Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Studio Galleries administrative records, 1916-1983, 1916-1930 (bulk).

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Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Studio Galleries administrative records, 1916-1983, 1916-1930 (bulk).

Correspondence with artists associated with the Whitney Studio, 1928-1930; and files pertaining to exhibitions held at the gallery and to traveling exhibitions including one held overseas, 1921-1929. Report concerning the history of the Whitney Studio; and research notes of Lloyd Goodrich (1897-1987) accompanied by news clippings relating to exhibitions held at the Whitney Studio; transcripts of interviews with artists associated with the Whitney Studio concerning their memories of it, 1949. Recollections of artists Stuart Davis, Blendon Campbell, and John Sloan's early relationship with the Whitney Studio, 1949, 1953; and correspondence of and news clippings about Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Juliana Force, longtime artistic associate of Mrs. Whitney and director of the Whitney Studio Club and Gallery, 1980-1983.

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Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964

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