Biographical and Family Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ben Shahn papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear feet (Box 1, OV 36)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shahben, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Records are arranged alphabetically by folder title. This series has been scanned in entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series includes biographical sketches for Shahn maintained by Downtown Gallery and various award certificates received by Shahn over the course of his career. There is a 1924 passport for Shahn and his first wife, Tillie Goldstein, and various family legal records including the divorce papers of Ben and Tillie Shahn, copies of Jonathan Shahn's birth certificate and Ezra Shahn's doctorate certificate, and indenture papers for a branch of Bernarda Bryson Shahn's family. Also found in this series are resume details for Bernarda Bryson Shahn and two cards showing her membership in the Author's Guild.