Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Weston, Harold, 1894-1972. |
| Title: | Harold Weston Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1916-1971 |
| Quantity: | 14.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American painter, humanitarian. Collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, organizational records, photographs, and writings, much of which deal with Weston's work in various organizations, including the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, Inc., American Federation of Arts, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, and Food for Freedom, International Association of Art, International Association of Plastic Arts, and the United Nations. Incoming and outgoing correspondence includes that of Wayne N. Aspinall, Chester Bowles, Harry F. Byrd, Emanuel Celler, Joseph S. Clark, John Sherman Cooper, J. William Fulbright, Lillian Gish, Christian Herter, Hal Holbrook, Hubert H. Humphrey, Irving Ives, Jacob Javits, Lyndon B. Johnson, Carroll D. Kearns, John F. Kennedy, Eugene Keogh, Herbert H. Lehman, John V. Lindsay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Archibald MacLeish, Lee Metcalf, Claireborne Pell, Henry S. Reuss, Eliot Richardson, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Leverett Saltonstall, Arthur Schlesinger, Hugh Scott, Edward Steichen, Adlai Stevenson, Frank Thompson, and Robert F. Wagner. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Harold Weston (1894-1972) was an American painter and humanitarian.
The Harold Weston Papers consists of correspondence, memorabilia, organizational records, photographs, and writings, much of which deal with Weston's work in various organizations, including the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, Inc., American Federation of Arts, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, and Food for Freedom, International Association of Art, International Association of Plastic Arts, and the United Nations. Incoming and outgoing correspondence includes that of Wayne N. Aspinall, Chester Bowles, Harry F. Byrd, Emanuel Celler, Joseph S. Clark, John Sherman Cooper, J. William Fulbright, Lillian Gish, Christian Herter, Hal Holbrook, Hubert H. Humphrey, Irving Ives, Jacob Javits, Lyndon B. Johnson, Carroll D. Kearns, John F. Kennedy, Eugene Keogh, Herbert H. Lehman, John V. Lindsay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Archibald MacLeish, Lee Metcalf, Claireborne Pell, Henry S. Reuss, Eliot Richardson, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Leverett Saltonstall, Arthur Schlesinger, Hugh Scott, Edward Steichen, Adlai Stevenson, Frank Thompson, and Robert F. Wagner.
The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.
There are no access restrictions on this material
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Harold Weston Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Harold Weston, 1964-1971.
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: 23 Mar 1988
Revision history: 26 Aug 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)
The item-level inventory for this collection has not yet been converted to electronic format. Please contact the Repository listed above for more information.
