William Schack papers
name: label: Creator
content: Schack, William, b. 1898
label: Names
content: Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Biddle, George, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933
label: Names
content: Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952
label: Names
content: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
label: Names
content: Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990
label: Names
content: Hille, Hermann
label: Names
content: Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Biographers
label: Topic
content: Art -- Biography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D193 donated 1959 by William Schack. These papers appear on the microfilm with records of the Valentine Gallery relating to Eilshemius.
label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2917 donated 1981 by William Schack.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schack, William, b. 1898
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Writer; Jerusalem, Israel.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1891-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schawill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D193 and 2917 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Certificate of coat-of-arms is a photographic reproduction.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research materials for Schack's books on Albert C. Barnes and Louis Michel Eilshemius, ART AND ARGYROL: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF DR. ALBERT C. BARNES and AND HE SAT AMONG ASHES.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D193: Eilshemius material, including fifteen letters, 1891-1831, primarily thanks from Eilshemius to C. H. Collins, a poet and a critic who favorably reviewed Eilshemius' books of verse, "Mamon" and "'Lady' Vere" in local Hillsboro, Ohio papers; 2 letters, undated and 1936, from Eilshemius to Schack; 13 hotel and restaurant receipts, 1893-1903; a certificate concerning Eilshemius' coat-of-arms; 21 clippings, 1897-1917; 3 tickets, 1903; a place card from the Art Students at Paris' Thanksgiving dinner at Restaurant Lapérouse, 1887; and a map of Arlington, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1900. The place card and the map were not microfilmed. Other Eilshemius material from sources other than Schack appearing on microfilm reel D193 has been cataloged and housed separately.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2917: Barnes and Eilshemius material. Barnes material includes correspondence with Ira Glackens, Dr. Hermann Hille, George Biddle, Thomas Hart Benton, James A. Michener, and others; notes; manuscript pages; a catalog; printed material; and a photograph. Eilshemius material includes letters to Eilshemius; Schack's correspondence with Katherine S. Dreier, Duncan Phillips, and others; notes; copies of writings on Eilshemius by others; and clippings.