Ida Jervis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Jervis, Ida
label: Names
content: Now Festival (1966 : Washington, D.C.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Puppeteers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Washington D.C. -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Washington Metropolitan Area -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
label: Topic
content: Women authors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Ida Jervis donated a portion of her papers in 1994. Her daughter, Margie Jervis, donated additional papers in 2014
creator: label: Creator
content: Jervis, Ida
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content: Ida Jervis papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of photographer and puppeteer Ida Jervis measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1951 to 1996. Found are files concerning Washington D.C. area artists, collectors, exhibitions, festivals, institutions and museums.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ida Jervis (1917-2014) was a photographer, puppeteer, and writer in Washington, D.C. Jervis's photographs were featured in The Jewish Week of Washington and other publications.

Ida Goodstein Jervis was born in Poland in 1917 and immigrated to the United States in 1921, where she settled in Tennessee. She married Sidney Jervis and relocated to  Northern Virginia outside of Washington, D.C. in 1944. In the 1960s, Jervis's writings and photographs appeared in local Washington D.C. newspapers. Her work often centered around the D.C. area arts scene. Additionally, she was an avid puppeteer and was active with the National Capital Puppetry Guild.

Ida Jervis died in 2014 in Falls Church, Virginia.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jervida
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel 4973 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of photographer and puppeteer Ida Jervis measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1951 to 1996. Found are files concerning Washington D.C. area artists, collectors, exhibitions, festivals, institutions and museums. 

Files may include printed material, photographs, biographical material, and correspondence. Additionally, three scrapbooks contain photographs and clippings from Jervis's career as a photographer and writer for local Washington, D.C. newspapers.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of a scrapbook containing printed material and photographs taken by Ida Jervis of the Now Festival held in Washington, D.C., April 26 to May 1, 1966, on Reel 4973. Originals were returned to the lender, Ida Jervis, after microfilming and are not described in the collection container inventory.