Joseph S. Trovato papers
name: label: Creator
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Names
content: Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Armory Show 50th anniversary exhibition (1963 : Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute)
label: Names
content: Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Soby, James Thrall, 1906-1979
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum administrators -- New York (N.Y)
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Clinton
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers were lent for microfilming in 1980 by Joseph S. Trovato, and all except exhibition catalogs were subsequently donated 1981 and 1991 with unmicrofilmed material by Trovato's widow, Mrs. Ruth O. Trovato.
creator: label: Creator
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
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content: Joseph S. Trovato papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Joseph S. Trovato measure 2.9 linear feet and date from circa 1875-1992. They illustrate his career through correspondence, exhibition files, personal business records, printed and photographic material, and artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joseph S. Trovato (1912-1983) was a painter and museum administrator who worked mainly in New York. 


Trovato was born in Guardavalle, Italy before immigrating to the United States. He took part in the Armory Show for several years and helped to organize the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute's Olympics in Art (1980) exhibition. 
He taught classes at Hamilton College and did work for the Work Progress Administration in the 1940s. From 1964-1965 he completed twenty-four oral history interviews in partnership with the Archives of American Art. 


Trovato died in 1983 in Utica, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1875-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.trovjose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection consists of seven series.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1940-1989 (.8 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Writings, circa 1937-1973 (.4 Linear feet: Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, circa 1947-1992 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 4: Personal Business Records , circa 1939-1982 (.9 Linear feet: Boxes 2-3, OV 5)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1952-1976 (.4 Linear feet: Boxes 3-4)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1875-1963 (.1 Linear feet: Box 4)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1962 (.1 Linear feet: Box 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared, by Allessandra Liberati in 2024.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection and material lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reel 2018 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is between Trovato, friends, colleagues, organizations, and galleries. Writings include lectures and research notes, as well as other writings by Trovato. Exhibition files include materials for the Armory Show, Olympics in Art (1980), and various other exhibitions. Personal business records contain materials related to Trovato's time at Hamilton College and the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Printed materials contains exhibition catalogs, monthly publications, and clippings. Photographic material is of artwork, and artwork includes wallpaper samples designed by Charles Burchfield.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives also hold an oral history interview with Joseph S. Trovato conducted 1979 July 29, by Robert Brown, twenty-four oral history interviews conducted by Trovato 1964-1965 in partnership with the Archives of American Art, and the 1913 Armory Show, 50th anniversary exhibition records.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel 2018) including exhibition catalogs and material relating to the Armory Show-50th Anniversary Exhibition arranged by Trovato for the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, in February 1963. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory. Exhibition catalogs were returned to Trovato.