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National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

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Creator:

Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this

Loew, O. (Oscar), 1844-  Search this

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899  Search this

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875  Search this

Informant:

Antonia, Marie  Search this

Extent:

216 Items (ca. 216 pages)

Culture:

American Indian  Search this

Santa Ana  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Yohuns  Search this

Yojuane  Search this

Dakota Indians  Search this

Dakota -- Santee  Search this

Kasua  Search this

Gabrielino Indians  Search this

Poosepatuck  Search this

Apache Indians  Search this

Hidatsa Indians  Search this

Carib  Search this

Arawak  Search this

Isleta Indians  Search this

Jemez Indians  Search this

Guatuso  Search this

Gabrieleno  Search this

Tewa Indians  Search this

Santa Ana  Search this

Tobikhars  Search this

Chibcha  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Santee Indians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Unkechaug Indians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

ca. 1890's

Scope and Contents:

The material is in the handwriting of A.S. Gatschet, in a composition book. In the same volume are numerous miscellaneous notes, many in German script; brief bibliographic notes, and notes of an apparently personal nature. There are also extracts from the Codex Wangianus, from Charles Lyell, and from others. In addition, there is a Chinese vocabulary in Chinese characters, on pages 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, and one sheet pasted in book.

Partial contents: Carib terms (obtained from Maria Antonia, a native of Rio Frio, Costa Rica (or Chulpan, native name), 6 pages. Guatuso words, 3 pages. (same source.) Apache words and sentences, page 112. Santa Ana vocabulary (additional page.) Hopi vocabulary, page 113. Jemez vocabulary, page 113. Tehua (Tewa) page 114. Isleta vocabulary, page 114. Yohuns (Yojuane) vocabulary, page 115. Notes to vocabularies, page 115. Dakota language (words, etc.) page 122-129. Apache language (words, etc.) page 130. Dakota (Santee), page 131. Hidatsa, page 132. List of American languages, pages 133-138. Nevome grammatical notes, page 148. (Kasua) vocabulary, pages 151-152. Tobikhars (Gabrieleno) vocabulary, page 153. Island of LaCruz page 154 (from California Farmer- 1836). Few Poosepatuck words, page 154. Received by A.S. Gatschet, September 6, 1875. Chibcha vocabulary pages 155-170. Arawak language of Guiana in its linguistic and ethnological relations. By D.G. Brinton (1871) - Extracts from, pages 188-190. Chabas, les Papyrus---de Berlin, 1863- vocabulary in hieroglyphic symbols, pages 194-5. Hidatsa vocabulary, pages 206-208.

Page 114- Brief discussion of location of "Tehua" (Tanoan) pueblos. Gatschet, A.S. Pages 151-52 in notebook- "Kasua" vocabulary. June, 1875. Loew, Oscar. Page 153- Brief vocabulary of the "Tobokhars, extinct tribe at the San Gabriel Mission, collected from an old sick chief, [by] Oscar Lowe, June, 1875...(Fernando Quinto, who recollects Fremont's Exped..." This is not the same as the main "Tobikhar" vocabulary from Lowe in Bureau of American Ethnology Manuscript 774. Page 113- Note on "Moqui" (Hopi) language, with brief vocabulary. Gatschet, A.S. 1 slip bound between pages 112-113 in notebook- Eleven words and phrases of the Santa Ana or Silla language. Gatschet, A.S. Pages 122-129-Dakota vocabularies. 1890's? Autograph document. Gatschet, A.S.

Contents: Carib terms (obtained from Maria Antonia (or Chulpan, native name), 6 pages. Guatuso words, 3 pages (same source) Apache words and sentences, page 112. Santa Ana vocabulary (additional page) Hopi vocabulary page 113. Jemez vocabulary page 113. Tehua (Tewa) page 114. Isleta vocabulary page 114. Yohuns (Yojuane) vocabulary page 115. Notes to vocabularies, page 115. Dakota language (words, etc.) pages 122-129. Apache language (words, etc.) page 130. Dakota (Santee) page 131. Hidatsa page 132. List of American Languages, pages 133-138. Nevome grammatical notes page 148. Kasua vocabulary pages 151-152. Tobikhars (Gabrieleno) vocabulary page 153. Island of LaCruz page 154 8from California Farmer - 1836). Few Poosepatuck words, page 154. Received from A. S. Gatschet September 6, 1875. Chibcha vocabulary pages 155-170. Arawak language of Guiana in its linguistic and ethnological relations By D. G. Brinton (1871) - Extracts from pages 188-190 Chabas, les Papyrus --- de Berlin, 1863- vocabulary in hieroglyphic symbols, page 194-5. Hidatsa vocabulary pages 206-208.

