Robert Brackman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Brackman, Robert, 1898-
label: Names
content: Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994
label: Names
content: Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
label: Names
content: Dondero, George A. (George Anthony), 1883-1968
label: Names
content: Hartford, Huntington, 1911-2008
label: Names
content: Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
label: Names
content: Philipp, Robert, 1895-1981
label: Names
content: Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937
label: Names
content: Selznick, David O., 1902-1965
label: Names
content: Vaughan, Malcolm, 1896-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D295 lent 1966 by Robert Brackman. Portions of this material were subsequently given by Brackman's widow, Frances, with her gift of all other materials, 1981. Twenty-seven personal photographs from reel 2380 were returned to Frances Brackman at her request.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brackman, Robert, 1898-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and educator; New York, N.Y. Born in Russia. Studied at Francisco Ferrer School, with Robert Henri, and with George Bellows. Came to United States in 1908. Taught at the Art Students League. Died 1980.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bracrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D295, 2339, 2340, and 2380 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel D295: Originals returned to lender, Robert Brackman, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs, writings, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, awards and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D295: Correspondence with buyers, museum curators, and students, and with Irving Berlin, George A. Dondero, Robert Philipp, and Malcolm Vaughan; drafts of articles; scrapbooks; photographs of Brackman's paintings; clippings; and other publications.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 2339-2340: Biographical data, with typescript of Kristin Smith's 1968 unpublished essay on Brackman; correspondence, including letters from Irving Berlin, Huntington Hartford, Harold L. Ickes, Robert Philipp, John D. Rockefeller, David O. Selznick, and others; printed material, including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, reproductions, exhibition catalogs, and announcements; awards; 2 scrapbooks, 1930-1952; and 8 undated sketchbooks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2380: Photographs, including personal photographs of Brackman, his friends, his students; of Herbert Turner, his home, his school, and studio; and photographs of Brackman's works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Writings by Brackman for his lectures; typescripts and a copy of BRACKMAN: HIS ART AND TEACHING by Kenneth Bates; and printed material including newspaper clippings, by-laws for the "Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce," London, and the "Royal Society of Arts," London, and a 1957 edition of the journal, THE ARTIST.