Series 2 | A Finding Aid to the Josef Presser and Agnes Hart papers, 1913-1980 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Materials include 2 engagement calendars, curriculum vitae, consignment lists, critiques by other artists, art institution membership cards, and travel documents from a 1966 trip to Europe.

Description	Container
Application, Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1976	3 53	Select: Application, Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1976
Certificates, 1947-1970	3 54	Select: Certificates, 1947-1970
Consignment Lists, 1948-1978	3 55	Select: Consignment Lists, 1948-1978
Critiques, circa 1950s-1970s	3 56	Select: Critiques, circa 1950s-1970s
Curriculum Vitae, 1972	3 57	Select: Curriculum Vitae, 1972
Engagement Calendars, 1967	3 58	Select: Engagement Calendars, 1967
Engagement Calendars, 1976	3 59	Select: Engagement Calendars, 1976
Family History, circa 1960s-1970s	4 1	Select: Family History, circa 1960s-1970s
Membership and Identification Cards, 1937-1977	4 2	Select: Membership and Identification Cards, 1937-1977
Travel Documentation, 1966	4 3	Select: Travel Documentation, 1966

Hart's correspondence with family and friends includes letters from artist and mentor Lucile Blanch, journalist Agnes Smedley, and Yaddo director Elizabeth Ames. Business correspondence is with galleries, collectors, and art associations concerning the creation, purchase, sales, and exhibition of Hart's work. There is also correspondence with the Art Students League and Dalton School regarding the logistics of Hart's employment as an art instructor.

Description	Container
A, Miscellaneous, 1941-1977	4 4	Select: A, Miscellaneous, 1941-1977
Art Students League, 1965-1967	4 5	Select: Art Students League, 1965-1967
Art Students League, 1968-1977	4 6	Select: Art Students League, 1968-1977
B, Miscellaneous, 1934-1977	4 7	Select: B, Miscellaneous, 1934-1977
Blanche, Lucile, 1947-1977	4 8	Select: Blanche, Lucile, 1947-1977
C, Miscellaneous, 1937-1971	4 9	Select: C, Miscellaneous, 1937-1971
D, Miscellaneous, 1947-1970	4 10	Select: D, Miscellaneous, 1947-1970
Dalton School, 1961-1963	4 11	Select: Dalton School, 1961-1963
Davis, Roselle, 1950-1969	4 12	Select: Davis, Roselle, 1950-1969
E-G, Miscellaneous, 1937-1971	4 13	Select: E-G, Miscellaneous, 1937-1971
H, Miscellaneous, 1951-1976	4 14	Select: H, Miscellaneous, 1951-1976
Harris, Marguerite, circa 1960s-1970s	4 15	Select: Harris, Marguerite, circa 1960s-1970s
Hart, Mike, 1975-1977	4 16	Select: Hart, Mike, 1975-1977
Hyde, Helen, 1971-1973	4 17	Select: Hyde, Helen, 1971-1973
I-L, Miscellaneous, 1965-1977	4 18	Select: I-L, Miscellaneous, 1965-1977
M, Miscellaneous, 1948-1971	4 19	Select: M, Miscellaneous, 1948-1971
Meyers, Ben, 1963-1976	4 20	Select: Meyers, Ben, 1963-1976
N, Miscellaneous, 1951-1977	4 21	Select: N, Miscellaneous, 1951-1977
O, Miscellaneous, 1952-1968	4 22	Select: O, Miscellaneous, 1952-1968
P, Miscellaneous, 1950-1976	4 23	Select: P, Miscellaneous, 1950-1976
Peyer-Abel, Sylvia, 1971	4 24	Select: Peyer-Abel, Sylvia, 1971
Presser, Josef, circa 1950s-1960s	4 25	Select: Presser, Josef, circa 1950s-1960s
Q-R, Miscellaneous, 1954-1972	4 26	Select: Q-R, Miscellaneous, 1954-1972
S, Miscellaneous, 1955-1976	4 27	Select: S, Miscellaneous, 1955-1976
Smedley, Agnes, circa 1940-1949	4 28	Select: Smedley, Agnes, circa 1940-1949
T, Miscellaneous, 1955-1973	4 29	Select: T, Miscellaneous, 1955-1973
Tassoni, Ruth, 1947-1971	4 30	Select: Tassoni, Ruth, 1947-1971
Terrell, Elizabeth, circa 1960s	4 31	Select: Terrell, Elizabeth, circa 1960s
Treggor-Majoni, Cynthy, 1959-1971	4 32	Select: Treggor-Majoni, Cynthy, 1959-1971
U-V, Miscellaneous, 1936-1973	4 33	Select: U-V, Miscellaneous, 1936-1973
W, Miscellaneous, 1936-1976	4 34	Select: W, Miscellaneous, 1936-1976
Woodstock Artists Association, circa 1950s-1978	4 35	Select: Woodstock Artists Association, circa 1950s-1978
Y, Miscellaneous, 1972	4 36	Select: Y, Miscellaneous, 1972
Yaddo (Ames, Elizabeth), circa 1940s-1977	4 37	Select: Yaddo (Ames, Elizabeth), circa 1940s-1977
Unidentified and Illegible, circa 1950s	4 38	Select: Unidentified and Illegible, circa 1950s

