Helen Weaver research material concerning John Button
name: label: Creator
content: Weaver, Helen, 1932-2021
label: Names
content: Button, John, 1929-1982
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2021 by the Helen Weaver estate via Annie Buck, Weaver's niece and executrix.
creator: label: Creator
content: Weaver, Helen, 1932-2021
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Helen Weaver (1932-2021) was a friend of painter John Button. Weaver collected Button's artwork and was compiling material to write a memoir on him.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.weavhele
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Helen Weaver research material concerning painter John Button measures 0.6 linear feet and dates from circa 1950-2004. Included is material Helen Weaver created and collected in preparation to write a memoir of John Button (unrealized).  Material consists of correspondence mainly between Weaver and Button, and Button and Gerald Fabian. Some correspondence consists of photocopies. Also included is  a typescript of John Button's journal; Gerald Fabian's homage to John Button; A Genealogy of the Patrick Family compiled by Button; and two three ring binders (dismantled) labeled John Button Volume I and John Button Volume II, containing printed material, photographs of Button, friends and interior and exterior spaces, and correspondence.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives also holds the John Button papers and the John Button letters to Gerald L. Fabian.