Contents: Tanoan. Gatschet, A. S. Brief discussion of location of "Tehua" (Tanoan) pueblos. 1/3 page, page 114. Barbareno Chumash. Loew, Oscar. "Kasua" vocabulary. June, 1875. Pages 151-52 in notebook. Gabrielino. Loew, Oscar. Brief vocabulary of "Tobikhars, extinct tribe at the San Gabriel Mission, collected from an old sick chief, [by] Oscar Loew, June, 1875...(Fernando Quinto. who recollects Fremont's Exped..." Page 153 in notebook. This is not the same as the main "Tobikhar" vocabulary from Loew in Bureau of American Ethnology Manuscript 774. Hopi. Gatschet, A. S. Note on "Moqui" (Hopi) language, with brief vocabulary. Page 113 (1/4 page) in notebook. Page 113 on Microfilm Negative Reel 11 (Hopi manuscript reel). Sia. Gatschet, A. S. Eleven words and phrases of the Santa Ana or Silla language. 1 slip, bound between pages 112-113 in notebook. Dakota Gatschet, A. S. Dakota vocabularies. [1890s ?] Autograph document. 7 pages.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2028

Topic:

Vocabularies -- American Indian  Search this

Writing systems -- hieroglyphics  Search this

Writing systems -- Chinese  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2028, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2028

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2028

Source:

Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)  Search this

Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)  Search this

Collector:

Odell, Scott, 1935-  Search this

Names:

Bread and Puppet Theater  Search this

Festival of American Folklife  Search this

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Porter, Burt, 1937-  Search this

Extent:

18 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Field notes

Audiotapes

Posters

Reports

Correspondence

Photographs

Place:

Appalachian Region

North Carolina

Virginia

Vermont

Date:

1964-1977

Summary:

The J. Scott Odell folk music collection (1945-2016, inclusive) contains AV recordings, photographs, correspondence, writings, and other materials relating to Odell's career at the Smithsonian as a musical instrument conservator and researcher of American music traditions. The collection largely consists of materials relating to Odell's research trips (often combined with personal visits) throughout the Eastern United States. Research strengths of the collection include the history of the Appalachian dulcimer and banjo, the Smithsonian Folkways project "Black Banjo Songsters," musician and poet Burt Porter, and the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Scope/Contents note:

The J. Scott Odell Folk Music Collection, which includes materials dating from 1945-2016, documents the research, professional work, and personal relations of J. Scott Odell (b. 1935). Odell worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) as a musical instrument conservator and traveled throughout the Eastern United States documenting a variety of musical instruments and traditions. The collection reflects his research trips and other travels; the development of exhibits and performance of music and dance at the Smithsonian; and the relationships Odell developed with the musicians, craftspeople, informants, and other people he worked with throughout his career.

Research strengths of this collection include notes, photographs, and recordings from Odell's fieldwork; extensive documentation of Odell's work on the Smithsonian Folkways project Black Banjo Songsters, in collaboration with folklorist Cecelia Conway; and materials pertaining to the Bread and Puppet Theater (based in Glover, Vermont). Significant places documented include southwest Virginia (Galax), nearby North Carolina (Shelton-Laurel), the surrounding tri-state area, and Vermont (Glover). Significant individuals represented in the collection include Odell, Burt Porter, Ralph Rinzler, and other well-known musicians. The most prominent instrument information in the collection relates to the banjo and the Appalachian dulcimer, although the American fiddle tradition and other instruments are also represented. Materials include photographs (negatives and prints), field notes, trip reports, correspondence, slides, writings, and AV materials. This collection may also be of interest to researchers of AV history and evolution. The wide variety of formats found in the collection maps the development of popular recording media. The collection includes open-reel tapes, Hi-8 tapes, DATs, mini-DV tapes, Betacam and Betacam SP tapes, VHS and SVHS tapes, cassettes, optical discs, mini-discs, and Zip discs.

