John Canaday papers
name: label: Creator
content: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
label: Names
content: American Abstract Artists
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1393, 3482, D257-D259, and 4909 was donated 1966-1974 by John Canaday. Material on reels NYJC1-NYJC6 was lent for microfilming 1965 by Canaday. He subsequently donated the papers he lent to Syracuse University.
creator: label: Creator
content: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Canaday (1907-1985) was an art critic in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.44 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.canajohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D257-D259, NYJC1-NYJC6, 1393, 3482, and 4909 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels NYJC1-NYJC 6: Originals located in Syracuse University, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm inventory for papers lent for microfilming on microfilm reels NYJC1-NYJC 6 is available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; scrapbooks; writings; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 1393: Correspondence which Canaday received and sent as art critic for the "New York Times". The letters are mostly from the general public, but also from museum staff, other critics, and artists. Many are about the Metropolitian Museum of Art and Barnett Newman. Correspondents include Jacob Burck, Edward and Rosamund Corbett, Stuart Davis, Thomas Hoving, Majorie and Virginia Lewisjohn, Bob Osborne, E. P. Richardson, and Tessim Zorach. Other items include drafts of articles, clippings, and a photo of Canaday in Venice, 1935.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 3482: A letter to Canaday, October 7, 1960, from Si Lewen regarding Canaday's "call for a 'moratorium on art' and an invitation to all artists to occupy themselves with domestic service."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 4909: A one page letter to Canaday from Nora Scott, February 18, 1973.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unmicrofilmed: A letter from Balcomb Greene to John Canaday, March 14, 1960, written upon reading a review by Canaday of an exhibition of members of the American Abstract Artists art organization, in which Greene provides information and his reminiscences about the organization and several of its members.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives are papers lent for microfilming in 1965 by John Canaday (microfilm reels NYJC1-NYJC6), including correspondence with artists and others regarding Canaday's articles and reviews written for the New York Times, 1959-1965. Among the correspondents are George Biddle, Balcomb Greene, Adolf Dehn, Ernest Fiene, Joseph Hirsch, Karl Knaths, I. Rice Pereira, Nathaniel Poussette-Dart, Henry Varnum Poor, Selden Rodman, Jack Twoarkov, and William Zorach.
label: Related Materials
content: John Canaday papers are also located at Syracuse University.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the microfilm of 16 scrapbooks microfilmed onto Reels D257-D259. Scrapbooks contain clippings of art columns from newspapers, 1932-1962 and are no longer part of the physical holdings of this collection.