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Creator:

Picken, George, 1898-  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Citation:

George Picken papers, 1914-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22161

AAA_collcode_pickgeor

Theme:

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22161

Creator:

Vassos, John, 1898-1985  Search this

Names:

General Electric Company  Search this

Industrial Designers Society of America  Search this

Kuljian Corporation  Search this

Matthias Hohner AG  Search this

Packard Motor Car Company  Search this

Perey Manufacturing Company  Search this

Prudential Lines, Inc.  Search this

Radio Corporation of America.  Search this

Remington Arms Company  Search this

Savage Arms Corporation  Search this

Silvermine Guild of Artists  Search this

Byard, Dorothy  Search this

Sanders, Bernard  Search this

Second, George  Search this

Vassos, Ruth  Search this

Extent:

18.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Paintings

Photographs

Screen prints

Transcripts

Design drawings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Slides (photographs)

Date:

1915-1989

Summary:

The papers of designer, illustrator, and muralist John Vassos measure 18.7 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1989. The papers include biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, writings and writing project files, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) files, Radio Corporation of American (RCA) files, Silvermine Guild of Artists files, general professional and committee files, printed materials, four scrapbooks, photographic materials, and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of designer, writer, illustrator, and muralist John Vassos measure 18.7 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1989. The papers include biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, writings and writing project files, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) files, Radio Corporation of American (RCA) files, Silvermine Guild of Artists files, general professional and committee files, printed materials, four scrapbooks, photographic materials, and artwork.

Biographical materials include various biographies and resumes, passports for Ruth and John Vassos and other vital documents, one unidentified interview transcript with Vassos, property boundaries, leases, and scattered financial materials among other material. Correspondence is primarily professional in nature and is with colleagues, industrial design organizations in which Vassos' was involved, organizations and individuals with which Vassos' may have done consulting work, and others. Personal correspondence includes exchanges with a few WWII military colleagues and friends, and several files of personal correspondence between Ruth and John Vassos during his deployment in WWII.

John Vassos was a prolific writer and illustrated and wrote a number of articles, books, essays, and play scripts. Writings and writing projects include handwritten and typed drafts of book manuscripts, including Vassos' autobiography; sketched mock-ups with illustrations and layouts for articles and books; publishing contracts and correspondence; and writings by others. Notable published books include Contempo, Phobia, and Ultimo.

Vassos' involvement in the founding and eventual merging of major U. S. industrial design organizations is documented within the IDSA files, which include materials on ADI, IDI, ASID, SID, and IDEA.

Vassos' thirty-plus year career as a consultant designer with RCA is documented through various materials, including contract agreements, correspondence, design plans and sketches, expense reports, project proposals, and various other materials. And as the president and an active member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists, Vassos kept extensive files on Guild activities, including building proposals and sketches, logo designs, exhibitions, school plans and lesson structures, photographs, and printed materials.

Vassos' involvement with numerous other professional organizations and committees as a consultant designer, illustrator, member, and muralist, is documented through general professional and committee files. Vassos designed appliances, bicycles, flatware, knives, pens, radios, rifles, television sets, and turnstiles, in addition to painting murals, designing several buildings, and doing interior design work for theaters. Companies include: General Electric Company; M. Hohner, Inc.; the India Industries World Trade Fair; International Society for Arts and Decoration; Kuljian Corporation; Packard Motor Car Company; Perey Manufacturing Company; Prudential Lines, Inc.; Remington Arms Company, Inc.; Remington Dupont; and Savage Arms Corporation, to name a few.

The collection also includes printed materials; three clippings scrapbooks on the Silvermine Guild and School, and one scrapbook assembled by a Greek student, George Second; and photographic items: approximately 97 glass lantern slides, various negatives, color slides, and photographs of John Vassos and others, as well as images of products and designs, and two photo albums of industrial design work.

