Greenwich House Pottery records
name: label: Creator
content: Greenwich House Pottery
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2024 by Greenwich House Pottery via Darren Bloch, CEO.
creator: label: Creator
content: Greenwich House Pottery
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Greenwich House Pottery (est. 1909) is an arts organization and school founded as part of the Greenwich House Settlement in New York City. It offers pottery classes and presents exhibitions, workshops, and other events relating to the medium of ceramics.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State)
label: Function
content: Art Schools -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12.7 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-2020
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.greehous
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Greenwich House Pottery records measure 12.7 linear feet and date from circa 1920-2020. The papers document that history of the Pottery through organizational records, correspondence, printed material, press clippings, photographic material, and audio-visual material.

Organizational records include ledgers, annual reports, internal reports and communications, newsletters, policy manuals, membership lists and faculty records, oral history interviews, and records of the Pottery's permanent collection of ceramic pots and sculpture. The collection also includes the glaze records of the Pottery and many faculty members, as well as a large quantity of sketches and drawings by ceramicist Margaret Israel.

Correspondence includes letters to and from artists, funders, and other supporters of the organization, including such notable visitors as Peter Voulkos, Ron Nagle, and Betty Woodman, among many others. 

Printed material includes announcements and invitation cards for exhibitions, sales, lectures, and workshops, annual calendars and schedules of classes and events, and the like. Press clippings date from the early 1920s through the 2010s, and include both scrapbooks and loose clippings.

Photographic prints and negatives document the Pottery's history of classes, exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations, and other events. A smaller number of photographs document other artistic activities at the Greenwich House Settlement such as musical and theatrical performances. 35mm slides document exhibitions, workshops and events, the history of the facility, the permanent collection, and works of art by members of the faculty.

Audiovisual materials include audio recordings of interviews or conversations with artists such as Peter Voulkos, Don Reitz, Val Cushing, Tony Hepburn, Rudy Aiuto, James Makins, Byron Temple, and others. Also present are nine videocassettes and one 16mm film documenting the Pottery's activities.