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Series Descriptions/Container Listing
Biographical Information, 1874-1970
Charles Green Shaw
A Finding Aid to the Charles Green Shaw Papers, 1686-1979 (1909-1974), in the Archives of American Art
by Catherine S. Gaines
2005
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Contact Information
- Reference Department
- Archives of American Art
- Smithsonian Institution
- Washington. D.C. 20560
- www.aaa.si.edu/askus
Collection Overview |
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| Creator: | Shaw, Charles Green | |
| Title: | Charles Green Shaw papers | |
| Dates: | 1686-1979 (bulk 1909-1974) | |
| Abstract: | The collection measures 45.6 linear feet, dates from 1686-1979 (bulk 1909-1974), and documents the life of American abstract artist, writer, poet, and illustrator Charles Green Shaw. Records include biographical information and correspondence with family, colleagues and several artists and writers. The papers also contain writings and extensive diaries, sketchbooks and scrapbooks spanning Shaw's entire career, scattered financial records and other printed material. | |
| Extent: | 45.6 linear feet | |
Administrative Information
Provenance
Charles Green Shaw bequeathed his scrapbooks to the Archives of American Art in 1974. The remaining papers were a gift of his estate in 1975.
Processing Information
Several items in the collection were microfilmed at some point after receipt on microfilm reel 75. The collection was processed by Catherine S. Gaines in August 2005.
Preferred Citation
Charles Green Shaw papers, 1874-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Alternative Forms Available
A few photographs of Shaw's paintings, exhibition catalogs, and his published children's book It Looked Like Spilt Milk, are available on microfilm reel 75.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Charles Green Shaw papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
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Index Terms |
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| This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following index terms. People, families and organizations are listed under "Subjects" when they are the topic of collection contents and under "Names" when they are creators or contributors. | ||
| Subjects-Topical: | ||
| Art, Abstract -- New York (State) -- New York | ||
| Art -- Economic aspects | ||
| Artists as authors -- New York (State) -- New York | ||
| Authors -- New York (State) -- New York | ||
| Painters -- New York (State) -- New York | ||
| Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York | ||
| Types of Materials: | ||
| Photographs | ||
| Scrapbooks | ||
| Sketchbooks | ||
| Sound recordings | ||
| Works of art | ||
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Biographical Note
A significant figure in American abstract art, Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974) enjoyed a varied career as a writer, illustrator, poet, modernist painter, and collector. Born to a wealthy family and orphaned at a young age, Charles and his twin brother were raised by their uncle, Frank D. Shaw. At age nine, he was already an avid painter and had illustrated his first book, The Costumes of Nations.
After Shaw's 1914 graduation from Yale, he attended the Columbia University School of Architecture. In the years before World War I he worked briefly in the real estate business, but was primarily occupied as a member of café society. During the war he was a pilot stationed in England with the American Expeditionary Force's aero squadron.
As a young man, Shaw decided to become a writer and devoted his time and attention to this endeavor for a decade. In the 1920s, Shaw spent extended periods living and writing in London and Paris, and contributed many pieces to publications such as The New Yorker, Smart Set, Vanity Fair and Town & Country. Two of Shaw's novels, Heart In a Hurricane (1927) and The Low Down (1928), were published during this period. His play What Next! was produced in New York in 1928, but its run was brief. Later, he published New York – Oddly Enough (1938), and wrote and illustrated children's books including The Giant of Central Park (1940) and It Looked Like Spilt Milk (1947), in addition to illustrating several more books by other children's authors.
A highly accomplished poet partial to haiku and cinquain, Shaw published three volumes of poetry: Image of Life (1962), Into the Light (1959), and Time Has No Edge (1966). More than 1500 of his poems appeared in numerous American and European poetry magazines. He received the Michael Strange Poetry Award in 1954, and was a member of the Poetry Society (London), American Poets Fellowship Society, and North American Poets.
Shaw studied at the Art Students League in 1926 under Thomas Hart Benton and as a private pupil of George Luks. He became aware of abstract art and its various movements while traveling in Europe in the 1920s. When he began painting seriously in the early 1930s, Shaw drew from what he had seen and learned of modernism in Paris to develop his own style that incorporated American themes and technology. His earliest modern work was in the cubist vein. He constructed Arp-influenced wooden reliefs and the plastic polygon series (1933-1939) that foreshadowed shaped paintings developed by the next generation. Shaw's paintings progressed to hard edged abstractions and a return to figurative work in the 1940s was followed by abstract expressionism. Shaw had few connections with other New York artists, although he was well acquainted with A. E. Gallatin and George L. K. Morris and was a member of American Abstract Artists from its inception.
His first solo exhibition was at Valentine Gallery in 1934; in the following year he had a one man show at Gallatin's Museum of Living Art. Shaw was among the artists included in Gallatin's 1936 show, "Five Contemporary American Conceretionists," originating at the Rienhardt Gallery and then traveling to Galérie Pierre in Paris, and Mayer Gallery in London. He exhibited widely and was represented by Passedoit Gallery and Bertha Schaefer Gallery. Shaw's work can be found in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of art, Guggenheim Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, and San Francisco Museum.
Around 1945, Shaw began creating approximately 600 montages that included collage and incorporated early prints, dice, antique playing cards, pipes, and fabrics arranged in shadow boxes. Though many of the montages decorated his apartment, they were never exhibited publicly during his lifetime.
Shaw was an avid collector. Among his collections were antique playing cards; figures, folk art, and implements relating to tobacco; tinsel prints, particularly of theatrical figures; prints and paper ephemera relating to the London theater; horse brasses; and antique police truncheons. In addition, Shaw was an authority on Lewis Carroll about whom he wrote a number of articles.
Charles Green Shaw died in New York City in 1974.
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Scope and Content Note
The Charles Green Shaw papers measure 45.6 linear feet and date from 1686-1979 (bulk 1909-1974). Shaw's personal life and career as an American abstract artist, writer, poet, and illustrator are well documented through biographical information, correspondence, writings, extensive diaries and sketchbooks, scattered financial records, scrapbooks and other printed materials.
Series 1: Biographical Information includes a number of family documents. Shaw's correspondence in Series 2 consists mainly of incoming letters from friends and a small amount of correspondence from notable individuals including Adele Astair, Clarence and Ruby Darrow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John D. Graham, Anita and John Loos, H. L. Mencken, Robert C. Osborn, Cole Porter, Carl Van Vechten and Walter Winchell. The series also includes some nineteenth century family correspondence.
Among Shaw's writings in Series 3 are 145 diaries containing daily one-page entries that outline his daily schedule. In addition, there are drafts and final manuscripts of fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poems, as well as quizzes devised for his newspaper column, and short writings for magazines. Notes include travel observations, notes on restaurants and nightclubs, notes for fiction, quotations, and lists of his collections. Writings by other authors on a variety of topics include children's books illustrated by Shaw, a review of Shaw's poetry, and an article about Shaw as a modern painter.
Artwork by Shaw in Series 4 includes collages, drawings, and paintings. Of particular interest are 340 sketchbooks containing sketches and finished drawings in pencil and ink, watercolor and gouache paintings, pastels and collages. Among the artwork by other artists is a charcoal portrait, probably of Shaw, by Betty George.
