Art Students League records
name: label: Creator
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917
label: Names
content: Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916
label: Names
content: Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
label: Names
content: Sloan, Dolly
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels NY59-20-29 was loaned for microfilming by the Art Students League in 1959. Photographs on reel 1818 were copied from the originals lent by the Art Students League, in 1972.

Items on reels 2786 and 4909 were donated in 1960 by the Art Students League via Christian Buchheit and Larry Campbell.
creator: label: Creator
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Art Students League records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Art Students League date from 1875 to 1956. Found are administrative records, student and teaching records, correspondence of the Secretary and the Board of Control, photographs, and printed material, the bulk of which date from the founding and early years of the school.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Art Students League of New York is an art school in New York City, New York. It was founded by a group of artists in 1875 by students as a revolt against the conservative National Academy of Design. James Carroll and others intended the League to be a student-run organization focused on affordable, progressive art education. It became and continues to be a major force in American art, and trained influential artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Norman Rockwell, among many others.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Microfilm reels
label: Extent
content: 1 Folder
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.artstul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1875-1901 (Reels NY/59-20, NY/59-24, NY/59-24a, NY/59-25, NY/59-27, NY/59-28, NY/59-29)

Series 2: Student and Teaching Records, 1877-1911 (Reels NY/59-20, NY/59-21, NY/59-22, NY/59-23, NY/59-24, NY/59-28, NY/59-29)

Series 3: Correspondence, 1887-1900 (Reels NY/59-25, NY/59-26, NY/59-27, NY/59-29)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1889-1956 (Reels NY/59-20, NY/59-24a, NY/59-28, NY/59-29)

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1880-circa 1920 (Reel 1818)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels NY59/20-29 and 1818 and was returned to the Art Students League after filming. The microfilm and papers were described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels NY59/20-29, 2786, 4909, and 1818 The bulk of the microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Material filmed onto reels NY59/20-29 and 1818 was loaned to the Archives of American Art by the Art Students League and returned after filming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Art Students League date from 1875 to 1956. Found are administrative records, student and teaching records, correspondence of the Secretary and the Board of Control, photographs, and printed material, the bulk of which date from the founding and early years of the school. 

Found are administrative records including constitution and by-laws; member lists; meeting minutes of the Board of Control and members; and financial records including lists of supplies ordered, treasurer's reports and leases. Also found are records relating to The Paris Prize.

Student records include student enrollment registers, student account ledgers, attendance records, course catalogs, and model engagement books for classes. 

Printed materials consist of clippings, exhibition catalogs for early shows, and two programs for "The Dream Ball" (1951, 1955). Also found is a booklet of reminiscences by an honorary member of the Art Students League, Christian Buchheit. 

Photographs are of art classes at the Art Students League. Teachers pictured include J. Carroll Beckwith, William M. Chase, Kenyon Cox, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, John Sloan, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Also found is a print of a women's life class at the League.