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| Ephemera, Prints, and Drawings Collected by Ralph Ellison and Family, 1890-1996 | |||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: ca. 286 items. | |||||||||||||
| The Ellison family collected items, including greeting cards, drawings, etchings, halftone prints, photographic paraphernalia, clippings, pamphlets, documents, a plaque, and other miscellaneous ephemera. Also contains depictions of theater, art reproductions, an Egyptian-style print, and a drawing of Ralph Ellison. | |||||||||||||
| Materials are organized by size and then roughly by media type. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 1 | Artwork | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 12 items : drawings, engravings, etchings, paintings, woodcuts. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include artwork by Charles Davis, Charles Marks, John Groth, and Alfredo Zalce. Also includes pen drawing of Paul Laurence Dunbar. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 2 | Artwork - Reproductions | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 10 items : art reproductions. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include art reproductions primarily of Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Filippo Lippi. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 3 | Book - Geza Szobel [Civilisation] | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 23 items : drawings, book illustrations. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include book illustrations from unbound pages of Geza Szobel's "Civilization" (book cover not included). | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 4 | Ephemera - Advertisements | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 2 items : leaflets, advertising cards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include advertising cards for Hotel Stadt. Hospiz and brochures from The Studio Museum in Harlem. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 5 | Ephemera - Business Cards and Name Tags | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 4 items : manuscripts, business cards. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 6 | Ephemera - Photographic Materials | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 21 items : correspondence, manuscripts. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include ephemera related to photograph services, photographic paraphernalia, and Ellison's photo equipment list. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 7 | Ephemera - Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 6 items : correspondence, manuscripts. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include correspondence from acquaintances, envelopes with addresses, and general election ballot envelope from 1956. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 8 | Greeting Cards | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 25 items : greeting cards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include greeting cards from friends and acquaintances. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 9 | Letters - Ellison and Photography | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 22 items : correspondence, manuscripts. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include correspondence related to The African Diaspora photographic project by Chester Higgins, Jr. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 10 | Newspaper Clippings | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 10 items : newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include photocopies of newspaper clippings on health and wellness, musicals, the economy, and advice columns. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 11 | Periodicals - Articles and Illustrations | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 10 items : periodical illustrations, manuscripts. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include periodical articles on Robert Penn Warren, Atlantic cover illustration featuring Ralph Ellison (1970), and miscellaneous cutouts. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 12 | Plaque - Award | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 item : plaque. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include the New Leader Fiftieth Anniversary Award presented to Ralph Ellison (1973). | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 13 | Prints - Theatre Arts | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 106 items : halftone photomechanical prints, documents. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include Theatre Arts prints (series II, series III) and Theatre Arts subscription order forms. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 1 | Artwork | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 3 items : etchings, prints, charcoal drawings. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include Marius Hubert Robert's print of the Burgos Cathedral, Félix Bracquemond's etching of the French Revolution, and print of fruit, possibly of apples. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 2 | Artwork - Egyptian Painting | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 item : paintings. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 3 | Artwork - Prieto Lazzari Drawings | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 3 items : drawings. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include prints of Prieto Lazzari's "Portfolio I" | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 4 | Artwork - Ralph Ellison Drawing | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 item : drawings. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include charcoal drawing of Ralph Ellison at the Congress for the Freedom of Culture. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 5 | Artwork - Sheridan Oman Engravings and Written Correspondence | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 23 items : engravings, aquatints, correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include engravings of "Prairie Dog," "Black-bellied Tree Duck," "Jackrabbit in Landscape," "Pygmy Owl," "Cactus Wrens," and aquatint etchings of "Road Runner," "Mourning Dove," and "Hummingbird." Also includes correspondence with provenance and sales receipt information. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 6 | Ephemera - Advertisements | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15602 (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 3 items : leaflets, advertisements. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials include brochures from Libreria Antiquaria Nardecchia as well as advertisements from Life Magazine and Edilan. | |||||||||||||
| Postcards Collected by Ralph Ellison and Family, 1950-1966 | |||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: ca. 360 items : chiefly postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Items include postcards collected by Ralph Ellison and his wife Fanny Ellison, primarily as souvenirs from different countries such as Austria, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, and others. Many of the postcards depict art or museums from around the world, while a few depict famous individuals such as Richard Wright, Nina Simone, and others. Items also include postcards sent to the Ellison family. Nine postcards are annotated and/or postally used. | |||||||||||||
| Materials are organized alphabetically by country. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 1 | Annotated and Postally Used Postcards | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 1 to 9 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 9 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards are postally used or include notes from Ralph and Fanny Ellison or others from various locations, including Italy, Germany, and the United States (New York City; Rhode Island; and Cleveland, Ohio). Postcards primarily feature art from museums as well as a holiday postcards and announcements. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 2 | Austria | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 10 to 32 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 23 items : postcards and viewbook. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards primarily feature Salzburg and Vienna. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 3 | China | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 33 to 34 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 2 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards include images from the National Central Museum, Taichung, Taiwan, China. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 4 | England | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 35 to 36 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 2 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards include images from the Tate Gallery. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 5 | France | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 37 to 54 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 18 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards primarily feature panoramas of Paris. Also includes museum postcards of Paul Klee, Joan Miro, Vincent Van Gogh, and Jean-Antoine Watteau. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 6 | Germany | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 55 to 79 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 25 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards primarily feature Cologne, Heidelberg, Munich, and Stuttgart. Also includes postcards from the Staatliche Museen. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 7 | India | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 80 to 82 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 3 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards include images of temples and an image by H. A. Gade. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 8 | Italy | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 83 to 126 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 44 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards include images from Assisi, Florence, Milan, and Orvieto. Also includes images from Uffizi Gallery and Museo Nazionale. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 9 | Italy | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 127 to 170 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 44 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards include images from Orvieto, Pisa, Ravello, Ravenna, Rimini, and Rome. Also includes images from Archiepiscopal Museum and National Roman Museum. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 10 | Italy | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15603, no. 171 to 211 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 41 items : postcards. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Postcards include images from Rome, Siena, Subiaco, Urbino, Vatican City, and Venice. Also includes panoramas of Naples. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 11 | Japan | ||||||||||||
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