Papers relating to Rockwell Kent and Lynd Ward
name: label: Creator
content: Jones, Dan Burne
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
label: Names
content: Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
topic: label: Occupation
content: Commercial artists
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Prints -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1979-1982 by Dan Burne Jones, Lucille Jones and Daniel A.C. Jones.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jones, Dan Burne
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Businessman, collector, printmaker, bibliographer; Oak Park, Ill., Born 1908. Was a friend of Rockwell Kent, and a collector of material by and about Kent. Author of The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonne (University of Chicago Press, 1975)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jonedan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1783-1785, 1793, and 4298-4299 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Correspondence: location of originals unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, bookplates, publications, and other materials on Rockwell Kent and Jones' own commercial art work.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1783-1785: Correspondence with Fred Bartz, 1955-1972, Earl Gibson, 1959-1966, and Rockwell and Sally Kent, 1933-1971, including copies of Kent's letters to Harry M. Geller, 1961-1962; and material on and by Kent, including a sketch, original proofs of bookplates, reproductions of drawings, bookcovers and posters; and clippings and articles, 1917-1978.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1793: Ten commercially reproduced bookplates executed by Jones for various clients. Included is a portrait of Kent and the notation "Rockwellkentiana" that Jones designed for himself.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4298-4299: Correspondence, 1943-1959, between Rockwell Kent, Jones, the Antioch Bookplate Company, and others primarily concerning bookplates; and correspondence, 1931-1982, between Lynd Ward, Mae McNeer Ward, Jones, and others concerning bookplates, art work, and the exchange of visits.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: A typescript, gallery proofs, a signed first edition of THE PRINTS OF ROCKWELL KENT: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE (1975) by Jones; textiles; stamps, 1939, stationary, a scarf with a "Moby Dick" illustration; and a ceramic airmail stamp designed by Kent.