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Manufacturer:

Penwal Industries  Search this

Materials:

Plastic, aluminum

Dimensions:

3-D: 28.3 × 3.8 × 1.3cm (11 1/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

Type:

MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Gift of INTELSAT

Inventory Number:

A19890004002

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/nv9623452ca-1ec7-4386-a2dc-6f684e303009

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19890004002

Maker:

Federal Telephone & Telegraph Co.  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm

Object Name:

lamp socket

Date made:

ca. 1920

ca 1920

Credit Line:

from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection

ID Number:

EM.241402.66

Catalog number:

241402.66

Accession number:

241402

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Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-7d4e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1423427

Creator:

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Polk, P. H., 1898-1985  Search this

Names:

Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this

Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984  Search this

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973  Search this

Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973  Search this

Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011  Search this

Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991  Search this

Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987  Search this

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988  Search this

Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1866 - 1990.

Summary:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.

Scope and Contents note:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files

Biographical/Historical note:

The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.

General Note:

Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883

Provenance:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American families  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Citation:

Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-074

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Dale-Patterson Family collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c29572e9-2bd6-4b2a-8982-b527693b7885

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-074

Creator:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-12-03T20:16:55.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this

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airandspace

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

YouTube Channel:

airandspace

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_v9iGzczdEQw

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-06-05T04:00:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_Eqf8YmwqqHA

Creator:

National Museum of American History  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-12-02T20:55:53.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

American History  Search this

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SmithsonianAmHistory

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAmHistory

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_1t0nTCBG7jY

Creator:

National Museum of American History  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-12-14T18:38:50.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

American History  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianAmHistory

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAmHistory

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_7e522NK7gcM

Creator:

National Museum of American History  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-12-14T18:28:32.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

American History  Search this

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SmithsonianAmHistory

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAmHistory

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_r46zXIN3Nus

Medium:

paper; ink

Type:

Covers & Associated Letters

Date:

July 22, 1932

Credit line:

Sidney N. Shure Collection

Object number:

0.270209.64.50

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8124f5769-74de-41e3-b7c7-6dad216c3c3d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.270209.64.50

Associated Person:

Hugh DeAutremont, American, 1904 - 1959  Search this

Ray Charles DeAutremont, American, 1899 - 1984  Search this

Roy A. A. DeAutremont, American, 1899 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

paper; ink (black, red) / typewritten; handwritten

Dimensions:

8.9 x 10.2 cm (3.5 x 4 in.)

Type:

Covers & Associated Letters

Place:

Oregon

Date:

Postmark: Portland / Oregon / Oct 9 1923 / 7 PM

Associated Event:

DeAutremont train robbery, 1923  Search this

Topic:

The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)  Search this

Object number:

1985.0344.1

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm886dcc990-3cf6-46ff-be8e-1a1bfe749726

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1985.0344.1

Medium:

paper; plastic; ink

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 5 × 10 1/2 in. (12.7 × 26.67 cm)

Type:

Covers & Associated Letters

Place:

District of Columbia

Date:

November 14, 1979

Object number:

2014.2028.1

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8916a061f-1677-431e-a085-d8d55b687ea5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2014.2028.1

Artist:

James Henry Moser, 1854 - 1913  Search this

Sitter:

Elias Howe, 9 Jul 1819 - 3 Oct 1867  Search this

Alexander Graham Bell, 3 Mar 1847 - 2 Aug 1922  Search this

Thomas Alva Edison, 11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931  Search this

Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790  Search this

Cyrus Hall McCormick, 15 Feb 1809 - 13 May 1884  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 27 Apr 1791 - 2 Apr 1872  Search this

Medium:

Pencil, pen, and black ink with grey watercolor and white heightening on white paper

Dimensions:

14.9 x 23cm (5 7/8 x 9 1/16")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1898

Topic:

Architecture\Building  Search this

Artwork\Sculpture\Statue  Search this

Thomas Alva Edison: Male  Search this

Thomas Alva Edison: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this

Thomas Alva Edison: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Elias Howe: Male  Search this

