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Medium:

Porcelain with lead-silicate enamels over transparent pale-brown glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 20.3 x 9.6 cm (8 x 3 3/4 in)

Style:

Jingdezhen ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

1736-1795

Period:

Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign mark and period

Topic:

flower  Search this

Jingdezhen ware  Search this

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)  Search this

lotus  Search this

China  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

yangcai  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1945.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e488675b-aa96-4e59-8f9d-178cd501a212

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1945.2

Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under transparent glaze

Style:

Jingdezhen ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

late 16th-early 17th century

Period:

Ming dynasty, Wanli reign

Topic:

Jingdezhen ware  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

Wanli reign (1573 - 1620)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of John B. Trevor, Jr.

Accession Number:

FSC-P-542

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ccdff0d4-a884-40c3-8442-6e0afc929774

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-542

Artist:

School of Sanju (Kangra and Mandi, India)  Search this

Medium:

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 24.5 × 16.5 cm (9 5/8 × 6 1/2 in)

H x W (painting): 21.6 × 13.4 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/4 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Mandi, Himachal Pradesh state, India

Date:

ca. 1800

Topic:

Devi  Search this

Shiva  Search this

pavilion  Search this

India  Search this

South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this

Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

Accession Number:

S2018.1.65

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ce2ef820-07aa-483b-aa7f-cac8770ca36a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.65

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

Subject:

Loar, Peggy A  Search this

Rose, Eileen  Search this

Cohn, Anna R. 1950-  Search this

Physical description:

316.90 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings

Type:

Pamphlets

Picture postcards

Audiotapes

Black-and-white photographs

Brochures

Clippings

Color slides

Color photographs

Color transparencies

Floor plans

Manuscripts

Videotapes

Blueprints

Floppy disks

Black-and-white negatives

Color negatives

Black-and-white transparencies

Electronic records

Newspapers

Books

Compact discs

Digital versatile discs

Drawings

Transcripts

Newsletters

Ephemera

Date:

1952

1952-2019

circa 1952-2019

Topic:

Traveling exhibitions  Search this

Contracts  Search this

Loans  Search this

Local number:

SIA RS00438

Restrictions & Rights:

Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Contact reference staff for details

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Exhibition Records circa 1952-2019 [Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_226151

Artist:

Pavel Tchelitchew, American, b. Kaluga, Russia, 1898–1957  Search this

Medium:

Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

22 5/16 X 17 11/16 IN. (56.7 X 44.9 CM.)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1929

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.4892

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

Surrealism (American)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py223d43c68-33cd-4014-b8cb-1ef9e1b2f052

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.4892

Artist:

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, American, b. Bácsborsod, Hungary, 1895–1946  Search this

Medium:

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions:

17 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (43.4 x 35.2 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1923

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.3271

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py288d3796f-ac78-4e41-b14d-1c198088dd3c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_86.3271

Produced by:

Milestone Media, American, founded 1993  Search this

Owned by:

Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011  Search this

Medium:

plastic

Dimensions:

H x W: 5 × 3 3/4 in. (12.7 × 9.5 cm)

Type:

transparencies

comic strips

Date:

1997

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Comics and graphic novels  Search this

Design  Search this

Graphic design  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie

Object number:

2019.96.11.2

Restrictions & Rights:

© Milestone Media LLC

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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Movement:

Afrofuturism

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59e9b4b3f-73c9-4a77-88cf-03fe7c76d7a3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.96.11.2

Illustrated by:

Mark D. Bright, American, born 1955  Search this

Produced by:

Milestone Media, American, founded 1993  Search this

Owned by:

Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011  Search this

Subject of:

Romeo Tanghal, Filipino, born 1943  Search this

Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011  Search this

DC Comics, Inc., American, founded 1934  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 17 × 12 1/2 in. (43.2 × 31.8 cm)

Type:

drawings

Date:

1997

Topic:

African American  Search this

Comics and graphic novels  Search this

Design  Search this

Graphic design  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie

Object number:

2019.96.6.1

Restrictions & Rights:

© Milestone Media LLC

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Classification:

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Movement:

Afrofuturism

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c0d357f8-885f-4de1-a7df-7a03fb345b35

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.96.6.1

Physical Description:

glass, ?, transparent (vials(9) material)

leather (sleeve(1) material)

leather (tray(1) material)

Measurements:

overall: 1 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 19.05 cm x 9.525 cm

Object Name:

Drug Kit

homeopathic drug case

ID Number:

1981.0579.001

Accession number:

