Chronological
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (Washington, D.C.)
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- Institute of Contemporary Arts records
- Institute of Contemporary Arts records / Series 1: Correspondence
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collection Care Preservation Fund.
- Date
- 1937
- 1944-1980
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.instcona, Subseries 1.2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Institute of Contemporary Arts records, 1927-circa 1985, bulk 1947-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Folders are arranged chronologically.
- 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
- Found is incoming and outgoing correspondence related to the school and ICA's programming, including correspondence with teachers, the Veteran's Administration, board members, and artists regarding arrangements for exhibitions and guest lectures. Of interest is limited correspondence from Joseph and Anni Albers, Alfred Barr, e.e. cummings, Walter Gropius, Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy, and William Carlos Williams. Draft letters, notes, meeting notes, contracts and financial records are scattered throughout. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1948-1955.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512823167-1503512823199-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0