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Creator:

Gammon, Reginald, 1921-2005  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Harwood Art Center (Albuquerque, N.M.)  Search this

Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (U.S.)  Search this

New Mexico African American Artists' Guild  Search this

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library  Search this

Spiral (Group of artists)  Search this

Western Michigan University -- Faculty  Search this

Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Browne, Vivian E., 1929-1993  Search this

Fray, Thomas  Search this

Greenberg, Joseph J., 1915-1991  Search this

King, Patrick  Search this

Lee-Smith, Hughie  Search this

Overton, Harry  Search this

Wynberg, Jonathan  Search this

Extent:

2.4 Linear feet

5.3 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Interviews

Paintings

Sketches

Drawings

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1927-2007

bulk 1960-2005

Summary:

The papers of African American painter, printmaker, and educator Reginald Gammon measure 2.4 linear feet and 5.30 GB and date from 1927 to 2007, with bulk of the materials dating from 1960-2005. The collection consists of scattered biographical materials, including video and sound recordings of interviews; correspondence with artists, galleries, organizations, and museums; writings and notebooks; teaching files; printed materials; photographic material; and artwork in the form of sketches, drawings, and paint sketches.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of African American painter, printmaker, and educator Reginald Gammon measure 2.4 linear feet and 5.30 GB and date from 1927 to 2007, with bulk of the materials dating from 1960-2005. The collection consists of scattered biographical materials, including video and sound recordings of interviews; correspondence with artists, galleries, organizations, and museums; writings and notebooks; teaching files; printed materials; photographic material; and artwork in the form of sketches, drawings, and paint sketches.

Biographical materials include Gammon's academic records and diplomas, certificates, military records, an address book, and information about his memorial service. There is a folder on The Spiral Group which includes an exhibition catalog and photographs. There are video interviews, a conversation video, and two TV advertisements, all digital; one analog and one digital audio interview.

Approximately one-half of the collection consists of correspondence with other artists, museums, galleries and arts organizations. Correspondents include Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Vivian Browne, Thomas Frey, Joseph Greenberg, Harwood Art Center, Patrick King, Hughie Lee-Smith, Midtown Galleries, National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, New Mexico African American Artists Guild, Harvey Overton, Schomberg Center, Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Museum, Western Michigan University, and Jonathan Wynberg, among many others.

Writings by Gammon consists of essays, a research proposal, notes, grant applications, and notebooks wherein Gammon jotted down thoughts and drafted letters.

Teaching files are related to Reginald Gammon's tenure at Western Michigan University. There are teaching certifications, lecture notes, one sound recording (sound cassette) of a lecture, student recommendations, and grade books, among other items.

Printed materials primarily consist of exhibition catalogs and announcements, including the catalog Ida Y Vuelta on Gammon's 1998 exhibition in Rodez, France. Other materials found in this series are clippings that feature Gammon and his work, periodicals, posters designed by Gammon, and source materials related to jazz. and limited subject files.

Photographic materials include prints, slides, digital photographs, and negatives depicting Reginald Gammon and his artwork, friends and family, and various studios and events.

Artwork includes pencil and ink sketches, drawings, and paint sketches. The series also contains storyboards for children's books as well as mockups for advertisements.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1936-2006 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, 3, 5.29 GB; ER01-ER03)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1964-2005 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1-3)

Series 3: Writings and Notebooks, 1948-circa 2000 (0.1 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Teaching Files, 1969-1991 (0.1 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1955-2005 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2, OV 4)

Series 6: Photographic Material, 1927-2007 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2-3, 0.010 GB; ER04)

Series 7: Artwork, 1937-circa 1999 (0.5 linear feet; Box 2-3)

Biographical / Historical:

Reginald A. Gammon (1921-2005) was a painter and art educator who worked in New York City, Michigan, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was a member of Spiral, an African American artist's collective based in New York City, as well as a member of the New Mexico Afro-American Artist Guild. He taught in the New York public schools and at Western Michigan University.