Series 5: Financial Records, consists mainly of banking records, tax returns, and royalty statements. Also included is information about art sales and payment for writings; receipts are for art related expenses and document purchases for Shaw's collection of tobacco figures.
Series 6: Scrapbooks (37 volumes) documents Shaw's entire career. Five volumes concern his art and exhibitions, 9 volumes preserve his published writings, 20 volumes contain published poems, and an additional 5 volumes are devoted to miscellaneous subjects.
Additional printed matter in Series 7: Printed Material, consists of items by Shaw, by other authors, and miscellaneous material. Items by Shaw includes articles, books by and/or illustrated by Shaw, plays, and poems. Printed material by other authors includes pieces about or mentioning Shaw, books, exhibition catalogs and related records, and periodicals. Among the miscellaneous printed material are auction and book catalogs, clippings, and ephemera. Also included are a wide assortment of menus, along with theatrical memorabilia, travel brochures and printed souvenirs collected by Shaw.
Series 8: Miscellaneous Records, consists of a variety of artifacts including the Century Association Art Committee Medal awarded Shaw, a letter opener carved with his monogram, and printing plates for color reproductions of a painting by Shaw and of prints in his collection. Other miscellaneous records are two sound recordings, a tape recording of Shaw reading his poetry, and an unidentified phonograph album.
Series 9: Photographs includes photos of artwork, people, places and miscellaneous subjects. Artwork depicted here is mainly by Shaw, but there are also photographs of work by other artists, and of items in Shaw's collections of tinsel prints and tobacco figures, as well as views of various exhibition installations.
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Series Descriptions/Container Listing
Series 2: Correspondence, 1833-1973 (Boxes 1-3; 2.5 linear ft.) |
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The series is arranged as 2 subseries: |
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| 2.1: Charles Green Shaw, 1909-1973 | |||||||||
| 2.1: Family Correspondence, 1833-1888 | |||||||||
2.1: Charles Green Shaw, A-Z, 1909-1973 |
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Charles Green Shaw's correspondence documents his personal and professional life. It consists mainly of incoming letters with some drafts and a few carbon copies of outgoing letters. While Shaw was away at school, in the service during World War I, and during extended stays in England and France soon after the War and in the early 1930s, his uncle and brother wrote frequently of everyday life at home. Letters from friends and acquaintances provide a glimpse of Shaw's life as a "man about town" as do many surviving love letters. Other correspondence concerns his careers as an artist, writer and illustrator. |
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The alphabetized portion of Shaw's correspondence includes a small amount of correspondence with individuals of note, among them Adele Astair, Clarence and Ruby Darrow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John D. Graham, Anita and John Loos, H. L. Mencken, Robert C. Osborn, Cole Porter, Carl Van Vechten, and Walter Winchell. |
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Many of Shaw's sketchbooks arranged in Series 4 also contain drafts of letters. |
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The majority of the correspondence is arranged chronologically, though a much smaller quantity of correspondence with notable individuals has been separated and is arranged alphabetically. |
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| 1 | Astair, Adele, 1927, undated | ||||||||
| Carroll, Jane, 1922-1923, undated | |||||||||
| Darrow, Clarence and Ruby, 1927-1928 | |||||||||
| Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 1927 | |||||||||
| Graham, John D., 1938, 1949 | |||||||||
| Lehmann, Rosamund, 1927 | |||||||||
| Loos, Anita and John, 1928-1931, undated | |||||||||
| Mencken, H. L., 1925-1942 | |||||||||
| Morgan, Helen, 1927, undated | |||||||||
| Osborn, Robert C., undated | |||||||||
| Porter, Cole, 1922-1959, undated | |||||||||
| Strange, Michael, undated | |||||||||
| Van Vechten, Carl, 1928 | |||||||||
| Winchell, Walter, 1931 | |||||||||
| Chronological Correspondence, 1909-1918 (13 folders) | |||||||||
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| 2 | Chronological Correspondence, 1918-1973 (22 folders) | ||||||||
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| 3 | Chronological Correspondence, undated (11 folders) | ||||||||
2.2: Family Correspondence, 1833-1888 |
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Correspondence found here primarily concerns business and family matters. Correspondents represented are Charles G. Shaw, Sr. and Jr.(Shaw's grandfather and father), David Shaw, Frank Shaw, George W. Shaw, and Sallie Carr Shaw (Shaw's grandmother). |
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| 3 | Correspondence, 1833-1888, undated (3 folders) | ||||||||
Series 3: Writings, 1910-1971 (Boxes 3-20, 46; 17.5 linear ft.) |
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| 3.2: Writings By Other Authors, 1911-circa 1969 | |||||||||
3.1: Writings by Shaw, 1910-1971 |
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Writings by Shaw include diaries, fiction and non-fiction, notes, plays, poems, quizzes, and short writings. The diaries (145 volumes) contain daily one-page entries that note rising and bedtimes, hours spent writing or painting, social engagements and business appointments. People are usually identified by initials only. Among the notes are notebooks (17 volumes) that include travel observations, notes on restaurants and nightclubs, notes for fiction and miscellaneous notes such as journal entries and quotations. Quizzes were featured in Shaw's newspaper column. Short writings were mainly "fillers" for magazines; these often consist of lists of details about various subjects or events. Some of the manuscripts, specifically children's stories, are illustrated with drawings and gouache paintings; those for books about Boston, London, New York and Paris are illustrated with photographs. |
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3.1.1: Diaries, 1922-1970 |
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| 3 | Volumes 1-4: 1 September-8 April 1923 | ||||||||
| Volumes 5-8: 9 April 1923-31 January 1924 | |||||||||
| Volumes 9-12: 1 February 1924-21 January 1925 | |||||||||
| Volumes 13-16: 22 January-16 August, 21 August-23 October 1925 | |||||||||
| Volumes 17-20: 24 October 1925-28 September 1926 | |||||||||
| Volumes 21-24: 29 September-31 October, 5 December 1926-3 July 1927 | |||||||||
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| 4 | Volumes 25-28: 5 July 1927-9 May 1928 | ||||||||
| Volumes 29-32: 10 May 1928-5 May 1929 | |||||||||
| Volumes 33-34: 6 May-7 August 1929 | |||||||||
| Volumes 35-36: 29 August-8 November 1929 | |||||||||
| Volumes 37-38: 9 November 1929-15 April 1930 | |||||||||
| Volumes 39-40: 16 April-21 November 1930 | |||||||||
