Marian S. Mayer research material on Grant Wood
name: label: Creator
content: Mayer, Marian S.
label: Names
content: Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
topic: label: Occupation
content: Biographers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated anonymously 1970.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mayer, Marian S.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mayer was an amateur art historian. She was the wife of J. Gerald Mayer of Schenectady, N.Y. On one occasion, she hosted a dinner party for Wood in her home.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mayemari
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 reels 863-864 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, printed material, notes, and miscellany regarding Mayer's research on artist Grant Wood.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 863-864: 154 letters, 1939-1943, to and from Mayer relating to her research; two scrapbooks, compiled by Mayer, ca. 1932-1954, containing ca. 300 clippings, photographs, and miscellany, and including two letters to Mayer from Wood, 1941; the 1937 limited edition of MAIN STREET, illustrated by Wood; exhibition catalogs, and announcements, photographs, clippings, and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFLMED: Correspondence, 1941-1943; research notes and cards; press releases, tear sheets and a clipping; radio program speeches by Mayer, 1942; a notebook cataloging Wood's work and Mayer's research notes; a bibliography compiled by Mayer about Wood; and a sample of fabric designed by Wood.