Lincoln Rothschild papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Girolamo Piccoli [microfilm title]
name: label: Creator
content: Rothschild, Lincoln, 1902-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: Archer, Edmund, 1904-
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Names
content: Coffey, Katherine, d. 1972
label: Names
content: Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933
label: Names
content: Greenbaum, Dorothea S.
label: Names
content: Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
label: Names
content: Mangravite, Peppino, 1896-
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
label: Names
content: Piccoli, Girolamo, 1900-1970
label: Names
content: Schmidt, Katherine, 1898-1978
label: Names
content: Starr, Theodore
label: Names
content: Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991
label: Names
content: Winchester, Alice
label: Names
content: Woodhouse, Betty Burroughs, 1899-1988
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel NDA15 donated by Rothschild, 1964; remainder donated 1987 by his widow, Elisabeth Rothschild.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rothschild, Lincoln, 1902-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lincoln Rothschild (1902-1983) was a cculptor and writer in New York, N.Y. Rothschild was the director of the New York Unit of the Index of American Design, 1937-1940. He taught at Columbia University and Adelphi College, 1946-1950 and was the National Executive Director for Artists' Equity Association, 1951-57. He was the author of SCULPTURE THROUGH THE AGES (1942) TO KEEP ART ALIVE-KENNETH HAYES MILLER, AMERICAN PAINTER 1876-1956 (1974), FORMS AND THEIR MEANINGS IN WESTERN ART (1976) and numerous articles.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rothlinc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 290 & NDA 15 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, interviews, printed materials, writings, correspondence, art work, and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 290: Eleven scripts for radio programs on the Index of American Design, broadcast in New York throughout 1940. Interviewees include: Rothschild, Holger Cahill, director of the WPA-FAP; Edith Halpert, director of American Folk Art Gallery; Katherine Coffey, curator of Newark Museum; Alice Winchester, editor of "Antiques"; and Theodore Starr.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL NDA 15: Press releases; pamphlet on permanent art programs; Index of American Design papers; a report concerning government art programs; memorandum to Gustave Von Groschwitz outlining a plan for new subject matter for FAP artists; and "Report to the Sculptors of the Federal Art Project" by Girolamo Piccoli.[Report to the sculptors...under microfilm title Girolamo Piccoli]
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Writings on art and on the Index of American Design; radio scripts for the series "The American Artists" sponsored by Artists Equity, 1953; clippings, 1936-1982; a nearly complete set of his newsletter, THE PRAGMATIST IN ART, 1964-1978; material on Kenneth Hayes Miller; resumes, school transcripts and memorabilia; photographs of Rothschild and of his sculpture; correspondence concerning THE PRAGMATIST IN ART (1964-1978), The Index of American Design (1968-1973), his research on Miller (1964-1977) and other publications, his work for Artists Equity, and other matters; a sketchbook; and a drawing. Among the correspondents are Samuel Kramer, editor of "The Shipyard Worker," Peppino Mangravite, Katherine Schmidt Shubert, Betty Burroughs Woodhouse, and critics Rudolf Arnheim, John Canaday and Donald Kuspit.