Douglas Volk Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895
label: Collection Creator
content: Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935
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content: Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10.85 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-12, 15-16, OVs 13, 14)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870-1965
label: Date
content: 2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.volkleon, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Douglas Volk's papers are arranged as 9 subseries.

1.1. Biographical Material, circa 1897-circa 1929 (0.75 linear feet; Boxes 1, 12, OVs 13, 14)

1.2. Correspondence, circa 1870-1960 (4.54 linear feet; Boxes 1-5, 12)

1.3. Writings and Notes, 1886-1933 (1 linear foot; Boxes 5-6)

1.4. Diaries and Journals, 1873-1935 (0.2 linear feet; Box 6)

1.5. Financial Records, 1873-1953 (2.5 linear feet; Boxes 7-9)

1.6. Printed Material, 1873-2008 (0.53 linear feet; Boxes 9, 12, OV 13)

1.7. Scrapbooks, 1900-1927 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 9-10)

1.8. Artwork and Sketchbooks, circa 1870-circa 1934 (0.78 linear feet; Boxes 10, 12, OV 13)

1.9. Photographs, circa 1880-1942 (0.95 linear feet; Boxes 10-12, OV 13)
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of this series has been scanned with the exception of some routine financial records.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Douglas Volk's papers form the bulk of the collection and document all stages of his life and career from his first visits to Europe during his teenage years, until his death. Posthumous material primarily comprises family correspondence, financial material, and photographs, and a 2008 Antiques magazine article on the Volk family's activities at Hewnoaks.