Artwork includes extensive figure and illustration sketches in pen, pencil, charcoal, watercolor, and other media; two paintings by Vassos; mural design drawings and sketches; sketches of products and designs; and several sketches and a collection of silkscreen prints by other artists, including Dorothy Byard and Bernard Sanders.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1915-1975 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1, Box 16, OV20, OV35)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1927-1986 (2.3 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)

Series 3: Writings and Writing Projects, circa 1929-1989 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 3-4, OV20)

Series 4: Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), circa 1938-1976 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 4-6, Box 16, OV21)

Series 5: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), circa 1930s-1976 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, Box 15, OV22-24, OV26)

Series 6: Silvermine Guild of Artists, 1915-1986 (1.9 linear feet; Boxes 7-9, Box 16, OV27-28)

Series 7: General Professional and Committee Files, circa 1920s-1983 (3.8 linear feet; Boxes 9-11, Boxes 15-16, OV26, OV29-39, RD57)

Series 8: Printed Material, circa 1928-circa 1985 (1.6 linear feet; Boxes 11-12, Box 16)

Series 9: Scrapbooks, circa 1940s-1953 (0.8 linear feet: Box 13, Box 17, Box 19)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1919-circa 1989 (1.7 linear feet; Boxes 13-14, Box 16, Box 18, OV40-41, Lantern Slide Boxes 58-59)

Series 11: Artwork, circa 1930s-circa 1970s (1.7 linear feet; Box 14, Box 18, OV25, OV42-56)

Biographical / Historical:

John Vassos (1898-1985) was an author, designer, illustrator, and muralist, active in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Vassos was born John Vassacopoulos, in Romania to Greek parents, attended Robert College in Turkey, and joined the British Fleet to serve in World War I. He immigrated to Boston in 1919, where he washed windows and studied art and illustration with John Singer Sargent at the Fenway Art School. In 1924, he moved to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League under John Sloan. Vassos began his career as an illustrator for various magazines, in addition to writing, illustrating, and publishing over fourteen books, most notably, Contempo, Phobia, and Ultimo. He worked on many publications with his wife, Ruth Carrier, who often wrote what he then illustrated in the late 1920s through the 1930s.

Employed as an industrial designer at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), he established their first internal design department in 1933. He contributed a number of RCA product designs, including radios, radio cabinets, and televisions during his time as a consultant and designer. In addition, he designed RCA's first electronically decorated living room for the New York World's Fair, "America at Home" pavilion. He remained as an industrial design consultant with RCA through 1964. Vassos went on to work as a consultant designer to create utensils with Remington Dupont, the first Lucite pen for Waterman, and redesigned turnstiles for Perey Manufacturing Company, among many other companies. In addition to product design work, Vassos did interior design work for restaurants and theaters, and painted murals for a number of companies, hotels, and movie theaters.

During World War II, Vassos served in the U. S. Army Air Corps developing camouflage techniques and conducting special operations in Greece while also writing a number of publications, including informational advertisements and flyers, as well as several brief illustrated books warning about carelessness with regards to camouflage and equipment.

In 1938, Vassos founded the American Designers Institute (ADI) and became president again in 1948. He was instrumental in the merger of the major industrial design associations, the Industrial Designers Institute (IDI), Industrial Design Education Association (IDEA), American Society of Industrial Designers (ASID), and the Society of Industrial Designers (SID), into the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), where he was elected the first Chairman of the Board in 1965.

Additionally, he was president of the Silvermine Guild of Artists in Connecticut for ten terms from 1936 to 1955, where he designed the logo and raised significant funds with help from his influence with RCA. Between 1938 and 1940, the Guild held an exhibition titled Social Statements and included works by various members, to which he contributed two oil paintings of his own.

Vassos died in 1985 in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Related Materials:

John Vassos' papers are also at Syracuse University.

Provenance:

The John Vassos papers were donated from 1989 to 1990 by Paul Johnes, Vassos' nephew.

