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Harry Salpeter papers, 1934-1967

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Object Details

Creator
Salpeter, Harry, 1895-1967
Subject
Burliuk, David
Harry Salpeter Gallery
Place of publication, production, or execution
United States
Physical Description
5.8 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
Access Note / Rights
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary
Diaries, correspondence, photographs, writings, scrapbook, exhibition materials, and printed materials.
UNMICROFILMED: Two stock books of the Harry Salpeter Gallery, Inc.; 13 bound copies of articles by Salpeter; a drawing; a manuscript of DR. JOHNSON AND MR. BOSWELL; 11 cartoons by Herb Kruckman; correspondence with artists and friends, including 8 postcards and 2 letters from David Burliuk, 1946-1957; photographs; writings, including articles for magazines; a scrapbook; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and books.
REEL 690-691: Diaries, January 1956-November 1967.
Citation
Harry Salpeter papers, 1934-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms
35mm microfilm reels 690-691 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note
Writer, art critic, gallery owner; New York, N.Y.; b. 1895; d. 1967; owner of the Harry Salpeter Gallery; New York, N.Y.
Language Note
English .
Provenance
Donated 1960-1973 by Salpeter and, after his death in 1967, by his widow, Rebecca Salpeter.
Location Note
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Record number
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9052
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211243
AAA_collcode_salpharr
Theme
Diaries
Art Market
Archives of American Art
Topic
Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York
Theme
Diaries
Art Market
Record ID
AAADCD_coll_211243
Metadata Usage (text)
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