A Celebration of the Piano 
Catalog Descriptions from the Archives of American Art's Online Catalog
Louis Michel Eilshemius Mary Fanton Roberts Charles Green Shaw
Hyman Kaitz Prentiss Taylor Henry Botkin
Aline Fruhauf Paul Cadmus Gertrude Abercrombie
William Theo Brown Joseph Schillinger Bruce Mitchell


LOUIS MICHEL EILSHEMIUS 

The Archives of  has several discreet collections relating to Louis Eilshemius, including the Hyman Kaitz papers and Aline Fruhauf papers.   Consult SIRIS for additional collections relating to Eilshemius.  

CREATOR/AUTHOR: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941 
TITLE: Louis M. Eilshemius printed material, 1897-1941. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 30 items (partially microfilmed on 3 partial reels) 
reels N70-48, 2803 and 4283 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Painter, mathematician, composer, writer; New York, N.Y. 
Summary: Published poems, memoir, brochures, announcements and a musical score by Eilshemius; exhibition catalogs; and clippings. 
REEL 2803 (fr. 1091-1143, 1153-1160): A booklet containing "Satires on Art" and reproductions of two paintings for sale at 118 E. 57th St (1931); an announcement for "Companionship - an unusual metrical work"; an announcement for "over 4,000 oils, 1500 drawings of scenes in 20 countries. A real educative output non pareill"; an announcement "You Make Money by Making Your Own Picture Frames"; a musical score, "Six Musical Moods," 1897, composed and autographed by Eilshemius; and a brochure, "Some New Discoveries in Science and Art," 1932, containing writings
and biographical information. 
REEL 4283:Published poems: "Mystery and Truth : A Sonnet-Sequence (c1907),"Thoughts at Night-time" (c1909); "Creation's End - a Four Page Epic" (c1925); all published under his Dreamer's Press' and Three Arts' Friend - A Monthly, v. 1, no. 2 (Nov. 1925) 
UNMICROFILMED: Three Arts' Friend (v. 1, no. 3 (Feb. 1926); and "My Brother Victor - A
Convalescent's Fancy" (c1912) described on the title page as "[a] memorie was written at Paris, France, in the author's twenty-third year; while studying Art at Julian's." 
REEL N70-48: Clippings, 1932-1941; exhibition catalogs from the Boyer and Kleeman Galleries; and pamphlets. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy; contact AAA reference staff for access to unmicrofilmed publications. 
Provenance: Material on reel N70-48 lent for microfilming 1970 by an unknown lender. Nine brochures on reels 2803 (fr. 1091-1114) and 4283 (fr. 570-622) were transferred from the National Museum of American Art Library, 1981 and 1988. Brochure, "Some New.." on reel 2803 (fr.1153-60) was donated by Hugh Stix, wonder of Artist' Gallery and author of an exhibition catalog on Eilshemius.  Provenance of the musical score is unknown. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reels N70-48, 2803 and 4283 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 

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TITLE: [Photographs of Louis M. Eilshemius] 
FORMS PART OF: Photographs of Artists - Collection I. Published [between 1913 and 1940] 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2 photoprints : b&w (on partial microfilm reel) reel 439 (fr. 682-684) 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Painter, mathematician, composer, writer; New York, N.Y. 
SUMMARY: One photographed by Sol. Young Studios, annotated: "Oct. 4th / 13.," the other is a copyprint of a photo ca. 1940, photographer unknown. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Young photo donated 1965 by Florence Lewison, along with other Eilshemius material, which she purchased from the Eilshemius estate. The donor of the ca. 1940 photo is unknown. Microfilmed 1973 with Photographs of Artists 
Collection I. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reel 439 (fr. 682-684) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 
REPRODUCTION: Photograph is a copyprint. 

