Mary Constance Kloss collection of Acee Blue Eagle papers and artwork
name: label: Creator
content: Blue Eagle, Acee, 1907-1959
label: Names
content: Blue Eagle, Acee, 1907-1959
label: Former owner
content: Kloss, Mary Constance, 1911-2004
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Adrienne Dorf, stepdaughter of Mary Constance Kloss, in 2019.
creator: label: Creator
content: Blue Eagle, Acee, 1907-1959
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content: Mary Constance Kloss collection of Acee Blue Eagle papers and artwork
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in 1911, Mary Constance "Connie" Kloss grew up in Oklahoma as an only child. She attended the University of Oklahoma and around 1931 met Acee Blue Eagle; the two dated for a time. When Kloss's father was killed in an accident, she left college to live with her mother. Kloss married Meyer Dorf around 1971. She died in 2004.

Born Alex McIntosh in 1907, Acee Blue Eagle was a celebrated Muskogee-Creek-Pawnee-Wichita artist, dancer, and teacher. Blue Eagle attended Haskell Indian Industrial Training Institute (Now Haskell Indian Nations University) as well as the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, graduating high school in 1928. He then entered Bacone Indian College and the University of Oklahoma, where his art took shape under Oscar B. Jacobson, director of UO's School of Art, and earned a BFA in 1932. 

In 1934 Blue Eagle painted murals for the Works Progress Administration. In 1935 he lectured at Oxford, after which he helped to establish the art program at Bacone, teaching there for several years. In 1938, his work was shown at the Grand Central art galleries in New York City, which afforded him national recognition. Many exhibits followed over the years. During World War II Blue Eagle served in the Air Force. After the war, he joined the art faculty of the Oklahoma State University Technological School, a post he kept until his death.  Blue Eagle died in 1959.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1932
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2019-22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series: (1) Papers; and (2) Artwork.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and encoded by Gina Rappaport, 2019.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains letters, photographs, and artwork received by Mary Constance Kloss from Acee Blue Eagle, as well as newspaper clippings about Blue Eagle collected by Kloss.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds NAA.1973-51, the Acee Blue Eagle papers and artwork.