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Rockwell Kent Papers
ca.1885-1970.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Rockwell Kent Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
COinS Metadata
available (e.g., for Zotero).
Summary Information
Abstract
A significant collection of Rockwell Kent's correspondence; drawings and sketches; watercolors; lithographs; proofs; manuscripts; and architectural drawings. There are also lithographs and woodblock prints by Kent's students and admirers.
At a Glance
| Bib ID: | 4079547 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971. |
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| Title: | Rockwell Kent Papers
ca.1885-1970.
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| Physical description: | 59 linear ft (ca. 6,500 items in 45 boxes, 10 mapcase drawers, & 3 slip cases).
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| Language(s): | In English
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| Access: |
This collection is located on-site.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Organized in 13 series.
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Scope and Content
A comprehensive collection of working drawings and sketches, watercolor paintings, lithographs, proofs, manuscripts, and architectural drawings. There are illustrations for many books including
Moby Dick
,
Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales
,
The Decameron
,
Paul Bunyan
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Candide
, and
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
, as well as illustrations for 18 of Kent's own books; bookplates for many well known people, magazine illustrations, advertising, posters, and graphic art work of many other types. Some correspondence is included, as well as many lithographs and woodblock prints by Kent's students and admirers.
Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
In four boxes, numbered 1-4. Kent's letters are arranged chronologically in Boxes 2: (1918-1940); 3: (1941-1969); 4 (Letters to Richard K. Larcada, 1965-1970).
Series II: Cataloged Manuacripts, Prints by others, etc.
Series III: Titled Drawings, Lithographs, Prints and Proofs
Series IV: Advertising
Series V: Architecture
Series VI:Book Illustration
Series VII: Bookplates
Series VIII: Exhibitions
Series VIX: Magazine Illustration
Series X: Posters
Series XI: Other Categories
Series XII: Miscellaneous Drafts and Sketches-Early Work
Series XIII: Miscellaneous Drafts and Sketches
Series XIV: Articles, Broadside, Clippings, Obituaries,and Photographs
Series XV: Additions to the Collection
This series contains material which was asscessioned after the main collection was processed.
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RBML
Access Restrictions
This collection is located on-site.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Rockwell Kent Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Return to top About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Processed 07/02/1972 HR
31 letters from RK to Henry Wohltjen Cataloged 11/06/1996 HR
6 RK letters to Art Young Cataloged 02/11/1997 HR
RK letter to Art Young Cataloged 02/20/1997 HR
Papers Cataloged 09/21/2000 HR
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
Return to top Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives. All links open new windows.
Genre/FormSubjects| Heading | CUL Archives:
Portal | CUL Collections:
CLIO | Nat'l / Int'l Archives:
ArchiveGRID |
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| Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Ahgupuk, George Aden. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Art. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Artists. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Authors, Anerican. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Cartoonists. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Cohen, Herman. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Drawing. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Dwight, Mabel, 1876-1955. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Engravers. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Floethe, Richard. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Gág, Wanda, 1893-1946. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Graphic arts. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| IAkutovych, Heorhi. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Illustrated books. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Illustration of books. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Illustrators. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Inescort, Frieda, 1901-1976. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| I︠A︡kubov, V. V. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Jones, Dan Burne. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Kulʹchyt︠s︡ʹka, Olena Lʹvivna, 1877-1967. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Kut︠s︡enko, Petro. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Lismer, Arthur, 1885-1969. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Lithographers. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Masyk, Volodymyr, 1917- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| McGuire, Harry, 1904- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Painters. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Petty, Mary. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Price, Art, 1918- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Rosenberg, James N. (James Naumburg), b. 1874. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Selivanov, I. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Smith, Frank Leon. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| West, Richard V. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
| Young, Art, 1866-1943. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Return to top History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note:
American artist, travel writer, and political activist.
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