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Matthew Baigell papers

Title: Matthew Baigell papers

Correspondence, writings and research material concerning Thomas Hart Benton and Baigell's other writings. Also included is a ca. 1965 interview with Hoyt Sherman conducted by Baigell.

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1931.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1931.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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The ACA Galleries records

Title: The ACA Galleries records

The scattered records of the ACA (American Contemporary Art) Galleries date from 1917 through 1963 and include writings by founder Herman Baron, artists Philip Evergood and Anton Refregier, and art critic Elizabeth McCausland; printed materials; and photographs of Baron, ACA artists, art collectors, works of art, and exhibitions. Correspondence is with David Burliuk, Philip Evergood, William Gropper, Lewis Mumford, Moses Sawyer, Max Weber, and others. Also found is a small group of Herman Baron's personal papers.

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Brooklyn Museum records

Title: Brooklyn Museum records

Included are extensive memoirs of William Henry Fox director of the museum for over 25 years; scattered records of the Brooklyn Institute, 1823-1873; catalogs for Brooklyn Museum exhibits (4 1/2 reels) and for exhibits held in various galleries and museums, primarily in N.Y. (14 reels); brief records of the Dept. of Painting and Sculpture primarily relating to Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington; records of the Dept. of Prints and Drawings, mainly regarding exhibitions, including correspondence, much of it with curator Una Johnson, correspondence with art dealers, files on artists, and statistics on exhibitions, 1936-1939; and records of the Registrar's office, 1933-1936, regarding the museum's involvement in the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, mainly the Graphic Arts Division.

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Irving F. Burton papers

Title: Irving F. Burton papers

Files on artists in Burton's collection; and letters, documents and printed material collected by him. 58 files on artists in Burton's collection primarily containing a few photographs of works of art. Also found in the files are photocopies of notes, letters from curators and dealers, and printed material. Artists include Thomas Anshutz, Claude Bentley, Albert Bierstadt, Albert Blakelock, Warren Brandy, Charles Burchfield, Rosalba Carriera, William M. Chase, Thomas Cole, Jasper F. Cropsey, Charles Culver, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Roelof De Vries, Thomas W. Dewing, Asher B. Durand, George H. Durrie, Thomas Eakins, Lyonel Feininger, Morris Graves, William Harnett, Childe Hassam, Marsden Hartley, Martin Johnson Heade, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Thomas Hovenden, George Inness, Eastman Johnson, James Kearns, John F. Kensett, Earl Krentzin, Le Gendre, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Gari Melchers, Jerome Myers, George L. K. Morris, Guy Pene Du Bois, John F. Peto, Maurice Prendergast, Constance Richardson, Theodore Robinson, John Singer Sargent, Sarkis Sarkisian, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Everett Shinn, Adam Silo, John Sloan, Tintoretto, Mark Tobey, John Vanderlyn, Elihu Vedder, Robert Vickery, Franklin Watkins, Max Weber, and James McNeill Whistler. Notable items include a letter from William Gropper to Burton (1964) discussing a museum's purchase of Yasuo Kuniyoshi's portrait of Gropper, and mentioning Gropper's spatter technique; a book REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST SURVEY FOR 1854 (published in 1855) with an engraving "View of the Eastern Extremity of Anacapa Island - From the Southward" by James McNeill Whistler in the margin of a map in the appendix; a book GIST OF ART by John Sloan (1944) inscribed "To an old friend J. K. Hulliung / John Sloan, Hotel Chelsea, April 1951," decoratively bound by Hulliung and held in a fur-covered box and containing 3 clippings about Sloan (1949-1951); a book AN ISLAND GARDEN by Celia Thaxter with illustrations by Childe Hassam; and a letter from Eastman Johnson, dated June 8, 1985 to an unknown recipient. A document certifying an artist's shipment, signed by Benjamin West, July 20, 1819, and 3 letters written by John Singer Sargent to: S. H. Church, July 3, 1906, to Mr. Lull, June 15, 1922, and to Mrs. Winthrop Chandler, June 12, 1924. The letter to Church declines an invitation to the dedication of the new Carnegie Institute in spring 1907. [Microfilm label: John Singer Sargent papers and the Benjamin West papers].

ArchivalResource: 0.6 Linear feet

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977,. Bartolomeo Vanzetti death mask [art original].

Title: Bartolomeo Vanzetti death mask [art original]. 1927.

Death mask of Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 20.5 x 11 x 10 cm.

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Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. William Gropper 1897-1977 biographical file.

Title: William Gropper 1897-1977 biographical file.

Biographical file may contain one or more of the following: "Biographical Registry" form filled out by the cartoonist including information about education, career history, awards, signature example, and family information; biographical essays or sketches of the cartoonist; articles by or about the cartoonist; examples of the cartoonist's work in the form of clippings or photocopies.

