Washington Square Outdoor Exhibition records
name: label: Creator
content: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Inc.
label: Names
content: Porter, Vernon Carroll, 1896-1982
topic: label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel N139 lent for microfilming by the New York Public Library; material on reel NWS 1 lent for microfilming 1966 by Vernon C. Porter, director of the exhibitions. Material on reel 74 was donated to the Archives of American Art by Porter in 1966.
creator: label: Creator
content: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Inc.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Washington Square Outdoor Exhibition records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Washington Square Outdoor Exhibition records date from 1932 to 1957 and measure 0.1 linear foot. Found are exhibition posters, a publicity file kept by the New York Public Library, and mixed-media scrapbooks containing correspondence, notes and lists, photographs, and printed material concerning the exhibitions from 1932 to 1938.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit was founded in 1931 and is still held biannually in New York City, New York.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Microfilm reels
label: Extent
content: 0.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.washsqua
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels 74, N139, NWS01 and was returned to the New York Public Library and Vernon C. Porter after filming. Material on reel 74 was donated to the Archives of American Art by Vernon C. Porter. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels 74, N139, NWS01. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Material on reel NWS01 were returned to Vernon C. Porter after microfilming. Materials on reel N139 are at the New York Public Library.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Washington Square Outdoor Exhibition records date from 1932 to 1957 and measure 0.1 linear foot. Found are exhibition posters, a publicity file kept by the New York Public Library, and mixed-media scrapbooks containing correspondence, notes and lists, photographs, and printed material concerning the exhibitions from 1932 to 1938.