Creator:
Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-
Inclusive Dates:
1916- 1964
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, illustrator, novelist,
painter, poet. Correspondence (1916-1963); manuscript drafts of writings and poetry with original drawings by
Shaw; exhibition catalogs; photographs; and scrapbooks of magazine articles and clippings compiled by Shaw of his
and his friends' work (1921-1935). Incoming correspondence includes that of Josef Albers, Ruth Chatterton,
George Gershwin, Sinclair Lewis, H.L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, The New Yorker, Maxwell Perkins, Smart Set,
Deems Taylor, and Monty Woolley.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Exhibition catalogs.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sketches.
Subject:
The New Yorker (periodical).
Smart set (periodical).
Artists.
Authors.
Illustrators.
Novelists.
Painters.
Poets.
Art -- Illustrators
Art -- Painters
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- Children's
Abstract expressionism -- United States.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Illustrators -- United States.
Novelists, American.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Poets, American.
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.
Creator:
Cobb family.
Inclusive Dates:
1825- 1972
Abstract:
Several generations of an important New England family. Clippings, correspondence, subject file, manuscripts, printed material, journals, photos, scrapbooks, books, artifacts, sermons, articles, correspondence, diaries, calendars, notebooks, more.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Autobiographies (literary works)
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Diaries.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Poems.
Postcards.
Sermons.
Sketchbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Lectures.
Subject:
Boston (Mass.) -- History.
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Christian freeman and family visiter.
Artists.
Authors.
Clergymen.
Teachers.
Religion and philosophy
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Artists -- United States -- 19th century.
Bahai Faith -- History -- 19th century.
Capital punishment -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Faith.
Painting, American -- 19th century.
Progressive education.
Spirituality.
Temperance -- Addresses, essays, lectures.