Gammon was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1941, he received a scholarship to study art at the Philadelphia Museum College of Arts (then the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts) and the following summer worked in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard refurbishing battleships for the war effort. While working, he also attended school at night. He was drafted and served in the Navy from 1944-1946 with an African-American unit stationed in Guam. He lived in Philadelphia briefly after the war and moved to New York City in 1948. During his early years in New York City, Gammon worked at various jobs such as sorting mail for the post office and designing advertising copy. Around this time, he first met his future wife Janice Goldberger whom he married in 1972.

In 1963, Gammon was invited to join Spiral, a group of African American artists which included Charles Alston, Romare Bearden, Alvin Hollingsworth, Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew, and Hale Woodruff. As a member of this group, Gammon participated in the 1965 exhibition First Group Showing: Works in Black and White. Spiral disbanded later that same year. In 1969, Gammon and Benny Andrews formed the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition. This politically active group of artists picketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Modern Art to protest the exclusion of black artists and curators.

Gammon also taught at the Saturday Academy Program for New York public schools. He set up an informal studio so that children from Harlem could work with resident artists. This position and a recommendation from Hughie Lee-Smith led to an offer from Western Michigan University for a visiting lectureship that turned into a full-time teaching position in which Gammon served until 1991, when he retired as Full Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts and Humanities.

After his retirement from Western Michigan University, Gammon and his wife moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and he became involved in the New Mexico Afro-American Artist Guild and the Albuquerque United Artists, among other civic organizations. He regularly participated in exhibitions and art fairs sponsored by the Guild and served as their treasurer from 1999 until his death. He was artist-in-residence from 1992-2005 at the Harwood Art Center where he also maintained a studio.

Gammon was also one of the founding members of the New Grounds Print Workshop, where he completed his final collection of artworks - a collection of over 100 prints of historically significant gospel singers and jazz musicians. Gammon died on November 4, 2005.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2007 and 2008 by Reginald Gammon's widow Janice Gammon.

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.

Use of archival audiovisual recordings and electronic records with no duplicate access copy 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:

Printmakers -- New Mexico  Search this

Painters -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Educators -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Educators -- Michigan  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Interviews

Paintings

Sketches

Drawings

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Reginald Gammon papers, 1927-2007, bulk 1960-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.gammreg

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Reginald Gammon papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90788f342-725f-4d47-8d83-9603f237e656

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gammreg

Creator:

Antreasian, Garo Z. (Garo Zareh), 1922-2018  Search this

Citation:

Garo Z. Antreasian papers, 1923-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10493

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213917

AAA_collcode_antrgaro

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213917

Creator:

Gammon, Reginald A. (Reginald Adolphus), 1921-2005  Search this

Subject:

Andrews, Benny  Search this

Wynberg, Jonathan  Search this

Overton, Harry  Search this

Lee-Smith, Hughie  Search this

Greenberg, Joseph J.  Search this

Fray, Thomas  Search this

Browne, Vivian E.  Search this

Bearden, Romare  Search this

King, Patrick  Search this

Spiral (Group of artists)  Search this

Western Michigan University  Search this

New Mexico African American Artists' Guild  Search this

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library  Search this

Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (U.S.)  Search this

Harwood Art Center (Albuquerque, N.M.)  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Interviews

Paintings

Sketches

Drawings

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Reginald Gammon papers, 1927-2007, bulk 1960-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13635

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)272096

AAA_collcode_gammreg

Theme:

African American

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_272096

Interviewee:

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Altoon, John  Search this

Delano, Annita  Search this

Edmondson, Leonard  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser  Search this

Johnston, Ynez  Search this

Kistler, Lynton R.  Search this

Langsner, Jules  Search this

Lebrun, Rico  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this

Price, Vincent  Search this

Scholder, Fritz  Search this

Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this

Tamarind Institute  Search this

University of California, Los Angeles  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Clinton Adams, 1995 August 2-3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12197

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215892

AAA_collcode_adams95

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215892

Interviewee:

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Tamarind Institute  Search this

Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this

University of California, Los Angeles -- Faculty  Search this

Altoon, John, 1925-  Search this

Delano, Annita, 1894-  Search this

Edmondson, Leonard, 1916-  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this

Johnston, Ynez, 1920-  Search this

Kistler, Lynton R., , 1897-1993  Search this

Langsner, Jules, 1911-1967  Search this

Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Price, Vincent, 1911-1993  Search this

