George Cohen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cohen, George, 1913-1980
label: Names
content: Aronson, David, 1923-2015
label: Names
content: Caro, Anthony, 1924-
label: Names
content: Chaet, Bernard
label: Names
content: Hodgson, Joseph
label: Names
content: Kupferman, Lawrence Edward, 1909-1982
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The George Cohen papers were donated to the archives in 1982 by Lois Jean Cohen, widow of George Cohen.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cohen, George, 1913-1980
setName: label: See more items in
content: George Cohen papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of George Cohen measure 1.8 linear feet and date between 1943 and 1980. The papers document his career as a painter and educator through correspondence; lectures, course outlines and notes, four audio reel interviews on teaching art, and other teaching files; a resume, financial records, exhibition documents with galleries, and other professional activity; clippings, exhibition catalogs, magazine contributions, and other printed material; and photographs of artwork, Cohen in his studio, and Cohen teaching.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: H. George Cohen (1913-1980) was a painter and educator in Massachusetts. Cohen was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1913. He attended the Worcester Art Museum School and the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois. Cohen taught art and film classes at Smith College between 1942 and 1980. Cohen participated in numerous exhibition in the New England area from the late 1940s through the 1970s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cohegeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1943-1980 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Teaching Files, 1948-1979 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Professional Activity, 1957-1976 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1, FC 4-6)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1945-1980 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 5: Photographs, 1947-1977 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2, OV 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020. Additional finding aid description of the film recordings was completed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of George Cohen measure 1.8 linear feet and date between 1943 and 1980. Materials include a resume; correspondence with Anthony Caro and others; manuscripts for radio broadcast series, "This is Jazz, A People's Music"; price lists for works of art; financial material; subject files of exhibition material, gallery correspondence and his teaching materials for classes on film and art; exhibition catalogs and announcements; press releases; clippings; photographs and slides of Cohen and his art; three 16mm motion pictures including an interview with Cohen, "Richard Hunt--Welding Sculpture" and "Artist and Fabricator"; and taped interviews with David Aronson, Lawrence Kupferman, Joseph Hodgson and Bernard Chaet.