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Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (col., 3.25 x 4 in.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Mexico -- Mexico City

Mexico -- Mexico City

Date:

1937 Jan.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Opera houses  Search this

Public buildings  Search this

Finials  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Arches  Search this

Columns  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Theaters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item MX014007

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / Mexico / MX014: Mexico City -- Miscellaneous Sites in Mexico City, Mexico

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref4380

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-05-06T20:42:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

See more by:

cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_bSHbMaxq7Us

Interviewee:

Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan), 1887-1975  Search this

Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan), 1887-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Subject:

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- Arizona -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12005

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213691

AAA_collcode_nusbau63

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213691

Interviewee:

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966  Search this

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (N.M.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

Muralists -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12014

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213785

AAA_collcode_rush63

Theme:

New Deal

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213785

Creator:

Martyl, 1917-2013  Search this

Martyl, 1917-2013  Search this

Subject:

Blanch, Arnold  Search this

Dehn, Adolf  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster  Search this

Lee, Doris  Search this

Robinson, Boardman  Search this

Sequieros  Search this

Martyl  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart  Search this

Curry, John Steuart  Search this

Henle, Fritz  Search this

Holty, Carl  Search this

Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar)  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty  Search this

ACA Galleries  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center  Search this

Feingarten Galleries  Search this

Kovlar Gallery (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

St. Genevieve School of Art  Search this

University of Chicago. Oriental Institute  Search this

University of Chicago. Renaissance Society  Search this

United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Art and state -- United States  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9115

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211309

AAA_collcode_martyl

Theme:

Women

Lives of American Artists

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

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211309

Maker:

Gutekunst, Frederic  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 15 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in; 39.37 cm x 50.165 cm

Object Name:

photogravure

Place made:

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Associated place:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject:

Architecture, Public Buildings  Search this

ID Number:

PG.003209

Catalog number:

3209

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Government, Politics, and Reform

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng4238f153e-caf8-4025-9f8e-cab08bc1b189

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_2006784

Creator:

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966  Search this

Names:

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Extent:

6.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketches

Diaries

Photographs

Date:

1879-1967

Summary:

The papers of Olive Rush measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1879 to 1967. They contain correspondence, artwork, photographs, writings, and other personal papers documenting Rush's education and career as an illustrator, portraitist, muralist, painter, teacher, and promoter of Native American art.

Scope and Contents note:

The records of Olive Rush measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1879 to 1967. They contain correspondence, artwork, photographs, writings, and other records that document her education and career as an illustrator, portraitist, muralist, painter, and promoter of Native American art.

Biographical materials include several narratives written by Rush and others, as well as a few items related to Delaware artist Ethel Pennewill Brown Leach, Rush's close friend and colleague. Correspondence spans Rush's education and career, and documents her early career in illustration, purchases and exhibitions of her work, her efforts to secure exhibitions for Native American artists, and her dealings with administrators of Federal Art Projects of the 1930s.

Writings include diaries from Rush's early years, including an especially detailed diary from her Santa Fe Indian School mural project in 1932. Also found are lectures, talks, essays, notebooks with technical experiments and aesthetic ideas, and loose notes for her FAP project at the New Mexico College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts.

Records of Rush's artwork include two record books, receipts for supplies and shipments, price lists, inventories, records of submissions, and a small number of similar records of artwork by Native American artists. Sketchbooks, loose sketches, and drawings by Rush span her entire career and include many studies and proposed designs for murals and frescoes.

Printed Materials consist of exhibition catalogs, clippings, and reproductions of artwork, especially illustration work from Rush's early career. Photographs include a class photograph from the Corcoran School of Art circa 1890 and many of Rush and her fellow artists in Wilmington, Delaware from around 1904 to 1910. Photographs of works of art document Rush's murals and frescoes in private homes, businesses, and public buildings.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged into seven series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1886-1966 (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1889-1964 (Boxes 1-2, 8; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1886-1962 (Box 2; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 4: Records of Artwork, 1904-1956 (Box 3; 8 folders)

Series 5: Artwork, 1896-1957 (Boxes 3-4, 7, OV 8-12; 1 linear foot)

Series 6: Printed Materials, 1879-1967 (Boxes 4-5, 7, OV 13; 1.6 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1890-1966 (Box 6; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

Olive Rush was born in Fairmount, Indiana in 1875 to a Quaker farm family of six children, and attended nearby Earlham College, a Quaker school with a studio art program. Encouraged by her teacher, Rush enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1890, where she stayed for two years and achieved early recognition for her work. In 1893, Rush joined the Indiana delegation of artists to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

In 1894, she moved to New York City and continued her studies at the Art Students League with Henry Siddons Mowbray, John Twachtman, and Augustus St. Gaudens. She secured her first job as an illustrator with Harper and Brothers and quickly started doing additional illustration work for Good Housekeeping, Scribner's, The Delineator, Woman's Home Companion, Sunday Magazine and St. Nicholas Magazine. Rush also became a staff artist at the New York Tribune and illustrated several books.