Elias Howe: Science and Technology\Inventor\Sewing machine  Search this

Elias Howe: Crafts and Trades\Machinist  Search this

Alexander Graham Bell: Male  Search this

Alexander Graham Bell: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this

Alexander Graham Bell: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this

Alexander Graham Bell: Science and Technology\Inventor\Telephone  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Male  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Literature\Writer  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\Printer  Search this

Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Cyrus Hall McCormick: Male  Search this

Cyrus Hall McCormick: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer  Search this

Cyrus Hall McCormick: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

Cyrus Hall McCormick: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this

Cyrus Hall McCormick: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Historical society administrator\President  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Male  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Visual Arts\Artist\Portraitist  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Education and Scholarship\Founder\College  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this

Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Science and Technology\Inventor\Telegraph  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

1954.125.53 CHNDM

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48dd54fee-483e-4676-b7b8-36baad06a84b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1954.125.53_CHNDM

Artist:

Charles Johnson Post, 1873 - 1956  Search this

Sitter:

Alfred Mossman Landon, 9 Sep 1887 - 12 Oct 1987  Search this

William Franklin Knox, 1 Jan 1874 - 28 Apr 1944  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor wash, charcoal and ink on paper

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 37.1 × 23.5 cm (14 5/8 × 9 1/4")

Mount: 42.8 × 29.5 cm (16 7/8 × 11 5/8")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

c. 1936

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

Alfred Mossman Landon: Male  Search this

Alfred Mossman Landon: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Alfred Mossman Landon: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Alfred Mossman Landon: Politics and Government\Governor\Kansas  Search this

Alfred Mossman Landon: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Oil  Search this

William Franklin Knox: Male  Search this

William Franklin Knox: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy  Search this

William Franklin Knox: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher  Search this

William Franklin Knox: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter  Search this

William Franklin Knox: Politics and Government\Vice-Presidential Candidate  Search this

William Franklin Knox: Military and Intelligence\Army  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.88.222.97

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b9f57ecf-d0fd-4af0-9a3f-46a93ea245d8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.88.222.97

Artist:

Paolo Garretto, 1903 - 1989  Search this

Publication:

New Yorker, founded 1925  Search this

Sitter:

Charles Atlas, 30 Oct 1893 - 23 Dec 1972  Search this

Medium:

India ink, pencil, gouache and illustration board

Dimensions:

Image: 25.3cm x 18cm (9 15/16" x 7 1/16"), Accurate

Sheet: 38.1cm x 25.4cm (15" x 10"), Accurate

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1941

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Caricature  Search this

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

Charles Atlas: Male  Search this

Charles Atlas: Medicine and Health\Fitness expert  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.93.109

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Conde Nast

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm490786117-8e16-4602-9335-07bdbd267c98

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.93.109

Artist:

George Tames, 1919 - 1994  Search this

Sitter:

Robert Francis Kennedy, 20 Nov 1925 - 6 Jun 1968  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 20.9cm x 17.8cm (8 1/4" x 7")

Sheet: 25.4cm x 20.3cm (10" x 8")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

Date:

1962

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Helmet  Search this

Interior\Office  Search this

Architecture\Window  Search this

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Male  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Literature\Writer  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Campaign director  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Brother of US President  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances O. Tames

Object number:

NPG.94.240

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© George Tames/The New York Times/Redux

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49c65c618-1894-4ce8-94d9-9d6ea1869681

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.240

Artist:

Arthur B. Rickerby, 15 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1972  Search this

Sitter:

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy, 20 Nov 1925 - 6 Jun 1968  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 23.6 x 34.1cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/16")

Sheet: 28 x 35.4cm (11 x 13 15/16")

Mat: 55.9 x 71.1cm (22 x 28")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia

Date:

1962

Topic:

Interior\Office  Search this

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp  Search this

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Male  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Literature\Writer  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Pulitzer Prize  Search this

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Male  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Literature\Writer  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Campaign director  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Brother of US President  Search this

Robert Francis Kennedy: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.99.164

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Wanda Rickerby

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49db28c74-d680-4efd-b99f-b0a5c7ae62b7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.99.164

Artist:

Dmitri Vail  Search this

Sitter:

