Collection Information
Size: 3 Linear feet
Summary: The records of Allied Artists of America measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1914 to 1978. The records document the history of the New York art organization through administrative files, correspondence, financial records, photographic material, and scrapbooks.
Biographical/Historical Note
Allied Artists of America is an art organization that formed in New York, N.Y. in 1914 for "the advancement of American art by opening new avenues of opportunity for the exhibition of meritorious works of art..." principally by giving annual exhibitions. Notable members included Edmund Greacen, Dewitt Lockman, Pietro Montana, Walter Farndon, Charles Aiken, Ogden Pleissner, Frank Gervasi, Fred Detwiller, and Ted Kautzky.