Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
| title | Oral history interview with Edith Gregor Halpert, 1962-1963. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Edith Halpert conducted by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art. Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| extent | 7 tape reels; 7 in. Transcript: 819 p. (on one microfilm reel) reel 5130 |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Online transcript |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:49 |
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| title | Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974 (bulk dates 1926-1969). | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, artists files, notebooks, business records, writings, miscellaneous records, printed matter, and photographs. Some of Halpert's personal papers are intermingled with the gallery records. REELS 5488-5545: Correspondence, 1926-1974, about gallery business and routine administrative affairs, as well as personal letters from relatives and friends. Among the correspondents are collectors Edgar and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Maxim Karolik, William H. Lane, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Beram K. Saklatwalla, Robert Tannahill, and Electra Havemeyer Webb; dealers Robert Carlen, Felix Landau Gallery, Boris Mirski Gallery, and Isabel Carleton Wilde; and many curators, museum directors, and other colleagues. REELS 5545-5558: Artist Files, 1917-1970, consist mainly of correspondence with Halpert and the Downtown Gallery and may include biographical notes, writings, press releases, original artwork, exhibition information, and printed matter. Included are: Rainey Bennett, Raymond Breinin, Morris Broderson, Paul Burlin, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Isami Doi, William Dole, Arthur G. Dove, David Fredenthal, Samuel Halpert, George Overbury ("Pop") Hart, Marsden Hartley, Bernard Karfiol, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Wesley Lea, Jack Levine, Edmund Lewandowski, John Marin, Reuben Nakian, Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Chesley Osborn, Jules Pascin, Abbott Pattison, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Mitchell Siporin, Niles Spencer, Edward Stasack, John H. Storrs, Reuben Tam, Yu-ho Tseng, Max Weber, William Zorach, and Karl Zerbe. REELS 5558-5603: Notebooks, 1935-1969, referred to as "American Folk Art Gallery Notebooks," "Artists Notebooks," and "Publicity Notebooks" contain photographs, catalog descriptions, notes, and printed matter compiled by gallery staff for reference purposes. "American Folk Art Notebooks" include: oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, fraktur, paintings on velvet, embroideries, paintings on glass, tinsels, Shaker furniture, and sculpture. "Publicity Notebooks" include: group shows at Downtown Gallery and other locations, American Print Makers exhibitions, American folk art exhibitions at Downtown Gallery and other locations; and, miscellaneous publicity. "Artists Notebooks" include: Rainey Bennett, Raymond Breinin, Morris Broderson, Alexander Brook, Paul Burlin, Nicolai Cikovsky, Glenn O. Coleman, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Isami Doi, Arthur G. Dove, David Fredenthal, O. Louis Guglielmi, Samuel Halpert, William M. Harnett, George Overbury ("Pop") Hart, Marsden Hartley, Bernard Karfiol, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Wesley Lea, Julian E. Levi, Jack Levine, John Marin, George L. K. Morris, Reuben Nakian, Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Chesley Osborn, Jules Pascin, Abbott Pattison, Horace Pippin, Joseph Pollet, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Mitchell Siporin, Niles Spencer, Edward Stasack, William Steig, Joseph Stella, Alfred Stieglitz, John H. Storrs, Reuben Tam, Yu-ho Tseng, Dorothy Varian, Carl Walters, Max Weber, Jack Zajac, Karl Zerbe, Marguerite Zorach, and William Zorach. REELS 5603-5636: Business Records, 1925-1974, consist of exhibition, stock, sales, transit, and insurance records; lists of artwork and clients, legal documents, minutes, research files, and architectural plans. REELS 5636-5638: Writings, 1917-1968, by Edith Gregor Halpert, include articles on American folk art, speeches, short stories, school notebooks, and "Daily Thoughtlets" compiled at age 17; also, writings by others on art topics. REELS 5638-5639: Miscellaneous, ca. 1835-1970, contains biographical material, and works of art by Edith Gregor Halpert and other artists. Artifacts are wooden weather vane molds with supporting documentation, and