George Corley Wallace, 25 Aug 1919 - 13 Sep 1998  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Sight: 151.8 × 120.7cm (59 3/4 × 47 1/2")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1966

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Printed Material\Book  Search this

Printed Material\Papers  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag  Search this

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

George Corley Wallace: Male  Search this

George Corley Wallace: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

George Corley Wallace: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

George Corley Wallace: Law and Law Enforcement\Crime victim  Search this

George Corley Wallace: Politics and Government\Governor\Alabama  Search this

George Corley Wallace: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Alabama  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Alabama Department of Archives and History

Object number:

SSSA4001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm439db730e-a8a3-4ab8-b1d7-7028ca182372

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_SSSA4001

Artist:

Harris & Ewing Studio, active 1905 - 1977  Search this

Sitter:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 30 Jan 1882 - 12 Apr 1945  Search this

William Hartman Woodin, 27 May 1868 - 3 May 1934  Search this

Homer Stillé Cummings, 30 Apr 1870 - 10 Sep 1956  Search this

Claude Augustus Swanson, 31 Mar 1862 - 07 Jul 1939  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace, 7 Oct 1888 - 18 Nov 1965  Search this

Frances Perkins, 10 Apr 1880 - 14 May 1965  Search this

Daniel Calhoun Roper, 01 Apr 1867 - 11 Apr 1943  Search this

Harold Leclair Ickes, 15 Mar 1874 - 3 Feb 1952  Search this

James Aloysius Farley, 30 May 1888 - 9 Jun 1976  Search this

George Henry Dern, 8 Sep 1872 - 27 Aug 1936  Search this

Cordell Hull, 2 Oct 1871 - 23 Jul 1955  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 22.7 × 32.9 cm (8 15/16 × 12 15/16")

Sheet: 31.3 × 38.9 cm (12 5/16 × 15 5/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

Date:

1933

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Printed Material\Papers  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag  Search this

Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this

Architecture\Door  Search this

Home Furnishings\Clock  Search this

Autograph  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Architecture\Fireplace\Mantel  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States\US  Search this

William Hartman Woodin: Male  Search this

William Hartman Woodin: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury  Search this

William Hartman Woodin: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist  Search this

Homer Stillé Cummings: Male  Search this

Homer Stillé Cummings: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Homer Stillé Cummings: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

Homer Stillé Cummings: Politics and Government\Politician  Search this

Claude Augustus Swanson: Male  Search this

Claude Augustus Swanson: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy  Search this

George Henry Dern: Male  Search this

George Henry Dern: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

George Henry Dern: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Mining  Search this

George Henry Dern: Politics and Government\Governor\Utah  Search this

George Henry Dern: Politics and Government\State Senator\Utah  Search this

James Aloysius Farley: Male  Search this

James Aloysius Farley: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

James Aloysius Farley: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

James Aloysius Farley: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster\Postmaster General\US Postmaster General  Search this

James Aloysius Farley: Politics and Government\Campaign director  Search this

Cordell Hull: Male  Search this

Cordell Hull: Literature\Writer  Search this

Cordell Hull: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge  Search this

Cordell Hull: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee  Search this

Cordell Hull: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this

Cordell Hull: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Tennessee  Search this

Cordell Hull: Nobel Prize  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Male  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Commerce  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Agriculture  Search this

Henry Agard Wallace: Science and Technology\Scientist\Agricultural  Search this

Harold Leclair Ickes: Male  Search this

Harold Leclair Ickes: Literature\Writer\Magazine article  Search this

Harold Leclair Ickes: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Interior  Search this

Harold Leclair Ickes: Politics and Government\Campaign director  Search this

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Senator\New York  Search this

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-Presidential Candidate  Search this

Frances Perkins: Female  Search this

Frances Perkins: Literature\Writer  Search this

Frances Perkins: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this

Frances Perkins: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer  Search this

Frances Perkins: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Labor  Search this

Daniel Calhoun Roper: Male  Search this

Daniel Calhoun Roper: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Commerce  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Aileen Conkey

Object number:

