristin's husband; and interviews and photographs on seven DVDs created by Congdon in 2006 regarding nine folk artists based in Florida. Artists include Jan M. Zebrowski, Nicario Jiménez, Ginger Lavoie, Wayne and Marty Scott, Ruby C. Williams, Kurt Zimmerman, Lilly Carrasquillo, "Diamond" Jim Parker, and Taft Richardson. DVDs were used in Congdon's co-authored book, Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art, University of Mississippi Press, 2006, subsequently used to create Folkvine.org, an experiment on how to present folk artists using new technology.

Also included are audio cassettes tapes, slides, correspondence, and other writings regarding Smith for a Congdon's research grant "Jules Andre Smith: The Man and his Community" funded by the Scholars/Humanity Florida Humanities Council in 1998.
Biographical / Historical:
Kristin G. Congdon (1948-) is an art historian, artist, and writer in Winter Park, Florida.­ Congdon is professor Emerita of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Central Florida.
Provenance:
Donated in 2023 by Kristin Congdon. The website, Folkvine.org, is archived at Indiana University.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records 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:
Educators -- Florida  Search this
Art historians -- Florida  Search this
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women art historians  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.congkris
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eb61e7a5-f9b3-4b86-bb8e-db144a8b637d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-congkris

Painting

Collector:
George J. Goodstadt  Search this
Donor Name:
George J. Goodstadt  Search this
Height - Object:
60.5 cm
Width - Object:
88.5 cm
Culture:
Chinese  Search this
Object Type:
Painting
Place:
Huxian (Huhsien), Shaanxi Province (Shensi), China, Asia
Accession Date:
30 Jul 1979
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
337066
USNM Number:
E419596-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36cf739be-9327-4a7b-aee3-f05dc28f0287
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452076
Online Media:

Painting: Ten Symbols Of Long Life (Sipjangsaeng-Do)

Donor Name:
Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou  Search this
Height:
93 cm
Width:
52 cm
Object Type:
Painting
Place:
Seoul, South Korea, Asia
Accession Date:
24 Feb 1886
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
016970
USNM Number:
E77052-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fceda275-92a8-4362-8239-03a058c2d732
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8480093
Online Media:

Small Striped Woolen Blanket

Collector:
Major John W. Powell  Search this
Donor Name:
Major John W. Powell  Search this
Culture:
Zuni (A:shiwi) (?)  Search this
Hopi (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Blanket
Place:
New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1 Dec 1872
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
002357
USNM Number:
E11166-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b587badb-871f-4343-b35f-1b23b26760dc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8330312
Online Media:

Cup

Donor Name:
Gen. John A. Halderman  Search this
Object Type:
Cup
Place:
Mexico (not certain), North America (not certain)
Accession Date:
3 Apr 1894
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
027737
USNM Number:
E168507-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31597928f-7a19-4d3e-9335-f2752084c784
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8348623
Online Media:

Cup

Donor Name:
Gen. John A. Halderman  Search this
Object Type:
Cup
Place:
Mexico (not certain), North America (not certain)
Accession Date:
3 Apr 1894
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
027737
USNM Number:
E168508-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dc221e47-0326-4089-8f31-319cb255e0d2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8348624
Online Media:

Small Terracotta Animal (Elephant?)

Donor Name:
Government Of India  Search this
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
West Bengal, India, Asia
Accession Date:
23 Jan 1962
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
240189
USNM Number:
E399469-2
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/305c841d4-03cf-48f7-895b-47be03f2f82f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8940397
Online Media:

Fan Quilt, Mt. Carmel

Artist:
Residents of Bourbon County, Kentucky, n.d.  Search this
Medium:
cotton, wool, silk, velvet, lace, ribbon, silk thread, paint, chromolithographic paper decals, and canvas
Dimensions:
85 x 72 1/4 in. (215.9 x 183.5 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Fiber
Folk Art
Quilt
Date:
1893
Topic:
Dress\accessory\fan  Search this
Architecture Exterior\religious\church  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Object number:
1987.80
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Decorative Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72db72160-e144-4bcb-b8b7-3bb057d269e1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1987.80

The Saw and the Scroll

Artist:
Jesse Howard, born Shamrock, MO 1885-died Fulton, MO 1983  Search this
Medium:
acrylic and crayon on canvas and wood; acrylic on metal and wood
Dimensions:
overall: 39 3/4 x 71 x 1 1/2 in. (101.0 x 180.3 x 3.8 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
1977-1978
Topic:
Religion\Christianity  Search this
Religion\Old Testament\Tower of Babel  Search this
Religion\Old Testament\Genesis  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
1997.124.26A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77d426888-9ea1-465d-9836-c591dafbd265
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1997.124.26A-B

28-28

Artist:
George Widener, born Covington, KY 1962  Search this
Medium:
mixed media on paper
Dimensions:
48 1/4 × 48 1/4 in. (122.6 × 122.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts
Folk Art
Date:
2014
Topic:
Object\numeral  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carl and Kate Lobell in honor of Graham Roach
Copyright:
© 2014, George Widener
Object number:
2015.20.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72b2059a2-4e03-4e8f-8bc9-2d61f9268e92
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2015.20.2

Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

Biogeographical Region:
77 - South-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
H. R. Bennett  Search this
Place:
Santa Fe County. West slope Sangre de Cristo Mts. in Santa Fe, near Museum of Intern. Folk Art. Upper Sonoran Zone., New Mexico, United States, North America
Collection Date:
8 Aug 1963
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae
Published Name:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
Barcode:
04386166
USNM Number:
2461867
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a9f3eb80-4962-4524-9e12-95d0510d1519
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16251694

Muhlenbergia torreyi (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bush

Biogeographical Region:
77 - South-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
H. R. Bennett  Search this
Place:
Santa Fe County. Dry, open ground on west slope Sangre de Cristo Mts., in Santa Fe near Museum of Inter. Folk Art. Upper Sonoran Zone., New Mexico, United States, North America
Collection Date:
8 Aug 1963
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae
Published Name:
Muhlenbergia torreyi (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bush
Barcode:
04198075
USNM Number:
2461863
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32ffc12cd-e284-45ad-899a-cb5ef6b247b0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16330603

Grindelia aphanactis Rydb.

Biogeographical Region:
77 - South-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
H. R. Bennett  Search this
Place:
Santa Fe County, Dry, open ground near Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe; on west slope Sangre de Cristo Mts., Upper Sonoran Zone, New Mexico, United States, North America
Collection Date:
8 Aug 1963
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae
Published Name:
Grindelia aphanactis Rydb.
Barcode:
01679627
USNM Number:
2446153
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ac3d8d32-bd89-4548-9369-486abf263a58
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12688021

Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

Biogeographical Region:
77 - South-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
H. R. Bennett  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2195  Search this
Place:
New Mexico. Santa Fe County. Dry open ground on slope of Sangre de Cristo Mts. near Museum of International Folk Art in S.E. part of Santa Fe., New Mexico, United States, North America
Collection Date:
3 Aug 1963
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae
Published Name:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby
Barcode:
01681288
USNM Number:
2576529A
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3299158dd-ae0c-444b-a678-1b836fde01a2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12689322

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