James Whitney Fosburgh papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fosburgh, James Whitney, 1910-1978
label: Names
content: White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Preservation
label: Names
content: Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963)
label: Names
content: Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting
label: Topic
content: Presidents -- Dwellings -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1981 by Leila Fosburgh Wilson, Fosburgh's sister.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fosburgh, James Whitney, 1910-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, portrait painter, and writer; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fosbjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2156 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, financial materials, exhibition materials, photographs, and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2156: Correspondence with Jacqueline Kennedy concerning the restoration of the White House, with friends concerning Fosburgh's portrait of John F. Kennedy for the cover of LIFE magazine, with Frederick Mortimer Clapp, and concerning an alumni exhibition at Yale; general correspondence; lists of works of art and addresses; financial material; press releases and clippings regarding the White House resotration; articles by Fosburgh; a catalog for the above mentioned exhibition at Yale University; and photographs of Fosburgh and his wife.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Notes for lectures given by Fosburgh at the Frick Collection; notes and writings on art; and typescripts of published articles. Also included is a pilot's log book kept by Fosburgh.