George Julian Zolnay papers
name: label: Creator
content: Zolnay, George Julian, 1862 or 1863-1949
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, Zolnay's daughter, 1973, and by Dewey's daughter, Virginia Wilcox, in 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Zolnay, George Julian, 1862 or 1863-1949
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and teacher; New York, N.Y., St.Louis, Mo. and Washington, D.C. Born in Hungary, he came to the United States in 1892. Taught at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zolngeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 494 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 494: Memoirs (212 p. typescript), written in 1929 for his daughter. Zolnay writes of his youth, studying sculpture in Vienna, living and working in Chicago, New York City, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. impressions of Rodin, travels in Europe, and other reflections.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Included are letters to Zolnay concerning his work on various monuments and memorials, 1899-1947; family correspondence, including letters to Zolnay's wife Abigail, regarding interest in works of art by Zolnay, 1913-1989; several notes, drafts and an index of Zolnay's memoirs, 1929 (memoirs are on reel 494); a brief diary of Zolnay's observations of current events from January to April 1933; lecture notes and drawings used for classes at the Zolnay Atelier in Washington, D.C.; Zolnay's published writings concerning art; and a manuscript written by Abigail Zolnay describing recollections of her family and its ancestors, 1966.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are research material collected by Zolnay's family and compiled by Virginia Sullivan Bako, great-grandaughter of Zolnay after Zolnay's death in 1949, including correspondence, bibliographic material, newspaper and magazine clippings, and a project file concerning the production of a Zolnay commemorative medal. Other research material includes printed material about Zolnay's Sam Davis Memorial and Sequoya Memorial.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photograph album of Zolnay and his art works; Photographs are of Zolnay, Zolnay and his work, his family, monuments and memorials, busts, Zolnay's friezes at the Central High School in Washington, D.C., and works of art by various artists, ca. 1885-1980's; and two Zolnay commemorative medals, 1987. Printed material includes newspaper clippings, 1900-1992, and material on the Zolnay ceramic factory in Hungary, reproductions of art work, and instructional pamphlets from the People's University.