Series 4 | A Finding Aid to the Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, 1859-1984, bulk 1900-1949 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Series 4: Walt Kuhn Family Papers , 1859-1978

25.8 Linear feet

Box 3-26, 32-35, OV 39-55

This series contains records of Walt Kuhn's artwork, career, travels, personal and professional associations, family members, and work in vaudeville, film, and interior design. The bulk of material relating to Kuhn's career as a painter can be found in Kuhn's Letters to Family, General Correspondence, Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files, Provenance Files, and to a lesser extent in Financial Records, Notes and Writings, and Printed Materials. Walt Kuhn's Letters to Family, written to his father, wife, and daughter span his entire career and contain candid, personal accounts of his activities and many illustrations. Also included in the papers are biographical narratives and documents; records related to Kuhn's theater, film, and design projects; and original cartoons, drawings, sketches, and photographs. Audio recordings made in 1965 and 1969 contain the recollections of Kuhn's daughter, Brenda Kuhn.

Annotations in pen or orange crayon found throughout this series were probably made by Vera Kuhn and should not be confused with dates marked in pencil by Archives staff during initial microfilming in the 1960s. Penciled dates on correspondence were taken from the postmarks of envelopes, which were disposed of during microfilming.

This series is arranged according the following 12 subseries:

4.1: Biographical Material, 1882-1972
4.2: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1901-1949
4.3: General Correspondence, 1890-1966
4.4: Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1920-1966
4.5: Provenance Files, 1910-1964
4.6: Other Projects, 1869-1897, 1910, 1922-1941
4.7: Financial Records, 1920-1961, 1972
4.8: Notes and Writings, 1901-1972
4.9: Printed Materials, 1908-1987
4.10: Artwork, 1906-1952
4.11: Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1859-1978
4.12: Audio Recordings, 1965, 1969

Description	Container
4.1: Biographical Material, 1882-1972 0.5 Linear feet Boxes 3, 32 This series contains biographical documentation of Walt Kuhn, his wife and daugher, his father and mother, his in-laws, and their ancestors. Found in this series is a handwritten chronology containing notes on the Armory Show. Other types of material include additional biographical narratives and chronologies prepared by Walt Kuhn, Vera Kuhn, and others; identification cards, passports, death certificates and other official documents; obituaries; correspondence and notes on genaeology; published biographies; printed materials relating to Kuhn and Spier family homes; and medical records and correspondence. Artifacts include a framed dollar marked "first dollar earned by Walt Kuhn" and a medallion from art school. Additional autobiographical writings can be found in Series 4.8: Notes and Writings. More obituaries of Walt Kuhn can be found in the 1949 clippings in Series 4.10: Printed Materials. Wills and documentation of family estates are in Series 4.7: Financial Records. Additional biographical information can be found in the audio recordings of Brenda Kuhn in Series 4.13: Audio Recordings.
Narratives and Chronologies		Select: Narratives and Chronologies
Walt Kuhn, 1927-1962, undated	3 23	Select: Walt Kuhn, 1927-1962, undated
George Spier, 1925-1936	3 24	Select: George Spier, 1925-1936
Personal Documents		Select: Personal Documents
Walt Kuhn Family, 1909-1959, undated	3 25	Select: Walt Kuhn Family, 1909-1959, undated
Francis Kuhn, 1889, 1926-1928, undated	3 26	Select: Francis Kuhn, 1889, 1926-1928, undated
Passports, 1925-1932	3 27	Select: Passports, 1925-1932
Walt Kuhn Obituaries, 1949	3 28	Select: Walt Kuhn Obituaries, 1949
Woodlawn Cemetery, 1949	3 29	Select: Woodlawn Cemetery, 1949
Genealogical Research, 1944-1945, undated	3 30	Select: Genealogical Research, 1944-1945, undated
Biographical Publishers, 1930-1950, undated 2 Folders	3 31-32	Select: Biographical Publishers, 1930-1950, undated 2 Folders
Printed Miscellany, 1882-1885, 1906-1913, 1926, 1939, 1949,	3 33	Select: Printed Miscellany, 1882-1885, 1906-1913, 1926, 1939, 1949,
Medical Records		Select: Medical Records
Walt Kuhn, 1939, 1948-1949, undated	3 34	Select: Walt Kuhn, 1939, 1948-1949, undated
Vera and Brenda Kuhn, 1925-1957, undated 3 Folders	3 35-37	Select: Vera and Brenda Kuhn, 1925-1957, undated 3 Folders
Life Extension Institute, 1923-1928, undated	3 38	Select: Life Extension Institute, 1923-1928, undated
Artifacts, 1892, undated Oversized material housed in Box 32	3 39	Select: Artifacts, 1892, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 32
Oversized Artifact, 1892 Oversized material scanned with Box 3, F39	32	Select: Oversized Artifact, 1892 Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 3, F39
4.2: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1901-1949 1.7 Linear feet Box 3-5, OV 39 Walt Kuhn traveled frequently throughout his life for weeks and months at a time, and while away he wrote lengthy letters almost daily, first to his parents from art school in France and Germany in 1901-1903, and from 1909 on to his wife and daughter. His candid and detailed letters to his family reveal otherwise hidden motives and feelings regarding events, career, art, politics, and personalities. Scattered letters to Walt from Vera and Brenda are interfiled chronologically in this subseries, and are especially revealing of Vera's involvement in her husband's career. Occasionally, Kuhn writes from New York when Vera is out of town. Significantly, these occasions include the winter of 1911-1912, when he writes that "a new society" of artists is forming in reaction to the conservatism of the National Academy of Design, referring to the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which would go on to mount the Armory Show of 1913. (For Kuhn's letters to his wife dealing directly with the Armory Show, dating from September 1912 to April 1913, see Series 1.1, Armory Show Correspondence, Organizer's Letters.) Other significant New York events described include Kit Kat Balls and Penguin Club events from 1914, 1917, and 1918. Kuhn advised several important collectors of contemporary art, sometimes traveling with them to make purchases, and his letters home include descriptions of the collections and studios they visit. Collectors include Marie Harriman (especially 1931, see also Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files), John Quinn (1913, 1918, 1919, 1920), and Florida collectors Bert and Olive Taylor, Josephine and Ernest Kanzler, and Paul and Mary "Minna" Mellon (1945, 1947). Conversations with Mary and A. Conger Goodyear and Lillie P. Bliss about the formation of the Museum of Modern Art are related to Vera in letters from 1928 and 1929. Kuhn's letters home reveal attitudes towards artists and other colleagues, as well as his many personal and professional prejudices. A painting trip to Paris in 1933 brings news of publisher Alfred Skira, and the artists Pablo Picasso, Demetrius Galanis, Man Ray, Cecil Howard, and Andre Derain. Letters from Ogonquit, ME, report on other artists who worked nearby, such as Edwin Booth "Ted" Grossman, Bernard Karfiol, John Laurent, John Carroll, Patsy Santo, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. From 1940 to 1942, a house on Lake Buel in Great Barrington, MA serves has a studio where Kuhn paints and tutors Mary Harriman Rumsey, Lily Emmet Cushing, and Harry Whitney, among others. As designer and writer of vaudeville productions in the 1920s, Kuhn wrote home from the road about the politics and personalities of backstage life. Casts of his shows included performers Raymond Hitchcock and Lee Morse. During business trips for the Union Pacific railroad from 1936 to 1948, Kuhn wrote letters home about regional art and society circles throughout the Midwest and West. Significant Western contacts include artists Ralph Stackpole, Otis Oldfield, Rinaldo Cuneo, Edward Weston, critic Arthur Millier, collector Walter Arensburg, and film celebrities Cecil B. de Mille and Gary Cooper. Kuhn's habit of writing to Vera when separated from her continued during his final illness and hospitalization in 1948 and 1949. Letters from this period are marked by his deteriorated mental state. Illustrations are often found in Kuhn's letters, especially those written during painting trips to Paris, Maine, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Florida. Additional illustrated letters are filed with Artwork and with Photographs and Scrapbooks. Photographs and photographic postcards are found throughout the series. Among them are photographs of the Gottlieb Reber estate in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1931; Arizona in 1928; and Florida in the 1940s. Many of the photographs mentioned in letters are filed in Series 4.11: Photographs and Scrapbooks. Significant enclosures include letters from Charles Sheeler in 1922 and 1924, an exhibition catalog and floorplan for a Montross Gallery exhibition of 1914, and an original print of a nude by Kuhn, sent in 1918. Other enclosures were separated and may be filed elsewhere in the Kuhn Family Papers.
Description	Container
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1901	3 40	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1901
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1902	3 41	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1902
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1903	3 42	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1903
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1906, 1909	3 43	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1906, 1909
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1911 August-September	3 44	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1911 August-September
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1911 October-November	3 45	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1911 October-November
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1911 December	3 46	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1911 December
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1913 July	3 47	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1913 July
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1913 August-September	3 48	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1913 August-September
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1914 January-March, undated	3 49	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1914 January-March, undated
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1915-1917	4 1	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1915-1917
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1918	4 2	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1918
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1919	4 3	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1919
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family (copies), 1919	4 4	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family (copies), 1919
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1920, undated	4 5	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1920, undated
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1922, undated	4 6	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1922, undated
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1923 February	4 7	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1923 February
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1923 June-December	4 8	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1923 June-December
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family (copies), 1923	4 9	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family (copies), 1923
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1924	4 10	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1924
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1925, undated	4 11	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1925, undated
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1927-1928	4 12	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1927-1928
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1929 2 Folders	4 13-14	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1929 2 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1931 2 Folders	4 15-16	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1931 2 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1932, 1933	4 17	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1932, 1933
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1934-1935	4 18	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1934-1935
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1936, undated 2 Folders	4 19-20	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1936, undated 2 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1937	4 21	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1937
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1938 2 Folders	4 22-23	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1938 2 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1939	4 24	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1939
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1940 May-July	4 25	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1940 May-July
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1940 August	4 26	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1940 August
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1940 September-October	4 27	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1940 September-October
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1941 4 Folders	4 28-31	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1941 4 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1942 3 Folders	4 32-34	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1942 3 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1943	4 35	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1943
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1944 3 Folders	4 36-38	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1944 3 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1945, undated 8 Folders oversized material housed in OV 39	5 1-8	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1945, undated 8 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in OV 39
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1946	5 9	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1946
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1947, undated 3 Folders oversized material housed in OV 39	5 10-12	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1947, undated 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in OV 39
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1948, undated 2 Folders	5 13-14	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1948, undated 2 Folders
Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1949, undated	5 15	Select: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1949, undated
Oversized Enclosures in Walt Kuhn Letters to Family Oversized material scanned with Box 5, F1 and F10	OV 39	Select: Oversized Enclosures in Walt Kuhn Letters to Family Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 5, F1 and F10
4.3: General Correspondence, 1890-1966 4 Linear feet Box 5-9, 32, OV 40 Correspondence in this series is primarily between Walt Kuhn and his professional and personal contacts and spans his entire career. Correspondents include family members, fellow artists, students, dealers, museum and gallery staff, collectors, friends, fans, critics and colleagues. Copies of outgoing correspondence are often present and are interfiled chronologically. Also included is scattered correspondence of Vera and Brenda Kuhn, and correspondence written after Kuhn died that documents his family's efforts to exhibit, sell, and donate his work. The content of the correspondence ranges from personal and candid to purely transactional. Artists, collectors, dealers, and critics involved in the creation of significant works of art and collections in the early 20th century are represented. An alphabetical index of selected correspondents in this series is provided in the appendix. Another resource for accessing correspondence are the card files in Series 4.8: Notes and Writings, where correspondence with various contacts was indexed by the Kuhns and filed alphabetically by name. In 1938, Walt and Vera Kuhn wrote and self-published the pamphlet, "The Story of the Armory Show" and sent it gratis to hundreds of interested parties. Among the correspondence from that year are many heartfelt reponses from fellow artists and other witnesses to the 1913 event, including Charles Sheeler, William Glackens, Stuart Davis, André Derain, Henri Roché, Walter Pach, and J.H. du Bois to name just a few. Kuhn regularly instructed students through the mail with lengthy letters about painting techniques and methods. San Francisco painter Otis Oldfield is represented by over 100 lengthy letters in this subseries. Kuhn's letters to Oldfield, returned at Kuhn's request in 1945 for a publication project that was never realized, are interfiled. Other correspondence students include Patsy Santo, Frank di Gioia, Watson Bidwell, John Bernhardt, John Laurent, Goldie Paley, and Eric Lundgren. See the appendix for dates. Types of material include letters (sometimes illustrated), postcards, invitations, announcements, and Christmas cards, which are sometimes made of original artwork. Enclosures are often found, such as photographs, clippings, tracings of art work, writings, receipts, passes and membership cards. Some letters indicate enclosures that were previously separated and can be found in other series. Significant writings enclosed with correspondence include an early vaudeville script written by Kuhn and his friend, Archibald Macnab (1923); drafts of articles about Kuhn by the poet Genevieve Taggard (1931), critic Alan Burroughs (1930), and patron Eloise Spaeth (1950); and an unpublished history of the 1913 Armory Show by Paul Bird (1938). Photographs and photographic postcards are also found throughout the series. Included are photo postcards from Spain and France (1925), and from Arizona and California (1928); and photographs related to Kuhn's work for the Union Pacific Railroad Company (1936, 1938). Additional correspondence can be found throughout the collection. See individual series descriptions for details. See Appendix for a list of selected correspondents in Series 4.3.
