Chicago Society of Etchers records
name: label: Creator
content: Chicago Society of Etchers
label: Names
content: Chicago Society of Etchers
label: Names
content: Botke, Cornelius, 1887-1954
label: Names
content: Dalstrom, Gustaf O. (Gustaf Oscar), 1893-1971
label: Names
content: Fabri, Ralph, 1894-1975
label: Names
content: Jensen, John Paul, 1904-
label: Names
content: Kappel, Philip
label: Names
content: Kloss, Gene, 1903-
label: Names
content: Pescheret, Leon Rene, 1892-1961
label: Names
content: Sykes, Maltby
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers
label: Topic
content: Etching -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Etching -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Etching, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1996 by Peter Jensen, son of printmaker John Paul Jensen, the last secretary of the Chicago Society of Etchers, who retained the records of the Society after its dissolution.
creator: label: Creator
content: Chicago Society of Etchers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art society; Chicago, Ill., organized 1910; dissolved 1972.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Illinois
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1972
label: Date
content: bulk 1940-1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chicetch
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged into series by record type: I. Correspondence II. Scrapbook III. Financial material; chronological thereunder.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily correspondence and a scrapbook kept by several of the Society's secretaries including F. L. Thompson and James Swann. Correspondence mostly with members concerning activities, sales, and exhibitions. Several letters inquire about the status of the Society and whether it will continue. The scrapbook, 1937-1972 (bulk 1937-1948), contains exhibition catalogs and announcements, letters, annual bulletins, membership lists, handwritten minutes of Board of Directors' meetings which detail expenses, suggestions for exhibition venues, membership and activities. Added to the scrapbook is the 1972 certificate of dissolution of the Society. A few miscellaneous financial records, printed materials, and price lists complete the collection.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Among the correspondents are: Cornelius Botke, Gustav Dalstrom, Gene Kloss, Philip Kappel, Roi Partridge, Leon R. Pescheret, and Maltby Sykes, as well as local Chicago artists.