Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 402
Archives of American Art
Records, 1954-1985
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Archives of American Art |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1954-1985 |
Quantity: | 29.69 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) |
Collection: | Record Unit 402 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This collection documents the development of the Archives of American Art (AAA), chiefly the period since acquisition of AAA by the Smithsonian in 1970, though some records from its earlier history in Detroit and New York are also included. These records contain minutes, files, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Committee; and correspondence of Edgar P. Richardson and William E. Woolfenden, the first two directors. For the post-1970 period, records and correspondence document the Archives' acquisition by the Smithsonian; correspondence of Garnett McCoy, Deputy Director; field office correspondence of Robert Brown, director of the New England office, 1975-1986; field office correspondence of Paul J. Karlstrom, director of the west coast office, 1974-1975; field office correspondence of Susan Hamilton, director of the New York office, 1981-1987; records of the AAA's automated cataloging project, 1986-1989; records of AAA's project to create a central source for information on New Deal art projects, 1963-1965; and editorial files of the Archives of American Art Journal. |
Descriptive Entry
This collection documents the development of the Archives of American Art (AAA), chiefly the period since acquisition of AAA by the Smithsonian in 1970, though some records from its earlier history in Detroit and New York are also included. These records contain minutes, files, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Committee; and correspondence of Edgar P. Richardson and William E. Woolfenden, the first two directors. For the post-1970 period, records and correspondence document the Archives' acquisition by the Smithsonian; correspondence of Garnett McCoy, Deputy Director; field office correspondence of Robert Brown, director of the New England office, 1975-1986; field office correspondence of Paul J. Karlstrom, director of the west coast office, 1974-1975; field office correspondence of Susan Hamilton, director of the New York office, 1981-1987; records of the AAA's automated cataloging project, 1986-1989; records of AAA's project to create a central source for information on New Deal art projects, 1963-1965; and editorial files of the Archives of American Art Journal.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Archives of American Art Journal (Serial)
- McCoy, Garnett
- Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985
- Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward), 1918-1995
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 402, Archives of American Art, Records
Container List
Box 1
Director's Records
Edger P. Richardson: Correspondence re: Beginning of the Archives, 1954-1956
Edger P. Richardson: Correspondence (general), 1954-1961 (2 folders)
Edger P. Richardson: Correspondence with Board of Regents, 1954-1955
Edger P. Richardson: Williamsburg Forum Lecture, 1958
Edger P. Richardson: Notes and Activity Logs, 1954-1961
Edger P. Richardson: Financial Reports and Statements, 1954-1961
Edger P. Richardson: Director's Reports, 1955-1962
Edger P. Richardson: Invitations, 1957
Edger P. Richardson: Newspaper Clippings
Edger P. Richardson: Articles and Brochures (2 folders)
Edger P. Richardson: Paul L. Grigaut Correspondence, 1957-1960
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence with Edger P. Richardson, 1960-1977 (2 folders)
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence (general), 1960-1979 (10 folders)
Box 2
William E. Woolfenden: Notes
William E. Woolfenden: Personal Correspondence, 1963-1970
Washington: Space
Washington: Possible Exhibitions
Washington: Exhibition
Bibliography and Inquires re: Publication
California Committees/Lists
Minutes of the West Coast Support Committee
West Coast Correspondence, 1978
West Coast: Collection Reports
West Coast: Correspondence, 1979
California Events
West Coast: Special Events Committee
West Coast: Events (general)
Correspondence: Pinky Hoover (Mrs. Herbert)
Washington: Garnett McCoy
Checklist
Curator Reports, 1975
New England Committee, 1976-1977
New England Committee, 1972-1976
Boston Correspondence, 1977-1978
Boston Correspondence, 1975-1976
Historic Records Survey (WPA)
Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Chicago, 1980
Detroit: Board of Directors Meetings and Correspondence
Michigan Council for the Arts
Midwest Office (Chicago/Milwaukee)
Artists in Michigan Project
Detroit: Collection Reports, 1975-1978
Michigan Book
Detroit Correspondence, 1977-1978
New York Reports, 1975
Detroit to New York Move
New York Committee: Financial
Washington: Area Collector
Boston Seminar, 1980
Boston Symposium, 1979
Boston Dinner, 1980
Projects: R. Brown Seminars, 1980
Boston Collection Reports, 1979
Boston Collection Reports, 1977-1978
Boston Seminar: American W/C and Drawings, 1979
New England Events, 1979
New England Advisory Committee
New England Committee, 1978
New England: Bob Brown Correspondence
Boston Correspondence, 1979
Correspondence with Researchers
Reports (Vol. 20, No. 1)
Box 3
Final (Vol. 19, No. 4)
Permissions to Research Artists
Cornell Researchers
AAA Journal (general)
AAA Journal: Siadhal Sweeney
AAA Journal: Paul Cummings
Garnett's AAA Journal Article, 1980
Correspondence re: Rejected Manuscript for AAA Journal
Bob Brown's AAA Journal Article
Base Analysis, 1974-1981
Archives Publications (Russia), 1959
AAA Journal: Virginia Field Memoranda, 1981
Annual Report for AAA Journal, 1980
Annual Report, 1979
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence, 1981
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence, 1980
Director's Memoranda to Area Offices, 1979-1981
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence (general)
William E. Woolfenden: Professional Correspondence, 1962-1978