S/NPG.84.300

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm464b51e1d-cb8c-4cd5-a1bd-de063bed412d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.84.300

Creator:

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942  Search this

Names:

American Ambulance Field Hospital (Juilly, France)  Search this

Greenwich House (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Whitney Studio Club  Search this

Cushing, Howard Gardiner, 1869-1916  Search this

De Meyer, Adolf, Baron, 1868-1949  Search this

Miller, Flora Whitney  Search this

Strelecki, Jean de, count  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930  Search this

Extent:

36.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lithographs

Photographs

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Blueprints

Sketches

Date:

1851-1975

bulk 1888-1942

Summary:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Scope and Content Note:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Material relating to more personal aspects of Whitney's life include school papers, a paper doll book dating from her childhood, financial material, interviews, awards and honorary degrees, address and telephone books, committee files, and other items. Correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters concerning both personal and professional matters, including her patronage of the arts and sponsorship of artists, her sculpture commissions and exhibitions, and her war relief work and other philantrophic activities. Also found are family correspondence and correspondence received by the Flora Whitney Miller and the Whitney Museum of American Art after Whitney's death. Journals include personal ones that she kept periodically from the time she was a child to near the end of her life, in which she recorded her travels, her impressions of people, her experiences with friends, and her thoughts on art, among other topics; and social ones, in which she recorded dinners and dances attended, and people invited to different social gatherings, and in which she collected invitations received and accepted.

Scattered files can be found that relate to the Whitney Studio Club and the Whitney Museum of American Art, consisting of notebooks, catalogs, a financial report, and other material. Files relating to Whitney's own sculpture projects are more extensive and consist of correspondence, contracts, printed material, notes, financial material for proposed and completed commissions for fountains, memorials, and monuments. The Whitney Museum of American Art, rather than Whitney herself, seems to have kept these files. Files relating to Whitney's philanthropic activities span from the time just before to just after the First World War and consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material stemming from her contributions to charities and war relief organizations, her sponsorship of the war hospital in Juilly, France, and her support of the Greenwich House Social Settlement.

Whitney's writings include extensive drafts, and handwritten and typed manuscripts and copies of novels, plays, and stories, as well as some autobiographical and early writings, notes and writings on art, and clippings of published writings, documenting her principle means of creative expression towards the end of her life. Also found are some writings by others. Scrapbooks consist of clippings, photographs, letters and other material, compiled by Whitney, Flora Whitney Miller, and possibly others, documenting Whitney's public life, her sculpture commissions and exhibitions, exhibitions at the Whitney Studio, the war hospital in Juilly, France, the death of Harry Payne Whitney in 1930, and the sickness and death of Whitney in 1942.

Photographs include ones of the Whitney and Vanderbilt families, ones of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (including portraits taken by Baron Adolf de Meyer and Count Jean de Strelecki), ones of various Vanderbilt and Whitney residences and of Whitney's studios, ones of Whitney's sculpture exhibitions as well as exhibitions at her studio, and ones of her sculptures, as well as some miscellaneous and unidentified ones. Artwork consists of sketchbooks and sketches by Whitney (including sketches for sculptures) and artwork by others (including a sketchbook of Howard Cushing's containing a sketch of her and albums of World War I lithographs) collected by Whitney. Also found amongst the collection are printed material (clippings, exhibition catalogs, programs, and publications) and blueprints (including drawings for Whitney's studio on MacDougal Alley and various of her sculptures).

Arrangement:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers are arranged into twelve series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1888-1947, 1975 (Boxes 1-3, 33-34, OV 42; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1889-1949, 1959 (Boxes 3-9; 6 linear feet)

Series 3: Journals, circa 1886-1939 (Boxes 9-12, 33; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Museum of American Art Files, 1921-1943 (Box 12; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Sculpture Files, 1900-1960 (bulk 1909-1942) (Boxes 12-15; 3 linear feet)

Series 6: Philanthropy Files, 1902-1923 (bulk 1915-1920) (Boxes 15-17; 2 linear feet)