ArchivalResource: vertical file ; size varies.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Original Artwork for World War II Posters. 1942 - 1945. [Men standing behind barbed wire.] [Gropper]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Original Artwork for World War II Posters. 1942 - 1945. [Men standing behind barbed wire.] [Gropper]

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John Stockton De Martelly papers

Title: John Stockton De Martelly papers

Correspondence, 1932-1980, with John Taylor Arms, Thomas Hart Benton, William Gropper, Albert Christ-Janer, and others; photographs, ca. 1907-1980, of De Martelly and his paintings; a notebook containing mostly technical notes; transcripts of poetry by De Martelly; instructions from De Martelly's lithography class; a sketchbook containing notes and pencil sketches; loose sketches in pencil; financial material, including receipts and invoices; certificates and awards; a scrapbook containing clippings and letters; exhibition catalogues and announcements; magazine and newspaper clippings; reproductions of De Martelly's paintings and illustrations; clippings on Chief Okemos, of whom De Martelly painted a portrait; and miscellany.

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977,. Nicola Sacco death mask [art original].

Title: Nicola Sacco death mask [art original]. 1927.

Death mask of Nicola Sacco.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 21.5 x 12 x 11 cm.

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Shapira, Frieda, 1914-2003. Frieda and Saul Shapira oversized papers, c.1980 [manuscript]

Title: Frieda and Saul Shapira oversized papers, c.1980 [manuscript]

The Frieda and Saul Shapira oversized papers consists of one folder containing a print of "Joe Magarac" by William Gropper.

ArchivalResource: .15 linear feet

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Oral history interview with William Gropper

Title: Oral history interview with William Gropper

Interview of William Gropper conducted 1965 June 12, by Bruce Hooton, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 1 sound tape ; 7 in.Transcript: 20 p.

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Arnold Newman photographs of artists

Title: Arnold Newman photographs of artists

The artist photographs collection of Arnold Newman measures 0.6 linear feet and dates from 1940 to 1961. The collection consists of photographs of various artists taken by Newman. Some of the represented artists include: Gertrude Abercrombie, Julius Bloch, Willem De Kooning, David Hare, Joseph Kaplan, Ibram Lassaw, and Joseph Stella. Folders consist of a large version photograph and both a duplicate small version and transparency of the photograph.

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William Gropper letter to Jane SoRelle

Title: William Gropper letter to Jane SoRelle

A letter from Gropper to Jane SoRelle, 1964, introducing himself and explaining his intended absence from the Rome exhibition which SoRelle is arranging. He comments on the consequences of his blacklisting by Joseph McCarthy, and his hope that Carlo Levy will look at the work he produced from 1953-1956, following the McCarthy investigations.

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Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists

Title: Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists

Interviews of 72 artists, and transcripts for all but five, conducted by Arlene Jacobowitz, the Associate Curator for the Department of Painting and Sculpture, between 1965 and 1968. The artists discuss their work in the museum collection. Also included are 38 edited excerpts of the interviews, approximately 2-3 min. in length, used as "audio-labels" in the 1968 "Listening to Pictures" installation.The artists interviewed are: Lennart Anderson, Stephen B. Antonakos, Marshall Arisman, Walter Barker, Leonard Baskin, Mary Bauermeister, Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Robert Brackman, Sydney Butchkes, Edmund Casarella, George Constant, Robert Warren Dash, Jose DeCreeft, Blanche Dombek, Tom Doyle, Jimmy Ernst, Neil Estern, Philip Evergood, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Leon Goldin, Sidney Goodman, Sante Graziani, Balcomb Greene, John Grillo, William Gropper, Chaim Gross, Roy Gussow, Robert Gwathmey, Grace Hartigan, Edward Hopper, Nora Jaffe, Paul Jenkins, Minoru Kawabata, William Kienbusch, Karl Knaths, John Koch, Yayoi Kosama, Jennett Lam, Steven Lang, Robert Laurent, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Seymour Lipton, Boris Margo, Ursula Meyer, Hans Moller, Walter Murch, Louise Nevelson, Toshio Odate, Elliot Offner, Douglas Ohlson, Kenzo Okada, Amanda Palmer, Irene Rice Pereira, Gabor Peterdi, Ad Reinhardt, Bill Richards, Larry Rivers, Emilio Sanchez, Karl Schrag, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Aaron Sopher, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, William Thon, Albert Weinberg, and William and Marguerite Zorach.

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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McKay, Claude, 1890-1948. Letters, 1964-1967.

Title: Letters, 1964-1967.

