Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946

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Art administrator. Established the Community Art Center in Cedar Rapids; developed and operated the Little Gallery in Cedar Rapids. With his friend Grant Wood laid the groundwork for the Stone City Art Colony.

From the description of Papers of Edward Beatty Rowan. [1920?-1946?] (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 274319575

Gallery director, painter, sculptor, teacher; Falls Church, Va. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Founder and director of The Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928-1934. The gallery was concerned with promoting education in the community. Because of his success with the Little Gallery, in 1931 he was chosen by the American Federation of Arts to be the director of a new experimental art center in Cedar Rapids. Rowan was affiliated with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard before going to Cedar Rapids and served as Chief, Public Buildings Administration, 1930's-1940's.

From the description of Edward Beatty Rowan papers, 1929-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82194632
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creatorOf Tabor, Robert Byron, 1882-1972. Papers of Robert B. Tabor, 1933-1972. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Edward Biberman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Holger Cahill papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Public Works of Art Project selected administrative and business records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Community Art Project records, 1932-1943 Rhode Island School of Design Archives.
referencedIn Forbes Watson papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Forbes Watson papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Mitchell Siporin papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kenneth Miller Adams papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Frank Mechau correspondence and mural contracts Archives of American Art
creatorOf Edna Reindel papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
creatorOf Martyl Langsdorf papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Clarence Holbrook Carter papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Sigmund, Jay G., 1885-1937. Papers of Jay Sigmund, 1911-1975. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Sigmund, Jay G., 1885-1937. Papers, 1911-1975. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952. Letter to Edward B. Rowan. Hollywood, CA. 1932 Dec. 15. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Anita Weschler Papers, 1902-1989, 1924-1960 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Wilbur D. Peat correspondence Archives of American Art
creatorOf United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1917-1942. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Edward Beatty Rowan papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946. Papers of Edward Beatty Rowan. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Edward Beatty Rowan papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wendell Jones papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Edward and Thelma Frazier Winter papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Peter Hurd papers relating to the Section of Fine Arts Archives of American Art
referencedIn Section of Fine Arts selected administrative records and correspondence Archives of American Art
referencedIn Douglas, Laura Glenn, 1888-1962. Papers, 1899-1979. South Carolina Newspaper Project
creatorOf Chaim Gross papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Myron Bement Smith collection, circa 1910-1970 National Museum of Asian Art Archives
creatorOf Public Works of Art Project. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1934. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Edward Arcenio Chavez papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Lucien and Marcelle Labaudt papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Douglas, Laura Glenn, 1888-1962. Laura Glenn Douglas papers, 1899-1979. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Ethel Magafan photograph and printed material Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Jacob Alexander Elshin Archives of American Art

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associatedWith Adams, Kenneth M. person
associatedWith Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956. person
associatedWith Biberman, Edward. person
associatedWith Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938. person
associatedWith Brooks, James, 1906- person
associatedWith Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960. person
associatedWith Carter, Clarence Holbrook, 1904-2000. person
associatedWith Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995. person
associatedWith Community Art Project corporateBody
associatedWith Cone, Marvin Dorwart, 1891-1965. person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith Dornbush, Adrian, 1900- person
associatedWith Douglas, Laura Glenn, 1888-1962. person
associatedWith Dunton, W. Herbert, 1878-1936. person
associatedWith Elshin, Jacob Alexander, b. 1892. person
associatedWith Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991. person
associatedWith Hurd, Peter, 1904- person
associatedWith John Herron Art Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956. person
associatedWith Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943. person
associatedWith Little Gallery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) corporateBody
associatedWith Magafan, Ethel, 1915 or 6-1993. person
associatedWith Martyl, 1918- person
associatedWith McCosh, David J., 1903-1980. person
associatedWith Mechau, Frank, 1904-1946. person
associatedWith Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970. person
associatedWith Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970. person
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project (Iowa) corporateBody
associatedWith Pyle, Arnold. person
associatedWith Reindel, Edna M. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. person
associatedWith Sachs, Paul J., 1878-1965 person
associatedWith Sigmund, Jay G., 1885-1937. person
associatedWith Siporin, Mitchell, 1910-1976. person
associatedWith Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952. person
correspondedWith Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970 person
associatedWith Stone City Colony and Art School (Stone City, Iowa) corporateBody
associatedWith Tabor, Robert Byron, 1882-1972. person
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Watson, Forbes person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Weschler, Anita person
associatedWith Winter, Edward. person
associatedWith Wood, Grant, 1891-1942. person
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Iowa--Cedar Rapids
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Art galleries, Commercial
Federal aid to the arts
Gallery directors
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Death 1946

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