Art, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-150
Overview:
A collection of 199 drawings and watercolors by Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Cheyenne, and Kiowa artists, much of it student work, collected by Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, wife of a superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School and an early art instructor of many of the artists.
Dates:
1917-1945
Muriel Draper Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 49
Overview:
The Muriel Draper Papers document the personal life and artistic and political interests of Muriel Draper. Major correspondents include George Antheil, Samuel Courtauld, Paul Draper, Max Ewing, Lincoln Kirstein, Walter Lowenfels, and Mark Tobey. The collection also contains manuscripts of many of Draper's writings, including the largely unpublished America Deserta, and records of her activities as a member of the Congress of American Women, the League of American Writers, and similar...
Dates:
1881-1977, bulk 1925-1950
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 1454
Overview:
The papers consist of original sketches and drawings by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger illustrating stories written by prominent American authors and published in several major journals and magazines. There are twelve mounted and numbered pictures containing illustrations for "Stover at Yale" by Owen Johnson, which was serialized in McClure's Magazine in 1911 and 1912. There is an unnumbered, mounted picture containing an advertisement for "Stover at Yale," and a photograph of author Owen Johnson and...
Dates:
1911-1935
Rebecca Salsbury James papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 16
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence and family papers documenting aspects of the career and friendships of Rebecca Salsbury James, especially her involvement with the Stieglitz circle. Correspondents include Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Isabel Lachaise, and Frieda Lawrence.
Dates:
1924-1967, bulk 1930-1939
Katharine Kuh papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 15
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence and art on greeting cards by artists whose works she exhibited.
Dates:
1937-1964 (inclusive)
Richard Merkin collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 762
Scope and Contents:
The Richard Merkin collection, which spans 1823 to 2009, contains extensive correspondence and artwork. The collection also contains photographs, clippings, ephemera, audiovisual materials, objects, scrapbooks, and personal papers related to Merkin's life and work.
Dates:
1823-2009
Maurice Sterne papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 39
Overview:
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, sketches, photographs, and papers relating to the life and career of painter-sculptor Maurice Sterne.
Dates:
1903-1963