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Creator: | Blackburn, Alan R., Jr. | |
Title: | Alan R. Blackburn, Jr. Papers | |
Inclusive Dates: | 1934-1935 | |
Quantity: | .5 Linear Feet One 14×17"scrapbook and one 2.5" document box |
Alan R. Blackburn, Jr. worked at the Museum February 1932 to December 1934. While at the Museum, he held three positions: Assistant Treasurer, February 17, 1932, to December 20, 1934; Executive Secretary, February 17, 1932 to October 1933; and Executive Director, October 20, 1933, to December 20, 1934. Both Blackburn and Philip Johnson resigned from the Museum in December of 1934 to pursue outside interests.
The Blackburn Papers include exhibition announcements, invitations, catalog covers, form letters, clippings, press releases, and other ephemera concerning Museum activities.
The scrapbook concerns Museum exhibitions and other events and many of the sheets were annotated by Blackburn, as well as by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., founding director of the Museum, and Philip Johnson, founding director of the Museum's Department of Architecture. Notations were frequently made as to whom exhibition catalog announcements were sent, as well as quantity, cost, returns, and cash received from catalog sales; in addition there are also general comments on the quality of the printed item, i.e. design, typeface, color, and spatial arrangement.
The two filing units contain press releases and form letters regarding the Art in America radio program series. This series was initiated by the American Federation of the Arts in February 1934. The Museum participated in the program from October 6, 1934 to January 26, 1935, during which time the nationally broadcast series dealt with art in America from 1865 to the present (1934).
This inventory describes the contents of the existing scrapbook; please see additional two filing units for press releases on the Art in America radio program. For the purposes of this inventory, page numbers were assigned since the original scrapbook sheets were not numbered. Please hand-count to arrive at the page numbers stated below in the inventory. “Note on catalog sales” refers to handwritten information regarding to whom the catalog announcement was sent, quantity, cost, returns, and cash received. “Remarks” refers to general handwritten comments re: printed item (i.e. design, type face, color, spatial arrangement).
Original order has been strictly maintained.
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
The Alan R. Blackburn, Jr. Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archivist.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in DADABASE, the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
Persons and Organizations: | ||
Blackburn, Alan R., Jr. |
Three (11×16") scrapbooks were found among the Public Information Scrapbooks that were transferred to the Museum Archives from the Library in June 1990.
Before being transferred to new containers for reasons of conservation, one scrapbook contained exhibition and catalog announcements, and the remaining two scrapbooks (transferred to two filing units) contained press releases for the Art in America radio series.
Published citations should take the following form:
Alan R. Blackburn, Jr. Papers, [page #]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Explanation of Abbreviations
ARB Alan R. Blackburn, Jr.
PJ Philip Johnson
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
exh. exhibition
AL autographed letter
TL typed letter
n.d. not dated
The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 [MoMA Exh. #34a, May 14 - Sept. 12, 1934]
American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, 1750-1900 [MoMA Exh. #22, Nov. 30 - Jan. 14, 1933]
Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition [MoMA Exh. #37, Nov. 19, 1934 - Jan 20, 1935]
Cubism and Abstract Art [MoMA Exh. #46, March 2 - April 19, 1936]
Machine Art [MoMA Exh. #34, March 5 - April 29, 1934]
Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities [MoMA Exh. #32, Dec. 11, 1933 - Jan. 7, 1934]
