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Created by:

Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013  Search this

Subject of:

Alvin Ailey, American, 1931 - 1989  Search this

Judith Ann Jamison, American, born 1943  Search this

Donna Jean Wood, American, born 1954  Search this

Gary DeLoatch, American, 1953 - 1993  Search this

Masazumi Chaya, Japanese, born 1947  Search this

James Truitte, American, 1923 - 1995  Search this

Carmen de Lavallade, American, born 1931  Search this

Dudley Williams, American, 1938 - 2015  Search this

Elizabeth Roxas, Filipina  Search this

Desmond Richardson, American, born 1969  Search this

Sarita Allen, American  Search this

Andre Warren Tyson, American, born 1960  Search this

Don Bellamy, American  Search this

Dimensions:

20.4 linear feet (0.2Meters)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

black-and-white transparencies

color transparencies

archive

digital media - born digital

Place depicted:

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

Date:

1961-2004

Topic:

African American  Search this

Modern dance  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc., Photography by Jack Mitchell, © Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution, All rights reserved.

Object number:

A2013.245

Restrictions & Rights:

Photography by Jack Mitchell © Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc and Smithsonian Institution, All rights reserved.

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

Collection title:

Jack Mitchell Photography of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Archival Collections

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5299e2145-4aaa-4816-978d-7c38c1ea61ac

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_A2013.245

Series Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1954-2019, undated

bulk 2004-2019

Scope and Contents:

This series contains material collected by marriage equality pioneers Michael Sabatino and Robert Voorheis as they pursued their quest for marriage equality, this series contains correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and news clippings related to their story as well as the overarching story of marriage equality. There are also materials related to their experience of being confronted over their marriage within their church. There are materials covering the long-term relationship of Gustavo Archilla and Elmer Lokkins who became prominent examples in the quest for marriage equality. There is a complete set of The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's "And Marriage for All" playing cards. This series also contains photographs, digital photographs, and copies of two documentaries. There is an autographed copy of Love Unites Us, a history of the freedom to marry movement.

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1146, Series 21

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85f0c2b24-d135-407d-8715-cae1343a144a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref1752

Collection Creator:

Fine, Jud  Search this

McCarren, Barbara  Search this

Extent:

0.049 Gigabytes (Three computer files)

Container:

Folder ER0002

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2006

Collection 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.

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:

Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers, circa 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers

Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers / Series 4: Project Files / Los Angeles Metro, Orange Line

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f9c1c8c7-72c6-45f8-bcd6-9172a7ed8784

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-finejud-ref731

Collection Creator:

Fine, Jud  Search this

McCarren, Barbara  Search this

Extent:

0.063 Gigabytes (13 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER0005

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2008

Collection 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.

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:

Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers, circa 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers

Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers / Series 4: Project Files / The Strand, Huntington Beach

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw916cced25-209b-4075-8d96-f8b22ea1d9f3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-finejud-ref734

Collection Creator:

Cole, Max, 1937-  Search this

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art (Gallery)  Search this

Extent:

4 Electronic discs (CD)

8 Electronic discs (DVD)

Container:

Box 9

Type:

Archival materials

Computer Disks [31027000978987]

Electronic discs (cd)

Electronic discs (dvd)

Date:

circa 2005-circa 2015

Collection 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. 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.

Collection Citation:

Max Cole papers, 1949-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Max Cole papers

Max Cole papers / Series 5: Photographic Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9624f9e35-9233-4f0f-a44b-d91d806f71e0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-colemax-ref129

Creator:

Mondschain, Bruce  Search this

Names:

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014  Search this

Extent:

10 Digital images (5 shots; each shot has a sepia-toned version and a black and white version. )

10 Photographic prints (5 shots; each shot has a sepia-toned print and a black and white print.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Digital images

Photographic prints

Date:

2005 November 3

Summary:

The Bruce Mondschain Photographs compiled by Illinois-based photographer Bruce Mondschain are a collection of 5 photographs of Pete Seeger taken at his home in Beacon, NY, on November 3, 2005.

Scope and Contents:

The Bruce Mondschain Photographs are a collection of 5 born digital photographs and corresponding photographic prints of Pete Seeger taken at his home in Beacon, NY, on November 3, 2005. Each photograph (prints and digital files) has a sepia and a black-and-white toned version as prepared by the photographer. The shots include close-up portraits of Seeger, and close-up shots of his hands playing his banjo.

Arrangement note:

Digital files are maintained in the Smithsonian's Digital Asset Management System.

Biographical / Historical:

Bruce Mondschain has been an active photographer in the Chicago area for over 30 years. His work focuses on portraiture and fine arts figure study.

