Emil Armin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Armin, Emil, 1883-
label: Names
content: Levy, Beatrice S. (Beatrice Sophia), 1892-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Greeting cards
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1985 by Hilda D. Armin, widow of Emil Armin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Armin, Emil, 1883-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Chicago, Illinois. Died 1971.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1922-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.armiemil
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3769-3770 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Newspaper clippings are primarily photocopies. Badly deteriorated clippings were photocopied and discarded.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data; correspondence, mostly letters and greeting cards received, 1926-1958, ca. 50 items, including an etching by Beatrice S. Levy dated 1932,; the last chapter ("Reanimating the Life of the World" pgs. 198-252) of a doctoral thesis by Ethel Joyce Hammer, ATTITUDES TOWARDS ART IN THE 1920'S IN CHICAGO (1975); a 3 p. undated price list for wood carvings, watercolors and oil paintings by Armin; a notebook, 1937-1971, containing a few poems, copies of letters, notes on painting techniques, curriculum vitae, and a lists of oils, 1917-1970, watercolors, 1914-1971, pastels, 1964-1965, prints, ca. 1921-1966, and carvings, 1920-1971 by Armin (title of work, size, date and buyer information is often included); 2 sketchbooks, 1916 and 1919 (22 x 10 cm. or smaller) containing pencil & watercolor sketches of people and landscapes, signed and dated; a scrapbook containing clippings, 1920's; 18 exhibition announcements, invitations and catalogs, 1931-1977; ca. 150 magazine articles and newspaper clippings, 1920-1967 and undated; and 6 photographs of Armin, 1945, 1963? and undated.