International Exhibition of Theatre Art [MoMA Exh. #33, Jan. 15 - Feb. 25, 1934]
Diego Rivera [MoMA Exh. #14, Dec. 22, 1931 - Jan. 27, 1932]
America Can't Have Housing [MoMA Exh. #36, Oct. 15 - Nov. 7, 1934]
George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri Artist, 1811-1879 [MoMA Exh. #38a, Jan. 28 - March 7, 1935]
Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition [MoMA Exh. #38, Jan. 28 - March 7, 1935]
African Negro Art [MoMA Exh. #39, March 18 - May 19, 1935]
Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan [MoMA Exh. #41, June 4 - Sept. 24, 1935]
Fernand Léger: Paintings and Drawings [MoMA Exh. #42, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935]
Ignatz Wiemeler, Modern Bookbinder [MoMA Exh. #42b, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935]
Contemporary Architecture in California [MoMA Exh. #42c, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935]
The Recent Work of Le Corbusier [MoMA Exh. #43, Oct. 24 - Oct. 31, 1935]
Vincent Van Gogh [MoMA Exh. #44, Nov. 4, 1935 - Jan. 5, 1936]
Posters by Cassandre [MoMA Exh. #45a, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936]
The Architecture of Henry Hobson Richardson [MoMA Exh. #45b, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936]
New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. [MoMA Exh. #45c, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936]
Cubism and Abstract Art [MoMA Exh. #46, March 2 - April 19, 1936]
Six Modern Sculptors [MoMA Circulating Exhibition, travelled 1936-1938]
Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa [MoMA Exh. #61, April 28 - May 30, 1937]
The Making of a Museum Publication [MoMA Exh. #34d, Sept. 11 - Oct. 7, 1934]
The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 [MoMA Exh. #34a, May 14 - Sept. 12, 1934]
American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, 1750-1900 [MoMA Exh. #22, Nov. 30 - Jan. 14, 1933]
Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition [MoMA Exh. #37, Nov. 19, 1934 - Jan 20, 1935]
Cubism and Abstract Art [MoMA Exh. #46, March 2 - April 19, 1936]
Machine Art [MoMA Exh. #34, March 5 - April 29, 1934]
Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities [MoMA Exh. #32, Dec. 11, 1933 - Jan. 7, 1934]
International Exhibition of Theatre Art [MoMA Exh. #33, Jan. 15 - Feb. 25, 1934]
Diego Rivera [MoMA Exh. #14, Dec. 22, 1931 - Jan. 27, 1932]
America Can't Have Housing [MoMA Exh. #36, Oct. 15 - Nov. 7, 1934]
George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri Artist, 1811-1879 [MoMA Exh. #38a, Jan. 28 - March 7, 1935]
Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition [MoMA Exh. #38, Jan. 28 - March 7, 1935]
African Negro Art [MoMA Exh. #39, March 18 - May 19, 1935]
Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan [MoMA Exh. #41, June 4 - Sept. 24, 1935]
Fernand Léger: Paintings and Drawings [MoMA Exh. #42, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935]
Ignatz Wiemeler, Modern Bookbinder [MoMA Exh. #42b, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935]
Contemporary Architecture in California [MoMA Exh. #42c, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935]
The Recent Work of Le Corbusier [MoMA Exh. #43, Oct. 24 - Oct. 31, 1935]
Vincent Van Gogh [MoMA Exh. #44, Nov. 4, 1935 - Jan. 5, 1936]
Posters by Cassandre [MoMA Exh. #45a, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936]
The Architecture of Henry Hobson Richardson [MoMA Exh. #45b, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936]
New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. [MoMA Exh. #45c, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936]
Cubism and Abstract Art [MoMA Exh. #46, March 2 - April 19, 1936]
Six Modern Sculptors [MoMA Circulating Exhibition, travelled 1936-1938]
Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa [MoMA Exh. #61, April 28 - May 30, 1937]
The Making of a Museum Publication [MoMA Exh. #34d, Sept. 11 - Oct. 7, 1934]
Folder Descriptions |
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Page | Title | Date |
