Writings and Notes
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Cajori, Charles, 1921-2013
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content: Charles Cajori papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Boxes 2, 6, 8)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cajochar, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The writings by Cajori are on art and artists are grouped together at the beginning of the series, followed by the writings by others about Charles Cajori. There is a folder of miscellaneous notes and a folder of pages from guest registers from Cajori's exhibitions at the end of the series.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of the materials in this series have been digitized, except for duplicates and blank pages of the guest registers.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains typescripts and handwritten drafts of Charles Cajori's writings and notes and writings by others. Included are Cajori's drafts of lectures and essays on drawing, painting, and other art-related topics; essays on Paul Cézanne and Chaim Soutine; and biographical information. A file on the Tanager Gallery includes Cajori's account of the founding of the gallery and its place in the New York art community, a press release, the transcript of his interview with Lois Dodd, "Reminiscences of the Tenth Street Days" conducted by Joellen Bard and correspondence relating to the interview. There are also some class notes and essays that are probably from Cajori's college days, as well as some undated writings that include notes on art and artist statements. 

Writings about Charles Cajori contain a typescript of Louis Finkelstein's review of Charles Cajori's one-man exhibition at the Tanager Gallery in 1961 and drafts of Alexander Forge's essay on Charles Cajori. Of interest, is Mercedes Matter's handwritten assessment of Charles Cajori's work. Also found are miscellaneous writings and notes.

There are several guest registers for Cajori's exhibitions at the David Findlay Gallery, Lohin Geduld Gallery, and the New York Studio School.