1981.0579

Catalog number:

1981.0579.001

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8441-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_724255

Physical Description:

rubber (overall material)

cork (overall material)

glass, ?, transparent (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 2 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 13.97 cm x 5.3975 cm

Object Name:

Nebulizer

nebulizer

Credit Line:

Gift of Michael R. Harris

ID Number:

1981.0170.118

Accession number:

1981.0170

Catalog number:

1981.0170.118

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7e23-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_729499

Manufacturer:

Hunter-Douglas Div., Bridgeport Brass Co.  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum

Paint

Steel

Plastic

Ink

Cadmium Coating

Paper

Steel nozzles and nozzle ring; overall, aluminum body and fins; gray plastic nose tip on transparent plastic nose fitting; warhead section, gray bare metal; propellant section, glossy white but very dirty and scratched; white insulated plastic wire projected from below nozzles.

Dimensions:

3-D (Rocket, 2.75 In, w/ Riot Control Warhead, Practice Round, Inert): 162.6 × 7 × 7cm, 6.8kg (5 ft. 4 in. × 2 3/4 in. × 2 3/4 in., 15lb.)

3-D (Hexboard Storage): 177.8 × 61 × 15.2cm, 9.5kg (5 ft. 10 in. × 2 ft. × 6 in., 21lb.)

Type:

CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from U.S. Army Ordnance Museum

Inventory Number:

A19890598000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv994d0ac99-67d7-48c8-855f-a83f8a119d8e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19890598000

Photographer:

Druse, Kenneth  Search this

Extent:

18.75 Cubic feet (15 boxes, Approximately 45,000 images: 35,000 transparencies + 10,000 35mm slides.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Notes

Slides (photographs)

Articles

Transparencies

Date:

1978-2005

Summary:

The Ken Druse Garden Photography Collection contains approximately 45,000 film transparency and 35mm slide images, dating from 1978 to 2005, of gardens, garden features, and flora photographed by garden writer and photographer Ken Druse. The photographic images document numerous private and public gardens throughout the United States and a few in Canada. Many have appeared in Druse's own books and articles as well as those by other writers. Approximately half of the collection is arranged according to specific garden, the other half by garden feature. A small portion of the collection consists of slide lectures given by Druse. Some images are identified with general captions and dates. Images documenting specific gardens are sometimes accompanied by handwritten notes, garden descriptions, and articles. Annotations appearing on certain images indicate the publication in which they appeared. The collection includes 'outtakes' or bracketed images that give insight into Druse's photo shooting process.

Biographical Note:

Ken Druse is a garden photographer and author of over a dozen books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles on garden-related topics. His images appear in his own books and articles as well as those by other writers. He received the Sarah Chapman Francis Medal for Literary Achievement from the Garden Club of America in 2004 for his garden writing. He highlights the work of numerous gardeners, garden designers, and horticulture experts on his website and podcast.

Druse's books include Making More Plants: The Science, Art, and Joy of Propagation; Planthropology: The Myths, Mysteries, and Miracles of My Garden Favorites; The Collector's Garden: Designing with Extraordinary Plants; and The Passion for Gardening: Inspiration for a Lifetime.

Provenance:

Ken Druse donated his collection of garden transparencies and slides to the Archives of American Gardens in 2013.

Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials 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.

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. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- United States  Search this

Gardens -- Canada  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notes

Slides (photographs)

Articles

Transparencies -- 20th century

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Ken Druse garden photography collection

Sponsor:

Cataloging of this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.DRU

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6766010f8-2336-463d-b952-a88e27fd06bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-dru

Collection Creator:

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Container:

Box 10, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1974

Scope and Contents:

Transparencies for and copy of Holt's article on Hydra's Head in Arts Magazine

Collection Restrictions:

Portions of the collection are open for research. Series 4: Unprocessed Papers is currently closed for processing. Financial files, and Nancy Holt's annotated library of books are currently closed to researchers.

Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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

Items created by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson copyright held by Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Requests for permission to reproduce should be submitted to ARS.