This collection was initially established in 2008, when it was transferred from Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections (RRFAC), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). (NMAH Archives Center had received the collection from the Division of Musical History.) Since 2008, the collection has been significantly expanded, more than doubling in size between 2008 and 2016. (These additional materials can be found in Series 8, Accruals.) With these deposits, the scope of the collection expanded beyond Odell's Appalachian dulcimer research and instrument conservator duties to include his banjo research, travels, relationships with musicians (particularly Burt Porter), and involvement with the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in eight series as follows: (1) Correspondence, 1963-1978; (2) Folk Instruments Research; (3) Collected Publications and Ephemera; (4) Collecting Trips; (5) Publications; (6) Sound Recordings; (7) Oversize Materials; and (8) Accruals. Within each series and subseries, folders are arranged thematically, alphabetically, and/or chronologically.

Series 1-7 reflect the order of the original transfer from the Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Series 8 (Accruals) encompasses several deposits made by Scott Odell of additional materials between 2011 and 2017. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives staff, in collaboration with Odell, imposed order upon Series 8.

Researchers should note that, when performing research in Series 8 (Accruals), they might need to consult multiple boxes, even when working within a single subseries where the intellectual arrangement in the finding aid does not always align with the physical arrangement of the materials. This separation between the intellectual and physical arrangement is due in part to the order in which RRFAC received each deposit, the format of the materials (i.e., papers vs. photographs vs. AV items), and earlier digitization efforts.

Biographical/Historical note:

Jay Scott Odell (b. 1935) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Adalberta Lavoie Odell and Jay Geddes Odell. The family moved frequently throughout his childhood, resulting in Odell having lived at fourteen different addresses and attending seven different schools by the time he graduated high school in 1953. When the family settled in Mamaroneck, New York, in 1950, Odell met poet Peter Kane Dufault, and musician and poet Burt Porter, two figures who would go on to strongly influence his personal and professional development. It was on the advice of Dufault, for example, that Odell apprenticed with harpsichord-maker William Dowd after college.

Odell attended Middlebury College where he met his future wife, Dorothy "Dottie" Hiebert. After graduating in 1957, Hiebert moved to France and Odell took a position on the boat of Dutch writer Jan DeHartog before joining Hiebert to travel Europe. By 1959, they had returned to the United States (Boston, Massachusetts) and married. It was at this point in their lives that they became active in the peace movement and the early Folk Revival. Odell's relationship with Burt Porter continued, and he developed contacts with other musicians including Peter and Polly Gott, Tom "Tom Banjo" Azarian, Mike Seeger, and Tracy Schwartz. The Odells also became involved with the Bread and Puppet Theater group, founded by Peter and Elka Schumann, which established its primary location in Glover, Vermont, near Porter's property.

Odell is particularly notable for his work in musical instrument conservation at the Smithsonian Institution and his involvement in the development of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. In 1963, following his harpsichord apprenticeship with William Dowd, Odell was hired by the Smithsonian as a musical instrument conservator. Under Cynthia Hoover and C. Malcolm Watkins, he established a restoration workshop for musical instruments at the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History. Over the course of his career, Odell served not only as a conservator but also as head of a technical laboratory and, eventually, as the first director of conservation at the National Museum of American History.

Odell was a key figure in the shifting philosophy of the musical instrument department regarding its collections and acquisition practices. With Hoover, Odell helped establish and facilitate a concert series with the mission of "[taking] the instruments out of their cases and [letting] them sing" – a major innovation in museum programming. Odell's commitment to bringing music history and traditions to life manifested in the expansion of the Smithsonian concert series, his relationship with Ralph Rinzler, and his early involvement with the Festival of American Folklife, now the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Although his professional training was in working with historical keyboard instruments, Odell's lifelong interest in traditional and regional music had a significant impact on his career. Between 1964 and 1977, when Odell was head of the laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Musical Instruments, he undertook a series of collecting trips throughout the Eastern United States to expand the Division's collection of traditional American instruments.

In 1964, Odell and Porter attended the Annual Galax Old Time Fiddlers Convention. Following this initial trip, Hoover and Watkins supported Odell's efforts to, in addition to acquiring objects for the collection, research and record the cultural contexts of those instruments. Over the course of these trips, Odell built personal relationships with many of the musicians and craftspeople with whom he worked, including the Melton-Russell family, Tommy Jarrell, and Fred Cockerham.

Odell retired in 1993, but continued contract work at the Smithsonian. Working for the National Museum of American History, he assisted with the care and description of the Museum's banjo collection, as well as the acquisition of the Grimes and Jeffries dulcimer collection. He has also maintained associations with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. In 1998, Odell co-produced a record through Smithsonian Folkways with folklorist Cecelia Conway titled "Black Banjo Songsters," which focused on the African American banjo tradition and featured many of the artists with whom Odell had built relationships.

