Ruth Egri Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Egri, Ruth, 1911-1996
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content: Ruth Egri papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.egriruth, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials include artist statements, a certificate from the Master Institute of the Roerich Museum, exhibition chronologies, and resumes. Letters are from Egri's parents, Ilona and Lajos Egri and other family members, art institutions, and artists Judith Blam and Ralph Fabri. Photographs depict Egri, her parents and brother, and works of art. Clippings and exhibition announcents and catalogs concern Egri's exhibition career. Egri's sketches consists of two sketchbooks and loose drawings in watercolor and pencil. Material concerning her work with the Works Progress Administration includes records on her mural at Lincoln Hospital, mural painting courses she taught at the Spokane Art Center, and the New Reading Materials Program, sponsored by the New York City Board of Education. Of note are three illustrations by Egri for children's books for this program. Also found are drafts for two short stories, and two notebooks from classes at the Roerich Museum, each containing original art work.