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Joanne and Frederick Siegmund Papers related to Philip Pellegrino
Collection — Box: AFAM-1
Identifier: A0061
Abstract
The Joanne and Frederick Siegmund Papers Related to Philip Pellegrino contains images of the artist’s work, sales records, personal notes, inventories, artist biographies, news stories, and public access video footage of Philip Pellegrino (1919-1997) between 1980-2013. Born in Montreal, Pellegrino first learned to make leather sculpture art while working with his uncle as a cobbler. He later moved to Torrington, Connecticut where he opened his own shoe repair business and continued to...
Dates:
1980-10-19 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1991
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Julia Weissman Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0010
Abstract
The Julia Weissman Papers are the files that Julia Weissman kept during the process of writing the book Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists with Herbert Waide Hemphill, published by Dutton in 1974, as well as files on artists that they did not include in the book. Included are some organizational and research files, including drafts of the publication. The majority of the material is artist files, and includes a large amount of correspondence with...
Dates:
1953 - 1998
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Letters to Jacqueline Loewe Fowler from Mary K. Borkowski
Collection
Identifier: A0066
Abstract
This collection primarily comprises letters written by self-taught artist Mary K. Borkowski to Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, former trustee of the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM), in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In her letters, Borkowski updates Fowler on events in her work and life, from the status of the pieces she is working on, to career achievements, to personal challenges. The letters are beautifully candid. Borkowski clearly held Fowler in high esteem, not only as a customer and...
Dates:
1973 - 1999
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Richard Saholt Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0058
Abstract
The Richard Saholt Collection contains materials created by and about Richard Saholt (1924–2014), a Minneapolis based collage artist. The collection comprises correspondence, medical and military files, artwork reproductions, audiovisual materials, print and slide photography, a collaged artist’s book, a scrapbook, and press materials related to Saholt's life and work. The collection was donated by Michael Bonesteel after he gifted collages accessioned into the American Folk Art Museum’s...
Dates:
1922 - 2014
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Robert Bishop Research Files
Collection
Identifier: A0039
Abstract
The Robert Bishop Research Files contain research material related to Bishop's research and teaching interests in folk art, particularly furniture. It contains primarily secondary source material including photographs, new clippings, and articles. Bishop collected these files as a resource for his many published books about furniture, as well as for teaching at the Folk Art Institute.
Dates:
1970s-1980s
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Robert Bishop's Tintypes
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: A0071
Abstract
This collection contains three whole plate tintypes (8.5" x 6.5"). They are portrait photographs, depicting a single woman, a single man, and a duo of younger women respectively. There is very little provenance for these items at this time. The photos depict individuals that appear to be from the 19th century, however the date that these photos were taken or created is unknown. All three tintypes are hand-tinted or painted. The tintype depicting the pair of younger women shows the most...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The John Montelius Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0014
Abstract
The John Montelius Papers contain photographs, journals, and pamphlets created in America in the mid to late 1800s. The photographs portray members and friends of the Montelius family. The journals contain handwritten diary entries by John Montelius about his everyday life and focus on the weather and his family. The pamphlets are handwritten educational tools focused on mathematics, calligraphy, drawing, and geography and maps. Montelius was a farmer and calligraphy teacher who lived in...
Dates:
1829 - 1866
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
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