Miscellaneous Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
setName: label: See more items in
content: Rockwell Kent papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Reels 5254, 5741)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1859-1969, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kentrock, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series has been partially scanned. Artifacts and audiovisual materials have not been scanned.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains biographical data, legal documents, memorabilia, etc., documenting the life and career of Rockwell Kent. Also, ephemera of unknown origin and relationship are included.

Biographical data includes membership cards and related membership material from various professional and political organizations; engagement calendars from October 1928 to December 1930; and certificates of initiation and recognition from Joselyn Memorial Museum of Art, Knox College, and Columbia University. Legal documents include Kent's 1924 U.S. passport, and a draft of "Last Will and Testament of Rockwell Kent," dated March 20, 1928.

Artifacts consist of textile samples, dinnerware, a scarf, and wine cooler designed by Kent or featuring patterns based on his paintings and illustrations. These items are grouped by material type.

A boxed album of three 33 1/3 rpm long playing records with libretto of Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes, for which Kent created costumes and set designs, was received from the estate of his widow, Sally Kent Gorton, in 2001.