Description	Container
General Correspondence, 1890-1913, undated	5 16	Select: General Correspondence, 1890-1913, undated
General Correspondence, 1914-1919	5 17	Select: General Correspondence, 1914-1919
General Correspondence, 1920-1922	5 18	Select: General Correspondence, 1920-1922
General Correspondence, 1923 2 Folders	5 19-20	Select: General Correspondence, 1923 2 Folders
General Correspondence, 1924-1925	5 21	Select: General Correspondence, 1924-1925
General Correspondence, 1926	5 22	Select: General Correspondence, 1926
General Correspondence, 1927 3 Folders	5 23-25	Select: General Correspondence, 1927 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1928 4 Folders	5 26-29	Select: General Correspondence, 1928 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1929 4 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	5 30-33	Select: General Correspondence, 1929 4 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
General Correspondence, 1930 3 Folders	6 1-3	Select: General Correspondence, 1930 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1931 3 Folders	6 4-6	Select: General Correspondence, 1931 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1932 5 Folders	6 7-11	Select: General Correspondence, 1932 5 Folders
General Correspondence, 1933 3 Folders	6 12-14	Select: General Correspondence, 1933 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1934 4 Folders	6 15-18	Select: General Correspondence, 1934 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1935 4 Folders	6 19-22	Select: General Correspondence, 1935 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1936 5 Folders	6 23-27	Select: General Correspondence, 1936 5 Folders
General Correspondence, 1937 7 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	6 28-34	Select: General Correspondence, 1937 7 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
General Correspondence, 1938 12 Folders	7 1-12	Select: General Correspondence, 1938 12 Folders
General Correspondence, 1939 6 Folders	7 13-18	Select: General Correspondence, 1939 6 Folders
General Correspondence, 1940 5 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	7 19-23	Select: General Correspondence, 1940 5 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
General Correspondence, 1941 6 Folders oversized material housed in OV 40	7 24-29	Select: General Correspondence, 1941 6 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in OV 40
General Correspondence, 1942 4 Folders	7 30-33	Select: General Correspondence, 1942 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1943 4 Folders	7 34-37	Select: General Correspondence, 1943 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1944 4 Folders	8 1-4	Select: General Correspondence, 1944 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1945 5 Folders	8 5-9	Select: General Correspondence, 1945 5 Folders
General Correspondence, 1946 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	8 10-12	Select: General Correspondence, 1946 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
General Correspondence, 1947 4 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	8 13-16	Select: General Correspondence, 1947 4 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
General Correspondence, 1948 8 Folders	8 17-24	Select: General Correspondence, 1948 8 Folders
General Correspondence, 1949 8 Folders	8 25-32	Select: General Correspondence, 1949 8 Folders
General Correspondence, 1950 3 Folders	8 33-35	Select: General Correspondence, 1950 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1951 4 Folders	9 1-4	Select: General Correspondence, 1951 4 Folders
General Correspondence, 1952 3 Folders	9 5-7	Select: General Correspondence, 1952 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1953 3 Folders	9 8-10	Select: General Correspondence, 1953 3 Folders
General Correspondence, 1954	9 11	Select: General Correspondence, 1954
General Correspondence, 1955-1957	9 12	Select: General Correspondence, 1955-1957
General Correspondence, 1958-1960	9 13	Select: General Correspondence, 1958-1960
General Correspondence, 1961-1963	9 14	Select: General Correspondence, 1961-1963
General Correspondence, 1964-1966, undated	9 15	Select: General Correspondence, 1964-1966, undated
General Correspondence, A-L, undated	9 16	Select: General Correspondence, A-L, undated
General Correspondence, M-W and Illegible, undated	9 17	Select: General Correspondence, M-W and Illegible, undated
General Correspondence, Kuhn Fragments, undated	9 18	Select: General Correspondence, Kuhn Fragments, undated
Oversized General Correspondence and Enclosures Box 8, F11 and F13 Oversized material scanned with Box 5, F31; Box 6, F30; Box 7, F23	32	Select: Oversized General Correspondence and Enclosures Box 8, F11 and F13 Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 5, F31; Box 6, F30; Box 7, F23
Oversized Blueprint Enclosed with General Correspondence Oversized material from Box 7, F24	OV 40	Select: Oversized Blueprint Enclosed with General Correspondence Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 7, F24
4.4: Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1920-1966 1.5 Linear feet Box 9-10, OV 41 This series contains a variety of materials relating to exhibitions and sales of Walt Kuhn's artwork between 1920 and 1958. Files for the Harriman and Durand-Ruel galleries also document selected exhibits of other artists and other activities of these galleries. Documentation for exhibitions that took place in the 1920s is sparse; included are catalogs, announcements, inventories, and receipts for exhibitions at M. de Zayas Gallery, Montross Gallery, Beaux Arts Galerie, Grand Central Art Galleries, M. Knoedler and Co., the Arts Club of Chicago, Albert Roullier Galleries, and Anderson Galleries. From 1930 onwards, exhibitions are more thoroughly documented. Records of exhibitions typically include announcements, marked catalogs, guest lists, diagrams showing the arrangement of art work in the galleries, letters detailing the production of the show or responding to the show, press coverage, and summary documents showing attendance figures and sales. For some exhibitions, there are also photographs and guest books. Because of Kuhn's long relationship with the Marie Harriman Gallery, files contain a variety of unique materials. Included is correspondence concerning exhibits of André Derain, Pablo Picasso, and Demetrius Galanis in the early 1930s. Also found are detailed regional reports on museums and private collectors throughout the United States and their relative interest in modern art. Other items include vouchers for sales of Kuhn's artwork, a 1931 cartoon by Kuhn of himself with Marie Harriman in Europe; a photographic portrait of Harriman by Berenice Abbott and another by Underwood and Underwood; and a transcript of a 1931 radio address given by Marie Harriman. The series is arranged by gallery or exhibition in rough chronological order. The Western Traveling Exhibition files are further broken down by venue and arranged in the order in which the exhibition traveled. Additional materials relating to the galleries and exhibitions named in this series can be found elsewhere in the collection. Exhibitions before 1920 are discussed in some detail in Walt Kuhn Letters to Family from those years. Additional exhibition catalogs and announcements are found in Printed Materials, and correspondence with galleries exists in General Correspondence. See individual series descriptions for more details. See the Index for a list of selected correspondents from series 4.3 General Correspondence with cross-references to this series and 4.5: Provenance Files.
Description	Container
Miscellaneous Galleries, 1920-1929, 1933	9 19	Select: Miscellaneous Galleries, 1920-1929, 1933
Grand Central Art Galleries, 1926-1927	9 20	Select: Grand Central Art Galleries, 1926-1927
Downtown Gallery, 1927-1933, undated	9 21	Select: Downtown Gallery, 1927-1933, undated
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1930	9 22	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1930
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1931	9 23	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1931
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1932 7 Folders	9 24-30	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1932 7 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1933 4 Folders	9 31-34	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1933 4 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1934 3 Folders	10 1-3	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1934 3 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1935 2 Folders	10 4-5	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1935 2 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1936 2 Folders	10 6-7	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1936 2 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1937 4 Folders	10 8-11	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1937 4 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1938	10 12	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1938
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1939 2 Folders	10 13-14	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1939 2 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1940 2 Folders	10 15-16	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1940 2 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1941 3 Folders	10 17-19	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1941 3 Folders
Marie Harriman Gallery, 1942-1943, undated Oversized material housed in OV 41	10 20	Select: Marie Harriman Gallery, 1942-1943, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 41
Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1943-1944 2 Folders	10 21-22	Select: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1943-1944 2 Folders
Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1944	10 23	Select: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1944
Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1945 2 Folders	10 24-25	Select: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1945 2 Folders
Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1946 2 Folders	10 26-27	Select: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1946 2 Folders
Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1947-1948	10 28	Select: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1947-1948
Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1948, 1950	10 29	Select: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1948, 1950
Western Traveling Exhibition		Select: Western Traveling Exhibition
Marked Catalog, 1947	10 30	Select: Marked Catalog, 1947
Colorado Springs, CO, 1946	10 31	Select: Colorado Springs, CO, 1946
Colorado Springs, CO, 1947	10 32	Select: Colorado Springs, CO, 1947
Colorado Springs, CO, 1947-1948	10 33	Select: Colorado Springs, CO, 1947-1948
San Francisco, CA, 1946-1948	10 34	Select: San Francisco, CA, 1946-1948
Santa Barbara, CA, 1947	10 35	Select: Santa Barbara, CA, 1947
Los Angeles, CA, 1946-1947	10 36	Select: Los Angeles, CA, 1946-1947
Los Angeles, CA, 1947-1948	10 37	Select: Los Angeles, CA, 1947-1948
Omaha, NE, 1947	10 38	Select: Omaha, NE, 1947
Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1947	10 39	Select: Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1947
Milwaukee, WI, 1947-1948	10 40	Select: Milwaukee, WI, 1947-1948
Pittsburgh, PA, 1947-1948	10 41	Select: Pittsburgh, PA, 1947-1948
Syracuse, NY, 1947-1948	10 42	Select: Syracuse, NY, 1947-1948
Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibition, 1948	10 43	Select: Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibition, 1948
Albany Institute of History and Art, 1958	10 44	Select: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1958
University of Arizona, 1966	10 45	Select: University of Arizona, 1966
Oversized Marie Harriman Gallery Material Oversized material from Box 10, F20	OV 41	Select: Oversized Marie Harriman Gallery Material Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 10, F20
4.5: Provenance Files, 1910-1964 2.7 Linear feet Box 11-13, 32, OV 42-44 The Kuhns kept meticulous records of Walt Kuhn's art work. Their original file folders contain detailed annotations about paintings and sculptures, along with art reproductions, tracings, and other documentation. Annotations include information such as the model used for the work; where the work was created, exhibited, reproduced, and sold; and critical response. Some of the files also contain correspondence, clippings, exhibition catalogs, announcements, and bills of sale. Tempera paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs are documented in a bound ledger filed at the end of this series. Occasionally files contain other unique documentation. The unusually thick file for "Still Life with Red Bananas," for example, contains printed materials related to a controversy over the 1946 international exhibition of the State Department's collection of modern art, which was cancelled in response to conservative reaction. The collection was sold as "surplus" by the War Assets Administration, and the public outcry that ensued is documented in clippings in this file. In addition to photographs of works of art, photographs in this series include publicity photographs of Edna St. Vincent de Millay standing before the painting "Mario" in her home and other installation views. Original sketches can be found in the files for Lahr's portrait and the paintings "Zuleika," "Absolom's House," "Beach Scene," "Green Apples with Gray Curtain," "Interior," and "Maternity." Miscellanous tracings and watercolor sketches of paintings whose original file folders are not present are filed at the end of this series. Files are arranged alphabetically by the the artwork's title or by a key word in the title, grouping files for clown paintings, girl paintings, pine tree paintings, etc. This arrangement has been preserved, although it is idiosyncratic. Files for individual works have been grouped together in general alphabetical files. Large files are filed and listed individually. Execution dates of artwork for some files are provided in parentheses after the file headings and should not be confused with record dates. Original files are very brittle and have torn edges and missing fragments. Microfilm of the collection made in 1965 may show the file before such damage occurred (reels D242A-D242B). Additional material related to the provenance of Kuhn's artwork is filed in Financial Records and elsewhere in the collection. See individual series descriptions for more details. A record book documenting Vera Kuhn's art jewelry is in Photographs and Scrapbooks. See the Index for a list of selected correspondents from 4.3 General Correspondence with cross-references to this series and 4.4: Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files.