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ALINE FRUHAUF
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Fruhauf, Aline, 1909-1978. 
TITLE: Aline Fruhauf papers, 1926-1976. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 62 items (on 5 partial reels of microfilm) reels 682, 1119, 1816, 2803 and 2812 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Caricaturist and lithographer. Date of birth also given as 1907. 
SUMMARY: Photographs of works of art and of friends; scrapbooks; clippings; exhibition materials; typescripts; greeting cards; and correspondence. 
REEL 682: 29 photographs of Fruhauf, her "Making Faces" exhibition, 1968, and her caricature drawings; photographs of a painting by Louis Eilshemius, photographs of caricatures of Fruhauf by William Zorach, Alexander Calder, and Raphael Soyer; a photograph of a Christmas card from Maurice Ravel; 12 rough caricature drawings including one of Yasuo Kuniyoshi by Fruhauf; typescripts of conversations with Lord David Cecil and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and notes on Aldous Huxley. 
REEL 1119: Nine scrapbooks containing published caricatures of theatrical and musical personalities from newspapers and magazines; Christmas cards designed by Fruhauf; and clippings, exhibition announcements, and miscellaneous printed materials. 
REEL 1816: A typescript of Fruhauf's 307 page autobiography "MAKING FACES: MEMOIRS OF A CARICATURIST," 1966; a press release regarding an exhibition of her works at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966, and a list of her work in the exhibition; and 62 reproductions of caricatures. 
REEL 2803: a printed musical score "Six Musical Moods for the Piano" by Louis Michel Eilshemius (1897), autographed "Wedding Bells for Aline Vollmer, best wishes Louis M. Eilshemius 1934." 
REEL 2812: Two undated letters to Fruhauf from Louis Eilshemius. In one he affirms that he hates to see nudes "in kitchen chairs," and remarks that a reproduction of his "Nymphs" would clarify this statement for her. A sketch, "Idyllness" is drawn on this letter. In the other letter he mentions Fruhauf's caricature of him, talks about his health and about their mutual friend [Harry] Salpeter. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Material on reels 682, 1119 and 1816 lent for microfilming 1970-1976; and material on reels 2803 and 2812 donated 1970 and 1980 all by Aline Fruhauf. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reels 682, 1119, 1816, 2803 and 2812 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS: Reels 682, 1119, 1816: Originals returned to lender, Aline Fruhauf, after microfilming.  

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HYMAN KAITZ
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Kaitz, Hyman 
TITLE: Hyman Kaitz papers relating to Louis Eilshemius, 1933-1978. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 5 items (on a partial microfilm reel). reel 4202 
SUMMARY: Two letters, 1933 and undated, from Eilshemius in response to Kaitz's "fan letter" to Eilshemius. One letter is illustrated with a pen and ink sketch of a nude falling into a stream, and is titled "Flop! in."  Also included are an undated clipping about Eilshemius; a review, 1970, written by John Canaday reviewing an Eilshemius exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery; and a review, 1978, by Jo Ann Lewis of a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Donated 1987 by Hyman B. Kaitz. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reel 4202 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.

