Bernard Childs papers
name: label: Creator
content: Childs, Bernard, 1910-1985
label: Names
content: Childs, Judith
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material donated 1980-1982 by Bernard Childs and in 2004, and in 2015-2020 by Judith Childs, Bernard Childs' widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Childs, Bernard, 1910-1985
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bernard Childs (1910-1985) was a painter and printmaker in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-2020
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chilbern
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 72 and 81 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Bernard Childs papers measure 15.4 linear feet and date from circa 1950-2020. Included are biographical material, correspondence, writings, subject files, a scrapbook, photographs, printed material, sketches, an audio recording, an interview, and an artifact documenting the career of painter and printmaker Bernard Childs.

Biographical material includes appointment books, day planners, address books and awards. Correspondence is with colleagues, friends, and museums regarding Childs' works of art, exhibitions, and works of art by others. A portion of the correspondence is posthumous and includes condolence letters to Judith regarding Bernard as well as correspondence between Judith and others regarding Bernard. Writings include journals, notebooks, and a typescript of a lecture given by Judith Childs about Bernard, November 1990. 

Subject files pertain to artists, works of art, exhibitions, publications, teaching, travel and other activities. Photographs and slides are of Childs, his family, friends and his works of art. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, posters, rare books, and newspaper clippings regarding Childs and other artists. Artworks includes few sketches by Childs. Audio visual material includes an audio recording of a lecture given by Childs and a VHS videotape of a 1980 interview (with outtakes) of Bernard Childs' conducted by John Hess, Channel 5. One artifact includes a t-shirt with an image designed by Childs.