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Collection Title:
Creator:
Weschler, Anita.
Inclusive Dates:
1898-1991
Abstract:
Papers of the American sculptor, painter, interior decorator, poet, author. Collection includes correspondence, artwork (sketches, watercolors), exhibition catalogs, photographs, writings, and memorabilia, including financial material.
Type of Material:
Appointment books.
Articles.
Audiocassettes.
Sound recordings.
Awards.
Bank statements.
Bankbooks.
Calendars (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Poems.
Receipts (financial records)
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Artists.
Interior decorators.
Painters.
Poets.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Art -- Painters
Art, American -- 20th century.
Interior decorators -- United States.
Jews, American.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American.
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century.
Women artists -- United States.
Women painters -- United States.
Women poets, American.
Women sculptors -- United States.

2.

Collection Title:
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.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Whitaker, Frederic
Inclusive Dates:
1928-2005
Abstract:
Papers of the American painter (1891-1980). Correspondence, published material, paintings, and sketches.
Type of Material:
Address books.
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Line drawings.
Manuscripts for publication.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sketches.
Watercolors (paintings)
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.

Creator:
Wight, Clifford.
Inclusive Dates:
1929-1941
Abstract:
Papers of the Mexican muralist. An epigrapher and sculptor, Wight acted as secretary, translator, and technical assistant to Diego Rivera during the latter's sojourn in the United States. Collection includes a variety of materials relating to Rivera's mural work in Detroit, San Francisco, and New York, including technical documents, correspondence, miscellaneous holograph and typescript manuscripts, photographs, and printed material.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Announcements.
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Ephemera.
Manuscripts for publication.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Programs (documents)
Specifications.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Mexican American art.
Mural painting and decoration -- California.
Mural painting and decoration -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Mural painting and decoration --New York (State) -- New York.
Mural painting and decoration -- United States -- 20th century.
Painters, Mexico.
Public art.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Williams, Wheeler, 1897-1972.
Inclusive Dates:
1959-1959
Abstract:
Manuscript entitled "Confusion in the Art World." Collection also includes supporting material: an article by Williams entitled "The Truth About Modern Art," a copy of a Congressional Record from 1959 recording Congressional concern about Communism in the art world, and a mimeo of a letter with notes purporting to document Communist party discussions on how best to use art in America as a political weapon.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Congressional records.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Minutes (administrative records)
Subject:
Artists.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Politics, government and public administration
Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Political aspects.
Communism and art.