Collection Information

Size: 2.4 linear ft. (480 items)

Summary: Correspondence; a financial record book; bank statements, bills and receipts; writings and notes, including notes on artists; a pencil drawing on vellum of a woman playing a cello; exhibition catalogs and announcements; 3 guestbooks, two of them from the Fifteen Gallery, New York City; transcripts of 3 radio interviews; and printed materials, 1940-1943 and undated, relating to the American Water Color Society, periodicals, and clippings.

Biographical/Historical Note

Painter; Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Provenance

Donated 1965 by Charles Avery Aitken.

Restrictions on Access

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

How to Cite This Collection

Charles Avery Aiken papers, 1872-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.