awards presented to Halpert. Audiovisual materials are motion picture film for a Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp. produced television series, "America: The Artist's Eye," 1961-1963; film of Charles and Musya Sheeler at home, and Charles Sheeler at work in his studio, ca. 1950; and a sound recording of a 1962 talk about collecting by Maxim Karolik. REELS 5640-5647: Printed Matter, 1984-1969, includes exhibition catalogs, announcements, invitations, press releases, and miscellaneous items produced by Downtown Gallery. Other printed matter consists of news clippings about Halpert, Downtown Gallery, the Edith Gregor Halpert Collection, and clipping files on art-related topics. Also, newsletters, press releases, and publications of arts organizations, and reproductions of works of art. A selection of 25 vols. from Halpert's personal library has been retained. REELS 5647-5654: Photographs, ca. 1880s-1960s, of Edith Gregor Halpert, Samuel Halpert, family and friends, her dog and Newtown, Conn. house. Portraits of artists include: Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Louis Guglielmi, George Overbury ("Pop") Hart, Marsden Hartley, Bernard Karfiol, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Julian E. Levi, Jack Levine, John Marin, George L. K. Morris, Georgia O'Keeffe, Abbott Pattison, Horace Pippin, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, William Steig, Alfred Stieglitz, Yu-ho Tseng, Max Weber, and William Zorach. Also, works of art, exhibitions, Downtown Gallery, and an award presented to Halpert. Among the photographers represented are: Ansel Adams, Doris Bry, George Karfiol, Carl Kelin, Otto Maya, Arnold Newman, Man Ray, Kay Bell Reynal, Charles Sheeler, Adrian Siegel, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Sochi Sunami, Alredo Valente, Carl Van Vechten, and Max Yavno. I. Correspondence, 1926-1974. II. Artist Files, 1917-1970. III. Notebooks, 1835-1970. IV. Business Records, 1925-1974. V. Writings, 1917-1968. VI. Miscellaneous, ca. 1835-1970. VII. Printed Matter, 1824-1969. VIII. Photographs, ca. 1880s-1960s. Correspondence arranged chronologically; Artist Files arranged alphabetically. Other series are organized into numerous subseries, usually by record type or category, and the arrangement of each is indicated in the series descriptions detailed in the finding aid. |
| extent | 109 linear ft. (on 167 microfilm reels) reels 5488-5654 |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Gallery Records Personal papers Writings |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | "A Finding Aid to the Records of the Downtown Gallery" by Catherine Stover Gaines and Lisa Lynch, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., is available. Electronic versions available at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/downgall.htm and http://www.aaa.si.edu/findmicrodig/downgall/downgall.html |
| acquisition information | The bulk of the records were originally received as a loan in 1957 and 1967 from Edith Gregor Halpert, and microfilmed on reels ND1-ND71. Additions were received incrementally, between 1972 and 1978 from Nathaly Baum, niece of and executor of Halpert's estate, and microfilmed incrementally as well on various reels. In 1998, with funds provided by the Luce Foundation, the collection was reprocessed by Catherine Stover Gaines into one coherent arrangement, and remicrofilmed 1999-2000, totalling 167 reels of film. Most, but not all, of the documents from the early loaned material were subsequently donated. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:49 |
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| title | Edith Halpert lecture, 1959 Oct. 19. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A lecture delivered by Edith Gregor Halpert at the Brooklyn Museum about the 1959 American National Art Exhibition in Moscow. |
| extent | 1 sound tape ; 7 in. (19 p. transcript) |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | This lecture was taped by the Archives of American Art and transcribed by staff of the Downtown Gallery. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:49 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Edith Gregor Halpert, 1965 Jan. 20. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Edith Gregor Halpert conducted by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art new deal and the Arts Project. Halpert speaks of some of her activities in connection with the Federal Art Project, discusses some of the exhibitions that were shown, and gives her opinions on federal support for the arts. Halpert recalls Lloyd Goodrich, Holger Cahill, Dorothy Miller, Alfred Barr, and others Note: Transferred from original acetate tape reels. Sound quality is poor. |
