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titleEloise and Otto Spaeth papers, 1937-1983.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionScrapbooks, correspondence, exhibition files, photographs, and printed materials.

REEL D181: Scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, reviews, and photographs relating to the Dayton Art Institute and to the Religious Art Exhibition held there in 1944.

REEL 63: Correspondence concerning a Spaeth Foundation commission to Jacques Lipchitz for a bronze bust of John F. Kennedy. Correspondents include Lipchitz, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

REEL 1201: Correspondence concerning the Spaeth Foundation Religious Art Information Center; a Foundation prospectus; letters from Thomas Merton concerning his book on sacred art; correspondence dealing with the Annual Liturgical Congress Architectural Competition, an exhibition of architectural students' work, the Woodstock Center for Religion and Worship, and other aspects of art and religion.

REEL 1817 and scanned: Photograph of Alexander Brook taken by Peter A. Juley and Son.

UNMICROFILMED: Letters from Alexander Brook, Alexander Calder, William Congdon, Andre Girard, Edward Hopper, Walt Kuhn, Grant Wood, and others; correspondence concerning the American Federation of Arts, the Archives of American Art, Guild Hall, the Spaeth Foundation, UNESCO, and other art organizations; exhibition files of the AFA containing correspondence, printed material, and photographs;

files on the "Films on Art" project developed by Otto Spaeth; correspondence and a scrapbook of Otto Spaeth concerning the Liturgical Arts Society; a scrapbook on the Spaeth's art collection; printed material and photographs used in AMERICAN ART MUSEUMS;

photographs of paintings by John Singleton Copley, and other works of art and exhibition installations; Correspondence with Daniel Longwell, Harris K. Prior, and Thomas Brown Rudd regarding activities of the American Federation of Arts;

Correspondence and clippings, 1963-1966, regarding the Lipchitz bust of JFK; letters, 1981-1983, from critic John Russell, and art collectors, Gertrude Schweitzer, Robert Osborn and Jean de Menil;

and an exhibition catalog on Rico Lebrun, 1950; a letter to Otto Spaeth from Gala Dali regarding a loan of the painting "La Naissance du Noveau Monde," 1943; writings about Walt Kuhn, and an illustrated letter to Spaeth from Walt Kuhn.

Bio / His Notes:
Eloise O. Spaeth (1902-1998) was an art collector, writer and art patron from New York, N.Y. She and husband Otto Spaeth founded the Spaeth Foundation.

Location of Original: Reels 63 and 1201: Originals returned to lender, Eloise Spaeth, after microfilming
extent2.9 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 3 reels) reels D181,1201 and 63
formatsCorrespondence Scrapbooks Exhibition Files Photographs Clippings
accessUse requires an appointment.
record linkn/a
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/eloise-and-otto-spaeth-papers-9466
acquisition informationMaterial on reels 63 and 1201 lent for microfilming 1971 and 1977 by Eloise Spaeth. Unmicrofilmed material donated 1966-1988 by Spaeth. Material on reel D181 lent for filming 1965 and subsequently donated in 1977.
updated06/08/2023 16:42:13
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titleArtist file: Spaeth, Eloise. 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: Spaeth, Eloise.
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011307219707141
updated11/29/2022 15:49:51
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titleAlexander Brook papers, 1900-1982
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionBiographical documents, correspondence, writings, notebooks, sketchbooks, art works, financial and legal records, a scrapbook, photographs, and printed material.

REEL 2435: A scrapbook, 1939-1976, containing clippings, reproductions, magazine articles, catalogs, awards, letters, and photographs of Brook, Gina Knee Brook, and Brook in his studio, including several by photographers by Peter A. Juley & Son, Hans Namuth and Peter Stackpole.

