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American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942

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Creator:
American Academy of Arts and Letters  Search this
Subject:
Brush, George de Forest  Search this
Hassam, Childe  Search this
Millet, Francis Davis  Search this
Pennell, Joseph  Search this
Vedder, Elihu  Search this
Ward, John Quincy Adams  Search this
Chase, William Merritt  Search this
Cortissoz, Royal  Search this
Hambidge, Jay  Search this
Johnson, Robert Underwood  Search this
Weir, Julian Alden  Search this
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott  Search this
Zigrosser, Carl  Search this
Arms, John Taylor  Search this
Bellows, George  Search this
Blashfield, Edwin Howland  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
5 Microfilm reels, 800 items on 5 microfilm reels
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
The microfilmed American Academy of Arts and Letters records consist of artists' papers containing correspondence, notes, biographical material, exhibition catalogs, and other published material. Included is a volume of notes, drawings, and calculations made by George Bellows for a study of Jay Hambidge's theory of Dynamic Symmetry, as well as correspondence and biographical and critical material on George de Forest Brush, Childe Hassam, Francis D. Millet, Joseph Pennell, Elihu Vedder, and J. Q. A. Ward. The Hassam papers include letters from John Taylor arms, E. H. Blashfield, William Merritt Chase, Royal Cortissoz, J. Alden Weir, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. All groups contain official Academy correspondence from its secretary Robert Underwood Johnson.
Citation:
American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels NAA 1 through NAA 5 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
The American Academy of Arts and Letters is an honor society in New York comprised of artists, writers, architects, and composers. The Academy was created in 1904 by members of the National Institute of Arts and modeled on the Académie française. The Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and letters merged on December 30, 1976.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1965. This is a collection of miscellaneous papers representing a gathering over the years of unsolicited documentary resources on American art given or addressed to the Academy.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6959
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209088
AAA_collcode_ameracaa2
Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209088