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WILLIAM THEO BROWN
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Brown, William Theo, 1919- 
TITLE: William Theo Brown papers, 1845-1971. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1.3 linear ft. (on 4 microfilm reels) 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Painter; San Francisco, Calif. Associated with the late 1950s movement of Bay Area figurative painting. Had particularly close ties with contemporary musical and literary worlds. 
SUMMARY:  Scrapbooks, photograph albums, sketchbooks, correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material reflect Brown's work as a painter, and his ties with contemporary musical and literary figures. 
REEL 877: Four scrapbooks, 1946-1972, containing: photographs of composers Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith, artist Don Bachardy and Brown; letters and notes to Brown from musicians Stravinsky, Hindemith, John Cage, and Samuel Barber; drawings and photographs of works by Brown; clippings; and manuscript material by John Cage and Francis Poulenc. 
REEL 921: Eight photograph albums, 1941-1971, including photos of Brown's work; photos of Brown at MacDowell Colony working on a series of self-portraits; of Brown, friends, and other artists, including Paul Wonner, Sonia Sekula, John McLaughlin, Jack Zajac, Sterling Holloway, Richard Diebenkorn, Mary Callery, David Park, Robert Shaw, poet May Sarton, playwright William Inge, composers Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith, author Christopher Isherwood, and others. 
REELS 1095 and 1116 (photographs only): Correspondence, ca. 1923-1974; with artists, musicians, writers, composers, and others; privately published letters of Brown's grandfather; sketchbooks, including two from his early years, 1926 and 1930-1934, and six done in Europe, 1945; one sketch by Brown and one each by Paul and Gertrude Hindemith; manuscripts; photographs of family, friends, and associates; photographs of drawings; catalogs and announcements; printed papers; legal documents; and 2 clippings relating to Igor Stravinsky. 
REEL 1095: Correspondents include: Eugene Anderson, Cecil Beaton, James Broughton, Van Deren Coke, Robert Craft, Jay DeFeo, Elaine De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Richard Donovan, Vladimir Golschmann, George H. Hamilton, Thomas B. Hess, Gertrude Hindemith (36 letters), Paul Hindemith, David Hockney, Bart Howard, William Inge, Christopher Isherwood, Dorothy Jenkins, Frank Johnson, Gavin Lambert, Jo Lathwood, Amy Loomis, Ben Masselind, Everett Meeks, Nathan Oliveira, Mary Petty, Josephine Carson Rider, Muriel Rukeyser, Eva Marie Saint, Leo Schrade,Bruce Simonds, Helen Stone, Vera Stravinsky, Richard Swift, Ann Tardos and Wayne Thiebaud; many are represented with only one letter. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Material on reels 877 and 921 lent for microfilming and remainder donated 1974 by William T. Brown. Catalogs on reel 1095 were transferred to NMAA/NPG Library after microfilming. 
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS: Reels 877 & 921: Originals returned to William T. Brown after microfilming. 

