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Art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Franz Bader Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20020101
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a series of scrapbooks kept by the noted Washington DC art dealer Franz Bader, with clippings, invitations, photographs, and letters, including ones by Francis Biddle, August Heckscher, James Pope-Hennessy, Carl T. Rowan, and John Walker.

Dates: 20th century

Ade Bethune Publications

 Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 42: [Barcode: 39020031368528], Folder: 8-10
Identifier: GTM-0056
Scope and Contents

Collection of publications that feature artwork and writings by Ade Bethune, including Eye Contact With God Through Pictures (1986), 11 issues of Sacred Signs (1961-1962 and 1980-1982), Teaching the Child to Write, and A Life for Others: The Life of Saint Nicholas (includes a recipe for Saint Nicholas cookies).

Dates: 1961 - 1986

John L. Brown Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS205
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The John L. Brown Papers 2, consists of 271 folders of alphabetically arranged correspondence with prominent twentieth-century graphic and performing artists, composers, publishers and writers including Josephine Baker, George Braziller, John Cage, Albert Camus, Marc Chagall, Carlos Chavez, Henry Steele Commager, George Dillon, John Dos Passos, Angna Enters, Paul Flamand, Gaston Gallimard, Julien Green, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jose Limon, Andre Malraux, Jacques...
Dates: 1940 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1970

John L. Brown Papers 3

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS253
Scope and Contents The John L. Brown Papers 3, consists of correspondence with 20th century artists, scholars, and writers. Notables include artists Huseyin Halit, Loren McIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg, Lilian Mckendrick, Irene Rice Pereira and Antoinette Schulte; art critic and historian Roger Avermaete; historian Henry Steele Commager; and writers Jacqueline Bernard, Faith Berry, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Lewis Galantiere, Elsa Gress, poet James Laughlin, Boris Schreiber, Pierre Seghers,...
Dates: 1946 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1986

Letterio Calapai Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230818
Scope and Contents

Papers of the artist Letterio "Leo" Calapai, including exhibition catalogs, clippings, personal items, notes, and materials related to designing his prints (primarily color samples, printing instructions, and some sketches).

Dates: 1939 - 2004

Denis Carbonneau papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS125
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection consists of correspondence and production material relating to the publication of the book, 'A Relevant Memoir - The Story of the Equinox Cooperative Press,' by Henry Hart, with foreword by Lynd Ward. Correspondents include three of the founding members of the Equinox Cooperative Press, namely, Evelyn Harter Glick, Henry Hart, and Lynd Ward. The majority of correspondence is to Denis Carbonneau, the publisher of 'A Relevant Memoir,' at Three Mountains Press. The collection...
Dates: 1976-1983

Frederick W. Cron - John Joseph Earley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-771003
Scope and contents note The Frederick W. Cron and John Joseph Earley Collection is stored in two document boxes and one oversized box. The first box includes correspondence to John J. Earley, correspondence to Frederick W. Cron, Earley's awards, speeches, and biographical materials. The second box includes photographs of Earley's work in both color and black and white, printed information on concrete processes, and newspaper clippings relating to Earley's work. The last box includes oversized photographs of...
Dates: 1922 - 1969

John DePol Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130524
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials related to the artist John DePol. It includes correspondence with George Barringer, Don Wesely, and others. It also contains photographs and printed materials.

Dates: 1947-2005

Samuel W. Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-850101b
Scope and Contents

The Samuel W. Everett Papers consist largely of architectural and technical drawings, genre drawings, and other art-related items created by Samuel W. Everett, one of the founding faculty and professor of anatomy of Georgetown University's School of Medcine. The collection also includes printed ephemera from the early days of the "Medical Department of Georgetown College."

Dates: 1817-1851

Charles Murray Foster World War II Letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-20240417
Scope and Contents

Collection of 380 letters written by Lt. Charles Murray Foster to his family while he served in the 1st Battalion of the 114th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army during World War II. It includes letters written when he was stateside (1942-1944) and while in France (1944-1945). 25 letters feature sketches by Foster, usually depicting other soldiers and scenes he observed while serving in France (collected in Binder 4).

