Ala Story papers
name: label: Creator
content: Story, Ala
label: Names
content: American Academy of Arts and Letters
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content: American British Art Center
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content: University of California, Santa Barbara
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
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content: Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916
label: Names
content: Clark, Kenneth, 1903-
label: Names
content: Craske, John
label: Names
content: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
label: Names
content: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
label: Names
content: Longden, Alfred A. (Alfred Appleby), d. 1954
label: Names
content: Sterner, Harold
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Wilson, Mary F.
topic: label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
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content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Exhibitions -- United States
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
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content: Curators -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Curators -- California -- Santa Barbara
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Margaret Mallory, 1970-1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Story, Ala
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Curator, museum director; New York, N.Y. and Santa Barbara, Calif. Born 1907. Died 1972.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 4 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.storala
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 601-602, 2086, and 3977 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily research material for exhibitions organized by Story at the American British Art Center and at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 601-602: Correspondence, photographs, catalogs and business records for five exhibitions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, including: William Merritt Chase (1964-1965), Surrealism - A State of Mind (1966), Five Centuries of Prints (1967), Max Weber (1968), and Trends in 20th Century Art (1970).
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content: REEL 2086: Papers, 1943, relating to Charles Dana Gibson exhibition at the American British Art Center, NYC, including sketches by Gibson, letters from him, price lists, a catalog of the exhibit, and miscellany.
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content: REEL 3977: Biographical notes, photographs of drawings and paintings and exhibition announcements used by Story for exhibitions on William Merritt Chase, Harold Sterner and John Craske while at the American British Art Center; three letters from Robert Henri to Mrs. William Kennedy Thompson and one letter from William Merritt Chase to Della F. Shull; photographs of Henri and Chase; receipts and checks regarding Chase; and records of the American British Art Center, including 6 sales books, two guestbooks, a petty cash book, exhibition catalogs, and photocopies of exhibition catalogs and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: 16 items including correspondence, 1941-1951, and a printed ceremonial program, 1952, of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Correspondents include Alfred Barr, R.A. Beaes, M. Buller, Sir Kenneth Clark, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Alfred A. Longden, H. F. Perkins, and Mary F. Wilson.