William Horace Littlefield papers
name: label: Creator
content: Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts (Provincetown, Mass.)
label: Names
content: New School for Social Research  (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Busa, Peter, 1914-1985
label: Names
content: Draper, Muriel, b. 1886
label: Names
content: Grimaldi, Vincent
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-
label: Names
content: MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
label: Names
content: Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
label: Names
content: Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965
label: Names
content: Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971 by Nancy Stiner, an antique dealer who bought the papers, in 1992, by Fred J. Stone who purchased the estate, in 2007 by Peggy Stone, Fred Stone's daughter, and in 2011 by Arthur Hughes, who purchased the additional material from Nancy Stiner.
creator: label: Creator
content: Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Horace Littlefield (1902-1969) was a painter, writer, and art collector in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.littwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information, correspondence, photographs, writings, works of art, scrapbooks, artists' and organization files, and inventories documenting William Littlefield's career and a painter, writer, and art collector.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes resumes and awards. Correspondence is with family, friends, galleries, and others, including letters from Littlefirld written while studying in Paris and other European cities. Correspondents include Jean Paul Slusser, Vincent Grimaldi, Stanley William Hayter, Monroe Wheeler, Paul Sachs, Mary Rockwell, Lincoln Kirstein, Duncan Phillips, Muriel Draper, A. Hyatt Mayor, Peter Busa, Archibald MacLeish, among others. Photographs are of Littlefield, his work, friends, and works of art by others. Writings include poetry, articles, essays, notes, a draft for "The Son," a ballet by Littlefield, 1934, and a transcript of a speech by Hans Hofmann given at the Riverside Museum, New York City, Feb. 16, 1941. Works of art include sketches by Littlefield and Stanley Hayter.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbooks and artists' files contain printed material, correspondence and photographs pertaining to Frank and Isabel Moser, and Mary Peixotto, Herman Heilborn and Alexis Arapoff and others. Organization files include the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, the New School for Social Research, and The Club, of which he was a member. Inventories include works of art by Littlfield and in his estate.