Sheldon Cheney papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Barnsdall, Aline, 1882-1946
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
label: Names
content: Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Modernism (Art)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, John T. Cheney, is the son of Sheldon Cheney.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian and writer; b. 1886; d. 1980.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chenshel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3947 and 4283 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Journal of a 1922 European trip and correspondence (1915-1972), notes and writings, and printed material concerning Alfred Steiglitz, New Deal art and other topics.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3947: Seventeen letters from Alfred Stieglitz (1921-1938) discuss modern art, his 291 gallery, and the artists exhibiting there. Other correspondents include Aline Barnsdall, principally writing about the theatre, Simon Lissim, Dorothy Norman, Faith Vilas and Andrew Wyeth. Additional materials consist of notes (1939), Cheney's manuscript on "Stieglitz and Modern Art", writings (ca. 1930s) including "A Brief Delivered to the WPA-Federal Theatre Project," clippings (1921-1972), exhibition announcements and catalogs (1923-1969) and miscellaneous printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4283: An undated letter to Cheney from Egmont Arens, editor of PLAYBOY, inviting him to a New Year's Eve party; and a 65-page journal (January 4 - March 13, 1922) in which Cheney records his impressions of museums, art galleries, architecture, and the theater in Europe. Cheney was especially interested in the state of "modern" art and was most impressed with Berlin, Munich, and Dresden. He also visited Amsterdam, Brussels, Oxford, London, Antwerp, Paris, and several places in Italy. In addition to critiques of the museums and art he saw, the journal records conversations with collectors and museum officials. Much of this work was in preparation for his book A PRIMER OF MODERN ART, published in 1924.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Papers of Sheldon Cheney, 1900-1980, are also located at UC Berkeley's The Bancroft Library.