Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976
| title | Hudson D. Walker papers, 1920-1982. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence; biographical material; artists files; files on organizations; business and financial records; photographs; writings and notes; diaries; scrapbooks; appointment calendars; exhibition catalogs and announcements; printed material; and miscellany. REELS D351-D358: Biographical material; personal and business correspondence with family, artists, museums, and art organizations; 62 artists files containing photos of works of art, printed material, and correspondence; files on the American Federation of the Arts, Artists Equity Association, the Walker Foundation, and other organizations; business and financial records; material relating to Walker's work with Elizabeth McCausland in her studies of Marsden Hartley; printed material; and photos of Walker, his family, and miscellaneous works of art. Among the correspondents are: Berenice Abbott, Ben Benn, Theodore Brenson, Gene Charlton, Philip Evergood, Joseph Hirsch, Mervin Jules, Carl Sprinchorn, Harry Sternberg, and others. REEL 130: Correspondence with Eugenia M. Fuerstenberg, Oct. 8, 1940-Sept. 25, 1941, concerning the consignment and sale of ca. 400 Alfred Maurer paintings owned by Mrs. Fuerstenberg. One letter is from Parke-Bernet Galleries, declining to handle the paintings. REEL 1535: 4 volumes of a diary, 1929, 1930, 1942, and 1945. The first two volumes were kept while Walker was a graduate student at Harvard, the 1942 volume covers exhibitions and artists, including Marsden Hartley, and the 1945 volume details Walker's travels in Europe after World War II. Also included are 7 letters, a valentine, and two post cards from his wife, Ione G. Walker, and a 1967 letter from Hans van Weeren-Griek. UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with Henry Botkin, Philip Evergood, Susan Fuller, Marsden Hartley, Harry Sternberg and other artists and gallery directors; letters and poems by Harry Kemp, 1948-1955; essays by Walker on Joshua B. Cahn and Marsden Hartley; a report on the Walker Art Center by William Valentiner, 1930; notes from meetings, galleries and art associations; a silk screen by Seong Moy; financial records; 2 diaries, 1938-1939; 2 appointment calendars, 1950-1951; 8 school notebooks; 3 scrapbooks; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and photos of Walker and artists Cameron Booth, Byron Browne, Gladys Rockmore Davis, Carl Gaertner, Dorothea Greenbaum, Mervin Jules, Herman Maril, Dickson Reeder, Henry Schnakenberg, Miron Sokole, Harry Sternberg, Jean Tingley and Clifford West. |
| extent | 20.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 10 reels) reels D351-D358, 130 & 1535 |
| formats | Artist Files Business Records Correspondence Financial Records Writings |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/hudson-d-walker-papers-9261 |
| finding aid | Reels D351-D358: Inventory available in AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Material on reels D351-D358 & unmicrofilmed donated 1966-1982 by Hudson D. and Ione G. Walker; material on reel 1535 lent for microfilming 1979 by Ione G. Walker, widow of Walker; material on reel 130 donor unspecified. Location of Original: Reel 1535: Originals returned to Ione G. Walker after microfilming. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:14 |
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| title | Hudson Dean Walker interviews, 1969 Oct. 22- Oct. 28. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Hudson Dean Walker conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel; Transcript: 109 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| 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 | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Hudson Dean Walker interviews, 1971 Sept. 1-1972 Aug. 2. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Hudson D. Walker conducted by Robert Brown for the Archives of American Art. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel; Transcript: 37 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| 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 | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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