1 | 1 green cover, “Scraps 1934” | n.d. |
2 | 1 AL date/circulation list of “Publications 1934 (Sept.)“ The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 [MoMA Exh. #34a, May 14 - Sept. 12, 1934] |
Sept. 1934 |
3 | 2 exhibition announcement leaflets Cubism and Abstract Art [MoMA Exh. #46, March 2 - April 19, 1936] |
March 1936 |
4 | 1 sample leaflet paper (Canterbury R.E. Blue) | n.d. |
5 | 1 TL catalog announcement Machine Art [MoMA Exh. #34, March 5 - April 29, 1934] |
n.d. |
5 | Note on catalog sales | March 29, 1934 |
7 | 1 TL form letter (Letter A) Re: complimentary catalog, Machine ArtNote on catalog sales, May 24, 1935 |
May 23, 1934 |
8 | 1 sample envelope (green) | n.d. |
8 | Note on catalog sales | May 5, 1934 |
9 | 1 TL form letter (Letter B) Re: catalog, Machine Art |
May 23, 1934 |
9 | Note on catalog sales (marked continued) [see page 7] | [May 24, 1934] |
10 | 1 TL announcement Re: catalog discounts effective April 1, 1934 |
April 1934 |
10 | Note on catalog sales | April 11, 1934 |
11 | 1 TL catalog announcement Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities [MoMA Exh. #32, Dec. 11, 1933 - Jan. 7, 1934] |
n.d. |
11 | Note on catalog sales | April 21, 1934 |
12 | 1 TL Executive Director [ARB]-Charles Bradley (The Booke Shop) Re: catalog, International Exhibition of Theatre Art [MoMA Exh. #33, Jan. 15 - Feb. 25, 1934] |
April 10, 1934 |
13 | 1 TL copy Executive Director [ARB]-Harry Ahlborn (R.L. James Co.) Re: catalog, International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
April 10, 1934 |
14 | 1 TL copy Executive Director [ARB]-F.W. Lovell (Preston & Rounds Co.) Re: catalog, International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
April 11, 1934 |
14 | 1 TL copy Executive Director [ARB]-F.W. Lovell (Preston & Rounds Co.) Re: catalog discounts effective |
April 11, 1934 April 1, 1934 |
15 | 1 TL copy Executive Director [ARB]-R.F. Meyershan (Callender, McAusland & Troup Co.) Re: catalog discounts effective April 1, 1934 |
April 10, 1934 |
16 | 1 annotated catalog order form and return envelope The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 |
n.d. |
17 | 1 exhibition/catalog announcement The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 |
n.d. |
17 | Note on catalog sales | Sept. 15, 1934 |
17 | Remarks | n.d. |
18 | 1 catalog announcement “A Portfolio of Reproductions in Full Color of Mexican Frescoes by Diego Rivera,” |
n.d. |
20 | 1 exhibition preview announcement “Housing Exhibition of the City of New York” America Can't Have Housing [MoMA Exh. #36, Oct. 15 - Nov. 7, 1934] |
Oct. [1934] |
20 | 2 catalog order forms [1 annotated] America Can't Have Housing [MoMA Exh. #36, Oct. 15 - Nov. 7, 1934] |
n.d. |
21 | Note on catalog sales | Oct. 8, 1934 |
21 | Remarks | n.d. |
22 | Catalog cover America Can't Have Housing [New York: The Museum of Modern Art; c. 1934] |
[1934] |
22 | Remarks | n.d. |
22 | PJ [Philip Johnson] remarks | n.d. |
23 | Catalog cover Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition [New York: The Museum of Modern Art, c. 1934] |
[1934] |
23 | ARB remarks | n.d. |
24 | ARB remarks | n.d. |
25 | 1 annotated MoMA membership brochure (Christmas offer) and envelope | n.d. |
25 | 1 `gift list' MoMA membership form | n.d. |
25 | ARB remarks | n.d. |
27 | 1 Christmas publications list and annotated verso | n.d. |
27 | 1 Christmas publications order form | n.d. |
27 | ARB remarks | n.d. |
28 | 1 catalog order form Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition |
n.d. |
28 | Note on catalog sales | n.d. |
28 | Remarks | n.d. |
29 | 1 exh. announcement leaflet George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri Artist, 1811-1879 [MoMA Exh. #38a, Jan. 28 - March 7, 1935] |
[1935] |
29 | Remarks | n.d. |
30 | 1 exh. announcement leaflet Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition [MoMA Exh. #38, Jan. 28 - March 7, 1935] |
n.d. |
30 | 1 announcement card | n.d. |
30 | Remarks | n.d. |
31 | 1 catalog order form and verso Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition George Caleb Bingham, The Missouri Artist, 1811-1879 |
