Robert H. Luck papers
name: label: Creator
content: Luck, Robert H., 1921-1993
label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
label: Creator
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980
label: Names
content: Miller, Ralph R.
label: Names
content: Parker, Harley
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators
label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1967 by Robert H. Luck.
creator: label: Creator
content: Luck, Robert H., 1921-1993
label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
label: Creator
content: American Federation of Arts
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Curator, born in Tonawanda, N.Y. Attended University of Buffalo, BFA, Harvard University, MA, and Istituti Meschini, Rome, Certificate of Painting. Was curator of the Contemporary Art Center at the Cincinnati Art Museum and assistant director of the American Federation of Arts.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.luckrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3134 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; exhibition materials; photographs; sketches; Christmas cards; biographical information; writings; and an audio cassette.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3134: Correspondence, August-September 1967, with Ralph R. Miller, director of the Museum of the City of New York, regarding a seminar "Exporation of the Ways, Means, and Value of Museum Communication with the Viewing Public," held October 9-10, 1967, hosting Marshall McLuhan and Harley Parker. Two clippings on the seminar are also included. Also includes a tape recording of a dialogue between McLuhan and Parker made in preparation for the seminar.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Primarily personal and professional correspondence, 1941-1964; exhibition catalogs from shows at the Contemporary Arts Center at the Cincinnati Art Museum; business files and publicity files; Luck's resume to 1966; photographs of Luck; a collection of Christmas cards, original designs, 1965; writings by Luck; watercolor sketches by Luck, 1941-1948; and some charcoal and some pencil sketches of nudes.