Dates: 1942 - 1945

Isac Friedlander papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS183
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Personal papers documenting the career of the Latvian-born printmaker and illustrator, Isac Friedlander. The surviving papers include copies of exhibit catalogs in which his works were included (and frequently illustrated); news cuttings concerning his work and prizes he won; and correspondence with fellow artists, groups, and institutions. Of particular note among his correspondents are John Taylor Arms and Arthur Heintzelman. A prolific etcher and wood engraver, Friedlander came to the...
Dates: 1928-1982; Majority of material found within 1928-1968

Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS299
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin Collection consists of correspondence dated 1928 to 1929, mostly from Eric Gill to H. Cotton Minchin, concerning an engraving that Gill provided for "The Legion Book." That book was edited by Minchin and published in 1929, and contributions and illustrations were solicited from the leading writers and artists of the day, including Gill. In the letters, Gill discusses the details for the work to be done. One of the letters in the collection is from Gill to...
Dates: 1928 - 1929

Sheffield H. Kagy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-080628
Scope and Contents

The papers of artist Sheffield Harold Kagy.

Dates: 1942 - 1956

Corita Kent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS455
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Corita Papers, dated 1961-1976, include correspondence, business records, and printed materials relating to Corita's art. The collection amounts to one box of material (0.5 linear feet). It includes reproductions of Carita's highly celebrated serigraphs, which involve innovative use of color and quotations. Carita's correspondence with her Florida dealer, Murray Lebwohl, provides insight into an artist's business dealings.

Dates: 1961 - 1976

Clare Leighton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS155
Scope and Contents This is a collection of illustrations by well-known artist, engraver and author Clare Leighton for 'The Book of Psalms [and] The First Psalm of David, the Book of Proverbs [and] The Book of Ecclesiastes,' published by Doubleday, 1952. Nineteen original drawings are included with partly touched printed page proofs for all of the published illustrations. Also included are some drawings that were omitted from the book. The artwork is accompanied by some correspondence between Leighton and the...
Dates: 1949 - 1952

Martin-Campbell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-160305
Scope and Contents

Paintings, logbooks, diaries, correspondence, and poetry by American artist William A. Kennedy Martin, a noted landscape, marine, and historical painter. Hardbound logbook, with W.A.K. Martin on cover, contains lists of engagements, news clippings, and what appear to be diary entries or notes.

Dates: circa 1835-1867

Violet Oakley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830515
Scope and Contents Letters; manuscripts; and printed ephemera, including exhibition catalogs pertaining to American artist and muralist Violet Oakley (1874-1961). Includes letters to Edith Emerson (1888-1981), American artist and Oakley's life-long partner. Correspondents include other artists: Maxwell Armfield and Charles Hopkinson, as well as architect William Penn Cresson. Collection includes 7 glass plate negatives (Box 2) and 8 black and white photographs (Folder 1:10) of Oakley's drawings of ...
Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1959

Donald T. Powell Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-090108
Scope and Contents note The Donald Powell Papers 2 represent a portion of the personal papers of Catholic intellectual Donald Powell. Of principal interest is a long run of letters from well renown American painter and teacher Carl Schmitt to Powell, regarding their long friendship, their writings, philosophy, Catholic issues, world events, politics, and mutual aquaintances. A manuscript of Powell's "Bennett Mather" is preserved in tact in this part of his papers. Likewise, many short typed manuscripts by Powell...
Dates: 1932 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1985

Frederick W. Rolfe, Baron Corvo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-141102.1
Content Description

Secondary works relating to Baron Corvo, including correspondence from collectors such as Donald Weeks, manuscripts of papers about Corvo by various authors (some photocopied), printed ephemera, and photographs.

Dates: 1929 - 2013

Marion Stancioff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-131113
Scope and Contents

Manuscript notes and articles by Marion Stancioff on Catholicism and a range of humanitarian interests such as art, education, literature, philosophy, as well as economics and politics. Includes correspondence with friends in both English and French on many of the foregoing topics. Notable letters are from Dorothy Day, Anne Fremantle, and Ezra Pound. Family letters are also included.

Dates: 1903 - 2009