Jacob Getlar Smith papers
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, Jacob Getlar, 1898-1958
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
label: Names
content: Chain, Jack
label: Names
content: Criss, Francis, 1901-1973
label: Names
content: Edie, Stuart, 1908-1974
label: Names
content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
label: Names
content: Fiene, Ernest, 1894-
label: Names
content: Genauer, Emily, 1910-2002
label: Names
content: Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901?-1983 or 6
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: Halper, Nathan
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Matulka, Jan, 1890-1972
label: Names
content: Prestopino, Gregorio
label: Names
content: Scaravaglione, Concetta, 1900-1975
label: Names
content: Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974
label: Names
content: Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
label: Names
content: Stone, Irving, 1903-
label: Names
content: Tamotsu, Chūzō, 1888-1975
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Watercolor painting
label: Topic
content: Drawing -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 723-724 lent for microfilming 1974 by David Loeffler Smith, Smith's son. He subsequently donated the 2 scrapbooks and some correspondence from the loan, along with additional unmicrofilmed material, in 1983 and 1994. Additional material donated in 2024 by Cornelia Maxted and Sarah Barton, Smith's grandchildren.
creator: label: Creator
content: Smith, Jacob Getlar, 1898-1958
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jacob Getlar Smith (1898-1958) was a watercolor painter in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.9 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1919-2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitjaco
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection including two scrapbooks, 1919-1935 and 1935-1966, containing clippings, exhibition catalogs, and printed materials; and 128 letters from artists, galleries, and art organizations, including American Artists Congress, Associated American Artists Gallery, Thomas Hart Benton, Paul Cadmus, Philip Evergood, Emily Genauer, Julian Levi, Gregorio Prestopino, Zoltan Sepeshy, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, and others are available on 35mm microfilm reel 723-724, at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 723-724: Originals returned to lender, David L. Smith, after microfilming. The two scrapbooks and ca. 35 letter were subsequently donated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of watercolor painter Jacob Getlar Smith (1898-1958) measure 2.9 linear feet and date from circa 1919-2010. Included are works of art consisting of  caricatures, portrait drawings and sketches; scrapbooks; personal and professional correspondence; photographs of Smith, other artists, and Woodstock, NY; writings including a draft manuscript for Smith's book, "Art and the Artist and You" (includes copy photographs of illustrations for the book); biographical material; and printed material consisting of exhibition invitations, catalogs, clippings and a newsletter.

Caricatures and portrait drawings by Smith of Jack Chain, Francis Criss, Stuart C. Edie, Philip Evergood, Ernest Fiene, Eugenie Gershoy, Chaim Gross, Nathan Halper, [?] Hunt, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Julian Levi, Reginald Marsh, Jan Matulka, Concetta Scaravaglione, Irving Stone, Chuzo Tamotzu, and unidentified others. Also included is a self-portrait and several sketches by Adele Loeffler, Smith's wife.