Correspondence, articles, clippings, and gallery literature.
Among the correspondents are Charles Avery Aiken, Grace Albee, Ernfred Anderson, John Taylor Arms, Ralph H. Avery, William J. Aylward, Merrill A. Bailey, Vernon Howe Bailey, George Biddle, Louis Bouche, Fiske Boyd, J. Paul Bransom, Charles Burchfield, Clarence H. Carter, Asa Cheffetz, Eliot C. Clark, Howard N. Cook,Dean Cornwell, James H. Daugherty, E. Hubert Deines, Fritz Eichenberg, Ralph Fabri, Robert Fawcett, James D. Havens, Wilmot Emerton Heitland, Peter Helck, J. Lars Hoftrup, Philip Kappel, Rockwell Kent, Julius J. Lankes, Clare Leighton, Warren B. Mack, Roy M. Mason, Leo Meissner, John C. Menihan, Henry C. Pitz, Ogden Pleissner, Grant T. Reynard, William S. Rice, Norman Rockwell, Sven Birger Sandzen, Alice P. Schafer, Eric Sloane, Charles W. Smith, James Swann, Donald Teague, Nora S. Unwin, Robert Von Neumann, Lynd Ward, Herbert O. Waters, Aldren A. Watson, Stow Wengenroth, Frederic Whitaker, Esther Williams, Edward A. Wilson, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Illustrator, educator, lithographer, engraver, painter and writer; studied at Rochester Institute of Technology and was active in New York State. Former editor of AMERICAN ARTIST.
Related Materials:
Additional Norman Kent papers pertaining to American Artist also located at: George Arent Research Library Syracuse University.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1965 by Norman Kent.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Papers, ca. 1912-1992, including awards and citations; a videotape, "John Menihan"; a tape-recorded interview with Menihan conducted by Ron Netsky, 1984; a tape-recording, "John's Talk on Lithography and John's Banjo," compiled by Paul Swiatek, 1988; photographs of Menihan, his family, works of art, studios, and colleagues; printed material including exhibition catalogs, programs, and magazine and newspaper clippings; price lists and an incomplete inventory of works of art; programs and greeting cards designed by Menihan, including personal Christmas cards and cards made for family and friends; two scrapbooks, 1924-1940 and 1940-1969; announcements for the Print Club of Rochester (some designed by Menihan); preliminary sketches and studies; samples of wallpaper designed and printed by Menihan; architectural drawings by Menihan for his home at 208 Alpine Drive, Rochester, N.Y.; and miscellany.
Biographical / Historical:
Printmaker; Rochester, N.Y.
Provenance:
Donated 2000 by Mary M. Barrette, Menihan's daughter.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Rochester Search this
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Collection Citation:
Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
