Helen Appleton Read papers
name: label: Creator
content: Read, Helen Appleton, 1897-1974
label: Names
content: Portraits (Gallery: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
label: Names
content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women art critics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 3094-3096 donated by Helen Read Trent, Read's daughter, 1975. Scrapbooks on reel N736 lent for microfilming by Helen Appleton Read, 1967. Read subsequently donated them to Smith College.
creator: label: Creator
content: Read, Helen Appleton, 1897-1974
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and gallery director of Portraits, Inc., Portrait Center of America, New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1920]-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.readhele
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 N736 and 3094-3096 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel N736: Originals in Smith College Archives.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, biographical data, writings, lectures, articles, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N736: Five volumes of the Sunday art pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1922-1935.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3094-3096: Biographical data; correspondence with Samuel Reyburn, President of Lord and Taylor, concerning an exhibition of modern French decorative art; letters from Eugene Speicher and others and one from Rockwell Kent, 1946, discussing his relationship with Robert Henri; a transcript from the New York School Art League broadcast "Meet the Artist" in which Read discusses portrait painting; notes, lectures and articles; 4 scrapbooks containing biographical data, letters, exhibition invitations and catalogs from Portraits, Inc. and other galleries, clippings, her articles for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Smith College memorabilia and photographs; photographs of portraits, Read, her friends and family; and lecture announcements.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials of Helen Appleton Read, 1922-1972, are also located at Smith College.