Harold Leeds papers
name: label: Creator
content: Leeds, Harold E., 1913-2002
label: Names
content: Pratt Institute -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987
label: Names
content: Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979
label: Names
content: Frankenberg, Lloyd, 1907-1975
label: Names
content: Galentine, Wheaton
label: Names
content: MacIver, Loren, 1909-
label: Names
content: Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989
label: Names
content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
place: label: Place
content: France -- description and travel
topic: label: Topic
content: Architects -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- France
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Interior decoration
label: Topic
content: Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated in 2014 by Harry Leeds' estate via Barry Skovgaard, executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Leeds, Harold E., 1913-2002
setName: label: See more items in
content: Harold Leeds papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of architect Harold E. Leeds measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1940s-circa 2002. The letters found here are primarily from painter Loren MacIver writing from France, during which time Leeds looked after the home belonging to MacIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg. While mainly logistical in nature, MacIver does describe aspects of her daily life in France, and her and Frankenberg's friendships with prominent figures including Margaret Barr, Elizabeth Bishop, Pierre Matisse, and James Johnson Sweeney. The photographs in the collection document Leeds' life with partner and documentary filmmaker Wheaton Galentine, and Leeds' work as an architect and interior design professor at Pratt Institute.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harold E. Leeds (1913-2002) was an architect and professor of interior design at Pratt Institute in New York City. He designed the Paris Theater, the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, and Martha Graham's dance studio. In 1951, Leeds, along with his partner, documentary filmmaker Wheaton Galentine, purchased a house at 64 Perry Street in the West Village. His neighbors, the painter Loren MacIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg lived at 61 Perry Street. During their extended stays in France, Leeds would look after their home.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940s-circa 2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leedharo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as two series

Series 1: Letters, 1950s-1970 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Photographic Material, 1940s-circa 2002 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2016.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of architect Harold E. Leeds measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1940s-circa 2002. The letters found here are primarily from painter Loren MacIver writing from France, during which time Leeds looked after the home belonging to MacIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg. While mainly logistical in nature, MacIver does describe aspects of her daily life in France, and her and Frankenberg's friendships with prominent figures including Margaret Barr, Elizabeth Bishop, Pierre Matisse, and James Johnson Sweeney. The photographs in the collection document Leeds' life with partner and documentary filmmaker Wheaton Galentine, and Leeds' work as an architect and interior design professor at Pratt Institute.