Paul Manship estate papers
name: label: Creator
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
label: Names
content: National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Paul Manship estate records were transferred to the Archives of American Art in 1986 from the National Museum of American Art through the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
setName: label: See more items in
content: Paul Manship estate papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The estate papers of sculptor Paul Manship measure 0.01 linear feet and consists of 132 items from 1966. The collection consists of correspondence and legal documents regarding the final distribution of art works in the estate of Paul Manship, 1966, and an inventory and appraisal of art objects in Manship's New York studio at 901 Broadway and his summer home at Lanesville near Glousester, Massachusetts. Checkmarks in the inventory indicate works selected by the Smithsonian Institution for the National Museum of American Art.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Manship (1885-1966) was a sculptor who was mostly based in New York City, though he also had a summer home at Lanesville near Glousester, Massachusetts. He is most known for his public art commissions which were done in the Art Deco style.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.manspaep
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2020.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 3829 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.

It should be noted that all the items in the collection are photocopies.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The estate papers of sculptor Paul Manship measure 0.01 linear feet and consists of 132 items from 1966. The collection consists of correspondence and legal documents regarding the final distribution of art works in the estate of Paul Manship, 1966, and an inventory and appraisal of art objects in Manship's New York studio at 901 Broadway and his summer home at Lanesville near Glousester, Massachusetts. Checkmarks in the inventory indicate works selected by the Smithsonian Institution for the National Museum of American Art.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Paul Manship papers, 1863-1965, and an oral history interview with Paul Manship conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office, New York City, in October 9-31, 1956.