Elsie Driggs papers
name: label: Creator
content: Driggs, Elsie, 1898-1992
label: Names
content: Baltimore Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Heckscher Museum
label: Names
content: Montclair Art Museum
label: Names
content: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
label: Names
content: Newark Museum
label: Names
content: Walker Art Center
label: Names
content: Wichita State University
label: Names
content: Yale University. Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986
label: Names
content: Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
label: Names
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
label: Names
content: Daniel, Charles, 1878-1971
label: Names
content: Sanford, Cynthia Holthusen
label: Names
content: Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994
label: Names
content: Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women art critics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Elsie Driggs donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in several accretions between 1963 and 1980.
creator: label: Creator
content: Driggs, Elsie, 1898-1992
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content: Elsie Driggs papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of New York City painter Elsie Driggs date from 1924 to 1979 and measure 0.2 linear feet.  Included are correspondence, writings by Driggs, personal business records, printed materials, and portrait and family photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elsie Driggs (1898-1992) was a New York City Precisionist painter, curator, and art critic. 

Born in Connecticut, Elsie Driggs attended the Art Students League in New York City.  She traveled through Italy where she found inspiration from the works of Piero Della Francesca.  After settling in New York City, she became active in the Precisionist movement, which reacted to skyscrapers and other modern building projects.  Later in her career, she painted watercolors under the federal Public Works of Art project. Driggs was married to fellow artist Lee Gatch.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.drigelsi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 5 series.

Series 1:  Correspondence, 1924-1979 (3 folders; Box 1)

Series 2:  Writings and Notes, circa 1960 (2 folders; Box 1)

Series 3:  Personal Business Records, 1964-1979 (1 folder; Box 1)

Series 4:  Printed Material, 1964-1978 (1 folder; Box 1)

Series 5:  Photographs, 1925-1961 (4 folders; Box 1)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Portions of the papers were microfilmed upon receipt.  In 2013, the collection was processed and a finding aid created by Jayna Josefson with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A portion of this collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reel D160 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of New York City painter Elsie Driggs date from 1924 to 1979 and measure 0.2 linear feet.  Included are correspondence, writings by Driggs, personal business records, printed materials, and portrait and family photographs.

Correspondence includes letters from the Baltimore Museum of Art, Adelyn Breeskin, Alexander Brook, Edward Bruce, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, dealer Charles Daniel, Heckscher Museum, Montclair Art Museum, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Newark Musuem, Cynthia Sanford, Francis Steegmuller, Maurice Stern, Jenny Strauss, Walker Art Center, Wichita State University, and Yale University Art Gallery.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art holds an oral history interview with Elsie Driggs conducted by Francine Tyler October 30-December 5, 1985.