George G. Adomeit papers
name: label: Creator
content: Adomeit, George G. (George Gustav), 1879-1967
label: Names
content: Cleveland Academy of Art
label: Names
content: Cleveland Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Cleveland Society of Artists
label: Names
content: Municipal Collection of Cleveland Art
label: Names
content: Malmquist, Hal
label: Names
content: Noble, Morton
label: Names
content: Oakes, Wilbur L., 1876-1934
label: Names
content: Scott, Philip D.
label: Names
content: Shackelton, Charles, d. 1920
label: Names
content: Teale, Earl
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Art -- Periodicals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1051 and 1159 lent for microfilming 1975-1976; material on reel 2786 donated in 1978 all by Ruth Adomeit. The unmicrofilmed material was received in 1996 from the Ruth Adomeit estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Adomeit, George G. (George Gustav), 1879-1967
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Cleveland, Ohio. Born 1879 in Memel, Germany. Active in Cleveland, Ohio art organizations, primarily the Cleveland Society of Artists, whose members comprised professional and amateur artists of Northern Ohio. The society conducted classes, lectures, tours, and exhibitions, and functioned as an important social outlet for the area's artists.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Ohio
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 174 Items (Reels 1051, 1159, and 2786)
label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet (Unmicrofilmed)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adomgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1051, 1159 and 2786 available at Archives of American offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1051 and 1159: Originals returned to the lender, Ruth Adomeit, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relating to Adomeit's involvement in Cleveland, Ohio art organizations, primarily the Cleveland Society of Artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1051: 13 issues of THE SKETCH BOOK, January 1883-February 1884, published by the Cleveland Academy of Art, including reproductions of work by George Groll, Archibald Willard, Otto Bacher, Kenyon Cox, and others, and biographical material on the artists represented; a nearly complete run of SILHOUETTE, 1925-1948, published by the Cleveland Society of Artists; a photograph of a Society banquet; exhibition catalogs; a sketchbook by Earl Teale; photographs of Cleveland artists on sketching trips, ca. 1910 and ca. 1958; and a photo of Wilbur Oakes, ca. 1880.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1159: 3 letters to Adomeit, a photograph of Charles Shackleton, board minutes of the Municipal Collection of Cleveland Art, and records of the Cleveland Society of Artists, including constitution and by-laws, exhibition invitations and announcements, and auction announcements.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2786: Adomeit's membership card to the Cleveland Society of Artists, 1928; a catalog, "An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Cleveland Artists," 1930; a clipping concerning the Cleveland Art Association's gift of an Adomeit painting to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Primarily negatives of works of art by Adomeit, 1906-1953 and undated; Also included are ca. 20 v. of sketchbooks, undated; a journal, undated; scattered correspondence, 1937-1994 and undated; information relating to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1927 and undated; transcript of station WTAM's Radio Talk "THE EARLY DAYS OF ART IN CLEVELAND", by E.W. Palmer,July 22, 1935; catalogs, 1937-1952 and undated; miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1912-1968 and undated; photographs of works of art by Adomeit, 1992 and undated; 2 copper plates for paintings by Adomeit, undated; miscellaneous works of art by Adomeit, undated; and miscellaneous photographs of works of art,undated.