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American Federation of Arts records

Title: American Federation of Arts records

The records of the American Federation of Arts (AFA) provide researchers with a complete set of documentation focusing on the founding and history of the organization from its inception through the 1960s. The collection measures 79.8 linear feet, and dates from 1895 through 1993, although the bulk of the material falls between 1909 and 1969. Valuable for its coverage of twentieth-century American art history, the collection also provides researchers with fairly comprehensive documentation of the many exhibitions and programs supported and implemented by the AFA to promote and study contemporary American art, both nationally and abroad.

ArchivalResource: 79.8 Linear feet

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Weyhe Gallery. Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1929.

Title: Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1929.

Comprises 1 item from Gág to Laura Canadé at Weyhe; a copy of a letter from Leila Mechlin of the American Federation of Arts to Gág, with response from Erhard Weyhe.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63644321 View

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Pennell-Whistler collection, 1597-1937.

Title: Pennell-Whistler collection, 1597-1937.

Correspondence, lectures, drafts of books and articles, clippings, and other papers of Pennell and his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, relating to James McNeill Whistler, Joseph Pennell's career as an artist and author, and family affairs. Includes a record of artwork in the field of government propaganda during World War I. Papers of Charles Godfrey Leland, uncle of Elizabeth, include family correspondence; journals (1892-1899); writings; and memoranda relating to to Leland's career as an author and philologist, his studies and travels in Europe, religion, and New England Indians. The Pennells' correspondents include Elmer Adler, J.M. Barrie, Paul Wayland Bartlett, Ford Madox Brown, Timothy Cole, Royal Cortissoz, Walter Crane, Charles Deschamps, Théodore Duret, Henri Fantin-Latour, John F. Flanagan, Cass Gilbert, Edmund Gosse, Charles James Whistler Hanson, Childe Hassam, Henry James, Robert Underwood Johnson, John Lane, Leila Mechlin, A. Edward Newton, Agnes Repplier, Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Auguste Rodin, William Edwin Rudge, Linley Sambourne, John Singer Sargent, John Charles Van Dyke, and James McNeill Whistler. Correspondence and legal papers of Whistler and clippings concerning Whistler. Subjects include the 1892 Whistler exhibition in the Goupil Gallery, London, England; the Whistler-Ruskin litigation; and Whistler's friends, career, and business affairs. Papers of Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler include a diary and correspondence with Margaret Hill, Mary Eastwick, and others. Whistler's correspondents include Edward Coley Burne-Jones, William Heinemann, Thomas Jekyll, Edward G. Kennedy, Frederick Richard Leyland, Joseph Pennell, Valentine C. Prinsep, James Anderson Rose, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rosetti, Frederick Sandys, David Croal Thomson, Virginia Vaughan, and the Heinemann (Firm) and Morris & Co. (London, England).

ArchivalResource: 96,200 items.380 containers plus 2 oversize.101.8 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/558717109 View

American Federation of Arts. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953.

ArchivalResource: 17 items (24 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155899484 View

Thornton Oakley papers

Title: Thornton Oakley papers

Correspondence, artist files and subject files relate to Oakley's activities as an artist and illustrator, and his involvement with numerous art organizations, including the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Philadelphia Water Color Club, the Artists' War Relief Committee of Philadelphia, and the Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts. Artist files on Cecilia Beaux, Florence Este, John Taylor Arms, John McLure Hamilton, Christian Brinton, George Morrow, Leila Mechlin, John Harkrider, Alexander Robinson, and Joseph Pennell, among others, primarily contain letters. Some also include photographs and printed matter. Four inches of letters from Beaux discuss working habits, portrait commissions, life in Paris, and personal matters. Letters from Este discuss life in France during the war, French artists, exhibitions at the Philadelphia Water Color Club, and Cecilia Beaux. Other material relates to Oakley's mural for the Franklin Institute.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 linear ft. (on 4 microfilm reels)

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Dorothea S. Greenbaum papers

Title: Dorothea S. Greenbaum papers

The papers of painter and sculptor Dorothea S. Greenbaum measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1923-1980. A majority of the collection includes photographs of works of art by Greenbaum and few photographs of Greenbaum. Also included are card catalogs of Greenbaum's work; a scrapbook of clippings compiled by Greenbaum relating to the Sculptor's Guild, 1938-1939; biographical material; professional correspondence; and a sketchbook by Greenbaum.

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Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection

Title: Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection

Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other personal papers collected by Carl Zigrosser and Leila Mechlin and later added to by others, all relating to American art.

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American Federation of Arts records

Title: American Federation of Arts records

The records of the American Federation of Arts (AFA) provide researchers with a complete set of documentation focusing on the founding and history of the organization from its inception through the 1960s. The collection measures 79.8 linear feet, and dates from 1895 through 1993, although the bulk of the material falls between 1909 and 1969. Valuable for its coverage of twentieth-century American art history, the collection also provides researchers with fairly comprehensive documentation of the many exhibitions and programs supported and implemented by the AFA to promote and study contemporary American art, both nationally and abroad.

ArchivalResource: 79.8 Linear feet

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Berryman family papers

Title: Berryman family papers

The Berryman family papers measure 11.4 linear feet and date from 1829 to 1984, with the bulk of the material dating from 1882 to 1961. The collection presents a good overview of the careers of <emph render="italic">Washington Star</emph> cartoonist Clifford Berryman, his daughter, <emph render="italic">Star</emph> art critic, Florence, and his son, Jim Berryman, though the latter's career is not as well represented. The papers also contain material relating to Kate Berryman, including a scrapbook and diaries.The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes and writings, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and artwork by Clifford and Jim Berryman and others.

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Schwab, Arnold T. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1968-1969.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1968-1969.

Arnold T. Schwab wrote to Carl Zigrosser regarding the correspondence of James Huneker and Leila Mechlin.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (5 leaves).

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Berryman family papers

Title: Berryman family papers

The Berryman family papers measure 11.4 linear feet and date from 1829 to 1984, with the bulk of the material dating from 1882 to 1961. The collection presents a good overview of the careers of <emph render="italic">Washington Star</emph> cartoonist Clifford Berryman, his daughter, <emph render="italic">Star</emph> art critic, Florence, and his son, Jim Berryman, though the latter's career is not as well represented. The papers also contain material relating to Kate Berryman, including a scrapbook and diaries.The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes and writings, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and artwork by Clifford and Jim Berryman and others.

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Century Magazine letters

Title: Century Magazine letters

Correspondence of the Century Magazine and its predecessors, Scribner's Monthly, and St. Nicholas Magazine. Also included is material related to the Century War Series.

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