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Archives related to: Hawk, Samuel
| title | Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor papers, 1866 [ca. 1986]. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, correspondence, journals, notebooks, address books, business records, writings, sketchbooks, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, photographs, and subject files relating to the artistic careers of Wood Gaylor and Adelaide Lawson, to Gaylor's work as a fashion pattern desiger, and, more broadly, to the New York art scene from the 1913 Armory Show through the 1930s. REEL D160: A ca. 100 page typescript of a record of reminiscences on Gaylor's early art career. This is one of 4 parts dictated by Gaylor in 1953. This recording was used as the basis for Jean Lipman's article "Wood Gaylor: Diary of the Carefree Years," published in Art In America, December 1963. Biographical and Historical Note Painter, lithographer; full name Samuel Wood Gaylor. Wood was born in Stamford, Conn. Studied at the National Academy of Design, New York, under Walt Kuhn. He exhibited at the Armory Show, the Penguin Club, and the Gallery and participated in many art organizations including the Kit-Kat Club, the Penguin Club, Modern Artists of America, American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers. He served on the board for the Salons of America, the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation, the New York City Municipal Art Committee, and the Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Me. |
| extent | 2.5 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel) |
| formats | Correspondence Journals Notebooks Business Papers |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/wood-and-adelaide-lawson-gaylor-papers-8195 |
| acquisition information | Material on reel D160 donated 1964 by Adelaide Lawson Gaylor. Unmicrofilmed material donated 1986 by the Gaylors' sons, Wynn L. and Randall Gaylor. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:41 |
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| title | [Andrew Carnegie to William N. Frew, October 21, 1895] |
| repository | Carnegie Mellon University |
| description | Found in: Andrew Carnegie Correspondence Collection Andrew Carnegie expresses his wish that four paintings from the William Samuel Hawk Collection (Hawk, friend of Carnegie and owner of the Windsor Hotel, New York) be displayed during the Carnegie Institutes opening. Carnegie discusses arrangements for securing pieces by Rosa Bonheur, Alexandre Cabanel, Daniel Huntington (?), and Joseph Roos (?) Carnegie Mellon University Libraries; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, William R. Oliver Special Collections Room |
| extent | 1 item |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://accesspadr.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/acamu-acarc&CISOPTR=11243&CISOBOX=1&REC=10 |
| finding aid | http://accesspadr.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/acamu-acarc&CISOPTR=11243&CISOBOX=1&REC=10 |
| acquisition information | Carnegie Mellon University: Andrew Carnegie Online Archives |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:41 |
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