Collection Citation:

Nancy Holt Estate records, circa 1900-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Nancy Holt Estate records / Series 1: Project Files / 1.1: Projects by Name

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9880d3cc3-82f6-4ad6-a280-910ad810d5c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-holtnanc-ref253

Creator:

McCoy, Esther  Search this

Names:

Historic American Buildings Survey  Search this

Society of Architectural Historians  Search this

University of California, Los Angeles. School of Architecture and Urban Planning  Search this

Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988  Search this

Barragán, Luis, 1902-  Search this

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012  Search this

Davidson, Julius Ralph, b. 1889  Search this

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945  Search this

Ellwood, Craig  Search this

Gill, Irving, 1870-1936  Search this

Grotz, Dorothy  Search this

Hollein, Hans, 1934-2014  Search this

Jones, A. Quincy (Archie Quincy), 1913-1979  Search this

Maybeck, Bernard R.  Search this

Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970  Search this

O'Gorman, Juan, 1905-  Search this

Rand, Marvin  Search this

Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953  Search this

Shulman, Julius  Search this

Soriano, Rafael, 1920-  Search this

Watanabe, Makoto  Search this

Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766  Search this

Extent:

44 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Etchings

Photographs

Sound recordings

Interviews

Video recordings

Slides (photographs)

Transcripts

Drawings

Memoirs

Date:

circa 1876-1990

bulk 1938-1989

Summary:

The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.0 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.0 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects.

Biographical and family material consists of awards, resumes, identification documents, and other documentation of McCoy's personal life. Included are a transcript of a 1984 interview of McCoy by Makoto Watanabe and material relating to her friend, Theodore Dreiser.

Correspondence focuses on her personal relationships with family, friends, and lovers, and general correspondence relating primarily to her work as a writer. McCoy's personal correspondence is valuable to researchers who are interested in her personal life, her struggles as a young writer, and the way in which her family, friends, lovers, mentors, and colleagues helped to shape her work and career. As documented in this correspondence, her life offers a glimpse into twentieth-century American social and political history, especially the radical leftist movements of the 1920s and 1930s. Researchers interested in the roots of feminism in the United States should also find these papers useful in documenting the life of a creative and productive woman who was successful in a field then almost entirely dominated by men. Correspondents of note include her husband Berkeley Tobey, lovers Geoffrey Eaton and Albert Robert, writers Ray Bradbury and Theodore Dreiser, and artists and architects, such as Dorothy Grotz, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Hans Hollein, and J. R. Davidson. General correspondence is primarily with researchers, professors, architects, publishers, and professional organizations.

Personal writings include McCoy's diaries, notebooks, and memoirs, and writings by others including friends, lovers, and colleagues. Also included are drafts of McCoy's fictional works, both published and unpublished, including short stories, teleplays, and novels.

The collection contains in-depth documentation of McCoy's pioneering study of the modernist work of twentieth-century architects in Southern California. The bulk of her papers consist of her writing files for books, exhibition catalogs, articles, and lectures on architecture. Because many of the architects about whom McCoy wrote were her contemporaries, she developed personal relationships with several of them through her research and writing. Her writing files include drafts, notes, research material, photographs, and correspondence. McCoy also traveled extensively, particularly in Italy and Mexico, and wrote about architecture, craft, and culture in those countries. Project files document McCoy's other activities related to architectural history, such preservation projects, juries, grants, the Dodge House Preservation Campaign and related film project, her work for the Society of Architectural Historians and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), and her work at the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning, compiling a slide library and cataloging the Richard Neutra's papers. McCoy also maintained architect files which may contain correspondence, notes, photographs, research material, interview transcripts, about architects and their works. Among these extensive records, the files documenting the careers of R. M. Schindler, Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, and Juan O'Gorman are particularly rich.

Printed material in this collection documents McCoy's career as well as her personal interests. Included are books, clippings, magazines, newsletters, press releases, as well as publications arranged by subject such as architecture, art, Italy, and Mexico. McCoy also collected literary and leftist publications. The small amount of artwork in this collection consists of artwork sent to her by friends, including a drawing of her by Esther Rollo and etchings by various artists including Thomas Worlidge.

There are personal photographs of family and friends and of McCoy at different times in her life, as well as photographs gathered during the course of her research on architecture. Found here are photographs of architects and their works, including a large number depicting the work of Gregory Ain, Luis Barragan, J. R. Davidson, Irving Gill, Bernard Maybeck, Juan O'Gorman, R. M. Schindler, and Raphael Soriano. Many of these photographs were taken by notable architectural photographers Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand. Also found are photographs of architecture designed for the Case Study House program of Arts & Architecture magazine; exhibition photographs, primarily for the exhibition "Ten Italian Architects" in 1967; and other research photographs primarily documenting architecture and craft in other countries and the history of architecture in California. This series also includes approximately 3,600 slides of architecture.

