Sal Sirugo papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sirugo, Sal, 1920-
label: Names
content: Brandt, Warren, 1918-
label: Names
content: Geist, Sidney
label: Names
content: Ishikawa, Gladys
label: Names
content: McCall, Virginia, 1909-
label: Names
content: Morgan, Andrew Wesley, 1922-
label: Names
content: Thomas, Mal
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art therapy
label: Topic
content: Art therapy
label: Topic
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- Social conditions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1977 by Salvatore Sirugo.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sirugo, Sal, 1920-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sirusal
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; personal documents; tax returns; grant applications; applications for public housing; exhibition catalogs; clippings; 34 personal photographs and 17 photographs of Sirugo's paintings. Correspondence concerns housing difficulties, economic problems, arrangements for exhibitions, Sirugo's art work, and friendships. Among the correspondents are Mal Thomas, Andrew Morgan, Warren Brandt, Gladys Ishikawa, and Sidney Geist. Virginia McCall, Sirugo's art teacher during his convalescence, writes about art as occupational therapy for veterans with disabilities.