Lynd Ward and May McNeer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
label: Creator
content: McNeer, May Yonge, 1902-
label: Names
content: Society of American Graphic Artists
label: Names
content: Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990
label: Names
content: Gag, Wanda, 1893-1946
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-
label: Names
content: Kainen, Jacob
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
label: Names
content: Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973
label: Names
content: McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991
label: Names
content: Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Book illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers
label: Topic
content: Prints -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Children's literature
label: Topic
content: Illustration of books
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1985 by Georgetown University.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
label: Creator
content: McNeer, May Yonge, 1902-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lynd Ward: Printmaker, illustrator, writer. Died 1985. May McNeer: Children's book author. Died 1994. Born Chicago, Lynd Kendall Ward majored in Fine Arts at the Teachers College, Columbia University, where he illustrated school publications until his graduation in 1926. In the same year he married May McNeer of Tampa, Florida. They collaborated on many books written by McNeer and illustrated by Ward. Between 1926 and 1927, Ward studied at the National Academy for Graphic Arts in Leipzig, Germany, working with Alois Kolb, George Mathey, and Hans A. Mueller. Ward was a prolific graphic artist, illustrating over one hundred books including GODS' MAN and other woodcut novels produced between 1929 and 1937.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wardlynp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3505-3523 available at Archives of American Art offices, Georgetown University Special Collections, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Georgetown University, Special Collections Division.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A 116 page inventory prepared by Georgetown University listing the files and describing the items within each file is available at all Archives of American Art offices and on microfilm reel 3505. The "Family series," was not microfilmed.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence and subject files relate to the activities of Ward, including his membership in the Society of American Graphic Artists, and his collaborative work with his wife, May McNeer Ward.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondents include Fritz Eichenberg, Wanda Gág, Harry Gottlieb, Jacob Kainen, Rockwell Kent, Louis Lozowick, Elizabeth McCausland, Diego Rivera, Prentiss Taylor, and Carl Zigrosser, as well as bookdealers, collectors, children, writers, galleries and museums, publishing and printing companies, advertising and public relations firms, religious organizations, and art, civic, and political associations and societies. Letters are often accompanied by enclosures such as writings and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Subject files contain awards, drafts and typescripts of Ward's writings, lectures, and speeches, notes, outlines and galley proofs for McNeer's and Ward's books, scripts for radio broadcasts, book contracts and royalty statements, lists of Ward's graphic works, illustrations and Christmas cards by Ward, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, reviews, newsletters, bulletins, press releases, and miscellaneous printed material.