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Allied Artists of America records, 1914-1978
Object Details
- Place of publication, production, or execution
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- Physical Description
- 3 Linear feet
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged into five series Series 1: Administrative Files, 1914-1978 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 4) Series 2: Correspondence, 1938-1966 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2) Series 3: Financial Records, 1936-1967 (0.4 linear feet; boxes 2, 5) Series 4: Photographic Material, circa 1940-1970 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2) Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1924-1959 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 3-5)
- Access Note / Rights
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Summary
- The records of Allied Artists of America measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1914 to 1978. The records document the history of the New York art organization through administrative files, correspondence, financial records, photographic material, and scrapbooks.
- Citation
- Allied Artists of America records, 1914-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 847, 853-854 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Use Note
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Biography Note
- Allied Artists of America is an art organization that formed in New York, N.Y. in 1914 for "the advancement of American art by opening new avenues of opportunity for the exhibition of meritorious works of art..." principally by giving annual exhibitions. Notable members included Edmund Greacen, Dewitt Lockman, Pietro Montana, Walter Farndon, Charles Aiken, Ogden Pleissner, Frank Gervasi, Fred Detwiller, and Ted Kautzky.
- Language Note
- English .
- Provenance
- Donated 1972 and 1978 by Allied Artists of America.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)9531
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211730
- AAA_collcode_alliarti
- Creator
- Allied Artists of America
- Subject
- Aiken, Charles Avery
- Detwiller, Fred
- Farndon, Walter
- Gervasi, Frank
- Greacen, Edmund W.
- Kautzky, Theodore
- Lockman, DeWitt McClellan
- Montana, Pietro
- Pleissner, Ogden M.
- Type
- Scrapbooks
- Theme
- Art organizations
- Theme
- Art organizations
- Record ID
- AAADCD_coll_211730
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
