Eskimo Art, Inc. Records 1953-1994

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Eskimo Art, Inc. Records 1953-1994

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Agency established by Eugene Power to provide market for Inuit art, also gallery for Inuit art. Correspondence, scrapbooks, and office files detailing the company's activities.

2 linear ft. (in 3 boxes)

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Power, Eugene B., 1905-1993

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Founder and director of University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and member of the board of regents of the University of Michigan. From the description of Eugene B. Power papers, 1937-1993. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78228886 From the description of Eugene B. Power papers, 1937-1993. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418516 Founder and executive of University Microforms, which merged with Xerox Corporation in 1962; director of Xer...

Eskimo Art, Inc.

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Eugene Power launched Eskimo Art Inc. in 1953 as a non-profit corporation "to promote an interest and appreciation of Eskimo art in the US." Over four decades, Power's company was instrumental in bringing worldwide attention to the prints, sculptures and engravings of the Inuit Eskimos of Cape Dorset, West Baffin Island in Northern Canada. Power's son Philip Power dissolved the company shortly after his father's death in 1993. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Po...