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The article discusses the activities of the Archives of American Art in New York State. The collection of former Brooklyn Museum Curator John I. H. Baur's papers include draft manuscripts of books, photographs of painting and sculpture, and correspondence. Sculptor Christopher Wilmarth kept records of his artistic masterpieces, his teaching, and his exhibitions. The Archives microphotographed an installment of Charles Seliger's diary, which provides Seliger's informed commentary on the New York art community.

This text launches a series of articles under the image-based project 'With the Aid of an Unidentified Interpreter: Putting Names to Faces on Historical Photos' dedicated to the history of high-level interpreting. Here, the quest is to identify the interpreter at the two encounters between Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro at Harlem's Hotel Theresa and at the Soviet Mission in New York on 20 and 23 September 1960 based on a photo from the personal archive of Khrushchev's assistant Vladimir Lebedev. This interpreter turned out to be Menia Martínez, a historic figure in Cuban ballet. Educated at the Vaganova School in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), she was proficient in Russian. The text looks at other professional and unprofessional interpreters who worked with the two leaders before, on, and after this trip to New York and whose work contributed to the development of Cuban-Soviet and East-West relations. The discussion draws on available visuals, memoirs, newspaper sources, and unclassified documents placing the discussion in the wider context of international relations at the time. The author is grateful to Menia Martínez, who, in a telephone conversation, has helped in clarifying some of the aspects of the matter under investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Taking into account the very complexity and contestability of the terms "Latino" and "Hispanic" to identify its subject matter, this paper draws on contemporary research on archives and identity, philosophy, Latino Studies, and efforts to chronicle the history of Latinos in New York State to ask how the Latino/a archivist can document Latino groups in the United States without restricting the multifaceted ways in which they construct and negotiate their identities. Is the establishment of a historical narrative for various Latino groups necessarily indicative of a codification of identity? Can the stuff of communal history be deployed in such a way as to encourage difference and not essential notions of what it meant and means to be "Latino" and/or "Hispanic" in the United States? These are some of the questions this paper explores in the hopes of teasing out the tensions that exist between historical validity and essentialism, historical re-inscription and foreclosure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the acquisitions made by the New York office of the Archives of American Art compiled as of September 2000. American photographer, filmmaker, painter and downtown character Maryette Charlton has donated a group of papers that includes letters from Xenia Cage, Dimitri Hazdi and Lillian Kiesler, and tape recordings of Leon and Owen Elliott. The Archives has also acquired papers of LLoyd Goodrich that includes letters and postcards from Reginald Marsh, Betty Burroughs Marsh and Yasuo Kuniyoshi.

The article focuses on the artist Andre Emmerich's papers at the Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York City. According to the article, one group of documents had been destroyed in a warehouse fire and the remaining of Emmerich's archives had become the property of Sotheby's auction house when it acquired the gallery in 1998. It adds that Sotheby's decided to return the papers to Emmerich to dispose of as he wished. Emmerich's archives consisted of the inventor of card of every contemporary art object.

The article presents news briefs regarding the New York center of the Archives of American Art. The Archives has acquired the papers of painter, writer and sculptor Lily Harmon. A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania art dealer has lent to the Archives two sketchbooks of Abstract Expressionist painter William Baziotes for microfilming. The papers of Abstract Expressionist sculptor Reuben Kadish were also borrowed by the Archives.

The article presents news briefs related to American art in New York. Joyce A. Sharpey-Schafer made major additions to the papers of painter Francis Davis Millet in the Archives of American Art. A small but significant set of papers of Stuart Davis has been donated by his son, Earl. A huge addition has been made to the papers of Marcel Breuer.

The article reports on art documents received by the Archives of American Art in New York. It mentions that papers on the painter John Haberle were received and describes the artist's career. Diaries were received on painter Alphaeus Cole. Papers were received on Dorothy Varian which provide information on her relationships with several artists including Peggy Bacon. The Archives received documents on Louis Bouche and his father Henry L. Bouche who owned a decorating firm. Other papers received include additions to documents on Karl Gruppe and Millard Meiss. An overview of the documents received is provided.

The article reports on developments in the Archives of American Art in New York, U.S. as of June 1984. Joanna Beall Westermann, wife of sculptor H. C. Westermann, lent the documents of his late husband to the Archives for microfilming. The first group of papers of artist David Levine, showing his dual careers as a painter and a leading caricaturist, was acquired by the Archives. Photographer Arthur Rothstein donated papers documenting all aspects of his career, from his experience as a young photographer in the Farm Security Administration through his years at "Look" and "Parade" magazines.

The article presents news briefs regarding the New York region of the Archives of American Arts. A group of papers of Frank Stella were given to the Archives in this quarter. The Archives has also acquired from Mildred Baker, catalogues of in important exhibitions in the New York area. Informative letters between the collector Donald Graham and the late Brenda Kuhn, were also acquired.

The article presents news briefs regarding the New York region of the Archives of American Art. The Archives has acquired the records of the Milch Galleries. Thomas Cole's own copy of "History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States," by William Dunlap was donated to the Archives by David McCabe. Also acquired by the Archives are the papers of American impressionist Walter Elmer Schofield.

Erich Meyerhoff--recipient of the Marcia C. Noyes Award, Janet Doe Lecturer, and Fellow--was one of the Medical Library Association's (MLA's) most illustrious members who contributed to the welfare of MLA and its members throughout his long life. The authors review his life and significant contributions to the health sciences library profession. Erich was a friend and mentor to countless medical librarians and was truly a man for all medical librarians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article describes how Interface Archive (IA), a community archive in Brooklyn, New York, provides access through an open stacks policy and experiential learning, allowing unique educational opportunities. Topics discussed include brief history of IA including its archive collections and day-to-day activities, its mission which is to explore the link between cultural production and social movements, and impact of the IA activities on the growth of collection through regular donations.

The article offers news briefs in New York related to art. One group of Wunderlich Gallery records broaden its scope to include the contemporary prints by David Cameron, Seymour Hayden, and other artists. The Archives microfilmed Ben Shahn's papers in 1964 and the latest additions include files of photographs and other materials. Katharine Huh donated her investigation records of American Indian art in Alaska which include letters, photographs, and other informative materials.

The article features the Franklin Furnace Archive, a organization in New York which was established in 1976 by Martha Wilson to collect, preserve, document and exhibit artists' books and other forms of language art. It describes the libraries collections, including artists' books and other types of media. Details of the size of the library's collections and its staff are provided.

Highlights the evolution of the Brooklyn Museum of Art Libraries and Archives in New York. Need for a library by the people of Brooklyn in the early 1820s; Provision of a reading room to Brooklyn citizens by the Apprentice's Library Association; Availability of library acquisition funds.

The article presents news briefs regarding the New York center of the Archives of American Art. The Archives has finally acquired the papers of Walter Pach. The institution has borrowed a huge scrapbook on Louis Comfort Tiffany for microfilming. Harold Rome has given to the Archives, Alfred Valente's portfolio of photographs of artists.

The article features the American Craft Council Library, a specialized facility in New York City concerned with collecting, organizing, preserving and supplying information about U.S. crafts and craftspeople from the post-World War II period to the present. It describes the inquiries and reference questions addressed to the library's staff. It provides information on the library collections including catalogs documenting contemporary craft exhibitions, archives and its most used collection, the Artist Registry.