Series 4 | A Finding Aid to the Carlen Galleries, Inc., records, 1775-1997, bulk 1940-1986 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Series 4: Loan (2002) , 1775-1997
(Reels 5746-5748)

Part 4 is arranged into seven subseries.

4.1: Correspondence, 1943-1997
4.2: Business Records, 1941-1989
4.3: Subject Files, 1937-1997
4.4: Notebooks, 1928-1994
4.5: Printed Matter, 1944-1989
4.6: Miscellaneous, 1775-1991
4.7: Photographs, 1970

4.1: Correspondence, 1943-1997

Business correspondence is filed as letters sent and received and mainly concerns the purchase and sale of art and antiques, exhibitions at Carlen Galleries, loans to exhibitions held elsewhere, and reference queries. A small number of files labeled with the name of the correspondent have been integrated into the chronological sequence in the appropriate places. A small amount of additional correspondence, 1943-1996 and undated, is designated personal. It includes thank you notes and letters from the Carlens' daughters and friends, correspondence about Social Security benefits, taxes and the care of Carlen's father, Morris Cohen. A few letters post-dating Robert Carlen's death and the closing of his gallery concern paintings.

Description	Container
Letters Sent, 1944	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1944
Letters Received, 1946	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1946
Letters Received, 1947	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1947
Letters Sent, 1949	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1949
Letters Received, 1953	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1953
Letters Received, 1955	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1955
Letters Received, 1956	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1956
Letters Sent, 1957	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1957
Letters Received, 1957	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1957
Letters Sent, 1960	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1960
Letters Received, 1960	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1960
Letters Sent, 1961	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1961
Letters Received, 1961	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1961
Letters Received, 1963	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1963
Letters Received, 1964	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1964
Letters Sent, 1965	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1965
Letters Received, 1965	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1965
Letters Received, 1966	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1966
Letters Sent (empty folder), 1968	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent (empty folder), 1968
Letters Received, 1968	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1968
Letters Sent, 1969	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1969
Letters Received, 1969 (2 folders)	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1969 (2 folders)
Letters Sent, 1970	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1970
Letters Received, 1970	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1970
Letters Sent, 1971	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1971
Letters Received, 1971	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1971
Letters Received, 1972	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1972
Letters Received, 1973	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1973
Letters Received, 1974	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1974
Letters Sent, 1975	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1975
Letters Received, 1975	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1975
Letters Received, 1976	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1976
Rockefeller Purchase, 1976, and Catalog, San Francisco Museum, 1993	NA 5746	Select: Rockefeller Purchase, 1976, and Catalog, San Francisco Museum, 1993
Letters Sent, 1976	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1976
Letters Sent, 1977	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1977
Letters Received, 1977	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1977
Letters Sent, 1978	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1978
Letters Received, 1978	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1978
Letters Sent, 1979	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1979
Letters Received, 1979	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1979
Letters Sent, 1980	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1980
Letters Received, 1980	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1980
Letters Sent, 1981	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1981
Letters Received, 1981	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1981
Letters Sent, 1982	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1982
Received, 1982	NA 5746	Select: Received, 1982
Letters Sent, 1983	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1983
Letters Received, 1983	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1983
Letters Received, 1984	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1984
Letters Sent, 1985	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1985
Letters Received, 1985	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1985
Letters Sent, 1986	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1986
Letters Received, 1986	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1986
Letters Sent, 1987	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1987
Letters Received, 1987	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1987
Letters Sent, 1988	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1988
Letters Received, 1988	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1988
Harvey, Steve, 1988-1990	NA 5746	Select: Harvey, Steve, 1988-1990
Letters Sent, 1989	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, 1989
Letters Received, 1989	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1989
Christie's, 1989	NA 5746	Select: Christie's, 1989
Letters Received, 1990	NA 5746	Select: Letters Received, 1990
Levitt, Dr. Irving, 1990	NA 5746	Select: Levitt, Dr. Irving, 1990
Letters Sent, undated	NA 5746	Select: Letters Sent, undated
Letters Received, undated	NA 5747	Select: Letters Received, undated
Personal Correspondence		Select: Personal Correspondence
Albert C. Barnes Letter (letter recommending the Carlens' daughter to Friends' Central School), 1943	NA 5747	Select: Albert C. Barnes Letter (letter recommending the Carlens' daughter to Friends' Central School), 1943
To Robert Carlen, and Robert and Alice Carlen, 1945-1982, undated	NA 5747	Select: To Robert Carlen, and Robert and Alice Carlen, 1945-1982, undated
To Alice Carlen, and Alice and Nancy Carlen, 1955-1997, undated	NA 5747	Select: To Alice Carlen, and Alice and Nancy Carlen, 1955-1997, undated
Nancy of Philadelphia Painting (Sotheby's invoice for purchase by Nancy Carlen), 1997	NA 5747	Select: Nancy of Philadelphia Painting (Sotheby's invoice for purchase by Nancy Carlen), 1997
Other Correspondence (not Carlen), 1949	NA 5747	Select: Other Correspondence (not Carlen), 1949