n.d. |
31 | Note on catalog sales | Feb. 2, 1935 |
32 | Annotated exhibition/catalog announcement leaflet Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition |
[1935] |
32 | Remarks | n.d. |
33 | Exhibition/catalog announcement African Negro Art [MoMA Exh. #39, March 18 - May 19, 1935] |
March [1935] |
33 | Remarks | n.d. |
34 | 1 catalog order form African Negro Art |
n.d. |
34 | Note on catalog sales | April 15, 1935 |
34 | 1 catalog order acknowledgement | n.d. |
35 | 1 exhibition announcement leaflet Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan [MoMA Exh. #41, June 4 - Sept. 24, 1935] |
June [1935] |
35 | 1 exhibition announcement card Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan |
June [1935] |
36 | 1 MoMA publications brochure and envelope | n.d. |
37 | 1 publications order form and envelope | n.d. |
38 | 1 exhibition opening invitation Fernand Léger: Paintings and Drawings [MoMA Exh. #42, Sept. 30 - Oct. 24, 1935] |
Oct. [1935] |
38 | 1 lecture invitation Fernand Léger on Painting and Advance Guard Films and a program of 2 films |
Oct. [1935] |
38 | 1 admittance card to Fernand Léger lecture | Oct. [1935] |
39 | 1 lecture/exhibition opening invitation The Recent Work of Le Corbusier [MoMA Exh. #43, Oct. 24 - Oct. 31, 1935] |
Oct. [1935] |
39 | 1 admittance card to Le Corbusier lecture | Oct. [1935] |
39 | 1 catalog order form Ignatz Wiemeler, Modern Bookbinder |
n.d. |
39 | Note on catalog sales | Oct. 15, 1935 |
40 | 1 exhibition preview invitation | Nov. [1935] |
40 | 1 exhibition preview admittance card Vincent Van Gogh [MoMA Exh. #44, Nov. 4, 1935 - Jan. 5, 1936] |
Nov. [1935] |
40 | 1 film program admit card, Tuesday evening series | n.d. |
40 | 1 film program admit card, Wednesday evening series | n.d. |
41 | 1 exhibition preview invitation Posters by Cassandre [MoMA Exh. #45a, Jan. 14 - Feb. 16, 1936] |
Jan. [1936] |
41 | 1 catalog order form, Poster by Cassandre | n.d. |
41 | Note on catalog sales | Feb. 8, 1936 |
42 | 1 exhibition preview invitation/admittance card Cubism and Abstract Art [MoMA Exh. #46, March 2 - April 19, 1936] |
March [1936] |
42 | 1 catalog pamphlet/order form, Cubism and Abstract Art | n.d. |
43 | 1 exhibition announcement leaflet, Cubism and Abstract Art | March 1936 |
44 | 1 publication announcement brochure The Architecture of H.H. Richardson and his Times |
n.d. |
44 | Note on catalog sales | Jan. 2, 1936 |
45 | 1 exhibition pamphlet Six Modern Sculptors [MoMA Circulating Exhibition, travelled 1936-1938] |
n.d. |
45 | 1 catalog order form Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa [MoMA Exh. #61, April 28 - May 30, 1937] |
n.d. |
45 | 1 publication pamphlet and order form | n.d. |
46 | 2 clippings: African Negro Art | July - Aug. 17, 1935 |
46 | 1 clipping: Vincent Van Gogh | Nov. 27, 1935 |
47 | 1 clipping: Machine Art | June 21, 1934 |
47 | 1 clipping: The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 | Nov. 4, 1934 |
47 | 1 clipping: George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri Artist, 1811-1879 | Feb. |
48 | 2 clippings The Making of a Museum Publication [MoMA Exh. #34d, Sept. 11 - Oct. 7, 1934] |
Sept. 9 - 13, 1934 |
48 | 1 clipping: The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934 | Sept. 15, 1934 |
48 | 1 clipping: Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition | Feb. 1935 |
49 | 4 clippings The Making of a Museum Publication |
Sept. 8 - 16, 1934 |
50 | 3 clippings The Making of a Museum Publication |
Sept. 8 - 12, 1934 |
51 | 1 clipping: America Can't Have Housing | Nov. 24, 1934 |
51 | 1 clipping: Machine Art | Oct. 1934 |
51 | 4 clippings: The Making of a Museum Publication | Sept. 9 - 15, 1934 |
52 | 1 clipping: America Can't Have Housing | Dec. 1934 |
53 | 1 clipping: Posters by Cassandre | Feb. 1936 |
54 | 1 clipping: America Can't Have Housing | Dec. 1934 |
54 | 1 clipping: Ignatz Wiemeler, Modern Bookbinder | Oct. 29, 1935 |
55 | 1 clipping: Cubism and Abstract Art | March 21, 1936 |
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