George Kimak Papers Relating to Artmobile, Inc. 1950-1969

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George Kimak Papers Relating to Artmobile, Inc. 1950-1969

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/k/kimak_g.htm

George Kimak was an art teacher and co-founder of Artmobile, a "museum on wheels" akin to a bookmobile. Artmobile was intended to "bring original works of art to the schools of New York State" and was the shared vision of George Kimak and Barbara Chapin. Artmobile, Inc. was a non-profit corporation that oversaw the operation of the Artmobile. Collection includes correspondence and papers relating to Artmobile, Inc. and some of Kimak's personal papers, covering the years 1950 to 1969. Materials relate primarily to the planning and development of the "Artmobile concept" between 1952 and 1956.

3.0 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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