REEL 3928: An unpublished typescript, "Myself and Others," by Brook.
UNMICROFILMED: Two passports for Brook, 1931 and 1952; a fingerprint sheet; award certificates for Brook and his wife, Gina Knee Brook, 1907-1979; correspondence, undated and 1936-1981, with Peggy Bacon, Niles Spencer, Eloise Spaeth, George Biddle, family members, and various art organizations; interview transcripts, 1946-1979; 3 notebooks and miscellaneous notes; writings by Brook, undated and 1971, including "Triumph," and writings by unknown authors; 75 drawings, 10 sketchbooks, 2 etchings, and 2 etching plates by Brook and Gina Knee Brook, including a caricature of Brook by Miguel Covarrubius and a caricature of Yasuo Kuniyoshi; receipts, income tax returns, lists of paintings lent and sold, and bank statements, 1931-1974; miscellaneous legal documents, 1922-1949; photographs of Brook, including 3 of Brook in his studio taken by Peter Stackpole, 1943, photos of Gina Knee Brook, their family, studio, models, exhibition installations, and of Peggy Bacon, Louis Bouche, Jackson Pollock, Katharine Hepburn, and others, undated and 1910-1980.

Bio / His Notes: Painter; Sag Harbor and New York City, N.Y.
extent4.2 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
formatsMicrofilm Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Photographs
accessMicrofilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unfilmed material requires an appointment.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.brooalex.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/alexander-brook-papers-6833
acquisition informationThe bulk of the papers were donated in several accretions by his Brook's wife, Gina Knee Brook, from 1981 to 1982. In 1982, she loaned a scrapbook for microfilming, which was later donated to the archives by Brook's son, Sandy Brook, in 1994. In 1985 and 1986, the Whitney Museum and Eloise Spaeth each donated a copy of Brook's typescript "Myself and Others."
updated07/25/2023 06:46:56
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titleArchives of American Art Records, 1954-1985, with related records from 1917.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionRecords include correspondence of Edgar P. Richardson, the first Director, 1954-1964; his successor, William E. Woolfenden, 1964-1983; Richard N. Murray, 1983- , and other staff members; minutes and records of the Board of Trustees; financial records; manuscripts, correspondence, and other records of the Archives of American Art Journal; and files of various projects in which the Archives participated.

These include the correspondence of Sandra Curtis Levy, area director for the Texas project, 1979-1985; correspondence of Sharyn Udall, AAA representative, about the Southwest Project, 1969-1975; correspondence of Paul Cummings, Boston area office; and records related to the Treasury Relief Art Project and other Depression-era relief programs for artists, surveyed and filmed in 1963-1964. Correspondents include William E. Woolfenden, Edgar P. Richardson, Garnett McCoy, Sharyn Udall, Sandra J. Levy, Paul Cumming, Richard J. Nicastro, Sylvia Loomis, Gilbert H. Kinney, Regina Soria, and Eloise Spaeth.

Bio / His Notes:
The Archives of American Art (AAA) was founded as an independent non-profit corporation in 1954. Edgar P. Richardson, then Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and businessman and art collector Lawrence Fleishman were its founders.

AAA originally focused on collecting and microfilming information documenting artists' lives and careers as reflected in the records of museums, galleries, family members, and collectors. Subsequently the Archives broadened its interests to include the visual arts in America from the eighteenth century to the present day.

From its founding in 1954 until 1960 the AAA operated from Detroit, headquartered at the Detroit Institute of Arts, but independently supported by gifts and grants. In 1960 the Archives moved its headquarters to New York City, retaining an office in Detroit.

In 1963 the AAA opened a field office in Rome in order to tap the records of American artists' work in Rome and in Italy generally. In 1970 the AAA became a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1970-1971 field offices were established in Boston and San Francisco, and in 1984 in San Marino, California.

Edgar Richardson, the first Director, had many other commitments, especially to his work at Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Increasingly, most duties fell to the Assistant Director, William E. Woolfenden, who served in that capacity from 1960 until 1964, when he officially became Director. Woolfenden remained Director until 1983, when he was succeeded by Richard N. Murray.
extent6.56 linear meters.
formatsAdministrative Records Business Papers Correspondence Financial Records Subject Files
accessBoxes 3-6 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Contact reference staff for details.
record linkhttp://siarchives.si.edu/findingaids/FARU0401.htm
record sourcehttps://sova.si.edu/record/Record%20Unit%20401
finding aidOnline and in repository.
updated06/15/2023 16:22:13
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titleAmerican Federation of Arts records, 1895-1993 (bulk 1909-1969)
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionThe records of the American Federation of Arts (AFA) thoroughly document the Federation's founding and history of sponsoring exhibitions and programs supporting the study and promotion of American art, both nationally and abroad.

