Michael M. Engel papers
name: label: Creator
content: Engel, Michael M., 1896-1969
label: Names
content: Audubon Artists
label: Names
content: Diller, Mary Black, 1899-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Autographs -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Camouflage (Military science)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Michael M. Engel papers were donated in 1975 by Mary Black Diller, Engel's widow, and in 1994-1995 by their son Michael.
creator: label: Creator
content: Engel, Michael M., 1896-1969
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content: Michael M. Engel papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, collector, lecturer, and writer Michael M. Engel Sr. measure 2.7 linear feet and date from circa 1920-1994. They illustrate Engel's career and achievements through correspondence, subject files, personal business records, printed material and scrapbooks, photographic material, and artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Michael M. Engel Sr. (1896-1969) was a painter, collector, lecturer, and writer based in New York City. He worked as a public relations director for M. Grumbacher Incorporated, as an artist, and as a contributor to magazines such as Art Digest writing articles including two of his repeat columns titled Do You Know That? and The Bright Palette. Engel also helped to found the Audubon Artists in 1940 alongside such figures as Andrew Wyeth and Frederick Whitaker. Some of Engel's well known hobbies were collecting autographs from notable artists and other figures and collecting painting palettes. Engel died at the age of 75 on April 27, 1969.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.engemich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection consists of seven series.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1934-1969 (.5 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Subject Files, circa 1925-1991 (.5 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 3: Personal Business Records, circa 1935-1952 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1933-1994 (.8 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 5: Scrapbooks, circa 1920-1942 (.4 Linear feet: Boxes 3-4)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1930-1958 (.2 Linear feet: Boxes 3-4)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1920-1950 (.1 Linear feet: Box 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared, by Allessandra Liberati in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Michael M. Engel papers measure 2.7 linear feet and date from circa 1920-1994 and describe his career. Correspondence is to and from the Audubon Artists, M. Grumbacher Incorporated, Florida Southern College regarding Engel's time as Chancellor, and with Andrew and N.C. Wyeth and others. Subject files covers various famous artists and their activities and lives including Michael Grumbacher, Engel's wife Mary Black Diller, and camouflage and its usage, creation, and history. Personal business records consist of materials and drafts for Engel's two magazine columns The Bright Palette and Do You Know That? and Engel's collection of autographs from various notable figures. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs for the Audubon Artists exhibitions including a ½" video reel, various articles about Engel and his work, and other exhibition catalogs and announcements. Scrapbooks contain notes and other materials surrounding events attended by Engel including Pennsylvania's National Art Week (1936) a federal art project, and the Florida International Art Exhibition at Grand Central Galleries (1952). Photographic material contains slides of people including Engel and others from his artistic community, photographs of Engel's palette collection, artwork, and demonstration pieces. Artwork includes a folder of sketches by Engel.