Ward Eggleston Galleries records
name: label: Creator
content: Ward Eggleston Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Eggleston, Ward
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1968 and 1972 by Ward Eggleston, owner of the galleries.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ward Eggleston Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Ward Eggleston Galleries records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Ward Eggleston Galleries measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1940 to 1965. The records document the history of the New York gallery through one file of correspondence; one file on the Eleventh Annual exhibition of the galleries; and artist files. Artist files consist of correspondence, exhibition announcements, price lists, photographs, and artist statements. Some of the artists represented by the galleries include Ruth Hutton Ancker, Peggy Gerry, Peter Hopkins, Joel Kaplan Annie Lenney, and Edmund Niemann.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ward Eggleston Galleries was an art gallery at 161 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York, N.Y.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wardeggl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series

Series 1: Ward Eggleston Galleries Records, 1940-1965 (0.6 linear feet: Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 114 and 677 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Ward Eggleston Galleries measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1940 to 1965. The records document the history of the gallery through one file of correspondence; one file on the Eleventh Annual exhibition of the galleries; and artist files. Artist files consist of correspondence, exhibition announcements, price lists, photographs, and artist statements. Some of the artists represented by the galleries include Ruth Hutton Ancker, Peggy Gerry, Peter Hopkins, Joel Kaplan Annie Lenney, and Edmund Niemann.