William E. Woolfenden: Architectural Preservation, 1974-1975
William E. Woolfenden: Art Dealers Association
William E. Woolfenden: American Association of Museums, 1961
William E. Woolfenden: American Association of Museums, 1976-1978
William E. Woolfenden: American Friends of Attingham
William E. Woolfenden: American Studies Association, 1960-1965
William E. Woolfenden: Art and Artists
William E. Woolfenden: The Board of Foreign Scholarships
William E. Woolfenden: Metropolitan Museum Visiting Committee
William E. Woolfenden: Minnesota Museum of Art
William E. Woolfenden: Printed
Association of Artist Run Galleries
Events/Invitations: Archives and Other Institutions
Art Film
Foreign Inquiries, 1970-1972
Box 4
Inquiries (general), 1974-1975
Inquiries re: Artists, 1975
Cooper Union Museum
Edward Dwight (Research Associate)
William E. Woolfenden: Institute in Early American History and Culture
William E. Woolfenden: Lectures (general)
William E. Woolfenden: Lectures/Scholastic Awards
William E. Woolfenden: Peter Karanagh
William E. Woolfenden: Michigan Craftsmen's Council
William E. Woolfenden: Michigan Silversmiths Guild
William E. Woolfenden: Jules Prown
William E. Woolfenden: Wisconsin Arts Foundation and Council (George Richard)
William E. Woolfenden: Publishers
William E. Woolfenden: Detroit Historic Preservation Committee
William E. Woolfenden: Local History Conference
William E. Woolfenden: Detroit/Founders Society of Detroit Institute of Arts
William E. Woolfenden: Detroit Adventure, 1966-1968
William E. Woolfenden: Detroit Artist's Market, 1964-1970
William E. Woolfenden: Artist's Market/Frances Sibley Alexander Scholarship Fund
William E. Woolfenden: Arizona Proposal
William E. Woolfenden: Rhode Island Committee
William E. Woolfenden: Branch Offices Memoranda, 1971-1979
William E. Woolfenden: Smithsonian/National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA)/National Portrait Gallery (NPG) General Correspondence
William E. Woolfenden: Special Collecting
William E. Woolfenden: Southwest Office, 1975-1979
Field Offices: Arizona, Texas, and Rhode Island
Texas Project
Chicago Office
Indianapolis Office
New Orleans Office
Rome Office
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence re: Rome Office, 1962
William E. Woolfenden: Rome Reports, 1963-1966
Detroit: Interoffice Correspondence/Pershing
Detroit: Newsletters
Detroit: Statistics
Detroit: Renovation
Detroit: Correspondence, 1972-1976
William E. Woolfenden: Correspondence re: Detroit Institute of Arts
William E. Woolfenden: Detroit (general)
William E. Woolfenden: Jewelry Auction, 1978
New York Office Correspondence, 1955-1961
New York Office: Quarterly Reports, 1967-1971
Box 5
New York Office: Survey Material
Butler Coleman
New York Office Expansion Project (Finance and Accounting)
New York Contractual Services
New York Office: Correspondence, 1959-1971
Bruce Hooter: Correspondence, 1964-1966
Ivor Avellino, 1963-1966
Washington D.C. Correspondence, 1970
Washington D.C.: Exhibition from Reliable Sources, 1974
Artists and Moels Exhibition, 1975
Exhibitions (general), 1976
Boston Correspondence, 1970-1974 (2 folders)
Opening of the Boston Office, 1971
Bob Brown Interview with Louis Lyons (WGBH), 1971
Boston Collection Reports, 1971-1976
West Coast Office: Correspondence, 1976-1977
San Francisco Office: Renovation and Contributions
West Coast Office Renovation
West Coast Office: Correspondence, 1973-1975 (2 folders)
Branch Offices: California/Correspondence with Paul Mills
West Coast Correspondence, 1959-1972
Robert Bechtle's "Santa Barbara Patio"
Branch Office: California/Ian White
Print Project: San Francisco Office, 1980
Southwest Office, 1962-1971
William E. Woolfenden: Staff Meetings, 1970-1983 (21 folders)
AAA Fundraising
Money Acknowledgments, 1970-1972
Box 6
Departmental Records
Fundraising, 1954-1959
Fundraising Foundations
Money Acknowledgments, 1977
William Kemsley, 1959
John Maclellan, 1961-1962
Fundraising: The Lannan Foundation
Fundraising: The Avalon Foundation, 1960
Fundraising: National Foundations, 1961
Fundraising: Michigan/Doubtful Prospects, 1961
Fundraising: Max C. Fleischmann, 1965
Fundraising: Foundations (general), 1962
Fundraising: New York Council/Arts Grant, 1967
Fundraising: First Presentation, 1959
Fundraising: Grant-in-Aid Form Samples
Fundraising: Requests
Fundraising: Charles Mount/Stuart Portraits
Fundraising: Grants-in-Aid (general)
Fundraising: Survey Reports to Ford Foundation
Fundraising: Carleton Sprague Smith Correspondence re: Conference V
Fundraising: Grants-in-Aid Morley Driver
Fundraising: Missouri Historical Society
Fundraising: Survey/Ford Foundation Conference Participants
Fundraising: Survey/Ford Foundation Publication of Conference Papers
Fundraising: Survey/Ford Foundation Conference Reports and Results
Fundraising: Survey/Ford Foundation Financial Statements
Fundraising: Conference/Tools and Methods of Research Correspondence, 1961
Fundraising: Survey Correspondence
Fundraising: Ford Foundation Conference I, 1961
Fundraising: Ford Foundation Conference II, 1961
Fundraising: Foundations Possible Approach
Fundraising: Presentations for Foundations
Fundraising: Foundations Solicitations (3 folders)
Fundraising: Grants Information (general)
Fundraising: Possible Grants
Fundraising: Fund for the Advancement of Education, 1959
Fundraising: Bollingen Foundation, Inc., 1961
Fundraising: Carnegie Corporation, 1959
Fundraising: Council on Library Resources
Fundraising: Foundation Donor List, 1961
Fundraising: Edith G. Halpert Foundation
Fundraising: Endowment Fund
Fundraising: Fashion Group, 1961
Fundraising: Ford Foundations, 1960
Fundraising: Ford Foundation Grants and Requests, 1962
Fundraising: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1962
Fundraising: Mrs. Malcolm A. McCannel, 1967-1968
Fundraising: McGregor Fund, 1958-1961
Fundraising: Mellon Grant (Oral History Tapes), 1974
Fundraising: Memorial Fund
Fundraising: Michigan Active, 1961
Box 7
Fundraising: Michigan Rejections, 1961
Fundraising: Michigan Follow-up, 1961
Fundraising: National Council for Arts and Education, Inc.