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:

Designers -- Connecticut -- Norwalk  Search this

Design -- Study and teaching  Search this

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Theaters -- Designs and plans  Search this

Authors -- Connecticut  Search this

Theaters -- Decoration  Search this

Muralists -- Connecticut  Search this

Illustrators -- Connecticut  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Paintings

Photographs

Screen prints

Transcripts

Design drawings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

John Vassos papers, 1898-1985. 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.vassjohn

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John Vassos Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw958433eb8-e0b1-48f6-a54b-d6d2384be428

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-vassjohn

Creator:

Picken, George, 1898-  Search this

Extent:

5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Date:

1914-1971

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York painter, printmaker, and educator George Picken (1898-1971) measure 5.0 linear feet and date from 1914 to 1971. The collection documents Picken's work as a professional artist and educator through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings, interviews, personal business records, gallery and exhibition records, teaching files, photographic material, printed material, and artwork.

Biographical materials includes resumes and biographical writings, as well as memorial materials and obituaries. Correspondence reflects relationships with friends and colleagues, professional organizations, museums and galleries, and family. Writings include statements on art and teaching, notebooks, lectures, and two recorded interviews. Personal business records include artwork inventories and sales records, as well as files relating to Picken's teaching, especially printmaking. Photographic materials document Picken's work, as well as friends and family. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, clippings and invitations. Also found are various artworks including sketchbooks, loose sketches, prints, and numerous examples of Picken's work as a commercial artist.

Biographical / Historical:

George Alexander Picken (1898-1971) was an educator, painter, and printmaker in New York, N.Y. and Tyringham, Mass.­

Provenance:

Donated in 2022 by Angela, Hilary and Niles Jaeger, Picken's grandchildren.

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.

Rights:

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

Occupation:

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

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

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

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.pickgeor

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99401de77-f083-4778-be6f-6d5b86749895

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pickgeor

Created by:

Nelson Stevens, American, 1938 - 2022  Search this

Subject of:

Arlene Turner Crawford, American  Search this

AfriCOBRA, founded 1968  Search this

Medium:

acrylic paint on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 50 × 50 × 2 in. (127 × 127 × 5.1 cm)

Type:

acrylic paintings

portraits

Date:

1970

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Art  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Identity  Search this

Professional organizations  Search this

Religion  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2016.73

Restrictions & Rights:

© Nelson Stevens

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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd591fce4d5-cf44-40ac-90f9-618341612a89

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.73

Collection Author:

Society for the History of Technology  Search this

Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1956 - 2017

Scope and Contents:

Subgroup I, General Records, 1956-2009, consists of documents relating to SHOT from its inception in 1958 to 2009, papers generated and received by Melvin Kranzberg in his various roles as an officer of SHOT, as well as papers of other SHOT officers.

The General Records are divided into ten series based on the functions of this professional organization of scholars interested in the history of technology. Series one through three document committees and officers and their correspondence regarding day-to-day activities of the Society. Financial records and preparation for annual membership meetings and other more specialized meetings comprise other series. Newsletters and brochures describing SHOT's activities and the records of SHOT's relationships with other professional associations (such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science) complete the General Records.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Subgroup II: Technology and Culture Records

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-1988

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the correspondence. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 4: Editorial Review of Articles, 1960-1993

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the review. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 9: Published Files, 1982-1994

Files are restricted for thirty years from the date of the last correspondence in the individual folder. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Society for the History of Technology Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0400, Subgrp Subgroup I

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Society for the History of Technology Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89f8c128e-183d-4e11-b003-482f789e6f4b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0400-ref17

Collection Author:

Society for the History of Technology  Search this

Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1984 - 1996

Scope and Contents:

Subseries 10b, Bruce Seely Papers, 1984-1995 contains materials From Seely during the period he served as a SHOT officer, these papers include correspondence, meeting reports, newsletters (of SHOT and other professional organizations) and financial records.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Subgroup II: Technology and Culture Records

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-1988

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the correspondence. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 4: Editorial Review of Articles, 1960-1993

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the review. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 9: Published Files, 1982-1994

Files are restricted for thirty years from the date of the last correspondence in the individual folder. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Society for the History of Technology Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0400, Subseries 10.10b

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Society for the History of Technology Records

Society for the History of Technology Records / Subgroup I: General Records / Series 10: Officers Files

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep855549ac4-01e7-41cb-b286-124b1c114d1e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0400-ref30

Collection Creator:

Hadzi, Dimitri, 1921-2006  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet (Box 3-6)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1943-2007

