American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: est. 1780
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1966
File — Box Oversize 3: Series 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: 3.1
Overview
Certificate recognizing O'Keeffe as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Includes original tube in which certificate was stored.
Dates:
1966
Stephen R. Graubard, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, letter, circa 1968
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2000.6.2
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
Between 1947 and 1948, Georgia O'Keeffe shipped several boxes of books to New Mexico from her and her late husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, collections at their New York apartment and the Lake George house. This was the beginning of O'Keeffe's personal book collection in New Mexico. O'Keeffe grew her collection by purchasing and seeking out books on particular subjects; others she received as gifts from friends, admirers of her work, authors, and museums, which is documented through her habit of...
Dates:
circa 1968