Biographical material and personal documents; correspondence; notebooks and notes for Sprinchorn's autobiography; notes and drafts for 100 ARTISTS PLUS; a file on Rex Slinkard containing writings by Slinkard's mother, correspondence, photos of works of art, and miscellaneous printed material; miscellaneous writings by Sprinchorn and others; writings about Sprinchorn and Slinkard by Marsden Hartley; sketches; an exhibition and sales file; photos of Sprinchorn, his friends and colleagues; photos of Santo Domingo; and miscellaneous printed material.
Correspondents include Polly Scribner Ames, Oscar Bluemner, Nick Brigante, Christian Brinton, Kenneth Burke, Robert Burlingame, Royal Cortissoz, Helen Crommett, E. E. Cummings, Florence and Gertie Dreyfous, Kathryn Freeman, Edith Halpert, Marsden Hartley, Robert Henri, Laura Hersloff, Mary Safford Hoogewerff, Jo Hopper, Robert M. Jackson, Wolf Kahn, Rockwell Kent, Maxine Kumin, Adelaide Kuntz, Isabel Lachaise, Amy Londoner, Elizabeth McCausland, Marianne Moore, Sidney Osborne, Walter Pach, Georgette Passedoit, Edna Perkins, Duncan Phillips, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, Ettie Stettheimer, Frank V. Tompkins, Hudson Walker, Abraham Walkowitz, Henry Wells, Florence and Gladys Williams, Claggett Wilson, and Katie Young.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter; Shin Pond, Me. and New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1983 by Fogler Library, University of Maine.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
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Correspondence, with letters to Mary Bishop, founder of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Francis Sumner Merritt, director of the school, his wife Priscilla, and copies of letters sent; organizational records including by-laws for the school, annual reports, meeting minutes, financial data, course outlines, and faculty lists; a file kept by Mary Bishop with records and writings concerning the school; two scrapbooks containing clippings, school catalogs and announcements, letters and memorabilia; printed material clippings, catalogs, and biographical data on Francis Sumner Merritt; and 16 photographs of works of art and exhibition installations.
Biographical / Historical:
Craft and art school; Deer Isle, Me.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1982 by the University of Maine at Orono.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Videotapes of interviews with basketmakers from the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance (MIBA) documenting Maine Indian art forms. Created by the Hudson Museum in partnership with MIBA.
Scope and Contents:
Videotapes of interviews with basketmakers from the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance (MIBA) documenting Maine Indian art forms. Created by the Hudson Museum in partnership with MIBA.
Arrangement:
The Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance Video Collections consists of a single series containing video recordings of interviews with Maine Indian basketmakers and other artisans.
Biographical / Historical:
The following description of the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine is from their website, found at http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/index.html:
"The Hudson Museum maintains a collection of over 8,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects including a world class assemblage of 2,828 Precolumbian ceramics, lithics and gold work dating from 2000 BC to the time of the Spanish Conquest. This collection is complemented by contemporary ethnographic objects from Mexico, Guatemala and Panama.
The North American collection includes Native American and Native Alaskan objects from the Northwest Coast, Arctic, Plains, Southwest and Northeast. The Maine Native American collection boasts 400 objects, including the largest institutional collection of Penobscot basketmaking tools in the region. Southwestern holdings include historic Pueblo pottery, Hopi kachinas, Navajo textiles, Pima and Havasupai basketry, Navajo and Zuni silverwork and contemporary art. Arctic holdings feature ethnographic clothing, tools and weapon"
The following description of the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance is from their website, found at http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/:
"The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) is a nonprofit Native American arts service organization focused on preserving and extending the art of basketmaking within Maine's Native American community. MIBA seeks to preserve the ancient tradition of ash and sweetgrass basketmaking among the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes."
Provenance:
These materials were donated to the National Museum of the American Indian by the Hudson Museum of the University of Maine in March 2010. The primary contact at the Hudson Museum was Gretchen Faulkner, Museum Director.
Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Video 5
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Date:
December 7, 2006
Collection Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Video 6
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Date:
December 7, 2006
Collection Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Video 7
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Date:
December 7, 2006
Collection Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Video 8
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Date:
December 8, 2006
Collection Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Video 9
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Date:
December 8, 2006
Collection Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Video 10
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Date:
December 9, 2006
Collection Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
(207) 859-9722
miba@gwi.net
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