Description	Container
ABS - ACR, 1916-1945	11 1	Select: ABS - ACR, 1916-1945
ACR - APP, 1921-1941 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 2	Select: ACR - APP, 1921-1941 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
APP - ATH, 1927-1964 Oversized material housed in OV 43	11 3	Select: APP - ATH, 1927-1964 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 43
"Athlete in Green" (1946), 1946-1947	11 4	Select: "Athlete in Green" (1946), 1946-1947
ATH - BER, 1919-1953 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 5	Select: ATH - BER, 1919-1953 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
BLA - BLO, 1922-1946 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 6	Select: BLA - BLO, 1922-1946 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
"The Blue Clown" (1931), 1931-1944	11 7	Select: "The Blue Clown" (1931), 1931-1944
"The Blue Clown" (1931), 1946-1953, undated	11 8	Select: "The Blue Clown" (1931), 1946-1953, undated
BOU - CAM, 1918-1949	11 9	Select: BOU - CAM, 1918-1949
CAR - CLO, 1915-1959	11 10	Select: CAR - CLO, 1915-1959
CLO - CLO, 1929-1959	11 11	Select: CLO - CLO, 1929-1959
CLO - DOR, 1915-1938 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 12	Select: CLO - DOR, 1915-1938 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
DOR - EIG, 1925-1937 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 13	Select: DOR - EIG, 1925-1937 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
ELE - FLO, 1918-1940 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 14	Select: ELE - FLO, 1918-1940 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
FLO - GIR, 1921-1946 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 15	Select: FLO - GIR, 1921-1946 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
GIR - GIR, 1920-1942	11 16	Select: GIR - GIR, 1920-1942
GIR - GRE, 1912-1946 Oversized material housed in OV 42	11 17	Select: GIR - GRE, 1912-1946 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
GRE - GUI, 1930-1947	11 18	Select: GRE - GUI, 1930-1947
HAR - HYD, 1915-1938 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 1	Select: HAR - HYD, 1915-1938 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
"Imaginary History" Series, 1918-1923 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 2	Select: "Imaginary History" Series, 1918-1923 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
"Imaginary History" Series, 1918-1921, undated Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 3	Select: "Imaginary History" Series, 1918-1921, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
IND - KAN, 1921-1947 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 4	Select: IND - KAN, 1921-1947 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
Portrait of Burt Lahr (1947), 1947-1952	12 5	Select: Portrait of Burt Lahr (1947), 1947-1952
LAN - MAN, 1918-1945	12 6	Select: LAN - MAN, 1918-1945
MAN - MAN, 1918-1947	12 7	Select: MAN - MAN, 1918-1947
MAR - MOR, 1912-1960	12 8	Select: MAR - MOR, 1912-1960
MOU - PIE, 1926-1946 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 9	Select: MOU - PIE, 1926-1946 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
PIN - PIN, 1918-1946	12 10	Select: PIN - PIN, 1918-1946
PIT - POT, 1919-1945 Oversized material housed in OV 43	12 11	Select: PIT - POT, 1919-1945 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 43
RED - ROS, 1924-1946	12 12	Select: RED - ROS, 1924-1946
ROS - SAN, 1910-1961 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 13	Select: ROS - SAN, 1910-1961 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
SHE - STI, 1922-1948 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 14	Select: SHE - STI, 1922-1948 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
"Still Life with Red Bananas" (1941), 1941-1951, undated Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 15	Select: "Still Life with Red Bananas" (1941), 1941-1951, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
STI - TRE, 1921-1942 Oversized material housed in OV 42	12 16	Select: STI - TRE, 1921-1942 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
TRE-TRI (1937-1939), 1937-1944	13 1	Select: TRE-TRI (1937-1939), 1937-1944
"Trio" (1937), 1937-1941	13 2	Select: "Trio" (1937), 1937-1941
"Trio" (1937), 1941-1951, undated	13 3	Select: "Trio" (1937), 1941-1951, undated
TRU - WHI, 1922-1959 Oversized material housed in OV 42	13 4	Select: TRU - WHI, 1922-1959 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42
WHI - YEL, 1915-1938 Oversized material housed in OV 42 and OV 43	13 5	Select: WHI - YEL, 1915-1938 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 42 and OV 43
"Young Clown" (1932), 1935-1948, undated	13 6	Select: "Young Clown" (1932), 1935-1948, undated
YOU-ZUL (1915, 1925-1939), 1915-1942	13 7	Select: YOU-ZUL (1915, 1925-1939), 1915-1942
Tempera, Watercolor, Etching, Lithograph Records (1915-1938), undated Oversized bound volume housed in Box 32	13 8	Select: Tempera, Watercolor, Etching, Lithograph Records (1915-1938), undated Scope and Contents note Oversized bound volume housed in Box 32
Miscellaneous Tracings of Artwork, undated Oversized material housed in OV 44	13 9	Select: Miscellaneous Tracings of Artwork, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 44
Miscellaneous Watercolor Sketches of Paintings (1933-1942), undated	13 10	Select: Miscellaneous Watercolor Sketches of Paintings (1933-1942), undated
Oversized Tempera, Watercolor, Etching, Lithograph Records (1915-1938), undated Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F8	32	Select: Oversized Tempera, Watercolor, Etching, Lithograph Records (1915-1938), undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F8
Oversized Tracings of Artwork from Provenance Files Box 13, F4-5 Oversized material scanned with Box 11, F2, F5-6, F12-15, F17; Box 12, F1-4, F9, F13-16	OV 42	Select: Oversized Tracings of Artwork from Provenance Files Box 13, F4-5 Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 11, F2, F5-6, F12-15, F17; Box 12, F1-4, F9, F13-16
Oversized Tracings of Artwork from Provenance Files Box 13, F5 Oversized material scanned with Box 11, F3; Box 12, F11	OV 43	Select: Oversized Tracings of Artwork from Provenance Files Box 13, F5 Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 11, F3; Box 12, F11
Oversized Miscellaneous Tracings of Artwork Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F9	OV 44	Select: Oversized Miscellaneous Tracings of Artwork Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F9
4.6: Other Projects, 1869-1897, 1910, 1922-1941 1.6 Linear feet Box 13-14, 33, OV 40-41, 45 Although the bulk of the Walt Kuhn Family Papers are related to Walt Kuhn's artwork and career as a painter, items in this series document Kuhn's other creative projects in theater, motion pictures, and graphic and interior design. In the 1920s, Kuhn designed and staged several vaudeville acts or "satirical ballets," which were performed in New York, Chicago, Atlantic City, and elsewhere. Included in this series are scripts, notebooks, sketches and drawings of costumes and stage sets, receipts, contracts, music, programs, a photograph, and a scrapbook. Notebooks contain sketches and production notes, contact information for theater people, and receipts signed by performers, among other notes. Scrapbooks contain clippings, programs, and one watercolor costume drawing. Other early theatrical writings and photographs can be found in Kit Kat Club and Penguin Club Records, and Kuhn describes his theater experience in detail in Walt Kuhn Letters to Family. In 1939, Kuhn wrote and directed a silent, educational motion picture film called "Walt Kuhn's Adventures in Art - Learning to See." Kuhn gave lectures with the film from 1939 to as late as 1947. Papers related to this project include drafts of scripts, notes, and visual materials used in the film, including intertitles, photographs and a collage. Drafts for another film, apparently never made, are also filed with scripts. Items relating to copyright of these projects are filed with Financial Records. From 1936 until 1943, Kuhn was employed by the Union Pacific (UP) Railroad Company through his connection with Averell Harriman, husband of Marie Harriman and UP's Chairman of the Board. He designed and decorated club cars and lounges for Streamliner trains, designed posters and brochures, and consulted for other projects. Kuhn's historically-themed club cars, "The Frontier Shack" and "The Little Nugget" involved two of his favorite historical themes, the old west and early stage comedians. Kuhn also designed graphics for UP's Sun Valley Lodge in 1937. Documents related to UP include blueprints, sketches, a poster, research notes, source materials, publicity, photographs, correspondence, pamphlets, tickets, sample materials, and notes. Related materials are filed in General Correspondence and Photographs and Scrapbooks. Theater and Motion Picture files are arranged by type of material, and UP files are arranged by project.
Description	Container
Theater		Select: Theater
Scripts by Kuhn, 1923, undated	13 11	Select: Scripts by Kuhn, 1923, undated
Scripts by Others, 1910, 1923-1928, undated 2 Folders	13 12-13	Select: Scripts by Others, 1910, 1923-1928, undated 2 Folders
Music, undated Oversized material housed in Box 33	13 14	Select: Music, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 33
Notebooks and Notes, 1922-1923, undated (includes sketches)	13 15	Select: Notebooks and Notes, 1922-1923, undated Scope and Contents note (includes sketches)
Contracts and Receipts, 1922-1923, 1927-1928	13 16	Select: Contracts and Receipts, 1922-1923, 1927-1928
Photograph, undated Oversized material housed in Box 33	13 17	Select: Photograph, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 33
Programs and Flyer, 1922, 1927, undated	13 18	Select: Programs and Flyer, 1922, 1927, undated
Scrapbook, 1922-1923 Oversized material housed in Box 33	13 19	Select: Scrapbook, 1922-1923 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 33
Items Removed from Scrapbook, 1922-1923	13 20	Select: Items Removed from Scrapbook, 1922-1923
Artwork, 1923, undated Oversized material housed in OV 45	13 21	Select: Artwork, 1923, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 45
List of Theaters in the United States with Seating Capacity Over 1500, undated	13 22	Select: List of Theaters in the United States with Seating Capacity Over 1500, undated
Motion Picture, "Walt Kuhn's Adventures in Art: Learning to See"		Select: Motion Picture, "Walt Kuhn's Adventures in Art: Learning to See"
Scripts, circa 1939	13 23	Select: Scripts, circa 1939
Photographs and Titles Used in Film, circa 1939, undated 4 Folders	13 24-27	Select: Photographs and Titles Used in Film, circa 1939, undated 4 Folders
Photographs and Titles Used in Film (copies), circa 1939, undated	13 28	Select: Photographs and Titles Used in Film (copies), circa 1939, undated
Expenses, 1939	13 29	Select: Expenses, 1939
Printed Materials, 1938-1939	13 30	Select: Printed Materials, 1938-1939
Interior and Graphic Design, Union Pacific Railroad Company		Select: Interior and Graphic Design, Union Pacific Railroad Company
Frontier Shack (1936), 1936, 1938, undated	13 31	Select: Frontier Shack (1936), 1936, 1938, undated
Frontier Shack (1936), undated	13 32	Select: Frontier Shack (1936), undated
Frontier Shack (1936), 1885-1897, undated Oversized material housed in Box 33	13 33	Select: Frontier Shack (1936), 1885-1897, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 33
Frontier Shack (1936), 1937-1941, undated	13 34	Select: Frontier Shack (1936), 1937-1941, undated
Frontier Shack (1936), Copies, undated	13 35	Select: Frontier Shack (1936), Copies, undated
Little Nugget (1937), circa 1937 2 Folders (index cards and lists of comedians of the stage used for photos for Little Nugget)	14 1-2	Select: Little Nugget (1937), circa 1937 2 Folders Scope and Contents note (index cards and lists of comedians of the stage used for photos for Little Nugget)
Little Nugget (1937), undated 3 Folders	14 3-5	Select: Little Nugget (1937), undated 3 Folders
Little Nugget (1937), Copies, undated Oversized material housed in Box 33	14 6	Select: Little Nugget (1937), Copies, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 33
Little Nugget (1937), Blueprints, 1937, undated Oversized material housed in OV 40, OV 41	14 7	Select: Little Nugget (1937), Blueprints, 1937, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 40, OV 41
Little Nugget (1937), 1937-1948	14 8	Select: Little Nugget (1937), 1937-1948
Little Nugget (1937), Photographs, 1937	14 9	Select: Little Nugget (1937), Photographs, 1937
Little Nugget (1937), Photographs, 1948	14 10	Select: Little Nugget (1937), Photographs, 1948
Little Nugget (1937), Photographs, undated	14 11	Select: Little Nugget (1937), Photographs, undated
Little Nugget (1937), Duplicates, undated	14 12	Select: Little Nugget (1937), Duplicates, undated
Copper King (1938), circa 1938 Oversized material housed in OV 40	14 13	Select: Copper King (1938), circa 1938 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 40
Sun Valley Lodge, 1939, undated	14 14	Select: Sun Valley Lodge, 1939, undated
Sun Valley Lodge, Sketches, undated	14 15	Select: Sun Valley Lodge, Sketches, undated
Sun Valley Lodge, 1937	14 16	Select: Sun Valley Lodge, 1937
Sun Valley Lodge, Photographs of Rodeo, undated	14 17	Select: Sun Valley Lodge, Photographs of Rodeo, undated
Sun Valley Lodge, 1937-1938, undated Oversized material housed in OV 45	14 18	Select: Sun Valley Lodge, 1937-1938, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 45
Sun Valley Lodge, Printed Material, undated	14 19	Select: Sun Valley Lodge, Printed Material, undated
Golden Spike Days, 1939	14 20	Select: Golden Spike Days, 1939
Hollywood Club Car, 1941, undated Oversized material housed in Box 33 and OV 41	14 21	Select: Hollywood Club Car, 1941, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 33 and OV 41
Miscellaneous Notes and Writings, undated	14 22	Select: Miscellaneous Notes and Writings, undated
Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1938-1940, undated	14 23	Select: Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1938-1940, undated
Oversized Theater Music Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F14 (Original scores for "Lilies of the Field")	33	Select: Oversized Theater Music Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F14(Original scores for "Lilies of the Field")
Oversized Theater Photograph Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F17	33	Select: Oversized Theater Photograph Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F17
Oversized Theater Scrapbook Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F19	33	Select: Oversized Theater Scrapbook Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F19
Oversized Frontier Shack Material Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F33	33	Select: Oversized Frontier Shack Material Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F33
Oversized Little Nugget Material (copies) Oversized material from Box 14, F1-12	33	Select: Oversized Little Nugget Material (copies) Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 14, F1-12
Oversized Hollywood Club Car Material Oversized material scanned with Box 14, F21	33	Select: Oversized Hollywood Club Car Material Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 14, F21
Oversized Little Nugget Blueprints Oversized material from Box 14, F7	OV 40	Select: Oversized Little Nugget Blueprints Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 14, F7
Oversized Copper King Blueprints Oversized material from Box 14, F13	OV 40	Select: Oversized Copper King Blueprints Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 14, F13
Oversized Little Nugget Blueprints Oversized material from Box 14, F7	OV 41	Select: Oversized Little Nugget Blueprints Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 14, F7
Oversized Hollywood Club Car Material Oversized material scanned with Box 14, F21	OV 41	Select: Oversized Hollywood Club Car Material Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 14, F21
Oversized Theater Artwork Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F21	OV 45	Select: Oversized Theater Artwork Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 13, F21
Oversized Sun Valley Lodge Material Oversized material scanned with Box 14, F16 and F18	OV 45	Select: Oversized Sun Valley Lodge Material Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 14, F16 and F18
4.7: Financial Records, 1920-1961, 1972 1 Linear foot Box 14-15 This series contains records of the Kuhn family's financial assets and transactions. Types of material include account books, correspondence, legal documents, bills, and receipts. Sales of artwork are documented in Accounts of Moneys Received, Accounts of Paintings Sold, and to a lesser extent, Bills and Receipts. Also among the bills and receipts are insurance policies, travel expenses, lithography and publication expenses, and receipts for the shipment, framing, and photography of art works. Documents from the Walt Kuhn estate include a detailed appraisal made late in 1949 after his death, which lists several hundred works of art in his studio and on loan in various museums, among other property. A copy of the appraisal is annotated with notes of sales up to 1955. The file on Copyrights contains correspondence and copyright registration certificates for Kuhn's theater acts, publications and motion picture. Copyright information about Kuhn's translations of 1912 are filed with those publications in Armory Show Records. Information included in tax returns includes payments made to Kuhn's models, who are named as employees. Other files document more personal financial transactions. Notebooks filed under Assets summarize information about savings, mortgages, stocks, bonds, and other property.
