Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990
| title | Ira and William Glackens papers, circa 1900-1990 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Primarily the papers of Ira Glackens related to the life and work of his father, William J. Glackens, including correspondence, writings, photographs, printed material, financial material, scrapbooks, an interview (untranscribed), and a card file on paintings. Correspondence consists of 6 letters from William to his wife Edith, 1912, written from Paris while buying paintings for collector Albert C. Barnes; 12 letters from Barnes to William and Edith, 1923-1939; ca. 100 letters to Edith, 1902-1946, including many from her father, and one from Maurice Prendergast, 1923; Ira Glackens' correspondence, 1938-1990, with dealers, collectors, museums, researchers, friends, and family, mainly regarding his father, including letters from "Aunt Laura," (Mrs.Albert C. Barnes), 1955-1956, illustrated letters from his aunt Irene Dimmock Fitzgerald, and a note with a sketch from Walt Kuhn. Writings include Glackens family genealogical writings; writings by Ira, including a 71 p. autobiographical account "The Porpoise Close Behind me, or, a Garden of Cucumbers," and typescripts of speeches; an autobiographical account by Edith, "Life and Antics of the Young Dimocks"; writings by others, including "George Luks and William Glackens in Cuba" by E. John Bullard and a script by Everett Shinn, "Hazel Weston, or, More Sinned Against Than Usual." Printed materials include William Glackens' magazine illustrations, exhibition catalogs and clippings; printed material on Barnes and other artists; books by Ira Glackens, including Pope Joan, Yankee Diva, A Measure of Sliding Sand, and Did Molly Pitcher say That? (only covers and title pages were microfilmed). The scrapbook compiled by Ira contains clippings on his father and himself, 1956-1980. Photographs include an album containing photographs of family, friends, among them Walter Pach and Leon Kroll, and travel, 1925-1926; and photographs of family and art works. The card file compiled by Ira is an index to William Glackens' paintings. Also included is a 78 rpm phonograph recording of a WJZ-radio interview of William on the occasion of winning the Allegheny County Garden Club Prize at the 1936 Carnegie International Exhibition. UNMICROFILMED: 9 exhibition catalogs, 1939-1947, for Annual Loan Exhibitions at 10 West 9th Street, New York, of the work of William Glackens. As well as correspeondence, price lists, inventories and financial material compiled by Ira Glackens regarding the sale or donation of William Glacken's paintings. Co-Creator: Glackens, Edith Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951 Glackens, William J., 1870-1938 |
| extent | 2.3 linear ft. (on 3 microfilm reels) reels 4708-4710 |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Sound Recording Sketches |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.glacwill.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/ira-and-william-glackens-papers-7175 |
| finding aid | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Use of untranscribed interview of William Glackens requires an appointment. |
| acquisition information | Donated in 1987 by Ira Glackens, in 1991 by his estate through Peter L. Chakmakian, executor, and in 2007 by Susan Corn Conway who purchased the material when she moved into the Glacken's home. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:14 |
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