Hudson D. Walker papers
name: label: Creator
content: Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976
label: Names
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: Artists Equity Association
label: Names
content: Walker Art Center
label: Names
content: Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
label: Names
content: Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960
label: Names
content: Walker, Ione
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels D351-D358 & unmicrofilmed donated 1966-1982 by Hudson D. and Ione G. Walker; material on reel 1535 lent for microfilming 1979 by Ione G. Walker, widow of Walker; material on reel 130 donor unspecified.
creator: label: Creator
content: Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976
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content: Hudson D. Walker papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Hudson D. Walker measure 15.9 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1982. The papers document his career as an art collector, arts administrator, and researcher through correspondence, writings, artist files, personal business records, professional activity files, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographic material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hudson D. Walker (1907-1976) was an art collector and arts administrator who lived in New York City. Walker studied at the University of Minnesota and at Harvard University's Fogg Museum before becoming an art dealer in Boston in 1930. In 1937 Walker founded the Hudson-Walker Gallery in New York City. Walker also served as the firsr curator for the Univsersity Gallery at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Walker served as president and trustee of the American Federation of the Arts, trustee of the Print Council of America, president of the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, executive director of the Artists Equity Association, and as president of the international Graphic Arts Society. Walker died in 1976.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.walkhuds
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into nine series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1926-1982 (6.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-7)

Series 2: Writings, 1929-1946 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Series 3: Artist Files, 1933-1962 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 8-9)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1920-1965 (0.6 linear feet; Box 9, 16)

Series 5: Professional Activity Files, 1924-1976 (4.4 linear feet; Boxes 9-14)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1930-1940 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 14, 16)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1927-1977 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 14-15)

Series 8: Photographic Material, circa 1935-1962 (0.9 linear feet; Box 15)

Series 9: Unprocessed Material (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 17-18)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels D351-D358, 130 & 1535 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Hudson D. Walker measure 15.9 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1982. The papers document his career as an art collector, arts administrator and researcher through correspondence, writings, artist files, personal business records, professional activity, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographic material.

Correspondence consists of letters between Walker and family and friends, some business related correspondence in regards to stocks he owned in the lumber industry, and correspondence with art organizations and individuals regarding research for art pieces in their collections. Also included is correspondence from 1945 to 1948 regarding the New York State Art Bill that created the New York University Division of Painting and Graphic Arts.

Writings consist of some miscellaneous notes and a number of diaries containing notes on various artists and artwork.

Artists files consist primarily of photographs and some printed material and artist statements on artists Walker researched. Some of the artists include: Henry Botkin, Marsden Hartley, Moy Seong, Harry Sternberg, and Harry Kemp.

Personal business records consist primarily of invoices for research work, ledger books, and receipt books.

Professional activity files consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, and some financial materials for organizations for which Walker was a board memeber of. Organizations include: T.B. Walker Foundation, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Red River Lumber Company, American Federation of Arts, and the Artists Equity Association. Also included are loan agreements, inventories and price lists, and other exhibition materials for art museums where Walker worked.

Scrapbooks consist of a series of professional and printed material scrapbooks containing clippings, exhibition announcements, and catalogs.

Printed material consists of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for exhibitions that Walker either helped organize or lent artwork to, poetry by Harry Kemp, and articles written by Walker.

Photographic material consists of photographs of Walker with family, friends, and artists. Also included are photographs, slides, and transparencies of artwork he researched.

Unprocessed material consists of documents awaiting mold treatment. Material consists of correspondence, professional material, and some printed material.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Hudson Walker conducted by Dorothy Seckler, August 21, 1965; an oral history interview with Hudson Walker conducted by Paul Cummings, October 22-28, 1969; an oral history with Hudson Walker conducted by Robert Brown, September 1, 1971-August 2, 1972.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on Reel 1535: 4 volumes of a diary, 1929, 1930, 1942, and 1945. The first two volumes were kept while Walker was a graduate student at Harvard, the 1942 volume covers exhibitions and artists, including Marsden Hartley, and the 1945 volume details Walker's travels in Europe after World War II. Also included are 7 letters, a valentine, and two post cards from his wife, Ione G. Walker, and a 1967 letter from Hans van Weeren-Griek. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.