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Creator:

Howland, Isabella, 1895-1974  Search this

Names:

Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987  Search this

Bywaters, Jerry  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901?-1983 or 6  Search this

Greenbaum, Dorothea S.  Search this

Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970  Search this

Strater, Henry, 1896-  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Extent:

1.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Photographs

Date:

1899-1979

Summary:

The papers of artist Isabella Howland measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1899-1979. The collection documents her career through biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, writings, printed material, artwork, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter, sculptor, caricaturist, and portraitist Isabella Howland measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1899-1979. Correspondence makes up about a third of the collection, with the remainder comprised of biographical material, writings, printed material, photographs, and artworks.

Correspondence is found between Isabella Howland and other artists or dealers. Among these are Eugenie Gershoy, Henry Strater, Edith Halpert, Peggy Bacon, Forbes Watson, Jerry Bywaters, Adolph Dehn and Dorothea Greenbaum. Letters from Juliana Force, the first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, are present. Many invitations to exhibit are included. The collection includes a small number of letters with Howland's family. She maintained written communication with several individuals over decades.

The biographical material contains Isabella Howland's handwritten notes and typed documents about her life. Some legal documents and financial records are present. The writing series includes her story 'Willy Nilly' with accompanying illustrations of animals, in addition to some other writings. The artwork series includes sketches and sketchbooks from childhood into adulthood. Photographs include images of Howland as well as her paintings and portraits.

Arrangement:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1901-1972 (4 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1917-1973 (22 folders; Box 1)

Series 3, Writings, 1935-1964 (8 folders; Box 1)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1928-1976 (5 folders; Box 1)

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1900-1979 (4 folders; Box 1, OV 2)

Series 6: Artwork, 1899-circa 1940s (8 folders; Box 1, OV 2)

Biographical / Historical:

Isabella Howland (1895-1974) lived and worked in New York City. She drew portraits, painted on canvas, sketched on paper, and sculpted caricature busts of people in the art world. She wrote that she could do anything with her hands.

Howland was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. From her youth she knew she wanted to be an artist. She had her earliest artistic training at age 16. Her art education included time at the Boston Museum School and the Art Students League in New York City. She completed her secondary education in France and Germany, moved back to the United States afterwards, and in 1920 travelled again to Europe. In 1922 she settled in Greenwich Village and spent summers in Woodstock to paint landscapes and still-lifes. She actively painted in the 1920s, and had three shows in 1927, 1929, and 1931. During the Depression she worked for the Public Works of Art Project and the Works Progress Administration. In 1934 she married Armando Zegri, and they divorced in 1937. While they were married they owned a club in the West Village named The Café Latino. She began teaching at a private school in the early 1940s while dealing with some personal difficulties. She found religion which comforted her as she dealt with her mother's declining health and her sister's waning mental state.

Howland had many friends in the art world and regularly received requests to exhibit at museums. She became known as an accomplished portrait artist, and she was commissioned many times to execute drawings or sculptures. She dabbled in writing and illustrating stories, and produced a set of 33 Christmas cards featuring two monks.

Provenance:

Donated between 1975-1976 by Mrs. Martha Craig and Barbara Summer. Three photographs of works of art were donated by Eugenie Gershoy in 1979.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers 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.

Occupation:

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

Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Photographs

Citation:

Isabella Howland papers, 1899-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.howlisab

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Isabella Howland papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97b9408e8-8951-4a76-9505-e11f14ea5721

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-howlisab

Creator:

Quint-Rose, Marilyn  Search this

Citation:

Marilyn Quint-Rose papers, 1978-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6239

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216551

AAA_collcode_quinmari

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216551

Creator:

Quint-Rose, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1978-1998

Summary:

The scattered papers of sculptor and educator Marilyn Quint-Rose measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1978 to 1998. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, and printed material.

Scope and Contents:

The scattered papers of sculptor and educator Marilyn Quint-Rose measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1978 to 198. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, and printed material.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Marylin Quint-Rose (1927-2022) was a sculptor and educator in New England. She studied at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and settled in Worcester, Massachusetts. Later, Quint-Rose taught at the University of New England in Maine for sixteen years. She conducted art seminars and classes for both children and adults.

