Edward Beatty Rowan papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Little Gallery records (microfilm title, reel 103)
name: label: Creator
content: Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946
label: Names
content: Little Gallery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project (Iowa)
label: Names
content: Stone City Colony and Art School (Stone City, Iowa)
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938
label: Names
content: Cone, Marvin Dorwart, 1891-1965
label: Names
content: Dornbush, Adrian
label: Names
content: Dunton, W. Herbert, 1878-1936
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: McCosh, David J., 1903-1980
label: Names
content: Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
label: Names
content: Pyle, Arnold
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
label: Names
content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
label: Names
content: Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Mrs. Edward Rowan, 1963.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gallery director, painter, sculptor, teacher; Falls Church, Va. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founder and director of The Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928-1934. The gallery was concerned with promoting education in the community. Because of his success with the Little Gallery, in 1931 he was chosen by the American Federation of Arts to be the director of a new experimental art center in Cedar Rapids. Rowan was affiliated with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard before going to Cedar Rapids and served as Chief, Public Buildings Administration, 1930's-1940's.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.2 Linear Feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rowaedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 103, D141-D142 and 1208 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, printed material, photographs, business records and a diary.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 103: Clippings, 1929-1932, on exhibitions and activities of the Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, directed by Rowan (microfilm title: Little Gallery).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1208: Photographs used to publicize exhibitions at the Little Gallery, including 183 photographs of works of art, the Little Gallery Junior Art Club, Grant Wood, and William Herbert Dunton at work.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D141-D142: Correspondence; a diary; business records of the Little Gallery, the Stone City Art Colony and Art School, and the Section of Fine Arts; photographs, including two of The Little Gallery, five of the Stone City Colony and Art School, six of Rowan and three of his paintings, and two photos showing Grant Wood, David McCosh, Arnold Pyle, Adrian Dornbush, and Marvin Cone; and catalogs, clippings and publications, including "A Report on Iowa Art Under Public Works of Art Jan. 20, 1934, under the direction of Grant Wood" containing reproductions of work, several clippings, a 2 p. report "three weeks after the beginning of work" and 2 p. typed "Notes" signed by Wood with a photograph attached.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Among the correspondents are Oscar Bluemner, Chaim Gross, Waldo Peirce, Henry Varnum Poor, Eleanor Roosevelt, Forbes Watson, and Grant Wood.