George Manuel Aarons papers
name: label: Creator
content: Aarons, George Manuel, 1896-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
label: Topic
content: Jewish art
label: Topic
content: Jewish art and symbolism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1978-1979 by Aaron's widow, Gertrude (d. 1989), and in 1991 by Gertrude's sister, Mrs. Spartaco Monello, who received the papers from her sister's estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aarons, George Manuel, 1896-1980
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Manuel Aarons was a sculptor in Gloucester, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.aarogeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A curriculum vitae; diplomas; list of commissions executed, 1919-1937; correspondence with foundries and the Naples Art Gallery, Provincetown, Mass; several personal letters; foundry bills; photographs of Aarons, his home, his studio, and his work; and printed material; copyright documents; essays on art; financial data; files on the Boston Hebrew Congregation, the National Sculpture Society, the Gloucester Anniversary Medal, and the Savin Hillel House; ten signed pencil sketches of sculpture and reliefs submitted to Temple Israel, Boston, Mass. (43 x 35 cm. or smaller) of Moses, Isaiah, a menorah, and other subjects; five sketchooks, undated, containing pen and pencil studies for Temple Israel and some portrait sketches.