James Penney papers
name: label: Creator
content: Penney, James, 1910-1982
label: Names
content: Bloch, Albert
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Public art -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by James Penney, 1981, and subsequently by his widow, Rachel Penney, 1983-1998.
creator: label: Creator
content: Penney, James, 1910-1982
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, educator; Clinton, N.Y. Died in 1982.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12.6 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 4.3 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pennjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings and notes, diaries, scrapbooks, extensive sketchbooks and sketches, photographs and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence (1918-1981) to and from family members, Paul Manner, Penney's teacher Albert Bloch, and others concerns plans for murals and Penney's ideas on art, among other topics. Diaries concern a European trip (1952). Two scrapbooks contain clippings, photographs, letters and exhibition catalogs documenting Penney's career. Fifty-four sketchbooks (1925-1950) contain figure studies, portraits and caricatures, ideas for murals, and scenes in New York City, Kansas, Missouri and elsewhere. Photographs show Penney, family, friends and his works. Printed material includes clippings, newsletters and brochures, and exhibition announcements and catalogs. Other materials include writings, notes, price lists, contracts and other financial material, biographical materials, a journal (1933-1940), notebooks and ca. 300 loose sketches.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Two volumes of lecture notes from art history classes taught by Albert Bloch, University of Kansas (1929-31); research material compiled by Penney relative to Albert Bloch exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York (1974); 53 volumes of sketchbooks and eighteen sketchbooks (1945-1976), which contain scenes of Nebraska, Italy, and Mexico; about 20 studies and sketches for federal government mural projects (1934-1942); loose sketches; slides of paintings, sketches, and mural studies for Flushing High School, the Nebraska Capitol, and Hamilton College mural projects; 52 oversize sketches and studies for federal and non-federal mural projects , including three rolled oil studies (1933-1970s);correspondence (1962-1984); exhibition announcements and catalogs (1930-1983); clippings (1962-1977); family photographs (1913-1982); photographs of works of art and negatives (n.d.) and a mural design show at Utica College (1972); three award medals; and diplomas (high school and university).