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Kennedy Galleries Miscellaneous Records

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Collection Creator
Kennedy Galleries
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Kennedy Galleries Miscellaneous records
Sponsor
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Extent
1.1 Linear feet (Boxes 1, OV 2)
Date
1864-circa 1983
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.fleimart, Series 1
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Kennedy Galleries miscellaneous records, 1864-1983, bulk 1900-1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically by name.
Collection Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Existence and Location of Copies
Glass plate negatives have been scanned.
Scope and Contents
There is one folder of printed materials regarding the Arundel Society and one catalog from the Brooklyn Art Association. Also found is a photograph of M. E. Albers, a photograph of painter William Holbrook Beard in his studio; two photographs of painter Thomas Bigelow Craig in his studio; a letter from Albert Bierstadt to W. H. Woolverton, June 7, 1898; photographs of painter John Stuart Curry at work, photographs of works of art by Curry, and printed materials about Curry. There are miscellaneous papers concerning painter Vincent Colyer that include his business card, pages from a ledger, receipts, and letters of introduction from Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, a certificat of introduction from Ulysses S. Grant, and printed material including "Report of the Hon. Vincent Colyer, United States Special Indian Commissioner, on the Indian Tribes and their surroundings in Alaska Territory, from personal observation and inspection in 1869," and "Brief Report of the Services Rendered by the Freed People to the United States Army in North Carolina, in the Spring of 1862, after the Battle of Newbern, by Vincent Colyer," 1864. There is one letter from Childe Hassam to Mr. Milkman, Feb. 24, 1929, and written comments by Jack Levine about Marvin Cherney's paintings used in a 1980 Kennedy Galleries exhibition catalog. The bulk of the collection consists of circa 500 photographs, glass plate negatives and slides, negatives, and transparencies of works of art by painter Walt Kuhn. There are also several photographs of Kuhn, including one taken by Harold Weston, and an illustrated letter written by Kuhn to "Alfred".
Collection Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512810080-1503512810083-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96ccb780d-10ee-4ea0-9482-39cc023b5c23

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