Contents of the folder on Claude McKay include: an archive of correspondence (personal and professional)about Claude McKay written by artists and authors who knew McKay during his association with the periodicals the "Masses" and the "Liberator." The letters are all addressed to Wayne Cooper, written in response to his inquiries during preparation of the Passion of Claude McKay, as well as an earlier biography Mr. Cooper wrote about Claude McKay. Also included is a copy of a typed letter (4 pgs.), written by Claude McKay to Max Eastman (he notes in ink holograph "copy" on the first page.) The letter presents McKay's political views in 1925, particularly his feelings towards Communism.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977. Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1926.

Title: Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1926.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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Earl Browder Papers, 1879-1990

Title: Earl Browder Papers 1879-1990

Papers of the General secretary of the Communist Party of the United States from 1930 through its dissolution in 1944. When the Party was reconstituted as the Communist Political Association later that year, Browder was chosen as its President, however he was expelled in 1946 following a debate over Party leadership. Following his expulsion, Browder lectured and wrote about Marxism and represented Soviet writers and publishers for publication in the United States. Collection incluces correspondence/subject files (1879-1970) relating to Marxist philosophy, the workings of the C.P.U.S.A., Browder's role within the Party and to Browder's business ventures as well as legal files (1938-1958); manuscripts (1924-1967) of Browder and others, including Browder's manuscripts for articles, books, memoranda, news releases, pamphlets, reports, and speeches; and memorabilia including personal files and photographs of Browder and his family, and some colleagues. Notable correspondents include Roger Baldwin, Daniel Bell, Bruce Bliven, Rudy Blum, Louis B. Boudin, Juan Antonio Corretjer, Theodore Draper, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, William Z. Foster, Joseph Freeman, A.A. Heller, Lotte Jacobi, Alfred Kohlberg, Robert S. Minor, Tom Mooney, Paul and Eslanda Goode Robeson, Anna Rochester, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jack Selford, Joseph R. Starobin, I.F. Stone, John Strachey, Anna Louise Strong, Dirk Jan Struik, Norman Thomas, Harry Frederick Ward, Sumner Welles, and others. Also included is a holograph letter of greeting from Mao Zedong. The collection also includes Browder's personal library and other published materials.

ArchivalResource: 48.0 linear ft.

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Gropper, William, 1897-1977. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1936-1966, n.d.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1936-1966, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 6 items (6 leaves).

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Bates, Ralph. Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1938-1944.

Title: Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1938-1944.

ArchivalResource: 7 items (7 leaves).

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Gropper, William, 1897-. William Gropper Papers 1955.

Title: William Gropper Papers 1955.

The collection contains miscellaneous lithographs, plus a corrected dummy and a blueprint for 1 title.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Original Artwork for World War II Posters

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Original Artwork for World War II Posters

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Hugo Gellert papers

Title: Hugo Gellert papers

The papers of graphic artist, muralist, and activist Hugo Gellert measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1916 to 1986. They document his career as an artist and organizer for the radical left through an oral interview conducted by Sofia Sequenzia, legal papers, financial records, family papers, artifacts, correspondence, writings, organizational records, clippings, exhibition catalogs, various printed materials illustrated by Gellert, pamphlets, periodicals, mass mailings, photographs, and artwork.Biographical Material includes an audio interview with Gellert; official documents related to memberships, property, and legal matters; financial documents that include bills, receipts, and contracts related to professional activities; papers of Gellert's brothers, Lawrence and Ernest; and artifacts. Correspondence is with other artists, writers, publishers, activists, friends, and family, including Ernest Fiene, Rockwell Kent, Harry Gottlieb, William Gropper, Philip Evergood, Howard Fast, and Jonas Lie. Writings include essays, book projects, notes, and notebooks written by Gellert; and stories and articles by other authors, including typescripts of early twentieth-century Hungarian short stories collected by Gellert.Organizational Records are related to political and art organizations in which Gellert was an active organizer, officer, and in some cases, a founder. Because of his central role in many of these organizations, records often contain unique documentation of their activities. Records are found for the American Artists Congress, the Art of Today Gallery, the Artists Committee of Action, the Artists Coordination Committee, the Artists Council, Artists for Victory, Inc., the Committee to Defend V.J. Jerome, Hungarian Word, Inc., the National Society of Mural Painters, and other organizations.Printed materials include a variety of political publications and periodicals with illustrations by Gellert, including <emph render="italic">New Masses</emph>, <emph render="italic">Art Front</emph>, <emph render="italic">Magyar Szo</emph>, and <emph render="italic">American Dialog</emph>; clippings related to his career, exhibition catalogs, political pamphlets, Hungarian literature, and mass mailings received from political organizations. Photographs contain a few personal photographs but are mostly news and publicity photographs, many of which depict prominent Communists and other newsmakers. Artwork includes sketches, drawings, designs, prints, and production elements for Gellert's artwork, as well as prints and drawings by Philip Reisman, Gyula Derkovits, and Anton Refregier.

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