Provenance:

Donated 1999 by Marilyn Quint-Rose.

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:

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Worcester  Search this

Educators -- Maine  Search this

Sculptors -- Maine  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Citation:

Marilyn Quint-Rose papers, 1978-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

AAA.quinmari

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Marilyn Quint-Rose papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw992a7ba16-0acc-4f55-8380-dc75c488685e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-quinmari

Sculptor:

Thomas, Hank Willis 1976-  Search this

Founder:

Walla Walla Foundry  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Culture:

African American  Search this

Type:

Sculptures

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Owner/Location:

Boston Common 1965 Freedom Plaza Boston Massachusetts

Date:

Dedicated January 16, 2023

Topic:

Homage--King, Martin Luther, Jr  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

History--United States--Black History  Search this

Figure--Fragment--Arm  Search this

Control number:

IAS 71501367

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_480062

Creator:

Peabody, Amelia, 1890-1984  Search this

Citation:

Amelia Peabody papers, 1918-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8931

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211117

AAA_collcode_peabamel

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211117

Creator:

Peabody, Amelia, 1890-1984  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1918-1978

Summary:

The papers of sculptor Amelia Peabody measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1918 to 1978. Papers include pencil and watercolor sketches, correspondence, photographs of Peabody, her studio, models, and works of art, printed material, and a report prepared by Arthur D. Little, Inc. on ceramics.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of sculptor Amelia Peabody measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1918 to 1978. Papers include pencil and watercolor sketches, correspondence, photographs of Peabody, her studio, models, and works of art, printed material, and a report prepared by Arthur D. Little, Inc. on ceramics.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Amelia Peabody (1890-1984) was a sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts. She was active in farming and animal husbandry and often sculpted animals. Her work was exhibited in New York City and Boston.

Provenance:

Amelia Peabody donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1979.

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:

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Citation:

Amelia Peabody papers, 1918-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

AAA.peabamel

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Amelia Peabody papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw913c02094-1d22-4ade-bc73-8e9d981ebe9b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-peabamel

Creator:

Geissbuhler, Arnold, 1897-1993  Search this

Names:

Bourdelle, Emile Antoine, 1861-1929  Search this

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Browne, Margaret Fitzhugh, 1884-1972  Search this

Bänninger, Otto Charles, 1897-  Search this

Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969  Search this

Geissbuhler, Elisabeth Chase  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966  Search this

Giacometti, Giovanni, 1868-1933  Search this

Goodyear, A. Conger (Anson Conger), 1877-1964  Search this

Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929  Search this

Richier, Germaine, 1904-1959  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Date:

1915-1977

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, correspondence (1920-1977), diaries, notes and writings, art works, subject files (1939-1968), printed material (1919-1971), and photographs (1919-1929) document Geissbuhler's artistic activities in Paris and New England.

Reels 1267-1268: Many letters (1920-1971), written by Geissbuhler to his wife Elisabeth Chase Geissbuhler, are illustrated. Other correspondents include Adelyn Breeskin, Margaret Browne, Edward W. Forbes, and A. Conger Goodyear. Art works consist of 26 sketchbooks (1915-1962), annotated in French and English, and over 600 figure studies (1922-1970). Printed material includes a Sculptors' Guild brochure, art course announcements (1958), and clippings (1924-1971). Other materials consist of 2 autobiographical accounts, an award from the Cambridge Centennial Exhibition (1946), an address book and calling cards.

Reel 1271: Printed material includes reproductions of Geissbuhler's work, an advertisement for the Academie Julian (1919), an exhibition announcement (1921), and a clipping (1925). Photographs (1919-1922) and a photograph album (1921-1929) contain images of Geissbuhler in his studio, his works, his family, and friends including Otto Banninger, Antoine Bourdelle, Alberto Giacometti, his father Giovanni Giacometti, and Germaine Richier. Sixteen photographs show art classes, primarily Bourdelle's classes (1919-1922), and Charles Graffley's studio (1921). Other materials consist of biographical notes, an award certificate and 4 sketches (1918).