Scholder, Fritz, 1937-2005  Search this

Extent:

149 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1995 August 2-3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Clinton Adams conducted 1995 August 2-3, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at his home, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Adams discusses his family background; involvement in Hollywood "industry"; teaching at University of California, Los Angeles; service during WWII; first contact with New York's Museum of Modern Art; his decision to return to California; teaching painting at UCLA from 1946-1954, and friends and colleagues at that time including Lorser Feitelson, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Lynton R. Kistler and Annita Delano; the difficult political situation at UCLA and the "modernist" conflicts; his views on modernist and conservative groups; Stanton Macdonald-Wright; Adams' own work; his relationship to the ideas and nature of modernism; the Sanity in Art group and other art groups in Los Angeles; his opinion on which artists should have been included in the exhibition/catalogue "Turning the Tide: Early Los Angeles Modernists"; his observations on art historical constructs; the history of New Mexican art; the idea of regionalism; the mythology of Santa Fe, New Mexico.; Southwestern art; the Tamarind Lithography Workshop during its New Mexico phase, its background and changes after the move from Los Angeles to the University of New Mexico, his fifteen years as director, major artists involved, and his desire to publish overlooked artists. Adams recalls Fritz Scholder, John Altoon, Leonard Edmondson, Ynez Johnston, Vincent Price, Jules Langsner, and Rico Lebrun.

Biographical / Historical:

Clinton Adams (1918-2002) was a printmaker, painter, and art administrator of Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 16 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 28 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. Funding for the transcription provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.adams95

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a4f3f80a-765d-4b7d-a804-2a859e14d459

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-adams95

Interviewee:

Adams, Mary E., 1920-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold  Search this

J. Paul Getty Museum  Search this

Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Mary and Clinton Adams, 1998 April 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11783

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216441

AAA_collcode_adams98

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216441

Interviewee:

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Kenneth M.  Search this

Antreasian, Garo Z.  Search this

Berman, Eugene  Search this

Charlow, Jean  Search this

Funk, Joseph  Search this

Grosman, Tatyana  Search this

Hollander, Irwin  Search this

Horak, Bohuslav  Search this

Kistler, Lynton R.  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this

Ray, Man  Search this

Sommers, John  Search this

Tyler, Kenneth E.  Search this

Viesulas, Romas  Search this

Wayne, June  Search this

Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this

University of New Mexico. College of Fine Arts  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Clinton Adams, 1974 March 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11669

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216442

AAA_collcode_adams74

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216442

Interviewee:

Adams, Mary E., 1920-  Search this

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection  Search this

J. Paul Getty Museum  Search this

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958  Search this

Extent:

23 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1998 April 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Mary and Clinton Adams conducted 1998 April 24, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in the Adams' home, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mary recalls the early years at the Getty as assistant to Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, being hired by him in 1954, her responsibilities, such as driving Valentiner to the Malibu ranch location, and the property at the time the museum was established. She described the difficulties Valentiner faced in setting up the museum, and his views of J. Paul Getty. Clinton Adams enters into the conversation late and discusses the art scene in Los Angeles, where, at the time, the Huntington Hartford was regarded as the best hope for a local museum.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary E. Adams (1920- ) is an art administrator from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her husband, Clinton Adams is a printmaker, painter, and educator. Clinton Adams (1918-2002)

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 2 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.adams98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95dc3e13b-24fa-45d5-bfd6-e1712acb12c8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-adams98

Interviewee:

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this

University of New Mexico. College of Fine Arts  Search this

Adams, Kenneth M.  Search this

Antreasian, Garo Z., 1922-2018  Search this

Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972  Search this

Charlow, Jean  Search this

Funk, Joseph, 1917-1981  Search this

Grosman, Tatyana, 1904-1982  Search this

Hollander, Irwin  Search this

Horak, Bohuslav, 1914-2004  Search this

Kistler, Lynton R., , 1897-1993  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Ray, Man, 1890-1976  Search this

Sommers, John, 1927-  Search this

Tyler, Kenneth E.  Search this

Viesulas, Romas, 1918-  Search this

Wayne, June, 1918-2011  Search this

Extent:

49 Pages (Transcription)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1974 March 29

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Clinton Adams conducted 1974 March 29, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