Fundraising: National Endowment for the Arts
Fundraising: New York Foundation, Inc., 1961
Fundraising: New York Council/Oral History Grant, 1968-1969
Fundraising: New York Foundation
Fundraising: New York State Council Application for a Grant, 1971-1972
Fundraising: Office of Development Grant Proposals
Fundraising: Old Dominion Foundation, 1961
Fundraising: John Price Jones Company Survey, 1959
Fundraising: An Evening with Vincent Price, 1959
Fundraising: The Rockefeller Foundation, 1959
Fundraising: Rockefeller Brother's Fund, 1960-1962
Fundraising: The James N. Rosenberg Show, 1961
Fundraising: Russian Exhibition Fund, 1959-1963
Fundraising: Grants/Smithsonian Policy
Fundraising: Possible Grants/Smith
Fundraising: Foundations/Trustees Replies (Dr. Burton's Memorandum), 1976
Fundraising: AAA Auction, 1960
Fundraising: Correspondence re: Auctions, 1979
Fundraising: Detroit Auction Sale, 1957
Fundraising: Detroit Donors
Fundraising: Detroit Fundraising Committee, 1954
Fundraising: Detroit Fundraising Committee, 1969-1973
Fundraising: Jewel Auction, 1973
Fundraising: Detroit Auction and Garage Sale, 1972-1974
Fundraising: Detroit Clothing Auction, 1975
Fundraising: Lundi Gras, 1971-1979
Fundraising: New England Area Center Event/Artists Dinner, 1980
Fundraising: Michigan Council for the Arts/Applicant, 1981
Trustees: Organization Correspondence (general)
Trustees: Ben Barkin
Trustees: Mrs. John L. Bradley (Gay), 1970-1979
Trustees: Irving Burton
Trustees: Al Capp
Trustees: Frank W. Donovan, 1957-1966
Trustees: Edmond DuPont, 1957-1973 (2 folders)
Trustees: Lawrence A. Fleischman, 1957-1968
Trustees: Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 1957-1961
Trustees: J.W. Fullbright
Trustees: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1956-1975 (5 folders)
Trustees: Milka Iconomoff
Trustees: William T. Kemper, 1965-1968
Trustees: Eric Larrabee, 1969-1972
Trustees: Howard W. Lipman, 1956-1972
Box 8
Trustees: Harold Love
Trustees: Russell Lynes, 1961-1971 (2 folders)
Trustees: Robert Maneil, 1968-1975 (3 folders)
Trustees: Abraham Melamed, 1966-1972
Trustees: John Walden Meyer
Trustees: Charles Moore, 1955-1959 (3 folders)
Trustees: Henry Pearlman, 1963-1973
Trustees: Vincent Price, 1956-1966
Trustees: Chapin Riley, 1969-1970
Trustees: Anna Wells Rutledge, 1960-1967
Trustees: Eero Saarinen
Trustees: Stephen Shalom, 1974-1976
Trustees: Eloise Spaeth, 1961-1977
Trustees: Girard Spencer, 1968-1972
Trustees: Stanford Stoddard, 1963-1974
Trustees: George H. Waterman, 1974-1977
Trustees: Elizabeth Willis, 1957-1965 (3 folders)
Trustees: James H. Wineman, 1970-1971
Trustees: Willis Woods, 1967-1972
Trustees: Correspondence (general), 1959-1981 (2 folders)
Trustees: Lists and Notes
Trustees: Meeting in Boston, 1980
Trustees: Meeting (9/29/1980)
Trustees: Meeting (6/5/1980)
Trustees: Meeting (3/6/1980)
Trustees: Meeting (10/2/1979)
Trustees: Meeting (6/5/1979)
Trustees: Meeting (6/1979)
Trustees: Meeting (3/7/1979)
Trustees: Meeting (12/3/1979)
Trustees: Executive Committee Meeting (9/23/1980)
Trustees: Executive Committee Meeting (2/7/1980)
Trustees: Executive Committee (general), 1977-1979
Trustees: Membership, 1977-1981
Trustees: Mrs. Otto L. Spaeth, 1971-1976
Trustees: Executive Committee Meeting (9/27/1980)
Trustees: Financial Committee
Trustees: New York Committee, 1957-1971 (2 folders)
Trustees: New York Committee Notes
Projects: William E. Woolfenden Correspondence re: Projects
Projects: AFA Exhibition re: "From the Archives of American Art" (MacBeth Gallery)
Projects: American Arts Documentation Centre (University of Exeter)
Projects: American Cultural Association
Projects: Art News (75th Anniversary)
Projects: Art Union Films Research Publications
Projects: AAA Auction Catalogue
Projects: Artists Signatures, 1961-1963
Projects: Huge's "Rediscovery"/Offers to Marine Museums, 1975
Box 9
Projects: Bicentennial Archives (Karpel), 1970-1976 (3 folders)
Projects: Bibliography (Karpel), 1977-1978
Projects: Bibliography (Publication and Financial)
Projects: Introduction
Projects: Bicentennial (Smithsonian)
Projects: Bicentennial Smithsonian Committee/American Revolution
Projects: Bowker Guide to the Collection
Projects: Cassett Project
Projects: Chadwyck-Healey
Projects: Warren Forma Correspondence (Films)
Projects: Reliable Sources Catalogue
Projects: Missouri River Project
Projects: Motion Picture for AAA, 1965 (2 folders)
Projects: National Foundation on the Arts
Projects: Nevelson Record and Calder
Projects: Paris Report, 1970
Projects: AAA Publications
Projects: Religions Art Show
Projects: Role of Creative Arts in American Civilization
Projects: James N. Rosenberg
Projects: USIA Biographies for Cat Sculptors
Projects: USIA Biographies for Cat Painters
Projects: USIA Exhibition
Projects: USIA Catalogue (Fleischiman)
Projects: USIA Letters of Acknowledgment
Projects: Leslie Wrigley Committee, 1959
Box 10
Projects: Regina Soria's Vedder, 1960-1962
Projects: Winterthur Publishing Program (Completed Projects)
Projects: Jig Saw/AAA Print Lottery
Projects: Publishers
Projects: Valentine Papers
Projects: Carter Brown
Projects: Advisory Committee, 1954
Projects: State Centers (general)
Projects: State Centers (Arizona)
Projects: State Centers (Rhode Island)
Projects: Book on Michigan Artists
Public Relations: Peter Pollack Correspondence, 1959-1961
Public Relations: Film Archives (J. Handy)
Public Relations: American Cultural Association, 1962
Public Relations: Government and the Arts, 1962
Public Relations: Historic Tombstone Adventure
Public Relations: Louise Brunner Correspondence, 1962-1967
Public Relations: Press Releases and Articles, 1970-1978 (2 folders)
Public Relations: Press Releases on Agreement, 1970
