Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986
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content: Adelyne Dohme Breeskin papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (Box 1, OVs 4-6)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.breeadel, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found in this series is a "birthday book" of letters, cards, and artwork given to Breeskin on the occasion of her 90th birthday, with illustrated greetings from artists including Grace Hartigan and Jacob Kainen; family estate papers; news clippings about Breeskin; and resumes and employment related documents including a federal employment application and correspondence related to the professional opportunities Breeskin was exploring in preparation for resigning her position at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1962. 


Photographs include a studio portrait of Breeskin by Leonard L. Greif taken just prior to her retirement from the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1962, and photographs of Breeskin with others including with Betty Parsons in March 1973; with Edwin A. Daniels, Raphael Soyer, William Finn, and Joseph Hirshhorn after receiving an honorary degree at the Maryland Art Institute in 1975; and with Charles C. Cunningham, Tatayana Grossman, and Clyfford Still at an unidentified event, circa 1970s. Also found is a sound recording of a farewell dinner held for Breeskin at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1962, and a sound recording of a 1969 interview with Sally Avery.