Audio and video recordings include a videocassette of McCoy's 80th birthday party and 55 taped interviews with architects, people associated with architectural projects, and artists.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 10 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical and Family Material, 1881-1989 (boxes 1, 48; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1896-1989 (boxes 1-6, 4.9 linear feet)

Series 3: Personal Writings, 1919-1989 (boxes 6-14; 8.1 linear feet)

Series 4: Architectural Writings, 1908-1990 (boxes 14-24, 42, 49, 50; 10.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Projects, circa 1953-1988 (boxes 24-26, 47, FC 53-56; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 6: Architect Files, 1912-1990 (boxes 26-28, 42; 2.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, circa 1885-1990 (boxes 28-31, 42; 2.9 linear feet)

Series 8: Artwork, 1924-1967, undated (box 31; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs and Slides, circa 1876-1989 (boxes 31-38, 41-46, 51; 8.3 linear feet)

Series 10: Audio and Video Recordings, 1930-1984 (boxes 38-40, 47; 2.5 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Esther McCoy (1904-1989) is remembered best for her pioneering work as an architectural historian, critic, and proponent of Southern California modern architecture of the early to mid-twentieth century. McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. Although her professional interests ranged from writing fiction to studying the folk architecture and crafts of Mexico, McCoy achieved her most notable success for her numerous articles, books, and exhibitions about Southern California architecture and the architects associated with the modernist movement.

Born in Arkansas in 1904, Esther McCoy grew up in Kansas and attended various schools in the Midwest. In 1926 she left the University of Michigan to launch a writing career in New York, where she moved in avant-garde literary circles and conducted research for Theodore Dreiser. She began writing fiction in New York and continued to write after moving to Los Angeles in 1932, working on short stories, novels, and screenplays. She published numerous short stories between 1929 and 1962, with works appearing in the New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, and university quarterlies. Her short story, "The Cape," was reprinted in Best Short Stories of 1950. Many of the novels that she wrote from the mid-1960s through the 1980s were related thematically to architects and architecture.

During the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s, McCoy participated in the politically radical movements of the period and wrote for leftist publications. Her interest in the lowcost housing projects of modern architects was prompted by one of her articles about slums for Epic News. During World War II she entered a training program for engineering draftsmen at Douglas Aircraft and in 1944 was hired as an architectural draftsman for the architect R.M. Schindler. As she became increasingly interested in modern architecture and design, she combined her two major career interests and began to focus her energies on architectural research, writing, and criticism. Her first article on architecture, "Schindler: Space Architect," was published in 1945 in the journal Direction.

McCoy began writing about architecture in earnest in 1950 as a free-lance contributor to the Los Angeles Times. From then until her death in 1989, she wrote prolifically for Arts & Architecture magazine, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Architectural Record, L'Architectura, Zodiac (Italy), Progressive Architecture, Lotus (Italy), and Architectural Forum. In addition to her numerous articles, McCoy wrote several books on Southern California modern architecture and architects. Her first major work, Five California Architects, published in 1960, is now recognized as a classic work in modern architectural history. It promoted a serious study of modern architecture in Southern California and introduced to the world several leading California architects and their work: Bernard Maybeck, Irving Gill, Charles and Henry Greene, and R.M. Schindler. That same year, she published another important book focusing on the work of the California architect Richard Neutra. Other books by McCoy include Modern California Houses: Case Study Houses (1962), Craig Ellwood (1968), Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys (1979), and The Second Generation (1984).

In addition to these books, McCoy organized and wrote catalogs for several significant exhibitions focusing on contemporary architects. Her first was the R.M. Schindler Retrospective, a 1954 exhibition at the Landau Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Her other exhibitions and accompanying catalogs include Roots of California Contemporary Architecture, 1956, Los Angeles Municipal Art Department; Felix Candela, 1957, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Irving Gill, 1958, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Juan O'Gorman, 1964, San Fernando Valley State College; and Ten Italian Architects, 1967, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Moreover, McCoy contributed numerous essays to other exhibition catalogs and publications, lectured at the University of Southern California, participated in preservation projects, organized tours for the Society of Architectural Historians, and contributed to a number of documentary films. Her energy and interests also led her to catalog and transcribe Richard Neutra's papers at the University of California Los Angeles Archives.

McCoy received national recognition from the American Institute of Architects for her seminal and prolific work in the field of Southern California modern architectural history and criticism. Her interests, however, were not exclusively bound to California. She traveled the world and was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. She made five extended trips to Italy during the 1950s and 1960s, publishing regularly about the architecture there and curating the exhibition Ten Italian Architects. She was a contributing editor to two Italian journals, Zodiac and Lotus, and was awarded the Star of Order of Solidarity in 1960 by the Republic of Italy for her research and writing.