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MARY FANTON ROBERTS
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Roberts, Mary Fanton, 1871-1956 
TITLE: Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1900-1956. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3.6 linear ft. (on 4 microfilm reels) reels D161-D164 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Writer, editor, critic; New York City. Wrote for Herald Tribune, Journal, the Sun, editor for the Craftsman, 1906-1916, the Touchstone, 1917-1921, Arts & Decoration, ca. 1922-1934. Wrote occasionally under the name Giles Edgerton. 
SUMMARY: Biographical material, correspondence, photographs, articles, lists and printed material, reflect Fanton's associations and interests in the arts, primarily in the first quarter of the 20th century. The bulk consists of files containing correspondence, clippings, invitations, and printed material, arranged into three categories: art; dance and theatre; and literary and musical. Among the files/correspondents in the ART CATEGORY are: Elizabeth and John W. Alexander, the Armory Show, George G. Barnard, George Bellows, Gutzon and Mary Borglum, Mrs. Solon H. Borglum, Alfred and Emily Bossom, Mrs. William B. Bracken, Charles Caffin, A. Stirling Calder, Harold & Rhys Caparn, Edward Caswell, Robert W., Mary and Elise Chambers, Robert W. Chanler, Royal Cortissoz, the Craftsmen, Ralph A. Cram, Frank Crowninshield, Randall Davey, Benjamin De Casseres, Edwin and Therese Deming, Frederick Dielman, Paul Dougherty, Daniel C. French, Maurice Fromkes, Arnold Genthe, C. Allan Gilbert, William, Edith & Ira Glackens, Belle da Costa Greene, Ben Ali & Bonnie Haggin, Gardner Hale, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Oliver & Peggy Herford, Albert Herter, Eugene Higgins, Edward A. Jewell, Robert E. Jones, Joseph A. Judd, Leon Kroll, Charles R. Lamb, John Lane, Sir John Lavery, Mary Lawton, Florence Levy, Jonas Lie, Will H. Low, George Lynch, Edward Lyons, F. Luis Mora, Jerome & Ethel Myers, Hildegarde H. Oskison, Joseph Pennell, Van Dearing Perrine, James Preston, Howard Pyle, Frederic Remington, W. Goodridge Roberts, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Nicholas Roerich, Eloise Roorbach, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Pamela C. Smith, Eugene Speicher, Alfred Stieglitz, Marie Sterner, Lorado Taft, Ida M. Tarbell, Joseph B. Thomas, the Touchstone, Pierre & Amelie Troubetzkoy, W. Francis Ver Beck, Robert W. & Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Horatio Walker, Mary Hoyt Wiborg, Russel & Mary Wright, and John Butler Yeats.
In the DANCE AND THEATER SECTION can be found: Winthrop Ames, John Murray Anderson, Louis K. and Kathryn Anspacher, George P. Baker, Don O. & Elizabeth Becque, Edward L. Bernays, Edward E. Bowes, Irene Castle, Charles D. & Ivah Coburn, Constance Collier, Anna G. & Agnes DeMille, Muriel Draper, Isadora Duncan and relatives, Maxine Elliott, Angna Enters, William & Julie Faversham, Mary Garden, Edna Guy, Cosmo & Julia Hamilton, Walter & Mabel Hampden, Isabel Irving, Otto H. Kahn, Lincoln Kirstein, Eva, Richard, Irma and Julie Le Gallienne, Cecilia Loftus, Tilly Losch, Alfred Lunt, Percy MacKaye, Pilar Morin, Romola Nijinsky, Louis N. Parker, Arthur Row, Mary Shaw, Otis & Cornelia Skinner, Ruth St. Denis, Ellen Terry, Charles H. Towne, and Samuel and Minnie Untermyer. 
LITERARY AND MUSICAL FILES include: Gertrude Atherton, Bambino, David Bispham, Van Wyck Brooks, Gelett Burgess, Frances H. Burnett, Witter Bynner, Bliss Carman, Irvin S. Cobb, Will L. Comfort, Walter Damrosch, Coningsby Dawson, Mary Desti, Theodore & Helen Dreiser, Max & Eliena Eastman, Havelock Ellis, Edwin Emerson, Teuila Field, Zona Gale, John Galsworthy, Hamlin Garland, Yvette Guilbert, Samuel and Edith Hoffenstein, Fannie Hurst, Joyce Kilmer, Khalil Khayat, S. S. McClure, David & Clara Mannes, John Masefield, Hudson Maxim, Marguerite Namara, Lloyd & Ethel Osbourne, Gifford Pinchot, Mrs. George C. (Kate D. Wiggins) Riggs, Jacob A. Riis, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Ernest T. Seton, May Sinclair, Paris Singer, Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson (Fanny Van de Grift), Leopold Stokowski, Austin and Mary Strong, Sara Teasdale, Mary H. Vorse, Rebecca West, Margaret Widdener, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Marguerite Wilkinson, and Stark Young.  
Notable items among the correspondence are 11 watercolor sketches of Indians and western scenes by Edward Deming to "Aunt Mary & Uncle Bill"; a birthday card to Mary painted by Edward Caswell; and photographs of Isadora Duncan in "Marche Slave," taken by Arnold Genthe, Doris Humphrey in "Variations on a Theme of Handel-Brahms," taken by Edward Moeller (in "Dance" file), and of Frederic Remington taken by Notman Photographic Co., ca. 1900. Other material, arranged separately, includes correspondence with Belle Fanton, Mary's sister; with and about Fanton's husband, the naturalist William C. Roberts; and a group, "Miscellaneous," arranged alphabetically; and photographs, many unidentifed, of people and places, incluging one of John Twachtman with others taken by Gertrude Kasebier, ca. 1910. A few items not appearing on microfilm are four photographs of unidentified male models taken by Nickolas Muray, three photos of Roberts' mother, one tintype of an unidentified woman, eight stereographs of Deadwood, South Dakota, possibly for an article in "Motor Travel," and a pencil sketch of Roberts by John Butler Yeats, 1906. 
RESTRICTIONS: Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. 
PROVENANCE: Donated by Phoebe DuBois and Violet Organ in 1957. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reels D161-D164 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS: 4 Ira Glackens letters, 1946-1947, reel D162, fr. 971-982: Originals returned to Ira Glackens after filming. 

