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Archives related to: Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945
| title | Arthur Davison Ficke Papers | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The Arthur Davison Ficke Papers document the personal lives and literary interests of Arthur Davison and Gladys Brown Ficke. Major correspondents include Witter Bynner, Floyd Dell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edgar Lee Masters, and John Cowper Powys. In addition to manuscripts of Ficke's own works, the papers contain manuscripts of poems by Witter Bynner, Edgar Lee Masters, and others. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: YCAL MSS 50 |
| extent | 36.50 linear feet (72 boxes) |
| formats | Personal Papers Correspondence Manuscript |
| access | This collection is open for research. Restricted in boxes 67-69 is restricted until 2023 Dec 31. For further information, consult the appropriate curator. Restricted Fragile in box 70 and in cold storage may only be consulted with permission of the appropriate curator. Preservation photocopies or photographic prints for reference use have been substituted in the main files. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.ficke |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/3458938 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| acquisition information | The papers came to The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in 1950 as the gift of Gladys Brown Ficke. Additional material was donated in subsequent years by Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope Blunt Ficke, Alyse Gregory, Belinda Jeliffe, Mary Alice Metzgar, and John Van E. Kohn. One item was purchased in 1965 from Seven Gables Bookshop. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:55 |
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| title | Bror Julius Olsson (B.J.O.) Nordfeldt papers, 1909-1989. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, correspondence, business records, writings and notes, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs document Nordfeldt's career as a painter and instructor, and his widow's involvement after his death in exhibitions, biographies, and sales of his work. REELS D166-D167: Biographical material includes a biographical sketch by Stanton L. Catlin, several letters from Nordfeldt's first wife Margaret to his second wife, Emily, and his nephew, Leonard Olson, in response to requests for biographical information, and biographical documents; correspondence of Emily and B.J.O., 1909-1959, with museum directors, gallery owners, patrons, artists, friends, universities, and others, mainly regarding the sale and exhibitions of his paintings and his teaching positions; artists' statements; exhibition catalogs; photographs of Nordfeldt; an excerpt from The Man on the Hilltop, by Arthur Davison Ficke; 5 sketchbooks; 3 scrapbooks; and an extensive catalog of Nordfeldt's paintings compiled by Emily, containing photographs and descriptive information. UNMICROFILMED: Resumes; correspondence, undated, 1923-1979, includes excerpts of letters from Nordfeldt to Constance Forsyth, 1942-1943 and Emily Abbott Nordfeldt, 1944; Emily Abbott Nordfeldt's correspondence with art collectors, art dealers, galleries and museums regarding exhibitions, gifts and sales of Nordfeldt's work; with Nordfeldt's biographers F. Van Deren Coke and J. Douglas Hale; and with the University of Minnesota, University Gallery, 1970-1972 regarding a Nordfeldt exhibition and the Nordfeldt Fund established by Emily; receipts and other business records; 1944-1979; writings and notes by Emily, ca.1930-1950, and others including the preface by Sheldon Cheney for Nordfeldt, the Painter by Coke, 1972; a transcript of an interview with Raymond Jonson by Coke; printed material, including clippings, 1912-1984, exhibition catalogs, posters and announcements, undated, 1915-1991, notably a catalog of Nordfeldt's etchings shown at the Arthur H. Hahlo & Co. with an introduction by Robert W. Bruere, 1915; reproductions of graphic work for The Outlook and Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1910; miscellaneous printed material; a scrapbook of clippings and printed material, 1971-1980; photographs of Nordfeldt, undated 1910-1955, of the Santa Fe Players' production of "Grumpy," 1921; 3 photo albums of works of art, ca. 1930-1940; 10 seconds of motion picture film; and 2 sketches by Nordfeldt. Bio/History: Painter, etcher, block printer, engraver, lithographer, watercolorist, teacher; Santa Fe, N.M. and Lambertville, N.J. Co-Creator: Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 Forsyth, Constance, 1903- Hale, John Douglass Hanley, Harriet Jonson, Raymond, 1891- Lester, William, 1910-1991 Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901- Nordfeldt, Emily Abbott, 1900- Passedoit, Georgette Saint-Gaudens, Homer, b. 1880 Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907- Albinson, Dewey, 1898-1971 Bidwell, Watson, 1904- Knee, Gina, 1898-1982 Candell, Victor, 1903-1977 Catlin, Stanton L. (Stanton Loomis) Cheney, Sheldon, 1886- Coke, Van Deren, 1921- Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980 Davison, Edward L. Devree, Howard, 1891-1966 Dickerson, William Judson, 1904- Arthur H. Hahlo (Firm) Harriet Hanley Gallery (Minneapolis, Minn.) Passedoit Gallery (New York, N.Y.) |
| extent | 3.5 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) reel D166-D167 |
