Charles FitzGerald scrapbooks
name: label: Creator
content: FitzGerald, Charles, 1873-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Charles FitzGerald scrapbooks were donated in 1964 by Ira Glackens, FitzGerald's nephew, and in 2007 by Susan Corn Conway. Glackens was the son of portrait painter William Glackens and Edith Glackens; Edith's sister, Irene Dimock FitzGerald was married to Charles. Conway purchased the Glackens' house where additional scrapbooks were located.
creator: label: Creator
content: FitzGerald, Charles, 1873-1958
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content: Charles FitzGerald scrapbooks
abstract: label: Summary
content: Six scrapbooks of art critic Charles FitzGerald measure 1.1 linear feet and date from circa 1901 to 1918.  They are comprised of newspaper clippings from the Evening Sun, Sun, New York Times, and other newspapers.  Many of the printed articles, except where noted, were written by FitzGerald.  Miscellaneous letters to FitzGerald are interleaved within the books and additional loose letters, writings, newspaper clippings, and notes are found.  Also included are note cards that contain an index to Scrapbooks #4-6.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art critic Charles FitzGerald (1873-1958) lived and worked in New York City, New York and was known for his articles promoting Ash Can school artists.  As a writer for the New York Evening Sun and the New York Sun newspapers, FitzGerald frequently published critiques of the National Academy of Design, Society of American Artists, and other conventional art and institutions of his day.  In 1915, he married Irene Dimock, whom he had met eleven years prior at the wedding of his close friends, the painter William Glackens and his wife, Edith Dimock Glackens.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1901-1918
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fitzchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 1 series.

Series 1: Charles FitzGerald scrapbooks, circa 1901-1918 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Materials received a preliminary level of arrangement at some point after donation and were partially microfilmed on reel 101.  All materials were prepared for digitization and described by Judy Ng in 2014 with funding provided by the Sansom Foundation.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2014 and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.  Blank pages have not been scanned.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Six scrapbooks of art critic Charles FitzGerald measure 1.1 linear feet and date from circa 1901 to 1918.  They are comprised of newspaper clippings from the Evening Sun, Sun, New York Times, and other newspapers.  Many of the printed articles, except where noted, were written by FitzGerald.  Miscellaneous letters to FitzGerald are interleaved within the books and additional loose letters, writings, newspaper clippings, and notes are found.  Also included are note cards that contain an index to Scrapbooks #4-6.