Emanuel Benson papers

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Emanuel Benson papers

1924-1967

Material relating to the Federal Art Project; and correspondence. Reports; directives; articles; lectures; speeches; clippings; publications; the mock-up of a projected book on the project; and essays written for the book by Stuart Davis and Balcomb Greene. Papers were kept by Benson as consultant to the Federal Art Project and are mostly related to the Community Art Centers and the Index of American Design. 482 cards and letters from artists and friends; lecture notes and writings; and a photograph (unidentified). Correspondents include Karl Knaths, Alexander Calder, Gustav Wolff, Alfred Stieglitz, Jacques Lipchitz, George Grosz, Arthur Machen, John Marin, Franklin Watkins, Wassily Kandinsky, and others.

0.8 linear ft. (on 2 microfilm reels)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6743432

Archives of American Art

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Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947

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Welsh novelist and essayist, a forerunner of 20th century Gothic science fiction. From the description of Eleusinia / by a former member of H. C. S. 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598531 From the guide to the Eleusinia, 1881, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Machen was a Welsh writer of tales, mystical, romantic, and macabre. From the description of Introduction to Lady Benson's Memoirs : manuscript, 1926. (Peking University Library). WorldCat...

Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990

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O'Connor, Francis V.

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Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976

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Marin, John, 1870-1953

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Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946

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Index of American Design

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Wolff, Gustave, 1863-1935

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Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971

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Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971.

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Educator, writer, and lecturer; Philadelphia, Pa. Was a consultant for the WPA Federal Art Project. Began a book on the project and died before it was finished. Francis V. O'Connor edited and completed the book, ART FOR THE MILLIONS. From the description of Emanuel Benson papers, 1924-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476912 Educator, writer, and lecturer; Philadelphia, Pa. Was a consultant for the WPA Federal Art Proje...

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944

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Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973

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Grosz, George, 1893-1959

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Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972

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