Reel 1331: Correspondence consists of letters received from Antoine and Rhoda Bourdelle (1921-1977) and general correspondence concerning art business matters (1927-1971). A diary in 8 volumes (1921-1922) contains some illustrated entries. Printed material (1934-1971) consists of 40 exhibition catalogs, 8 clippings, and a school brochure. Four loose sketches are undated. Seven subject files concerning Geissbuhler's sculpture projects contain letters, business records, notes, and clippings.

Reel 1813: Photographs of Geissbuhler's work and one of his house, ca. 1924-1933.

Unfilmed: Letters (1937-1941) concern Geissbuhler's work for the WPA, Treasury Department, and the Federal Works Agency, primarily the Medford project and the Foxboro, Massachusetts, post office project. Other material consists of 3 forms, 2 exhibition catalogs, a press release concerning government projects, 2 rolled charcoal drawings and 2 photographs of the sculptural relief "Straw Cutting and Weaving" from the Foxboro, Massachusetts post office project, and notes.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; Dennis, Mass. Born in Delemont, Switzerland. In 1914, Geissbuhler traveled to Zurich to become a sculptor's apprentice in the studio of Otto Munch. He attended the Kunst Gewerbe School and worked as Munch's assistant until 1919. In that year, Geissbuhler went to Paris to study with Antoine Bourdelle at the Academie Julian. He maintained a studio in Paris until 1927, when he travelled to the United States and married Elisabeth Chase, a Boston sculptor whom he met in Bourdelle's class. They moved to New England in 1933, and in 1937 he became an art instructor at Wellesley College.

Provenance:

Material on reels 1267-1268, 1271, 1331 and 1813 lent for microfilming 1977-1978; unmicrofilmed material donated 1984 all by Arnold Geissbuhler.

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:

Sculptors -- Massachusetts  Search this

Sculptors -- Switzerland  Search this

Topic:

Expatriate artists -- Massachusetts  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- Massachusetts  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.geisarno

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9860cccdd-d4ac-4fe8-9325-396c05fadde6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-geisarno

Creator:

Weems, Katharine Lane, 1899-1989  Search this

Names:

Brookgreen Gardens  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Photographs  Search this

Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974  Search this

Cresson, Margaret French, 1889-1973  Search this

Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924  Search this

Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929  Search this

Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998  Search this

Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Lane, Gardiner M., 1859-1914  Search this

Lane, Katharine Ward, 1862-1893  Search this

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this

Marans, Moissaye, 1902-1977  Search this

Monjo, Enric, 1895-1976  Search this

Putnam, Brenda, 1890-1975  Search this

Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander), 1870-1952  Search this

Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961  Search this

Extent:

14.8 Linear feet

3 Items (rolled docs)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Place:

Saranac Lake N.Y. -- Photographs

Date:

1865-1989

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, extensive diaries, correspondence, notes, writings, business records, sketchbooks and drawings, project files, scrapbooks, printed materials, photographs and slides, motion picture film, and videotape relating to Weem's education and career as a sculptor. Also included are ca. 1 foot of papers of Weems' aunt, watercolorist Katharine Ward Lane (1862-1893), including letters, diaries, sketchbooks and photographs.

REEL 724: Biographical sketch, 1974; letters from Frederic Bartlett, George Demetrios, Walker Hancock, Leon Kroll, Lee Lawrie, Moissaye Marans, Adolph Alexander Weinman, and others; four sketchbooks, 1954-1965, containing pencil drawings of animals; a scrapbook of clippings, 1924-1941; and printed material.

UNMICROFILMED: Biographical material includes sketches and documents, and biographical information on Weems grandfather, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, and father, Gardiner Lane. Diaries (74 v.), 1906-1983, contain entries relating to art studies and her development as a sculptor; some include clippings and photographs. Correspondence, 1898-1989, includes letters from Gifford Beal, Margaret French Cresson, Charles Grafly, John Gregory, Walker Hancock, Malvina Hoffman, Anna Hyatt-Huntington, Paul Manship, Brenda Putnam, Gurdon Tarbox, and Adolph Weinman, discussing Weems' work and participation in various sculpture organizations. There are four notebooks on art history; recipes for clay and plaster; notes on patinas for bronze; lecture notes; lists of Weems' works and exhibitions; an exhibition guest book, 1931-1957; poems, 1933-1981; invoices and receipts, 1919-1981; copyright records, 1928-1978; and art work, including 15 v. of sketchbooks, 1913-1964, drawings and tracings of animal figures. and a copper printing plate mounted on a wood block.