Description	Container
Accounts of Moneys Received, 1923-1949 2 Volumes	14 24	Select: Accounts of Moneys Received, 1923-1949 2 Volumes
Account of Painting Sales (1944-1949, 1952-1956), undated	14 25	Select: Account of Painting Sales (1944-1949, 1952-1956), undated
Assets, 1927-1953 5 Volumes	14 26	Select: Assets, 1927-1953 5 Volumes
Bills and Receipts, 1925-1929, undated partially scanned	14 27	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1925-1929, undated Scope and Contents note partially scanned
Bills and Receipts, 1930-1932 partially scanned	14 28	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1930-1932 Scope and Contents note partially scanned
Bills and Receipts, 1933-1936	14 29	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1933-1936
Bills and Receipts, 1937-1939	14 30	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1937-1939
Bills and Receipts, 1940-1941	14 31	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1940-1941
Bills and Receipts, 1941-1942	14 32	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1941-1942
Bills and Receipts, 1943-1944 partially scanned	14 33	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1943-1944 Scope and Contents note partially scanned
Bills and Receipts, 1945-1947 partially scanned	14 34	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1945-1947 Scope and Contents note partially scanned
Bills and Receipts, 1948-1950	14 35	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1948-1950
Bills and Receipts, 1951-1952	14 36	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1951-1952
Bills and Receipts, 1953-1957, undated	14 37	Select: Bills and Receipts, 1953-1957, undated
Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company, 1938, 1942	14 38	Select: Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company, 1938, 1942
Copyrights, 1923, 1938-1942	14 39	Select: Copyrights, 1923, 1938-1942
Estates		Select: Estates
Walt Kuhn, 1949-1955 4 Folders	15 1-4	Select: Walt Kuhn, 1949-1955 4 Folders
Francis Kuhn, 1882-1953 2 Folders	15 5-6	Select: Francis Kuhn, 1882-1953 2 Folders
Francis Kuhn (copies), 1882-1953 5 Folders	15 7-11	Select: Francis Kuhn (copies), 1882-1953 5 Folders
George Spier, 1923-1924	15 12	Select: George Spier, 1923-1924
Last Wills and Testaments of Vera and Walt Kuhn, 1925-1950	15 13	Select: Last Wills and Testaments of Vera and Walt Kuhn, 1925-1950
Lawyer's Mortgage Company Reorganization, 1937-1949 2 Folders	15 14-15	Select: Lawyer's Mortgage Company Reorganization, 1937-1949 2 Folders
Leases, 1928-1961, 1972	15 16	Select: Leases, 1928-1961, 1972
Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1930-1953, undated	15 17	Select: Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1930-1953, undated
Notes of Personal Expenses, 1911, 1937-1949, undated	15 18	Select: Notes of Personal Expenses, 1911, 1937-1949, undated
Savings Account Books, 1928-1960 16 Volumes	15 19-20	Select: Savings Account Books, 1928-1960 16 Volumes
Stocks and Bonds, 1920-1954	15 21	Select: Stocks and Bonds, 1920-1954
Storage, 1936, 1941-1953	15 22	Select: Storage, 1936, 1941-1953
Tax Records, 1936-1958, undated 2 Folders	15 23-24	Select: Tax Records, 1936-1958, undated 2 Folders
Utilities, 1934-1953, undated 8 Folders	15 25-32	Select: Utilities, 1934-1953, undated 8 Folders
4.8: Notes and Writings, 1901-1972 4 Linear feet Box 17-19, 32 This series contains writings by Walt Kuhn, his family, and others, and notes relating to Kuhn's contacts, publications, artwork, and other activities. Types of material include index card files, address books, notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, and photographs. Card Files containing the Kuhns' scrupulous notes about people make up the bulk of this series. The files were kept in three separate alphabetical files with overlapping dates. They contain contact information, anecdotal details about shared meals, cocktail parties, or excursions, and cross-references to correspondence. Attachments such as clippings, correspondence, photographs, exhibition catalogs, and social announcements are common. Photographs and artwork found among the cards have been removed to separate folders, including images of Alan Burroughs, Sadakichi Hartmann, and Patsy Santo, and watercolor drawings by Lewis Barrington and Jean Oberlé. The original arrangement of the card file is idiosyncratic. Notes on Artwork include a list of Kuhn's artwork which sold at the auction of John Quinn's art collection in February 1927; many lists of artwork compiled for exhibition, shipping, and inventory; and detailed descriptions of early artwork written by Kuhn. Walt Kuhn's Notes and Notebooks include travel notes from Europe, the Western United States, and Maine, with a few sketches. Vera Kuhn's travel writings recount family trips to Nova Scotia from 1909 to 1912, and a trip to Europe in 1925. Miscellaneous Personal Notes range from shopping lists and recipes to more significant notes such as those about he disposition of artwork after Kuhn's death. Collection Notes are notes about the family papers written on envelopes. The items once contained by the envelopes were separated from their contents during initial processing and are now filed throughout the Walt Kuhn Family Papers. Other writings include manuscripts and visual materials from lectures given by Kuhn and Alfred Barr in 1934 about modern art collecting. Two articles about Kuhn published in Collier's in the 1940s are also filed here, along with related correspondence including letters from actress Dorothy Stickney, writer H.L.Mencken, and a number of Kuhn's former models. Photographs taken for the Collier's articles are filed with Photographs and Scrapbooks. Miscellaneous Writings by Walt Kuhn include an autobiographical essay and writings on modern art and artists. Kuhn's writings from the period of his final illness and hospitalization are also filed here. Writings about Kuhn include manuscripts by Alan Burroughs, Jeanne Robert Foster, Blanche Matthias, and Frank E. Washburn Freund. Also included are typewritten copies of published essays about Kuhn's work. Additional writings by Walt Kuhn are in Armory Show Records, Kit Kat Club and Penguin Club Records, and Other Projects. Significant writing about his artwork and techniques can also be found in his outgoing correspondence.
Description	Container
Contacts		Select: Contacts
Card File 1, A-V;, circa 1928-1948 (4 file boxes)	16 1-4	Select: Card File 1, A-V;, circa 1928-1948 (4 file boxes)
Card File 1, W-Z;, circa 1928-1948 (1 file box)	17 1	Select: Card File 1, W-Z;, circa 1928-1948 (1 file box)
Card File 2, A-R;, circa 1928-1948 (3 file boxes)	17 2-4	Select: Card File 2, A-R;, circa 1928-1948 (3 file boxes)
Card File 2, S-Z;, circa 1928-1948 (1 file box)	18 1	Select: Card File 2, S-Z;, circa 1928-1948 (1 file box)
Card File 3, A-Z;, circa 1928-1948 (3 file boxes)	18 2-4	Select: Card File 3, A-Z;, circa 1928-1948 (3 file boxes)
Items Removed from Card File 1, 1930-1947	19 1	Select: Items Removed from Card File 1, 1930-1947
Items Removed from Card File 2, undated	19 2	Select: Items Removed from Card File 2, undated
Items Removed from Card File 3, 1934-1947	19 3	Select: Items Removed from Card File 3, 1934-1947
Address Books, 1943-1956, undated 2 Volumes	19 4	Select: Address Books, 1943-1956, undated 2 Volumes
Address Books, 1930-1952, undated 5 Volumes partially scanned	19 5	Select: Address Books, 1930-1952, undated 5 Volumes Scope and Contents note partially scanned
Mailing Lists, 1931-1963, undated 2 Folders	19 6-7	Select: Mailing Lists, 1931-1963, undated 2 Folders
Model Contacts and Contracts, undated	19 8	Select: Model Contacts and Contracts, undated
Miscellaneous Contact Information, 1937-1941, undated	19 9	Select: Miscellaneous Contact Information, 1937-1941, undated
Artwork Lists and Notes, Quinn Sale;, 1927	19 10	Select: Artwork Lists and Notes, Quinn Sale;, 1927
Artwork Lists and Notes, 1936-1965, undated 2 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	19 11-12	Select: Artwork Lists and Notes, 1936-1965, undated 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
Artwork Descriptions, undated Oversized material housed in Box 32	19 13	Select: Artwork Descriptions, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 32
"Story of the Armory Show" Notes, 1938-1939, undated	19 14	Select: "Story of the Armory Show" Notes, 1938-1939, undated
50 Paintings Notes, 1941	19 15	Select: 50 Paintings Notes, 1941
Walt Kuhn Notes and Notebooks, 1936, undated	19 16	Select: Walt Kuhn Notes and Notebooks, 1936, undated
Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1909	19 17	Select: Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1909
Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1910	19 18	Select: Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1910
Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1912	19 19	Select: Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1912
Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1925	19 20	Select: Vera Kuhn's Travel Writings, 1925
Brenda Kuhn's Travel Notebooks, 1935-1936	19 21	Select: Brenda Kuhn's Travel Notebooks, 1935-1936
Miscellaneous Personal Notes, 1931-1959 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	19 22-24	Select: Miscellaneous Personal Notes, 1931-1959 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
Collection Notes, 1920-1972, undated 5 Folders	19 25-29	Select: Collection Notes, 1920-1972, undated 5 Folders
Contents of Safe Deposit Box, undated	19 30	Select: Contents of Safe Deposit Box, undated
Lectures by Walt Kuhn and Alfred Barr, 1934	19 31	Select: Lectures by Walt Kuhn and Alfred Barr, 1934
Visual Materials for Lecture, undated	19 32	Select: Visual Materials for Lecture, undated
Collier's Articles by and about Walt Kuhn, 1943, 1948, undated	19 33	Select: Collier's Articles by and about Walt Kuhn, 1943, 1948, undated
Miscellaneous Writings by Walt Kuhn, 1927-1948, undated	19 34	Select: Miscellaneous Writings by Walt Kuhn, 1927-1948, undated
Miscellaneous Writings about Walt Kuhn, 1922-1965, undated	19 35	Select: Miscellaneous Writings about Walt Kuhn, 1922-1965, undated
Miscellaneous Other Writings, 1935, 1938, undated	19 36	Select: Miscellaneous Other Writings, 1935, 1938, undated
Quotations and Statements about Art, undated	19 37	Select: Quotations and Statements about Art, undated
Oversized Artwork Lists and Notes Oversized material scanned with Box 19, F12	32	Select: Oversized Artwork Lists and Notes Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 19, F12
Oversized Artwork Descriptions Oversized material scanned with Box 19, F13	32	Select: Oversized Artwork Descriptions Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 19, F13
Oversized Miscellanous Personal Notes Oversized material scanned with Box 19, F22 and F23	32	Select: Oversized Miscellanous Personal Notes Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 19, F22 and F23
4.9: Printed Materials, 1908-1987 3.9 Linear feet Box 20-23, 34, OV 40, 46-47 This series contains books, pamphlets, clippings, magazines, exhibition catalogs, invitations, announcements, art reproductions, programs, postcards, blueprints, and other printed ephemera gathered by Walt Kuhn and his family throughout their lives. Copies of published works by Walt Kuhn are filed here, as well as publications by friends and associates, including inscribed copies of works by Constantin Brancusi, Edwin Bjorkman, Frank Crowninshield, and Alice Garrett. Exhibition Catalogs are found for Kuhn and other artists. Catalogs are occasionally annotated with reactions to artwork or other notes. For Kuhn catalogs marked with prices and/or buyers, see 4.4: S elected Gallery and Exhibition Files. For catalogs of the Armory Show, see Armory Show Records. Clippings document Kuhn artwork and exhibitions, art institutions, art trends, collectors, other artists, Kuhn's other projects with the Union Pacific and theater, published life events of people known to the Kuhn's, articles written by friends, Walt Kuhn obituaries, and other miscellany. A significant portion of the clippings filed here are duplicated in other series. Many of the periodicals in this series contain reproductions of Kuhn's artwork. Promotional Ephemera for Kuhn's publications, lectures, and other appearances are also filed here, along with circus programs and posters, and mailings on a range of subjects. Other printed materials are scattered throughout the collection. See individual series descriptions for details.