Public Relations: Publicity Correspondence, 1954-1971
Public Relations: General Information
Public Relations: Smithsonian Magazine Article
Public Relations: Smithsonian Torch
Public Relations: New York Times (Grace Glueck), 1970
Public Relations: Rome Office, 1967
Public Relations: Press Kit Material
Public Relations: Bostick Type Designs, 1957
Public Relations: Correspondence (general), 1954-1964
Public Relations: Publicity (general)
Public Relations: Publications and Bulletin
Public Relations: Card Catalogue Introduction (Garnett McCoy)
Public Relations: AAA Publication, 1954
Public Relations: Newspaper Clippings, 1956-1957
Public Relations: Newspaper Clippings, 1976-1979
Public Relations: Newspaper Clippings/Art Notes from All Over
Public Relations: Newspaper Clippings/Archives Members
Public Relations: AAA Information for Directories and Other Publications
Public Relations: Listings for Directories
Public Relations: Events
Public Relations: Publicity (general)
Public Relations: Smithsonian Year Book
Public Relations: Membership Correspondence, 1961-1978
Public Relations: Membership Contributions, 1977
Smithsonian Related: Exhibition Service
Smithsonian Related: Archives Exhibitions
Smithsonian Related: Smithsonian Associates
Smithsonian Related: Foreign Study Tours
Smithsonian Related: Federal Fund Expenditures
Smithsonian Related: SI Financial Reports, 1970-1972
Box 11
Smithsonian Related: SI Chart of Accounts
Smithsonian Related: Smithsonian Annual Reports re: AAA
Smithsonian Related: History and Art Bureau Directors Conference
Smithsonian Related: Smithsonian Bureau Directors
Smithsonian Related: Smithsonian Reports and Newsletters
Smithsonian Related: Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Related: Joseph Cornell Study Center (NCFA)
Smithsonian Related: Postage Reports
Smithsonian Related: Institute of Museum Services
Deputy Director/Senior Curator Office: Garnett McCoy and Richard J. Nicastro Correspondence, 1980-1982 (4 folders)
Curatorial Office: Checklist of the Collection, 1975
Curatorial Office: Checklist of the Collection, 1977
Curatorial Office: Exhibition Catalogues Introduction
Curatorial Office: Exhibition Catalogues (Boston)
Curatorial Office: Metropolitan Museum of Art (2 folders)
Curatorial Office: AAA Exhibition Catalogues
Curatorial Office: Exhibition Catalogues (general)
Curatorial Office: AAA Operating Funds (Buck Pennington), 1981-1982
Detroit/Midwest Area Center: Articles, 1961-1970
New York Area Center: Frick and Reference Library Correspondence
New York Area Center: Anna Belle Illien Correspondence, 1968-1971
New York Area Center: Mary Bartlett Cowdrey Correspondence, 1955-1961 (2 folders)
New York Area Center: Pershing/Pyle-Hooten Correspondence, 1965
New York Area Center: David Smith/Ugo Mulas Correspondence, 1965-1966
New York Area Center: Correspondence (general), 1965-1969
New York Area Center: Area Director Correspondence, 1970
Box 12
Washington D.C. Area Center: D.C. Area Center: Youth Grants
Washington D.C. Area Center: Information Requests, 1976-1977
Washington D.C. Area Center: Mailings to Members, 1976-1978
Washington D.C. Area Center: Staff Postcards
Washington D.C. Area Center: AAA History/Public Relations
West Coast Area Center: Correspondence (general), 1963-1977 (4 folders)
West Coast Area Center: West Coast Office Renovation/Donors, 1966-1977
West Coast Area Center: Press, 1970-1975
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Correspondence, 1963-1973
West Coast Area Center: West Coast Advisory Committee, 1972
West Coast Area Center: Permission Letters/Interviews and Restrictions, 1972-1976
West Coast Area Center: Archives California Tour, 1973
West Coast Area Center: Archives Opening Reception and Dinner, 1973
West Coast Area Center: Information Requests, 1973-1975
West Coast Area Center: Northern California Support, 1973-1975
West Coast Area Center: Southern California Advisory Committee, 1973-1976
West Coast Area Center: Correspondence (general), 1973-1976
West Coast Area Center: Membership, 1973-1976
West Coast Area Center: Early Membership Events, 1973-1976
West Coast Area Center: Northern California Advisory Committee, 1973-1976
West Coast Area Center: Recommendations, 1973-1976
West Coast Area Center: West Coast Office Renovation, 1973-1977
West Coast Area Center: Journal Reports, 1973-1980
West Coast Area Center: Press/Laisa Journal, 1974
West Coast Area Center: "Coast" Article, 1974
West Coast Area Center: Journal/Paul Cummings, 1974-1975
West Coast Area Center: WEU Memoranda, 1974-1975
West Coast Area Center: West Coast Office Publicity, 1974-1976
West Coast Area Center: Staff Meetings, 1974-1976
West Coast Area Center: Southern California Support, 1975
West Coast Area Center: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)/Western Scene Seminar, 1975
West Coast Area Center: Interoffice Business, 1975-1977
West Coast Area Center: Merril Greene, 1975-1977
West Coast Area Center: Membership Memoranda, 1975-1976
West Coast Area Center: Journal/Paul Cummings, 1976
West Coast Area Center: Western Regional Conference, 1976
West Coast Area Center: William E. Woolfenden Correspondence, 1976
West Coast Area Center: Annual Report, 1976
West Coast Area Center: Rockefeller Show (Members Reception), 1976
West Coast Area Center: The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1976
West Coast Area Center: 25th Anniversary Celebration Guest Book
West Coast Area Center: Memoranda from New York, 1977
West Coast Area Center: James Mundy, 1977
West Coast Area Center: Smith-Andersen Gallery, 1977
West Coast Area Center: LACMA Mailing, 1977
West Coast Area Center: Gallery Mailings, 1977