| Volume 41: 22 November 1930-14 February 1931 | |||||||||
| Volumes 42-43: 15 February-11 June 1931 | |||||||||
| Volumes 44-45: 12 June 1931-29 June 1932 | |||||||||
| Volumes 46-47: 30 June-31 December 1932 | |||||||||
| Volume 48: 1 January-31 March 1933 | |||||||||
| Volume 49: 1 April-29 June 1933 | |||||||||
| Volume 50: 4 July-21 October 1933 | |||||||||
| Volume 51: 22 October-31 December 1933 | |||||||||
| Volume 52: 1 January-31 March 1934 | |||||||||
| Volume 53: 1 April-30 June 1934 | |||||||||
| Volume 54: 1 July-30 September 1934 | |||||||||
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| 5 | Volume 55: 1 October-31 December 1934 | ||||||||
| Volume 56: 1 January-31 May 1935 | |||||||||
| Volume 57: 1 June-14 October 1935 | |||||||||
| Volume 58: 15 October 1935-10 March 1936 | |||||||||
| Volume 59: 11 March-31 May 1936 | |||||||||
| Volume 60: 1 June-30 September 1936 | |||||||||
| Volume 61: 1 October 1936-28 February 1937 | |||||||||
| Volume 62: 1 March-1 June 1937 | |||||||||
| Volume 63: 1 June-30 September 1937 | |||||||||
| Volume 64: 1 October 1937-31 January 1938 | |||||||||
| Volume 65: 1 February-14 June 1938 | |||||||||
| Volume 66: 15 June-30 September 1938 | |||||||||
| Volume 67: 1 October 1938-20 February 1939 | |||||||||
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| 6 | Volume 68: 21 February-14 July 1939 | ||||||||
| Volume 69: 15 July-30 November 1939 | |||||||||
| Volume 70: 1 December 1939-30 April 1940 | |||||||||
| Volume 71: 1 May-30 September 1940 | |||||||||
| Volume 72: 1 October 1940-28 February 1941 | |||||||||
| Volume 73: 1 March-31 July 1941 | |||||||||
| Volume 74: 1 August-31 December 1941 | |||||||||
| Volume 75: 1 January-31 May 1942 | |||||||||
| Volume 76: 1 June-31 October 1942 | |||||||||
| Volume 77: 1 November 1942-30 March 1943 | |||||||||
| Volume 78: 1 April 31-August 1943 | |||||||||
| Volume 79: 1 September 1943-31 January 1944 | |||||||||
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| 7 | Volume 80: 1 February-30 June 1944 | ||||||||
| Volume 81: 1 July-30 November 1944 | |||||||||
| Volume 82: 1 December 1944-30 April 1945 | |||||||||
| Volume 83: 1 May-30 September 1945 | |||||||||
| Volume 84: 1 October 1945-28 February 1946 | |||||||||
| Volume 85: 1 March-31 July 1946 | |||||||||
| Volume 86: 1 August-31 December 1946 | |||||||||
| Volume 87: 1 January-31 May 1947 | |||||||||
| Volume 88: 1 June-31 October 1947 | |||||||||
| Volume 89: 1 November 1947-14 January 1948 | |||||||||
| Volume 90: 15 January-31 March 1948 | |||||||||
| Volume 91: 1 April-31 August 1948 | |||||||||
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| 8 | Volume 92: 1 September 1948-31 January 1949 | ||||||||
| Volume 93: 1 February-30 June 1949 | |||||||||
| Volume 94: 1 July-30 November 1949 | |||||||||
| Volume 95: 1 December 1949-30 April 1950 | |||||||||
| Volume 96: 1 May-30 September 1950 | |||||||||
| Volume 97: 1 October 1950-28 February 1951 | |||||||||
| Volume 98: 1 March-31 July 1951 | |||||||||
| Volume 99: 1 August-31 December 1951 | |||||||||
| Volume 100: 1 January-31 May 1952 | |||||||||
| Volume 101: 1 June-31 October 1952 | |||||||||
| Volume 102: 1 November 1952-31 March 1953 | |||||||||
| Volume 103: 1 April-31 August 1953 | |||||||||
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| 9 | Volume 104: 6 September 1953-31 January 1954 | ||||||||
| Volume 105: 1 February-30 June 1954 | |||||||||
| Volume 106: 1 July-30 November 1954 | |||||||||
| Volume 107: 1 December 1954-30 April 1955 | |||||||||
| Volume 108: 1 May-20 September 1955 | |||||||||
| Volume 109: 1 October 1955-28 February 1956 | |||||||||
| Volume 110: 1 March-30 July 1956 | |||||||||
| Volume 111: 1 August-31 December 1956 | |||||||||
| Volume 112: 1 January-31 May 1957 | |||||||||
| Volume 113: 1 June-31 October 1957 | |||||||||
| Volume 114: 1 November 1957-31 March 1958 | |||||||||
| Volume 115: 1 April-31 August 1958 | |||||||||
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| 10 | Volume 116: 1 September 1958-31 January 1959 | ||||||||
| Volume 117: 1 February-30 June 1959 | |||||||||
| Volume 118: 1 July-30 November 1959 | |||||||||
| Volume 119: 1 December 1959-30 April 1960 | |||||||||
| Volume 120: 1 May-30 September 1960 | |||||||||
| Volume 121: 1 October 1960-28 February 1961 | |||||||||
| Volume 122: 1 March-31 July 1961 | |||||||||
| Volume 123: 1 August-31 December 1961 | |||||||||
| Volume 124: 1 January-31 May 1962 | |||||||||
| Volume 125: 1 June-31 October 1962 | |||||||||
| Volume 126: 1 November 1962-31 March 1963 | |||||||||
| Volume 127: 1 April-31 August 1963 | |||||||||
| Volume 128: 1 September 1963-31 January 1964 | |||||||||
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| 11 | Volume 129: 1 February-30 June 1964 | ||||||||
| Volume 130: 1 July-30 November 1964 | |||||||||
| Volume 131: 1 December 1964-30 April 1965 | |||||||||
| Volume 132: 1 May-30 September 1965 | |||||||||
| Volume 133: 1 October 1965-28 February 1966 | |||||||||
| Volume 134: 1 March-30 June 1966 | |||||||||
| Volume 135: 1 July-30 November 1966 | |||||||||
| Volume 136: 1 December 1966-30 April 1967 | |||||||||
| Volume 137: 1 May-30 September 1967 | |||||||||
| Volume 138: 1 October 1967-28 February 1968 | |||||||||
| Volume 139: 1 March-30 June 1968 | |||||||||
| Volume 140: 1 July-30 November 1968 | |||||||||
| Volume 141: 1 December 1968-30 April 1969 | |||||||||
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| 12 | Volume 142: 1 May-30 September 1969 | ||||||||
| Volume 143: 1 October 1969-28 February 1970 | |||||||||
| Volume 144: 1 March-31 July 1970 | |||||||||
| Volume 145: 1 August-31 December 1970 | |||||||||
3.1.2: Fiction, circa 1920s-circa 1970 |
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| 12 | "The Adventures of Hally," undated | ||||||||
| "At the Bijou Palace," undated | |||||||||
| "The Birthday of the Moon," undated | |||||||||
| "Conclusions of a Man with Blue Spectacles," undated | |||||||||
| "The Cynic," undated | |||||||||
| "Dead," undated | |||||||||
| "A Dismal Afternoon," undated | |||||||||
| "Early American," undated | |||||||||
| "Everything Has a Color," undated | |||||||||
| "The Giant of Central Park," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "The Inconsistency of Father Andrew by Ennismore Green," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Jumble Pie," undated (3 folders; illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Just Doggerel," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Lady of Leisure," undated | |||||||||
| "The Lone Wolf," undated (3 folders; draft, corrected manuscript, synopsis, chapter summaries, and notes) | |||||||||
| "The Marvelous Mirror," undated | |||||||||
| "A Night 'Round the Town," undated | |||||||||
| "No Such Animal," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
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| 13 | "The Nonsense Noisy Book," undated | ||||||||
| "Nonsense on the Half Shell," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "One Hundred Fables for Children of Any Age Under One Hundred Years," undated | |||||||||
| "Pitter Patter" (a story in pictures), undated | |||||||||
| "A Rainy Afternoon," undated | |||||||||
