Bernard Zakheim papers
name: label: Creator
content: Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- Conservation and restoration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 by Bernard Zakheim.
creator: label: Creator
content: Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mural painter, sculptor; California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1930-1977]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zakhbern
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3988-3989 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Resumes, lists of works exhibited and commissioned, and a copy of an award; addresses; correspondence primarily concerning his murals and his struggles to have them found or restored, including letters from John Dormer Smith's files, (Zakheim's biographer); notes and writings by Zakheim and others including a 113 page biography by the Federal Art Project, 1937; a sketchbook/journal; financial material, ca.1952-1966; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings and other printed materials regarding Zakheim, his political interests, and the local San Francisco community; photographs of Zakheim, his friends, and his works of art;
label: Scope and Contents
content: and 13 scrapbooks containing drafts of letters and the responses and printed material concerning Zakheim's work and his efforts to recover his murals.