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Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. Thirty Years of Collecting by Una E. Johnson. 1969.

Title: Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. Thirty Years of Collecting by Una E. Johnson. 1969.

Installation views of an exhibition held from 02/25/1969 to 04/27/1969 at the Brooklyn Museum.

ArchivalResource: 6 b&w photonegatives 7 x 5"

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122404387 View

George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk).

Title: George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, speeches, autobiographies and other papers of the German artist George Grosz.

ArchivalResource: 47 boxes (18 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00452/catalog View

Eva Lee Gallery records, 1921-1973

Title: Eva Lee Gallery records 1921-1973

The scattered records of the New York contemporary American art Eva Lee Gallery measure 4.0 linear feet and date from 1921-1973. Artist files contain reference information on numerous contemporary artists - many represented by the gallery - provenance notes, photographs of artwork, and records of sales and consignments. There are also scattered letters from artists and artwork. Found within the records are scattered sales records of J.B. Neuman's New Art Circle Gallery and a photocopy of an auction catalog for Korvettes Art Galleries in Douglastan, New York. Artists' files contain exhibition catalogs from other galleries as well. A significant amount of information is found within the collection about Alexander Calder, Lovis Corinth, Salvadore Dali, Lyonel Feininger, George Grosz, Robert Indiana, Harry Lieberman, Rene Magritte, John Marin, Lowell Nesbitt, Ben Shahn, Victor Vasarely, and Max Weber.

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https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/eva-lee-gallery-records-8866 View

King-Lui Wu papers, 1942-1991

Title: King-Lui Wu papers 1942-1991

The papers include plans, elevations, sections, perspective renderings, and sketches for buildings designed by King-Lui Wu (1918-2002), Yale professor of architecture from 1945 to 1988. His work includes the National Museum of Modern Art (Seoul, Korea), the Yale student Manuscript Club (New Haven, CT), Mount Bethel Baptist Church (New Haven, CT), the Bank of Memphis, Yali Middle School (Changsha, China), and numerous private residences and offices. Most of the collection consists of sketches; few working drawings exist.

ArchivalResource: 222.5 linear feet (89 folios) and 64.2 megabytes

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1842 View

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Papers, 1925-1969 (bulk: 1937-1969)

Title: Walter Gropius papers, 1925-1969 (inclusive), 1937-1969 (bulk).

Papers of German-born architect and Harvard professor Walter Gropius.

ArchivalResource: 40 boxes (15 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00397/catalog View

Josef Albers papers, 1929-1970

Title: Josef Albers papers 1929-1970

The papers of painter, printmaker, and art teacher Josef Albers date from 1929 to 1970 and measure 1.5 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, writings, a recorded lecture, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of printed materials.

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https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/josef-albers-papers-5803 View

Albers, Josef, 1888-1976. Josef Alber : Artist File.

Title: Josef Alber : Artist File.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457068441 View

Bauhaus student work, 1919-1933

Title: Bauhaus student work

A comprehensive collection of photographs, records, notebooks, drawings, prints, manuscripts, and other materials documenting student coursework, assignments, projects, and activities at the Bauhaus (ca. 1919-1933). Includes some work by Bauhaus professors.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.; (14 boxes, 11 flat file folders)

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa850514 View

Herbert Matter papers, ca. 1937-1984

Title: Herbert Matter papers ca. 1937-1984

Original artwork, photographs, letters, manuscripts, process materials, memorabilia, negatives, transparencies, film, printed material, and working equipment.

ArchivalResource: ca. 310 linear feet

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4p3021rd View

Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949.

Title: Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records

The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars was formed in New York City in 1933 by American academicians for the purpose of employing refugee German scholars in American institutions. Many of these refugee scholars were Jews displaced by the National Socialist government. The collection consists chiefly of grant files on refugee scholars who applied for aid from the Committee. The records also include correspondence with other refugee and philanthropic organizations and with the educational institutions which accepted refugee scholars.