| "Sunrise and Sunset," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "The Tale of a Kite," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "The Tale of a Tadpole," undated | |||||||||
| "The Tale of the Two Little Tibbs," undated | |||||||||
| "The Tale of the Two Little Twinkles," undated | |||||||||
| "The Town that Wouldn't Change," undated | |||||||||
| "Toy Parade" (a story in pictures), 1946 | |||||||||
| "Twenty-one West 58th Street," undated | |||||||||
| "The Two Gardenias," undated | |||||||||
| "What a Bore," undated | |||||||||
| "The Wonderful See-All Machine," undated | |||||||||
3.1.3: Miscellaneous Writings, 1910-circa 1970 |
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Speeches include a salutatory to the Berkeley-Columbia Class of 1910; an untitled talk on illustration read before the American Women's Association, 1941; and an undated talk about Shaw's book, "Heart in a Hurricane." |
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| 13 | Fragments, undated | ||||||||
| Lyrics, by Shaw and Others, undated | |||||||||
| Speeches, 1910, 1941, undated | |||||||||
3.1.4: Non-Fiction, circa 1920s-circa 1970 |
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| 13 | "All Round the Town," undated | ||||||||
| "American As Spoken," undated | |||||||||
| "An Animal ABC," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Apothecary Shop – 1926 Model," 1925 | |||||||||
| "At the Tea-Room Restaurant," undated | |||||||||
| "By the Sad Sea Waves," undated | |||||||||
| "The Christmas Guess Book," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Credo," undated | |||||||||
| "Cupid's Practical Dictionary," undated | |||||||||
| "The Dance Hall," undated | |||||||||
| "Delicatessen," undated | |||||||||
| "The Dim Nineties," undated | |||||||||
| "The First Days of Clubdom," undated | |||||||||
| "Food For Thought: A Glance into Certain of the World's Distinguished Mess Halls," undated | |||||||||
| "The Guess-What-I-Am Book," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Heart Failure," 1929 | |||||||||
| "How I Feel about Love and the Rest of It," undated | |||||||||
| "How I Feel about Chow Emporiums," undated | |||||||||
| "How I Feel about Things Now (After a Good Many Years of Thinking it Over)," undated | |||||||||
| "How I Learned What I Know About Women," undated | |||||||||
| "How the Past Told the Future," undated | |||||||||
| "I Knew the Town," undated | |||||||||
| "The Important Book," undated (2 folders; illustrated; see also: Box 46) | |||||||||
| "In the Matter of Thing Amorous," undated | |||||||||
| "Lady of Fashion – 1926 Model," 1926 | |||||||||
| "The Little Mouse," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "The Lobbyist," undated | |||||||||
| "Lois Moran," undated | |||||||||
| "London – Oddly Enough," undated | |||||||||
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| 14 | "The Lover's Lexicon," undated | ||||||||
| "Love's Lexicon," undated | |||||||||
| "McSwibbs," undated | |||||||||
| "A Metropolitan Antique" (Boston; with illustrations), undated | |||||||||
| "A Metropolitan Antique" (New York; with illustrations), undated | |||||||||
| "New York – Oddly Enough," circa 1938 | |||||||||
| (8 folders; includes 2 versions of incomplete text with many photograph illustrations removed) | |||||||||
| "Odd Nooks of Modern New York," undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "An Old American Custom," undated | |||||||||
| "Old Mother Booze" (illustrated), undated | |||||||||
| "Paris – Oddly Enough," undated | |||||||||
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| "Penny-Blood and Thunder," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
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| 15 | "The Perfect Gentleman: Observations Selected and Arranged, with a Foreword by Charles G. Shaw," undated | ||||||||
| "Profile: Lady of Leisure" (Maria Louisa), undated | |||||||||
| "Quick Lunch," undated | |||||||||
| "The Real Romanoff," undated | |||||||||
| "The Reason Why" (incomplete, A-C), undated | |||||||||
| "The Reason Why" (incomplete, A-M), undated (3 folders) | |||||||||
| "Rhymed Recipes," undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| "Rubber Neck," undated | |||||||||
| "The Rubber Neck Wagon," undated | |||||||||
| "She Loves Me; She Loves Me Not," undated | |||||||||
| "Things I Have Always Liked," undated | |||||||||
| Travel Writings (A-Z by title), undated | |||||||||
| "The Uncommon Man: Observations Selected and Arranged, with a Foreword by Charles G. Shaw," undated | |||||||||
| "The What Am I? Book," undated (illustrated; parts 1-3 and 5-8) | |||||||||
| "A Word or Two on Art," undated | |||||||||
| "Yesterday's Tabloids," undated | |||||||||
3.1.5: Notebooks, 1923-1963 |
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Notes for Fiction include Volume 3, Notes for a Novel, 1920s; Volume 4, "A Notebook," No. 1, circa 1926; Volume 5, "A Notebook," No. 2, 1926-1927; Volume 6, "A Notebook," 1930-1931; and Volume 7, "Note Book," 1931. |
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Travel Notebooks include Volume 8, Austria; Volume 9, "Notes on Berlin," undated; Volume 10, "London," (including notes on Paris), 1929-1930; Volume 12, "London Notes: Restaurants and Nightclubs," 1930; Volume 13, "Notes on London," 1931; Volume 14, London Restaurants; Volume 15, London; Volume 16, Paris; and Volume 17, Rome. |
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| 15 | Volumes 1 and 2: Lists of Earnings and Stories, 1923, 1925 | ||||||||
| Notes for Fiction (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Travel, Volumes 8-9, 1930, undated | |||||||||
| Travel, Volume 10, 1929-1930 | |||||||||
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| 16 | Travel, Volumes 12-13, 1930, 1931 | ||||||||
| Travel, Volumes 14-17, undated | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Notes, Volume 18, 1936-1961 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Notes, Volume 19, 1963 | |||||||||
3.1.6: Notes, 1939-1971 |
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| 16 | Addresses, undated (2 volumes) | ||||||||
| Children's Book Idea, undated (illustrated) | |||||||||
| First Aid Course Notes, undated | |||||||||
| Illustration Ideas, undated | |||||||||
| Lists of Owners of Paintings by Shaw, undated | |||||||||
| Lists of Poems Accepted for Publication, 1958-1971, undated | |||||||||
| Mailing Lists, 1939-1967, undated | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1950-1959, undated | |||||||||
| Plot and Story Ideas, undated | |||||||||
| Price Lists (Shaw Paintings), 1949-1969, undated | |||||||||
| Sketch Ideas, undated | |||||||||
| Tinsel Print Information for Addison Gallery Exhibition, 1947 | |||||||||
| Tobacco Figures, undated | |||||||||
| "Tricks of the Trade," undated | |||||||||
| Word and Phrase Origins, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
3.1.7: Plays, circa 1920s-circa 1960s |
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| 16 | "The American Scene" (parts 1 and 2), undated | ||||||||
| "High and Dry" (act 2), undated | |||||||||
| "Rouge et Noir" (various versions of a one-act play), undated | |||||||||
| Sketches and One-Act Plays, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "Use Your Brain," undated | |||||||||
