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File — Box: 49, Folder: 25

Identifier: Sub-Series G

Scope and Contents From the Series: The series consists of materials relating to Darger’s personal dealings and documents his varied relations with a limited circle of friends, church administrators, social service administrators, and work-related associates. Correspondence includes a letter received from his parish priest in response to Darger’s concern over the dress code of women attending mass, and a letter in response to a query regarding the treatment of children wishing to receive Holy Communion at mass. Correspondence...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1927 - 1972

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0006, Henry Darger Papers / Series V: Personal Records / Sub-Series G: Notes

Account books (87.3.3-4), undated

Item — Box: OS-3

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Society of American Decoration (HSEAD) Collection includes original stencils, ledgers, scrapbooks, and ephemera. The original stencils are by several prominent individuals, including Willian Page Eaton, George Lord, Joseph A. Gibson and Esther Stevens Brazer. Ledgers, account, books, daguerreotypes and ephemera are mostly related to the Stevens and Butler families. There are also several hundred lantern slides depicting early examples of decorated housewares and both interiors...

Dates: undated

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0031, The Historical Society of Early American Decoration Collection

Acknowledgements and thank yous, 1974-1975

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: I

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material related to the publication Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists and includes correspondence with the publisher, various rights and permissions forms for photography in the book, drafts of the manuscript, and biographical drafts for some of the artists. The folder headings are original to Weissman’s order.

Dates: 1974-1975

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0010, Julia Weissman Papers / Series I: Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists Material

Actor's Fund of America Gala Dinner Dance, 1994

File — Box: 5, Folder: 11

Identifier: C

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains material organized alphabetically by the name of the cultural organization. In the original processing of the Fasanella papers, there were two separate groupings of materials: museums and galleries. However, there was an extraordinary amount of duplicated material in both groups, both galleries and museums were filed into the other category, and exhibition-specific files were mixed in. There were also institutions that were not primarily museums or galleries, such as...

Dates: Other: 1994

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0007, Ralph and Eva Fasanella Papers / Series I: Arts and Cultural Organizations / Sub-series C: Events

Adam Fisher Company, invention promotion, 1956

File — Box: AFAM-1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of supplemental research material related to the Encyclopedic Palace, including early photographs, correspondence, and forms between Auriti’s attorney Hyde W. Ballard and the Department of Commerce Patent Office, and Auriti’s handwritten description of the Monumento Nazionale Progetto Enciclopedico Palazzo. Also included is correspondence with two different invention promotion companies that reached out to Auriti about the purchase of the patent to Encyclopedic...

Dates: 1956

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0015, Encyclopedic Palace Collection

Addison Gallery, 1990 - 1992

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: A

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains material organized alphabetically by the name of the cultural organization. In the original processing of the Fasanella papers, there were two separate groupings of materials: museums and galleries. However, there was an extraordinary amount of duplicated material in both groups, both galleries and museums were filed into the other category, and exhibition-specific files were mixed in. There were also institutions that were not primarily museums or galleries, such as...

Dates: Other: 1990 - 1992

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0007, Ralph and Eva Fasanella Papers / Series I: Arts and Cultural Organizations / Sub-series A: Arts and Cultural Organizations, Alphabetical

Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, October 21- November 20, 1977

File — Box: 6, Folder: 4

Identifier: A

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Material in this series is related to Fasanella’s solo and group exhibitions, including traveling exhibitions. Material contains correspondence, printed matter, news clippings, and press releases. This series does not represent Fasanella’s complete exhibition history—only the exhibitions for which the collection contains related material.

Dates: Other: October 21- November 20, 1977

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0007, Ralph and Eva Fasanella Papers / Series II: Exhibitions / Sub-series A: Solo Exhibitions

Additions and Withdrawals

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Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The records include material related to the exhibitions that were on display between 1966 and 1977. Material comes from both curatorial and registration departments, as well as from all departments that contribute to creating an exhibition. Material includes checklists in both final and draft form, object and installation photography, printed matter including catalogs and invitations, publicity and press releases, correspondence, and more. The majority of the exhibitions were presented at...

Dates: Event: 1986 - 1987

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0002-2, The Museum of American Folk Arts Exhibition Files (1966-1977) / Liberties with Liberty: The Changing of an American Symbol (Traveling)

Address books (2)

Item — Box: 41

Identifier: D

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains material related to Fasanella’s life and interests beyond his artwork. The majority of the material is contained in Sub-series C: Subject Files, which includes everything from Ralph Fasanella’s FBI file to a folder on his interest in baseball. Sub-series D: Realia contains a large assortment of various items that related to Ralph Fasanella’s life, from a small photograph scrapbook dating 1957, to his clothing, paintbrushes and shoes, to an ice pick very similar...

Dates: 1914 - 2009

Found in: American Folk Art Museum Archives / A0007, Ralph and Eva Fasanella Papers / Series VII: Personal / Sub-series D: Realia

Adkins, J. R., undated

File — Box: 2, Folder: 6

Identifier: II

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes artists both featured in Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists and not, as well as items from artists dated after the publication of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists. Originally, Weissman kept the files separate, but when the collection was donated to the American Folk Art Museum, they were combined into one alphabetical unit. Some folders have extensive correspondence with the...