Gaetano Cecere papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cecere, Gaetano, 1894-1985
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Unmicrofilmed material donated 1972-1978 by Cecere. Material on reel 3813 recieved via Syracuse University Library, where it apparently had been donated by Cecere, ca. 1970.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cecere, Gaetano, 1894-1985
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cecegaet
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3813 available at Archives of Amrican Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, certificates, writings, photographs, printed material, and legal and financial records.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3813: Letters received, 1931-1969; a membership certificate from the National Academy of Design, 1938, and a certificate of merit awarded by the Audubon Artists, 1957; notes and writings, undated and 1934, including a speech at the dedication ceremonies of Cecere's statue of Abraham Lincoln in Milwaukee; clippings, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material; and 2 photographs of Cecere and photographs of his works of art, undated and 1934-1956.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: 105 letters relating to the competition which Cecere won for the Lincoln Memorial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a blueprint of his design for the Memorial, and a copy of Benjamin Lossing's A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR, which Cecere used researching the project. In addition there are 6 photographs of his statue of John Frank Stevens, 1926, 2 photographs of Cecere at work, a photo of one of his portrait paintings: and 24 photos of his sculpture; legal documents; financial papers; exhibition catalogs; 3 letters to Cecere; 1967-1970; clippings; and 2 awards.