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Papers, 1890-1980.

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Taflinger's correspondence, personal papers, manuscripts, teaching files, and photographs, as well as family correspondence and papers. Taflinger's correspondence details his art studies, work with David Belasco, and teaching; correspondents include Jessica Daube, George B. Bridgeman, and Otto Stark. Personal papers include clippings and articles on Taflinger's work in Indianapolis, especially at Holliday Park, and on Belasco, Karl Bitter, and John Holliday. Teaching files include lectures, rosters, and files for veterans he taught. There are also drafts of Taflinger's autobiography, exhibition catalogs, postcards from ham radio operators, reel-to-reel tapes, and photographs. Family materials relate to Taflinger's parents and his sister Coral Taflinger Black, and family friend Martha L. Springer. Also included are architectural drawings and Taflinger and Clark family photographs.

20 boxes, 1 postcard box, 3 oversize boxes, 3 boxes of visual materials, and 4 cassette tapes.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Belasco, David, 1853-1931

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American theatrical producer and playwright. From the description of Letter : to Luther Price, 1906 Apr. 2. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494221 American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright. From the description of David Belasco letter, 1905 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709924141 From the description of David Belasco letter, 1929 Oct. 30. (Unknown). W...

Bridgeman, George B., 1864-1940

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Taflinger, Clemence Clark, 1867?-1954.

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Taflinger, Elmer E. (Elmer Edward), 1891-1981

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A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Taflinger was an artist and teacher in a variety of mediums. In New York he studied with George B. Bridgeman and worked for stage producer David Belasco. Taflinger is best remembered for his murals and the Ruins, a setting for a Karl Bitter statue grouping in Holliday Park, Indianapolis, Ind. From the description of Papers, 1890-1980. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 38277782 Painter; Indianapolis, Ind. ...

Clark family

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Manual Training High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Black, Robert L. (Robert Lovell)

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Daube, Jessica, d. 1965.

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Springer, Martha L., d. 1937

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Holliday, John H. (John Hampden), 1846-1921

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John H. Holliday was born in Indianapolis. He attended Northwest Christian University (Butler) and Hanover College, and served during the Civil War with the 137th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. In 1869 he founded the Indianapolis News, and was owner and managing editor until his retirement in 1892. In 1893 he founded the Union Trust Company and served as its president until 1899. He died in Indianapolis in 1921. From the description of Letter, 1880 April 29, Indianapolis. (Indiana Histo...

Taflinger family

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Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915

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Born in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, Karl Bitter was trained as a sculptor at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, from 1885 to 1888. After active service in the Army, Bitter immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in November of 1889. Within weeks of his arrival, Bitter was engaged by the American architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1825-1895). He worked on projects for the Astors and Vandberbilts in New York City and at the Biltmore Estate, for William H. Vanderbilt, Ash...

Stark, Otto, 1859-1926

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Otto Stark (1859-1926) was an Indianapolis-born artist who gained national prominence as a member of the "Hoosier Group," a loose association of Indiana artists that included T. C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, and William Forsyth. Stark's work most clearly showed the influence of Impressionism, and he often featured children in his work. Stark's artistic career began at the age of 16 when he was apprenticed to a lithographer in Cincinnati. Stark also enrolled in the School of Design at the Univers...

Black, Coral Taflinger, 1894-1978.

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