ArchivalResource: 98.46 linear feet (222 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/922 View

Hans and Lily Hildebrandt papers, 1899-1979

Title: Hans and Lily Hildebrandt papers 1899-1979

An essentially complete record of the life and work of art historian and critic, Hans Hildebrandt, and of his artist wife, Lily, reflecting their interests in modern art, architecture, and decorative arts, and their close friendships with a number of leading artists and architects. It contains personal papers, correspondence, manuscripts, research notes and bibliographies, publications, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: ca. 28 linear ft.; (64 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf5779n7f0 View

Josef Albers papers, 1899-1973

Title: Josef Albers papers 1899-1973

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, printed material, and family memorabilia, which document the personal life and professional career of Josef Albers. The papers contain some material relating to the Bauhaus school but the bulk of the material dates from Albers's arrival in the United States. The largest part of the papers is composed of published material by or about Albers or which contain reproductions of his work.

ArchivalResource: 13 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0032 View

Wassily Kandinsky papers, 1911-1940, 1921-1937

Title: Wassily Kandinsky papers 1911-1940 1921-1937

Russian-born artist considered to be one of the creators of abstract painting. Papers document Kandinsky's teachings at the Bauhaus, his writings, his involvement with the Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences (RAKhN) in Moscow, and his professional contacts with art dealers, artists, collectors, and publishers.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2 linear ft.; (3 boxes, 1 flat file folder)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1r29n4zp View

Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984

Title: Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers 1919-1984

The collection consists of assembled material from the Bauhaus years of 1919-1933, as well as material influenced by Bauhaus designers up to 1984. Includes photographic prints, typescripts, offprints and publications, original graphics, clippings, sketches and drawings, weavings, curricula, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet; (5 boxes, 1 flat file folder)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf8v19n9md View

Howard Dearstyne Papers, 1911-1986, (bulk 1953-1971)

Title: Howard DearstynePapers 1911-1986 (bulk 1953-1971)

Architect, architectural historian, educator, and photographer. Correspondence, writings, lectures, exhibit brochures, art catalogs, artwork, and other papers relating primarily to Dearstyne's research on the history of the Bauhaus art school, the school's influence on the development of modern art and 20th century architecture, and two Bauhaus masters, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

ArchivalResource: 6,300 items; 18 containers; 7.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001012 View

Josef Albers letters to the New York Public Library, 1954, 1972, undated

Title: Josef Albers letters to the New York Public Library 1954, 1972, undated

Abstract painter, glass designer, photographer, and typographer. The folder contains an envelope to Joseph T. Rankin, Curator of NYPL stamped 1972; a letter to Mr. Rankin asking for verification of a quote in the NY Times art section on 31Oct. 1954 and a letter to NYPL inquiring about the condition of his book, "Interaction of Color."

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/6547 View

Tiger's Eye records, 1939-1955

Title: Tiger's Eye records 1939-1955

The records document allaspects of the production and distribution of the little magazine The Tiger'sEye, from its inception in 1947 through the decision to cease publication in1951. Correspondence, manuscripts, and business records document the creativeand editorial process, the enthusiasm of its readership, its subscription base,and the work involved in producing and distributing the issues.

ArchivalResource: 26.0 linear feet (57boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.tigerseye View

Katharine Kuh papers, 1875-1994, bulk 1930-1994

Title: Katharine Kuh papers 1875-1994, bulk 1930-1994

The papers of art historian, dealer, critic, and curator Katharine Kuh measure 12.1 linear feet and date from 1875-1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1930-1994. The collection documents Kuh's career as a pioneer modernist art historian and as the first woman curator of European Art and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with family, friends and colleagues; personal business records; artwork by various artists; a travel journal; writings by Kuh and others; scrapbooks; printed material; photographs of Kuh and others; and audio recordings of Kuh's lectures and of Daniel Catton Rich reading poetry.

