Lenita Manry Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Manry, Lenita, 1902-1969
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content: Lenita Manry papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.manrleni, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Manry's address book contains contact information for many people in the New York City art world in the 1940s along with loose material tucked into pages which may include notes. Biographical materials include a resume and material on the Manry family such as a typescript of a Civil War diary entry of David Thadeus Manry. Correspondents include Clement Greenberg, Hans Hofmann, and Banks Manry. Also found are drafts of outgoing letters which were often written on Manry's exhibition announcements or scraps of newspaper. Of note are records relating to the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts which include writings and lectures by Hofmann; an admission letter and contract between Hofmann and Manry; Manry's classroom notes with drawings; brochures for the school; and a prospectus for a trip to Europe. Notes include a small article by Manry on her time as a model in New York City. Photographs depict Manry, most of which are likely modeling photos in evening wear but also include a snapshot of Manry drawing. Printed materials consist of scattered exhibition announcements and clippings.