3.1.8: Poems, circa 1920s-1971 |
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| 17 | "About Me" – "Haiku," undated (28 folders) | ||||||||
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| 18 | "Hail and Farewell" – "Poem for a Yesterday-Tomorrow," undated (21 folders) | ||||||||
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| 19 | "Poem for the Day After Tomorrow" – "Zen;" Untitled, undated (23 folders) | ||||||||
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| 20 | Poems, 1963-1971 (9 volumes in 5 folders) | ||||||||
3.1.9: Quizzes, circa 1920s-circa 1960s |
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| 20 | "The All-American Know-Your-Country Quiz," undated | ||||||||
| "The All American National Game Quiz," 1940 | |||||||||
| "The All-American Quiz," undated | |||||||||
| "Are You a New Yorker?," undated | |||||||||
| "A Central Park Questionnaire," undated | |||||||||
| "Comic Strip Quiz," undated | |||||||||
| "Guess Again," undated | |||||||||
| "A 'Last Word' Questionnaire," undated | |||||||||
| "A 'Man's' Questionnaire," undated | |||||||||
| "Movie Quiz," undated | |||||||||
| "Name That Place," undated | |||||||||
| "The New York Quiz Book," undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "Popular Song Quiz," undated | |||||||||
| "Quizzo," nos. 1-3, undated | |||||||||
| "What's the Date?," undated | |||||||||
3.1.10: Short Writings, circa 1920s-circa 1960s |
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| 20 | A-Z (by title) and Untitled, undated (8 folders) | ||||||||
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| 46 (sol) | "The Important Book" (illustrated), undated (see also: Box 13) | ||||||||
3.2: Writings by Other Authors, 1911-circa 1969 |
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Writings by other authors on a variety of topics include a children's book illustrated by Shaw, a review of Shaw's poetry, and an article about Shaw as a modern painter. |
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| 20 | Brown, Margaret Wise. "Black and White" (illustrated by Shaw), 1944 (see: Box 46) | ||||||||
| Brown, Margaret Wise. "The Sleeping Indians," undated | |||||||||
| Collins, Patrick. "A Shaw of Another Color," undated | |||||||||
| Fletcher, Richard. "Blind Alley: A Play in Three Acts," undated | |||||||||
| Graham, John D. "Child-Hood (Child Within)" (incomplete), undated | |||||||||
| Holty, Carl. Untitled (article about Shaw as a modern painter), undated | |||||||||
| Romano, Liboria. Review of Time Has No Edge by Charles Shaw, 1966 | |||||||||
| Shaw, Frank D. "Cincinnati in the Sixties," 1911 | |||||||||
| Weaver, Clarence L. "Two Cinquains," circa 1969 | |||||||||
| Webb, Rozana. "Charles Shaw……Poet Extraordinary," undated | |||||||||
| Wilde, Oscar. "The Selfish Giant" (radio version), undated | |||||||||
| Unknown. "Charles (with apologies to C. S.)", undated | |||||||||
| Various Authors, Quotations, undated | |||||||||
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| 46 (sol) | Brown, Margaret Wise. "Black and White" (illustrated by Shaw), 1944 (see also Box 20) | ||||||||
Series 4: Artwork, 1929-1974 (Boxes 21-30; 47-49, OV 51; 10.15 linear ft.) |
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4.1: Artwork by Shaw, 1929-1974 |
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Artwork by Shaw consists mainly of sketchbooks (340 volumes) that contain sketches and finished drawings in pencil and ink, watercolor and gouache paintings, pastels, and collages. Most volumes include notes on color, and many also contain poems, drafts of letters, and notes on miscellaneous topics. In addition, there are loose drawings in charcoal, pencil, and ink, as well as paintings in gouache and watercolor, and a small number of collages including a few photo collages. Shaw's writings (Series 3) include a number of manuscripts illustrated with drawings and gouache paintings. |
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| 21 | Collages, 1940s, undated (see also: Box 48; 3 folders) | ||||||||
| Collages ("Eye Poems," photocopies), undated | |||||||||
| Drawings | |||||||||
| Charcoal, undated | |||||||||
| Color Pencil, 1930s, undated (2 folders; see also Box 49) | |||||||||
| Ink, undated | |||||||||
| Ink Portraits, 1940, undated (see Box 49) | |||||||||
| Pastel, undated (see OV 51) | |||||||||
| Pencil, 1930s-1950, undated (see also Box 49; 6 folders) | |||||||||
| Pencil Portraits and Figures, undated (see Box 49) | |||||||||
| Paintings | |||||||||
| Gouache, 1940-1967, undated (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Gouache, 1951-1952, undated (see Box 49) | |||||||||
| Watercolor, 1943-1944, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Watercolor, 1946 (see Box 49) | |||||||||
| Rug Designs, 1939 | |||||||||
| Sketchbooks | |||||||||
| Volumes 1-5, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Volumes 6-16, 1935-1943 (see: Box 47) | |||||||||
| Volumes 17-26, 1944-1948, 1955 (4 folders) | |||||||||
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| 22 | Volumes 27-61, 1955-1957, 1959-1964 (17 folders) | ||||||||
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| 23 | Volumes 62-97, 1964-1965 (18 folders) | ||||||||
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| 24 | Volumes 98-135, 1965-1966 (19 folders) | ||||||||
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| 25 | Volumes 136-171, 1966-1967 (18 folders) | ||||||||
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| 26 | Volumes 172-209, 1967-1969 (19 folders) | ||||||||
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| 27 | Volumes 210-241, July-August 1969-1973 (16 folders) | ||||||||
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| 28 | Volumes 242-284, circa 1973-1974, undated (17 folders) | ||||||||
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| 29 | Volumes 285-318, undated (17 folders) | ||||||||
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| 30 | Volumes 319-340, undated (11 folders) | ||||||||
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| 47 (sol) | Volumes 6-16, 1953-1936, 1940-1942 (4 folders; see also Box 21) | ||||||||
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| 48 (sol) | Volumes 334-340, undated (3 folders) | ||||||||
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| 49 (sol) | Volumes 341-343, undated (2 folders) | ||||||||
| Oversized Collages, undated (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
| Oversized Drawings, Color Pencil, undated (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
| Oversized Drawings, Ink (portraits), 1940, undated (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
| Oversized Drawings, Pencil, 1941-1943, undated (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
| Oversized Drawings, Pencil Portraits and Figures, undated (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
| Oversized Paintings, Gouache, 1951-1952, undated (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
| Oversized Paintings, Watercolor, 1946 (see also Box 21) | |||||||||
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| OV 51 | Drawings, Pastel, undated (see also Box 21) | ||||||||
4.2: Artwork by Other Artists, 1941-circa 1956 |