Esther McCoy died of emphysema on December 30, 1989, at the age of eighty-five. Her last contribution was an essay for the exhibition catalog Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study House. The show opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles one month before her death.

Missing Title

1904 -- Born November 18 in Horatio, Arkansas. Raised in Kansas.

1920 -- Attended preparatory school at Central College for Women, Lexington, Missouri.

1922-1925 -- College education: Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; University of Michigan.

1924 -- Visited Theodore Dreiser in Michigan.

1926-1938 -- Began writing in New York City.

1926-1938 -- Researched and read for Theodore Dreiser.

1926-1938 -- Worked for editorial offices and publishers.

1926-1938 -- Traveled to write in Paris (1928), Key West, Florida (1930), and Los Angeles, California (1932-1935).

1938 -- Moved to Santa Monica, California.

1941 -- Married Berkeley Greene Tobey.

1942-1944 -- Employed as engineering draftsman at Douglas Aircraft.

1944-1947 -- Worked as architectural draftsman for R.M. Schindler.

1945 -- Began architectural writing career.

1950 -- Wrote script for film Architecture West.

1950 -- Joined editorial board of Arts & Architecture.

1950-1968 -- Worked as free-lance writer for the Los Angeles Times.

1951-1955 -- Traveled to, researched, and wrote about Mexico and Mexican art and architecture.

1954 -- R.M. Schindler Retrospective exhibition at the Landau Art Gallery, Los Angeles.

1956 -- Roots of California Contemporary Architecture exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Department.

1957 -- Felix Candela exhibition, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

1958 -- Irving Gill exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Traveled to Italy.

1959-1968 -- Contributing editor to Italian periodicals Zodiac and Lotus.

1960 -- Five California Architects (New York: Reinhold).

1960 -- Richard Neutra (New York: G. Braziller).

1960 -- Awarded Star of Order of Solidarity by the Republic of Italy for reporting on arts and crafts in Italy.

1962 -- Death of Berkeley Greene Tobey.

1962 -- Modern California Houses: Case Study Houses (New York: Reinhold) (reprinted as Case Study Houses, Los Angeles: Hennessey and Ingalls, 1978).

1963 -- Resident Fellow at Huntington Hartford Foundation.

1964 -- Juan O'Gorman exhibition, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Calif.

1965 -- Consultant for the California Arts Commission.

1965-1966 -- Wrote and produced the film Dodge House.

1965-1968 -- Lecturer at University of California at Los Angeles, School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

1966 -- Resident Fellow at MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire.

1967 -- Ten Italian Architects exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

1967 -- Honorary Associate of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

1967 -- Regents' Lecturer at University of California, Santa Barbara.

1968 -- Craig Ellwood (New York: Walker).

1968 -- Distinguished Service Citation from the California Council of AIA.

1969-1970 -- Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

1969-1989 -- Contributing editor of Progressive Architecture.

1971-1978 -- Graham Foundation Grants.

1974 -- Regents' Lecturer at the University of California,Santa Cruz.

1979 -- Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys (Santa Monica, Calif.: Arts & Architecture Press).

1979 -- Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.

1981 -- Los Angeles Chapter Women's Architectural League Honorary Member.

1982 -- Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Modern and Contemporary Art Council Award for Distinguished Achievement.

1983 -- Home Sweet Home: The California Ranch House exhibition at California State University.

1984 -- The Second Generation (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books).

1985 -- American Institute of Architects, Institute Honor.

1986 -- High Styles exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

1987 -- Vesta Award for outstanding scholarship.

1989 -- Award from the Historical Society of Southern California.

1989 -- Award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

1989 -- Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study House exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Died in Santa Monica, California, December 30.

Related Material:

Also in the Archives of American Art are eight sound cassettes of a transcribed interview with Esther McCoy conducted by Joseph Giovannini, June 8-November 14, 1987.

Provenance:

The collection was given to the Archives of American Art by Esther McCoy in 1986. Before her death in 1989, McCoy assisted in the organization and identification of the papers. Original pre-print film elements for Dodge House 1916 were donated to the Archives of American Art by the Academy Film Archive in 2018.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual recordings without access copies requires advance notice.