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PRENTISS TAYLOR
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991
TITLE: Prentiss Taylor papers, 1885-1991 (bulk 1908-1985). 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 18.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel) 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Lithographer and painter; Washington, D.C. Died 1991. Sometimes used pseudonyum Baxter Snark. Studied at the Art Students League and under Charles H. Hawthorne in Provincetown, Mass. During early 1930s, he befriended Carl Van Vechten and collaborated with poet Langston Hughes in publishing booklets relevant to the Harlem Renaissance. Returned to his birthplace, Washington, D.C., in 1935, and widely exhibited his work and associated with many organizations, becoming president of the Society of Washington Printmakers in 1942. Worked as an art therapist at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 1943-1954 and at Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Md., 1958-1978. Taught painting at American University, 1955-1975. 
SUMMARY: Primarily subject/correspondence files (ca. 16 ft.), reflecting Prentiss' career as a lithographer and painter, his association with figures prominent in the Harlem Renaissance, notably Carl Van Vechten and Langston Hughes, his activities as president of the Society of Washington Printmakers and other art organizations, his work in art therapy treating mental illness, and his teaching position at American University. The files contain mostly correspondence, but many include photographs and printed material. Also included are biographical, financial, legal and printed material; several hundred photographs; notes and writings; sketchbooks, drawings and a few prints by Taylor; and scrapbooks, 1885-1956.  Among the family members, artists, writers, performers, and organizations represented in the subject/correspondence files are Taylor's mother, Beatrice H. Taylor, Elizabeth (Mrs. John White) Alexander, Victor Babin and Vitya Vronsky, Franz Bader, Remo and Florence Bufano, Aaron Copland, Jean Dubuffet, Rachel Field, Frances Frost, Aline Fruhauf (Vollmer), Anne Goldthwaite, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Kainen, George C. Miller, National Academy of Design, Josephine Pickney, the Society of Washington Printmakers, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Gertrude Stein, the Washington Print Club, Winter Wheat Press, and Carl Zigrosser.  The Hughes file contains 75 photocopies of typescripts of letters from Hughes and 3 signed greeting cards; an autographed card printed with Hughes' poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"; a contract
with Taylor forming the Golden Stair Press; layout sheets, galleys, and final copies of Hughes' publications "The Negro Mother", "Scottsboro Limited", and the "Golden Stair Broadsides", all illustrated by Taylor; the magazines Opportunity Journal of Negro Life, 1931, The Rebel Poet, 1932, and pamphlet "Eight Who Lie in the Death House" by Paul Peters; 1 photocopy of closing testimony by Hughes before the Senate Committee on Permanent Investigations; 10 photographs of Hughes; clippings, and 5 obituaries.  Included in Van Vechten's file are a scrapbook of postcards from Van Vechten, photographs of Van Vechten, and of his wife Fania Marinoff appearing in various plays with Rollo Peters and Dorothy Gish; photographs by Van Vechten of Gladys Bentley, W. C. Handy, Nora Holt, Langston Hughes, Rockwell Kent, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eugene O'Neill with Carlotta Monterey, Diego Rivera with Frida Kahlo, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Ethel Waters; exhibition catalogs; an autographed copy of Van Vechten's booklet Dance Index with the original art work for the cover by Taylor; 6 programs, 1925-1965, including one each for recitals by Taylor Gordon, Paul Robeson, and for a benefit concert, 1929, for the NAACP.  The three photograph albums, 1908-1939, contain photographs by Taylor of friends and colleagues, including Richmond Barthe, Remo and Florence Bufano, Rachel Field, Frances Frost, Anne Goldthwaite, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Mark Van Doren, Carl Van Vechten, and scenes of Harlem and Charleston, S.C. Other photographs are of Taylor, his work, including costumes he designed, and travel photographs of New York and the American West. Scrapbooks, 1885-1956 and 1921-1937, contain letters, a poem and printed material. Included in the writings
series is a homemade book "Modelling Zorach P.M.," 1932-1934, containing notes and 51 photographs of Taylor and William Zorach's sculpture class. Printed material contains programs, booklets, and book jackets illustrated by Taylor. 
REEL 1392: Three notebooks, 1931-1978, detailing Taylor's lithographs with title, size, date begun and and finished, editions, states printers, exhibitions and disposition; a gift and sales notebook, 1937-1963; a guestbook, 1936-1963; 3 exhibition announcements, undated and 1942; and a brochure, 1927, of the Arts Club of Washington [D.C.] in which Taylor is mentioned as a promising young artist. 
RESTRICTIONS: Microfilmed portion; patrons must use microfilm copy. Unmicrofilmed portion; use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility. 
PROVENANCE: Papers on reel 1392 lent for microfilming 1978 by Prentiss Taylor. Unmicrofilmed material donated 1978 and 1984 by Taylor and in 1992 by his companion, Roderick S. Quiroz, for Taylor's estate. 
FINDING AIDS: Finding aid for the unmicrofilmed material is available at AAA offices. 
REPRODUCTION: 95 letters from Rachel Field, 75 letters from Langston Hughes, 3 letters from Armin Landeck, 46 letters from Josephine Pinckney, 1 letter from Gertrude Stein, 7 letters from Alice B. Toklas, 1 postcard from Mark Van Doren, and 25 letters from Carl Van Vechten are photocopies. 
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS: Letters from Langston Hughes and from Alice B. Toklas: Originals donated to Yale University Library.  