Files include employment contracts, class catalogs, newsletters, and photographs from Hart's tenure at the Art Students League (1965-1975), and class catalogs and memoranda from Dalton Schools and Parnassus Square.

Description	Container
Art Students League, circa 1965-1975	4 39	Select: Art Students League, circa 1965-1975
Art Students League, 1970-1976	4 40	Select: Art Students League, 1970-1976
Art Students League, circa 1965-1977	4 41	Select: Art Students League, circa 1965-1977
Art Students League, 1965-1976	4 42	Select: Art Students League, 1965-1976
Dalton Schools, 1961-1963	4 43	Select: Dalton Schools, 1961-1963
Parnassus Square, 1953-1954	4 44	Select: Parnassus Square, 1953-1954

Material includes bulletins, clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs related to Hart's career. There are also draft and final versions of the Woodstock Artists Association's 1956 Yasuo Kuniyoshi memorial exhibition catalog.

Consists of a photograph of the Central Cown Art Center, a gallery Hart managed in 1937.

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Series 2:Agnes Hart, 1930-1980
1.3 Linear feet
Boxes 3-4

2.1::Biographical Material, 1937-1978

2.2::Correspondence, 1934-1978

2.3::Teaching Files, 1953-1976

2.4::Printed Material, 1930-1980

2.5::Photograph, 1937

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Description	Container
Booklet, 1935	4 45	Select: Booklet, 1935
Bulletins, 1946-1977	4 46	Select: Bulletins, 1946-1977
Clippings, 1948-1980	4 47	Select: Clippings, 1948-1980
Clippings, On Others, 1962-1974	4 48	Select: Clippings, On Others, 1962-1974
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1930s-1970s	4 49	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1930s-1970s
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1930-1949	4 50	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1930-1949
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1950-1956	4 51	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1950-1956
"Yasuo Kuniyoshi Memorial Exhibition" (1956), 1956	4 52	Select: "Yasuo Kuniyoshi Memorial Exhibition" (1956), 1956
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1956-1959	4 53	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1956-1959
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1960-1969	4 54	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1960-1969
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1970-1972	4 55	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1970-1972
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1973-1974	4 56	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1973-1974
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1975-1978	4 57	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1975-1978
Playbills, 1956-1961	4 58	Select: Playbills, 1956-1961
Press Releases, circa 1950s-1975	4 59	Select: Press Releases, circa 1950s-1975

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Josef Presser and Agnes Hart papers, 1913-1980

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Series 2:Agnes Hart, 1930-19801.3 Linear feetBoxes 3-4

2.1::Biographical Material, 1937-1978

2.2::Correspondence, 1934-1978

2.3::Teaching Files, 1953-1976

2.4::Printed Material, 1930-1980

2.5::Photograph, 1937

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Series 2:Agnes Hart, 1930-1980
1.3 Linear feet
Boxes 3-4