4.2: Business Records, 1941-1989

Business records include appraisals and receipts. Appraisal reports prepared by Robert Carlen, 1968-1986, include a small amount of related correspondence; however, most folders contain only one item. Items dated prior to 1968 are appraisals conducted by others submitted to Carlen for review. Receipts issued to and by Robert Carlen are for purchases, sales, consignments, and loans. Other receipts and invoices are for business related services such as framing, refinishing, shipping, advertising, etc.

4.3: Subject Files, 1937-1997

Subject files may contain correspondence, appraisals receipts, printed matter, and photographs. The files on Edward Hicks include correspondence with Hirschl & Adler Galleries and Terry Dintenfass, notes, photographs, and printed material. Also found are files concerning Carlen's loan of two Hicks' paintings to the U.S. State Department. The files include information about Anatol Jal, the purchase of the Captain James Lawrence Goblet, Horace Pippin, and Antoine Roux. Found in the Horace Pippin files are an appraisal; correspondence about exhibitions, Selden Rodman's book, Pippin's paintings; lists of Pippin's work; loans; exhbitions; and printed material.

Some of the Horace Pippin and Edward Hicks material microfilmed with the subject files in Part 4 is partially duplicated in Part 2, but was significantly rearranged in the interim.

Description	Container
Hicks, Edward		Select: Hicks, Edward
Carlen Hicks Sale, 1980-1997, undated	NA 5747	Select: Carlen Hicks Sale, 1980-1997, undated
Letters Regarding Hicks Paintings, 1946-1947, undated	NA 5747	Select: Letters Regarding Hicks Paintings, 1946-1947, undated
Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Cancelled Checks, 1954	NA 5747	Select: Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Cancelled Checks, 1954
State Department Hicks Paintings, 1980-1994	NA 5747	Select: State Department Hicks Paintings, 1980-1994
State Department Guide to Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1978	NA 5747	Select: State Department Guide to Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1978
State Department, Hicks Copyright, 1990	NA 5747	Select: State Department, Hicks Copyright, 1990
Jal, Anatol, 1988-1989	NA 5747	Select: Jal, Anatol, 1988-1989
Lawrence Goblet		Select: Lawrence Goblet
Glass, "Capt'n Jas. Lawrence" Goblet, 1972-1989, undated	NA 5747	Select: Glass, "Capt'n Jas. Lawrence" Goblet, 1972-1989, undated
Lawrence Goblet, undated	NA 5747	Select: Lawrence Goblet, undated
Pippin, Horace		Select: Pippin, Horace
Appraisal, 1992	NA 5747	Select: Appraisal, 1992
Correspondence, General, 1942-1990, undated	NA 5747	Select: Correspondence, General, 1942-1990, undated
Lists of Pippin's Works, circa 1977 and 1990	NA 5747	Select: Lists of Pippin's Works, circa 1977 and 1990
Loan, Chester County Historical Society, 1988	NA 5747	Select: Loan, Chester County Historical Society, 1988
Loans, Terry Dintenfass Gallery (includes photocopies of Pippin letters, 1941-1945), 1989, 1996	NA 5747	Select: Loans, Terry Dintenfass Gallery (includes photocopies of Pippin letters, 1941-1945), 1989, 1996
Miscellaneous (receipts, notes, program for dedication of historical marker at the home of Horace Pippin), 1972, 1979, undated	NA 5747	Select: Miscellaneous (receipts, notes, program for dedication of historical marker at the home of Horace Pippin), 1972, 1979, undated
