Leslie Cheek papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cheek, Leslie, 1908-
label: Names
content: Baltimore Museum of Art
label: Names
content: For us the living (1940-1942 : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: United States. Army. Camouflage Training Unit
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
label: Names
content: Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich
label: Names
content: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
title: label: Topic
content: House beautiful
label: Topic
content: Architectural forum
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors
label: Occupation
content: Editors
label: Occupation
content: Designers
label: Topic
content: Art -- Periodicals
label: Topic
content: Exhibitions -- Design
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 4885 was lent for microfilming in 1993 by Mary Tyler Cheek, widow of Leslie Cheek. She donated the unmicrofilmed material, 1993. Mrs. Cheek deposited additional papers in the College of William and Mary (where Cheek had founded the Fine Arts Department in 1936), the Virginia State Library, and the Museum of Modern Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cheek, Leslie, 1908-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leslie Cheek (1908-1992) was a museum director and editor in Virginia. Cheek studied Fine Arts and was trained in architecture and stage design. His work as director of the Baltimore Museum of Art was marked by innovative and theatrical exhibitions, and led to his selection by the trustees of the Museum of Modern Art as curator for a planned exhibit "For Us The Living," regarding the rise of Nazism and fascism in Europe.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.2 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1983
label: Date
content: bulk 1940-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cheelesl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4885 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 4885: Originals located in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y..
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers, ca. 1938-1988, including files kept during Cheek's tenure as director at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939-1942, as editor at "Architectural Forum" magazine, 1945-1947, "House Beautiful" magazine, 1947-1942, and as head of the U.S. Army Camouflage Training Unit, 1942-1945. Also included are files related to projects he undertook from 1968 to 1988, following his tenure as Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives are papers lent for microfilming on reel 4885 including material concerning the proposed exhibition, "For Us the Living," designed by Cheek with text written by Lewis Mumford for the Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibit was never installed. Included are correspondence with Mumford, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller, Alfred Barr, and others; draft "scenarios" or exhibition narratives; sketches; and blueprints, 1940-1942. Also included is Cheek's 1983 correspondence with American Heritage magazine regarding a proposed article about the exhibition.