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| 30 | Drawing, Charcoal Portrait probably of Shaw by Betty George, undated | ||||||||
| Paintings, Watercolors by G. G. Drayton and M.A.L.; Gouache by Frances Brooks, 1941, undated | |||||||||
| Prints, Woodcuts by Stell and Shevis, circa 1956 | |||||||||
Series 5: Financial Records, 1933-1971 (Boxes 30-31; 0.65 linear ft.) |
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Financial records consist primarily of banking records, tax returns, and royalty statements. Records of art sales document sales for Shaw and other artists. Art-related receipts document activities such as shipping and framing. |
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In addition to the financial records found in this series, a few records concerning the investments of Shaw's father, Charles Green Shaw, Jr., can be found in the family documents of Series 1: Biographical Information. |
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Records are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within folders. |
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| 30 | Art Sales, 1935-1972 | ||||||||
| Banking | |||||||||
| Account Statements, 1944-1972 | |||||||||
| Cancelled Checks, 1944-1971 | |||||||||
| Passbook, 1918 | |||||||||
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| 31 | Contracts with Publishers, 1944-1966 | ||||||||
| Insurance, 1947-1956 | |||||||||
| Investments, 1916-1972, undated | |||||||||
| Lease and Rent Control Documents, 1948-1970 | |||||||||
| Payment for Writings, 1922-1957, undated | |||||||||
| Receipts | |||||||||
| Art-Related, 1946-1960, undated | |||||||||
| Books Sold and Consigned, 1954-1970, undated | |||||||||
| Tobacco Collection Purchases, 1930-1938 | |||||||||
| Routine Expenses, 1912-1971, undated | |||||||||
| Royalty Statements | |||||||||
| Bell Syndicate; Brentano's; Country Poet; Farrar & Reinhart, 1927-1954 | |||||||||
| Harper & Brothers/Harper & Row, 1944-1971 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Henry Hudson; John Day; Macaulay Co., 1928-1934 | |||||||||
| William R. Scott, Inc./Young Scott Books, 1940-1958, undated | |||||||||
| Social Security, 1970 | |||||||||
| Taxes, 1933-1970 | |||||||||
Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1922-1970 (Boxes 31-34; 3.2 linear ft.) |
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A total of 37 volumes document Shaw's art career and exhibitions, published writings, published poems, and miscellaneous subjects. Published writings primarily comprise prose with a few poems. Records relating to miscellaneous subjects document publicity for New York - Oddly Enough, published by Shaw in 1938, through correspondence and reviews and also include notes and clippings related to "The Question Is," a New York Sun column written by Shaw. Other subjects are documented in notes, clippings and printed material. |
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Scrapbooks are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereafter. |
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| 31 | Exhibitions, Volumes 1-5, 1935-1969 (volume 1 disbound) | ||||||||
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| 32 | Published Writings, Volumes 6-14, 1922-1931, undated | ||||||||
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| 33 | Published Poems, Volumes 15-28, 1954-1967 | ||||||||
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| 34 | Published Poems, Volumes 29-34, 1967-1970 | ||||||||
| Miscellaneous Subjects | |||||||||
| Volume 35, Post Card Album, undated (disbound volume) | |||||||||
| Volume 36, New York – Oddly Enough, 1938 (disbound volume) | |||||||||
| Volume 37, "The Question Is," 1939 (disbound volume) | |||||||||
| Volume 38, London, 1938, undated | |||||||||
| Volume 39, New York, 1937, undated | |||||||||
Series 7: Printed Material, 1686-1979 (Boxes 34-41, 46; 7.6 linear ft.) |
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Printed material by Shaw consists of articles, books written or illustrated by him, plays, and poems. Items by other authors are books, exhibition catalogs, plays, periodicals, and poems. Among the miscellaneous printed material are auction and book catalogs, clippings, and ephemera. Also included are a wide assortment of menus, along with theatrical memorabilia, travel brochures and printed souvenirs collected by Shaw. |
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Additional printed material can be found in Series 6: Scrapbooks. |
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This series is organized into 3 subseries. Material is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within folders. |
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| 7.1: Printed Material By Shaw, 1917-1972 | |||||||||
| 7.2: Printed Material By Other Authors, 1895-1979 | |||||||||
| 7.3: Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1686-1969 | |||||||||
7.1: Printed Material By Shaw, 1917-1972 |
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| 34 | Articles | ||||||||
| The Chronicle (Charles G. Shaw, Associate Editor; includes signed and unsigned articles by Shaw), 1917 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Articles, 1928-1953, undated | |||||||||
| Books by and/or Illustrated by Shaw | |||||||||
| The Blue Guess Book: A Young Riddle Book in Pictures by Charles G. Shaw, circa 1942 | |||||||||
| Dark Is Dark by John G. McCullough, pictures by Charles G. Shaw; The Giant of Central Park by Charles G. Shaw, 1947, 1940 | |||||||||
| Heart in a Hurricane by Charles G. Shaw, illustrated by Ralph Barton, 1927 | |||||||||
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| 35 | It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw; Joy Parade by Charles G. Shaw, 1947, undated (see reel 75: 846-862) | ||||||||
| Pitter Patter by Dorothy W. Baruch with illustrations by Charles G. Shaw; This Is the Milk That Jack Drank adapted from Mother Goose by William R. Scott with paintings by Charles G. Shaw (dust jacket only), 1943, undated | |||||||||
| Clippings | |||||||||
| Letters to the Editor, undated | |||||||||
| Newspaper Columns ("How Well Do You Know New York?"), 1939, undated | |||||||||
| Plays | |||||||||
| "The Bus" in Experimental Theater One Anthology, 1959 | |||||||||
| Galley Sheets ("The Bus" and "Told By Moonlight"), undated | |||||||||
| Poems (see also Series 6: Scrapbooks) | |||||||||
| Anthologies with Poems by Shaw, 1957-1972, undated (4 folders) | |||||||||
| Galley Sheets and Clippings, 1955-1971, undated | |||||||||
| Poetry Collections by Shaw | |||||||||
| Into the Light, 1959 | |||||||||
| Into the Now, 1969 | |||||||||
| Time Has No Edge, 1966 | |||||||||
| Poetry Collections with Poems by Shaw, 1958-1968 | |||||||||
| Poetry Magazines with Poems by Shaw, 1948-1960 (5 folders) | |||||||||
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| 36 | Poetry Magazines with Poems by Shaw, 1961-1966 (15 folders) | ||||||||
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| 37 | Poetry Magazines with Poems by Shaw, 1966-1970 (16 folders) | ||||||||
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| 38 | Poetry Magazines with Poems by Shaw, 1970-1972, undated (8 folders) | ||||||||