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PAUL CADMUS
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999 
TITLE: Paul Cadmus letters to Webster Aitken, 1945-1979. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 49 items (on partial microfilm reel). reel 2786 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Cadmus was a painter; Aitken, a musician. 
SUMMARY: 39 letters, 3 notes, 8 cards, and 2 postcards from Paul Cadmus to Webster Aitken, 1945-1979 and undated, mentioning many topics, including music, composers, musicians, mutual friends, his sister and brother in-law Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Kirstein, travel, and Cadmus's work. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Donated 1981 by Mrs. Webster Aitken, widow of Aitken. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reel 2786 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 

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JOSEPH SCHILLINGER 
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Schillinger, Joseph, 1895-1943 
TITLE: Joseph Schillinger papers, 1934-1948. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 0.5 linear ft. 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Mathematician, scientist, theorist, composer, musician, teacher, and author; New York, N.Y. 
SUMMARY: Annotated typescript of Schillinger's article "Art Continuum Classification and Definition"; an annotated typescript of excerpts from his published book, THE MATHEMATICAL BASIS OF THE ARTS, and duplicates of excerpts from the book form; notes, formulae, and designs using the formulae; magazines and newspaper clippings about Schillinger; photographs of designs and of Schillinger; notes about his theorem for composing music; unidentified photographs from a scrapbook; and a description for a course he taught at Columbia University, "A Method of Evolving Rhythmic Design." 
RESTRICTIONS: Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment, and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. 
PROVENANCE: The donor, Frances Schillinger, is the widow of Joseph Schillinger.  

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CHARLES GREEN SHAW
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Shaw, Charles Green, 1892- 
TITLE: Charles Green Shaw papers, 1830-1974. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Unmicrofilmed: 51.0 linear ft. Microfilmed: 0.2 linear ft. (93 items) reel 75 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Painter and writer; New York, N.Y. Died 1974. 
SUMMARY: Photographs, photograph albums, correspondence, writings, art works, sketches, biographical information, diaries, and printed materials. UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with Clarence and Ruby Darrow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H.L. Mencken, Cole Porter, and others; family letters dating from the 19th century; ca. 2,500 photographs of friends and family, diaries, 1916-1970; manuscripts and notes; sketchbooks and art work;
17th-19th century engravings and theater notices; business records; biographical material; exhibition catalogs and announcements; restaurant menus; magazines; a tape-recorded poetry reading; and clippings. Among the persons photographed are George Gershwin, Sinclair Lewis, Anita Loos (1 by Nickolas Muray, 1 by Florence Vandamm), George Luks (by Arnold Genthe), Michael Strange, Gene Tunney (by Edward Steichen), and Alden (possibly Mary Alden)(by James Abbe). Included are a tintype of Shaw and an unidentified woman, ca. 1920, a photo of an unidentified woman by Davis and Sanford,
ca. 1900, a photo of a Christmas card, 1927, by Nickolas Muray, 5 photographic caricatures, and photograph albums of travels and art work. 
REEL 75: Photographs of Shaw's paintings; exhibition catalogs; his published children's book, IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK; and one clipping. 
RESTRICTIONS: Use of unmicrofilmed materials requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Material donated 1971-1974 by Shaw and, upon his death, by his estate. 
FINDING AIDS: Box inventory available at AAA offices.  
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reel 75 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.  

