Adolph Block papers
name: label: Creator
content: Block, Adolph, 1906-1978
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent/donated 1971 by Adolph Block.
creator: label: Creator
content: Block, Adolph, 1906-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and instructor; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (ca. 300 items (on 4 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blocadol
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 56, 89, 99, and 106 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 56, 89, 99: Originals returned to lender, Adolph Block, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, including telegrams to his wife, letters about arrangements for ornamentation of buildings, acknowledgments from several senators for material Block sent as president of the National Sculpture Society, letters to his parents in 1920s, later correspondence regarding his official work for the Architectural League of New York, Allied Artists of America, Inc., and the National Sculpture Society. Also included are photographs of Block and his wife, Tilda; printed material; memorabilia; and a draft of his article "Sculpture to Live With."