Charles Baskerville papers
name: label: Creator
content: Baskerville, Charles, 1896-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1976 by Charles Baskerville.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baskerville, Charles, 1896-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Baskerville, Jr. (1896-1994) was a painter and muralist in New York, New York known primarily for his portraits of heads of state, military leaders, prominent members of society. Baskerville served in the Rainbow Division during World War I and sketched his fellow soldiers while convalescing from a wound. During World War II he was a lieutenant colonel with the Army Air Force and was the official portrait painter, creating more than 60 portraits of officers and enlisted men.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (83 items on 1 microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baskchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 577 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to lender after microfilming. Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, owns 10.4 cubic feet of Charles Baskerville papers.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Charles Baskerville papers consist of 40 letters (1937-1972), mostly about portraits done by Baskerville from friends and clients; biographical data; two magazine articles pertaining to Baskerville; and 25 exhibition catalogues and announcements (1936-1976). Also included are two albums, one containing photographs of portraits by Baskerville, and one containing photographs of Baskerville and miscellaneous printed material; and 12 loose photographs of Baskerville, including one with Gene Tunny and Charles Lindbergh.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections holds the Charles Baskerville papers.