Meyer Matzkin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Matzkin, Meyer, 1880-1976
label: Names
content: Cushing, Richard, 1895-
label: Names
content: Linton, Mel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Lillian Matzkin Zimbler, Matzkin's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Matzkin, Meyer, 1880-1976
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Self-taught mural and portrait painter and sculptor, Boston, Mass. Born in Russia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.matzmeye
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 833 & 865 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A 2-page biographical sketch of Matzkin, 25 photographs of his paintings, ca. 1919-1968, 7 photographs of Matzkin, 2 clippings, and xerox copies of 2 letters. One of the letters, November 20, l965, is from Richard (Cardinal) Cushing thanking him for a reproduction of "Moses at Mt. Sinai," and the other is letter of appreciation, July 24, l956, from a client, Mel Linton.