Adams speaks of how he got involved with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop; how and why Tamarind came about; the lack of artists doing lithographs; the need for the artist to collaborate with the printmaker in order to make a good print; writing a book about the workshop; how in order to interest American Artists into making lithographs, there needs to be a market for it; how it was difficult collecting works of art for the University of New Mexico (UNM); the current art scene in Albuquerque; the arts programs at UNM; moving the workshop to UNM in order to make Tamarind a permanent institute and get more funding; and how more women are becoming printers. He recalls June Wayne, Lynton R. Kistler, Man Ray, Jean Charlow, Eugene Berman, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Garo Antreasian, Joe Funk, Romas Viesulas, Tatyana Grosman, Irwin Hollander, Ken Tyler, Julie Duristo, Bohuslav Horak, Kenneth Adams, John Sommers, and many others.

Biographical / Historical:

Clinton Adams (1918-2002) was a printmaker, painter, and art administrator from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 57 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.adams74

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96bee3149-c1b5-40a4-b8c6-b7a586cde8ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-adams74

Interviewee:

Montoya, Delilah, 1955-  Search this

Interviewer:

Zavala, Adriana, 1964-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Delilah Montoya, 2019 August 1-4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21704

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398512

AAA_collcode_montoy19

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_398512

Creator:

Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973  Search this

Names:

Michigan State University -- Faculty  Search this

New York University -- Faculty  Search this

Pennsylvania State University -- Faculty  Search this

Pratt Institute -- Faculty  Search this

Stephens College  Search this

University of Chicago -- Faculty  Search this

University of Georgia -- Faculty  Search this

Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879  Search this

Christ-Janer, Virginia Morgan Carpenter  Search this

Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952  Search this

Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950  Search this

Zoller, Edwin W., 1900-1967  Search this

Extent:

54.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Christmas cards

Sound recordings

Blueprints

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Prints

Drawings

Sketches

Date:

1915-circa 1993

bulk 1930-1981

Summary:

The papers of art historian, educator, painter, and printmaker Albert Christ-Janer measure 56.3 linear feet and date from 1915 to circa 1993, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1930 to 1981. The papers include biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, writings, professional files, project files, teaching files, exhibition files, financial and estate records, printed material, scrapbooks and scrapbook material, photographs, artwork, and artifacts.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian, educator, painter, and printmaker Albert Christ-Janer measure 56.3 linear feet and date from 1915 to circa 1993, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1930 to 1981. The papers include biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, writings, professional files, project files, teaching files, exhibition files, financial and estate records, printed material, scrapbooks and scrapbook material, photographs, artwork, and artifacts.

Biographical material includes address books; awards, certificates and diplomas; chronologies, biographies, and resumes; material relating to Albert Christ-Janer's death, including memorial services and a sound tape reel memorial; and information and blueprints for residences, among other materials.

Correspondence includes Christmas cards from other artists and professional correspondence, much of it relating to his work at various institutions, including Michigan State University, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, Pratt Institution, and foundations. Also included is Virginia Christ-Janer's correspondence regarding Christ-Janer's artwork and career, his death in Italy, as well as general correspondence and letters between Virginia and Albert. Additional correspondence is found within the Professional Files, Project Files, and Teaching Files.

Writings by Christ-Janer include articles, book reviews, essays, notes, and eleven notebooks. There are also a few miscellaneous articles and writings about Christ-Janer written by others. There are 38 annotated appointment notebooks and five of Virginia Christ-Janer's annotated appointment books. Annotations are about meetings, travel, and general thoughts.

Albert Christ-Janer's book projects are documented in the Project Files series. There are drafts, manuscripts, research, and correspondence relating to the research, writing, and publication of five of his books, including George Caleb Bingham of Missouri (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1940), Boardman Robinson (Unversity of Chicago Press, 1946), Eliel Saarinen (University of Chicago Press, 1948), and Modern Church Architecture, with Mary Mix Foley (McGraw-Hill, 1962), and Modern Hymns (1980). Project files also include files regarding proposed projects.