Series 7: Writings, 1889-1942, 1974 (Boxes 17-26; 10 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1893-1942 (Boxes 26-27, 33, 35; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1859-1942 (Boxes 27-28, 36; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1862-1942 (Boxes 28-32, 36-41, OV 43-51; 6.4 linear feet)

Series 11: Artwork, 1871-1930s (Boxes 32, 41, OV 52-54; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 12: Blueprints, 1913-1945 (OV 55; 0.1 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

New York art patron and sculptor, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), was the eldest daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Whitney was born January 9, 1875 in New York City, the. She was educated by private tutors and attended Brearley School in New York. From the time she was a young girl, she kept journals of her travels and impressions of the people she met, and engaged in creative pursuits such as sketching and writing stories. In 1896, she was married to Harry Payne Whitney. They had three children, Flora, Cornelius, and Barbara.

In 1900, Whitney began to study sculpture under Hendrik Christian Anderson, and then under James Fraser. Later, she studied with Andrew O'Connor in Paris. From the time she started studying sculpture, her interest in art grew, as did her particular concern for American art and artists. In 1907, she organized an art exhibition at the Colony Club, which included several contemporary American paintings. She also opened a studio on MacDougal Alley, which became known as the Whitney Studio and was a place where shows and prize competitions were held. (She also had other studios in Westbury, Long Island and Paris, France.) Over the years, her patronage of art included buying work, commissioning it, sponsoring it, exhibiting it, and financially supporting artists in America and abroad. From 1911 on, she was aided in her work by Juliana Force, who started out as Whitney's secretary, was responsible for art exhibitions at the Whitney Studio, and became the first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The first recognition Whitney received for her sculpture came in 1908 when a project on which she had collaborated (with Grosvenor Atterbury and Hugo Ballin) won a prize for best design from the Architectural League of New York. The following year she received a commission to do a fountain sculpture for the Pan-American Building in Washington, D. C. She went on to do numerous other commissioned works over the next several decades, including: a fountain for the New Arlington Hotel in Washington D.C. (the design of which was reproduced in various sizes and materials, one cast being submitted to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition where it won a bronze medal and a later cast being installed on the campus of McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1930); the Titanic Memorial (designed in 1913 and erected in 1930); the Buffalo Bill Memorial (1924) in Cody, Wyoming; the Columbus Memorial (1929) in Port of Palos, Spain; the Peter Stuyvesant statue in Stuyvesant Square (1939); and The Spirit of Flight (1939) for the New York World's Fair. In 1916, she had her first one-man show at the Whitney Studio, another at the Newport Art Association, and a retrospective at the San Francisco Art Association Palace of Fine Arts. A traveling exhibition in the Midwest followed in 1918.

During the First World War, Whitney was involved with numerous war relief activities, most notably establishing and supporting a hospital in Juilly, France. She made several trips to France during the war, keeping a journal and eventually publishing a piece on the hospital in several newspapers. Her sculpture during this period was largely focused on war themes. In 1919, she exhibited some of these works at the Whitney Studio in a show called "Impressions of War." In the years after the war, she was also commissioned to do several war memorials, including the Washington Heights War Memorial (1922) and the St. Nazaire Memorial (1926) commemmorating the landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1917.

In 1918, Whitney opened the Whitney Studio Club, which served as pioneering organization for American art, putting on exhibition programs and offering social space and recreational amenities to its members (one point numbering over four hundred artists living in New York). She planned an "Overseas Exhibition" of American art, which traveled to Paris and other European cities in 1920-1921, and had her own shows in Paris and London in 1921. In 1928, the Whitney Studio Club was transformed into an art gallery, known as the Whitney Studio Galleries and directed by Juliana Force, which eventually became the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931.

Whitney pursued creative writing throughout her life, but beginning in the 1930s writing became her principle means of creative expression. Over the years, she produced numerous manuscripts for stories, novels, and play. One novel, Walking the Dusk, was published in 1932 under the pseudonym L. J. Webb. Beginning in 1940, Whitney took a "Professional Writing" course at Columbia University with Helen Hull, which resulted in the production of numerous short stories. In 1941, she collaborated with Ronald Bodley to adapt one of her stories as a play and attempted to get it produced, although unsuccessfully.