Description	Container
By Walt Kuhn		Select: By Walt Kuhn
Magazine Articles, 1947-1948 Oversized material housed in Box 34	20 1	Select: Magazine Articles, 1947-1948 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 34
A Little Bird Told Me, 1908	20 2	Select: A Little Bird Told Me, 1908
Fifty Paintings by Walt Kuhn (with Paul Bird), 1940	20 3	Select: Fifty Paintings by Walt Kuhn (with Paul Bird), 1940
"The Story of the Armory Show,", 1938	20 4	Select: "The Story of the Armory Show,", 1938
By Others, Bjorkman-Fraenkel, 1925-1937, undated	20 5	Select: By Others, Bjorkman-Fraenkel, 1925-1937, undated
By Others, Garrett-Oldfield, 1932, 1935-1936	20 6	Select: By Others, Garrett-Oldfield, 1932, 1935-1936
By Others, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933	20 7	Select: By Others, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933
Blueprints of the Mrs. C.C. Rumsey Residence, 1926-1927 Oversized material housed in OV 40	20 8	Select: Blueprints of the Mrs. C.C. Rumsey Residence, 1926-1927 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 40
Clippings, 1913-1940 33 Folders oversized material housed in OV 46	20 9-41	Select: Clippings, 1913-1940 33 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in OV 46
Clippings, 1941-1966, 1986-1987, undated 30 Folders	21 1-30	Select: Clippings, 1941-1966, 1986-1987, undated 30 Folders
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1922-1923	21 31	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1922-1923
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1927-1929	21 32	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1927-1929
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1930 2 Folders	21 33-34	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1930 2 Folders
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1930-1931	21 35	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1930-1931
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1932	21 36	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1932
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1933-1934	21 37	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1933-1934
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1934	21 38	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1934
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1935-1936	21 39	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1935-1936
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1936-1937	21 40	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1936-1937
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1938-1944	21 41	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1938-1944
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1944	22 1	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1944
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1945-1946	22 2	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1945-1946
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1947	22 3	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1947
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1948	22 4	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1948
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1949-1952	22 5	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1949-1952
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1953-1959	22 6	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1953-1959
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1960-1969, 1987	22 7	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, 1960-1969, 1987
Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, undated 2 Folders	22 8-9	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, Invitations, and Announcements, undated 2 Folders
Other Exhibition Ephemera, 1941-1964, undated Oversized material housed in OV 46	22 10	Select: Other Exhibition Ephemera, 1941-1964, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 46
Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins with Reproductions or Criticism of Kuhn Artwork		Select: Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins with Reproductions or Criticism of Kuhn Artwork
General, A-B, 1937-1953	22 11	Select: General, A-B, 1937-1953
Art Digest, 1929-1948	22 12	Select: Art Digest, 1929-1948
Art News, 1944	22 13	Select: Art News, 1944
General, C-I, 1927-1951	22 14	Select: General, C-I, 1927-1951
Rainbow, 1920	22 15	Select: Rainbow, 1920
General, L-T, 1929-1948	22 16	Select: General, L-T, 1929-1948
Time, 1953, 1962	22 17	Select: Time, 1953, 1962
Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins, A-C, 1933-1956 Oversized material housed in Box 34	22 18	Select: Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins, A-C, 1933-1956 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 34
Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins, F-M, 1935-1962	22 19	Select: Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins, F-M, 1935-1962
Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins, P-W, 1931-1951	22 20	Select: Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins, P-W, 1931-1951
Other Reproductions of Kuhn Artwork, 1931-1964, undated Oversized material housed in Box 34	22 21	Select: Other Reproductions of Kuhn Artwork, 1931-1964, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 34
Miscellaneous Art Reproductions, 1947, undated	22 22	Select: Miscellaneous Art Reproductions, 1947, undated
Professional Organizations, 1948, undated	22 23	Select: Professional Organizations, 1948, undated
Promotional Ephemera		Select: Promotional Ephemera
Walt Kuhn, 1928-1945, undated	22 24	Select: Walt Kuhn, 1928-1945, undated
Circus Programs, 1937-1948 3 Folders	22 25-27	Select: Circus Programs, 1937-1948 3 Folders
Circus Posters, undated Oversized material housed in OV 47	22 28	Select: Circus Posters, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 47
Other Subjects, 1925-1968, undated 5 Folders	23 1-5	Select: Other Subjects, 1925-1968, undated 5 Folders
Postcards, undated 2 Folders	23 6-7	Select: Postcards, undated 2 Folders
Sheet Music, 1888-1928, 1939-1940, undated 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 34	23 8-10	Select: Sheet Music, 1888-1928, 1939-1940, undated 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 34
Social Invitations and Announcements, 1929-1951, undated	23 11	Select: Social Invitations and Announcements, 1929-1951, undated
Oversized Magazine Article by Walt Kuhn Oversized material scanned with Box 20, F1	34	Select: Oversized Magazine Article by Walt Kuhn Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 20, F1
Oversized Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins Oversized material from Boxes 22, F18-20	34	Select: Oversized Other Magazines, Newsletters, and Bulletins Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Boxes 22, F18-20
Oversized Other Reproductions of Kuhn Artwork Oversized material from Box 22, F21	34	Select: Oversized Other Reproductions of Kuhn Artwork Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 22, F21
Oversized Sheet Music Oversized material from Box 23, F8	34	Select: Oversized Sheet Music Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 23, F8
Oversized Blueprints of the Mrs. C.C. Rumsey Residence Oversized material from Box 20, F8	OV 40	Select: Oversized Blueprints of the Mrs. C.C. Rumsey Residence Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 20, F8
Oversized Clippings Oversized material from Box 21 and Box 22	OV 46	Select: Oversized Clippings Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 21 and Box 22
Oversized Exhibition Ephemera Oversized material from Box 22, F10	OV 46)	Select: Oversized Exhibition Ephemera Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 22, F10
Oversized Circus Posters Oversized material from Box 22, F28	OV 47	Select: Oversized Circus Posters Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 22, F28
4.10: Artwork, 1906-1952 1.2 Linear feet Box 23, 32, OV 48-54 This series contains original drawings, sketches, and prints created by Walt Kuhn. See also Series 4.11: Photographs and Scrapbooks, for addtional artwork in scrapbooks. Cartoons include bird cartoons published in Life and in the book A Little Bird Told Me (1908, see Printed Materials), personal cartoons by Vera and Walt Kuhn depicting themselves, and one sketch of the Kuhns attributed to the cartoonist Oscar Edward Cesare. Two sketchbooks from Kuhn's trips to the Western United States are found, as well as Kuhn family Christmas cards, with Walt Kuhn's linotype prints of western scenes. Kuhn's ongoing interest in the circus is seen in his notes, sketches, and ink drawings of clown acts from 1941, accompanied by a short essay by Kuhn entitled "Plan to Revitalize the Clown and Fun Problem of the Circus." Folders containing miscellaneous artwork include rough sketches and designs, as well as finished drawings and cartoons, mostly undated. Illustrated letters, sketches, and cartoons are scattered throughout the collection. See individual series descriptions for more details. Copies of artwork in this series are marked as such and filed alongside originals. Reproductions of additional artwork are filed in Provenance Files and Photographs and Scrapbooks.
Description	Container
Original Drawings for Life, circa 1906-1912, undated partially scanned oversized material housed in OV 48-54	23 12	Select: Original Drawings for Life, circa 1906-1912, undated Scope and Contents note partially scannedoversized material housed in OV 48-54
Personal Cartoons, 1909-1910	23 13	Select: Personal Cartoons, 1909-1910
Sketchbooks from Trips to the Western U.S., 1928, 1936	23 14	Select: Sketchbooks from Trips to the Western U.S., 1928, 1936
Walt Kuhn Christmas Cards		Select: Walt Kuhn Christmas Cards
Original Drawings, 1938, 1947, undated	23 15	Select: Original Drawings, 1938, 1947, undated
Hand-Colored and 2-color Prints, 1931-1955, undated	23 16	Select: Hand-Colored and 2-color Prints, 1931-1955, undated
Duplicates, 1933-1952, undated	23 17	Select: Duplicates, 1933-1952, undated
Clown Act Sketches, Notes, and Watercolor Drawings, circa 1941 4 Folders	23 18-21	Select: Clown Act Sketches, Notes, and Watercolor Drawings, circa 1941 4 Folders
Miscellaneous Original Sketches, Drawings, and Cartoons, 1929-1947, undated 2 Folders oversized material housed in Box 32	23 22-23	Select: Miscellaneous Original Sketches, Drawings, and Cartoons, 1929-1947, undated 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 32
Miscellaneous Original Sketches, Drawings, and Cartoons, Copy, undated	23 24	Select: Miscellaneous Original Sketches, Drawings, and Cartoons, Copy, undated
Prints, 1928, undated Oversized material housed in Box 32	23 25	Select: Prints, 1928, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 32
The Hunt (Paper Toy Figures), circa 1920	23 26	Select: The Hunt (Paper Toy Figures), circa 1920
Costume Crest by Walt Kuhn, undated	23 27	Select: Costume Crest by Walt Kuhn, undated
Reproductions of Early Cartoons by Walt Kuhn, 1906, 1937, undated	23 28	Select: Reproductions of Early Cartoons by Walt Kuhn, 1906, 1937, undated
Artwork by Others		Select: Artwork by Others
17th Century German Engraving, undated	23 29	Select: 17th Century German Engraving, undated
Heirich von Zügel Sketch, undated	23 30	Select: Heirich von Zügel Sketch, undated
Jules Pascin Portrait of Walt Kuhn (reproduction of 1916 drawing), 1940	23 31	Select: Jules Pascin Portrait of Walt Kuhn (reproduction of 1916 drawing), 1940
Patsy Santo Painting and Tracings, 1940, undated	23 32	Select: Patsy Santo Painting and Tracings, 1940, undated
Brenda Kuhn Painting, 1922	23 33	Select: Brenda Kuhn Painting, 1922
Brenda Kuhn Scrapbook, 1934-1935 (includes one sketch by Walt Kuhn)	23 34	Select: Brenda Kuhn Scrapbook, 1934-1935 Scope and Contents note (includes one sketch by Walt Kuhn)
Oversized Miscellaneous Sketch Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F22	32	Select: Oversized Miscellaneous Sketch Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F22
Oversized Prints Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F25	32	Select: Oversized Prints Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F25
Oversized Original Drawings for Life Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F12	OV 48-54	Select: Oversized Original Drawings for Life Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F12
4.11: Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1859-1978 3.5 Linear feet Box 23-26, OV 55 This series contains individual photographs, notes, photograph albums, and scrapbooks of photographs and other materials, which depict Walt Kuhn, his family, friends and colleagues, homes and studios, art school, travel in the U.S. and Europe, works of art, and other miscellany. Among the persons pictured are Walt, Vera, and Brenda Kuhn, LaSalle Spier, John Quinn, Frederick James Gregg, George Overbury "Pop" Hart, Gus Mager, William and Edith Glackens and family, Pablo Picasso, Cecil Howard, Jo Davidson, W. Averell and Marie Harriman, Gary Cooper, Otis Oldfield, Lily Cushing Emmet, Patsy Santo, and many of Kuhn's models. Also included are portraits of Kuhn by Frederic D. Pangborn and Edward Weston. Scrapbooks (Volumes 5, 6, and 7) contain photographs, illustrated letters by Walt and Vera Kuhn, postcards to Vera's parents, real photo postcards, reproductions of early artwork of Walt Kuhn, and other ephemera. Illustrations depict Kit Kat Balls, the 23rd St. studio, and Fort Lee, NJ among other subjects. Many of the people and places depicted in albums and scrapbooks are also depicted in individual photographs, which are arranged within broad subject headings. Selected subjects are noted in the inventory list, below. Additional photographs are scattered throughout the collection. Additional scrapbooks can be found among Armory Show Records, Kit Kat Club and Penguin Club Records, and Other Projects. Additional illustrated letters are found in Armory Show Records, Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, and Artwork. Refer to individual series descriptions for more details.
