Creator:
Weston, Harold, 1894-1972.
Inclusive Dates:
1897- 1971
Abstract:
Papers of the American painter,
humanitarian. The collection includes artwork reproductions, correspondence subject
files, memorabilia and writings, much of which deal with Weston's work in various
organizations, including the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, the American
Federation of Arts, the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Food for
Freedom, the International Association of the Plastic Arts of Plastic Arts, the
National Council on the Arts and Government and the United Nations. The collection
provides a detailed look at the lobbying efforts to create the National Endowment
for the Arts as well as development of post-World War Two international cooperation
in the arts.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Manuscripts for publication.
Drafts (documents)
Black-and-white negatives.
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Reports.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Painting,American -- 20th century.
Art and state.
Federal aid to the arts.
Humanitarianism.
Creator:
Leach, Henry Goddard, 1880-1970.
Inclusive Dates:
1898- 1969
Abstract:
American author, educator, intellectual; editor of the intellectual and literary national periodical
The Forum (1923-1940); president, American-Scandinavian Foundation (1926-1947), president, Poetry Society of America (1934-1937). Collection includes correspondence relating to
The Forum and the American-Scandinavian Foundation, unpublished essays, articles, diaries, lectures, photographs, clippings, juvenilia and more.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Juvenilia.
Lectures.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Photographs.
Subject:
The Forum.
Authors.
Editors.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
American literature -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Periodical editors -- United States.
Scandinavia.
Scandinavian Americans.