In the fall of 2005, Mondschain was invited to photograph folk singer Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon, NY after writing him a fan letter. Mondschain and his wife Ellen donated five of the photographs to the Center of Folklife and Cultural Heritage in 2008.

Shared Stewardship of Collections:

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://doi.org/10.25573/data.21771155.

Restrictions:

Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Genre/Form:

Digital images

Photographic prints

Citation:

Bruce Mondschain Photographs, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.MOND

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5fecfa187-811e-444e-9561-0900b2347df4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-mond

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Extent:

1.95 Gigabytes (Seventy-one computer files)

Container:

Folder ER09

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2005-2012

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files / Eastman Johnson / Research Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cebdf8c5-0109-4875-b410-b5fd9db6700c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1664

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Extent:

0.015 Gigabytes (Four computer files)

Container:

Folder ER01

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2004

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files / Jacob Lawrence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e1583b55-0b41-45ee-a060-206d66882159

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1395

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Extent:

0.026 Gigabytes (Nine computer files)

Container:

Folder ER02

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2003-2004

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9964d1a39-b477-4549-b54f-782fe9e582f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1396

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Extent:

0.108 Gigabytes (Eight computer files)

Container:

Folder ER07

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2014

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files / Eastman Johnson / Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9303b6076-21e7-4dc7-bba3-90fcdcb68b9f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1662

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Extent:

0.008 Gigabytes (Forty-nine computer files)

Container:

Folder ER08

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2004-2012

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files / Eastman Johnson / Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92c315633-008d-4f20-af75-897472e39326

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1663

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Extent:

0.006 Gigabytes (Fifty-seven computer files)

Does not represent a functioning website directory.

Container:

Folder ER06

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

circa 2005-2006

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files / Eastman Johnson / Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9adab854c-ecbf-489b-938c-67add3513f34

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1661

Creator:

Vidor, King, 1894-1982  Search this

Names:

Associated American Artists  Search this

Big parade (Motion picture)  Search this

Metaphor: King Vidor meets with Andrew Wyeth (motion picture)  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989  Search this

Wood, Grant, 1891-1942  Search this

Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009  Search this

Extent:

2.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Typescripts

Date:

1936-1982

Summary:

The papers of King Vidor measure 2.1 linear feet and include correspondence, printed material, and a variety of materials related to the documentary Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth (1980) written and directed by Vidor, including production notes, photographs, and motion picture film.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of King Vidor measure 2.1 linear feet and include correspondence, printed material, and a variety of materials related to the documentary Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth (1980) written and directed by Vidor, including production notes, photographs, and motion picture film.

Correspondence is mainly between Vidor and multiple galleries and artists whose artworks Vidor collected, and includes single letters from artists Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and Andrew Wyeth. Lengthy correspondence with Associated American Artists is found among other correspondence with galleries. Loan requests from museums borrowing from Vidor's painting collection, and image requests for reproduction rights for paintings owned by Vidor from various publishers are also found, as well as a few sheets of notes related to valuation of paintings.

Printed material includes exhibition catalogs for Millard Sheets and Diego Rivera, clippings on a variety of subjects, including a long article about his film project Metaphor published in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and periodicals with articles about the artist Grant Wood.

Scattered slides are mostly of unidentified artwork.

Material related to Metaphor, Vidor's film project with Andrew Wyeth include photographs of Wyeth and Vidor in Pennsylvania, stills from Vidor's 1925 film The Big Parade, and a still from Metaphor. Production notes include detailed footage and edit notes as well as typescripts of draft narration. Some production notes are arranged as a group, and others are arranged with documentation of the original film containers in which they were found. Motion picture film found in the collection includes a print of the final version of the film, edit master film material (A and B rolls), outtakes, and trims.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 4 series. Digital photographs of original film containers are filed in Series 4.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1941-1982 (Box 1, 1 folder)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1936-1980 (Box 1, 3 folders)

Series 3: Slides, 1964 (1 folder; Box 1)

Series 4: -- Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth -- (1980), 1976-1980 (1.9 linear feet; Box 1, FC 1-17)

Biographical / Historical:

King Vidor was an American film director whose prolific career began in 1913, during the silent era, and continued through 1959 when he stopped directing large scale film projects. In addition to his prolific film career, Vidor was an avid collector of American Art who owned works by Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, among others.

Vidor's final film, Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth (1980), is a documentary in which he and Wyeth discuss the impact of Vidor's most celebrated film of the silent era, The Big Parade, on Wyeth's painting. The project began when Wyeth wrote a lengthy letter to Vidor crediting his film, which Wyeth claimed to have watched over a hundred times, with having had a direct impact on the compositions of his paintings, which he only noticed after the fact when his wife, Betsy, pointed it out to him.