Related Materials note:

Materials relating to Odell's career at the Smithsonian can also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA), particularly in the records of the NMAH Musical History Division.

Materials relating to the Bread and Puppet Theater can also be found in the archives of the Bread and Puppet Theater (via the Internet Archive); the University of Vermont; and the University of California, Davis.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 for additional information.

Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact the archives staff for information.

Topic:

Folk music—United States  Search this

Stringed instruments  Search this

Fiddle  Search this

Mouth bow  Search this

Folk music  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Banjo  Search this

Appalachian dulcimer  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Audiotapes

Posters

Reports

Correspondence -- 1930-1950

Photographs -- 1960-1980 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Citation:

J. Scott Odell folk music collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.ODEL

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Artist:

Charles F. Conly, 1846 - 1892  Search this

Sitter:

Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson, 15 Oct 1830 - 12 Aug 1885  Search this

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 13.8 x 9.7 cm (5 7/16 x 3 13/16")

Mount: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Massachusetts\Suffolk\Boston

Date:

c. 1884

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Photographic format\Cabinet card  Search this

Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson: Female  Search this

Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this

Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2011.99

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2011.99

Creator:

Perls Galleries  Search this

Names:

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Fujikawa Gallery  Search this

Galerie Maeght  Search this

James Corcoran Gallery  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Austin, Darrel, 1907-  Search this

Cafritz, Gwendolyn  Search this

Cafritz, Morris, 1886?-1964  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Canaday, John, 1907-1985  Search this

De Menil, Adelaide  Search this

Dudensing, F. Valentine, 1892-1967  Search this

Ford, Henry, 1917-1987  Search this

Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990  Search this

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-  Search this

Luce, Claire  Search this

Luce, Henry, III, 1925-2005  Search this

Miró, Joan, 1893-  Search this

Perls, Klaus  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Priebe, Karl J., 1914-1976  Search this

Streisand, Barbra  Search this

Extent:

79.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Illustrated letters

Drawings

Photographs

Date:

1937-1997

Summary:

The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.

Scope and Content Note:

The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.

Correspondence primarily discusses sales (and includes invoices), loans, and exhibitions, as well as more routine activities such as gallery maintenance, the printing of exhibition catalogs and letterhead, and the shipment, framing, or restoration of artwork. Many letters enclose photographs, negatives, or slides of artwork, and clippings. A few letters contain oversize architectural or engineering drawings, and a small handful of letters are illustrated.

Correspondents include artists such as Darrell Austin, Joan Mir, Pablo Picasso, and Karl Priebe; galleries such as the Corcoran Gallery, Fujikawa Galleries, Galerie Maeght, and the Pierre Matisse Gallery; museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of Modern Art; collectors such as Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz, Adelaide de Mnil, Valentine Dudensing, and Henry Ford, II; and celebrity clients such as Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Henry and Clare Booth Luce, and Barbra Streisand.

The records contain nearly thirty-two linear feet of photographs and negatives. Photographs are of artists and the inventory of the gallery's artwork. Additional photographs represent artwork either by artists not represented by the gallery or not included in the gallery's inventory. Most of the photographs are black and white. Over fifteen linear feet of negatives are of gallery stock. Photographs are also found in the exhibition files.

There is a relatively small amount of records relating to exhibitions, loans, and sales. Found are exhibition lists, schedules, invitations and announcements, photographs of exhibition installations, press releases, and records of loans to other institutions and galleries. Sales records include artist lists, inventory lists, invoices, pick up and delivery receipts, and price lists.

Printed materials include a large number of clippings and an incomplete run of catalogs from Perls Galleries exhibitions between 1939 and 1980.

The collection also includes ten original pencil drawings from John Canaday's series entitled My Beautiful Girls and a reproduction of eight drawings from the same series

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1937-1995 (Boxes 1-44, OV 81-83; 43.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Negatives, circa 1937-1995 (Boxes 44-59; 15.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Photographs, circa 1937-1995 (Boxes 60-75, OV 84; 16.1 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibition, Loan, and Sales Records, 1937-1995 (Boxes 76-78; 2.1 linear feet)

Series 5: Clippings Files, 1943-1989 (Box 78; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 6: Exhibition Catalogs, 1939-1980 (Boxes 78-79; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 7: Drawings by John Canaday, circa 1967-1972 (Box 80; 0.3 linear feet)

Historical Note:

Klaus Perls (b. 1912, d. 2008) formally opened Perls Galleries in New York in 1937, and ran it with his wife Amelia until its closing in 1997. The gallery dealt in contemporary French artists of the School of Paris, such as Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, but also acted as the primary representative of Alexander Calder beginning in 1954. In the 1970s Mr. Perls developed an interest in art from Benin and built an important collection of African sculpture, some of which was later donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Amelia Perls died in 2002, and Klaus Perls died in 2008.