| extent | 2 sound cassettes (3 hours) : analog Transcript: 22 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | A list of interviews conducted for the New Deal and the Arts project is available at all Archives of American Art offices. |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:49 |
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| title | Electra Havemeyer Webb Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960). | repository | Shelburne Museum |
| description | Chiefly materials about the Shelburne Museum, including correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, clippings, financial papers, and scrapbooks, documenting the founding of the museum, its physical structure, and the development and presentation of its collections; together with some personal papers, including scrapbooks relating to Webb's volunteer work during both world wars, menus and invitations for parties (1930-1956), sympathy letters on the death of her brother Horace Havemeyer, Webb-Havemeyer genealogy and family history documents, and hunting records. Webb's direction of the museum is documented through such materials as her correspondence with brother-in-law Vanderbilt Webb about incorporating the museum; correspondence with museum directors, dealers, and donors; daily reports from and correspondence with Shelburne staff members; minutes of staff meetings; thank you letters from Ima Hogg, Henry Du Pont, Katharine Prentis Murphy, and others who stayed with her or visited the museum; notes, clippings, and other working papers on the museum; New York files relating to the museum, kept by secretary Elsie Schoonover; public presentations about the museum, including articles and speeches written or given by Webb; and scrapbooks of photographs and clippings which she assembled. Museum staff members represented include Sterling D. Emerson, David Webster, Lilian Baker Carlisle, Gordon Parker Manning, Lewis N. Wiggins, and Ralph Nading Hill, a historian friend, who was paid by the museum for special projects. Correspondents include Sanger Atwill, Electra and Dunbar Bostwick, Kenneth Chorley (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation), A.C. Gilbert, Edith Halpert, Louis C. Jones, M. Knoedler & Co., George S. McKearin, Katharine Prentis Murphy, Old Print Shop, Eric Sloane, and Frederick A. Sweet. Named Person: Webb family. Havemeyer family. Havemeyer, Horace, 1886-1956 -- Death and burial. Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1884-1960. Hogg, Ima -- Correspondence. Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969 -- Correspondence. Murphy, Katharine Prentis, 1882-1969 -- Correspondence. Webb, Vanderbilt, 1891-1956 -- Correspondence. Atwill, J. Sanger -- Correspondence. Bostwick, Electra Webb, 1910-1980 -- Correspondence. Bostwick, Dunbar -- Correspondence. Chorley, Kenneth, 1893-1974 -- Correspondence. Gilbert, A. C. (Alfred Carlton), 1884-1961 -- Correspondence. Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970 -- Correspondence. Jones, Louis Clark, 1908- -- Correspondence. McKearin, George S. (George Skinner), 1874- -- Correspondence. Sloane, Eric -- Correspondence. Sweet, Frederick A. (Frederick Arnold), 1903- -- Correspondence. |
| extent | 13 v. 29 boxes. 6 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Correspondence Personal papers Scrapbooks Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid in the repository. |
| acquisition information | From various files within the museum and from Webb's son, J. Watson Webb, Jr., who in May 1998, donated papers relating to Mrs. Webb's purchase of antiques |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:52 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Charles Alan, 1970 Aug. 20-25. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Charles Alan conducted 1970 Aug. 20-25, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Alan speaks of studying scene and stage design; attending Yale School of Drama; doing illustrations for various publications; traveling and studying in Europe; working as a set designer for MGM and Warner Brothers; his experiences working at the Downtown Gallery; his thoughts and recollections about Edith Halpert; leaving Downtown Gallery and starting his own gallery; his opinions on the future of small galleries in New York; museum purchases; Edith Halpert’s art collection; selling his gallery to Felix Landau; and various thoughts concerning the art world. He recalls Norman Bell Geddes, Edith Halpert, Stuart Davis, Julien Levy, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kirk Askew, Raymond Breinin, Ben Shahn, George Washburn, Edward Root, Joe Hirshhorn, John Marin, John Marin Jr., Lawrence Allen, Georgia O’Keeffe, William Harnett, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Karl Zerbe, Bruce Conner, Richard Baker, Paul Sachs, and many others. |
