William Ashby McCloy papers
name: label: Creator
content: McCloy, William Ashby
label: Names
content: Caesar, Doris, 1893-1971
label: Names
content: Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by William A. McCloy, 1979-1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: McCloy, William Ashby
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, printmaker, art historian, and educator; Connecticut; b. 1913
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mcclwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data; correspondence, 1940-1970; financial material; lists of exhibitions; price lists; a notebook, ca. 1926-1949, containing a list of McCloy's works with notes on his painting technique; writings, 1931-1973; class outlines and notes; clippings; exhibition catalogs and announcements, 1936-1981; 5 scrapbooks, 1936-1954, containing letters and printed material; 15 sketches for a school catalog, ca. 1950; 7 "Dynamic Symmetry" study sketches by John Steuart Curry; and 39 photographs of McCloy, his wife, friends, and works of art, including four of sculpture by Doris Caesar.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Biographical information; 4 letters, including a letter from John Steuart Curry, a letter from Curry to Reginald Marsh asking technical questions about paint combinations and mediums, Marsh's illustrated reply, and a follow-up postcard (1942); course notes taken as a student and files kept as an instructor; and a video recording of McCloy's comments on the 1991 exhibition, "William A. McCloy in Retrospect: Themes and Issues."