Fourteen project files contain letters, drawings, photographs, and printed material on: an enlarging machine, the Saltus Medal for Merit, the frieze and Rhinoceros sculpture for the Biological Laboratories at Harvard, 1930-1942, including 7 reels of 16mm motion picture film (with script transferred to VHS), the Lotta Fountain, 1939-1974, Legion of Merit Medal, 1949-1952, War Department project, 1946, Goodwin Medal, 1949-1952, Wallace Goodrich Plaque, 1954, Hospital Teaching Clinic, 1955, Boston Museum of Science, 1964-1965, "Dolphins by the Sea" for the New England Aquarium, 1969-1979, Heredities Limited, 1971-1974, and the Museum School, 1977.

Included are two scrapbooks, one of clippings about the work of other artists and one containing poems, clippings of landscapes, animals, works by others, and autographed photographs of actresses Katharine Cornell and Anna May Wong and sculptor Brenda Putnam. Printed material includes clippings, 1911-1989; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1922-1981; bulletins, programs, brochures on artists, organizations, Brookgreen Gardens, and supplies; reproductions of art works, and the books, Odds Were Against Me (1985, Weems autobiography, and Enrique Monjo (1955), inscribed by Mongo.

Photographs and slides, 1902-1988, are of Weems, family members, artists Charles Grafly, Walker Hancock, and Anna Hyatt-Huntington, Weems' house "The Chimneys," her studio, gardens, animals, works of art by Weems and others, exhibit installations, and views of New York City, Washington, D.C., Monticello, the University of Virginia, and Brookgreen Gardens. Nine albums, 1920-1980, contain photographs of an art class, Weems in her studio, her home, her friends, scenic views, and works of art. Videos and film include a videotape (5 min., U-matic) of an interview of Weems; a film, "From Clay to Bronze," showing the creation of Weems' sculpture "Dark Warrier" (transferred to VHS); motion picture film of the making of the sculpture "Rhinoceros" (transferred to digital betacam, VHS and DVD), and a home movie of a day at the beach, circa 1935.

The papers' of Weems' aunt, Katharine "Kitty" Ward Lane (d. 1893), include Lane's letters, 1898-1893, to her brother (Weems' father) and to other family members; a travel diary from Germany, 1886; notes; financial records, 1891-1892; 10 sketchbooks; printed material; and photographs, 1865-1893, of Lane, early views of Saranac Lake, and 9 views of the Columbia Exposition, 1893.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; Boston, Mass. Died 1989. Specialized in animal sculpture. Studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Charles Grafly, Anna Hyatt-Huntington, George Demetrios, and Brenda Putnam. She married F. Carrington Weems in 1947. Named after her aunt, watercolor painter Katharine Ward Lane, who died in 1893.

Provenance:

Material on reel 724 lent for microfilming by Weems, 1974. The four sketchbooks on reel 724 were subsequently donated in 1989. Unmicrofilmed papers were donated 1975 and 1982 by Weems, and in 1989 by her estate. Eighteen diaries (1961-1965, 1967-1976 [1969 not included], 1978, and 1981-1983) and an apppointment book for 1966 donated by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, 1991.