| extent | Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in. Transcript: 37 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-charles-alan-11699 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:52 |
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| title | Jennings Tofel papers, 1916-1960. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Tofel's autobiography; correspondence; diary notebooks; writings; and several essays. Correspondents include Federica Beer-Monti, Katherine Dreier, Edith Halpert, Benjamin Kopman, and Maurice Sterne. Bio/History: Painter; New York, N.Y. |
| extent | 400 items (on 3 microfilm reels) reels N68/36-N68/38 |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Writings |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1968 by Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Originals in Yivo Institute of Jewish Research, New York, N.Y. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:52 |
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| title | Lincoln Rothschild papers, 1920-1982. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, interviews, printed materials, writings, correspondence, art work, and photographs. REEL 290: Eleven scripts for radio programs on the Index of American Design, broadcast in New York throughout 1940. Interviewees include: Rothschild, Holger Cahill, director of the WPA-FAP; Edith Halpert, director of American Folk Art Gallery; Katherine Coffey, curator of Newark Museum; Alice Winchester, editor of "Antiques"; and Theodore Starr. REEL NDA 15: Press releases; pamphlet on permanent art programs; Index of American Design papers; a report concerning government art programs; memorandum to Gustave Von Groschwitz outlining a plan for new subject matter for FAP artists; and "Report to the Sculptors of the Federal Art Project" by Girolamo Piccoli.[Report to the sculptors...under microfilm title Girolamo Piccoli] UNMICROFILMED: Writings on art and on the Index of American Design; radio scripts for the series "The American Artists" sponsored by Artists Equity, 1953; clippings, 1936-1982; a nearly complete set of his newsletter, THE PRAGMATIST IN ART, 1964-1978; material on Kenneth Hayes Miller; resumes, school transcripts and memorabilia; photographs of Rothschild and of his sculpture; correspondence concerning THE PRAGMATIST IN ART (1964-1978), The Index of American Design (1968-1973), his research on Miller (1964-1977) and other publications, his work for Artists Equity, and other matters; a sketchbook; and a drawing. Among the correspondents are Samuel Kramer, editor of "The Shipyard Worker," Peppino Mangravite, Katherine Schmidt Shubert, Betty Burroughs Woodhouse, and critics Rudolf Arnheim, John Canaday and Donald Kuspit. |
| extent | 1.8 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) reel 290 & NDA 15 |
| formats | Correspondence Interviews Sketchbooks Photographs Transcript |
| 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 reel NDA15 donated by Rothschild, 1964; remainder donated 1987 by his widow, Elisabeth Rothschild. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:52 |
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| title | Edwin David Porter papers, 1929-1969. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Family correspondence; personal and professional correspondence relating to Porter's career as a gallery owner, with Caresse Crosby, Eldzier Cortor, Worden Day, Edith Halpert, Adolph Gottlieb, Karl Knaths, Peggy Guggenheim, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and many others; diaries; notes; financial papers; clippings; publicity catalogs; and miscellany. Bio / His Notes: Painter, sculptor, gallery owner; Wainscott, N.Y. Porter opened the G Place Gallery with Caresse Crosby in 1943. |
| extent | 2.0 linear ft. (on 5 microfilm reels) reels N70-27- N70-31 |
| formats | Correspondence Personal Papers Business Papers Diaries |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Microfilm inventory available in AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1970 by Edwin David Porter. Originals returned to Edwin David Porter after microfilming. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:52 |
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