Professional files document Christ-Janer's work at various institutions, as a consultant, on juried art exhibitions, memberships in arts associations, activities at conferences and committees, and the development of art centers in cities and educational institutions. There is significant documentation of his work planning and developing an arts center in New York City and at New York University, as well as his positions at Pennsylvania State University, Pratt Institute, University of Chicago, and University of Georgia. Also found are materials relating to professional trips taken to El Paso, Italy, Scandinavia, and other parts of Europe.

Teaching files consist of syllabi, lecture notes and course materials, class record books, and other documents for positions at New York University, Pennsylvania State University, Stephens College, University of Georgia, and other institutions. Exhibition files are comprised of lists, prizes and awards, and other scattered documentation of Christ-Janer's solo and group exhibitions.

Financial and estate records include five account books, miscellaneous bills and receipts, a will and estate taxes and financial papers, and files for gallery transactions, lists of galleries representing Christ-Janer, lists of museum and private collectors of Christ-Janer's artwork. Printed materials include exhibition catalogs and announcements, published versions of Christ-Janer's books, books written by others and annotated by Christ-Janer, clippings, magazines, reviews, and printed material relating to Pratt Institute. There is one bound scrapbook and several files of loose scrapbook materials.

The scrapbooks series consists of one completed scrapbook concerning Christ-Janer's book on George Caleb Bingham, as well as several folders of general scrapbook files.

Photographs and slides depict Albert Christ-Janer, family, friends, artists, colleagues, exhibitions, and also include photographs compiled for published books.

Artwork includes numerous drawings, sketches, one sketchbook, and 111 lithographs by Albert Christ-Janer. There are also sketches and drawings by Charles Massey, John D. Whiting, Edwin Zoller, and others. Miscellaneous artifacts include a business card die, exhibition medals and trophy, handmade paperweight, a block-printed piece of fabric, and three graduation hoods.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 14 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1930-circa 1986 (Boxes 1-2, 51, 53, 67, OV 54, OV 57; 2.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1937-1990 (Boxes 2-16, 51, 67, OV 55; 15.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1930s-1972 (Boxes 16-18, 51; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Appointment Books, 1939-1973 (Boxes 18-21; 2.9 linear feet)

Series 5: Professional Files, circa 1933-circa 1986 (Boxes 21-28, 51-52, 67-69; 10 linear feet)

Series 6: Project Files, 1937-circa 1981 (Boxes 28-34, 51, 69; 6.1 linear feet)

Series 7: Teaching Files, circa 1939-circa 1973 (Boxes 34-35; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 8: Exhibition Files, circa 1938-circa 1992 (Boxes 35-38; 2.7 linear feet)

Series 9: Financial and Estate Records, circa 1947-1992 (Boxes 38-40; 2.4 linear feet)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1915-circa 1993 (Boxes 40-49, 51-52, 69; 8.7 linear feet)

Series 11: Scrapbooks, circa 1936-circa 1952 (Boxes 49, 51; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 12: Photographs, circa 1937-circa 1986 (Boxes 49-51, OV 56; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 13: Artwork, circa 1933-circa 1970s (Boxes 50-52, 69, OV 58-66; 1.1 linear feet)

Series 14: Artifacts, 1923-circa 1986 (Boxes 50, 53; 0.9 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Albert Christ-Janer (1910-1973) was a painter, printmaker, art historian, writer, and educator active at colleges and universities across the U.S.

Albert Christ-Janer was born in Appleton, Minnesota in 1910 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University, and Harvard University. Christ-Janer wrote about American artists Boardman Robinson and John Caleb Bingham, and taught at a variety of institutions, including Stephens College, Cranbrook Academy, Pratt Institute Art School, and the University of Georgia. He was also an artist-in-residence at Tamarind Lithography Workshop in 1972.

Christ-Janer began his teaching career at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1934, and soon became head of the art department. He moved to Michigan to accept the position of head of the art department and professor of art at Michigan State University in 1942. In 1945, he began working for the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, serving as director of the educational program, director of the museum and library, and professor of art history.

In 1947, Christ-Janer moved to Chicago and worked at the University of Chicago and the Arts Center Association, Inc. In the 1950s, he served as director of Arts Center Development at New York University, director of the School of Arts at Pennsylvania State University, and on the Lake Erie College Board of Trustees. In 1958, he moved to New York and become dean of the School of Art and Design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, later becoming director. He left Pratt in 1970 to accept the position of Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Art at the University of Georgia, where he remained until his tragic death in 1973.

