Amory C. Simons Photographic Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Simons, Amory C. (Amory Coffin), 1869-1959
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content: Amory C. Simons photographic materials
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1910-circa 1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.simoamoc, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Glass plate negatives have been scanned.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series include four letters to Simons: a 1915 letter from his teacher, Charles Grafly, urging Simons to submit some of his bronzes to an exhibition; and three letters, 1927-1929, from the Santa Barbara School of the Arts regarding his appointment as a teacher and head of the department of modelling, sculpture, and bronze casting. 


Photographic material includes safety negatives made from sixty-seven nitrate negatives for which there are no corresponding prints in the collection; black and white snapshots and photographs primarily of horses and riders, including New York City mounted police and models, and photographs of statues and sculpture. Also found are snapshots of other miscellaneous subjects including buildings and land, and two unidentified women. Most of the photographs measure approximately 5cm x 7cm.

Other photographs include images of sculpture by Simon on card stock with a Christmas greeting from Simons written on the back of each. 

Fifty-six glass plate negatives are all images of artwork by Simons, some of which were photographed in the studio. Original enclosures and photocopies of the original boxes for the glass plate negatives are also found in the collection.