Frederic C. Knight papers
name: label: Creator
content: Knight, Frederic C., 1898-1979
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: An American Group (Organization)
label: Names
content: Newcomb Art School
label: Names
content: Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Canaan
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Art schools -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1976 by Frederic C. Knight.
creator: label: Creator
content: Knight, Frederic C., 1898-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Canaan, New York.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 400 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.knigfred
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1123 & 1147 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Frederic C. Knight after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; biographical data; photographs; a scrapbook; writings; organizational records of An American Group and American Artists' Congress; and exhibition catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1123: Correspondence; biographical data; exhibition catalogs; and a scrapbook. Also included are correspondence and organizational records of An American Group, (New York) of which Knight was President, 1934-1939, essays by Knight about An American Group; organizational records of the American Artists' Congress; and printed bulletins and newsletters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1147: Photographs, 1915-1973, including 3 personal photographs (one with Andrew Dasburg and others), 3 photographs of Frederic Knight with art classes at the Newcomb Art School, Tulane, ca. 1943-1946, 19 photographs of Knight's paintings and sketches, and 75 photographs of artworks by members of An American Group.