Scope and Contents:

Hadzi's correspondents include architects, art historians, professional organizations, artists, collectors, and family members. The files contain some printed material, legal documents, and personal business records as well. Hadzi's military correspondence is with relatives and friends; it was during his time enlisted in the Army Air Force that his interest in drawing blossomed. Also present is one folder of letters that belonged to Dimitri's brother, Thomas Hadzi.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access digitized audiovisual materials in the Archives' Washington, D.C. or New York, N.Y. Research Centers by appointment. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

Dimitri Hadzi papers, 1910s-2003. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.hadzdimi, Series 2

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Dimitri Hadzi papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a4a2fad4-57e5-4729-ad44-a25e2e3b707a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hadzdimi-ref91

Creator:

Print Council of America  Search this

Subject:

Degas, Edgar  Search this

Fine, Ruth  Search this

Haverkamp Begemann, Egbert  Search this

Ostrow, Stephen E.  Search this

Reed, Sue Welsh  Search this

Print Council of America. Newsletter  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Photographs

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Citation:

Print Council of America records, 1951-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Curators -- United States  Search this

Printmakers  Search this

Prints  Search this

Prints -- Societies, etc  Search this

Prints -- Technique -- United States  Search this

Theme:

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8581

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210760

AAA_collcode_princoun

Theme:

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210760

Creator:

Society of Washington Printmakers (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Citation:

Society of Washington Printmakers records, 1956-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Prints -- Societies, etc. -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Theme:

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8753

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210934

AAA_collcode_sociofwp

Theme:

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210934

Creator:

Nagler, Fred, 1891-1983  Search this

Nagler, Edith Kroger, 1890-1986  Search this

Subject:

Sloan, John  Search this

Teale, Edwin Way  Search this

Bishop, Isabel  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel)  Search this

Kieran, John  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Homer  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Fred and Edith Nagler papers, 1913-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and religion  Search this

Landscape painting -- 20th century  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9077

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211270

AAA_collcode_naglfred

Theme:

Diaries

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211270

Creator:

Hadzi, Dimitri, 1921-2006  Search this

Subject:

Foundry, Nicci  Search this

Harvard University  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Diaries

Motion picture film

Citation:

Dimitri Hadzi papers, 1910s-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9532

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211731

AAA_collcode_hadzdimi

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211731

Creator:

Pomerantz, Louis, 1919-1988  Search this

Subject:

Wilke, Ulfert  Search this

Stout, George L. (George Leslie)  Search this

Stolow, Nathan  Search this

Konrad, Anton  Search this

Feller, Robert L.  Search this

International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Interviews

Illustrations

Sound recordings

Citation:

Louis Pomerantz papers, 1937-1988, bulk 1950-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Flood damage -- Italy -- Florence  Search this

Museum conservation methods -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Conservation and restoration  Search this

Museum conservation methods -- Technique  Search this

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Art instruction and services  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9552

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211752

AAA_collcode_pomeloui

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Art instruction and services

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211752

Creator:

American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter  Search this

Citation:

American Institute of Architects Philadelphia Chapter minute books, 1869-1943. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Architecture -- Competitions  Search this

Architecture -- United States  Search this

Theme:

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10140

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213067

AAA_collcode_amerinst

Theme:

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213067

Creator:

Bliss, Anna Campbell, 1925-2015  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Anna Campbell Bliss papers, circa 1948-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Installations (Art)  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16310

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)379314

AAA_collcode_blisanna

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_379314

Creator:

Der Hohannesian, Garabed, 1908-1992  Search this

Subject:

Massachusetts School of Art  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Garabed Der Hohannesian papers, 1929-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17329

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)379855

AAA_collcode_derhgara

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_379855

Creator:

Mendoza, Nora Chapa, 1932-  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Citation:

Nora Chapa Mendoza papers, circa 1963-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mexican American women -- Chicana  Search this

Mexican American artists  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17581

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)395109

AAA_collcode_mendnora

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_395109

Type:

Archival materials

Note:

