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Archives related to: Payson, Joan Whitney, 1903-1975

titleArtist file: Payson, Joan Whitney; miscellaneous uncataloged material.
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionThe folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

Location
MoMA Queens Artist Files

Call Number
Payson, Joan Whitney
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
accessREQUEST THE FILE BY THE CALL PHRASE "ARTIST FILE" AS WELL AS THE ARTIST'S NAME.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011806559707141
updated03/16/2023 10:29:53
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titleJohn Muench Papers, 1955? - 1993.
repositoryRaymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Dept.
descriptionIncluded are correspondence, personal letters, exhibition catalogs, reviews, and articles about his work.

Biographical Information:
John Muench was born in Medford, MA, on Oct. 15, 1914. He was the son of James Adams Muench and Marjorie Davie Muench. On Sept. 6, 1941, he married Barbara Davey and they had four children, Robin, Anthony, Katherine, and Jon. A painter and lithographer, he was largely self-taught, with some training at the Art Students League in New York and Academie Julien in Paris. He served as Director of the School of Fine and Applied Art in Portland, Maine from 1958-1965 and as Associate Professor of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1965-1976. He ended his academic tenure as director of the Maine Printmaking Workshop and as artist-in-residence at Westbrook College in Portland, Maine. His paintings and prints have been exhibited in galleries around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, The National Museum in Jerusalem, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Locally, his work has been displayed at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, and at the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery in Portland. Several of his works are included in the University of Maine art collection. He died August 13, 1993 at the age of 78.

extent3 ft.
formatsCorrespondence Exhibition Catalogs Personal Papers Printed Materials Ephemera
accessNo restrictions
record linkhttp://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/FindingAids/Muenchjo.htm
record sourcehttp://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/FindingAids/Muenchjo.htm
finding aidOnline guide and repository holds the finding aid.
acquisition informationGift of Katherine Muench (daughter), Oct. 21, 1994
updated11/12/2014 11:29:53
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titleWomen Pioneers in Maine Art, 1900-1945 [graphic]
repositoryMaine Historical Society
descriptionNote
Compiled by the curator, William D. Barry.
Fifty-six prints, sixty-one slides, twelve negative strips, one copy negative and supporting material pertaining to the April l9-May 19, 1985 exhibition "Women Pioneers in Maine Art, 1900-45" at the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art, Portland, Maine, curated by William D. Barry.
extent130 items : 56 photographic prints, 61 slides, 12 negative strips and 1 copy negative ; 8 x 10 in. and smaller, 2 x 2 in.
formatsPhotographs Negatives Slides
accessContact repository for restrictions.
record sourcehttp://minerva.maine.edu
updated11/12/2014 11:29:53
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titleLetters and memorandum concerning the New York Mets baseball team : correspondence, 1961-1986 / [Frederick K. Trask, Jr.].
repositoryNational Baseball Hall of Fame
descriptionLetters, memorandum, and newspaper articles concerning the awarding of the franchise to the Mets, the World Series championship, and the sale of the team, most written by Frederick K. Trask, parter in Payson & Trask, Inc.
extentProcessed : 1 folder : 28 leaves.
formatsDeguerreotype Clippings Ephemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
updated11/12/2014 11:30:00
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