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HENRY BOTKIN
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Botkin, Henry, 1896-1983 
TITLE: Henry Botkin papers, 1917-1979. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3.5 linear ft. (on 10 microfilm reels) 
4 sound tapes ; 7 & 5 in. reels D388, N69-67 - N69-68, N69-91, N70-25, N70-48, 2895-2897, and 4314 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Painter; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. Born in Boston and attended art schools there from 1913-1917. From 1917-1920, he attended the Art Students League and was employed as an illustrator for prominent magazines until 1929. Traveling abroad between 1926 and 1933, he attained his first one-man show in 1927 at the Billiet Galleries in Paris. Through his cousin, composer George Gershwin, Botkin became acquainted with people active in the performing arts, such as Harold Arlen,
Fanny Brice, Harry Kurnitz, and Bert Lahr. Botkin was also involved in the American Abstract
Artists, Artists Equity Association, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, and Gallery 256 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 
SUMMARY: Biographical material (1945-1965), letters (1917-1979), notes (1950-1970), writings (1944-1970), business records (1927-1977), art works (1932-1964), subject files (1952-1955), scrapbook (1927-1939), printed material (1923-1977), and photographs (1922-1968) documenting Botkin's career and his friendship with George and Ira Gershwin and other entertainment and artistic figures. Among the correspondents and subjects of photographs or letters are: George and Ira Gershwin, their sister Frances Godowsky, Botkin's brother Benjamin, Botkin's daughter Toinette Botkin Laurent, and grandson Alexander Laurent, composer Harold Arlen, Fanny Brice and her son William
Brice, artists Chaim Gross, Saburo Hasegawa, Hans Hofmann, Karl Knaths, Paul Manship, Paul Mocsanyi, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Wallace Putnam, Abrahmam Rattner, Hugo Robus, Arnold Schoenberg, Jack Shadbolt, John Von Wicht, and Abraham Walkowitz. Also included are photographs of Botkin's studio, night picnic in Provincetown attended by many artists; and material relating to American Abstract Artists, New School Art Center, Provincetown Art Association, and the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. [See Finding Aid for information on location of items on the microfilm]. 
UNMICROFILMED: 3 untranscribed interviews of Botkin, 1 done for the "Today" show, NBC,
June 4, 1965; 1 for Colette Roberts "Meet the Artist" Program, undated, and 1 by an unidentified interviewer. Also included is an untranscribed monologue, Oct. 11, 1970. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. Use of untranscribed tapes requires an appointment at the Washington, D.C. office. 
PROVENANCE: Donated 1969-1982 by Henry Botkin and by his son Glenn and his assistant Rene Barilleaux. Many items were returned to Botkin after microfilming. 
FINDING AIDS: Microfilm inventory available in all Archives of American Art offices. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reels D388, N69-67 - N69-68, N69-91, N70-25, N70-48, 2895-2897, and 4314 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 
REPRODUCTION: Some photocopies. 
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS: Portions returned to Botkin after microfilming. 