7.2: Printed Material By Other Authors, 1895-1979 |
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| 38 | About/Mentioning Shaw, or containing Reproductions | ||||||||
| Biographical Information, 1914-1974, undated | |||||||||
| Book Catalogs and Order Forms, 1943, 1966, undated | |||||||||
| Book, American Abstract Artists by Ruth Gurin, 1936-1966 | |||||||||
| Catalogs of Collections Containing Artwork by Shaw, 1957-1959, undated | |||||||||
| Clippings, 1927-1962, undated | |||||||||
| Exhibition Information re: Shaw Collection of Tinsel Prints at Addison Gallery, 1947 | |||||||||
| Gallery Advertisements, 1946, 1951, undated | |||||||||
| Reviews of Books, 1928-1966, undated | |||||||||
| Reviews of Exhibitions, 1937-1972, undated (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Review of Play, 1920 | |||||||||
| Theater Program, undated | |||||||||
| Books | |||||||||
| Artists Equity Association and the Woodstock Artists Association. The Artist and the Museum, 1950 | |||||||||
| Cooper, Douglas. Paul Klee; Daniell, A. E. London Riverside Churches, 1953, 1897 | |||||||||
| Forge, Andrew. Klee (Second Volume); Gallatin, A. E. Of Art: Plato to Picasso, 1954, 1944 | |||||||||
| Graham, John D. System and Dialectics of Art (with letter, lengthy inscription, and corrections), 1937 | |||||||||
| Haskin, Frederic J. Everybody's Coin Book; Hauf and Billy. Paris vieux et neuf, 1939, undated | |||||||||
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| 39 | Jones, Sydney R. Les habitations villageoisse en angleterre, 1912 | ||||||||
| Kassák, Ludwig and László Maholy Nagy. Buch Neuer Künstler, 1922 | |||||||||
| Muller, Joseph-Emile. Klee Magic Squares; Richards, H. S. Horse Brasses (Figure Subjects), 1957, undated | |||||||||
| Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements | |||||||||
| Charles G. Shaw, 1935-1979, undated (7 folders) | |||||||||
| Charles G. Shaw, 1945-1966, undated (see also reel 75: frames 817-845) | |||||||||
| Other Artists, 1930-1969, undated (8 folders) | |||||||||
| Periodicals (see also: 7.1 - Poetry Magazines) | |||||||||
| Periodicals, A (Abstraction creation art non figurative; ARTnews; Axis), 1935-1936, 1972 | |||||||||
| Periodicals, C (Cahiers d'art; Connoisseur; Critique), 1933, 1944, 1946 | |||||||||
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| 40 | Periodicals, F (Flair; Formes; France Illustration), 1930-1931, 1946-1950 (see also: Box 46) | ||||||||
| Periodicals, G-H (Gallery Guide; Havana), 1929, 1966 | |||||||||
| Periodicals, M-N (Magazine Antiques; Magazine of Art; Main Currents in Modern Thought; Manuscript Market; Messenger; M.K.R.'s Art Outlook; New York Art Calendar; News From Home), 1898, 1935-1966, undated (4 folders) | |||||||||
| Periodicals, P (Partisan Review; Plastique), 1937-1939 | |||||||||
| Periodicals, S-V (Sketch; Trace; View), 1895, 1944, 1965 | |||||||||
| Play, Suter, William. "Quiet Family: An Original Farce" (with notes and clippings about various productions with Charles G. Shaw, Jr., father, in cast), 1870s | |||||||||
| Poems | |||||||||
| Mason, Jordan Mason. A Legionere (Charles G. Shaw a patron), undated | |||||||||
| Poetry Magazines (no Shaw poems), 1955-1972 (6 folders) | |||||||||
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| 46 (sol) | Periodicals, France Illustration, 1946 (see also Box 40) | ||||||||
7.3: Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1686-1969 |
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| 40 | Auction Catalogs, 1934-1967, undated (4 folders) | ||||||||
| Book Advertisements and Prospectuses, 1964, undated | |||||||||
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| 41 | Book Catalogs, 1930-1960, undated (3 folders) | ||||||||
| Catalogs, Miscellaneous Merchandise, undated | |||||||||
| Clippings, Art Subjects, 1938-1940, undated | |||||||||
| Clippings, Miscellaneous Subjects, 1918-1938, undated | |||||||||
| Club Rosters and Membership Lists, 1924-1948 | |||||||||
| Ephemera, 1686-1969, undated (see also: Box 46) | |||||||||
| Menus | |||||||||
| France, 1929-1932, undated (see also: Box 46) | |||||||||
| London, 1920-1932, undated (see also: Box 46) | |||||||||
| New York, 1920-1931, undated (see also: Box 46) | |||||||||
| Shipboard, 1929, undated | |||||||||
| Museum Publications, 1931-1965, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Programs | |||||||||
| Concerts, undated | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Events, 1912-1959, undated | |||||||||
| Theater, 1922-1948, undated (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Reproductions | |||||||||
| Charles G. Shaw, undated | |||||||||
| Other Artists, 1800s-1900s (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Theatrical Memorabilia (see also: Programs, Theater) | |||||||||
| Broadsides, 1784-1838 | |||||||||
| Interior and Exterior Views of Theaters; Ticket, 1794-1830, undated | |||||||||
| Travel Brochures and Printed Souvenirs | |||||||||
| Boston, 1900 | |||||||||
| England, undated | |||||||||
| France, 1930-1937, undated | |||||||||
| Germany; New Orleans, undated | |||||||||
| New York, undated | |||||||||
| Vienna, undated | |||||||||
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| 46 (sol) | Ephemera, 1940 (see also Box 41) | ||||||||
| Menus | |||||||||
| France, 1930-1932 (see also Box 41) | |||||||||
| London, 1930-1931, undated (see also Box 41) | |||||||||
| New York, 1930-1934 (see also Box 41) | |||||||||
Series 8: Miscellaneous Records, circa 1890s-circa 1970s (Box 42 and packages 53-54; 0.35 linear ft.) |
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Printing plates include 4 plates of a color reproduction of a painting by Shaw and 1 of a title text for "Up in Arms." Prints in Shaw's collection include 2 sets of 4 plates in 2 wrapped packages with 2 and 4 prints respectively in each set of 4. The letter opener inscription reads "John Davis Somerset Bermuda 1959." |
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Records are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within folders. |
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| 42 | Artifacts | ||||||||
| Century Association Art Committee Medal, undated | |||||||||
| Letter Opener with Shaw's Monogram, 1959 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Artifacts, undated (in microfilm box) | |||||||||
| Printing Plates, undated | |||||||||
| Prints in Shaw's Collection, undated (see: package 53) | |||||||||
| Prints in Shaw's Collection, undated (see: package 54) | |||||||||
| Sound Recordings | |||||||||
| "Some poetry recordings by Charles Shaw," undated (magnetic tape, 6-7/8" reel) | |||||||||
| Untitled, undated (78 rpm?) | |||||||||
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| Pkg 53 | Prints in Shaw's Collection, undated (see also Box 42) | ||||||||
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| Pkg 54 | Prints in Shaw's Collection, undated (see also Box 42) | ||||||||
Series 9: Photographs, 1885-circa 1970 (Boxes 42-46, OV 52; 3.45 linear ft.; reel 75) |