West Coast Area Center: American Society Appraisers Mailing, 1977
West Coast Area Center: Pierce Gallery (Massachusetts), 1977
West Coast Area Center: Guest Book for Collection of John D. Rockefeller Exhibition, 1976
West Coast Area Center: De Young Reception (25th Anniversary), 1979
West Coast Area Center: Anniversary Dinner and Dance (cancelled), 1979
Box 13
West Coast Area Center: Luncheon/Speaker Program (J. Carter Brown), 1979
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Engagements, 1977
West Coast Area Center: Spring Excursion, 1979
West Coast Area Center: China Tour, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Treasures of Tutankhamun, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Events, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Henry Alexander/Raymond Wilson, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Support Committee Minutes, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Los Angeles Group to San Francisco, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Karen Davies Correspondence, 1978-1979
West Coast Area Center: Gallery Mailing/Hoover Gallery, 1979
West Coast Area Center: William E. Woolfenden/Washington Correspondence, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Getty Museum Trip, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Loan Requests, 1978
West Coast Area Center: Membership/New York Correspondence, 1978-1979
West Coast Area Center: William E. Woolfenden Correspondence, 1979
West Coast Area Center: LACMA Tour, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Sue Coffey, 1978-1979
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Correspondence, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Southern California Advisory Committee, 1977-1979
West Coast Area Center: Northern California Advisory Committee, 1977-1979
West Coast Area Center: Research Inquiries, 1979
West Coast Area Center: Print Project, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: Correspondence re: Volunteers, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: American Art Review, 1978
West Coast Area Center: William E. Woolfenden Correspondence, 1977
West Coast Area Center: Journal/Paul Cummings Correspondence, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: Open House (Members), 1977
West Coast Area Center: Esthen Robles Gallery Mailing, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: National Membership Tours, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: Support Committee Minutes, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: Research Inquiries, 1978
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Correspondence, 1978
West Coast Area Center: Washington Office Reports, 1975-1976
West Coast Area Center: San Francisco Renovation, 1975-1977
West Coast Area Center: Northern California Advisory Committee Dinner, 1978
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Correspondence with William E. Woolfenden, 1978
West Coast Area Center: William E. Woolfenden Visit, 1978
West Coast Area Center: Exhibitions/California Collecting (Oakland), 1977
West Coast Area Center: California Collecting (Santa Barbara Museum), 1977
West Coast Area Center: Robert Fried/De Young Exhibition, 1978
West Coast Area Center: Peter Krasnow Exhibition (Magnes Museum), 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: Recommendations, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: McLaughlin Exhibition (LACMA), 1977
West Coast Area Center: James D. Smillie Exhibition, 1979
West Coast Area Center: De Young Museum Exhibition (Sargent), 1977
West Coast Area Center: SFMA Bicentennial Exhibition (Hopps), 1974
West Coast Area Center: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco "Downtown Dog Show" Exhibition, 1977-1978
West Coast Area Center: De Young Museum Vitrine, 1976-1977
West Coast Area Center: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/California Printing and Sculpture Exhibition, 1976-1977
West Coast Area Center: De Young Museum/Rockefeller Exhibition, 1976
West Coast Area Center: Exhibitions/Smithsonian Associates, 1975
West Coast Area Center: Oral History Filmed Pilot (Oakland Library), 1977
West Coast Area Center: Oral History/Bancroft Library (Berkeley), 1978
West Coast Area Center: Oral History/OHA Panel, 1977
West Coast Area Center: Oral History/Outside Projects, 1975-1977
West Coast Area Center: Oral History/UCLA Program, 1976
West Coast Area Center: Oral History/Symposium (San Diego, California), 1977
West Coast Area Center: Grabhorn Press Catalogues Inventory
West Coast Area Center: Artists Studios Tour, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Membership/Support Committee, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Northern California Advisory Committee, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Support Committee Guidelines, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Correspondence, 1980
West Coast Area Center: William E. Woolfenden Correspondence, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Volunteers, 1974-1980
West Coast Area Center: Washington Correspondence, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Funds Raised by Support Committee, 1979-1980
West Coast Area Center: S. Dillon Ripley Invitation/Boards, 1980
West Coast Area Center: S. Dillon Ripley Luncheon and Speech, 1980
West Coast Area Center: National Membership Tours, 1979-1980
Box 14
West Coast Area Center: Fall Excursion (postponed), 1980
West Coast Area Center: La Tour, 1980
West Coast Area Center: San Francisco Tour Receptions, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Christmas Party, 1980
West Coast Area Center: California Art Pottery
West Coast Area Center: Hawaiian Artists
