Edward Wales Root papers
name: label: Creator
content: Root, Edward Wales, d. 1956
label: Names
content: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Utica Art Society
label: Names
content: Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
label: Names
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Names
content: Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933
label: Names
content: Mangravite, Peppino, 1896-
label: Names
content: McFee, Henry Lee, 1886-1953
label: Names
content: Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924
label: Names
content: Prior, Harris K. (Harris King)
label: Names
content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
label: Names
content: Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997
label: Names
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Root, Edward Wales, d. 1956
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collector and instructor; Clinton, N.Y. Collector of predominately American avant-garde art. Taught art at Hamilton College. Edward is the son of Elihu Root.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Reels (Ca.3500 items (on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rootedwa2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2376-2378 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material; files on Alexander Brook, Charles Burchfield, George Luks, Peppino Mangravite, Henry Lee McFee, Maurice Prendergast, Eugene Speicher, Theodoros Stamos, and others whose work Root collected, containing correspondence, catalogs, checklists, clippings, receipts, and notes; correspondence with Harris K. Prior and Joseph Trovato of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Lydia Powell, William Roerick, Carl Zigrosser, galleries, dealers, and museum officials; inventories, correspondence, notes, catalogs, and clippings relating to Root's collection; writings; diaries; sketches by Root; files on the Utica Art Society; and photographs of Root, his home, his art collection and exhibitions.