Description	Container
Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks		Select: Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks
Volume 1: Illustrated Photograph Album, 1896-1901 Oversized material housed in Box 35 (Brooklyn NY bicycle shop; homes; Paris art school)	23 35	Select: Volume 1: Illustrated Photograph Album, 1896-1901 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35(Brooklyn NY bicycle shop; homes; Paris art school)
Volume 1: Illustrated Photograph Album, Duplicate, circa 1901	23 36	Select: Volume 1: Illustrated Photograph Album, Duplicate, circa 1901
Volume 2: Photograph Album, 1899-1900 (California and Southwest)	23 37	Select: Volume 2: Photograph Album, 1899-1900 Scope and Contents note (California and Southwest)
Volume 2: Photograph Album, Duplicate Prints from Glass Negatives, 1899-1900	23 38	Select: Volume 2: Photograph Album, Duplicate Prints from Glass Negatives, 1899-1900
Volume 2: Photograph Album, Original Glass Negatives, Copy Prints/Negatives, 1899-1900 2 Folders	23 39-40	Select: Volume 2: Photograph Album, Original Glass Negatives, Copy Prints/Negatives, 1899-1900 2 Folders
Loose Item from Volume 2, circa 1899-1900	23 41	Select: Loose Item from Volume 2, circa 1899-1900
Volume 3: Photograph Album; Germany, circa 1901-1904 (Royal Academy in Munich, Wörth, Germany; Heinrich von Zügel; includes sketches)	23 42	Select: Volume 3: Photograph Album; Germany, circa 1901-1904 Scope and Contents note (Royal Academy in Munich, Wörth, Germany; Heinrich von Zügel; includes sketches)
Volume 3: Photograph Album; Germany, Duplicates, Negatives, and Copy Prints, circa 1901-1903, undated 2 Folders	23 43-44	Select: Volume 3: Photograph Album; Germany, Duplicates, Negatives, and Copy Prints, circa 1901-1903, undated 2 Folders
Loose Items from Volume 3, 1901-1902, undated (includes masquerade ball in Munich)	23 45	Select: Loose Items from Volume 3, 1901-1902, undated Scope and Contents note (includes masquerade ball in Munich)
Volume 4: Photograph Album, 1904-1907, undated (Vera Spier and Friends)	24 1	Select: Volume 4: Photograph Album, 1904-1907, undated Scope and Contents note (Vera Spier and Friends)
Volume 5: Scrapbook, 1909-1912, undated partially scanned due to condition (Walt and Vera Kuhn and friends; Fort Lee, NJ and 23rd St. studio; Kit Kat Balls; Blandford, Nova Scotia; photographs, drawings and illustrated letters to parents)	24 2	Select: Volume 5: Scrapbook, 1909-1912, undated Scope and Contents note partially scanned due to condition(Walt and Vera Kuhn and friends; Fort Lee, NJ and 23rd St. studio; Kit Kat Balls; Blandford, Nova Scotia; photographs, drawings and illustrated letters to parents)
Volume 5: Scrapbook, Copy Prints, 1909-1912, undated	24 3	Select: Volume 5: Scrapbook, Copy Prints, 1909-1912, undated
Loose Items from Volume 5, circa 1901-1937, undated (Royal Academy in Munich; New York School of Art class; Hackensack, NJ crowd; John Quinn; Vera Kuhn in costume; Kit Kat Ball drawing, original cartoons)	24 4	Select: Loose Items from Volume 5, circa 1901-1937, undated Scope and Contents note (Royal Academy in Munich; New York School of Art class; Hackensack, NJ crowd; John Quinn; Vera Kuhn in costume; Kit Kat Ball drawing, original cartoons)
Volume 6: Scrapbook, 1909-1910, undated (23rd St. studio; photographs, drawings, and illustrated postcards)	24 5	Select: Volume 6: Scrapbook, 1909-1910, undated Scope and Contents note (23rd St. studio; photographs, drawings, and illustrated postcards)
Volume 6: Scrapbook, Copy Prints and Duplicates, undated	24 6	Select: Volume 6: Scrapbook, Copy Prints and Duplicates, undated
Loose Items from Volume 6, 1909	24 7	Select: Loose Items from Volume 6, 1909
Volume 7: Scrapbook; Nova Scotia, 1909-1910 Oversized material housed in Box 35 (Kuhns' and Glackens' in Nova Scotia, photographs, postcards, ephemera, drawings)	24 8	Select: Volume 7: Scrapbook; Nova Scotia, 1909-1910 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35(Kuhns' and Glackens' in Nova Scotia, photographs, postcards, ephemera, drawings)
Volume 7: Scrapbook; Nova Scotia, Copy Prints, undated	24 9	Select: Volume 7: Scrapbook; Nova Scotia, Copy Prints, undated
Volume 8: Photograph Album; Nova Scotia, 1912 Oversized material housed in Box 35	24 10	Select: Volume 8: Photograph Album; Nova Scotia, 1912 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Volume 8: Photograph Album; Nova Scotia, Duplicates, 1912	24 11	Select: Volume 8: Photograph Album; Nova Scotia, Duplicates, 1912
Volume 9: Photograph Album, 1911-1923 (Brenda Kuhn baby book; Ogunquit, ME; Fort Lee, NJ; Adirondaks)	24 12	Select: Volume 9: Photograph Album, 1911-1923 Scope and Contents note (Brenda Kuhn baby book; Ogunquit, ME; Fort Lee, NJ; Adirondaks)
Volume 9: Photograph Album, Duplicate Prints and Copies, 1912-1920, undated 2 Folders	24 13-14	Select: Volume 9: Photograph Album, Duplicate Prints and Copies, 1912-1920, undated 2 Folders
Loose Items from Volume 9, 1913-1923, undated	24 15	Select: Loose Items from Volume 9, 1913-1923, undated
Volume 10: Photograph Album, circa 1911-1916 (Brenda Kuhn, Waldo Schmitt)	24 16	Select: Volume 10: Photograph Album, circa 1911-1916 Scope and Contents note (Brenda Kuhn, Waldo Schmitt)
Volume 11: Photograph Album; Summers, 1924-1935 not scanned due to format of album (Kuhn family summer homes and studios)	24 17	Select: Volume 11: Photograph Album; Summers, 1924-1935 Scope and Contents note not scanned due to format of album(Kuhn family summer homes and studios)
Volume 11: Photograph Album; Summers, Duplicates and Copy Prints, 1927-1933, undated 2 Folders	24 18-19	Select: Volume 11: Photograph Album; Summers, Duplicates and Copy Prints, 1927-1933, undated 2 Folders
Volume 12: Photograph Album, 1928 (Prescott, AZ buildings; Walt Kuhn in Prescott; NYC buildings and parks)	24 20	Select: Volume 12: Photograph Album, 1928 Scope and Contents note (Prescott, AZ buildings; Walt Kuhn in Prescott; NYC buildings and parks)
Volume 13: Dismantled Photograph Album, 1931-1933 (Trips to Europe)	24 21	Select: Volume 13: Dismantled Photograph Album, 1931-1933 Scope and Contents note (Trips to Europe)
Volume 13: Dismantled Photograph Album, Duplicates and Copy Prints, 1931, undated 2 Folders	24 22-23	Select: Volume 13: Dismantled Photograph Album, Duplicates and Copy Prints, 1931, undated 2 Folders
Volume 14: Photograph Album; Central City, CO, 1936	24 24	Select: Volume 14: Photograph Album; Central City, CO, 1936
Volume 15: Photograph Album, undated (unidentified woman traveling in the Southwest circa 1910s)	24 25	Select: Volume 15: Photograph Album, undated Scope and Contents note (unidentified woman traveling in the Southwest circa 1910s)
Volume 16: Dismantled Scrapbook of Eloise Spaeth, 1944-1946, undated (copy prints, Walt Kuhn biographical)	24 26	Select: Volume 16: Dismantled Scrapbook of Eloise Spaeth, 1944-1946, undated Scope and Contents note (copy prints, Walt Kuhn biographical)
Walt Kuhn (alone)		Select: Walt Kuhn (alone)
Portrait by Frederic D. Pangborn, circa 1904-1905, 1962 Oversized material housed in Box 35	24 27	Select: Portrait by Frederic D. Pangborn, circa 1904-1905, 1962 Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Portrait by Frederic D. Pangborn, Copy Prints, undated	24 28	Select: Portrait by Frederic D. Pangborn, Copy Prints, undated
Portrait by Robert Waida, undated	24 29	Select: Portrait by Robert Waida, undated
Portrait by Robert Waida, Duplicates, undated	24 30	Select: Portrait by Robert Waida, Duplicates, undated
Portrait by Edward Weston, undated	24 31	Select: Portrait by Edward Weston, undated
Portrait by Edward Weston, Copy Prints, undated	24 32	Select: Portrait by Edward Weston, Copy Prints, undated
Early Walt Kuhn Photographs, 1882-1911, undated Oversized material housed in Box 35	24 33	Select: Early Walt Kuhn Photographs, 1882-1911, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Early Walt Kuhn Photographs, Copy Prints, undated	24 34	Select: Early Walt Kuhn Photographs, Copy Prints, undated
Later Walt Kuhn Photographs, circa 1927, 1948, undated Oversized material housed in Box 35	24 35	Select: Later Walt Kuhn Photographs, circa 1927, 1948, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Later Walt Kuhn Photographs, Negative and Duplicate, 1948, undated	24 36	Select: Later Walt Kuhn Photographs, Negative and Duplicate, 1948, undated
Family (see also Albums, Homes and Studios, Travel)		Select: Family (see also Albums, Homes and Studios, Travel)
Kuhn Family Photographs, circa 1865-1899, undated	24 37	Select: Kuhn Family Photographs, circa 1865-1899, undated
Kuhn Family Photographs, Copy Prints, undated	24 38	Select: Kuhn Family Photographs, Copy Prints, undated
Spier Family Photographs, 1868, 1881, undated	24 39	Select: Spier Family Photographs, 1868, 1881, undated
Spier Family Photographs, 1889, 1897, undated	24 40	Select: Spier Family Photographs, 1889, 1897, undated
Vier Spier (later Kuhn), 1901-1904, undated	24 41	Select: Vier Spier (later Kuhn), 1901-1904, undated
Vier Spier (later Kuhn), Copy, undated	24 42	Select: Vier Spier (later Kuhn), Copy, undated
Vera Spier and Friends, 1898-1908, undated	24 43	Select: Vera Spier and Friends, 1898-1908, undated
LaSalle Spier (Vera Kuhn's brother) and Friends, 1909-1936, undated	24 44	Select: LaSalle Spier (Vera Kuhn's brother) and Friends, 1909-1936, undated
Brenda Kuhn, 1935-1949, undated	24 45	Select: Brenda Kuhn, 1935-1949, undated
Brenda Kuhn, Duplicate, undated	24 46	Select: Brenda Kuhn, Duplicate, undated
Brenda at Summer Camp, 1930	24 47	Select: Brenda at Summer Camp, 1930
Friends of Brenda Kuhn, 1927-1936 (Nanette Tarbox Beals)	24 48	Select: Friends of Brenda Kuhn, 1927-1936 Scope and Contents note (Nanette Tarbox Beals)
Vera and Brenda Kuhn, 1940, 1951	24 49	Select: Vera and Brenda Kuhn, 1940, 1951
Other Family, 1938-1948, undated	24 50	Select: Other Family, 1938-1948, undated
Friends and Colleagues (see also Albums, Travel, and Homes and Studios)		Select: Friends and Colleagues (see also Albums, Travel, and Homes and Studios)
Adler Family, Sonoma, CA, 1899-1901, 1921, undated	25 1	Select: Adler Family, Sonoma, CA, 1899-1901, 1921, undated
Walt Kuhn, Rudy and Helen Dirks, et al, 1900	25 2	Select: Walt Kuhn, Rudy and Helen Dirks, et al, 1900
Walt Kuhn, John Quinn, et al at Wawbeek, NY, 1913	25 3	Select: Walt Kuhn, John Quinn, et al at Wawbeek, NY, 1913
Walt Kuhn, John Quinn, et al at Wawbeek, NY, Copy Negatives and Prints, undated	25 4	Select: Walt Kuhn, John Quinn, et al at Wawbeek, NY, Copy Negatives and Prints, undated
Walter Pach Portrait, undated Oversized material housed in Box 35	25 5	Select: Walter Pach Portrait, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Walter Pach Portrait, Copy Prints, undated	25 6	Select: Walter Pach Portrait, Copy Prints, undated
George Overbury "Pop" Hart, circa 1915, 1926, undated (with Walt Kuhn, Gus Mager in Fort Lee, NJ; Coyesville, NJ; Mexico)	25 7	Select: George Overbury "Pop" Hart, circa 1915, 1926, undated Scope and Contents note (with Walt Kuhn, Gus Mager in Fort Lee, NJ; Coyesville, NJ; Mexico)
George Overbury "Pop" Hart, Copy Negatives and Copy Prints, undated	25 8	Select: George Overbury "Pop" Hart, Copy Negatives and Copy Prints, undated
Lenna and Ira Glackens, 1925, 1939, 1940	25 9	Select: Lenna and Ira Glackens, 1925, 1939, 1940
Otis Oldfield, George Fitzgerald, et al, 1931	25 10	Select: Otis Oldfield, George Fitzgerald, et al, 1931
Lily Cushing Emmet and Family, 1939, undated	25 11	Select: Lily Cushing Emmet and Family, 1939, undated
Alice Wadsworth and Walt Kuhn at Goodyear Home, 1940	25 12	Select: Alice Wadsworth and Walt Kuhn at Goodyear Home, 1940
O. A. Renne, 1940s	25 13	Select: O. A. Renne, 1940s
Walt Kuhn with Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman, et al, circa 1947	25 14	Select: Walt Kuhn with Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman, et al, circa 1947
Walt Kuhn with Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman, et al, Duplicate, circa 1947	25 15	Select: Walt Kuhn with Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman, et al, Duplicate, circa 1947
