Yaddo
Subtitle: making American culture
By: edited by Micki McGee.
Contributors: McGee, Micki.; New York Public Library.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780231147361; 9780231147378
Subjects: Yaddo (Artist's colony); Arts, American -- New York (State) -- Saratoga Springs -- 20th century
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition presented at the New York Public Library, Oct. 24, 2008-Feb. 15, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / David S. Ferriero and Elaina Richardson; title: Preface; title: 1. Creative power : Yaddo and the making of American culture / Micki McGee; title: 2. Refuge and crucible : Newton Arvin's Yaddo / Barry Werth; title: 3. The trailblazer : Aaron Copland and the Festivals of American Music / Tim Page; title: 4. In good company : Visual artists at Yaddo / Karl E. Willers; title: 5. The ghosts of Yaddo : what they taught / Allan Gurganus; title: 6. Living with artists is more fun / Helen Vendler; title: 7. The longest stay : Agnes Smedley, Yaddo, and the "Lowell affair" / Ruth Price; title: 8. Writ in water : the rise and fall of literary reputations / David Gates; title: 9. Creme de la creme : highbrows, lowbrows, voracious omnivores, high, low, and hi-lo / Marcelle Clements; title: Note on the Trasks and the founding of Yaddo; title: Yaddo timeline, 1874-1980; title: Acknowledgments; title: List of contributors; title: Illustration credits; title: Index.