In 1904, Rush sent an inquiry with samples of her work to master illustrator Howard Pyle, who had established what was then the only school of illustration in the country in Wilmington, Delaware. There he provided free instruction to a small number hand-picked artists culled from hundreds of applicants. Although Pyle did not admit women to his studio, he encouranged her to come and join the class for lectures and criticisms. Rush moved to Delaware later that year, joining a growing number of female illustrators there including Ethel Pennewill Brown (later Leach), Blanche Chloe Grant, Sarah Katherine Smith, and Harriet Roosevelt Richards, among others. Rush and her female colleagues lived together in a boarding house known as Tusculum, which became well-known as a gathering place for women artists.

Rush traveled to Europe in 1910, embarking on a period of intense study and travel which would mark a steady transition from illustration to painting. She studied at Newlyn in Cornwall, England and then in France with the American impressionist Richard E. Miller. She returned to Wilmington in 1911, where she moved into Pyle's studio with Ethel Pennewill Brown. Rush bounced to New York, Boston, and back to France, where she lived for a time with fellow artists Alice Schille, Ethel Pennewill Brown, and Orville Houghton Peets. Her reputation grew, and she began to exhibit regularly in major national and regional juried exhibitions including the Carnegie, Pennsylvania Academy, and Corcoran annual exhibitions, as well as the Hoosier Salon.

In 1914, Rush made her first trip to Arizona and New Mexico. Passing through Santa Fe on her return trip, Rush made contact with the artists community at the Museum of New Mexico, where she secured an impromptu solo exhibition after showing her new work, inspired by the landscape of the Southwest. She made Santa Fe her permanent home in 1920 in an adobe cottage on Canyon Road, which became a main thoroughfare of the Santa Fe artists' community.

Rush began to experiment with fresco painting, and developed her own techniques suitable to the local climate. She became a sought-after muralist and was asked to create frescoes for many private homes and businesses. In her painting, she often depicted the Native American dances and ceremonies she attended. She exhibited these paintings around the country, including with the Society of Independent Artists in New York, and in the Corcoran Annual Juried exhibition, where Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Duncan Phillips both purchased her work.

In 1932, Rush was hired to teach at the Santa Fe Indian School. Rush's enthusiastic work in the 1930s with the young pueblo artists is credited with helping to bring about a flourishing of Native American visual art in New Mexico. Rush continued to work with native artists throughout her life, and many of her associates went on to gain national reputations, including Harrison Begay, Awa-Tsireh, Pop Chalee, Pablita Valerde, and Ha-So-De (Narciso Abeyta).

From 1934 to 1939, Rush executed murals for the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Rush's federal art projects included murals for the Santa Fe Public Library (1934), the Biology Building of the New Mexico Agricultural College (1935), the Pawhuska, Oklahoma Post Office (1938), and the Florence, Colorado Post Office (1939). Rush was also asked to join the Advisory Committee on Indian Art created by the PWAP in 1934, to help administer a segment of the program aimed at employing Native American artists.

In her later years, Rush's artwork became increasingly experimental, incorporating the ideas of Chinese painting, Native American art, and her contemporaries, the modernists, especially Wassily Kandinsky. She continued painting and exhibiting until 1964, when illness prohibited her from working. She died in 1966, leaving her home and studio to the Santa Fe Society of Friends.

Sources consulted for this biography include Olive Rush: A Hoosier Artist in New Mexico (1992) by Stanley L. Cuba, and Almost Forgotten: Delaware Women Artists and Arts Patrons 1900-1950 (2002) by Janice Haynes Gilmore.

Related Archival Materials note:

The Archives of American Art holds a brief oral history interview with Olive Rush concerning her involvement with Federal Art Projects.

Separated Materials note:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel SW4) including scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, and exhibition catalogs. Most of this material was later donated, but some items remain with the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Olive Rush donated the bulk of her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1963 and 1964. Additional exhibition catalogs and photographs were added to the collection upon her death in 1966. An anonymous donation of diaries, sketchbooks, and a photograph was received by the Archives in 1970. Also in 1970, the Olive Rush Memorial Studio lent papers for microfilming. Many, but not all, of the loaned materials were later donated.

