David Aronson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Aronson, David, 1923-2015
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1978-1983 by David Aronson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aronson, David, 1923-2015
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Aronson (1923-2015) was a painter, sculptor, and educator in Boston, Massachusetts. His work is associated with the school of Boston Expressionism. Aronson was the first chairman of the Division of Art (now the School of Visual Arts) at the School of Fine and Applied Arts (now the College of Fine Arts) at Boston University in 1955 and taught there until his retirement in 1989.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Microfilm reels (circa 2,850 items on 5 microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.arondavi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1324-1326 and 2936-2937 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, David Aronson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed David Aronson papers contain a resume; circa 2,000 letters; essays and speeches on art; sketches, many done while studying with Karl Zerbe; priced exhibition catalogs; price lists of works; bills and receipts; scrapbooks of clippings and loose clippings; files on dealers and patrons; photographs of works of art; and printed material. 

Correspondents include Lillian Bengtz (Mrs. Ture Bengtz), Leonard Bocour, Sylvan Cole Jr., Karl E. Fortess, Philip Guston, Lee Nordness, Raphael Soyer, Ellsworth Kelly, Max Weber, Karl Zerbe, museums, art societies, and others.