Van Dearing Perrine papers
name: label: Creator
content: Perrine, Van Dearing, 1869-1955
label: Names
content: League for the Preservation of the Palisades
label: Photographer
content: Chapman, A. D.
label: Photographer
content: Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966
label: Names
content: Perrine, Mary, 1919-1982
label: Names
content: Perrine, Theodora Snow, 1886-1968
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D23 lent for microfilming 1962 by Joyce Malcolm; unmicrofilmed material donated 1985 and 2002 by Kristina Leeb-Lundberg, the executor of Perrine's daughter's estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Perrine, Van Dearing, 1869-1955
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, art educator; New York, N.Y. b. 9/10/1868, Garnett, Kan.; d. 12/10, 1955, Stamford, Conn.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
label: Extent
content: 3.7 Linear Feet (Addition)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Addition: 1 rd)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.perrvan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D23 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel D23: Originals returned to Joyce Malcolm after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information, correspondence, writings, photographs, printed material, including clippings, exhibition and auction catalogs, monographs, and art works by Perrine and his students. A small amount of papers of Perrine's wife Theodora Snow and daughter, Mary Perrine, are also included.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D23: Photos of works of art and one photo of Perrine; and catalogs, announcements, and articles about Perrine.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Ten biographical accounts, an award from the Carnegie Institute for "The Robbers," 1903; letters; exhibition catalogs; a scrapbook with clippings, sketches, and a photograph, 1894-1906; clippings; 2 scrapbooks of clippings, 1897-1915; bulletins and reports from art organizations concerning the League for the Preservation of the Palisades, 1893-1973; exhibition and auction catalogs; a book A FULL LIFE--THE STORY OF VAN DEARING PERRINE by Lolita L. W. Flockhart, 1939; photographs of Perrine, 1912-1950, his family, 1912-1960, his works of art, Perrine working with children, and miscellaneous photographs of a model and works of art by others; and printed material. Among the photographers are A. D. Chapman, and Alvin Langdon Coburn.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION (N.Y) Drafts of writings on art, many written in pencil (1905, n.d.); a scrapbook of Perrine's manuscript writings; a small amount of correspondence with Carlton Noyes (1903-1945); monographs, many of them presentation copies, some illustrated by Perrine, from Claude Bragdon, Isadora Duncan, J.P. Mowbray, and Carlton Noyes. Artwork includes fifty-three small pastels, crayon and pencil drawings by children who studied with Perrine during the 1940s and 1950s, fourteen large pastels, many of which were published in LET THE CHILD DRAW, one roll of twenty murals done by children, and three large pastels. Photographs are of Perrine's paintings and book illustrations, his Mt. Tremper, New York and Milburn studios, and family photographs (1905-1955, n.d.). Papers of Perrine's wife, Theodora Snow Perrine, consist of biographical material, correspondence (1933-1964), published articles, and photographs of Theodora teaching rhythmics and music to children; and a small portion of material on the Perrines' daughter, Mary Perrine, includings correspondence (1949-1953), playbills, and writings on rhythmics (ca. 1960).