This series consists of material relating to professional organizations and institutions to which Gazin belonged, as member, fellow, or officer, or with which he was associated through publications or his positions at the Smithsonian. Included are correspondence, manuscript reviews, minutes of meetings, programs, organizational memoranda, news releases, and circulars. Other organizational files can be found in Series 6-8.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7314, Charles Lewis Gazin Papers

Identifier:

Record Unit 7314, Series 5

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Charles Lewis Gazin Papers

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru7314-refidd1e5113

Names:

American Geological Institute  Search this

California Institute of Technology  Search this

Geological Society of America  Search this

Geological Survey (U.S.)  Search this

National Research Council (U.S.)  Search this

National Science Foundation (U.S.)  Search this

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology  Search this

United States National Museum. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology  Search this

United States. Army Air Forces  Search this

Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1904-1996  Search this

Extent:

24.60 cu. ft. (45 document boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (1 oversize folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scientific illustrations

Field notes

Black-and-white photographs

Manuscripts

Date:

1901-1984 and undated

Introduction:

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

Descriptive Entry:

The Charles Lewis Gazin Papers document his professional career during his tenure at the Smithsonian, 1932-1984, and, to a slight extent, his graduate work, 1927-1930. Several aspects of Gazin's career receive extensive documentation in the papers: his administrative and curatorial duties at the Smithsonian; his field work and study trips; his research and publication in vertebrate paleontology, especially early mammals; his involvement with professional organizations; his activities with colleagues in the scientific community; and his interactions with the public. There are also correspondence, records, and papers of other scientists, some predating Gazin's career, which he apparently collected. The papers contain very little concerning his personal life.

Gazin maintained a voluminous correspondence documenting most aspects of his professional career. Most of the correspondence, including Smithsonian memoranda, and exchanges with colleagues and the public, is located in Series 1. However, a sizable amount, usually concerning specific subjects and organizations, is distributed throughout the collection.

Materials associated with Gazin's administration of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology are similarly dispersed. Those reflecting the day-to-day operations of the Division, such as memoranda, reports, budget notes, and informational publications, are concentrated in Series 2. The curatorial work of the Division is documented by records of specimen loans; photographs of specimen preparation and mounting; and memoranda, scripts, inventories, and drawings relating to the design and presentation of exhibits. Comprehensive discussion of Division activities is available in the Annual Reports, dating to 1906, which also document Charles W. Gilmore's tenure in the Division. These are located in Series 3.

Records of Gazin's frequent field expeditions include accounts of expenses; lists of collected specimens; photographs; and, sporadically, field diaries and narrative reports. As with other Division activities, the Annual Reports consistently provide the most complete descriptions of expeditions. Comprehensive coverage of Gazin's grant-sponsored museum trips and field work, including research proposals, progress reports, itineraries, and correspondence, can be found in the National Science Foundation files within Series 8.

Gazin's research is further documented by notes, drafts, and manuscripts relating to his publications and talks. Of note are the files relating to "Mammalian Faunal Zones of Bridger Eocene" (see Bridger Zones files) and "A Study of the Eocene Condylarthran Mammal Hyopsodus" (see Hyopsodus files) which record the progression of the papers from notes to printer's copies. Associated with Gazin's manuscripts are the scientific illustrations prepared for them. See Series 11.

Material reflecting Gazin's participation in professional societies is mostly located in the organization files located in Series 5. Those societies in which Gazin was long and actively involved, such as the American Geological Institute, the Geological Society of America, and the Washington Academy of Sciences, are represented extensively by correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, and circulars, which in effect, document periods of their history.

A few organizations are represented in separate series. These records pertain to Gazin's research through the National Science Foundation (NSF), and his reviews of research proposals submitted to NSF (Series 8); his various positions with the Earth Sciences Division of the National Research Council (Series 7); and his long-standing service to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) (Series 6). Correspondence, manuscripts, and charts included in the SVP files document the collective efforts of Gazin and his SVP colleagues to define and correlate, by the incidence of vertebrate fossils, the geologic formations of the North American continental Tertiary.

