Research files on 19th-century art, 1945-1987 comprises 14.5 linear ft. and document
Bloch's research, writings and lectures. Files include published works (mostly
articles), manuscripts, correspondence, research notes and photographs for his
publications, publication projects never realized, lectures, and his own collecting
interests. Unrealized projects include manuscript material on American drawings, Charles
Lanman's art criticism (also, microfilm of the Lanman papers), William Sidney Mount's
drawings, and a history of printmaking. Lectures, 1960-1982, include those given to
LACMA docents. Assorted research notes pertain to individual American artists, the
American Art Union, the Western Art Union, American and English 19th-century
illustrators (also microfilm of newspapers), and to panoramas. Inventories and
bibliographies, some on index cards, cover Bloch's research and collecting interests and
comprise ca. 5 linear ft. Finally, artists and subject files contain collected clippings
and comprise 5.5 linear ft.
Series VI.A. Publications, 1945-1987, undated
2
folder(s)
Publications, book reviews, articles, catalogs, along with mss., correspondence and
some galleys.
box
folder
39
1
1945-1969, undated
39
2
1973-1987
Series VI.B. Never published book projects, ca. 1940s-1988 ca. 1 lin. ft.
Drawings, correspondence, contracts, photographs, research notes, clippings,
tearsheets, slide lists, dealer's materials, inventories, and other material related
to unpublished book projects.
box
folder
39
3
American drawings, a critical and historical survey, 1960
Contract and correspondence with Univ. of Ca Press. Materials culled from "American
Drawings," 1954 Cooper Union / Smithsonian traveling exhibit [for more on Cooper
Union see box 63, folders 1-4; for more about the book project, see box 45, folder
3].
box
folder
40
1
Ca. 200 photographs of American drawings, , undated 1980s
Some with Cooper Union stamp (undated), many identified to Hirschl & Adler
(1980s).
40
2-3
Art Nouveau, 1960-1970
3 files containing lectures (one for LACMA docents, ca. 1961), notes, clippings and
tearsheets, slide lists, dealers' materials, some correspondence.
40
4
Edition of Charles Lanman's art criticism, 1969-1984
Bulk 1981-1984. Typescript of ca. 250 pp ms.; also notes, 1940s; correspondence
with Dorothy McNeilly, [see also box 86 for microfilm of Lanman papers].
box
folder
41
1
"Patterns of Printmaking," 1969-1871 ca. 15 items
Contract with Harry N. Abrams and correspondence.
41
2
William Sidney Mount drawings catalog raisonné, 1971-1982, 1988
Correspondence, especially with the museums at Stony brook and Univ. of Missouri
Press (publisher 1978), some with dealers; research notes; photographs;
clippings.
41
3
Inventories of Mount's drawings at the Museums at Stony Brook
[for an inventory of Mount's paintings, see box 44, folder 5]
41
4
Tearsheets, clippings, 1942-1979
10
items
Series VI.C. Lectures, 1960-1982
2
folder(s)
A run of lectures delivered by Bloch at various venues.
box
folder
41
5
Lectures given to LACMA docents, 1960s-1970s
including, "Spanish prints" (1960) and three lectures on American painting (1973);
lecture "Panoramas," 1962; lecture on Minnich print collection, Minneapolis,
1970
box
folder
42
1
Lectures, undated, 1974, 1982
For American Art Council (LACMA), "American narrative painting" (1974) and "Caitlin
and Western painting" (undated); for Palm Springs Desert Museum, "West as art"
(1982); and at UCLA symposium, "Dutch painting in America" (1982)
Series VI.D. Research files, 1870s-1890s, 1940s-1980s,
undated
1.5 Linear
Feet
Notes, correspondence, copies of primary sources, photographs, tearsheets, printed
ephemera, and other research materials.
box
folder
42
2
Notes on 19th century artists , undated probably 1940s-1970s
From arts magazines, newspapers, archival records.
42
3
Notes on individual 19th century artists, undated probably 1940s-1980s
e.g., Catlin, Cole, Eastman, Inness, Moran, Remington, artists of the West, etc.,
some typed notes, ca. 75 half-pages, for class lectures (?)
42
4
Notes on commissioning artists for the Capitol Rotunda, ( ) undated 1950s-1970s?
including research on J. Q. Adams, S. F. B. Morse, copies of primary sources.
42
5
American Art Union
box
folder
43
1
American Art Union
43
2
Western Art Union and others, 1949-1987
includes some correspondence, [see also Box 86 for microfilm of the Records of the
Western Art Union].