When Wyeth contacted Vidor for permission to use clips from The Big Parade in a documentary project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to accompany a 1976 exhibition of these works, Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons, instead of lending his film to that effort, Vidor went to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania to film Wyeth himself. Together, the two set out to make a documentary telling the story of the aesthetic relationship between their work, with Vidor directing. The film was completed in 1980 but was never commercially released.

Vidor died in 1982.

Related Materials:

There is an oral history interview with King Vidor held by Columbia University.

Provenance:

Donated 1985 by the King Vidor Trust.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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 -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Topic:

Filmmakers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Typescripts

Citation:

King W. Vidor papers, 1936-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.vidoking

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King W. Vidor papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b3a1f770-e016-4f3e-995d-081b5eac2c55

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-vidoking

Creator:

Prown, Jules David, 1930-  Search this

Subject:

West, Benjamin  Search this

Copley, John Singleton  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Citation:

Jules David Prown research material on artists, 1935-2018, bulk 1958-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6038

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)239353

AAA_collcode_prowjule

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_239353

Creator:

Prown, Jules David  Search this

Names:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Extent:

12.2 Linear feet

0.004 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Date:

1935-2018

bulk 1958-1975

Summary:

Jules David Prown research material on artists measures 12.2 linear feet and 0.004 GB and dates from 1935 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1958 to 1975. Prown, an art historian and educator, is an authority on the work of artist John Singleton Copley, and these papers contain related notes, subject files, correspondence, portrait and attribution files, and photographs and digital photographs of artwork. Also found are Prown's research files on other artists, including Benjamin West, typescripts of his lectures, and copies of his published writings.

Scope and Contents:

Jules David Prown research material on artists measures 12.2 linear feet and 0.004 GB and dates from 1935 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1958 to 1975. Prown, an art historian and educator, is an authority on the work of artist John Singleton Copley, and these papers contain related notes, subject files, correspondence, portrait and attribution files, and photographs and digital photographs of artwork. Also found are Prown's research files on other artists, including Benjamin West, typescripts of his lectures, and copies of his published writings.

The bulk of the collection consists of Prown's research material on the work of John Singleton Copley, including notes and correspondence he compiled while working on his dissertation and later two-volume work John Singleton Copley. Of interest are a set of notes regarding the computer analysis of sitters of John Singleton Copley. Included are detailed biographical forms for each sitter and lists of codes and cross references used for Prown's computer analysis. Topics of his notes and subject files include biographical information on Copley, technique and materials, specific works of art such as Watson and the Shark, and painting themes. Correspondence found throughout his research files usually discuss dates of paintings, attribution, and provenance. Photographs and related printed material are often included with correspondence.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 5 series. The original order of the donor was maintained.

Missing Title

Series 1: Research Material on John Singleton Copley, 1935-2018 (8.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-9, 15, 0.004 GB; ER01)

Series 2: Research Material on Benjamin West, 1965-1990s (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 9-10, 12-14)

Series 3: Research Material on Other Artists, 1950s-2008 (0.4 linear feet; Box 9)

Series 4: Lectures, 1960s-2010 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 10-11)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1960-2000 (0.3 linear feet; Box 11)

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian Jules David Prown (1930- ) is a Paul Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is an authority on American art and material culture. Prown is a graduate of Lafayette College and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1961 with a dissertation on John Singleton Copley. That year he joined the faculty of the Department of the History of Art at Yale University where he was also Curator of American Art at the University Art Gallery and the founding Director of the Yale Center for British Art. In 1966 he published the two-volume John Singleton Copley. While working on the publication he conducted an in-depth computer analysis of Copley's 240 American sitters. Prown retired from Yale in 1999.

Related Materials:

Jules David Prown papers, 1954-2018, is located at Yale University Archives.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Jules David Prown from 2003-2023.

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.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

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:

Art historians -- Connecticut  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Jules David Prown research material on artists, 1935-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.prowjule

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97136c2d3-74e1-4b55-965c-caaea6f79ee2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-prowjule

Collection Creator:

Prown, Jules David  Search this

Extent:

8.8 Linear feet (Boxes 1-9, 15)

0.004 Gigabytes (ER01)

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

1935-2018

Scope and Contents:

Found here are Prown's research files regarding the work of artist John Singleton Copley. Much of this research material was compiled for his 1966 publication, John Singleton Copley. Later documentation primarily concerns attribution. Included are research notes, subject files, correspondence, files regarding portraits and attribution, and photographs and digital photographs of artwork. Researchers should note that lectures regarding Copley are included in Series 3: Lectures, and Prown's published articles on Copley are included in Series 4: Printed Material.

