Walt Kuhn Family Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949
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content: Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26.7 Linear Feet (Box 3-26, 32-35, 56-57, OV 39-55, 58)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1859-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kuhnwalt, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series is arranged according the following 12 subseries:

4.1: Biographical Material, 1882-1972

4.2: Walt Kuhn Letters to Family, 1901-1949

4.3: General Correspondence, 1890-1966

4.4: Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1920-1966

4.5: Provenance Files, 1910-1964

4.6: Other Projects, 1869-1897, 1910, 1922-1941

4.7: Financial Records, 1920-1961, 1972

4.8: Notes and Writings, 1901-1972

4.9: Printed Materials, 1908-1987

4.10: Artwork, 1906-1952

4.11: Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1859-1978

4.12: Audio Recordings, 1965, 1969
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains records of Walt Kuhn's artwork, career, travels, personal and professional associations, family members, and work in vaudeville, film, and interior design. The bulk of material relating to Kuhn's career as a painter can be found in Kuhn's Letters to Family, General Correspondence, Selected Gallery and Exhibition Files, Provenance Files, and to a lesser extent in Financial Records, Notes and Writings, and Printed Materials. Walt Kuhn's Letters to Family, written to his father, wife, and daughter span his entire career and contain candid, personal accounts of his activities and many illustrations. Also included in the papers are biographical narratives and documents; records related to Kuhn's theater, film, and design projects; and original cartoons, drawings, sketches, and photographs. Audio recordings made in 1965 and 1969 contain the recollections of Kuhn's daughter, Brenda Kuhn.

Annotations in pen or orange crayon found throughout this series were probably made by Vera Kuhn and should not be confused with dates marked in pencil by Archives staff during initial microfilming in the 1960s. Penciled dates on correspondence were taken from the postmarks of envelopes, which were disposed of during microfilming.