Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Smart, Mary, 1915-
| title | Mary-Leigh Smart papers, 1963-1978. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | 211 letters; a photograph of an unnamed friend; 12 exhibition catalogs and announcements; 4 clippings; and miscellany. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Exhibition Catalogs Clippings Ephemera |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/maryleigh-smart-papers-8592 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1978 by Mary-Leigh Smart. |
| updated | 04/24/2025 09:08:28 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Mary-Leigh Smart, 1974 April 26 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Mary-Leigh Smart conducted by Robert Brown for the Archives of American Art. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | Untranscribed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_213101 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-maryleigh-smart-12671 |
| acquisition information | These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Barn Gallery Associates selected records, 1966-1987 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Research material for the exhibit "A Century of Color, 1886-1986: Ogunquit Maine's Art Colony" and various unrelated sound recordings and transcripts. Research material compiled by curators Louise Tragard, Patricia Hart and W.L. Copithorne for the exhibit and catalog "A Century of Color, 1886-1986: Ogunquit, Maine's Art Colony" sponsored by Barn Gallery Associates, Inc. Included are correspondence with artists; research files for each chapter containing extensive notes from interviews about artists, art groups and the social life of Ogunquit; notes on the focus and marketing of the book; seven edited drafts with suggestions from co-authors and others; photographs and halftones; and 29 cassettes of interviews conducted by Tragard relating to artists Peggy Bacon, Rudolf Dirks, Hamilton E. Field, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Robert and John Laurent, Henry Strater, and Charles Woodbury. Sound recordings are of lectures given at the Barn Gallery and of interviews of important people connected to the gallery. Lecturers include: Richard Francis Lahey, speaking on "Artists I Have Known," regarding Rudolph Dirks, Bernard Karfiol, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Cliff Sterrett, and William von Schlegell; Henry Strater, discussing his paintings, 1920-1967; Mary Leigh-Smart, lecturing on Robert Laurent on the occasion of the opening of a Laurent Memorial Exhibition at the Gallery, June 20, 1970; Henry Hope, speaking on the acquisition of the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection, 1966; George Tower, on "The Rocks of Ogunquit," 1967; and Robert Kulicke, on picture framing, undated. Recorded interviews are of Gallery president Louis J. Benoit and Smart conducted by an unknown interviewer for a television program, June 20, 1970, and two (untranscribed) conducted by Sibie Allen for radio station WBBX, Aug. 8, 1967, of Elyot Henderson, Robert Laurent, Beverly Hallam, and Mary-Leigh Smart. Other transcripts record the dedication of the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection, June 24, 1966; and a question and answer session with Peggy Bacon, undated, in which she recalls George Wesley Bellows, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and John Sloan. Bio / His Notes: Barn Gallery Associates, Inc. is a non-profit, educational art institution located in Ogunquit, Me. Ogunquit, Me. became a popular locale for artists beginning in the late 19th century, attracted by the landscape and popularized by Charles Woodbury's art school. |
| extent | 1.8 linear ft. |
| formats | Research Files Ephemera |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Research materials: Donated 1988 by Barn Gallery Associates through Mary-Leigh Smart, Chairperson of the Publication Committee. Sound recordings: Donated 1971 by Barn Gallery. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Bruce Anthony King photographs and printed material, 1974-1986. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Photographs of artists (1974-1976) and miscellaneous printed material concerning King's photographs (1976-1986). REEL 906: One hundred three photographs by King are of Leonard Baskin, his family, his studio, and his home. REEL 1817: Six photographs of Harold Hugo, and 2 photographs of Boris Mirski (1974); previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists II and subsequently scanned. Unfilmed: Photographs of artists (1976-1977) include Giovanni (John) Castano, Beverly Hallam and Mary-Leigh Smart, John Laurent, Judy and Todd McKee and their children, Peter Plamondon and his studio, and Robert C. Vose. Printed material includes photocopies of King's photographs of Joel Janowitz and Maud Morgan. Printed material containing photographs by King includes a book VISION AND REVISION (1979), a magazine SPECTRUM (Spring/Summer 1985), and a calendar NEW ENGLAND IMAGES (1986). Bio / His Notes: Photographer, born 1934. |
| extent | 0.3 linear ft. (on 2 microfilm reels). reels 906 and 1817 |
| formats | Microfilm Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/bruce-anthony-king-photographs-and-printed-material-7624 |
| acquisition information | Donated by Bruce Anthony King, 1975 and 1985. The photographs of Harold Hugo and Boris Mirski on Reel 1817 are housed within Photographs of Artists II. Reel 906: Originals returned to the lender, Bruce Anthony King, after microfilming. Unfilmed photographs of Janowitz and Morgan: Originals in possession of Bruce Anthony King. |
| updated | 04/24/2025 09:08:28 |
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