Aaron Goodelman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Goodelman, Aaron J., 1890-1978
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: Union of American Hebrew Congregations
label: Names
content: Goodelman, Sarah
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Jewish art
label: Topic
content: Jewish art and symbolism
label: Topic
content: Jewish artists
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- Paris
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content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Italy -- Rome
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1977 by Goodelman, and in 1984 by his heir, Connie Weinstock and microfilmed in 1994 with funds provided by the Philip Birnbaum Foundation. Additional scrapbooks were donated in 2008 by Weinstock and do not appear on microfilm.
creator: label: Creator
content: Goodelman, Aaron J., 1890-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, illustrator, lecturer, teacher; New York, N.Y. Another apparent name spelling is Aharon Gudlman.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 7 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goodaaro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4930-4936 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, writings, project files, works of art, photographs, and printed material documenting Goodelman's work as a sculptor, his participation in the Jewish community, and his interest in socialism.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal and professional correspondence is with artists, art associations, museums, galleries and relief organizations, documenting Goodelman's education in Rome, New York and at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; his teaching career in New York, particularly with the Jefferson School of Social Sciences; and his participation in art, political and Jewish organizations, such as American Artists' Congress and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings by Goodelman, undated and 1934, include notes, notebooks, and typescripts. There is also a typescript of Elizabeth McCausland's speech "Art and the Atom," 1947. Project files contain information regarding Goodelman's sculpting of memorial gravestones, Passover art, and the Week of Jewish Culture. Works of art by Goodelman, ca. 1920-1930's, include illustrations for the children's journals "Young Israel," "Kinder Journal" and Joseph Gaer's books "the Burning Bush" and "the Unconquered," sketches, portraiture, and figure drawings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of Goodelman, working and teaching sculpture; his childhood in Russia; his family, friends, and students; memorial gravestones, and works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed material includes exhibition anouncements and catalogs, entry cards, invitations, clippings, political and art organizations information, adult and art education flyers, clippings and a photocopy of Goodelman's privately microfilmed scrapbook containing letters and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are files on Goodelman's wife, Sarah, on Jewish children's schools, 1949-1950.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Two scrapbooks compiled by Sarah Goodelman, containing newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs and photographs regarding the career of Aaron Goodelman, as well as business cards, addresses, scattered receipts, negatives, and miscellany.