In 1934, Whitney was involved in a custody battle for her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt (daughter of her late brother, Reginald Vanderbilt and his wife, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt). In an agreement reached by the court, custody was awarded to Whitney and visitation rights to Gloria's mother. Litigation continued in the ensuing years.

In 1935, Whitney established the World's Fair Five Organization, with Juliana Force and four architects, to work on preparing a plan for the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadow, although the fair's own Board of Design ended up coming up with its own plan.

Whitney continued her work in sculpture, writing, art patronage, and philanthropy throughout the remaining years of her life. She died on April 18, 1942.

Related Archival Materials note:

Related material found in the Archives includes Research Material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney compiled by Flora Miller Irving and the Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records, available on microfilm only (originals are located in the Whitney Museum of American Art). Also found in the Archives of American Art's Miscellaneous Exhibition Catalog Collection are a bundle of Whitney Studio Club and Mrs. H. P. Whitney's Studio catalogs and announcements.

Provenance:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers were donated in 1981 and 1991 by Whitney's granddaughter, Flora Miller Irving.

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:

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

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

Topic:

Art patrons -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lithographs

Photographs

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Blueprints

Sketches

Citation:

Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers, 1851-1975 (bulk 1888-1942). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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AAA.whitgert

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Creator:

Kainen, Jacob  Search this

Kainen, Ruth Cole.  Search this

Names:

Addison Gallery of American Art  Search this

Australian National Gallery  Search this

Baltimore Museum of Art  Search this

British Museum  Search this

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

Corcoran School of Art (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Middendorf Gallery  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Acton, David, 1953-  Search this

Agee, William C.  Search this

Berman, Avis  Search this

Broun, Elizabeth  Search this

Butler, Bryce  Search this

Cole, Phoebe  Search this

Fine, Ruth, 1941-  Search this

Fort Wayne Museum of Art  Search this

Frohlich, Newton, 1936-  Search this

Gilkey, Gordon  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Halasz, Piri  Search this

Harrison, Carol  Search this

Holden, Donald  Search this

Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole, 1922-  Search this

Hopps, Walter  Search this

Jackson, John Baptist, 1701-1780?  Search this

Jordon, Jim  Search this

Kalonyme, Louis  Search this

Lunn, Harry, 1933-1998  Search this

Morse, Peter  Search this

Nordland, Gerald  Search this

O'Connor, Francis V.  Search this

Pollack, Jerome  Search this

Powell, Richard J., 1953-  Search this

Purcell, Ann  Search this

Rand, Harry  Search this

Reynolds, Jock  Search this

Ries, Martin, 1926-  Search this

Solman, Joseph, 1909-2008  Search this

Steinberg, Leo  Search this

Taylor, Joshua Charles, 1917-  Search this

Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991  Search this

Tejera, V. ((Victorino))  Search this

Thornton, Valerie  Search this

Weber, Joanne  Search this

Extent:

33.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Diaries

Transcripts

Videotapes

Visitors' books

Lectures

Prints

Greeting cards

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Date:

1905-2009

bulk 1940-2001

Summary:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and curator Jacob Kainen measure 33.3 linear feet and date from 1905 to 2009, with the bulk of the material from 1940-2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence/subject files including personal correspondence to and from friends and family members and professional correspondence and records concerning Kainen's activities as an artist, curator, teacher, and art collector. The collection also contains biographical material, writings, diaries, calendars, inventories, interview transcripts, printed material, photographs, works of art by other artists, and nine scrapbooks.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and curator Jacob Kainen measure 33.3 linear feet and date from 1905 to 2009, with the bulk of the material from 1940-2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence/subject files including personal correspondence to and from friends and family members and professional correspondence and records concerning Kainen's activities as an artist, curator, teacher, and art collector. The collection also contains biographical material, writings, diary and journal entries, calendars, inventories, interview and "dialog" transcripts, printed material, photographs, works of art by other artists, and nine scrapbooks.