43
3-4
Notes and tearsheets of American and English 19th century illustrated
magazines, ca. 1870s-1890s
including three issues in their entirety, [see also microfilm of Daily Cincinnati
Chronicle, box 86].
box
folder
44
1
Notes and tearsheets of American and English 19th century illustrated
magazines, , ca. 1870s-1890s undated
44
2
Papers on the history of printing, 1950s-1970s
Notes including outline for a book, tearsheets, printed ephemera.
44
3
Papers regarding Panoramas, 1940s-1980s
Notes, tearsheets, offprints and photographs. Offprints primarily by Bertha
Heilbron. Includes price list. For Heilbron correspondence with Bloch, see box 2
folder 8.
44
4
Miscellaneous unidentified notes, undated
Series VI.E. Inventories and bibliographies, 1940s-1989, undated
3.5 Linear
Feet
ca. 7 boxes
Inventories of private collections and museum holdings, index card files, offprints,
reviews, typescripts, and bibliographies.
box
folder
44
5
National Council of Fine Arts inventory, 1977
Of the paintings of Bingham, W. S. Mount, and B. West. A bound computer
printout.
box
folder
45
1
Assorted inventories of private collections, museum holdings, 1940s-1980s? ca. 25
Many compiled by Bloch. Including a typed list, ca. 50 pp., of 19th century
portraits in New England collections; the Gilkey graphic arts collection; Art
Institute of Chicago's American holdings; drawings exhibited by the National Academy
of Design, 1826-1900; the prints in the Free Library of Philadelphia.
45
2
Photocopy of index card file of exhibition catalogs and monographs on
artists, undated
45
3
Bloch's grant applications, 1960-1974, 1977, 1985
Primarily with the American Council Learned Societies, Guggenheim Foundation, and
the Ford Foundation.
45
4
Other scholars' work, given to Bloch, 1943-1989
Offprints, reviews, typescripts, and photocopies of book title pages. Note: books
transferred to the Getty Research Institute Library.
box
46
Provenance index and bibliographies, index card files:
46
-Bingham, provenance
46
-Charles Lanman bibliography and provenance
46
-B. West, provenance, bibliography, inventory
46
-ALS of 19th-century artists - refers to American Art Union
inventory
box
47-49
Bibliographies, note cards and some inventories, 1950s-1980s
Regarding Panoramas, Art Nouveau, painting commissioned for the Capitol Rotunda,
drawings, graphic arts, etc.,
box
49-51
Students' index card bibliographies, compiled for assignments in Bloch's
classes, 1960s-1970s
Series VI.F. Artist/subject files, 1940s-1989, undated
11
box(es)
An extensive series of artist/subject clippings files, arranged alphabetically.
box
folder
52
1
Afro-American art
52
2
Allston, Washington
52
3
American architecture
52
4
American architecture, historic buildings
52
5
American art, contemporary 1930s-1960
52
6
American art and architecture 1940-1950s
52
7
American art, miscellaneous
52
8
American artists, women
box
folder
53
1
American expositions, 1853, 1893, 1915
53
2
American painting
53
3
Anschute, Thomas
53
4
A, artists file Abbey - Audubon
53
5
Banknote engraving
53
6
Beal, Gifford
53
7
Benton, Thomas Hart
53
8
Biddle, George
Includes 1 letter from Biddle to Bloch, 6 June 1949.
53
9
Blakelock, R. A.
53
10
Blythe, D. G.
53
11
Bodmer, Karl
53
12
Brush, George de Forest
53
13
B artists file, Bellows - Brush
53
14
California architecture [see also slides in box 85]
box
folder
54
1
California artists
54
2
Cartoons, political
54
3
Castaigne, André
54
4
Catlin, George
54
5
Chase, William
54
6
Chinnery, George
54
7
Church, Frederick
54
8
Cohen, Frederick E.
54
9
Cole, Thomas
54
10
Cole, Timothy (and Alphaeus)
54
11
Collecting and collectors
54
12
Comegys, George H.
54
13
Conservation and restoration
54
14
Contemporary art
54
15
Copley, J. S.
54
16
Critics and criticism
54
17
Cropsey, Jasper F.
54
18
C artists file, Cassatt - Curry
54
19
Darley, F. O. C.
54
20
Davies, Arthur B.
54
21
Davis, Theodore R.
54
22
Deas, Charles
box
folder
55
1
Dixon, Maynard
55
2
Doughty, Thomas
55
3
Drawings, American
55
4
Drawings, courtroom
55
5
Durand, Asher B.
55
6
Duveneck, Frank
55
7
D artists file, Davis - Dumond
55
8
Eakins, Thomas
55
9
Eastman, Seth
55
10
Edmonds, F. W.
55
11
Edwards, S. A.
55
12
Eilshemius, Louis M.