West Coast Area Center: West Coast Publicity, 1977-1980
West Coast Area Center: Journal/Bechtle Interview, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Journal/Henry Alexander, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Research Inquiries, 1979-1980
West Coast Area Center: American Renaissance Reception, 1980
West Coast Area Center: Oral History Correspondence, 1976-1981
West Coast Area Center: CAC Transcribing Grant
West Coast Area Center: Paul J. Karlstrom Recommendations, 1980
Archives of American Art Journal Records
AAA Journal: Journal Proposal, 1964-1972
AAA Journal: Correspondence (general), 1962-1969
AAA Journal: Schedule and Information on Makeup, 1964
AAA Journal: Copyrights, 1964-1972
AAA Journal: General Information, 1972
AAA Journal: New Deal and the Arts Project, 1969
AAA Journal: Art Historian Survey, 1975-1978
AAA Journal: Journal Development, 1975-1978
AAA Journal: Correspondence (general), 1973-1978 (6 folders)
AAA Journal: Detroit Reports, 1974-1975
AAA Journal: Boston Reports, 1974-1976
AAA Journal: San Francisco Reports, 1973-1978
AAA Journal: New York Reports, 1970-1975
AAA Journal: RILA, 1976
AAA Journal: Curator's Reports, 1974-1976
Box 15
AAA Journal: Correspondence re: Art Index, 1977
AAA Journal: Personal Correspondence, 1973-1976
AAA Journal: Virginia Field (editor)
AAA Journal: Memoranda (general), 1981-1983
AAA Journal: Correspondence (general), 1981-1983
AAA Journal: Compliments
AAA Journal: Interoffice Correspondence and Memoranda
AAA Journal: Notes to Contributors
AAA Journal: Budget, 1981-1983
AAA Journal: AHAA Mailing List
AAA Bulletin (Vols. 1-4), 1963-1964 (2 folders)
AAA Journal (Vols. 5-7), 1965-1967 (3 folders)
AAA Journal (Vols. 8-9), 1968-1969
AAA Journal (Vols.10-12), 1970-1972 (3 folders)
AAA Journal (Vol. 13), 1973 (4 folders)
Box 16
AAA Journal (Vol. 14), 1974 (8 folders)
AAA Journal (Vol. 15), 1975 (6 folders)
Box 17
AAA Journal (Vol. 15), 1975 (4 folders)
AAA Journal (Vol. 16), 1976 (21 folders)
AAA Journal (Vol. 17), 1977 (7 folders)
Box 18
AAA Journal (Vol. 17), 1977 (8 folders)
AAA Journal (Vol. 18), 1978 (16 folders)
AAA Journal: Photographs (Vol. 20, No. 3), 1980
AAA Journal: Photographs (Vol. 20, No. 4), 1980
AAA Journal: Photographs Not Used
AAA Journal: Photographs and Negatives (general) (3 folders)
Box 19
AAA Journal: Journal Photographs and Negatives (general)
AAA Journal: Survey of Theses and Dissertations, 1981-1983
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 21, No. 3)
AAA Journal: E. L. Henty (Vol. 21, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Barr Letter re: Seitz (Vol. 21, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Bierstadt Permissions (Vol. 21, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Bierstadt Drafts (Vol. 21, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Final Copy (Vol. 21, No. 4)
AAA Journal: New York Gallery of Fine Arts (Vol. 21, No. 4)
AAA Journal: Hyland/Roosevelt Photographs (Vol. 21, No. 4)
AAA Journal: Smith Photographs (Vol. 21, No. 4)
AAA Journal: Smith/Ferrante (Vol. 21, No. 4)
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 21, No. 4)
AAA Journal: Photographs (Vol. 22, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Bolotowsky Correspondence and Photographs, 1982
AAA Journal: Annual Report (Vol. 22, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 22, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Bolotowsky Final Copy
AAA Journal: Bolotowsky Drafts (Vol. 22, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Photographs (Vol. 22, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Photographs (Vol. 22, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 22, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Bruges Madonna (Vol. 22, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Peto/Wilmerding (Vol. 22, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Peto Photographs (Vol. 22, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Peto Paper by John Wilmerding (2 folders)
AAA Journal: Scrapbook on John Peto
AAA Journal: Naumann Article Orders (Vol. 22, No. 4)
AAA Journal: William E. Woolfenden and AAA (Vol. 23, No. 1) (2 folders)
AAA Journal: Goodrich (Vol. 23, No. 1) (2 folders)
AAA Journal (Vol. 20, No. 3), 1980
AAA Journal: Photographs Not Used
Box 20
AAA Journal: Woolfenden Photographs
AAA Journal: Rona Roob (Vol. 23, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Report to Members (Vol. 23, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 23, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Photographs (Vol. 23, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Goodrich Final (Vol. 23, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Sue Ann Kendall (Vol. 23, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Northwest Reports (Vol. 23, No. 2)
AAA Journal: LaMar Harrington (Vol. 23, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Lucretia Giese/Mark Tobey Murals (Vol. 23, No. 1)
AAA Journal: Giese Photographs/Tobey (Vol. 23, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 23, No. 2)
AAA Journal: Kate Nearpass (Vol. 23, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Estill Curtis Pennington (Vol. 23, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Elizabeth Johns/Eckins as Teacher (Vol. 23, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Annette Blaugrund (Vol. 23, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Area Reports (Vol. 23, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Christine Hennessey/Cornell (Vol. 23, No. 3)
AAA Journal: Journal Draft (Vol. 23, No. 4)
Departmental Records
Public Relations: Newspaper Clippings, 1954-1974 (6 folders)
Public Relations: Directory Listings