Klaus Perls was born in 1912 in Berlin in a house Mies van der Rohe designed for his parents, who owned an art gallery specializing in Impressionists, post-Impressionists, Old Master paintings, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and African sculpture. Perls studied Art History in Hamburg and Munich but completed his PhD in Basel, Switzerland in 1933 after the Nazi government stopped awarding degrees to Jews. His dissertation covered the complete works of 15th-century French painter Jean Fouquet.

Before moving to New York in 1935, Perls worked for his mother, Kaethe Perls, in her Paris gallery that she opened in 1932 after splitting up with Klaus' father Hugo. He spent his first two years in New York selling paintings through other art dealers, primarily paintings shipped or recommended to him by his mother from Paris that were not selling well in the Depression-era French art market. These were primarily the work of Maurice Utrillo, Marie Laurencin, Raoul Dufy and Maurice de Vlaminck. In 1937 he formally established his own gallery, the Perls Galleries, on East 58th Street and continued to specialize in French and European contemporary art. Around the same time, his older brother Frank opened a gallery in Beverly Hills, California.

Klaus Perls was familiar with other New York dealers specializing in modern European art such as Valentine Dudensing and Pierre Matisse, but he tried to distinguish himself by catering to young collectors. When the war restricted the international art trade and his mother was forced to flee France during the Occupation, Perls began dealing in contemporary American artists such as Darrel Austin and Karl Priebe.

Perls married Amelia Blumenthal, fondly known as "Dolly," in 1940, and she became his business partner.

After the war, the international art market exploded, and the Perls made frequent buying trips to Europe. The Perls Galleries continued to sell primarily contemporary French art and gained an early reputation as a staunch defender of modern art by European artists such as Picasso, Modigliani, Braque, Lger, Soutine and Pascin. Perls prepared catalogues raisonns on Soutine and Pascin.

Klaus Perls was one of the founding members of the Art Dealer's Association, whose initial mission was to clean up the reputation of the art market following a series scandals involving fake antiquities that flourished in the 1960's. Perls was the Association's second president, after Pierre Matisse.

In 1954 Perls Galleries moved to 1016 Madison Avenue, a building that served as both gallery and home for the Perls. The same year Perls became Alexander Calder's dealer after the death of Calder's previous dealer, Curt Valentin. Perls explained his inclusion of Calder, a rare American among his stable of European artists, by saying that Calder's roots lay in France and that Calder bridged Europe and America the way Perls felt he did himself. In 1970, Calder designed the terrazzo sidewalk in front of the gallery and often resided in the Perls' home during long visits to New York City. Perls Galleries later handled Calder's estate and functioned as a quasi-archives of Calder's works, holding more than 7,000 negatives depicting Calder's art and preparing a Calder catalogue raisonn.

Klaus was named as a third-party defendant in the 1969 World War II looted art case Menzel v. List. When Erna Menzel sued Albert List for ownership of a Chagall painting confiscated from Menzel by the Nazis, List in turn sued Perls, who had sold him the painting in 1955, having purchased it himself from a Paris art dealer. The court awarded the Chagall painting to Menzel and ordered Perls to pay List the appreciated value of the painting.

Perls began building an important collection of African artwork and fell in love with art from Benin in the 1970's. In 1991 he donated more than 150 pieces of royal art from Benin to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Perls closed their gallery in 1997; Amelia Perls died in 2002, and Klaus Perls died in 2008.

Related Material:

Among the resources relating to the Perls Galleries in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Klaus Perls done by Mona Hadler on January 19, 1993.