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:

Animal sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Watercolorists -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Animal sculpture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for the preservation and transfer of motion picture film provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.weemkath

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96c1a0919-a71e-4b49-9b63-7e7e27c9052f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-weemkath

Published by:

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986  Search this

Created by:

C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985  Search this

Subject of:

Crispus Attucks, American, 1723 - 1770  Search this

Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883  Search this

Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913  Search this

Sarah C. Roberts, American, born 1844  Search this

Susan McKinney Steward, American, 1847 - 1918  Search this

Dred Scott, American, ca 1800 - 1858  Search this

Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895  Search this

Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915  Search this

George Washington Carver, American, 1860s - 1943  Search this

W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this

Scott Joplin, American, 1867 - 1917  Search this

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican, 1887 - 1940  Search this

James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938  Search this

Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965  Search this

A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American, 1908 - 1972  Search this

Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005  Search this

Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963  Search this

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune, American, 1875 - 1955  Search this

National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968  Search this

Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971  Search this

Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784  Search this

National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827  Search this

Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913  Search this

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this

Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937  Search this

Shriners International, American, founded 1870  Search this

National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930  Search this

National Dental Association, American, founded 1913  Search this

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898  Search this

Democratic Party, American, founded 1828  Search this

Republican Party, American, founded 1854  Search this

Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932  Search this

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920  Search this

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935  Search this

National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919  Search this

Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943  Search this

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906  Search this

National Urban League, American, founded 1910  Search this

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922  Search this

National Medical Association, American, founded 1895  Search this

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911  Search this

National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935  Search this

Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910  Search this

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911  Search this

369th Veterans Association, American  Search this

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914  Search this

Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967  Search this

Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976  Search this

Ezzard Mack Charles, American, 1921 - 1975  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place made:

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

Date:

1976

Topic:

African American  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Business  Search this

Communities  Search this

Fraternal organizations  Search this

Fraternities  Search this

Government  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Labor  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Men  Search this

Political organizations  Search this

Politics  Search this

Professional organizations  Search this

Religion  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Sororities  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775  Search this

United States History  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Women  Search this

Women's organizations  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number:

2012.167.10

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e57ffdd9-2ab1-46da-b6e7-10757007351f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.167.10

Collection Creator:

Stable Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 21

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1954-1961

Collection 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.

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:

Stable Gallery records, 1916-1999, bulk 1953-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the Lichtenstein Foundation.

See more items in:

Stable Gallery records

Stable Gallery records / Series 2: Artist Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bbd38752-2cdb-4955-8100-7292de550c63

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-stabgall-ref57

Creator:

Wilson, John, 1922-2015  Search this

Interviewer:

Trachtenberg, Alan  Search this

Extent:

5 Microfilm reels

1 Cassette (Sound recording, analog)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Cassettes

Drawings

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Date:

circa 1939-1993

Scope and Contents:

This microfilm collection of the papers of African American painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker, and educator John Woodrow Wilson contains biographical material such as autobiographical notes, school records, personal documents, and a bibliography; personal and business correspondence, undated and 1938-1993; files on the New York City Board of Education, 1959-1965, regarding his teaching; and project files, including Wilson's submission for the competition for a Frederick Douglass statue, Eternal Presence, Father and Child Reading, and Wilson's monuments and bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. Correspondents represented include the Albany Institute of History and Art, Atlanta University, Carnegie Institute, Ebony, David Porter of the G Place Gallery, the Institute of Modern Art, Alain Locke, Gloria May, the Museum of Modern Art, Frederick G. Rice, and Hale Woodruff.

Also included in the collection are files on exhibitions; notebooks, 1958-1960; lesson plans, 1959, 1963; notes, writings, and lectures, circa 1945-1993; transcripts of interviews of Wilson and related correspondence, 1978-1987; legal material, 1978; financial records 1944-1991, including a notebook of sales and expenses 1945-1950; photographs, 1940-1990, of Wilson, his work, sculpture, and exhibition installations; a scrapbook, 1939-1967; artwork, including sketchbooks, 1970-1992, life studies completed as a student, 1939-1947, and miscellaneous art work, 1939-1992; and printed material, 1939-1993, including exhibition catalogs, illustrated books and book jackets, and ephemera. The collection also includes a copy of a sound recording of an interview of Wilson conducted by Alan Trachtenberg, circa 1979 (untranscribed).

Biographical / Historical:

John Woodrow Wilson (1922-2015) was an African American painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker, and educator in Boston, Massachusetts. Wilson studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Ture Bengtz and Karl Zerbe, graduating in 1945. He lived in Paris through the MFA fellowship and studied with modern artist Fernand Leger. He then attended Tufts University, graduating in 1947. Wilson received a John Hay Whitney fellowship and lived in Mexico for five years with his wife, Julie Kowtich. After his return from Mexico in 1956, Wilson made artwork for Chicago labor unions and taught in New York City before returning to teach at Boston University in 1964. During his career, Wilson won competitions to execute statues of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the city of Buffalo, New York and for the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1993 by John W. Wilson, except for the 1979 sound recording which he lent for copying.

