Michael Brenner papers relating to the Washington Square Gallery and The Soil
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
11
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers include undated letters to Brenner from Enriqué Cross regarding Cross's work and containing several of his poems, and letters from Cross dated 1956 Jul 23-1957 Sep 30, describing his life in Mexico and his poor health; letters from Robert J. Coady to Brenner's sister, Miriam Brenner, dated 1916 Dec 30, 1920 Mar 4, and undated, concerning her artwork, Michael Brenner's activities in Paris, and The Soil, a "magazine of art," for which Coady served as art editor and Cross served as literary editor; and partial copies of Volume I, numbers 4 and 5 (1917 April and July) of The Soil which contain reproductions of two of Brenner's drawings. In addition, there is a carte-de-visite (1910) and a snapshot (1920) of Michael Brenner; an undated portrait photograph of R. J. Coady as a young man; and two color snapshots of Enriqué Cross dated 1957.
Description:
Gift of F. T. (Mrs. Michael J.) Brenner. and Lithuanian-born sculptor who immigrated to the United States in 1890, and moved to Paris in the early 1900s. With Robert J. Coady he owned the Washington Square Gallery in New York, and acted as the gallery's European agent.
Subject (Name):
Brenner, Michael, 1888-1976, Coady, R. J. (Robert J.), 1876-1921, Cross, Enrique, and Washington Square Gallery
Subject (Topic):
Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New York, Art--Periodicals, and Soil
An album of photographs that document the construction of the Cold Springs Dam by the United States Bureau of Reclamation near Hermiston, Oregon, 1906-1908., Images consist primarily of views of the site for the Cold Springs Dam before, during, and after its construction, including views of trenches, chutes, gates, and spillways. Images of specific equipment used in construction include a Marion steam shovel on a flat railway car, small steam locomotives, and an excavator with an orange peel grapple, in addition to dump cars situated on both railroad cars and sleds manufactured by the Kilgore Peteler Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota., Many of the photographs were created by photographers B. H. Davis or W. C. Sawyer., Several images depict the mess halls, offices, and dormitories for workers; and a railroad grade and trestle used for transporting construction materials. A few images provide indirect views of the campsite used by Greek nationals who worked on the project., Several images document the aftermath of a railroad wreck involving a dump car that injured a brakeman. A few images document damage caused by floods of the construction site in February 1907. An image shows a team of horses hauling a locomotive overland to the dam construction site, and another image illustrates prehistoric bones unearthed during construction., and Views of interiors include images showing men posed among equipment, probably in a machine shop; men posed among desks, probably in the project office; and a man in a general store, which includes a sign advertising Lowney's chocolate bonbons.
Description:
Captions exist for several missing images., Photographs 16.9 x 11.5 cm. and smaller., Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 2005., The Cold Springs Dam is part of the Umatilla Basin Project that provides irrigation for agricultural lands in the lower Umatilla River Valley, Oregon., Title devised by cataloger., and Typescript captions on labels are attached below many of the prints and many identify the photographer.
Subject (Geographic):
Cold Springs Dam (Or.)--Pictorial works and Umatilla River Valley (Or.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Davis, B. H, Kilgore Peteler Company, Marion Power Shovel Company, Sawyer, W. C., photographer, Umatilla Basin Project (U.S.)--Pictorial works, United States Bureau of Reclamation, and Walter M. Lowney, Co
Subject (Topic):
Dams--Construction--Pictorial works, Greeks--Oregon, Irrigation--Oregon, Locomotives--Pictorial works, Steam shovels--Pictorial works, and Water resources development--Oregon
This photo is #15 in a series of 24 taken in a single day by Jean Cocteau. It documents an outing by Picasso and several of his friends, including Max Jacob and Modigliani.
April Actions for Peace, Jobs, & Justice (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Published / Created:
1985 Apr 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 36
Collection Title:
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Container / Volume:
Bsd | Folder 165
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Description:
Verso blank.
Subject (Geographic):
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations
Subject (Topic):
African American political activists--Ephemera, African American politicians--Ephemera, African Americans--Civil rights--Ephemera, African Americans--Ephemera , African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Ephemera, Black power--Ephemera, Political activists--United States--Ephemera, and Pressure groups--United States--Ephemera
Conference in Solidarity with the Liberation Struggles of the Peoples of Southern Africa (New York
Published / Created:
1981 Oct 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 36
Collection Title:
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Container / Volume:
Bsd | Folder 167
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
African American political activists--Ephemera, African American politicians--Ephemera, African Americans--Civil rights--Ephemera, African Americans--Ephemera , Black power--Ephemera, Civil rights movements--United States--Ephemera, Political activists--United States--Ephemera, and Pressure groups--United States--Ephemera
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Container / Volume:
Bsd | Folder 166
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
Communist Party of the United States of America--Ephemera
Subject (Topic):
African American political activists--Ephemera, African American politicians--Ephemera, African Americans--Civil rights--Ephemera, African Americans--Ephemera , Black power--Ephemera, Civil rights movements--United States--Ephemera, Political activists--United States--Ephemera, and Pressure groups--United States--Ephemera
Manuscript on parchment (calfskin) of a collection of prayers, passion narratives and hymns.
Description:
Binding: Seventeenth century. Plain brown leather over pasteboard. The spine gold-tooled, with five raised bands. Paper pastedowns; red sprinkled edges., Headings in red. Heightening of the majuscules in yellow. 1-line plain versals alternately red and blue; 2-line plain initials and 4-line initials (plain or of the littera duplex type, but without penwork; 5-line on ff. 2r, 126v and 145r) in red and/or blue. Although the main prayers and hymns generally begin with a 4- or 5-line initial, the distribution of the various kinds of initials often seems at random., and Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Textualis Libraria (Textus Quadratus, approximately Oeser variant II), with a tendency to develop cadels on the top line, in some cases (f. 57v) featuring a human profile.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Passion narratives (Gospels)