Provenance:

The records were donated in 1997 by Douglas Mayhew, associate and legal representive of Klaus G. and Amelia B. Perls.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Perls Galleries records are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Art, Modern  Search this

Genre/Form:

Illustrated letters

Drawings

Photographs

Citation:

Perls Galleries records, 1937-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.perlgall

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-perlgall

Creator:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-05-13T20:57:07.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this

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airandspace

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

YouTube Channel:

airandspace

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_YfyjmZC3Rw0

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-03-25T16:26:45.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_L6LAZ4IbyBE

Artist:

Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984  Search this

Gus Schoenbaechler, active 1940s–1950s  Search this

Sitter:

Gen. James Harold Doolittle, 15 Dec 1896 - 27 Sep 1993  Search this

Medium:

Color carbro print

Dimensions:

Image: 41 x 32.9 cm (16 1/8 x 12 15/16")

Sheet: 44.7 x 36.6 cm (17 5/8 x 14 7/16")

Mount: 56.1 x 45.2 cm (22 1/16 x 17 13/16")

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

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1945

Topic:

Symbols & Motifs\Medal  Search this

Interior  Search this

Printed Material\Map  Search this

Vehicle\Airplane\Model  Search this

Gen. James Harold Doolittle: Male  Search this

Gen. James Harold Doolittle: Science and Technology\Aviator  Search this

Gen. James Harold Doolittle: Military\Air Force\Officer\Pilot  Search this

Gen. James Harold Doolittle: Military\Air Force\Officer\General  Search this

Gen. James Harold Doolittle: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Gen. James Harold Doolittle: Medal of Honor  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.95.400

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43f0ef491-001e-4a09-9873-6810736091e7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.95.400

Collector:

A. C. Olson  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Alcohol (Ethanol)

Remarks:

Vial/bottle

Sex:

male

female

Stage:

adult

adult

Place:

Mission Beach, San Diego County, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

10 Jul 1967

Common name:

Fish Louse

Published Name:

Argulus melanostictus Wilson, 1935

Other Numbers:

USNPC Accession (Catalog) : 072261.00

USNM Number:

1367838

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Invertebrate Zoology

Arthropoda

US National Parasite Collection

Parasite Collection

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/369289972-a603-4ce8-b88b-4c2cea53ee0d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_12022140

Bay/Sound:

Mission Bay  Search this

Collector:

M. L. Heinz  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Place:

San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

14 Jun 1967

Common name:

Cestoda

Published Name:

Eutetrarhynchus macrotrachelus Heinz & Dailey, 1974

Other Numbers:

USNPC Accession (Catalog) : 072666.00

USNM Number:

1368238

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Invertebrate Zoology

Platyhelminthes

US National Parasite Collection

Parasite Collection

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/320f4646b-2ce6-45f7-a369-abb43a3b20fe

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_12022540

Bay/Sound:

Mission Bay  Search this

Collector:

M. L. Heinz  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Place:

San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

14 Jun 1967

Common name:

Cestoda

Published Name:

Eutetrarhynchus macrotrachelus Heinz & Dailey, 1974

Other Numbers:

USNPC Accession (Catalog) : 072667.00

USNM Number:

1368239

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Invertebrate Zoology

Platyhelminthes

US National Parasite Collection

Parasite Collection

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30f506586-9ef1-4636-80cd-659074c19fff

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_12022541

Bay/Sound:

Mission Bay  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Place:

San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

6 Feb 1970

Common name:

Cestoda

Published Name:

Eutetrarhynchus litocephalus Heinz & Dailey, 1974

Other Numbers:

USNPC Accession (Catalog) : 072671.00

USNM Number:

1368243

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Invertebrate Zoology

Platyhelminthes

US National Parasite Collection

Parasite Collection

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31f0fa85f-c464-4a36-ab39-abb1e1d0a983

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_12022545

Bay/Sound:

Mission Bay  Search this

Collector:

M. L. Heinz  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Place:

San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

6 Feb 1970

Common name:

Cestoda

Published Name:

Mecistobothrium myliobati Heinz & Dailey, 1974

Other Numbers:

USNPC Accession (Catalog) : 072673.00

USNM Number:

1368245

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Invertebrate Zoology

Platyhelminthes

US National Parasite Collection

Parasite Collection

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358929302-ff1a-4e6a-9612-8ced7ba1b311

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_12022547

Bay/Sound:

Mission Bay  Search this

Collector:

M. L. Heinz  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Place:

San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

22 May 1970

Common name:

Cestoda

Published Name:

Prochristianella fragilis Heinz & Dailey, 1974

Other Numbers:

USNPC Accession (Catalog) : 072676.00

USNM Number:

1368248

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Invertebrate Zoology

Platyhelminthes

US National Parasite Collection

Parasite Collection

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c12ec218-8670-4fcb-b744-bb7fc0cdc053

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_12022550