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The Print Club archives consist of a variety of files covering its administrative, financial, exhibition, and general history, from the founding of The Print Club in 1915 through 1993. While the majority of the records are loose paper in format, the collection also contains several bound volumes, ph...
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| Collection: | Print Club Archives |
| Collection Number: | 2065 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Print Club archives |f 1915 - 1995 |g 1940 - 1980 | |
| 300 | |a 78.75 Linear feet |f ; 175 boxes, 142 volumes | ||
| 351 | |b Series 1. Administration, 1916-1989, undated; 14.75 Linear feet Series 2. General Correspondence, 1915-1985; 6 Linear feet Series 3. Finance, 1920-1991; 24.5 Linear feet Series 4. Fundraising, Publicity, Public Relations, and Outreach, 1927-1993; 5 Linear feet Series 5. Exhibitions, 1924-1995, undated; 13 Linear feet Series 6: Artist Information,1927-1988, undated; 5.75 Linear feet Series 7. Cooperative Efforts, 1952-1995; 1.75 Linear feet Series 8. Publishers, 1971-1988; .5 Linear feet Series 9. Scrapbooks, 1916-1978; 7.5 Linear feet | ||
| 500 | |a Processing Information: The series were arranged by order of importance to the Print Club as a functioning business organization. Any subseries and subsubseries were then organized in either alphabetical or chronological order, depending on which better reflected the activities of a particular department or function. | ||
| 520 | |a The Print Club archives consist of a variety of files covering its administrative, financial, exhibition, and general history, from the founding of The Print Club in 1915 through 1993. While the majority of the records are loose paper in format, the collection also contains several bound volumes, photographs, prints, proof sheets, negatives, and an audio tape. There are mainly boxes and volumes, but there are also some oversize materials which have been placed into flat files. The Board’s files contain minutes and annual reports while other administrative materials include founding documents, personnel, insurance, membership, daily activity, and real estate information. Financial records include taxes, disbursements, sales and consignment books, and audit reports. There is also a large amount of correspondence written by the Board, officers, director, members, and artists. Scrapbooks created by the Print Club provide a glimpse of the organization’s history through newspapers, photographs, and printed material. Finally, there are several boxes containing material related to the numerous exhibitions, competitions, projects, and lectures created and sponsored by The Print Club throughout its existence. Although the files containing minutes, annual reports, and exhibition and artist information providing an overview of The Print Club’s history, researchers should also look at the correspondence files, some of which contain thoughtful insight into decisions and adjustments made regarding Print Club administration and events. Among the financial records, researchers may be most interested to view the sales records showing which items were sold and to whom, while the tax files and the disbursement volumes, which depict standard operations followed by similar organizations, are of lesser interest. The membership and artist lists may also attract art historians and genealogists to the collection. Some of the most interesting items in the collection relating to The Print Club’s history include the paraphernalia, photographs, catalogs, and other publications and publicity material related to its events and activities. | ||
| 520 | |a Since its founding in 1915, The Print Club has achieved a national and international reputation and membership. Originally, its purpose was to establish in Philadelphia a medium for the dissemination, study, production and collection of works by printmakers, American and foreign. Renamed The Print Center in 1996, its mission has expanded to include appreciation and encouragement of the printed image in all forms, including photography. The membership has always included both collectors and printmakers, but the Center also strives to serve the larger community. The Print Center offers numerous educational programs and mounts between six and ten exhibitions each year. The Print Club archives consist of a variety of files covering its administrative, financial, exhibition, and general history, from the club's founding in 1915 to 1993. While the majority of the records are loose paper in format, the collection also contains several bound volumes, photographs, prints, proof sheets, negatives, and an audio tape. While the collection was originally arranged by the various accessions HSP has received from The Print Club, it has since been rearranged to better reflect the history and functions of the donor. There are mainly boxes and volumes, but there are also some oversize materials which have been placed into flat files. | ||
| 524 | 8 | |a Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Print Club archives (Collection 2065), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | |
| 540 | 1 | |a The following boxes contain files that are closed to researchers as noted: 26; 27; 50-56 | |
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of the Print Club, 1978-1996. Accession numbers 78:20, A1992.065. | |
| 545 | |a The Print Club, founded in 1915 by Mr. & Mrs. Jasper Yeates Brinton, began as a group of Philadelphians sharing a common interest in perpetuating and supporting the art of printmaking. The original purpose of the Print Center was to establish a focal point for the study, production, collection, preservation, and celebration of both American and foreign printmakers. Over the subsequent 100 years, The Print Center's mission has expanded to include the appreciation and encouragement of the printed image in all forms, from mezzotints to collographs to photography. The membership has always included both collectors and artists; many of the former from the Philadelphia area, the latter from across the United States and Canada. Since its incorporation in 1921 it has been governed by a Board of Governors, from which the officers are chosen, and has been administered by a full-time Director. The organization is located at 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, a building it has occupied since 1918 and owned since 1927. The Print Club's exhibition program included annual juried shows, traveling exhibitions, and occasional retrospective exhibitions. In 1926 it mounted a Joseph Pennell retrospective. It showed the drawings of Brancusi, Modigliani, and Picasso in 1930, and a group of modern American printmakers in 1936. In the 1940s, the Club conducted master classes under Stanley William Hayter and others. It has published editions of prints by such artists as Frasconi, Kaplan, Paone, Spruance, Andrade, Osborne, Cummings, Spiegelman, and others, and has sold on consignment the works of many of its artist members. In 1942, The Print Club donated its collection of prints to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, forming the core of the Museum's fledgling print department, and the organization has continued to add to this collection each year through a purchase award from its Annual International Competition. In 1996, The Print Club changed its name to The Print Center to reflect its aim to serve both its members and the community. From its early years on, The Print Club held lectures and social events for members. Today, "The Print Center Series" encompasses a wide variety of public programs, such as lectures, panel discussions, artist talks, readings, book launches and signings, gallery talks, informal social events, and visits to other cultural organizations. In the 1960s, The Club began an educational program called "Prints in Progress," which brought print making instruction to the city's schools. Since 2002, The Print Center has worked with Philadelphia's public schools to bring high school students a full year of art classes through its award-winning "Artists-in-Schools" program. | ||
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Art and artists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Art--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Exhibitions. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Artists--Correspondence. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Clubs and Associations--Philadelphia--20th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Prints--Technique--20th century. | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Print Club Archives |l 2065 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/p/PrintClub2065.html |