Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
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- Charles Sheeler papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- (Boxes 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)
- Date
- circa, 1930s-1965
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.sheechar, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Charles Sheeler papers, circa 1840s-1966, bulk 1923-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Items are arranged by date.
- 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 note
- Writings date from circa 1930s-1965 and include Sheeler's journal dated from circa 1950s-1963. The journal includes poems, writings, transcribed correspondence, transcribed articles (which were later published), and a paper delivered at a symposium on photography held at the Museum of Modern Art in October 1950. Two notebooks dating from about the same time includes miscellaneous notes and writings, adresses, and recipes. Additional writings by Sheeler include an article that he wrote for Arts Magazine, writings on artists, and a manuscript version of his autobiography, along with notes and drafts. The autobiography manuscript was commissioned by publisher Harcourt Brace in 1937, in which Sheeler outlines his career from his time at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia though the mid 1930s. The manuscript was not published, but was used as the basis for Constance Rourke's biography Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American Tradition published by Harcourt the following year. The series also includes a short story by Musya Sheeler, and a short story illustrated with photographs of the Sheelers' by friend Dorothy Eidlitz.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512865595-1503512865615-0