Historical Note:

Charles Lewis Gazin (1904-1996) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Raised on the west coast, his first acquaintance with prehistoric animals took place on a childhood visit to the Los Angeles County Museum. As a student at the California Institute of Technology (CIT), he pursued a general interest in geology, receiving the B.S. degree in 1927 and the M.S. degree in 1928. In his graduate work, culminating in a Ph.D. earned at CIT in 1930, he focused on the study of vertebrate paleontology, his lifelong interest.

Gazin's long tenure in government service began in 1930 with his appointment as Junior Geologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). While assisting USGS geologists in studying and mapping geologic regions in Montana, Idaho, and California, Gazin also collected Miocene fossils for the United States National Museum (USNM). In 1932, he became Assistant Curator in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the USNM. Gazin served in that capacity until 1942 when, although maintaining a formal association with the Division as Associate Curator, he took a military leave from the Museum to participate actively in the war effort. Rising in rank from 1st Lieutenant to Major in the U. S. Army Air Force, he taught at the Air Force Intelligence School and also worked in radar intelligence, for which he received the Legion of Merit in 1946.

Gazin returned to the USNM in 1946 as Curator of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, a position he held until 1967. During 1967 he served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Paleobiology, before being named Senior Paleontologist. From 1970 to 1982 Gazin served as Paleobiologist Emeritus and from 1982 to 1984, as Curator Emeritus.

Gazin's research interests concern the vertebrate paleontology of the Tertiary and Quaternary of continental North America. Together with his responsibility for collecting fossil material for the Smithsonian, these interests spurred considerable field work over his career. Between 1934 and 1969, except during World War II, Gazin led field expeditions nearly every summer. Though he explored and excavated in much of the western United States, his efforts were concentrated on Hagerman, Idaho; southwestern Wyoming; central and northeastern Utah; San Juan Basin, New Mexico; San Pedro Valley, Arizona; and Huerfano and Denver Basins, Colorado. From these and other arid locales, he recovered prodigious quantities of mammalian fossils of Paleocene to Pleistocene age, in addition to fossils of Cretaceous dinosaurs and lizards. Most of the 99 works listed in his bibliography, and nearly all of his longer publications, whether describing regional faunal assemblages or focusing on particular varieties of early mammals, are based upon this extensive field work in the Rocky Mountain West.

During the winters of 1950 and 1951, Gazin conducted field work in Panama, returning to the Smithsonian with approximately ten tons of Pleistocene mammal specimens. Principal among them were two skeletons of the giant ground sloth Eremotherium, exhibited since at the National Museum of Natural History.

In 1960 Gazin received a four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that he extended into a seven-year study of early Tertiary mammals. Under the grant, he made four field expeditions, mostly to Wyoming; trips to study museum specimens and fossil localities in Europe during 1960 and Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, and Argentina in 1962; and numerous visits to inspect specimens in museums and universities in the United States. Gazin's study produced three major papers, published in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, as well as several shorter articles. With a second NSF grant, received jointly with Waldo R. Wedel of the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology in 1961, Gazin participated in the collection and study of Pleistocene and recent mammals found in association with human artifacts near Littleton, Colorado.

Gazin also took an active role in several professional organizations. He was a charter member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, serving as its President, 1949-1950; representative to the National Research Council, 1948-1951, 1957-1960; and on several committees working to define and correlate the North American continental Tertiary. He assisted in drafting the constitution of the American Geological Institute and served as Director, 1956-1958, and 1962. He also chaired the National Research Council committee on postdoctoral fellowships in the earth sciences, 1960-1963.

Chronology:

June 18, 1904 -- born in Colorado Springs, Colorado

1927 -- married Alice Van Dusen; had three children

1927 -- B.S., with honors, California Institute of Technology

1927 -- field work in Santa Barbara County, California

1928 -- M.S., CIT

1928, 1929 -- field work in eastern Oregon and northeastern Nevada

1930 -- field work in San Pedro Valley, Arizona

1930 -- first prize, best pre-doctoral presentation, Cordilleron Section, Geological Society of America