Restrictions:

The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website. Use of material not digitized requires an appointment.

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.

Topic:

Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

American Indians in art  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

Muralists -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

Illustrators -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketches

Diaries

Photographs

Citation:

Olive Rush papers, 1879-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.rusholiv

See more items in:

Olive Rush papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rusholiv

Creator:

Martyl, 1917-2013  Search this

Names:

ACA Galleries  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center  Search this

Feingarten Galleries  Search this

Kovlar Gallery (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

St. Genevieve School of Art  Search this

United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

University of Chicago. Oriental Institute  Search this

University of Chicago. Renaissance Society  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968  Search this

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this

Henle, Fritz, 1909-  Search this

Holty, Carl, 1900-1973  Search this

Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-  Search this

Lee, Doris, 1905-1983  Search this

Martyl, 1917-2013  Search this

Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Sequieros  Search this

Extent:

2.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1918-1977

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Martyl Langsdorf, professionally known by just her first name, Martyl, date from 1918 to 1977 and measure 2.6 linear feet. Included within the collection is correspondence; subject files; biographical data; writings and notes; sketches; photographs; exhibition catalogs and announcements; guest books; price lists; receipts; reproductions; clippings; and printed materials.

Sketches, 1936-1975, made in the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Japan. In addition there is a 1929 newspaper clipping.

Biographical data; letters, 1936-1937, to her mother Aimee Schweig from Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Joe Jones and Grant Wood; files of letters from Carl Holty, Horst W. Janson and Lancelot Law Whyte; a file on Charles Hawthorne containing his painting notes and a photo; subject files on the ACA Gallery, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Art Institute of Chicago, Feingarten Gallery, Kovlar Gallery, Oriental Institute, the Renaissance Society, and the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Illinois, containing correspondence and financial material; writings and notes; sketches of Langsdorf by friends; exhibition catalogs and announcements; guest books; price lists; receipts for sales and rentals of her paintings; printed material on the St. Genevieve School of art; and photographs, ca. 1935-1970, of Langsdorf, her family, her paintings, exhibition installations, Langsdorf at work on a mural for the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Illinois, and artists Thomas Hart Benton, Arnold Blanch, Adolf Dehn, Doris Lee, Boardman Robinson, Sequieros, and others, and a photograph by Fritz Henle, 1940, of a picnic at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Correspondence with Edward Rowan of the Public Buidlings Administration, Section of Fine Arts, and contracts, 1940-1944, concerning Langsdorf's watercolors for the Carville, La. Marine Hospital, murals for post offices in Russell, Kansas and St. Genevieve, Missouri, and for the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C., and for related exhibitions; a photocopy of a letter from collector Joseph Hirshhorn, Jan. 18, 1943, regarding his purchases of Langsdorf's work; general correspondence, 1958-1972; price lists; and printed material, 1937-1976, including press releases, archaelogical newsletters, exhibition announcements and clippings.

Biographical / Historical:

Martyl (1917-2013) was a painter in Chicago, Illinois. Full name is Martyl Schweig Langsdorf.

Provenance:

Material on reels 2992-2994 donated 1977 by Martyl S. Langsdorf. Material on reel 1364 lent for microfilming 1977 by Langsdorf. Unmicrofilmed material is a combination of the unfilmed portion of the 1977 gift and the 1990 transferred material from General Services Administration. The GSA received the material originally from Martyl Langsdorf for their files on New Deal art.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Art and state -- United States  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.martyl

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-martyl

Interviewee:

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (N.M.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

26 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1963 November 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Olive Rush conducted 1963 November 13, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.

Rush speaks of her family background and youth; her education at the Corcoran School of Art; her involvement with the Federal Art Project; working on murals for public buildings in Santa Fe and the southwest; and the public's perception of the Federal Art Project and its administration.

Biographical / Historical:

Olive Rush (1873-1966) was a painter and muralist in Santa Fe, N.M.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 29 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

Muralists -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.rush63

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rush63

Interviewee:

Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

Extent:

21 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1963 Dec. 12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jesse Nusbaum conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1963 Dec. 12 for the Archives of American Art.

Nusbaum speaks of working in archaeology and architecture in New Mexico; and his involvement in the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) as regional director for Arizona and New Mexico; selecting artists for the PWAP; problems with the PWAP; some of the work done on public buildings; and the project's impact on art and artists.

