Henry Ernest Schnakenberg papers
name: label: Creator
content: Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970
label: Names
content: American Academy of Arts and Letters
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content: Artists Equity Association
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content: Angel, John, 1881-1960
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content: Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987
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content: Barye, Antoine-Louis, 1796-1875
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content: Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956
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content: Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902
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content: Billings, Henry, 1901-
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content: Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
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content: Blume, Peter, 1906-1992
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content: Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969
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content: Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
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content: Buller, Audrey, 1902-
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content: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
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content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
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content: Catherwood, Frederick, 1799-1854
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content: Congdon, William, 1912-1998
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content: Day, Horace Talmage, 1909-1984
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content: Dows, Olin, 1904-1981
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content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
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content: Etting, Emlen, 1905-1993
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content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
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content: Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966
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content: Fiene, Ernest, 1894-
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content: Goff, Lloyd Lozés, 1919-
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content: Guys, Constantin, 1805-1892
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content: Hardy, Thomas, 1921-
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content: Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892
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content: Hartl, Léon, 1889-
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content: Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
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content: Hoyt, Whitney Ford, 1910-1980
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content: Inness, George, 1825-1894
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content: Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961
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content: Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
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content: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-
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content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
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content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
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content: Laning, Edward, 1906-1981
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content: Lasker, Joe
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content: Leighton, Clare, 1899-
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content: Locke, Charles, 1899-
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content: Low, Sanford B. D. (Sanford Ballard Dole), 1905-1964
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content: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988
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content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
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content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
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content: Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
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content: Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964
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content: Saint-Gaudens, Homer, b. 1880
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content: Savery, Rockland
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content: Schmidt, Katherine, 1898-1978
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content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
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content: Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
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content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
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content: Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997
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content: Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905
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content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
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content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
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content: Watson, Nan, 1876-1966
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content: Weisgard, Leonard, 1916-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- Connecticut -- Newton
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- Newton
label: Topic
content: Art, Prehistoric
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Etching
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material donated 1963-1971 by Schnakenberg and, after his death, by his estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, etcher; Newton, Conn.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1905-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schnh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D113, 847, and 850-853 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, correspondence, appointment books, etchings, a scrapbook, printed materials, writings, and posters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D113: Primarily letters received from artists, 1940s-50s; background material for Ft.Lee and Amsterdam (N.Y.) murals; and miscellaneous printed material and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondents include John Angel, Artists Equity, Peggy Bacon, Gifford Beal, Henry Billings, Isabel Bishop, Peter Blume, Louis Bouche, Van Wyck Brooks, Audrey Buller, Paul Cadmus, Alexander Calder, William Congdon, Horace T. Day, Olin Dows, Marcel Duchamp, Emlen P. Etting, Philip Evergood, Barry Faulkner, Ernest Fiene, Leon Hartl, Whitney F. Hoyt, William M. Ivins, Jr., Lincoln E. Kirstein, Leon Kroll, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Edward Laning, Joseph L. Lasker, Clare Leighton, Charles W. Locke, Sanford B.D. Low, Luigi Lucioni, Reginald Marsh, Kenneth H. Miller, Nat'l Institute of Arts and Letters, Betty Parsons, Hugo Robus, Homer Saint-Gaudens, Katherine Schmidt, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Eugene Speicher, Theodoros Stamos, Franklin C. Watkins, Forbes and Nan Watson, and Leonard Weisgard.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 847: Photographs, including 67 of Schnakenberg and friends, 1 of a portrait of him by Lloyd Goff, 95 of his oil paintings, 33 of his watercolors, 25 of his works in unidentified media, 29 of works by other artists, and 46 of pre-Columbian art from Central and South America. Among artists whose works are included are Antoine Louis Barye, Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Catherwood, Constantin Guys, Thomas Hardy, William Harnett, Winslow Homer, George Inness, Eastman Johnson, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Reginald Marsh, Rockland Savery, Theodoros Stamos, and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 850-853: Biographical information; personal and business correspondence; 17 diaries, mainly about Schnakenberg's travels, 1905-1960; appointment calendars, 1963-1969; 70 etchings by Schnakenberg; a scrapbook containing clippings, catalogs, and other printed material; a book published by G. Alan Chidsey on Schnakenberg; clippings, catalogs, and announcements; papers relating to gifts and acquisitions of works of art; receipts for Schnakenberg paintings from C.W. Kraushaar Galleries; a 650-page typescript for a book "The Background of Painting" by Schnakenberg; and drafts of speeches.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Six World War I posters designed by Schnakenberg; Christmas cards from artists and other friends; printed material; and a photograph of Lloyd Goff, inscribed to Schnakenberg, in front of one of his paintings, 1939.