Biographical materials include items concerning Kainen's career as a curator and artist, in addition to a useful bibliography, detailed biographical outline, and a copy of an FBI report compiled on him. Also included are five videocassette recordings of Kainen.

Alphabetical correspondence/subject files comprise the bulk of the collection and include both Jacob's and Ruth's correspondence with family, friends, colleagues, artists, art critics, curators, museums, arts organizations, galleries, and many others. There is a significant amount of correspondence with David Acton, the Addison Gallery of Art and Jock Reynolds, William Agee, Australian National Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, Avis Berman, the British Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth Broun and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bryce Butler, Pheobe Cole, the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art, Richard Field, Ruth Fine, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Newton Frohlich, Gordon Gilkey and the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Arshile Gorky, Piri Halesz, Carol Harrison, Donald Holden, Wilhelmina Holladay, John Baptist Jackson, Jim Jordon, Lou Kantor, Harry Lunn Jr., Middendorf Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Peter Morse, Gerald Nordland, Francis O'Connor, Jerome Pollack, Richard Powell, Ann Purcell, Harry Rand, Martin Ries, Joseph Solman, Leo Steinberg, Prentiss Taylor, Victorino Tejera, Valerie Thornton, Joanne Weber, and numerous family members.

Writings are by and about Jacob Kainen. Kainen's writings include articles, lectures, exhibition catalog essays, notes, travel notebooks, short stories, poems, and written statements about his artistic motivations and justifications. There are writings about Kainen by Avis Berman, Ruth Cole Kainen, and others. The bulk of the numerous diary entries are from Ruth Cole Kainen's diaries, many of which concern Jacob and their family. There are also annotated and revised diary entries. There is one folder of diary entries and one folder of journal entries by Jacob Kainen and two dismantled journal-like notebooks. The papers include daily calendars and travel itineraries from 1972 through 2001.

The papers include transcripts of formal interviews and informal conversations with Jacob Kainen. Transcripts are of informal dinner, telephone, and general conversations between friends, colleagues, artists, and Ruth Cole Kainen. Included are conversations with Avis Berman, Walter Hopps, Harry Rand, Joshua Taylor, and several others. Many of these transcripts were also annnotated by Jacob and Ruth Kainen. Also found are numerous transcripts of more formal interviews with Kainen by art historians, art critics, and students.

There are inventories, appraisals, and lists of sold and not sold paintings, as well as color photographs of some of Kainen's works of art. Also found are inventories of the Kainens' art collection. Printed materials include Kainen's exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings of articles by and about Jacob Kainen, and an exhibition guestbook.

Photographs are of Kainen with his family and friends, at exhibition openings, and working in his studios. Works of art by others includes handmade greeting cards, limited edition prints, and portfolios given to Jacob Kainen. Nine scrapbooks containing news clippings and exhibition publications document the entirety of Kainen's career as an artist.

Arrangement:

The Jacob Kainen papers are arranged into 11 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1938-2001 (Boxes 1, 32; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence/Subject Files, 1936-2003 (Boxes 1-12, 32-33; 11.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1920s-2002 (Boxes 12-13, 33; 1.6 linear feet)

Series 4: Diaries, circa 1952-2002 (Boxes 13-18, 33-38; 10.0 linear feet)

Series 5: Calendars, 1953-2008 (Boxes 18-20, 38; 1.7 linear feet)

Series 6: Transcripts, circa 1975-1994 (Boxes 20-21, 38; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 7: Inventories, 1927-2001 (Boxes 21-22; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1938-2003 (Box 22, 38, OV 31; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs, 1905-2000 (Boxes 22-25, 38, OV 31; 3.3 linear feet)

Series 10: Works of Art by Others, 1942-2000 (Boxes 25-26, OV 31; 1.2 linear foot)

Series 11: Scrapbooks, 1936-1998 (Boxes 27-30, 38; 1.3 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Jacob Kainen (1909-2001) was a painter, printmaker, and curator who worked primarily in Washington, D.C.

