Elisabeth Model Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Model, Elisabeth D. (Elisabeth Dittmann), 1897-1993
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content: Elisabeth D. Model papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2, Item 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.modeelis, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials include biographical sketches, three holiday cards sent by the Model family, and a hand colored photograph of Model's jewelry made of clay. Correpsondence is with friends, family, and institutions including the Corcoran Gallery, Lesley Frost, Alma Reed, and the Wadsworth Atheneum. Also found is a file concerning German-Swiss poet Hermann Hesse with correspondence, printed material, and photographs of Hesse. Photographs depict Model, an exhibition, and of works of art. Printed materials includes clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs. Two writings by Model concern her and her family's early life, flight from the Nazis, and eventual settlement in New York City. Both writings are photocopies. Model's memoir entitled "Memories of Persons and Places" is bound and includes original sketches by Model. 

The series also includes sound recordings of two interviews conducted in 1951: an interview (with transcript) of Model and Lena Gurr conducted by Peter Lipman-Wulf for "Art Review;" and an interview of Model conducted by Dwight Cooke for "Art and the World," on CBS Radio.