Painting, Christ Before Pilate (letters to Francois de Menil), 1981	NA 5747	Select: Painting, Christ Before Pilate (letters to Francois de Menil), 1981
Paper by Gylbert Garvin Coker (with related correspondence), 1981-1982	NA 5747	Select: Paper by Gylbert Garvin Coker (with related correspondence), 1981-1982
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pippin Exhibition, 1992-1994	NA 5747	Select: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pippin Exhibition, 1992-1994
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pippin Exhibition, 1992-1994	NA 5747	Select: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pippin Exhibition, 1992-1994
Printed Matter, 1937-1992	NA 5747	Select: Printed Matter, 1937-1992
Roux, Antoine		Select: Roux, Antoine
Roux, Antoine, Painting, Roux, Antoine, Fr. (1765-1835), 1979-1982	NA 5747	Select: Roux, Antoine, Painting, Roux, Antoine, Fr. (1765-1835), 1979-1982
Roux, Antoine, Roux Catalogue ( A Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Ship Portraits by the Roux Family of Marseilles, The Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine), 1939	NA 5747	Select: Roux, Antoine, Roux Catalogue ( A Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Ship Portraits by the Roux Family of Marseilles, The Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine), 1939

4.4: Notebooks, 1928-1994

Five volumes of notebooks concerning Horace Pippin, Edward Hicks, and Robert Carlen. Three Horace Pippin notebooks contain correspondence with and about Pippin, photographs of Pippin and his works of art, exhibition catalogs and brochures, printed material, receipts, and cancelled checks. One notebook concerns Edward Hicks and contains correspondence about Hicks' paintings, photographs of his work, and printed matter. One notebook concerns Robert Carlen and contains photographs of Carlen, newsclippings, a small number of letters to Carlen, and a photocopy of Carlen's student record from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Some of the Horace Pippin and Edward Hicks material in vols. 1-4 was microfilmed with Part 4 is partially duplicated in Part 2, but was significantly rearranged in the interim.

Description	Container
Vol. 1, Horace Pippin, 1940-1994	NA 5748	Select: Vol. 1, Horace Pippin, 1940-1994
Vol. 2, Horace Pippin, 1942-1981	NA 5748	Select: Vol. 2, Horace Pippin, 1942-1981
Vol. 3, Horace Pippin, 1994, n.d	NA 5748	Select: Vol. 3, Horace Pippin, 1994, n.d
Vol. 4, Edward Hicks, 1944-1991	NA 5748	Select: Vol. 4, Edward Hicks, 1944-1991
Vol. 5, Robert Carlen, 1975-1990	NA 5748	Select: Vol. 5, Robert Carlen, 1975-1990

4.5: Printed Matter, 1944-1989

Newsclippings and miscellaneous printed material concerning various topics arranged in alphabetical order. The Artists, A-Z, File contains clippings and miscellaneous items about Anonymous, Joseph Boggs Beale, John George Brown, Thomas Eakins, Adolphus Ealey, Edward Hicks, Elizabeth Osborne, Horace Pippin, John Rodgers, Saint-Mémin, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, and Grant Wood. The file on Collectors includes clippings about R. S. Ingersoll, Allen Funt, and Steven Straw.

