Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Zeisler, Claire, 1903-1991
| title | Claire Zeisler papers, 1941-1992 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Scrapbooks relating to Zeisler's career as a fiber artist, and to a lesser degree, her art collection; weaving files; and project files. REEL 3019: Eight scrapbooks, 1941-1983, containing a lengthy career summary, letters, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and newspaper and magazine clippings from the Chicago Tribune, Chicgao Sun-Times, Chicago Daily News, American Craft, Arts Magazine, Art in America, Craft Horizons, and other printed sources. UNMICROFILMED: Twenty-two scrapbooks/binders containing biographical material, letters, awards, newspaper and magazine articles, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and other printed material relating to Zeisler's work and exhibitions. A small portion of the scrapbooks relates to Zeisler's art collection, and its dispersal to the Art Institute of Chicago. Thirteen of the scrapbooks, 1941-1983, were previously microfilmed, in part, as 8 scrapbooks on reel 3019. Also included are three exhibition catalogs; files on weaving, containing weaving instructions and swatches, ca. 1950's; and "work room files" on her fiber art, ca. 1967-1991, including instructions, drawings, notes, and photographs. |
| extent | 4.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel) reel 3019 |
| formats | Scrapbooks Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed material requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.zeisclai.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/claire-zeisler-papers-6928 |
| acquisition information | Scrapbooks on reel 3019 were lent for microfilming August 1983 by Claire Zeisler. In 1992 her son and executor, Thomas Florsheim, donated additional scrapbooks, and project and weaving files. He also interfiled new material in the previously microfilmed scrapbooks, 1941-1983, expanding them from eight notebooks to thirteen. A few items from the original loan were not returned. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Claire Zeisler, 1981 June. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Claire Zeisler conducted 1981 June by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art. |
| extent | Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes : analog. Transcript 43 p. Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (2 min. 58 sec.) : digital |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_225035 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-claire-zeisler-12076 |
| finding aid | Online transcript and sound recording |
| acquisition information | This interview is 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 administrators. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Artist file: Zeisler, Claire , 1903- |
| repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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| title | Artist file: Zeisler, Claire , 1903- |
| repository | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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