John Barber papers
name: label: Creator
content: Barber, John, 1893-1965
label: Names
content: Becker, Maurice, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Biddle, George, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: Blackburn, Morris, 1902-1979
label: Names
content: Bullitt, William C. (William Christian), 1891-1967
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Durant, Will, 1885-
label: Names
content: Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
label: Names
content: Etting, Emlen, 1905-1993
label: Names
content: Glackens, Edith
label: Names
content: Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990
label: Names
content: Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964
label: Names
content: Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970
label: Names
content: McKinney, Roland J. (Roland Joseph), b. 1898
label: Names
content: Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
label: Names
content: Minor, Robert
label: Names
content: Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
label: Names
content: Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
label: Names
content: Taubes, Frederic, 1900-
label: Names
content: Tholen, William B.
label: Names
content: Werner, Albert
label: Names
content: Young, Art, 1866-1943
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Etchers
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Barber's wife, Margaret, gave the papers to Signature Galleries.
creator: label: Creator
content: Barber, John, 1893-1965
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Barber papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Barber (1893-1965) was a painter, etcher, and illustrator. He was also the art editor of the socialist magazine, The Masses.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barbjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 578-580 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed John Barber papers contain correspondence; sketches and 46 sketchbooks; a Jules Pascin sketchbook (1922); photogrpahs of Barber, Pascin, and Helen and John Sloan; personal documents; exhibition catalogs; and clippings. Among the correspondents are George Biddle, Stuart Davis, Maurice Becker, Morris Blackburn, Frederic Taubes, Robert Laurent, Emlen Etting, Duncan Phillips, Edith and Ira Glackens, Max Eastman, Robert Minor, Roland McKinney, Albert Werner, Will Durant, Art Young, H. L. Mencken, William B. Tholen, William C. Bullitt, and Ben Hecht.