Born on December 7, 1909 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Jacob Kainen moved with his family to New York City in 1918. Kainen studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1927 until 1930, and at the Art Student's League. In the early 1930s, Kainen became involved in social causes and formed close friendships with the early abstractionists, including John Graham, Arshile Gorky, and Stuart Davis. He joined the Artists' Union and a contributor to its journal, Art Front, along with Stuart Davis and Harold Rosenberg. Jacob's participation in the Artists' Union was later investigated by the FBI.

From 1935 until 1942, Kainen worked for the Graphic Arts Division of the Works Progress Administration in New York City and began exhibiting with the New York School. It was during this period that he married Bertha Friedman. Jacob and Bertha had two sons together, Dan and Paul, and divorced in 1968.

In 1942, Kainen made a life-changing decision to leave New York City and move to Washington, D.C. to accept what he thought would be a temporary position as a scientific aide in the Division of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian Institution. Kainen quickly became Assistant Curator and Curator in 1946. He served as Curator for twenty years, completely reshaping the department and building the graphic arts collection. His print exhibitions brought the work of S.W. Hayter, Josef Albers, Adja Yunkers, Louis Lozowick, Karl Schrag, José Guerrero, Louis Schanker, Werner Drewes, and Boris Margo to Washington audiences - graphic work that might not have been shown that early in the area.

1947 marked the opening of the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts, where Kainen served as a teacher and guide to several important artists, helping to make the workshop a magnet for new talent and instrumental in furthering the careers of several artists. Although Kainen taught Gene Davis and Alma Thomas and introduced Morris Louis to Leon Berkowitz, he never considered himself a member of the "Washington Color School."

In 1949, the Corcoran Gallery of Art held a retrospective of Kainen's prints and three years later Kenneth Noland organized Kainen's first painting retrospective at Catholic University. Kainen's paintings from the 1940s illustrated a shift away from social realism toward abstract expressionism. In 1956, Jacob Kainen received a grant from the American Philosophical society to conduct research in Europe for his monograph on the English woodcut artist, John Baptist Jackson. He traveled to Europe again in 1962 to study paintings and prints from the Mannerist Period.

From 1966 until 1970, Kainen worked as the Curator of prints and drawings at the National Collection of Fine Arts (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum). He married Ruth Cole in February of 1969. Kainen retired from the Smithsonian a year later to devote himself full-time to his art, but continued to serve as a special consultant to the Smithsonian American Art Museum for nineteen years. In 1971 and 1972, Kainen taught painting and the history of printmaking at the University of Maryland. A retrospective of Kainen's paintings was held in 1993 at the National Museum of American Art (SAAM).

Throughout his artistic career, Kainen experimented with different mediums and explored different styles, yet he identified himself as a painter. Jacob Kainen participated in at least twenty-five one man shows and several group exhibitions. His works are in collections across the United States and abroad, including the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the British Museum. He worked in his studio up until the time of his death on March 19, 2001 at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Related Material:

Found among the holdings of the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview of Jacob Kainen conducted by Avis Berman in 1982 for the Archives' "Mark Rothko and His Times" oral history project. Also found are microfilm copies of Bertha Kainen's correspondence with Avis Berman regarding Berman's essay about Jacob Kainen.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels 565, 2147-2149, and 2200) including correspondence, writings by Kainen, and papers relating to the Smithsonian Institution Loyalty Board's investigation of Jacob Kainen from 1942-1954. Most, but not all, of the loaned materials were included in later gifts. Loaned materials not donated at a later date remain with the lender and are not described in the container listing of this finding aid.

Provenance:

Jacob and Ruth Kainen first lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming from 1973-1981, the bulk of which was included in the later gifts. Papers were then donated in multiple accretions between 1981-2007 by Jacob and Ruth Kainen, and in 2009 from the estate of Ruth Kainen via executor Teresa Covacevich Grana. Also in 2003, eight photographs of Jacob and Ruth Kainen were transferred from the National Portrait Gallery to the Archives of American Art.

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.

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 -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art teachers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Painting, Abstract -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Diaries

Transcripts

Videotapes

Visitors' books

Lectures

Prints

Greeting cards

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Jacob Kainen papers, 1905-2008, bulk 1940-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.kainjaco

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ead_collection:sova-aaa-kainjaco