Riva Helfond Papers
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Helfond, Riva, 1910-2002
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- Riva Helfond papers
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
- Extent
- 1.2 Linear feet (Box 1, OVs 2-3)
- Date
- 1934-1983
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.helfriva, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Riva Helfond papers, 1934-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
- Scope and Contents
- Biographical materials include awards, autobiographical sketches, and a membership card for Will Barrett to the Artists Union. Correspondence is largely professional and includes letters from museums and institutions regarding the inclusion of Helfond's prints in shows. A notebook includes personal and art-related writings. Personal business records include pricelists and receipts. Photographs are of Helfond, Will Barrett, and works of art. Printed materials include a published book of writings from the First American Artists Congress, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and a poster. Also found are additional clippings in a scrapbook concerning Helfond's career. Three sketchbooks contain pencil and pen drawings of portraits and figures. Some sketchbooks also contain writings.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1683725402039-1683725402355-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0