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Whitney Halstead papers

1920-1982

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The Whitney Halstead papers measure 7.1 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1982. They document the career of art historian, educator, critic, author, and artist Whitney Halstead. Found within the papers are scattered biographical material; a diary and travel journals; writings and notes (almost one-half of the collection); scattered correspondence; miscellaneous records and printed materials documenting Halstead's tenure at the Art Institute of Chicago; audio-cassette recordings of African and native music; artists files for Jim Nutt and Joseph E. Yoakum; exhibition files; art work by Halstead and others; and photographs of Halstead, friends and colleagues, and art projects. Also found are numerous photographs, slides, and negatives depicting primitive art, mostly native American Indian art by Southwest tribes.

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Halstead, Whitney

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Teacher, critic, scholar, artist; b. 1926; d. 1979. Received his B.F.A and M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Taught art history at several Chicago-area schools, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he developed a series of courses on primitive art. Wrote critical reviews for Artforum and the Chicago Daily News, as well as numerous articles about local and primitive art. Curated several exhibitions, including Made in Chicago. W...

Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, Ill.)

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Art center; Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1939 as the Fifth Ward Art Center of Chicago, Illinois. The name changed to Hyde Park Art Center in February 1940. From the description of Hyde Park Art Center records, 1940-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82604428 ...

Whitney Halstead

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Art historian, educator, critic, author, and artist Whitney Halstead was born in 1926. After receiving a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Halstead worked as an assistant in the Field Museum's anthropology department. He also taught art history at several Chicago-area universities, including the Art Institute, where he developed a series of courses on primitive art. Some historians have indicated that these courses were an important influence on t...

Yoakum, Joseph, 1886-1972

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Nutt, Jim, 1938-

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Jim Nutt (1938- ) is a painter and draftsman from Wilmette, Ill. From the description of Oral History interview with Jim Nutt, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477513 Painter, draftsman; Wilmette, Ill. From the description of Jim Nutt interview, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188829 Jim Nutt, 1938-, painter and draftsman of Wilmette, Ill. From the description of Oral History interview with Jim Nutt, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Art Institute of Chicago. School

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