Arrangement:

This series is arranged as 6 subseries:

1.1: Notes, 1947-2007

1.2: Subject Files, 1949-2006

1.3: Correspondence, 1953-1999

1.4: Portrait Files, 1951-2010

1.5: Attribution Files, 1935-2018

1.6: Photographs of Artwork, circa 1950s-1990s

Collection 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.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records 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.

Collection Citation:

Jules David Prown research material on artists, 1935-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.prowjule, Series 1

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Jules David Prown research material on artists

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b00fa303-8cfe-4354-a134-1100a9fa81e2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-prowjule-ref1

Collection Creator:

Prown, Jules David  Search this

Extent:

0.004 Gigabytes (Six computer files)

Container:

Folder ER01

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2008

Collection 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.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records 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.

Collection Citation:

Jules David Prown research material on artists, 1935-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Jules David Prown research material on artists

Jules David Prown research material on artists / Series 1: Research Material on John Singleton Copley / 1.5: Attribution Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93bf31821-eb99-4ba6-8cfe-e97ce4a425f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-prowjule-ref750

Creator:

Cowin, Eileen  Search this

Names:

California State University, Fullerton -- Faculty  Search this

Franconia College -- Faculty  Search this

Chiarenza, Carl  Search this

Curran, Darryl, 1935-  Search this

Gonzalez, Maria  Search this

Heinecken, Robert, 1931-  Search this

Korsower, Ellen  Search this

Larson, William  Search this

Siskind, Aaron  Search this

Extent:

20.1 Linear feet

29.56 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Drawings

Date:

circa 1900-2020

Summary:

The papers of Los Angeles photo and video artist Eileen Cowin measure 20.1 linear feet and 29.56 GB and date from circa 1900 to 2020. The papers include biographical materials consisting of school records, identification cards, an interview transcript, and other personal files; personal and professional correspondence; writings for essays, video art pieces, panels, and lectures; teaching files; project files containing grant and fellowship records, files for Cowin's Los Angeles Metro Public Art Project, and other commission files; exhibition files documenting Cowin's group and solo exhibitions including Still (and all): Eileen Cowin, 1971-1998, a retrospective of Cowin's work; printed material; video artwork including laserdiscs of ...and Their Daughter Married a Prince, "Speaking Woman," and "Scarcely Had They Uttered," as well as sketches and and etching of family; photographic material of Cowin, family, friends and colleagues, proofs and prints of works; and personal business records consisting of artwork donation records, business records with galleries, and insurance and inventory lists.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Los Angeles photo and video artist Eileen Cowin measure 20.1 linear feet and 29.56 GB and date from circa 1900 to 2020. The papers include biographical materials, correspondence, writings, teaching files, project files, exhibition files, printed and digital material, artwork and sketchbooks, sound and video recordings, and photographic material.

Biographical material consists of diplomas, passports, rolodexes, faculty identification cards, legal papers, interview transcripts, and miscellaneous documents in hard copy and digital formats.

Personal and professional correspondence is with family, friends, artists, collectors, gallery owners, museums, and universities. Notable correspondents include Carl Chiarenza, Darryl Curran, Maria Gonzalez, Robert Heinecken, Ellen Korsower, William Larson, and Aaron Siskind.

Writings include notebooks, annotated appointment calendars and wall calendars, lectures, essays, drafts and notes, artists statements, guest registers, and some writings by others. A few lectures and one essay are on sound and digital video recordings.

Teaching files are mostly related to material from California State University, Fullerton. There are a few documents from Franconia College and other universities where Eileen Cowin taught workshops or had faculty appointments. The files include student evaluations, promotion notifications, and limited correspondence.

Project files include professional files, such as grant applications, artist residencies, and symposiums. Also found are art project proposals, publication agreements for art projects, and commissions,. Files contain correspondence, printed and digital material, application forms, research notes, and photographic material.

Exhibition files include announcements, catalogs, reviews, correspondence, price lists of artwork, and assorted material for Eileen Cowin's group and solo shows.

Printed material consists primarily of clippings, exhibition catalogs, announcements, books, periodicals, and clippings.

Artwork includes 26 videocassettes of Cowin's artwork, 1 sketchbook, drawings, 4 digital audio recordings, and a few college art projects.

Photographic material includes press prints, digital photographs, proofs, contact sheets, slides, negatives, transparencies, and test shots. There are photographs of installations and artwork as well as images for exhibition mock-ups. There are also batches of "research photographs" which were used for reference. Also included are portraits and snapshots of Cowin, photographs of Cowin with friends and colleagues, and photographs of family.