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https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/katharine-kuh-papers-9951 View

Albers, Josef, 1888-1976. [Josef Albers] : artist file

Title: [Josef Albers] : artist file 1900-

Assembled file includes clippings, photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, postcards, press releases, slides, resumes, reviews, exhibition ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610322959 View

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Papers, 1921-1969, (bulk 1938-1969)

Title: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Papers 1921-1969 (bulk 1938-1969)

Architect and educator. Correspondence,memoranda, writings, articles, printed matter, blueprints, photographs, and otherpapers relating chiefly to Mies van der Rohe's career as an architect and directorof architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology Armour, Chicago, Ill., until1940, the Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., and to his connections withvarious architectural associations and organizations.

ArchivalResource: 22,000 items; 65 containers; 27 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013089 View

Charles G. Shaw Papers, 1916-1964

Title: Charles G. Shaw Papers 1916-1964

Papers of the American author, illustrator, novelist, painter, poet. Correspondence (1916-1963); manuscript drafts of writings and poetry with original drawings by Shaw; exhibition catalogs; photographs; and scrapbooks of magazine articles and clippings compiled by Shaw of his and his friends' work (1921-1935). Incoming correspondence includes that of Josef Albers, Ruth Chatterton, George Gershwin, Sinclair Lewis, H.L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, The New Yorker, Maxwell Perkins, Smart Set, Deems Taylor, and Monty Woolley.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/shaw_cg.htm View

Walter Gropius papers in the Bauhaus-Archiv, ca. 1919-1937.

Title: Walter Gropius papers in the Bauhaus-Archiv, ca. 1919-1937.

Photographs of the early papers of Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin,Germany.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (10 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00044/catalog View

Vaclav Vytlacil papers, 1885-1990

Title: Vaclav Vytlacil papers 1885-1990

The papers of abstract painter and art instructor Vaclav Vytlacil date from 1885-1990 and measure 5.1 linear feet. Found within the papers are scattered biographical materials, correspondence primarily discussing art school-related matters and the exhibition and sale of Vytlacil??s work, scattered business and financial records, and notes and writings including lecture notes. The papers also contain audio recordings of interviews of Vytlacil and his associates, artwork by Vytlacil and others, four scrapbooks, printed material including clippings and exhibition catalogs, and photographs of Vytlacil, his colleagues, and his artwork.

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https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/Vytlvacl View

Stanford University, Art Department, files regarding Albers Wall, 1973-1980

Title: Stanford University, Art Department, files regarding Albers Wall 1973-1980

Correspondence, architectural plans and other materials regarding the controversial acquisition and placement of Albers Wall (outdoor art) at Stanford University, dedicated August 1, 1980. Correspondents include Prof. Albert Elsen, Assoc. Provost Edward E. Shaw, and architects Craig Ellwood and Robert Mittelstadt.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear foot

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt367nf31p View

Bauhaus typography collection, 1919-1937, undated

Title: Bauhaus typography collection 1919-1937, undated

A collection of printing published by the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1933, designed by Bauhaus teachers and students for internal school purposes and for outside commercial use, as well as other printing relating to the Bauhaus. The collection comprises a wide variety of printed matter, from ephemeral publications to whole issues of periodicals and exhibition catalogs, which are exemplary of what became identified as Bauhaus style typography and design. Most items were designed by Herbert Bayer, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, and Joost Schmidt. Other designers represented in this collection include Josef Albers, Erich Comeriner, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Häberer, Dörte Helm, and Xanti Schawinsky.

ArchivalResource: 2.92 linear feet; (4 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa850513 View

Lydia Winston Malbin papers, 1891-1997, 1938-1997

Title: Lydia Winston Malbin papers 1891-1997 1938-1997

The collection consists primarily of files relating to individual works of art in the Malbin art collection, in addition to correspondence with artists, curators, dealers, museums and galleries; photographs; documentation regarding gifts and loans; material relating to Lydia Winston Malbin's collecting activities and related projects; a small amount of papers of Malbin's father, Albert Kahn; scrapbooks; and card files. The papers provide extensive documentation of a major twentieth-century collection which is no more and of individual works within the collection; as well as insight into some of the leading artists of this century, and particularly of the Italian Futurists, such as Umberto Boccioni. They also illustrate in detail the practice of art collecting as carried out by Malbin, one of the great American practitioners of that avocation.