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Photographs are of artwork, people, places and miscellaneous subjects. Artwork pictured is mainly by Shaw, but there are also photographs of work by other artists as well as views of various exhibition installations. Photographs of places primarily taken by Shaw on his travels to Europe and around New York and Boston. Earlier views of Algeria and Tunis are in albums that belonged to his uncle, Frank D. Shaw. Among the miscellaneous subjects are boats and items in Shaw's collections of tinsel prints and tobacco figures. This series also contains negatives and slides. |
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Photographs taken by Shaw to illustrate his writings about Boston, London, New York and Paris appear with some of those manuscripts in Series 3. |
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The series is arranged as 5 subseries by subject, and chronlogically thereafter. |
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| 9.1: Artwork, 1930s-1967 | |||||||||
| 9.2: People, 1885-circa 1970 | |||||||||
| 9.3: Places, 1888-1930s | |||||||||
| 9.4: Miscellaneous Subjects, circa 1920s-circa 1960s | |||||||||
| 9.5: Negatives and Slides, circa 1920s-circa 1970 | |||||||||
9.1: Artwork, 1930s-1967 |
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| 42 | By Shaw | ||||||||
| Paintings, 1934-1966, undated (see reel 75: 864-1033) | |||||||||
| Paintings, Drawings, Collages, 1930s-1970, undated (7 folders) | |||||||||
| Portraits (including self portraits), 1935, undated | |||||||||
| By Other Artists | |||||||||
| Paintings and Drawings, undated | |||||||||
| Sculpture, undated | |||||||||
| Sculpture, Greek and Roman, undated (2 folders; disbound album) | |||||||||
| Exhibition Installations | |||||||||
| Abstract American Artists First Exhibition, Squibb Building, New York City, 1936 | |||||||||
| "Living with Famous Paintings," American Institute of Decorators, Los Angeles, California (Shaw not represented), 1961 | |||||||||
| "Painting in the United States," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1945 | |||||||||
| Shaw Solo Exhibition, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York City, 1963 | |||||||||
| Shaw Solo Exhibition, Century Association, New York City, 1967 | |||||||||
| Shaw Solo Exhibitions, Unidentified Locations, 1960s | |||||||||
| Shaw Paintings and Fashion Mannequins in Bergdorf Goodman Windows, New York City, undated | |||||||||
| Tinsel Prints, Addison Gallery, Andover, Mass. (many loaned from Shaw's collection), 1947 | |||||||||
9.2: People, 1885-circa 1970 |
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| 42 | Beebe, William, undated | ||||||||
| Brown, Margaret Wise, undated | |||||||||
| Carroll, Jane, circa 1922 | |||||||||
| Gershwin, George, 1925 | |||||||||
| Guinan, "Texas" (Mary Louise Cecilia), undated | |||||||||
| Lewis, Sinclair, undated | |||||||||
| Loos, Anita, circa 1925 | |||||||||
| Luks, George (Arnold Genthe, photographer), undated | |||||||||
| Mencken, H. L., undated | |||||||||
| Nathan, George Jean, undated | |||||||||
| Oelrichs, Hermann, undated | |||||||||
| Rickard, Tex, 1925, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw, Charles Green, 1912-1950s (5 folders) | |||||||||
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| 43 | Shaw, Charles Green, 1960s-circa 1970 (2 folders) | ||||||||
| Shaw, Charles Green with Others, 1911-1960s (5 folders) | |||||||||
| Shaw, Charles Green with Others (Yale classmates), 1914, undated (see: Box 46 and OV 52) | |||||||||
| Shaw, Charles Green (father), 1885, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Family (Frank D., uncle, and Charles Green Shaw, father, with Sallie Carr Shaw, their mother), 1881 (see also: Unidentified Individuals, possibly relatives, and Box 46) | |||||||||
| Shaw, Frank D. (uncle), circa 1902 | |||||||||
| Shaw, Sallie Carr (grandmother), 1880s (see: Box 46) | |||||||||
| Strange, Michael, undated | |||||||||
| Taylor, Deems, undated | |||||||||
| Tunney, Gene (Edward Steichen, photographer), circa 1926 | |||||||||
| Unidentified Groups, 1910s | |||||||||
| Unidentified Individuals (possibly relatives), circa 1900, undated (see also: Shaw Family and Box 46) | |||||||||
| Unidentified Individuals (Alden, Billie, Monty), 1920s, undated | |||||||||
| Unidentified Individuals, undated | |||||||||
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| 46 (sol) | Shaw, Charles Green with Others (Yale classmates), 1914, undated (see also Box 43) | ||||||||
| Shaw, Sallie Carr (grandmother), 1880s (see also Box 43) | |||||||||
| Unidentified Individuals (possibly relatives), undated (see also Box 43) | |||||||||
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| OV 52 | Charles Green Shaw with Others (Yale classmates), 1914 (see also Boxes 43, 46) | ||||||||
9.3: Places, 1888-1930s |
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Travel pictures are unsorted and unidentified and include pictures of Boston, London, New York and Paris. Many of the photographs of Tunisia (belonging to Frank D. Shaw, uncle) are hand colored. |
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| 43 | Algeria (album; owned by Frank D. Shaw, uncle), 1888-1889 | ||||||||
| Boston, 1930s, undated | |||||||||
| Copenhagen, London, 1930s, undated | |||||||||
| London, 1930s (5 albums in 5 folders) | |||||||||
| New York City, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Paris; London (album), 1930s | |||||||||
| Paris, undated | |||||||||
| Paris (albums), 1930s, undated | |||||||||
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| 44 | Paris, 1930s, undated (3 albums, 3 folders) | ||||||||
| Scandinavia; Germany; England (album), 1930s | |||||||||
| Shaw Home, Interior Views, undated | |||||||||
| Stockholm, 1930s | |||||||||
| Travel Pictures, undated (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Travel Pictures, 1930s (1 3 x 5 card file) | |||||||||
| Tunisia, circa 1920 (disbound album) | |||||||||
9.4: Miscellaneous Subjects, circa 1920s-circa 1970s |
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| 44 | Boats, 1926, undated | ||||||||
| English Coins, undated | |||||||||
| Figurines, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Collection of Broadsides, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Collection of Playing Cards, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Collection of Tinsel Prints, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Collection of Tobacco Figures, undated | |||||||||
| Window Display Featuring New York – Oddly Enough by Shaw, circa 1938 | |||||||||
9.5: Negatives and Slides, circa 1920s-circa 1970s |
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This subseries includes colored slides, black and white negatives and black and white lantern slides. Travel pictures are unsorted and unidentified. |
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| 45 (hol) | Artwork | ||||||||
| By Shaw, undated (5 folders) | |||||||||
| By Shaw, 1960-1964, undated | |||||||||
| By Shaw, undated | |||||||||
| By Other Artists, undated | |||||||||
| People, Shaw, Charles Green, undated | |||||||||
| Places, Travel Pictures, undated | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Subjects | |||||||||
| Figurines, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Collection of Tinsel Prints, undated | |||||||||
| Shaw Collection of Tobacco Figures, undated | |||||||||