Personal business records consisting of equipment lists for insurance, gallery files, addresses and contacts, and artwork donation files.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 10 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1927-2015 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 1, 24, ER01; 0.016 GB)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1969-2018 (3.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-4, 24, 28, ER02-ER03; 0.199 GB)

Series 3: Writings, 1963-2014 (2.4 linear feet; Boxes 4-6, 24-25, ER04-ER06; 11.88 GB)

Series 4: Teaching Files, 1974-2008 (0.3 linear feet, Boxes 6, 25, ER07; 0.171 GB)

Series 5: Project Files, 1979-2019 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, 25-26, OV 30, ER08; 9.35 GB)

Series 6: Exhibition Files, 1979-2012 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 7-8, 26, ER09; 0.001 GB)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1966-2014 (2.6 linear feet; Boxes 8-10, 17, 26, OV 20, ER10; 0.011 GB)

Series 8: Artwork and Sketchbooks, 1964-2014 (3.2 linear feet; Boxes 10-13, 17, 26, 28, ER11; 0.076 GB)

Series 9: Photographic Material, circa 1900-2020 (3.2 linear feet; Boxes 13-16, 18-19, 26-28, OVs 21, 31-32, ER12-ER13; 7.86 GB)

Series 10: Personal Business Records, 1972-2017 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 27-28)

Biographical / Historical:

Eileen Cowin (1947-) is a photographer and video artist who lives in Los Angeles, California.

Eileen Cowin was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. She graduated from the State University of New York, New Paltz in 1968 and received her master's degree in photography from the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago in 1970. At IIT, she studied with Aaron Siskind and Arthur Siegel.

Cowin was involved in the L.A. experimental photography scene that began in the mid-1970s led by Robert Heinecken and Darryl Curran. In the early 1980s, Cowin gained initial prominence with staged photographs of family and friends in various roles, work in keeping with The Pictures Generation emerging at the same time on the East Coast.

From 1971-1975, Cowin taught photography at Franconia College in New Hampshire, and later became a professor at California State University, Fullerton, where she continued to teach until retiring in 2008.

Cowin's artwork has been featured in over 40 solo exhibitions and over 165 group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. She has received numerous awards for her art and worked on many public art projects.

Provenance:

The Eileen Cowin papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Eileen Cowin in 2015 and 2021.

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.

One box of correspondence with Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich and one box of correspondence with Robert Fichter are ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.

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:

Video artists -- California  Search this

Photographers -- California  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Drawings

Citation:

Eileen Cowin papers, circa 1900-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.cowieile

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Eileen Cowin papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94268d668-090e-4f26-9621-4e5d875f9d26

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cowieile

Collection Creator:

Cowin, Eileen  Search this

Extent:

3.2 Linear feet (Boxes 13-16, 18-19, 26-27, 29, OVs 21, 31-32)

7.86 Gigabytes (ER12-ER13)

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

circa 1900-2020

Scope and Contents:

Photographic material includes prints, digital photographs, documents and digital video recordings, proofs, contact sheets, slides, negatives, video image stills, transparencies, and test shots. Photographs, including vintage photos, of Cowin's family include her parents, twin sister, husband, and in-laws. Also included are snapshots an portraits of Cowin. There are photographs of installations, press prints, artwork, and images for exhibition mock-ups. There are also several folders of "research photos" which were photographs Cowin took of film scenes she used as reference for her own photography and video work. There is also one folder of photographs of Cowin and scattered photographs of people at exhibitions, openings, and other events.

Arrangement:

The photographs of Eileen Cowin come first, followed by art photographs, then photographs loosely grouped by project and subject, and finally oversized photographs. The photographs within each grouping are arranged alphabetically. Folder titles in quotation marks indicates that the original folder heading was retained. Digital material is arranged in two electronic records in folders, as organized by Eileen Cowin.

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.

One box of correspondence with Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich and one box of correspondence with Robert Fichter are ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.

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:

Eileen Cowin papers, circa 1900-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.cowieile, Series 9

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Eileen Cowin papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9872ebe5c-6a85-46c9-8b48-3f142f0c2b26

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-cowieile-ref289

Collection Creator:

Cowin, Eileen  Search this

Extent:

0.016 Gigabytes (113 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER01

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

1994-2015

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.

One box of correspondence with Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich and one box of correspondence with Robert Fichter are ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.

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:

Eileen Cowin papers, circa 1900-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Eileen Cowin papers

Eileen Cowin papers / Series 1: Biographical Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ac48d548-c12c-46ae-9329-a026b014c073

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-cowieile-ref869