Biographical / Historical:

Jesse L. Nusbaum is an art administrator in Arizona and New Mexico.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 40 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- New Mexico -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- Arizona -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.nusbau63

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nusbau63

Interviewee:

Haines, Richard, 1906-1984  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings: (15 min.), 3 in.)

6 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Jan. 29

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Richard Haines conducted 1965 Jan. 29, by Betty Hoag. Haines speaks of the Treasury Department competition for art work in various public buildings; and working on a Wichita, Kan. Post Office mural.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Haines (1906-1984) was a painter and mural painter from Santa Monica, Calif.

General:

Only a portion of this interview was successfully recorded.

Sound quality is poor.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.haines65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-haines65

Interviewee:

Bywaters, Jerry  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Index of American Design  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

21 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 June 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jerry Bywaters conducted 1965 June 9, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art. Bywaters speaks of his background; the events which led to his joining the Federal Art Project in Dallas; working on murals in public buildings; the work done by the Index of American Design in Texas; public perception of the Federal Art Project in the state; his opinions of government support for the arts and political problems with it; his feelings about the Federal Art Project's long term effects on art and on the arts community in Dallas; and his attempt to locate all the artwork done by FAP artists in the state.

Biographical / Historical:

Jerry Bywaters (1906-1989) was a painter and art historian from Dallas, Texas.

General:

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

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art historians -- Texas -- Dallas -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Dallas -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.bywate65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bywate65

Interviewee:

Maril, Herman  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Names:

Cummington School of the Arts -- Faculty  Search this

King-Smith Playhouse and School of Theatre Arts (Washington, D.C.) -- Faculty  Search this

Maryland Institute, College of Art -- Students  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Faculty  Search this

Washington Workshop Center for the Arts -- Faculty  Search this

Argento, Mino, 1927-  Search this

Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Dows, Olin, 1904-1981  Search this

Giotto, 1266?-1337  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this

Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this

Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954  Search this

O'Hara, Eliot, 1890-1969  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945  Search this

Extent:

39 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 September 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Herman Maril conducted 1965 September 5, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.

Maril speaks of growing up in Baltimore, Maryland.; attending the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts; visiting museums in the Washington, D.C. area; exhibiting his paintings in Washington, D.C. galleries and New York City galleries; working for the Treasury Art Project; surviving the Great Depression; teaching at the Cummington School of Art in Cummington, Massachusetts; serving in the Army Air Corps during WWII; painting murals with the Public Buildings Administration; teaching at the King-Smith School, the Washington Workshop of the Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the University of Maryland; living in Provincetown; painting and his influences; being interviewed for books and a short film. Maril also recalls Roger Frye, Paul Cézanne, Henry Roben, Charles Walther, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Edward Rowan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chaim Gross, Henri Matisse, Piero della Francesca, Mino Argento, Olin Dows, Giotto di Bondone, Georges Henri Rouault, Wassily Kandinksy, Charles Walthrop, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Eliot O'Hara, Sheldon Cheney, Florence Watson, Jacques Lipchitz, Mason F. Lord, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Herman Maril (1908-1986) was a painter and printmaker from Baltimore, Maryland.

General:

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

Provenance:

These interviews are 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.

Occupation:

Painters -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Printmakers -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Topic:

Depressions -- 1929  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.maril65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-maril65

Interviewee:

Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912-  Search this

Interviewer:

Harriman, Virginia  Search this

Names:

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (Sound recording, duplicate: 2 compact discs, 4 3/4 in.)

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, master, 7 in.)

33 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

[ca. 1959 Aug.]

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Minoru Yamasaki conducted by Virginia Harriman.

Yamasaki discusses his philosophy of architecture; his belief that architecture should be based on human experience; and his design of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Using architectural models present at the interview, Yamasaki discusses several of his architectural projects, including the Conservatory of Music for Oberlin College; the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, it being the first high building built in Detroit in some years, building to convey a sense of upwardness; World Agricultural Fair for India (temporary) opening December 11, 1959, participating with other countries, Trade Fair Building, exhibit entitled "Mala U.S.A." [Mala means fair in Indian], showing a series of different experiences at a country fair; St. Louis Air Terminal; Benjamin Franklin Junior High School; Wayne Education Building; McGregor Building; Daran Air Terminal (Arabia); trying to be consistent in buildings; Gothic arch; learning from the past about qualities one seeks in architecture; being true to technology; Japanese architecture; serene buildings; machine-made buildings; and limiting himself to public buildings.