Restrictions:

Microfilm portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of untranscribed interview requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Educators -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.wilsjohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ea018d94-6ec4-4d8f-9d56-9428d4c92e78

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wilsjohn

Interviewee:

Wilson, John, 1922-2015  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Boston University. School of Fine and Applied Arts  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School  Search this

Aronson, David, 1923-2015  Search this

Bengtz, Ture, 1907-1973  Search this

Gaither, Edmund B.  Search this

Hurwitz, Sidney, 1932-  Search this

Kay, Reed  Search this

Kramer, Jack  Search this

Lewis, Elma  Search this

Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972  Search this

Extent:

497 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1993 March 11-1994 August 16

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Woodrow Wilson conducted 1993 March-1994 August, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Wilson discusses his childhood as a member of a family of middle class blacks from British Guiana (now Guyana); his father's grave disappointments in the face of racial discrimination; his parents' push for their children to succeed; early urge to read and draw; encouragement by School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston students who taught at the Roxbury Boys Club; his secondary education; and friends.

He talks about his education at the MFA School, Boston, and comments on such teachers as Ture Bengtz and Karl Zerbe and compares their exacting methods with those of Fernand Leger, his teacher in Paris.

His work of the 1940s prior to going to Paris; the importance of early awards and sales received while still a student at the MFA School; the excitement of sharing a studio with fellow students, Francesco Carbone and Leo Prince; and encouragement to stay in school during WW II with the promise of a European study fellowship after the war.

The great impact of his years in Paris (1948-49); the lack of racial prejudice; the liberating effect of Leger's teaching; his awe of the work of Masaccio and Piero della Francesca during a trip to Italy; and the deep impression made on him by seeing tribal art in the Musee de l'Homme, Paris.

Continued discussion of Leger; his teaching methods; and influences on his work.

His first teaching position at the MFA School; his involvement in civil rights in Boston; his gregariousness and the use of his studio as a meeting place for artists and political activists; his involvement with socialism in Boston and New York; and working in a socialist children's camp. He remembers meeting Paul Robeson, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, and Bob Blackburn, who was then setting up his printmaking atelier in New York; marriage to a fellow socialist (June 1950); move to Mexico on a fellowship to study with Jose Orozco on the advice of Leger, only to find that Orozco had died; terrors of travel as an interracial couple through the U.S.; and different racial attitudes in Mexico and the U.S.

Living in Mexico (1950-56) and anecdotes of David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera; his wife's meeting with Frieda Kahlo and seeing her collection of folk art; their free and cosmopolitan, if impoverished, life in Mexico; his work in a printmaking atelier and on the production of frescoes, and a lengthy aside about his brilliant brother, Freddie, who because he was black was not allowed to pursue his first love, geology, for many years.

Continued discussion of his experiences in Mexico; the dreary year (1957) he spent doing commercial art for a meatpackers' union in Chicago, a city he disliked; his move to New York in 1958, taking on commercial work to support his family, and teaching anatomy at the Pratt Institute.

Teaching art at a junior high school in the Bronx, and his gaining respect of students through special projects; teaching drawing at Boston University (1965-86), his approach to teaching including his demanding standards, the seriousness of the students, his opposing rigid attendance and grading rules, and colleagues, such as David Aronson who had created the School, Reed Kay, Jack Kramer, Sidney Hurwitz, and the University president, John Silber.

Working with the black arts entrepreneur, Elma Lewis, in setting up a visual arts program for the Boston black community (late 1960s-1970s), including the selection of a curator, Edmund Barry Gaither, a young art historian, who eventually established a museum of African-American art; his participation in various black art exhibitions, despite his belief that art should be seen regardless of the ethnic origins of artists; his move toward sculpture, beginning in the early 1960s, as a medium most expressive of black persons, culminating in the 1980s in a series of colossal heads and a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the U.S. Capitol (1985-86); and why he makes art and will so long as he is able.