Public Relations: Publicity for Auction
Public Relations: Promotion Brochure
Public Relations: Publicity Historical Records
Public Relations: News Releases (Smithsonian)
Public Relations: News Releases (AAA)
Public Relations: Professional Booklet
Public Relations: Tours/Other Institutions, 1980-1981
Public Relations: White Folder/Printing
Public Relations: DIA Bulletin, 1955-1961
Public Relations: Museum Project (E. Nathan)
Box 21
Public Relations: Peter Pollack Correspondence, 1960-1961
Public Relations: Publicity (general), 1962
Public Relations: Major Holdings
Public Relations: AAA History, 1966-1970
Public Relations: Brochure
Public Relations: Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1974 (9 folders)
Public Relations: Radio Smithsonian Program (cassette tape), 1986
Public Relations: Publications Citing AAA, 1982-1983
Advisory Committee (New York): General Information, 1961
Advisory Committee (New York): Meeting, 1984
Advisory Committee (New York): Correspondence, 1981-1984
Area Office Reports: Detroit, 1973-1976 (2 folders)
Area Office Reports: San Francisco, 1974-1978 (2 folders)
Area Office Reports: New York, 1974-1976
Area Office Reports: Boston, 1973-1977 (3 folders)
Acquisitions: Correspondence (general), 1984-1985
Acquisitions: Donation of Papers
Acquisitions: Paul J. Karlstrom Correspondence, 1982-1984
Acquisitions: Bagley Wright Correspondence, 1984
Acquisitions: Correspondence from Portland, Oregon, 1982-1984
Acquisitions: Pacific Northwest Collecting
Northwest Oral History Project: Virginia Field Correspondence, 1983
Northwest Oral History Project: Interview Status Log
Northwest Oral History Project: Budget, 1983-1984
Northwest Oral History Project: Progress Reports, 1983-1984
Northwest Oral History Project: Contract with Smithsonian Institution
Northwest Oral History Project: Statement
Northwest Oral History Project: Solomon Katz
Northwest Oral History Project: Advisory Committee and Mailing List
Northwest Oral History Project: Funding and Contributors
Northwest Oral History Project: Correspondence (general), 1982-1984
Northwest Oral History Project: Subjects List
Northwest Oral History Project: Initial Contact Letter with Subjects
Northwest Oral History Project: Robert Sperry Interview Agreement
Northwest Oral History Project: Inquiries re: Artists, 1979
Northwest Oral History Project: Morris Graves
Northwest Oral History Project: Virginia Haseltine
Northwest Oral History Project: Leo Kenney
Northwest Oral History Project: Hilda Morris
Northwest Oral History Project: Elizabeth Bayley Willis
Northwest Oral History Project: Information re: Interviewers (Seattle)
Box 22
Northwest Oral History Project: Interviewers (Portland)
Northwest Oral History Project: Meredith Clausen
Northwest Oral History Project: Jack Eyerly
Northwest Oral History Project: Anne Focke
Northwest Oral History Project: Norma Catherine Gleason
Northwest Oral History Project: Bruce Guenther
Northwest Oral History Project: LaMar Harrington
Northwest Oral History Project: Barbara Johns
Northwest Oral History Project: Marian Kolisch
Northwest Oral History Project: Martha Kingsbury
Northwest Oral History Project: Rachel Lafo
Northwest Oral History Project: John Olbrantz
Northwest Oral History Project: Sue Ragen
Northwest Oral History Project: Kenneth Shores
Northwest Oral History Project: Jane Van Cleave
Northwest Oral History Project: Interviewer Packet and Checklist
Northwest Oral History Project: Interviewer Packet and List of Enclosures
Northwest Oral History Project: Interviewer Contract Letter
Northwest Oral History Project: Preparation and Procedures/Interviewers
Northwest Oral History Project: Work Load and Time Estimates
Northwest Oral History Project: Edward Ruscha
Northwest Oral History Project: Information re: Washington Procedures at Archives
Northwest Oral History Project: COHP Information
Northwest Oral History Project: Ron Glowen
Northwest Oral History Project: Donor Information
Northwest Oral History Project: AAA Brochure
Northwest Oral History Project: Interviewer Packet
Northwest Oral History Project: Suggestions for Services
Northwest Oral History Project: Terry Bolender
Northwest Oral History Project: Hattie Freeman
Northwest Oral History Project: Lane Morgan
Northwest Oral History Project: Lorna Price
Northwest Oral History Project: Dixie Sheary
Northwest Oral History Project: Toni Reineke
Northwest Oral History Project: Rebecca K. Wiess
Northwest Oral History Project: Linda Karek
California Oral History Project, 1980-1982
Organization: Statements of Purpose and Objectives, 1954-1961
Organization: AAA By-Laws, 1960-1974
Organization: Indenture of Trust/Detroit Museum of Art Founders Society and AAA Organization: Meeting Minutes, 1954-1955
Organization: Founders Society Resolution for AAA, 1957
Organization: Budget
Organization: AAA Survey, 1965-1968
Trustees: Ben Barkin, 1966-1968
Trustees: Irving Burton, 1964-1978 (3 folders)
Trustees: Edmond DuPont, 1967
Trustees: Lawrence A. Fleischman, 1957-1966
Trustees: Milka Iconomoff, 1961-1972
Trustees: Mrs. Alfred Negley, 1975-1981
Trustees: Howard Lipman, 1960-1974
Trustees: Harold Love, 1961-1967
Trustees: Russell Lynes, 1960-1971
Trustees: Charles F. Moore, 1955-1956
Trustees: Eloise Spaeth, 1963-1977
Trustees: Giard Spencer, 1972
Trustees: Standford Stoddard, 1967-1971
Trustees: George Waterman, 1974
Trustees: James H. Wineman, 1971
Trustees: National Trustees, 1954-1982
Trustees Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Reports, 1956-1959 (2 folders)
Trustees Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Reports, 1960-1965 (2 folders)
Box 23
Trustees Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Reports, 1960-1965