Walt Kuhn and Frank Cullen, Stuart, FL, 1947, undated	25 16	Select: Walt Kuhn and Frank Cullen, Stuart, FL, 1947, undated
Walt Kuhn and Frank Cullen, Stuart, FL, Copies, 1947, undated	25 17	Select: Walt Kuhn and Frank Cullen, Stuart, FL, Copies, 1947, undated
Walt Kuhn with Neighbors, NYC, 1947	25 18	Select: Walt Kuhn with Neighbors, NYC, 1947
Bert and Olive Taylor and Family, undated	25 19	Select: Bert and Olive Taylor and Family, undated
Julie Millicent Ingersoll, 1948-1952, undated	25 20	Select: Julie Millicent Ingersoll, 1948-1952, undated
Julie Millicent Ingersoll, Duplicates, 1951, undated	25 21	Select: Julie Millicent Ingersoll, Duplicates, 1951, undated
Others, 1930-1947, undated	25 22	Select: Others, 1930-1947, undated
Homes and Studios (see also Albums)		Select: Homes and Studios (see also Albums)
23rd Street Studio, NYC, 1909	25 23	Select: 23rd Street Studio, NYC, 1909
Fort Lee, NJ, circa 1915-1918, 1935, 1964	25 24	Select: Fort Lee, NJ, circa 1915-1918, 1935, 1964
Fort Lee, NJ, Duplicates and Copy Prints, undated	25 25	Select: Fort Lee, NJ, Duplicates and Copy Prints, undated
Maine (Ogunquit and Cape Neddick homes, towns, Kuhn family)		Select: Maine Scope and Contents note (Ogunquit and Cape Neddick homes, towns, Kuhn family)
Maine, 1926-1927	25 26	Select: Maine, 1926-1927
Maine, 1944-1946	25 27	Select: Maine, 1944-1946
Maine, 1948	25 28	Select: Maine, 1948
Maine, 1950-1951	25 29	Select: Maine, 1950-1951
Maine, 1960-1972	25 30	Select: Maine, 1960-1972
Maine, Duplicates, 1944	25 31	Select: Maine, Duplicates, 1944
14th Street Studios and Penguin Club, 1930 (exterior views)	25 32	Select: 14th Street Studios and Penguin Club, 1930 Scope and Contents note (exterior views)
18th Street Studio, NYC, 1929, 1940-1948 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 35 (Walt Kuhn with models, including Helen Miller, George Fitzgerald, Ruth Johnston; 2 photo shoots for Collier's Magazine, including color transparencies and contact sheets; William Ward photographs of Walt Kuhn)	25 33-35	Select: 18th Street Studio, NYC, 1929, 1940-1948 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 35(Walt Kuhn with models, including Helen Miller, George Fitzgerald, Ruth Johnston; 2 photo shoots for Collier's Magazine, including color transparencies and contact sheets; William Ward photographs of Walt Kuhn)
18th Street Studio, NYC, Copy Negatives and Prints, Duplicates, 1940, 1978, undated 4 Folders	25 36-39	Select: 18th Street Studio, NYC, Copy Negatives and Prints, Duplicates, 1940, 1978, undated 4 Folders
Hotel Albert Apartment, NYC, 1941-1949, undated	25 40	Select: Hotel Albert Apartment, NYC, 1941-1949, undated
Hotel Albert Apartment, NYC, Duplicates, 1949	25 41	Select: Hotel Albert Apartment, NYC, Duplicates, 1949
Summer Studio at Lake Buel, Great Barrington, MA, 1941-1942 3 Folders (Walt Kuhn, Ruth Johnston, Paul Bird, Lily Cushing Emmet, Harry Whitney, Barnum and Bailey Circus in Pittsfield, MA)	25 42-44	Select: Summer Studio at Lake Buel, Great Barrington, MA, 1941-1942 3 Folders Scope and Contents note (Walt Kuhn, Ruth Johnston, Paul Bird, Lily Cushing Emmet, Harry Whitney, Barnum and Bailey Circus in Pittsfield, MA)
Summer Studio at Lake Buel, Great Barrington, MA, Negatives, Duplicates and Copies, 1941-1942, undated 3 Folders	25 45-47	Select: Summer Studio at Lake Buel, Great Barrington, MA, Negatives, Duplicates and Copies, 1941-1942, undated 3 Folders
Glackens Home, NYC, 1948-1949, undated	25 48	Select: Glackens Home, NYC, 1948-1949, undated
Glackens Home, NYC, Duplicates, 1948-1949, undated	25 49	Select: Glackens Home, NYC, Duplicates, 1948-1949, undated
Winslow Homer Studio Exterior, 1934 copy prints only	25 50	Select: Winslow Homer Studio Exterior, 1934 Scope and Contents note copy prints only
Homes of Family Members, 1925-1950, undated	25 51	Select: Homes of Family Members, 1925-1950, undated
Miscellaneous Family Places, 1930-1964 (Walt Kuhn birthplace and grave)	25 52	Select: Miscellaneous Family Places, 1930-1964 Scope and Contents note (Walt Kuhn birthplace and grave)
Travel (see also Albums)		Select: Travel (see also Albums)
Florida and Georgia, undated	25 53	Select: Florida and Georgia, undated
Florida and Georgia, Duplicates, undated	25 54	Select: Florida and Georgia, Duplicates, undated
Nova Scotia, 1912	25 55	Select: Nova Scotia, 1912
Northeastern U.S., 1917-1931	25 56	Select: Northeastern U.S., 1917-1931
Northeastern U.S., 1930-1934, undated	25 57	Select: Northeastern U.S., 1930-1934, undated
Northeastern U.S., Duplicates and Copy Prints, undated 2 Folders	25 58-59	Select: Northeastern U.S., Duplicates and Copy Prints, undated 2 Folders
Europe, 1925-1933 3 Folders (group photograph including Kuhn, Pablo Picasso, Jo Davidson, Cecil Howard and others in Paris; W. Averell and Marie Harriman at the Warburg estate in Paris)	25 60-62	Select: Europe, 1925-1933 3 Folders Scope and Contents note (group photograph including Kuhn, Pablo Picasso, Jo Davidson, Cecil Howard and others in Paris; W. Averell and Marie Harriman at the Warburg estate in Paris)
Europe, Duplicates, 1925, 1931	25 63	Select: Europe, Duplicates, 1925, 1931
Western U.S., 1928-1937 3 Folders (Harriman family, Sally Fox, Gary Cooper, Otis Oldfield; Prescott, AZ; California; Sun Valley Resort, Ketchum, ID)	25 64-66	Select: Western U.S., 1928-1937 3 Folders Scope and Contents note (Harriman family, Sally Fox, Gary Cooper, Otis Oldfield; Prescott, AZ; California; Sun Valley Resort, Ketchum, ID)
Western U.S., Duplicates and Copy Prints, 1928, undated 2 Folders	25 67-68	Select: Western U.S., Duplicates and Copy Prints, 1928, undated 2 Folders
Photographic Postcards, undated	25 69	Select: Photographic Postcards, undated
Miscellaneous Photographs		Select: Miscellaneous Photographs
Unidentified Cartes de Visites, 1859-1883, undated 2 Folders	25 70-71	Select: Unidentified Cartes de Visites, 1859-1883, undated 2 Folders
A Cuban Trip and Letter to Vera Kuhn, undated	25 72	Select: A Cuban Trip and Letter to Vera Kuhn, undated
Kenyon Farm, Virginia, 1904	25 73	Select: Kenyon Farm, Virginia, 1904
Garibaldi Rebels in Juarez, Mexico, 1910s	25 74	Select: Garibaldi Rebels in Juarez, Mexico, 1910s
Paris Nudes, 1920	25 75	Select: Paris Nudes, 1920
Show People, 1928, 1934, undated Oversized material housed in OV 55	25 76	Select: Show People, 1928, 1934, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in OV 55
Show People, Copy Print, undated	25 77	Select: Show People, Copy Print, undated
New York City Scenes, 1929-1930, undated	25 78	Select: New York City Scenes, 1929-1930, undated
Spain Scenes by Hal Kravis, 1936	25 79	Select: Spain Scenes by Hal Kravis, 1936
Stock Photographs of Venice, Italy, undated	25 80	Select: Stock Photographs of Venice, Italy, undated
Miscellaneous Unidentified Photographs, undated	25 81	Select: Miscellaneous Unidentified Photographs, undated
Reproductions of Artwork		Select: Reproductions of Artwork
Vera Spier Art Jewelry Record Book, 1908 (Woodstock, NY studio)	25 82	Select: Vera Spier Art Jewelry Record Book, 1908 Scope and Contents note (Woodstock, NY studio)
Early Childhood Drawings, circa 1882, undated Oversized material housed in Box 35	25 83	Select: Early Childhood Drawings, circa 1882, undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Cartoons for Wasp (1899-1900), undated Oversized material housed in Box 35	25 84	Select: Cartoons for Wasp (1899-1900), undated Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 35
Paintings, 1940-1947, undated	25 85	Select: Paintings, 1940-1947, undated
Paintings, Negatives, Duplicates and Copies, undated 3 Folders	25 86-88	Select: Paintings, Negatives, Duplicates and Copies, undated 3 Folders
Drawings and Cartoons (including duplicates), 1941, undated 2 Folders oversized material housed in Box 35	26 1-2	Select: Drawings and Cartoons (including duplicates), 1941, undated 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 35
Carvings, Collage, Sculpture, 1964, undated	26 3	Select: Carvings, Collage, Sculpture, 1964, undated
Installation Views, 1946-1951, undated	26 4	Select: Installation Views, 1946-1951, undated
Installation Views, Negative and Duplicates, 1946-1948	26 5	Select: Installation Views, Negative and Duplicates, 1946-1948
Artwork by Others, 1934-1949, undated	26 6	Select: Artwork by Others, 1934-1949, undated
Oversized Photograph Album, Volume 1 Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F35	35	Select: Oversized Photograph Album, Volume 1 Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 23, F35
Oversized Scrapbook, Volume 7: Nova Scotia Oversized material from Box 24, F9	35	Select: Oversized Scrapbook, Volume 7: Nova Scotia Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 24, F9
Oversized Photograph Album, Volume 8: Nova Scotia Oversized material from Box 24, F11	35	Select: Oversized Photograph Album, Volume 8: Nova Scotia Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 24, F11
Oversized Walt Kuhn Portrait by Pangborn Oversized material from Box 24, F28	35	Select: Oversized Walt Kuhn Portrait by Pangborn Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 24, F28
Oversized Early Walt Kuhn Photographs Oversized material from Box 24, F34	35	Select: Oversized Early Walt Kuhn Photographs Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 24, F34
Oversized Later Walt Kuhn Photographs Oversized material from Box 24, F36	35	Select: Oversized Later Walt Kuhn Photographs Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 24, F36
Oversized Walter Pach Portrait Oversized material scanned with Box 25, F5	35	Select: Oversized Walter Pach Portrait Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 25, F5
Oversized 18th Street Studio, NYC Photographs Oversized material scanned with Box 25, F35	35	Select: Oversized 18th Street Studio, NYC Photographs Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 25, F35
Oversized Early Childhood Drawings Oversized material from Box 25, F83	35	Select: Oversized Early Childhood Drawings Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 25, F83
Oversized Cartoons for Wasp Oversized material from Box 25, F84	35	Select: Oversized Cartoons for Wasp Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 25, F84
Oversized Reproductions of Drawings and Cartoons Oversized material from Box 26, F1	35	Select: Oversized Reproductions of Drawings and Cartoons Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 26, F1
Oversized Photographs of Show People Oversized material from Box 25, F76	OV 55	Select: Oversized Photographs of Show People Scope and Contents note Oversized material from Box 25, F76
4.12: Audio Recordings, 1965, 1969 0.2 Linear feet Box 26; 8 audio reels [circa 24 hours], 1 audio cassette This series consists of 8 audio reels and 1 audio cassette. Reels 1 to 7 were made by Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993), daughter of Walt Kuhn, as she went through her father's papers from March to November, 1965, on the eve of their accession to the archives. In her recordings, she makes specific reference to letters, artwork, photographs, and other documents found in the Armory Show Records and Walt Kuhn Family Papers. In some cases, Brenda is able to provide witness accounts of persons and events documented in the papers. However, her comments often stray far afield of the papers and art historical figures known to her as she muses on the activities of her own life and her vocation as promoter of her father's work. On reel 6, side 2 she interviews Grace Jones Sarka, wife of Charles Sarka and friend of Walt Kuhn during his early years as an artist in New York. On reel 8, Brenda Kuhn's recollections are guided by Garnett McCoy, curator at the Archives of American Art, who interviews her about Walt Kuhn, the Kuhn family, and their contemporaries. Selected subjects on reels 1 to 8 are listed with the box inventory. All reels were recorded on both sides at a speed of 1 7/8 inches per second unless otherwise noted. The audio cassette was recorded on "Walt Kuhn Day" at Kuhn House in Cape Neddick, ME on the 50th anniversary of Walt Kuhn's death in 1969.