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GERTRUDE ABERCROMBIE
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 
TITLE: Gertrude Abercrombie papers, 1888-1986. 
PHYSICAN DESCRIPTION: 6.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 7 reels) reels 1429-1435 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Painter; Chicago, Ill. Abercrombie's work is associated with Chicago's Surrealist school. She was the center of an informal salon style group of literary figures, artists and jazz musicians. 
SUMMARY: Letters and postcards, diary, sketchbooks and other art works, photographs, painting file, printed material, and a scrapbook reflecting Abercrombie's artistic career and her association with many literary and jazz figures; and papers from the Gertrude Abercrombie Trust, 1977-1986, regarding the settlement of her estate. 
REELS 1429-1435: Biographical sketch (4 p.); ca.400 letters and ca. 1400 postcards received, including illustrated letters and Christmas cards from Karl J. Priebe, and ca. 1400 postcards; a diary with brief entries for 1919 and 1924; files on artists, writers and musicians containing brief correspondence, printed material, and photographs, on Dudley Huppler, Jerome Karidis, Karl Priebe, James Purdy, Sonny Rollins, Carl Van Vechten, Wendell Wilcox, John Wilde, and Thorton Wilder; 2 sketchbooks and 41 sketches (36 x 29 or smaller) in ink, pencil, and wash of figures, landscapes and interiors, 4 woodcut Christmas cards by Abercrombie, a woodcut by Emil Armin, 2 pencil sketches by Naomi Hirsch, and an ink sketch by John Wilde.  Also included are exhibition catalogs, announcements, and invitations; articles and clippings; sales and expense account books; a catalog file of paintings; mailing lists and guest lists; address books; a
photograph album, and loose photographs of Abercrombie, her family and friends, including Louis Armstrong, Arnold Blanch, Erroll Gerner, Dizzy Gillespie, Orlando, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, and of works of art; memorabilia; and a scrapbook. 
Included in the correspondence series are letters from Dudley Huppler, Karl Priebe, James Purdy, Sonny Rollins, Ned Rorem, Carl Van Vechten, Wendell Wilcox, Thorton Wilder, and others.  
UNMICROFILMED: Autographed first editions, some relating to jazz, and record albums. Among the authors are James Purdy, Dudley Huppler, Ned Rorem, James Blake, Thornton Wilder, Paul Warren (Gertrude's husband), Richard Armour, Nelson Algren, Studs Terkel, Gladys Campbell (Young), Mezz (Milton) Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, Ross Russell, Oscar  Tarcov, and Mark Turbyfill.  One album, "Orlando," has a cover designed by Abercrombie.  Remainder of the unmicrofilmed material consists of papers of the Gertrude Abercrombie Trust, 1977-1986, primarily correspondence of Donald Baum, executor of the estate. Also included are financial papers, printed material and photographs of Abercrombie's paintings. Correspondence, arranged alphabetically, concerns the donation of Abercrombie's art collection to various institutions and galleries mainly in the Midwest and the settling of the estate with Abercrombie's daughter, Dinah
Livingston Dady. Financial papers include completed tax forms, inventories, receipts and copies of checks relating to the estate. Printed material includes an exhibition announcement and priced catalog of a retrospective show at the Hyde Park Art Center, and clippings about Abercrombie's work.  
RESTRICTIONS:  Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. 
PROVENANCE: Donated 1978 and 1986 by Don Baum, executor of the Gertrude Abercrombie Trust. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reels 1429-1435 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 

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BRUCE MITCHELL
CREATOR/AUTHOR: Mitchell, Bruce Handiside, 1908-1963 
TITLE: Bruce Handiside Mitchell papers, 1932-1965 and [undated]. 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 0.4 linear ft. (on 3 microfilm reels) reels 110, 324 & 1874 
BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: Army artist, landscape painter, teacher. 
SUMMARY: Correspondence; photographs; drawings; a typescript; lyrics; and clippings. 
REEL 110: Correspondence; photos; drawings; publications; and clippings. Most of the
correspondence is with Mitchell's wife and his mother; letters from the war period and thereafter describe his activities as an Army artist and college art teacher. 
REEL 324: Letters received, 1943-1965, mostly from the War Department regarding his service as an artist war correspondent in World War II; a typescript of "Requiem for Fats" (Fats Navarro) by Mitchell; lyrics for two songs by Mitchell; photographs of his paintings and of himself; 1 sketch; a curriculum vitae; and clippings. 
REEL 1874: 15 photographs of Bruce Mitchell, his friends and work, including photographs of Mitchell painting jazz musicians as they perform. 
RESTRICTIONS: Patrons must use microfilm copy. 
PROVENANCE: Donated 1964-1972 by Olivia Dehn Mitchell, widow of Bruce Handiside Mitchell. 
ADDITIONAL FORMS: 35mm microfilm reels 110, 324 & 1874 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 

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