1930 -- Doctor of Philosophy, CIT

1930 -- appointed Junior Geologist, USGS

1930 -- field work for USGS in western Montana and northern Idaho

1930-1931 -- geologic mapping of San Andreas fault zone in southern California for USGS; fossil collecting in the Cajon Pass and Palmdale area, California, for the USNM

1931 -- geologic mapping in Kettleman Hills, California, for USGS

1932 -- field work in Death Valley, California, for USGS

1932 -- appointed Assistant Curator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, USNM

1934 -- field work in southern Idaho

1936 -- field work in Arizona and San Juan Basin, New Mexico

1938 -- field work in central and northeastern Utah

1938-1940 -- Editor, Washington Academy of Sciences

1939 -- field work in central Utah

1940 -- field work in central Utah and southwestern Wyoming

1940 -- USNM delegate to 8th American Scientific Congress

1941 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1942 -- divorced Alice van Dusen Gazin

1942 -- appointed Associate Curator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, USNM

1942-1945 -- 1st Lieutenant to Major, United States Army Air Force (Intelligence)

1943 -- married Elizabeth Parker Hobbs

1946 -- appointed Curator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, USNM

1946 -- member, Editorial Board, Geological Society of America

1946 -- field work in central Utah and southwestern Wyoming

1946-1948 -- Secretary, Washington Academy of Sciences

1947 -- helped draft constitution, American Geological Institute (AGI)

1947 -- Incorporator, AGI, representing the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)

1947 -- Field work in Huerfano Basin, Colorado

1948-1949 -- Member, USNM Committee on Modernization of Exhibits

1948-1951 -- Member, Division of Geology and Geography, National Research Council (NRC), representing the SVP

1949 -- Field work in San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and western Wyoming

1949-1950 -- President, SVP

1949-1951 -- Member, Board of Managers, Washington Academy of Sciences

1950 -- field work in the interior of Panama

1950-1951 -- Member, Executive Committee, Division of Geology and Geography, NRC

1951 -- field work in the interior of Panama

1951 -- field work in Strait Canyon, West Virginia

1951 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1952-1966 -- Member, SVP Cenozoic Committee

1952-1966 -- Chairman, SVP Eocene Subcommittee

1953 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming and northeastern Utah

1954 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1956 -- field work in Wyoming and Nebraska

1956 -- Smithsonian delegate to the 20th International Geological Congress, Mexico City

1956-1958 -- Member, USNM Space Requirements Planning Committee for wings for the Natural History Building

1956-1958 -- Director, AGI

1957 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1957-1960 -- Member, Earth Sciences Division, NRC, representing the SVP

1959 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1960 -- received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for "Early Tertiary Mammals of America"

1960 -- Smithsonian delegate to the 21st International Geological Congress in Copenhagen and to symposia on early mammals in Brussels and Oxford

1960 -- study trip to museums and fossil localities in France, Spain, Switzerland, West Germany, Austria, Belgium, and England

1960-1963 -- Chairman, NRC Committee on Postdoctoral Fellowships in Earth Sciences

1960-1963 -- Member, NRC Physical Sciences Committee

-- 1961 received, with Waldo R. Wedel, NSF funding for "A Late Pleistocene Fauna and Possible Human Associations near Littleton, Colorado"

1961 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming; Littleton, Colorado; and Pipestone Springs, Montana

1962 -- Director, AGI

1962 -- study trip to museums and fossil localities in Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, and Guatemala

1963 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1964 -- field work in San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and southwestern Wyoming

1964-1966 -- Member and Alternate, Evaluation Committee, National Museum of Natural History

1965 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1965 -- survey and evaluation of the Childs Frick Corporation collection of fossil vertebrates in New York

1967 -- Acting Chairman, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)

1967 -- Chairman, Nominating Committee, SVP

1967 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1967-1970 -- Senior Paleobiologist, NMNH

1969 -- field work in southwestern Wyoming

1970 -- retired from NMNH

1970 -- named Paleobiologist Emeritus

1982-1984 -- names Curator Emeritus

1996 -- Death

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Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7314, Charles Lewis Gazin Papers

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H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (22.3 × 33.4 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place captured:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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

Date:

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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Object number:

2016.123.2.4

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© Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc

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