Rights:

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

Occupation:

Architectural historians -- California  Search this

Art critics -- California  Search this

Topic:

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Mexico  Search this

Architects -- Italy  Search this

Architecture, Domestic -- California  Search this

Authors -- California  Search this

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California  Search this

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Europe  Search this

Architects -- California  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Etchings

Photographs

Sound recordings

Interviews

Video recordings

Slides (photographs)

Transcripts

Drawings

Memoirs

Citation:

Esther McCoy papers, circa 1876-1990, bulk 1938-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.mccoesth

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Esther McCoy papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93ee58e3b-f2fc-4d98-acf9-de6f76bfed63

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mccoesth

Collection Creator:

Ukeles, Mierle  Search this

Container:

Box 48, Folder 7-28

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2001-2002

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed for processing. Contact References Services for more information.

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Mierle Laderman Ukeles papers

Mierle Laderman Ukeles papers / Series 2: Department of Sanitation Projects

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dbaba1f9-4801-4333-969d-9091490b57e0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ukelmier-ref995

Collection Creator:

Ukeles, Mierle  Search this

Container:

Box 49, Folder 1-29

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 2001-2007

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed for processing. Contact References Services for more information.

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Mierle Laderman Ukeles papers

Mierle Laderman Ukeles papers / Series 2: Department of Sanitation Projects

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99724a415-ad1a-400b-bdb6-5436942abd54

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ukelmier-ref996

Collection Creator:

Ukeles, Mierle  Search this

Container:

Box 50, Folder 1-18

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1999-2005

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed for processing. Contact References Services for more information.

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Mierle Laderman Ukeles papers

Mierle Laderman Ukeles papers / Series 2: Department of Sanitation Projects

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f8a6e94d-4cf2-43a3-9424-f8faa358d60d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ukelmier-ref997

Former owner:

Clark, Leilani  Search this

Craig, Karen  Search this

Neubacher, Britton  Search this

Novak, Eve  Search this

Quinonez, Torie  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Cubic feet ( 4 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Booklets

Color photographs

Diaries

Ephemera

Scrapbooks

Date:

1979-1997

Summary:

The collection documents, at the grass roots level, the "third wave" of the feminist movement in the early 1990s.

Content Description:

The collection documents, at the grass roots level, the "third wave" of the feminist movement in the early 1990s. It contains numerous "zines", i.e., independent, self-published, inexpensively produced periodicals containing a wide variety of feminist views on subjects such as sexuality, lesbianism, body image, reproductive rights, violence against women, and other topics. Additionally, the collection contains stickers, photographs, handouts, mailers, a diary, and two scrapbooks.

Audrey move this information to to the scope and content for each series.

Series 3, Neubacher

Consists of handouts, a mailer, a booklet, a transparency sheet, a clipping, and photographs.

Series 4, Novak

Contains zines, a diary and an idenitification card for ?.

Series 2, Craig

Includes zines, game cards, play money, and stickers.

Series 5, Quinonez

Includes two scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Ocho y Media Collective.

Series 1, Clark

Contains one zine.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1, Leilani Clark, dates

Series 2, Karen Craig, dates

Series 3, Britton Neubacher, dates

Series 4, Eve Novak, dates

Series 5, Torie Quinonez, dates

Related Materials:

National Museum of American History

Smithsonian Instituion

Provenance:

Collection donated to the Archives Center by Leilani Clark, Karen Craig, Britton Neubacher, Eve Novak, and Torie Quinonez in 2018.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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:

Feminism  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Zines  Search this

Sexuality  Search this

Lesbianism  Search this

Lesbian artists  Search this

Lesbian and gay experience  Search this

Art -- Periodicals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Booklets

Color photographs

Diaries

Ephemera -- 21st century

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Ocho y Media Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1473

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ee744349-50a9-465f-a9d3-da1b8270f44f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1473

Artist:

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)  Search this

Kyoto workshop  Search this

Medium:

Red clay; white slip, iron pigment under transparent lead glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 19 × 23.3 cm (7 1/2 × 9 3/16 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 19th century

Period:

Meiji era

Topic:

Raku ware  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

water  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.118

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 20a: Image of Power

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Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33abc5278-852b-405f-9e08-b55597e16a3f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1900.118

Artist:

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)  Search this

Kyoto workshop  Search this

Medium:

White clay; white slip, iron pigment under transparent lead glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8 × 9.5 cm (3 1/8 × 3 3/4 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Date:

late 19th century

Period:

Meiji era

Topic:

Raku ware  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.211

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 20a: Image of Power

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f5511323-c5ba-4456-80ae-9967d6f1109a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1902.211