Katharine Kuh Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Berman, Avis
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content: Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 1, 4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944-2003
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bermavis3, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Katharine Kuh Files have been arranged into four subseries:

Subseries 1.1: Katharine Kuh Correspondence, 1944-1982 

Subseries 1.2: Daniel Catton Rich Correspondence, 1946-1958 

Subseries 1.3: Exhibitions Curated by Katharine Kuh, 1949-1955

Subseries 1.4: Writings and Notes; Interview, 1947-1984
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains correspondence; exhibition files; writings and notes; and an interview. Included is Katharine Kuh's correspondence with artists, collectors, museums, and others during her tenure at the Art Institute of Chicago and the correspondence of the Art Institute's Director, Daniel Catton Rich with Kuh and others. Letters between Rich and Walter and Louise Arensberg chronicle Rich's efforts to obtain the Arensbergs' art collection for the Art Institute. Exhibition files contain letters, a chronology, notes, list of artwork, printed material, press releases, and clippings; included is an extensive file on Kuh's efforts to organize the exhibition, 20th Century Art from the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. Writings and notes include Kuh's article for Vassar Alumnae Magazine; her written reports of visits to galleries; notes on possible acquisitions for the Art Institute of Chicago; published copies of journals featuring writings by Kuh; and a copy of a transcript of Katharine Kuh's 1984 interview with Lily Harmon on J. B. Neumann.