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Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (1 of 4) Reel 1, First Side (Side 2): Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn's letters of 1936 and vaudeville materials. Selected subjects include Union Pacific Railroad; Kuhn's contacts in Hollywood, CA; attitude towards homosexual men; his personality and manner of writing; the circus; Maine landscapes; the Kit Kat Club and Penguin Club artist's balls; burlesque; Vera Kuhn; Walt Kuhn's vaudeville productions. Reel 1, Second Side (Side 1): Brenda Kuhn discusses Vera Kuhn's date books and Kuhn family Christmas Cards. Selected subjects include a complete description of Christmas Cards and the disposition and exhibition of Walt Kuhn's paintings. Reel 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn letters from 1936 to 1946. Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's stay at Lake Buel in 1941 and in Idaho in 1936; Averell Harriman's career; Kuhn's health, final illness, treatment, and death; Kuhn's cartoons; Kuhn's Cape Neddick, ME house; Mark Hanna; Ruth Johnston, Isabel and Paul Bird; Kuhn's oak tree paintings; Kuhn's anti-Semitism in letters; Jules Pascin.	26 7	Select: Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (1 of 4) Scope and Contents note Reel 1, First Side (Side 2): Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn's letters of 1936 and vaudeville materials. Selected subjects include Union Pacific Railroad; Kuhn's contacts in Hollywood, CA; attitude towards homosexual men; his personality and manner of writing; the circus; Maine landscapes; the Kit Kat Club and Penguin Club artist's balls; burlesque; Vera Kuhn; Walt Kuhn's vaudeville productions.Reel 1, Second Side (Side 1): Brenda Kuhn discusses Vera Kuhn's date books and Kuhn family Christmas Cards. Selected subjects include a complete description of Christmas Cards and the disposition and exhibition of Walt Kuhn's paintings.Reel 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn letters from 1936 to 1946. Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's stay at Lake Buel in 1941 and in Idaho in 1936; Averell Harriman's career; Kuhn's health, final illness, treatment, and death; Kuhn's cartoons; Kuhn's Cape Neddick, ME house; Mark Hanna; Ruth Johnston, Isabel and Paul Bird; Kuhn's oak tree paintings; Kuhn's anti-Semitism in letters; Jules Pascin.
Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (2 of 4) Reel 3, Side 1: Brenda Kuhn discusses Armory Show records and Walt Kuhn letters from 1936 to 1941. Selected subjects include Brenda's decision to donate papers to AAA; recollections of Fort Lee, NJ, 1909-1919; Ogunquit, ME house; 18th St. studio; Kuhn's animal art; circumstances of Philip Guston taking over WK studio in 1957; La Salle Spier; Spier home in Chevy Chase, MD; Kuhn's searches for landscape subjects; Arthur B. Davies second family as David A. Owen, and his daughter, Ronven Owen; Kuhn's cooking talents and his parents' Brooklyn restaurant, the International House; stage celebrities. Reel 3, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn letters from 1941 and 1944. Selected subjects include Kuhn's automobiles; painting methods; Frank di Gioia; Brenda's epilepsy; Vera Kuhn. Reel 4, Side 1: Brenda discusses photographs and Walt Kuhn letters from 1936 to 1944. Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's transition from cartoonist to fine artist; Kuhn family photographs; community of artists in Fort Lee, NJ, including Jules Pascin, Pop Hart, Paul Bransom, Rudy Dirks; meeting of Walt and Vera Kuhn; Penguin Club Kuhn's Maine landscape paintings; reading habits; Cape Neddick, ME; Perkins Cove, ME and the Laurent family; Alfred Frankfurter; onset of Kuhn's mental illness. Reel 4, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn publication Fifty Paintings, and letters from 1920 and 1938 to 1947. Selected subjects include watching her father paint; Kuhn's hobby of carving toys for children; Kuhn's experiences at Lake Buel, MA; Kuhn's guitar-playing; Brenda's plans for a museum in Cape Neddick; Kuhn's smoking habits; Edna St. Vincent de Millay purchase of "Mario"; Kuhn's illness and idea for "State of Maine Follies"; Vera's record-keeping habits; Kuhn's teaching, especially John Laurent; Frank di Gioia.	26 8	Select: Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (2 of 4) Scope and Contents note Reel 3, Side 1: Brenda Kuhn discusses Armory Show records and Walt Kuhn letters from 1936 to 1941. Selected subjects include Brenda's decision to donate papers to AAA; recollections of Fort Lee, NJ, 1909-1919; Ogunquit, ME house; 18th St. studio; Kuhn's animal art; circumstances of Philip Guston taking over WK studio in 1957; La Salle Spier; Spier home in Chevy Chase, MD; Kuhn's searches for landscape subjects; Arthur B. Davies second family as David A. Owen, and his daughter, Ronven Owen; Kuhn's cooking talents and his parents' Brooklyn restaurant, the International House; stage celebrities.Reel 3, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn letters from 1941 and 1944. Selected subjects include Kuhn's automobiles; painting methods; Frank di Gioia; Brenda's epilepsy; Vera Kuhn.Reel 4, Side 1: Brenda discusses photographs and Walt Kuhn letters from 1936 to 1944. Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's transition from cartoonist to fine artist; Kuhn family photographs; community of artists in Fort Lee, NJ, including Jules Pascin, Pop Hart, Paul Bransom, Rudy Dirks; meeting of Walt and Vera Kuhn; Penguin Club Kuhn's Maine landscape paintings; reading habits; Cape Neddick, ME; Perkins Cove, ME and the Laurent family; Alfred Frankfurter; onset of Kuhn's mental illness.Reel 4, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn publication Fifty Paintings, and letters from 1920 and 1938 to 1947. Selected subjects include watching her father paint; Kuhn's hobby of carving toys for children; Kuhn's experiences at Lake Buel, MA; Kuhn's guitar-playing; Brenda's plans for a museum in Cape Neddick; Kuhn's smoking habits; Edna St. Vincent de Millay purchase of "Mario"; Kuhn's illness and idea for "State of Maine Follies"; Vera's record-keeping habits; Kuhn's teaching, especially John Laurent; Frank di Gioia.
Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (3 of 4) Reel 5, Side 1: Selected subjects include Durand-Ruel Galleries; Margery Petit Caron; Kuhn's clown drawings and use of pass to circus; Kuhn's costume collection. Reel 5, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn letters from 1938-1948. Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's painting techniques; Paul Bransom, social life at Clark's restaurant in Maine; Ogunquit, ME Playhouse; Kuhn's social life, family life, and involvement with show people; Kuhn's automobiles; Kuhn's rivalry with Picasso; relationship with Gary Cooper; Kuhn's time on Florida's Gold Coast; relationship with Paul and Minna Mellon. Reel 6, Side 1: Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's reading habits; Cape Neddick, ME; Kuhn family's relationships with the Glackens family; Edith Halpert; confusion over Kuhn's birth date. Reel 6, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn muses on prospects for Walt Kuhn centenary and publications; Brenda Kuhn interviews Grace Jones Sarka, who describes her relationship to Walt Kuhn beginning in 1903, and their artists' community centered around the 23rd St. studio in New York.	26 9	Select: Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (3 of 4) Scope and Contents note Reel 5, Side 1: Selected subjects include Durand-Ruel Galleries; Margery Petit Caron; Kuhn's clown drawings and use of pass to circus; Kuhn's costume collection.Reel 5, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn discusses Walt Kuhn letters from 1938-1948. Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's painting techniques; Paul Bransom, social life at Clark's restaurant in Maine; Ogunquit, ME Playhouse; Kuhn's social life, family life, and involvement with show people; Kuhn's automobiles; Kuhn's rivalry with Picasso; relationship with Gary Cooper; Kuhn's time on Florida's Gold Coast; relationship with Paul and Minna Mellon.Reel 6, Side 1: Selected subjects include Walt Kuhn's reading habits; Cape Neddick, ME; Kuhn family's relationships with the Glackens family; Edith Halpert; confusion over Kuhn's birth date.Reel 6, Side 2: Brenda Kuhn muses on prospects for Walt Kuhn centenary and publications; Brenda Kuhn interviews Grace Jones Sarka, who describes her relationship to Walt Kuhn beginning in 1903, and their artists' community centered around the 23rd St. studio in New York.
Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (4 of 4) Reel 7 (labeled 6B): Brenda Kuhn attends Elizabeth Navis day at Wichita Museum; discusses the Murdoch collection; Kuhn's relationship with Maurice Prendergast and William Glackens; importance to Kuhn of Eakins' painting The Gross Clinic. (Note: Side 2 of this reel is not recorded) Reel 8 (labeled #7), Side 1: Garnett McCoy interviews Brenda Kuhn, November 19, 1965. Selected subjects include Kuhn's feelings about his contemporaries and artist circles; Kuhn's personality and aesthetic, and his attitudes towards art, politics, family, religion, Jews, etc.; Kuhn's work with collectors, especially John Quinn; Penguin Club; vaudeville; Kuhn's 14th St. studio; Clara Davidge; Frederick James Gregg; writing and distribution of "The Story of the Armory Show;" discovery of Armory Show records and Milton Brown; Arthur B. Davies; brief recollections of Edward and Jo Hopper, Edith and William Glackens, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, personality and death of George Luks, Walter Pach, Abraham Walkowitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Louis Bouché, George Bellows, Robert Henri; Kuhn in Florida. Reel 8 (labeled #7), Side 2: Garnett McCoy interview with Brenda Kuhn, cont. Selected subjects include relationships with dealers Annie Montross, Edith Halpert, the Harrimans, Durand-Ruel, and Maynard Walker; Albert Freueh, Marius de Zayas; Kuhn's attitude towards critics; Kuhn's public relations philosophy; the dissolution of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors; Jules Pascin; Mary Roberts; Kuhn's mental illness; Vera Kuhn; disposition of the estate.	26 10	Select: Brenda Kuhn's Recordings, 1965 (4 of 4) Scope and Contents note Reel 7 (labeled 6B): Brenda Kuhn attends Elizabeth Navis day at Wichita Museum; discusses the Murdoch collection; Kuhn's relationship with Maurice Prendergast and William Glackens; importance to Kuhn of Eakins' painting The Gross Clinic. (Note: Side 2 of this reel is not recorded)Reel 8 (labeled #7), Side 1: Garnett McCoy interviews Brenda Kuhn, November 19, 1965. Selected subjects include Kuhn's feelings about his contemporaries and artist circles; Kuhn's personality and aesthetic, and his attitudes towards art, politics, family, religion, Jews, etc.; Kuhn's work with collectors, especially John Quinn; Penguin Club; vaudeville; Kuhn's 14th St. studio; Clara Davidge; Frederick James Gregg; writing and distribution of "The Story of the Armory Show;" discovery of Armory Show records and Milton Brown; Arthur B. Davies; brief recollections of Edward and Jo Hopper, Edith and William Glackens, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, personality and death of George Luks, Walter Pach, Abraham Walkowitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Louis Bouché, George Bellows, Robert Henri; Kuhn in Florida.Reel 8 (labeled #7), Side 2: Garnett McCoy interview with Brenda Kuhn, cont. Selected subjects include relationships with dealers Annie Montross, Edith Halpert, the Harrimans, Durand-Ruel, and Maynard Walker; Albert Freueh, Marius de Zayas; Kuhn's attitude towards critics; Kuhn's public relations philosophy; the dissolution of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors; Jules Pascin; Mary Roberts; Kuhn's mental illness; Vera Kuhn; disposition of the estate.
"Walt Kuhn Day,", July 13, 1969 1 Sound cassette	26 11	Select: "Walt Kuhn Day,", July 13, 1969 1 Sound cassette

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