Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott research material on artists
name: label: Creator
content: Prescott, Emma-Stina
label: Creator
content: Prescott, Kenneth Wade, 1920-
label: Names
content: Anuszkiewicz, Richard
label: Names
content: Browne, Byron, 1907-1961
label: Names
content: Chapin, James, 1887-1975
label: Names
content: De Creeft, José, 1884-1982
label: Names
content: Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965
label: Names
content: Goulet, Lorrie, 1925-
label: Names
content: Greenbaum, Dorothea S.
label: Names
content: Hunt, Richard (1935-2023)
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Maitin, Sam
label: Names
content: Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991
label: Names
content: Slonem, Hunt
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Topic
content: Artists -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in several installments by Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott from 1987 to 2001.
creator: label: Creator
content: Prescott, Emma-Stina
label: Creator
content: Prescott, Kenneth Wade, 1920-
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content: Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott research material on artists
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott research material on artists measures 9.4 linear feet and dates from 1919 to 2001, with the bulk of the material dating from 1973 to 1991.  Kenneth Prescott, an art historian and educator, and his wife Emma-Stina, also an art historian, maintained extensive files concerning artists James Chapin, Burgoyne Diller, Dorothea S. Greenbaum, Jack Levine, and Elizabeth Olds.  These files typically include correspondence, artwork inventories, exhibition catalogs and other printed materials, notes, interviews, photographs, and slides.  A small amount of material also documents the works of Richard Anuszkiewicz, Byron Browne, Jose de Creeft, Lorrie Goulet, Richard Hunt, Sam Maitin, and Hunt Slonem.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kenneth Wade Prescott (1920-2013) was an art historian and educator in Austin, Texas.  Prescott's wife, Emma-Stina (1924-2021) was also an art historian.  

Kenneth Prescott received a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Michigan.  While living in Ann Arbor he met his future wife Emma-Stina Johnsson, who was visiting from Stockholm, Sweden.  His early career included directorships of the Kansas City Museum, Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and the New Jersey State Museum.  During his career he arranged and curated many exhibitions throughout the country and abroad and administered a grant program in the visual arts for the Ford Foundation.  He and his wife moved to Austin, Texas in 1974, and he served as Chairman of the Art Department at the University of Texas at Austin. While there he introduced a Ph.D. program in Art History.  Prescott regularly published in the fields of ornithology and the visual arts, including several publications on Ben Shahn and retrospective exhibition catalogs for the works of Elizabeth Olds, Burgoyne Diller, and Jack Levine.  He also collaborated with his wife on The Complete Graphic Work of Jack Levine which was published in 1984.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-2001
label: Date
content: bulk 1973-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.preskenn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: James Chapin, 1941, 1955-circa 1984 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Burgoyne Diller, 1932-2001 (2.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)

Series 3: Dorothea S. Greenbaum, 1919-1980 (2.7 linear feet; Boxes 4-6)

Series 4: Jack Levine, 1961-1991 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 6-8)

Series 5: Elizabeth Olds, 1931-1992 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 8-9)

Series 6: Other Artists, 1929-1998 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 9-10)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Erin Kinhart in 2013. The collection has been minimally rearranged and retains the existing/original folder titles when possible. All materials have been rehoused in archival folders and boxes for long-term stability, but often staples and other fasteners have not been removed. Materials within folders have not been rearranged.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott research material on artists measures 9.4 linear feet and dates from 1919 to 2001, with the bulk of the material dating from 1973 to 1991.  Kenneth Prescott, an art historian and educator, and his wife Emma-Stina, also an art historian, maintained extensive files concerning artists James Chapin, Burgoyne Diller, Dorothea S. Greenbaum, Jack Levine, and Elizabeth Olds.  These files typically include correspondence, artwork inventories, exhibition catalogs and other printed materials, notes, interviews, photographs, and slides.  A small amount of material also documents the works of Richard Anuszkiewicz, Byron Browne, Jose de Creeft, Lorrie Goulet, Richard Hunt, Sam Maitin, and Hunt Slonem.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art are the Burgoyne Diller papers which include papers and artwork donated by Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott. The Kenneth W. Prescott and Emma-Stina Prescott Collection of Ben Shahn is available at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.