Correspondence, writings, photographs, and exhibition catalogs, much of it relating to Hans Hofmann.
REELS 4178-4179: Correspondence between John and Monica Haley, 1937-1938 and 1987, and letters received from Earl and Clyta Loran, undated and 1950-1986, Vaclav Vytlacil, undated and 1966-1984, and Glen Wessels, undated and 1960-1982. Enclosed with a letter written by Vaclav Vytlacil in 1966 is a copy of a manuscript by him on Hans Hofmann. Correspondence from 1987 contains materials pertaining to the painter and teacher Margaret Peterson.
REEL 1355: Papers relating to Hans Hofmann, including five letters from Hofmann to Worth Ryder; three letters between Haley and Hofmann; two manuscripts, one in German, by Hofmann, "Creation in Form and Color - A Textbook for Instruction in Art" (1931); lecture by Hofmann; photographs taken in Germany (1927-1931) of Hofmann, Miz Hofmann, John Haley, Alfred Jensen, Ed and Isabell Rupprecht, Joan Hein, Cameron Booth, and the Hofmann School building in Munich; photographs of works by Hofmann students; brochures for the school; Hofmann exhibition catalogs; and miscellany.
ADDITION: Materials documenting Haley's studies with Hofmann, service in the Navy, and his many years teaching at UC Berkeley; letters from Haley to his wife sent from the South Pacific during World War II; sketchbooks; and photographs.
Biographical / Historical:
John: Painter, sculptor and educator. Monica: Art educator; San Francisco Bay Area, California. Haley studied with Cameron Booth and Hans Hofmann. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley with other "modernists" Worth Ryder, Hofmann, Erle Loran and Margaret Peterson. John Haley died in 1991; Monica in 1997.
Provenance:
Material on reel 1355 lent by John Haley, 1978. He and Monica donated the material on reels 4178-4179 in 1987; Monica donated the remainder in 1992.
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.
Schoolcraft's Indian legends : from Algic researches, the myth of Hiawatha, OneoĢta, the red race in America, and historical and statistical information respecting ... the Indian tribes of the United States / edited by Mentor L. Williams
The myth of Hiawatha, and other oral legends, mythologic and allegoric of the North American Indians / by Henry R. Schoolcraft ; [illustrations by John Evans]
Narrative journals of travels from Detroit northwest through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River in the year 1820
Henry Schoolcraft--Expedition into the Indian country : letter from the Secretary of War : transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 24th ultimo, information in relation to an expedition of Henry R. Schoolcraft into the Indian country
Schoolcraft's Indian legends : from Algic researches, the Myth of Hiawatha, OneoĢta, the Race in America, and Historical and statistical information respecting ... the Indian tribes of the United States / edited by Mentor L. Williams
An address delivered before the Chippewa County Temperence Society, on the influence of ardent spirits, on the condition of the North American Indians / by Henry R. Schoolcraft
Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea : including the border wars of the American revolution, and sketches of the Indian campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne : and other matters connected with the Indian relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the peace of 1783 to the Indian peace of 1795 / by William L. Stone ; in two volumes
Title:
Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea including the Indian wars of the American revolution
Life of Brant
Author:
Stone, William L (William Leete) 1792-1844 Search this
Schoolcraft and Allen--expedition to northwest Indians : letter from the Secretary of War : transmitting a map and report of Lieut. Allen and H.B. [i.e. R.] Schoolcraft's visit to the northwest Indians in 1832
Algic researches : comprising inquiries respecting the mental characteristics of the North American Indians : First series. Indian tales and legends : in two volumes / by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Henry Rowe Schoolcraft collection : a catalogue of books in native American languages in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum / by Robert Kruse ; with a foreword by Nathan C. Shiverick
Map of the Northwestern Territories of the United States : shewing the track pursued by the expedition under Gov. Cass in 1820 / by Henry R. Schoolcraft ; R. Rawdon sc. Alby
Life in California during a residence of several years in that territory : comprising a description of the country and the missionary establishments, with incidents, observations, etc., etc. : illustrated with numerous engravings by an American : to which is annexed a historical account of the origin, customs, and traditions of the Indians of Alta-California / translated from the original Spanish ...