Included are correspondence, subject files, exhibition files, reports, financial statements, printed material, and photographs.
The bulk of the records (62 ft.) are the Exhibition Files (Series V), primarily those in the Annual Exhibitions subseries (approx. 47 ft.). These files, arranged chronologically, contain contracts and legal agreements, correspondence, memoranda, itinerary information, condition reports, publicity materials, catalogs, announcements, and price lists for nearly 500 varied exhibitions, including contemporary American and foreign art and architecture, experimental art, the exchange of cultural ideas, and the promotion of artists of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds through exhibitions such as a Jacob Lawrence retrospective (1960), "Contemporary Jewish Ceremonial Art" (1961), the "Heart of India" (1962), "1,000 Years of American Indian Art" (1963), and "Ten Negro Artists from the United States" (1966), whose file contains photographs of 16 African-American artists and their paintings exhibited at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, 1966, taken by Geoffrey Clements.

Another subseries, Exhibitions, General, reflect the work of the AFA's Board of Trustees Exhibition Committee and documents its early involvement with traveling exhibitions through the files of Juliana R. Force, Eloise Spaeth, and Mrs. John Pope. Other Exhibition Files subseries document specific programs, rejected, cancelled, or suggested exhibitions, and exhibitions held in partnerships with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and other organizations.

Included in the Finding Aid for the collection may be found a listing of over 6,000 artists' and others exhibiting with the AFA. Among those with a sizeable number of entries are: Ansel Adams, Anni and Josef Albers, Calvin Albert, Harold Altman, Garo Antreasian, Jean Arp, Milton Avery, Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, William Baziotes, George W. Bellows, Eugene Berman, Harry Bertoia, George Caleb Bingham, Isabel Bishop, Peter Blume, Georges Braque, Marcel Breuer, James Brooks, Charles Burchfield, Kenneth Callahan, Edmund Casarella, Marc Chagall, William Merritt Chase, Lee Chesney, Minna Citron, Eleanor Coen, Robert F. Conover, Ralston Crawford,
Honore Daumier, Worden Day, Willem de Kooning, Jose De Rivera, Edgar Degas, Charles Demuth, Richard Diebenkorn, Arthur Dove, Jean Dubuffet, Thomas Eakins, Louis Eilshemius, Jimmy Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, Perle Fine, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Antonio Frasconi, Lee Gatch, Thomas George, Robert Goodnough, Adolph Gottlieb, Francisco Goya, Morris Graves, Robert Gwathmey, Grace Hartigan, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Stanley Hayter, John Heliker, Robert Henri, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, John Paul Jones, Asger Jorn, Max Kahn, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kienbusch, Paul Klee, Karl Knaths, Misch Kohn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Fernand Leger, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, George Luks, Loren MacIver, Boris Margo, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Dean Meeker, Joan Miro, Hans Moller, Henry Moore, George L.K. Morris,
Seong Moy, Walter Murch, Louise Nevelson, Ben Nicholson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Kenzo Okada, Nathan Oliveira, Gordon Parks, I. Rice Pereira, Jack Perlmutter, Gabor Peterdi, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Fairfield Porter, Rudy Pozzatti, Maurice Prendergast, George Ratkai, Abraham Rattner, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Rembrandt, Renoir, Larry Rivers, Theodore Roszak, Georges Rouault, Albert Ryder, Bruno Saetti, Guiseppe Santomaso, John Singer Sargent, Tadashi Sato, Angelo Savelli, Louis Schanker, Martin Schongauer, Karl Schrag, Kurt Seligmann, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, David Smith, Raphael Soyer, Benton Spruance, Theodoros Stamos, James Louis Steg, Edward Steichen,
Joseph Stella, Hedda Sterne, Maurice Sterne, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Durell Stone, Carol Summers, James Suzuki, Peter Takal, Rufino Tamayo, Pavel Tchelitchew, William Thon, Arthur Thrall, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Mark Tobey, Bradley Walker Tomlin, George Tooker, Joyce Treiman, Joseph M.W. Turner, Jack Tworkov, Renzo Vespignani, John Von Wicht, Charmion Von Wiegand, Syvia Wald, Abraham Walkowitz, Franklin Watkins, Max Weber, Julian Alden Weir, James McNeil Whistler, Worthington Whittredge, James Wines, Zao Wou-ki, Andrew Wyeth, Jean Sceron, Adja Yunkers, Karl Zerbe, Richard Zoellner, Marguerite Zorach, and William Zorach.

