May Heiloms papers
name: label: Creator
content: Heiloms, May, 1906-1996
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: May Heiloms donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1976.
creator: label: Creator
content: Heiloms, May, 1906-1996
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content: May Heiloms papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter May Heiloms measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1975. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographs of Heiloms and works of art, printed material, and two mixed media scrapbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: May Heiloms (1906-1996) was an abstract painter in New York City, New York. Heiloms was born May Levinson in Russia and came to the United States and studied at Hunter College and the Art Students League. She exhibited her works around the world and was active in the Association of American Painters and Sculptors.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.heilmay
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of painter May Heiloms measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1975. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographs of Heiloms and works of art, printed material, and two mixed media scrapbooks.