Biographical / Historical:

John Wilson (1922- ) is an African American painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker, and educator from Boston, Massachusetts. Full name John Woodrow Wilson.

General:

Originally recorded on 11 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 22 digital wav files. Duration is 16 hr., 2 min.

Uneven transcription reflects Wilson's unusual speech pattern.

Provenance:

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

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Educators -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Printmakers -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

African American sculptors  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.wilson93

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f3601751-82e4-488d-b246-deda68bea613

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wilson93

Creator:

Allen, Frederick Warren, 1888-1961  Search this

Subject:

Beetham, Laurel  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Frederick Warren Allen papers, 1933-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5632

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208466

AAA_collcode_allefred

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208466

Creator:

Andersen, Wayne V., 1928-  Search this

Subject:

Schaefer-Simmern, Henry  Search this

Smith, David  Search this

Ferber, Herbert  Search this

Golub, Leon  Search this

Lipton, Seymour  Search this

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this

Citation:

Wayne Andersen papers, 1952-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Sculpture, American -- History -- Sources  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5646

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208480

AAA_collcode_andewayn

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208480

Creator:

Aronson, David, 1923-2015  Search this

Citation:

David Aronson papers, 1935-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American -- Massachusetts  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6716

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208841

AAA_collcode_arondavi

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208841

Creator:

Boston Art Commission  Search this

Boston Public Library  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Herbert  Search this

Allen, Thomas  Search this

Bartlett, Paul  Search this

Bellows, Robert Peabody  Search this

Collins, Patrick Andrew  Search this

Coolidge, J. Templeman (John Templeman)  Search this

Curley, James Michael  Search this

Edgell, George Harold  Search this

French, Daniel Chester  Search this

Kitson, Henry Hudson  Search this

Longfellow, Alexander W., 1854-1934  Search this

Maginnis, Charles Donagh  Search this

Parker, J. Harleston  Search this

Quincy, Josiah  Search this

Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel)  Search this

Walker, C. Howard (Charles Howard)  Search this

Warren, Samuel Dennis  Search this

Citation:

Boston Art Commission records, 1890-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Statues -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Busts -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Fountains -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Theme:

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6867

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208995

AAA_collcode_bostart

Theme:

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208995

Creator:

Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863?-1947  Search this

Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932  Search this

Subject:

Kitson, Samuel James  Search this

Cavanagh, Dorothy  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Henry Hudson and Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson papers, [187-]-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 19th century -- United States  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Bronze sculpture, American  Search this

Bronze founding  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7186

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209323

AAA_collcode_kitshenr

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209323

Creator:

Dallin, Cyrus E. (Cyrus Edwin), 1861-1944  Search this

Citation:

Cyrus Edwin Dallin papers, 1883-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7307

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209460

AAA_collcode_dallcyrp

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209460

Creator:

Botkin, Henry, 1896-1983  Search this

Subject:

Arlen, Harold  Search this

Botkin, Benjamin Albert  Search this

Brice, Fanny  Search this

Brice, William  Search this

Gershwin, George  Search this

Gershwin, Ira  Search this

Godowsky, Frances  Search this

Gross, Chaim  Search this

Hasegawa, Saburō  Search this

Hofmann, Hans  Search this

Knaths, Karl  Search this

Laurent, Toinette Botkin  Search this

Mocsanyi, Paul  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Newman, Barnett  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Putnam, Wallace  Search this

Schoenberg, Arnold  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Shadbolt, Jack  Search this

Von Wicht, John  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Robus, Hugo  Search this

American Abstract Artists  Search this

Artists Equity Association  Search this

Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors  Search this

Gallery 256 (Provincetown, Mass.)  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Henry Botkin papers, 1917-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Abstract  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7456

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209614

AAA_collcode_botkhenr

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209614

Creator:

Herter, Adele McGinnis, 1869-1946  Search this

Herter, Albert, 1871-1950  Search this

Citation:

Adele McGinnis Herter and Albert Herter papers, 1882-1946. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7749

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209914

AAA_collcode_hertadel

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209914