The earliest documentation is in Series I, Board of Trustees, and concerns the history of AFA. Included are correspondence and files of various officers, including Frederick Allen Whiting, Thomas Brown Rudd, Daniel Longwell, James S. Schramm, and Roy R. Neuberger, and of Leila Mechlin, AFA's secretary from 1909-1933, and treasurer Lawrence M.C. Smith. Series 2, Administrative records, also contains documentation on history and founding, and affiliations, buildings and moves, grants, government art programs, fundraising, publicity, publications, and the AFA's fiftieth anniversary celebration. Files in this series are arranged in two subseries, Alphabetical Files, and Staff records.

Series 3, Special Programs, consists of files on the many special programs AFA either sponsored or participated in, among them the Artists in Residence program sponsored by the Ford Foundation Program for Visual Artists; the Museum Donor Program funded by Audrey Bruce Currier and Stephen Richard Currier; the New York State Council on the Arts; the Picture of the Month program; and the Jean Tennyson Foundation Color Slide Lecture Program.

Series 4 consists of documentation on AFA's Annual Conventions, beginning with the 3rd annual convention in 1912 and continuting through 1963, with files missing for several years. Included are proceedings, speeches, programs, clippings, correspondence, and press releases. The 1957 files contain reel-to-reel tapes.

Series 6, Printed Material, consists of material dating 1990-1993 and which has an unexplained provenance. Series 7, Miscellaneous Files, 1926-1962, contain Architectural League of New York Records relating to National Awards Program, and lantern slides from the "New Horizons in America" lecture series. Series 8, Oversize Materials include a portfolio, posters, and magazines dating from the late 1800s.

Bio / His Notes: Organized 1909; New York, N.Y.
extent78.2 linear ft.
formatsResearch Files Photographs Administrative Records Exhibition Catalogs Sound Recording
accessUnmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.amerfeda.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-federation-arts-records-5411
finding aidOnline and in respository
acquisition informationThe bulk of the records were donated by the American Federation of Arts between 1964 and 1966.
updated06/08/2023 16:42:09
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titleOral history interview with Eloise Spaeth, 1973 Feb. 6-Mar. 9.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionAn interview of Eloise Spaeth conducted 1973 Feb. 6-Mar. 9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

Bio / His Notes:
Eloise Spaeth (1902-1998) was a collector and writer from New York, N.Y.


General Note: Originally recorded on 2 tape reels (5 in.).
extentSound recording: 3 sound files : digital, wav file
formatsSound Recording
accessUse requires an appointment
record linkhttps://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_213107
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-eloise-spaeth-13335
updated07/25/2023 06:47:43
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titleArchives of American Art sound recordings, 1957-1979.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionRecordings of Archives of American Art (AAA) sponsored events.

Included are: AAA benefit dinner, 1957, with speakers Al Capp, Irving Burton, and E.P. (Edgar Preston) Richardson; a steering committee meeting of the AAA, May 27 and June 12, 1959 (partially transcribed 5 p.); a conference, March 1961; a

seminar, Apr. 6-7, 1962; and a lecture (7 p.) delivered by E.P. Richardson at the annual meeting of held at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mich., Feb. 2, 1962. Also included are the proceedings of AAA's twenty-fifth anniversary dinner held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 1979.

Speakers include S. Dillon Ripley, Gilbert Kinney, W. E. Woolfenden and Eloise Spaeth.


extent15 sound tape reels; 7 in. + (partially transcribed)
formatsSound Recording
accessUntranscribed recordings are available for use by appointment. Patrons must use transcript for transcribed recordings.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.archiv57.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/archives-american-art-sound-recordings-13214
acquisition informationRecorded for the Archives of American Art.
updated06/08/2023 16:42:09
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