George C. Groce papers
name: label: Creator
content: Groce, George C., 1899-
label: Names
content: Baker, Charles
label: Names
content: Cooper, John, ca. 1695-ca. 1760
label: Names
content: Foote, Henry Wilder, 1875-1964
label: Names
content: Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985
label: Names
content: Wallace, David H.
label: Names
content: Wollaston, John, fl. 1736-1767
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- History -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 19th century -- History -- United States
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 996-997 donated 1971 by Mrs. George Groce; material on reel 2813 provenance unknown; unmicrofilmed material transferred from the National Collection of Fine Arts via George Groce 1979 to the Archives of American Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: Groce, George C., 1899-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.7 Linear Feet ((partially filmed on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grocgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings, correspondence, photographs, exhibition catalogs and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2813: A 21 page unpublished typescript, "Who was John Cooper", by Groce, ca. 1952.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 996-997: Letters from Henry Wilder Foote and resource materials from Groce's research on John Wollaston and John Cooper. Correspondence with David Wallace and Charles Baker, editor for the New York Historical Society, relates to Groce's work on the DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS IN AMERICA, 1564-1860. Other material includes a draft of the introduction for the Dictionary (unfilmed), book reviews and articles by Groce, photographs, notes, engravings, and exhibition catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, 1938-1958, with Edgar Preston Richardson and Charles Baker about the DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS IN AMERICA, 1564-1860, and about the provenance of portrait paintings by John Wollaston. Other material includes research notes, an annotated text "Empires of the Mind and Spirit American painting 1564-1860", notes on the Gellatly Collection, National Collection of Fine Arts; photographs of artwork; and writings by Groce "Early American Portraiture", and "New York Painting Before 1800."