Biographical / Historical:

Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) was a Japanese American architect based in Detroit, Michigan.

Provenance:

Donor unspecified.

Occupation:

Architects -- Michigan  Search this

Topic:

Architecture  Search this

Architecture, Japanese  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American architects  Search this

Architects -- Michigan -- Troy -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Public buildings

School buildings

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.yamamino2

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-yamamino2

Collection Creator:

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966  Search this

Sears & Wendell  Search this

Olmsted Brothers  Search this

Harvard University  Search this

American Society of Landscape Architects  Search this

Collection Donor:

Tibbetts, Eleanor Sears  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

New Jersey -- Glen Ridge

United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Glen Ridge

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a worksheet, identification information for the images, and additional information.

General:

Thomas Sears took numerous photographs of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, which, based on a variety of details, can be given a likely date span of 1905-1910 (for example, research on the license plate number and style on the automobile shown in NJ089045 indicates that it was likely produced between 1905 and 1910). Public buildings and sites such as the train station, churches, and schools figure prominently, although there are also many images of houses and residential areas. Some places, such as the Baldwin Garden (NJ091) and The Glen (NJ516), have sufficient images and positive identifications to warrant their inclusion in separate series. There are other subjects, however, for which there may be only one or two images or which remain unidentified, and these are grouped in the "Miscellaneous Sites" series. Identification of the sites and images was facilitated by Sally Meyer of the Glen Ridge Historical Society.

Related Materials:

Miscellaneous Sites in Glen Ridge, New Jersey related holdings consist of 1 folder (43 glass negatives)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

For information or study purposes only. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

Identifier:

AAG.SRS, File NJ089

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Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection

Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / New Jersey

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-srs-ref4180

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound recording (digital audio file)

Type:

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Date:

2017 July 03

Scope and Contents:

Sebi Medina Tayac (presenter); Tom Fong; Alyssa Berrios; Michael Morris; MASPAZ; CHELOVE ;In this session, artists of different traditions and generations discuss the social and symbolic meanings of home  sharing the ways in which these ideas inform their sense of identity, community, and creative practices. Participants include CHELOVE (AKA Cita Sadeli), MASPAZ (AKA Federico Frum), Alyssa Berrios, Michael Morris.

Collection Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.

Collection Rights:

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0703_OTM_Story_Circle_0005

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: On The Move / 4.3: Audio

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-2017-ref963

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Photographer:

Dutkewitch  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8")

Type:

Archival materials

Landscapes (representations)

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Place:

Megiddo (Palestine)

Palestine

Date:

1910

Local Numbers:

RSN 24483

General:

Similar to RSN 15004.

Currently stored in box 3.2.38 [137].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

134014

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Archeology -- Palestine  Search this

Dwellings -- Palestine.  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine  Search this

Homes -- Palestine  Search this

Ruins -- Palestine  Search this

Genre/Form:

Landscapes (representations)

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 24483-24585

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref22247

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Place:

Turkey

Troy

Local Numbers:

RSN 24750

General:

Currently stored in box 3.2.40 [32].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

128192

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Archaeology -- Asia Minor  Search this

Buildings -- Asia Minor  Search this

Ruins -- Asia Minor  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 24693-24794

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref22513

Author:

Freschi, Federico  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Subject:

Mitford-Barberton, Ivan 1896-1976  Search this

Le Roux, Le Roux Smith 1914-1963  Search this

Old Mutual (Cape Town, South Africa) Buildings  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

South Africa

Cape Town

Date:

1994

Topic:

Art deco (Architecture)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this

Friezes  Search this

Public buildings  Search this

Call number:

NK1 .J864

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_989739

Collector:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Names:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

White, Stanford, 1853-1906  Search this

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (photographic print)

Type:

Archival materials

Portraits

Photographs

Date:

ca. 1900

Scope and Contents:

One studio portrait of the architect Stanford White (1853-1906), likely presented to his patron, Charles Lang Freer.

Arrangement:

Stored in one box.

Biographical / Historical:

Stanford White (November 9, 1853 - June 25, 1906) was an American architect and one of the foremost originators of the American Renaissance in architecture. He designed many prominent public buildings in New York, as well as private residences aroundt the country. White was famously murdered in 1906 the jealous husband of artists' model Evelyn Nesbit (1884-1967).

Local Numbers:

FSA A.01 12.03.05

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form:

Portraits -- Men

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01, Item FSA A.01 12.03.05

See more items in:

Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 12: Photographs / 12.3: Portraits of Others

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref3304