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Series 2: Correspondence and Subject Files , 1953-2016
5.9 Linear feet
Boxes 7-12

The council maintained general and directors' correspondence and subject files.
This series is arranged as two subseries.
  • 2.1: General Files, 1955-2016
  • 2.2: Directors' Files, 1955-2016

2.1: General Files, 1953-2016

This subseries includes files for organizations, artists, and council members; Crown Publishers Inc. regarding royalty payments; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc. publishers regarding orders for Zigrosser's Prints; the council's legal advisor Joshua Binion Cahn; and extensive files on original prints.
Description Container
American Federation of Arts, 1956-1967
7
39
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1957-1969
7
40
"Announcement to the Art Field," Responses, 1963-1964
7
41-42
Archives of American Art, 1981-2016
7
43
Arts Magazines, 1957-1968
7
44
Asia Society, 1957-1962
7
45
Art Dealers Association of America, 1957-1967
Includes Artists Equity Association, Association of American Artists, and Society of American Graphic Artists.
7
46
A, General, 1957-1971
7
47
Baltimore Museum of Art, George A. Lucas Collection, 1995-1996
7
48
Better Business Bureaus, 1964-1966
7
49
Blue, J. Curtis, 1964-1967
8
1
B, General, 1956-1972
8
2-3
Cahn, Joshua Binion, 1957-1972
8
4-5
Cahn, Joshua Binion and Gary Ives, 1980-1996
8
6
Chambre Syndicale de l'Estampe et du Dessin, 1962-1967
8
7
Collector's Guild, 1965-1969
8
8
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1963-1972
Some material is regarding A Guide to the Collecting and Care of Original Prints.
8
9
C, General, 1956-1972
8
10-11
Donson, Theodore, 1984-1985
8
12
D, General, 1956-1972
8
13
Eliel and Loeb and Margraff Insuror, 1958-1963
8
14
Eliel and Loeb and Margraff Insuror, Regarding American Prints Today - 1962 Exhibition, 1961-1963
8
15
E, General, 1956-1970
8
16
Fahs, Charles S., 1961-1964
8
17
Fogg Art Museum, 1957-1961
8
18
Ford Foundation, 1957-1966
8
19
Foreign Institutions, Lists, 1958-1967
8
20
Francis, Henry Sayles - Cleveland Museum of Art, 1956-1961
8
21
Fuhring, Dr. Peter, Proposal of Bibliography of Print Publisher Stocklists, 1995-1996
8
22
F, General, 1956-1970
8
23
Goddard, Stephen, 1997-1999
8
24
Graphic Art Supplies, 1957-1966
8
25
Gray, James - Hooven-Nahm Inc., Printing Services, 1958-1966
8
26
G, General, 1958-1972
8
27
G, General, 1958-1972
9
1
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1963-1969
9
2
H, General, 1956-1972
9
3-4
International Association of Plastic Arts, 1959-1969
9
5
International Graphic Arts Society, Inc., 1956-1969
9
6
I, General, 1956-1972
9
7
Japan Society, 1957-1970
9
8
J, General, 1957-1971
9
9
Karshan, Don Regarding Proposed Museum of Graphic Arts, 1964-1965
9
10
Keepers of Public Collections of Graphic Arts, International Advisory Committee 13th Annual Convention Report, 1992-1994
9
11
K, General, 1957-1972
9
12
Lasansky, Mauricio, 1957-1964
9
13
Lefkowitz, Louis J. - Attorney General of New York, 1965-1966
9
14
Lieberman, William S., 1956-1966
9
15
Library of Congress, 1956-1966
9
16
L, General, 1956-1971
9
17
Mackie, M.C., 1958-1965
9
18
Macmillan Company, 1958-1964
9
19
Maurer, Leon Regarding Original Lithograph Fraud Legislation, 1970
9
20
Mongan, Elizabeth, 1953-1968
9
21
Morley, Dr. Grace L. McCann, 1956-1961
9
22
Museum of Modern Art, 1956-1968
9
23
M, General, 1956-1966
9
24
M, General, 1967-1971
9
25
Mac/Mc, General, 1957-1971
9
26
National Arts and Humanities Foundation, 1965
9
27
National Gallery of Art, 1956-1968
9
28
National Gallery of Canada, 1996-1998
Includes correspondence with Mimi Cazort and Shirley Thompson.
9
29
New York Graphic Society, 1956-1961
9
30
New York Times, 1958-1969
9
31
N, General, 1956-1971
9
32
Office Supplies and Services, 1960-1969
9
33
Original Prints, Article Translations, 1960-1961
9
34
Original Prints, "Buy Prints, Buy American" by John Canaday, 1961
9
35
Original Prints, Correspondence - General, 1965-1968
9
36
Original Prints, Correspondence with Mourlot Frères Regarding The Lithographs of Chagall, 1961-1964
10
1
Original Prints, Käthe Kollwitz Reproductions, 1962-1963
10
2
Original Prints, Legislation, 1967-1981
10
3
Original Prints, Memo to Members from Zigrosser and Responses, 1966
10
4
Original Prints, Misrepresentation Examples Collected by Gusten, 1966-1967
10
5
Original Prints, Press Clippings, 1964-1966
10
6
Original Prints, Press Meeting Regarding Fraudulent Prints, 1964-1965
10
7
Original Prints, Program of Information, 1965-1966
10
8
Original Prints, Redefinition, 1975-1977
10
9
Original Prints, Reprints from French Publications, 1960-1964
10
10
O, General, 1956-1971
10
11
Peterdi, Gabor, 1958-1965
10
12
Pratt Institute and Graphics Center, 1957-1972
10
13
Publications, Responses, 1973
10
14
P, General, 1957-1962
10
15
P, General, 1963-1972
10
16
Q, General, 1971
10
17
RCH Services, Inc., 1956-1970
10
18
Robert G. Rifkind Collection, 1978
10
19
Rockefeller Foundation, 1956-1963
10
20
Rockefeller Institute, 1963-1966
10
21
Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1958-1964
10
22
Rothchild Printing Company, 1956-1970
10
23
R, General, 1956-1971
10
24
Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1964-1967
10
25
Smithsonian Institution, 1958-1969
10
26
S, General, 1956-1972
Includes material for Ben Shahn, James J. Sweeney, James T. Soby, W. Sandberg, and Benton Spruance.
10
27
S, General, 1956-1965
10
28
S,General, 1966-1972
10
29
Tait, Weller and Baker, Accountants, 1956-1972
10
30
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1957-1969
11
1
T, General, 1956-1971
11
2
UNESCO, 1956-1957
11
3
Unidentified Sender, Thank You Note to Zigrosser, circa 1968
11
4
U, General, 1956-1969
11
5
V, General, 1958-1971
11
6
Walker, Hudson - Walker Art Center, 1956-1966
11
7
Washington Print Club, 1967
11
8
Wasserman, Bento to Gusten, 1968
Correspondence is written on paper with embossed design.
11
9
W, General, 1957-1965
11
10
W, General, 1966-1972
11
11
Zerner, Henri, 1960-1966
11
12
X-Z, General, 1957-1971
11
13

