Michael Lekakis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lekakis, Michael, 1907-
label: Names
content: Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
label: Names
content: Freeman, Joseph
label: Names
content: Gilford, Henry
label: Names
content: Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
label: Names
content: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
label: Names
content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Poets
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1969-1978 by Michael Lekakis, except for Cummings & Pound letters which were returned to Lekakis after microfilming, and in 1992 by Catherine Lekakis Hios, sister of Michael Lekakis.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lekakis, Michael, 1907-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, sculptor, poet; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lekamich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N69-131 and 3090-3091 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Cummings & Pound letters: Originals returned to Michael Lekakis after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; U.S. Army records; postcards; telegrams; a monologue; photographs; catalogs; clippings; and publications.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N69-131: U.S. Army records commenting on Lekakis' work in camouflage during World War II; 11 letters, postcards and telegrams, 1951-1963, from Marion and E.E. Cummings concerning translations, from U.S.I.S. officers, and from the Baltimore Museum of Art, the last concerning a Lekakis painting rejected by the Trustees; a xerox monologue, "Medea at Corinth," by Joseph Freeman, and a comment on Lekakis by Henry Gilford; photographs; catalogs; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3090-3091: Papers pertaining to poets Charles Olson and Ezra Pound. Included are 12 letters and postcards from Olson, a letter from the University of Connecticut Archives requesting information about Olson, and two publications (Y & X, 1948 and Right Angle, 1949) which contain poems by Olson. In addition there are 32 letters and postcards, 1953-1958, from Ezra Pound, two letters from Dorothy Pound, and a letter from James Johnson Sweeney to Ezra Pound about the possibility of acquiring Lekakis's sculpture for the Guggenheim.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Biographical information, including records from the memorial service for Lekakis held at the Art Students League, March 6, 1988; clippings, 1962-1988; exhibition announcements, 1946-1990, and catalogs, 1980-1988; poems by Lekakis; and a transcript of a Voice of America radio interview.