Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
setName: label: See more items in
content: Leon Kroll papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Boxes 1, 7; 0.4 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1906-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.krolleon, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Items within each folder are arranged in chronological order. The bulk of this series has been scanned; business and calling cards have not been scanned. Also not scanned is the 2019 addition.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Biographical materials include autobiographical essays and chronologies compiled and updated by Kroll. The essays list schools he attended, prizes and honors, museums he is represented in, organization affiliations, etc. Also found are lists of paints and supplies found on his palette and lists of artwork and prices. Award certificates document the numerous honors he received from the National Academy of Design during his time as a student and during his early career. There are two interview transcripts, including one interview done for Columbia University in which he discusses his childhood and education in detail. This series also contains a file Kroll kept on the Committee on Government and Art which includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and press releases, and other miscellaneous documents and records.