Trustees Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Reports, 1966-1970 (3 folders)
Trustees Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Reports, 1971-1975 (3 folders)
Trustees Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Reports, 1976-1980 (5 folders)
Trustees: Budget, 1960-1970
Detroit Association of Contributors: Richardson Report, 1962
Detroit Association of Contributors: By-Laws
Detroit Association of Contributors: Lectures/Wayne Andrews and Charles Mount
Detroit Association of Contributors: Social Events, 1958-1961
Detroit Association of Contributors: Annual Meeting, 1960-1965 (8 folders)
Detroit Association of Contributors: Board Members and Membership Lists, 1958-1964
Detroit Association of Contributors: Meeting Minutes, 1960-1968
Membership: Donations, 1954-1956
Membership: Gift Acknowledgments, 1954-1961 (2 folders)
Membership: Newsletter
Membership: Solicitation
Membership: Policy
Membership: Correspondence, 1958-1959
Box 24
Membership: Annual Reports to Donors to AAA
Membership: Statistics, 1962-1963
Membership: Contribution Reports, 1964-1965
Membership: Microfilm List Dedications, 1962
Membership: Correspondence (general), 1963-1969 (3 folders)
Membership: Donor Forms, 1954-1956
Membership: Detroit Membership Information, 1975-1976
Membership: Boston Membership Information, 1975-1976
Membership: California Membership Information, 1975-1976
Membership: Texas Membership Information, 1975-1976
Membership: Washington D.C. Membership Information, 1975-1976
Membership: Correspondence (general), 1975
Membership: Money Acknowledgments, 1975
Membership: Prospective Members, 1976
Membership: Correspondence (general), 1976
Membership: San Francisco Membership Information, 1976
Membership: Art Quarterly
Membership: Journal Requests Correspondence, 1970-1971 (8 folders)
Box 25
Membership: Prospective Members, 1972
Membership: White House Tour, 1970
Membership: AAA Airlift, 1962
Membership: Correspondence (general), 1972-1973
Membership: Money Acknowledgments, 1974
Membership: Prospective Members, 1974
Membership: Correspondence (general), 1974
Membership: Money Acknowledgments, 1974
Membership: Staff Memoranda, 1979-1981
Membership: Correspondence (general), 1980
Membership: Reports, 1961-1981 (11 folders)
Box 26
Membership: Detroit Reports, 1967-1971
Membership: Jurgan Frederick Huge Exhibition Booklet, 1973
Membership: Thomas Eakins Show (Whitney Museum), 1970
Membership: Pending Issues, 1975-1979
Membership: Handbook, 1968 (5 folders)
Committees: Washington Support Committee/Meeting and Events, 1980
Administrative: William Kemsley Correspondence, 1959-1960
Administrative: Correspondence (general), 1959-1971
Administrative: Richard J. Nicastro Correspondence, 1972-1980 (8 folders)
Regional Projects: Archives Renovation, 1979
Regional Projects: Design and Planning AAA Office Revisions, 1978
Regional Projects: Washington Support Committee Meeting, 1979
Box 27
Regional Projects: Smithsonian Directory, 1978-1979
Regional Projects: McGregor Fund, 1978
Regional Projects: Publication/Artists in Their Own Words
Regional Projects: AAA 25th Anniversary
Regional Projects: Pinkie Hoover, 1979
Regional Projects: Conference of Administrative Officers, 1979-1980
Regional Projects: Symposiums and Conferences, 1979-1980
Regional Projects: Reports on Fundraising, 1963-1966
Regional Projects: James N. Rosenburg, 1959-1962
Regional Projects: Voice of America, 1960
Regional Projects: Industrial Base, 1961
Regional Projects: Alvin Bentley Foundation, 1961-1962
Regional Projects: CIO Art Exhibitions, 1962
Regional Projects: Winterthur Program, 1962-1967
Regional Projects: New Deal and the Arts, 1963-1965
Regional Projects: John Marin Fund (Sheldon Reich), 1966
Regional Projects: New York State Council of the Arts, 1968-1971
Regional Projects: Laurin Raiken, 1971-1972
Regional Projects: AAA Purpose and Achievement Plan
Regional Projects: Bicentennial Project (general), 1970-1972 (2 folders)
Regional Projects: Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, 1972-1974
Regional Projects: New York Foundation Grant, 1971
Regional Projects: Bernard Karpel, 1972-1976 (2 folders)
Regional Projects: Early American Portraits Survey, 1974
Regional Projects: Fidelity Foundation Gift, 1974
Regional Projects: Artists and Models, 1976-1978
Regional Projects: Bowker Contract/Guide to the Collections, 1975-1979
Regional Projects: New York Committee Washington Trip, 1975-1978
Regional Projects: Equal Employment, 1974-1979
Regional Projects: Texas Branch Project, 1974-1976
Regional Projects: Forward Planning Program, 1979-1983
Regional Projects: Barry Schwartz, 1970-1972 (2 folders)
Advisory Committee Meeting, 1967-1972
"For the Record" Film Project, 1962-1975
AAA Newsletter, 1957-1974 (3 folders)
Box 28
AAA Newsletter, 1957-1974
Ford Foundation Project (Conference I): "Tools and Methods of Research," 1961 (6 folders)
Ford Foundation Project (Conference II): "The Role of the Creative Art in American Civilization," 1961 (17 folders)
Ford Foundation Project (Conference III): "Oral History," 1961 (5 folders)
Box 29
Ford Foundation Project (Conference III): "Oral History," 1961 (2 folders)
AAA Conference on Oral History (Volume 1), 1961
AAA Conference on Oral History (Volume 2), 1961
Ford Foundation Project (Conference IV): "Winterthur - 19th Century Taste," 1962 (13 folders)
Ford Foundation Project (Conference V): "Boston, 1661-1720," 1962 (14 folders)
Museum Archives Seminar (Belmont, Maryland), 1979
Box 30
Advertising Illustrations, Inc.
Brochure Printing: Auction/Decorative and Fine Arts
AAA: Lind Blad [?] Tour, 1970
"For the Record" 16mm Film
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