Christ-Janer was the author of several books: Art in Child Life (University of Iowa Press, 1938), George Caleb Bingham of Missouri (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1940), Boardman Robinson (Unversity of Chicago Press, 1946), Eliel Saarinen (University of Chicago Press, 1948), and Modern Church Architecture, with Mary Mix Foley (McGraw-Hill, 1962).

Albert Christ-Janer was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1950, awarded the Rockefeller Award in 1954, and the Guggenheim Award in 1960. He was also awarded multiple grants from the American Philosophical Society and the J. M. Kaplan Fund for research and work in lithography, as well as multiple Arthur Judson grants. In 1972 Christ-Janer was the Tamarind artist-in-residence at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Christ-Janer traveled often. In 1962 he was a guest of the Bonn government for two months to visit museums and schools of design in Germany. And in 1964, he was a guest of the governments of Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden for two months to study schools, museums, and cultural centers. In July of 1973, Christ-Janer was the official NASA artist for the Skylab III launch, and in October of 1973, he was the studio guest of the Norway-America Association and the Norwegian government in Oslo. From November to December of 1973, Christ-Janer was the scholar-in-residence at the Study and Conference Center of the Rockefeller Foundation (Centro Culturale delle Fondazione Rockefeller), at the Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio (Como), Italy.

Albert Christ-Janer was killed in an automobile accident in Bellagio (Como), Italy on December 12, 1973.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Albert Christ-Janer conducted by Dorothy Seckler, March 21, 1964.

Albert Christ-Janer's research materials for his book American Hymns Old and New (1980) are found at the St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, a center for the study of hymns.

Provenance:

The Albert Christ-Janer papers were donated by Virginia Christ-Janer in 1980-1981 and 1994.

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.

Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy 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:

Printmakers -- Georgia  Search this

Painters -- Georgia  Search this

Art historians -- Georgia  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Christmas cards

Sound recordings

Blueprints

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Prints

Drawings

Sketches

Citation:

Albert Christ-Janer papers, 1915-circa 1993, bulk 1930-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

Identifier:

AAA.chrialbe

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9584bb216-26f7-46c7-9acc-dd6fe21ea117

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-chrialbe

Interviewee:

Montoya, Delilah, 1955-  Search this

Interviewer:

Zavala, Adriana, 1964-  Search this

Extent:

14 Items (sound files (6 hrs., 53 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

164 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2019 August 1-4

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Delilah Montoya conducted 2019 August 1-4, by Adriana Zavala, for the Archives of American Art, at Sanitary Tortilla Factory (Montoya's studio), in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Delilah Montoya (1955- ) is a photographic printmaker and educator in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Interviewer Adriana Zavala (1964- ) is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.montoy19

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96dada5c5-08d6-4791-9559-a3324a31bb50

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-montoy19

Creator:

Antreasian, Garo Z., 1922-2018  Search this

Extent:

8 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1923-1984

Scope and Contents:

The microfilmed Garo Z. Antreasian papers contain biographical information; and files on mural projects, printmakers, print collections, and art organizations. Also included are materials related to Antreasian's lectures, workshops, art juries, conferences, and his print sales. Exhibition announcements; catalogs; invitations; writings and lectures on printmaking; clippings; sketches and a lithograph (Christmas card); and photographs of Antreasian and his works (undated and 1948-1979) are also included in the collection.

Biographical / Historical:

Garo Z. Antreasian (1922-2018) was a painter, lithographer, and educator in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He studied at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. Antreasian was closely associated with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, serving as its first technical director and master printer in 1960. He wrote extensively on the technical and aesthetic aspects of printmaking.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the oral history interview with Garo Zareh Antreasian, 1974 March 29 and the microfilmed Tamarind Lithography Workshop records, 1954-1984.

The University of New Mexico University Libraries, Center for Southwest Research holds the Garo Z. Antreasian papers, 1942-2005 (bulk 1950-1990).

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1984 by Garo Z. Antreasian. Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.antrgaro

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Garo Z. Antreasian papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw994e593b6-9e24-4466-83b1-bec6dd2f6e26

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-antrgaro