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E. Maurice Bloch papers, circa 1925-1989

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Series I. Correspondence, 1941-1989

Series I.A. Occasional letters received, , 1965-1988 undated

Series I.B. Letters received and letters sent, 1941-1982

Series I.C. Letters received and sent, 1976-1989

Series II. New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1936-1958, 1988

Series II.A. Course syllabi, 1935-1942, undated

Series II.B. Bloch's notes and term papers for NYU classes, 1936-1947, undated

Series II.C. NYU School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Bloch's undergraduate years, 1936-1939

Series II.D. NYU-IFA, Bloch's master's thesis, 1940-1942

Series II.E. NYU Washington Square campus, correspondence, 1945-1946

Series II.F. NYU-IFA, Bloch's Ph.D. materials, 1944-1959

Series II.G. Correspondence with NYU-IFA professors, others, 1946-1988

Series III. Teaching materials, 1945-1982 undated

Series III.A. Lecture notes, 1945-1982

Series III.B. Students' course work for Bloch's classes, 1940s-1980s

Series III.C. Universities of Missouri and Minnesota employment, 1944-1947

Series III.D. UCLA employment, 1956-1989

Series IV. George Caleb Bingham Research, 1943-1989

Series IV.A. Publications and lectures, 1943-1987

Series IV.B. Bingham exhibits, 1910, 1935-1986

Series IV.C. Bingham portraits, 1940s-1980s

Series IV.D. Bingham narrative/genre paintings, 1944-1989

Series IV.E. Bingham landscapes, 1944-1984

Series IV.F. Bingham drawings and unidentified paintings, 1967-1985

Series IV.G. Assorted materials regarding Bingham paintings, 1944-1984, undated

Series IV.H. Bingham biography, 1931, 1944-1988

Series V. Benjamin West research, 1821-1987

Series V.A. Correspondence, 1961-1987

Series V.B. West exhibit catalogs/inventories, 1821-1987, undated

Series V.C. West research, 1926, 1961-1987, undated

Series V.D. Raphael Lamar West, 1980s

Series V.E. Prints after the works of B. West, undated

Series V.F. West's own collection of drawings, 1820-1898

Series VI. Research files on 19th century art, 1945-1987

Series VI.A. Publications, 1945-1987, undated

Series VI.B. Never published book projects, ca. 1940s-1988

Series VI.C. Lectures, 1960-1982

Series VI.D. Research files, 1870s-1890s, 1940s-1980s, undated

Series VI.E. Inventories and bibliographies, 1940s-1989, undated

Series VI.F. Artist/subject files, 1940s-1989, undated

Series VII. Curatorial and advisory positions, 1953-1989

Series VII.A. Cooper Union Museum, 1953-1959

Series VII.B. Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, 1957-1984

Series VII.C. Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1960-1989

Series VII.D. Archives of American Art, 1958-1987

Series VII.E. American Art Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971-1986

Series VII.F. Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, 1975-1991

Series VIII. Bloch's personal collection, ca. 1935-1989

Series VIII.A. Bloch's art collection, 1852, 1949-1989

Series VIII.B. Bloch's stamp collection, undated

Series VIII.C. Bloch's autograph collection, 1935-1989

Series VIII.D. Dealers' correspondence, 1951-1989

Series IX. Personal and miscellaneous files, 1920s-1970s

Bloch (E. Maurice) papers


Series IV. George Caleb Bingham Research, 1943-1989 13 box(es)
	Series IV.A. Publications and lectures, 1943-1987 2 Linear Feet
	Correspondence and research matter related to Bloch's writing and lecture activities, much of it surrounding his dissertation on Bingham, as well as work with various university presses, including manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, galleys, and other publication materials.
box	folder
23	1		Bingham dissertation, 1957, and monograph and catalog raisonné, 1967 1944-1971
			Correspondence regarding provenance, photograph requests, research inquiries,
23	2		Correspondence regarding permissions, 1945-1963
			To reproduce photographs of Bingham's sketchbook at the Mercantile Library,
23	3		Correspondence with UC Press, 1955-1966
			[For more correspondence with UC Press see box 25, folder 3.]
23	4		Manuscript, preparatory and front matter, 1946, 1956, undated
23	5		Manuscript, typescript for volume 1, undated
			[N.B., fragile]
box	folder
24	1-3		Printers mss. for both volumes
			[for photomechanicals to 1967 edition, see box 32, folders 1-3.]
box	folder
25	1		Continuation of above, box 24.
25	2		Correspondence regarding Praeger Press Bingham monograph, 1954-1970
			Never published.
25	3		Correspondence regarding Bingham catalog raisonné, ; 1968-1976
			Primarily with Univ. of Missouri Press and St. Louis Mercantile Library, some correspondence with UC Press.
25	4		Photographs, tearsheets of Bingham drawings
25	5		Correspondence regarding photograph requests, permissions, provenance
			Also letters with U. of Missouri Press. Regarding revised Bingham catalog raisonné, 1979-1987. Also letters 1987-1988 with Univ. of Missouri Press regarding W. S. Mount drawings book that Bloch was under contract to write [see also box 41, folder 2]
box	folder
26	1		Continuation of folder 5 above
26	2		Ms. and galley of front matter for Bingham catalog raisonné
26	3-4		Photographs of Bingham work,
			Not all for 1986 book? see also box 32, folders 1-3.
box	folder
27	1		Bloch's articles and lectures about Bingham, 1960-1978, undated
			Also correspondence and notes. For lectures on American artists that include Bingham, see box 41, folder 5, Box 42, folder 1.
27	2		Bingham's "color method" 1963-1970, undated
			Article for Apollo (1972/1973?). Correspondence, notes, handwritten and typed [for lectures?].

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