55
13
Engravings
55
14
E artists file, Earl - Evergood
55
15
Farney, Henry
55
16
Fenn, Harry
55
17
Folk art, paintings
55
18
Foote, Mary Hallock
55
19
Frescoes
55
20
Frost, A. B.
55
21
F artists file, Feke - Frieske
box
folder
56
1
Glackens, William
56
2
G artists file, Gifford - Grosz
56
3
Hahn, William
56
4
Harnett, William
56
5
Haseltine, W. S.
56
6
Hassam, Childe
56
7
Heade, Martin J.
56
8
Hicks, Thomas
56
9
Homer, Winslow
56
10
Hopper, Edward
56
11
Huntington, Daniel
56
12
H artists file, Hale - Hunt
box
folder
57
1
Illustrations
See also drawings, war illustrators, and individual illustrators files.
57
2
Indians
57
3
Inman, Henry
57
4
Inness, George
57
5
Johnson, Adelaide
57
6
Johnson, Eastman
57
7
J artists file
57
8
Keith, Castle W.
57
9
Kemble, Edward W.
57
10
Kensett, John F.
57
11
Koerner, W. H. D.
Includes a typed essay and notes, by Bloch?
57
12
Krimmel, John Lewis
57
13
Kuhn, Walt
57
14
K artists file, Karfiol - Kuniyoshi
Includes printed ephemera by Sister Corita Kent.
box
folder
58
1
Laks, George
58
2
Lane, Fitz Hugh
58
3
Leigh, W. R.
58
4
Leutze, Emanuel
58
5
Loemans, A. F.
With 14 letters of Patricia Trenton and owners of Loemans paintings attributed to
Lanman.
58
6
Los Angeles collectors
58
7
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection
58
8
L artists file, Lachaise - Lucioni
58
9
Martin, Homer Dodge
58
10
Miller, Alfred J.
58
11
Millen, Kenneth Hayes
58
12
Monotypes (see also Prints)
58
13
Moran Family (Thomas, et al)
58
14
Morse, Samuel F. B.
58
15
Morton, Henry Jackson
58
16
Moses, Grandma
58
17
Museums
58
18
Museums, University
58
19
Myers, Jerome
With ca. 20 letters between Bloch and Ethyl Myers.
58
20
M artists file, Marin - Motherwell
58
21
Nast, Thomas
58
22
New York City in art
Includes checklist of artists from the Museum of the City of New York.
58
23
N and O artists file
58
24
Peale Family
58
25
Pene du Bois, Guy
box
folder
59
1
Pennell, Joseph
59
2
Phillips, Walt
Includes 1 letter to Bloch 27 August 1977.
59
3
Photography processes
Includes restoration of daguerreotypes.
59
4
Posters
59
5
pre-Raphaelites, American
59
6
Printmakers, American
59
7
Prints, miscellaneous
59
8
Prints, relief
59
9
P artists file, Parrish - Prendergast
59
10
Quidor, John
59
11
Ranney, William T.
59
12
Remington, Frederick
59
13
Rimmer, William
59
14
Russell, Charles M.
59
15
R artists file, Ramage - Ryder
box
folder
60
1
Saint-Memin, C.-B.-J. F.
60
2
Sculptors
60
3
Shattuck, Arnold D.
60
4
Shinn, Everett
60
5
Sloan, John
60
6
Smillie, James
60
7
Stuart, Gilbert
60
8
Straet, Jan van der
60
9
Sully, Thomas
Includes copies of Sully letters.
box
folder
61
1
S artists file, Sargent - Stella
61
2
Tabor, Walton
61
3
Treiman, Joyce
Includes Bloch's notes for an essay.
61
4
Trumball, John
61
5
T artists file, Tanner - Twachtman
61
6
V artists file, Vanderlyn - Vonnoh
61
7
War illustrators and paintes
61
8
Waud, Alfred R.
61
9
Wayne, June
Includes Bloch's manuscript of an essay about her.
61
10
Weber, Max
61
11
Weir, J. Alden
61
12
Wenzell, A. B.
box
folder
62
1
Whistler, J. M.
62
2
Whitefield, Edwin
62
3
Whitley, Thomas
Includes copies of Whitley letters.
62
4
Whittredge, Worthington
62
5
Wilde, J. C.
62
6
Will, August
Includes correspondence with Jersey City Library Museum regarding Will exhibit.
62
7
Wimar, Carl
62
8
Woodcuts
62
9
Woodville, Richard Caton
62
10
Wright, Frank Lloyd
62
11
W artists file, Wilde - Wright
62
12
Young, Harvey Otis
62
13
Zogbaum, Rufus F.
62
14
Zorach, William
62
15-17
Miscellaneous clippings from art and general interest magazines
