Artists for Victory, Inc. records
name: label: Creator
content: Artists for Victory, Inc.
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956
label: Names
content: Brinckerhoff, A. F. (Arthur F)
label: Names
content: Chapin, Cornelia, 1893-1972
label: Names
content: Cox, Allyn, 1896-1982
label: Names
content: Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974
label: Names
content: Geiffert, Alfred, 1890-1957
label: Names
content: Gellert, Hugo, 1892-1985
label: Names
content: Hogner, Nils, 1893-1969
label: Names
content: Juta, Jan
label: Names
content: Leboit, Joseph, 1907-
label: Names
content: Levi, Julian Clarence, b. 1874
label: Names
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
label: Names
content: Nichols, Hobart, 1869-1962
label: Names
content: Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel, 1886-1965
label: Names
content: Steese, Edward, 1902-
label: Names
content: Todd, Bianca, b. 1889
label: Names
content: Walker, Ralph Thomas, 1889-1973
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1965 by Helen Treadwell.
creator: label: Creator
content: Artists for Victory, Inc.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Based in New York, N.Y., 1942-1946. This organization was formed by artists who desired to assist in the war effort by using their artistic abilities. Activities included a war poster competition, British-American goodwill exhibition, sponsoring portrait drawings, demonstrations of arts and crafts, and instruction in military hospitals. Officers include Paul Manship, John Taylor Arms, Arthur Crisp, Ralph T. Walker, Hobart Nichols, Hugo Gellert.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 600 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.artifor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 115-116 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Minutes of board meetings, correspondence, committee papers, financial records, etc. Correspondents include John Taylor Arms, Gifford Beal, A. F. Brinckerhoff, Cornelia Chapin, Allyn Cox, Arthur Crisp, Alfred Geiffert, Jr., Hugo Gellert, Nils Hogner, Jan Juta, Joseph Leboit, Julian Clarence Levi, Paul Manship, Hobart Nichols, Nathaniel Pousette-Dart, Edward Steese, Bianca Todd, and Ralph T. Walker.