| formats | Correspondence Sketchbooks Photographs |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Material on reels D166-D167 lent for microfilming 1963 by Emily Abbott Nordfeldt, Bror's widow. In 1991 her estate donated additional material as well as portions of the previously microfilmed material. Material previously lent but NOT subsequently donated includes portions of the biographical material; several letters; artists' statements; a few personal photographs; the 5 sketchbooks; items from the scrapbooks; and the catalog of paintings. (The collection file contains a list of specific reel and frame numbers.) Reels D166-D167: sketchbooks, catalog, and other items not donated: Location of originals unknown. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Dorothy Dudley Papers, 1912-1946. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The collection includes five letters of B.W. Huebsch, 1912-1913, relating to the publication of Dudley’s translation of Auguste Rodin’s essay on the Venus de Milo; an undated note from Marcel Duchamp, accompanying Dudley’s manuscript for a review of his "La Mariee mise a nu par ces celibataires, meme," published in 1934; plus six letters of the sculptor Ossip Zadkine, 1932-1935, with some commentary on his latest works and personal philosophy. Also included are letters of Jacques Delamain, Bernard Fay, Arthur Davison Ficke, Frank Irving Fletcher, Merlin N. Hanson, John T. McCutcheon, Thomas O’Connor, A. Plotkin, Sidney Solomon and Oliver Willett, mostly relating to Dudley’s 1932 biography of Theodore Dreiser, "Forgotten frontiers," with an undated typewritten manuscript children’s story by Eliza Orne White entitled, "Dorothy Dudley’s birthday." Bio/History: American author and translator. |
| extent | ca. 27 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Manuscript |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat76280 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Arthur Davison Ficke Letters, 1913-1932 (inclusive). | repository | Northwestern University Archives |
| description | ALS, 1913 April 3, Davenport, Iowa, to [Frederick W.] Gookin; ALS, 1932 May 7, Hillsdale, New York, to Mary [Aldis] Hardhack. Notes: Poet. Manuscript cardfile in Special Collections Department. Cite as: Arthur Davison Ficke Letters, Northwestern University Library Special Collections Department. Subjects: Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945. Gookin, Frederick William, 1853- Hardhack, Mary Aldis |
| extent | 2 items (3 p.). |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | American Art Association records, 1877-1924 (bulk 1910-1924) | repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library |
| description | The American Art Association records document a selection of auction sales run by the gallery, as well as Thomas Kirby’s relationship with those who sold their works through the AAA. Records date from 1877-1924, with the bulk dating from 1910-1924. The collection includes correspondence, approximately 1,000 photographs, handwritten and typed notes, fragments of a typescript on the American Art Association, pages from auction sales catalogues, newspaper and periodical clippings, and several sales catalogues. The records are organized in three series: I. Auction Sales, 1910-1923 II. Correspondence and Notes, 1877-1924, and III. Clippings, 1881-1924. The bulk of the collection concerns specific auction sales conducted by the American Art Association. Files contain inventories of the works, often with prices and names of buyers; black & white photos of the works and several of the exhibition installations; correspondence; sections of a typescript on AAA; handwritten notes regarding the sales; pages from sales catalogues; and clippings. Documentation of 70 sales ranges from a single typescript sentence to multiple folders of correspondence, inventories and hundreds of photographs of the items for sale. An additional 150 auction sales are represented in the files only by cursory handwritten notes. Some of the most heavily documented sales include "57 Paintings Belonging to Ichabod T. Williams" of February 3-4, 1915, "Charles of London, Italian, French & English Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Paintings, Porcelains, etc." of November 15-20, 1920 and "Palatial Mansion & Contents Collected by William J. Saloman" April 4-7, 1923. Also of note in the records is correspondence between Kirby and Arthur B. Emmons regarding several auctions in which works he owned were sold, 16 letters to Charles De Kay from correspondents other than Thomas Kirby, handwritten notes on George Inness, biographical comments on Thomas Kirby, and several letters concerning the controversy over the authenticity of the painting "Blue Boy" at the William H. Fuller Sale of February 25, 1898, including a letter from Francis Davis Millet. A few clippings and letters document Kirby's career prior to his affiliation with the American Art Association. Historical Note: Thomas E. Kirby (1846-1924), with his partners James F. Sutton and R. Austin Robertson, founded the American Art Association (AAA) in 1883, one of the premier art auction houses of its time. Known for his “million dollar voice,” Kirby conducted the sales himself, and is credited with creating the style of modern art auctions, instituting an atmosphere of elegance and style, and enforcing standards in order to counteract the negative reputation held by auctioneers of the day. Kirby’s son Gustavus joined the firm in 1912 and became half owner in 1915, upon the death of James Sutton. The galleries, located on East 23rd Street on Madison Square South, moved to 30 East 57th Street in 1922. In 1923, Kirby sold AAA to Cortlandt Field Bishop, who contracted Hiram Parke and Otto Bernet to run the auction house. In 1929 it merged with the Anderson Auction Company. Location The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives. Call Number MS.015 |
| extent | 3.75 linear feet |
| formats | Photographs Financial Records Correspondence Clippings Notes |
| access | These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org |
| record link | http://www.frick.org/archives/FindingAids/AmericanArtAssociation.html |
| record source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991007470759707141 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository. |
| acquisition information | The records were a gift of Mrs. Thomas W. Waller (Wilhelmina), granddaughter of Thomas Kirby, in 1956. These records are just a portion of those donated; an additional 12 linear feet of scrapbooks containing auction sales newspaper clippings have not yet been processed. Mrs. Waller also donated books and sales catalogues, which have been integrated into the Library’s collection. The bulk of the American Art Association's records (an additional 50 linear feet) are located in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. |
| updated | 08/30/2022 10:46:40 |
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