2.2: Directors' Files, 1956-1997

The directors' files contain mainly correspondence between members of the board of directors regarding meetings, officers, procedures, and other council activities with extensive files for Richard S. Field, Jay Fisher, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Carl Zigrosser.
Description Container
Ackley, Clifford S., 1969-1971
11
14
Baskett, Mary W., 1968-1971
11
15
Bloch, E. Maurice, 1964-1971
11
16
Breeskin, Adelyn D., 1956-1965
11
17
Breitenbach, Edgar, 1960-1972
11
18
Carlson, Victor and Riva Castelman, 1970-1971
11
19
Feinblatt, Ebria, 1959-1971
11
20
Fern, Alan, 1970
11
21
Field, Richard S., 1968-1971
11
22
Field, Richard S., 1993-1994
11
23
Field, Richard S., 1995-1997
11
24
Field, Richard S. to Members, 1996-1997
11
25
Field, Richard S. with Judith Levy, 1993-1996
11
26
Field, Richard S. with Suzanne Boorsch, 1992-1995
11
27
Field, Richard S. with Stephen Goddard, 1996
11
28
Field, Richard S., Lists and Notes, 1993-1997
11
29
Fisher, Jay - Correspondents A-C, 1986-1992
11
30
Fisher, Jay - Correspondents D-G, 1989-1992
11
31
Fisher, Jay - Correspondents G-L, 1987-1993
11
32
Fisher, Jay - Correspondents L-P, 1988-1993
11
33
Fisher, Jay - Correspondents P-S, 1981-1993
11
34
Fisher, Jay - Correspondents S-Z, 1987-1992
11
35
Foster, Edward A., 1967-1971
12
1
Geske, Norman A., 1961-1970
12
2
Hansen, Trudy, 1997
12
3
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, 1960-1968
12
4
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, 1970-1973
12
5
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, 1974-1975
12
6
Hayes, Jr., Bartlett, 1956-1962
12
7
Hitchings, Sinclair H., 1961-1971
12
8
Joachim, Harold, 1956-1971
12
9
Johnson, Elaine, 1966-1970
12
10
Johnson, Una, 1956-1969
12
11
Kainen, Jacob, 1961-1971
12
12
Kup, Karl, 1956-1970
12
13
Magurn, Ruth S., 1968-1971
12
14
Mayer, Grace M., 1957-1971
12
15
Mayor, A. Hyatt, 1956-1969
12
16
McKendry, John, 1968-1970
12
17
McNulty, Kneeland, 1963-1969
12
18
Paul J. Sachs Fellowships, 1959-1963
12
19
Richards, Louise, 1967-1969
12
20
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 1956
12
21
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 1957
12
22
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 1958
12
23
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 1959
12
24
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 1960
12
25-26
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 1966-1972
12
27
Rosenwald, Lessing J. - Testimonial Dinner (April 25, 1968), 1964-1968
12
28
Sachs, Dr. Paul J., 1956-1965
12
29
Sayre, Eleanor A., 1967-1971
12
30
Schwarz, Heinrich, 1961-1972
12
31
Sharp, Ellen, 1968-1971
12
32
Shestack, Alan, 1967-1971
12
33
Stampfle, Felice, 1969-1971
12
34
Troche, Dr. E. Gunter, 1959-1971
12
35
Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1956-1971
12
36
Von Moschzisker, Bertha, 1956-1969
12
37
Walker, Robert M., 1956-1967
12
38
Wick, Peter A., 1961-1970
12
39
Zigrosser, Carl, 1956-1959
12
40
Zigrosser, Carl, 1960-1971
12
41

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