Description	Container
Antiques, 1967-1989, undated	NA 5748	Select: Antiques, 1967-1989, undated
Art, Miscellaneous, 1974, 1989	NA 5748	Select: Art, Miscellaneous, 1974, 1989
Art Market, 1975-1981	NA 5748	Select: Art Market, 1975-1981
Artists, A-Z, 1944-1989, undated	NA 5748	Select: Artists, A-Z, 1944-1989, undated
Big Sur Folk Festival (Nancy Carlen, Promoter), circa 1970s	NA 5748	Select: Big Sur Folk Festival (Nancy Carlen, Promoter), circa 1970s
Carlen, Robert, 1941, 1964-1971	NA 5748	Select: Carlen, Robert, 1941, 1964-1971
Carlen Galleries at Provident National Bank (exhibition checklists), 1973, 1976	NA 5748	Select: Carlen Galleries at Provident National Bank (exhibition checklists), 1973, 1976
Collectors, 1973-1980	NA 5748	Select: Collectors, 1973-1980
Miscellaneous (not art related), undated	NA 5748	Select: Miscellaneous (not art related), undated
State Department, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1978-1978/79, 1980/81, undated	NA 5748	Select: State Department, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1978-1978/79, 1980/81, undated

4.6: Miscellaneous, 1775-1991

Prints found here include: Pickets by Lynd Ward; 3 Hand-Colored Prints in poor condition, including Currier and Ives George Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing on his Way to New York to be Inaugurated..., and 2 unidentified images.

Description	Container
Biographical, Health Insurance Card, 1954	NA 5748	Select: Biographical, Health Insurance Card, 1954
Biographical, Medicare Card, Social Security Card, 1971, undated	NA 5748	Select: Biographical, Medicare Card, Social Security Card, 1971, undated
Biographical, Inventory of Household Furnishings, 1980	NA 5748	Select: Biographical, Inventory of Household Furnishings, 1980
Biographical, Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Robert Carlen, 1990-1991	NA 5748	Select: Biographical, Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Robert Carlen, 1990-1991
Financial, Banking (deposit slips), 1958-1978	NA 5748	Select: Financial, Banking (deposit slips), 1958-1978
Financial, Taxes (tax returns), 1969	NA 5748	Select: Financial, Taxes (tax returns), 1969
Notes, Business Notes, Lists, 1956, undated	NA 5748	Select: Notes, Business Notes, Lists, 1956, undated
Notes, Names, Addresses, Telephone Numbers, undated	NA 5748	Select: Notes, Names, Addresses, Telephone Numbers, undated
Notes, Research Notes, 1775-1948, undated	NA 5748	Select: Notes, Research Notes, 1775-1948, undated
Prints, undated	NA 5748	Select: Prints, undated

4.7: Photographs, 1970

Photographs of antiques and artwork consist mainly of Carlen Galleries' stock and images retained for reference or comparative purposes. These undated photographs are categorized by medium and subject. Also included are photographs of people, and places. Photographs of miscellaneous subjects include photographs of a cover of an auction catalog for the sale of Peale's Museum Gallery of Oil Paintings, M. Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1854; photograph of an inscription on the back of canvas, Bath Houses-Atlantic City Jas. Hamilton. 1868; and a model of a carriage. Also found is a folder of photographs of Wanamaker's Department Store in Philadelphia with a window display featuring selections from Carlen Galleries to advertise University Hospital Antiques Show; Carlen Galleries.

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Carlen Galleries, Inc., records, 1775-1997, bulk 1940-1986

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Series 4: Loan (2002) , 1775-1997
(Reels 5746-5748)