ArchivalResource: 100 boxes (incl. 2 oversize boxes); 45 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.malbin View

Photographs of twentieth-century artists, exhibitions, installations, and studio views, circa 1900-1990

Title: Photographs of twentieth-century artists, exhibitions, installations, and studio views circa 1900-1990

A collection of assembled documentary and rare photographs of artists, art personalities (including dealers, collectors, art historians, art critics, and publishers), exhibitions, collections, installations, and studios.

ArchivalResource: 5 lin. feet; (12 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt896nf6fj View

Papers of Trude Guermonprez, 1947-1976

Title: Papers of Trude Guermonprez, 1947-1976

Contains biographical material, writings and speeches, correspondence, photographs of the artist and her work, workshop and seminar notes documenting the professional career of Trude Guermonprez as an artist and art educator.

ArchivalResource: 1.67 linear feet; (3 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0000153s View

R. Buckminster Fuller papers, ca. 1920-1983

Title: R. Buckminster Fuller papers ca. 1920-1983

The papers of this 20th century polymath contain his personal archive the Dymaxion Chronofile, manuscripts, drawings and audio-visual materials relating to his career as an architect, mathematician, inventor and social critic.

ArchivalResource: 1200 linear ft.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf109n9832 View

Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive, 1818-1952, 1920-1951

Title: Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive 1818-1952 1920-1951

The Katherine S. Dreier portion of the collection contains correspondence between Dreier and artists and friends (including Constantin Alajalov, David Burli︠u︡k, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Man Ray, and Ted Shawn); and art-related organizations (including the Arts Club of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art). There is some correspondence regarding art purchases and the packaging and shipping of art, such as that with George F. Of, Inc.; W. F. Collins & Co.; and W. S. Budworth & Son. There is a large amount of correspondence between Dreier and various departments at Yale (especially the Yale Art Gallery) regarding the transfer of the Société Anonyme's art collection to Yale. The collection contains manuscripts and notes for Dreier's articles, lectures, and books; her early diaries; and a brief autobiographical account; as well as some writings by others. There are subject files regarding organizations with which Dreier was affiliated, including the Cooperative Mural Workshops, the Long Ridge Women's Club, and the Society of Independent Artists. The collection contains exhibition catalogs that were annotated by Dreier; exhibition catalogs of one-artist shows of Dreier's artwork; and material regarding Dreier's personal finances. There are many photographs of Dreier's artwork, of Dreier and her friends and family (including scenes in China from a trip that Dreier took, 1921-22), of artists and their artwork, and of exhibitions. There is also some original artwork by various people, including sketches, drawings, prints, and watercolors. The Dreier Family papers contain correspondence, poetry and skits, and writings (including a diary by Dreier's sister, Dorothea). The Société Anonyme portion of the collection includes correspondence with members, potential members, and businesses; a logbook regarding exhibitions; financial material, including a checkbook; by-laws and amendments, and drafts of the certificate of incorporation; membership lists and cards; lists of officers and committees; meeting minutes; ephemera regarding exhibitions, lectures, and musical events sponsored by the Société; scrapbooks; and files of background material about artists represented in the published catalog of the Société Anonyme's art collection at Yale.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 144 (including 15 oversize boxes); Other Storage Formats: oversize, cold storage; Linear Feet: 68.60

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.dreier View

American Federation of Arts records, 1895-1993 (bulk 1909-1969)

Title: American Federation of Arts records 1895-1993 (bulk 1909-1969)

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 78.6 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:

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-federation-arts-records-5411 View