Henry Billings letters and photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Billings, Henry, 1901-
label: Names
content: National Council for U.S. Art
label: Names
content: Cronbach, Robert M., 1908-2001
label: Names
content: De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985
label: Names
content: Elisofon, Eliot
label: Names
content: Kaz, Nathaniel, 1917-
label: Names
content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
label: Names
content: Redmond, Roland Livingston, 1892-1982
label: Names
content: Scaravaglione, Concetta, 1900-1975
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Henry Billings, 1965.
creator: label: Creator
content: Billings, Henry, 1901-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Billings (1901-1985) was a painter, illustrator, and teacher, from Sag Harbor, N.Y. Born in 1901 in Bronxville, N.Y.; studied at the Art Students' League; lives in Sag Harbor, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.billhenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D245 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copyprint made from slide.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence relating to Billings' position as an officer of the National Council for U.S. Art and related photographs, among them one of Roland L. Redmond (President of the Council) with Dag Hammarskjold and Robert Cronbach in front of a sculpture by Cronbach and Jose de Rivera, 1960, and one photo each of works by Jacob Lawrence, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Nathaniel Kaz; a photograph (copyprint made from slide) of Billings seated on a platform among others listening to an unidentified speaker, photographer unknown; and a photograph of Billings seated on a stage near an unidentified speaker, photographed by Eliot Elisofon.