4.1: Correspondence, 1943-1997

4.2: Business Records, 1941-1989

4.3: Subject Files, 1937-1997

4.4: Notebooks, 1928-1994

4.5: Printed Matter, 1944-1989

4.6: Miscellaneous, 1775-1991

4.7: Photographs, 1970

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Description	Container
Appraisals, Alexander, Scholley Pace, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Alexander, Scholley Pace, 1969
Appraisals, American Red Cross, 1979	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, American Red Cross, 1979
Appraisals, Aslin, Al, 1975-1979	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Aslin, Al, 1975-1979
Appraisals, Baer, Sydney, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Baer, Sydney, 1969
Appraisals, Barnes, J. Hampton, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Barnes, J. Hampton, 1969
Appraisals, Berger, Moses H., 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Berger, Moses H., 1969
Appraisals, Bergnes, Samuel A., 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Bergnes, Samuel A., 1969
Appraisals, Biddle, Mrs. A. Mercer, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Biddle, Mrs. A. Mercer, 1969
Appraisals, Biddle, Alec, 1968	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Biddle, Alec, 1968
Appraisals, Bortin, David, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Bortin, David, 1969
Appraisals, Boucher, Jack E., 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Boucher, Jack E., 1969
Appraisals, Brown, John M. G., 1968	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Brown, John M. G., 1968
Appraisals, Clark, Jefferson (empty folder), 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Clark, Jefferson (empty folder), 1969
Appraisals, Clark, Mrs. Margaret M., 1965-1970	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Clark, Mrs. Margaret M., 1965-1970
Appraisals, Claxton, Edmund, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Claxton, Edmund, 1969
Appraisals, Cotton, Charles A., 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Cotton, Charles A., 1969
Appraisals, DeCosta, Edward, 1986	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, DeCosta, Edward, 1986
Appraisals, Feldman, Mrs. Anne, 1981	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Feldman, Mrs. Anne, 1981
Appraisals, Fisher, Mrs. Phillip, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Fisher, Mrs. Phillip, 1969
Appraisals, Garrett, John R., 1976	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Garrett, John R., 1976
Appraisals, Gilbard, Burton B., 1975-1976	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Gilbard, Burton B., 1975-1976
Appraisals, Grossman, Mrs. David J., 1979	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Grossman, Mrs. David J., 1979
Appraisals, Gutman, Jacob C.; Estate of Jacob C. Gutman, Haverford College, 1982, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Gutman, Jacob C.; Estate of Jacob C. Gutman, Haverford College, 1982, 1969
Appraisals, Horner, Caleb and Peter, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Horner, Caleb and Peter, 1969
Appraisals, Israel, Dr. Harold, 1979	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Israel, Dr. Harold, 1979
Appraisals, Jaffe, Josef, 1970	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Jaffe, Josef, 1970
Appraisals, Laughlin, Dr. Thomas L., 1970	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Laughlin, Dr. Thomas L., 1970
Appraisals, Levy, Mrs. Margaret Wasserman, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Levy, Mrs. Margaret Wasserman, 1969
Appraisals, Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene John, 1967-1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene John, 1967-1969
Appraisals, Lister, Peter, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Lister, Peter, 1969
Appraisals, Mansell, T. Norman, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Mansell, T. Norman, 1969
Appraisals, Maxwell, Mrs. Drusilla T., 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Maxwell, Mrs. Drusilla T., 1969
Appraisals, McCall, Mrs. Joseph Benton, Jr., 1968-1981	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, McCall, Mrs. Joseph Benton, Jr., 1968-1981
Appraisals, McKean, Thomas Radford and Nancy B., 1953-1964	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, McKean, Thomas Radford and Nancy B., 1953-1964
Appraisals, Merrill, Charles, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Merrill, Charles, 1969
Appraisals, Mitchell, John Hanson, 1960	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Mitchell, John Hanson, 1960
Appraisals, Newbold, Theodore, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Newbold, Theodore, 1969
Appraisals, Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 1986	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 1986
Appraisals, Pierpont, Thomas, 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Pierpont, Thomas, 1969
Appraisals, Potamkin, M. P., 1969	NA 5747	Select: Appraisals, Potamkin, M. P., 1969

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Series 4: Loan (2002) , 1775-1997 (Reels 5746-5748)

4.1: Correspondence, 1943-1997

4.2: Business Records, 1941-1989

4.3: Subject Files, 1937-1997

4.4: Notebooks, 1928-1994

4.5: Printed Matter, 1944-1989

4.6: Miscellaneous, 1775-1991

4.7: Photographs, 1970

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Series 4: Loan (2002) , 1775-1997
(Reels 5746-5748)