Archives of American Art
James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers
Brooks, James, 1906-1992
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20.1 Linear feet
1909-2010
bulk 1930-2010
The papers of Abstract Expressionist painters James Brooks and Charlotte Park measure 18.7 linear feet and are dated 1909-2010, bulk 1930-2010. Correspondence, subject files, personal business records, printed material, and a sound recording document his painting career, interests, professional and personal activities. Also found are biographical materials, interviews, writings, and art work. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Abstract Expressionist painter Charlotte Park, regarding her painting career, personal life, activities as executor of James Brooks' estate, and some material concerning the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation. There is a 1.4 linear foot addition to this collection donated in 2017 that includes 58 "week-at-a-glance" appointment books, three journals and one address/ telephone book of Charlotte Park; a hand written chronology with significant dates and notes; postcards and exhibition announcements sent to Charlotte and James; doodles; and a sketch, possibly by Don Kingman.
The collection is in English.
Biographical / Historical
James Brooks (1906-1992) and Charlotte Park (1919-2010) were Abstract Expressionist painters in East Hampton, N.Y. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Brooks spent his childhood in Colorado, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Texas. He begn drawing as a young boy, finding inspiration in magazine illustrations and comic strips. Before moving to New York City in 1926, he studied at Southern Methodist University (1923-1924) and at the Dallas Art Institute.
In New York, Brooks studied illustration at the Grand Central Art School. After exposure to museums led him to differentiate between illustration and fine art, Brooks enrolled at Art Students League. During this period he supported himself by doing lettering for magazine advertisements. From 1936-1942 he participated in the WPA Federal Art Project, executing murals at Woodside Library, Queens, New York (destroyed); the Post Office, Little Falls, New Jersey; and his famous Flight at LaGuardia Airport's Marine Air Terminal (painted over in the 1950s and restored in 1980).
During World War II Brooks served in the United States Army as an art correspondent in Cairo. When at the Office of Special Services, Washington, DC, he met Charlotte Park who worked there as a graphic artist and later became his wife. The couple moved to New York City in 1945 and married in 1947. Brooks resumed friendships with artists he knew from the WPA including Philip Guston, Bradley Walker Tomlin, and Jackson Pollock. Brooks and Park were especially close with Pollock and Lee Krasner; after they moved to Long Island, Brooks and Park, soon followed, first to Montauk and later to the Springs, East Hampton, New York.
By the late 1940s, Brooks had turned away from figural painting in the social realist style and moved toward abstraction. In the early 1950s, he was experimenting with enamel, gouache, and diluted oil paints, staining various grounds in ways that produced interesting shapes, adding spontaneous splashes of color over which he painted more deliberately. In the 1960s he switched to acrylics, leading to wider use of color and broader strokes.
Peridot Gallery presented Brooks' first solo exhibition in 1949. He helped organize and participated in the famous Ninth Street Show of 1951, earning critical acclaim. This assured him a place in two of the Museum of Modern Art's most important exhibitions of the period, Twelve Americans (1956) and New American Painting (1958). He showed at the Stable Gallery, Kootz Gallery, Martha Jackson Gallery and others. During his lifetime Brooks enjoyed five traveling retrospective exhibitions.
Prizes and awards included Carnegie Institute's Pittsburgh International Exhibition 5th prize for painting (1952), The Art Institue of Chicago's 62nd American Exhibition Logan Medal and Prize for Painting (1957) and 64th American Exhibition Harris Prize (1961), The National Arts Club Medal (1985), and a citation of appreciation for Flight from The North Beach Club Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport (1986).
Brooks taught for nearly three decades: drawing at Columbia University (1947-1948) and lettering at Pratt Institute (1948-1955); was a visiting critic, Yale University (1955-1960), University of Pennsylvania (1971-1972), and Cooper Union (1975); and served on the Queens College faculty (1966-1969). In addition, he was an artist-in-residence at The American Academy in Rome (1963), the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1969), and a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant (1973).
Brooks developed Alzheimer's disease around 1985 and died in East Hampton, New York in 1992.
Charlotte Park graduated from the Yale School of Fine Art (1939) and during World War II, when working in Washington, D.C., she met James Brooks. They moved to New York City in 1945, where she studied with Australian artist Wallace Harrison. Park taught children's art classes at several private schools in the early 1950s and at the Museum of Modern Art, 1955-1967.
Park's approach to Abstract Expressionism featured curved or linear shapes with vibrant colors and dynamic brushstrokes. Tanager Gallery presented her first solo show in 1957 and her work was included in numerous group exhibitions from the 1950s through 2000s, mainly in New York City and Long Island. After Park's second solo exhibition, held in 1973 at Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, interest in her work revived; other one-person shows followed at Guild Hall (1979), Ingber Gallery (1980), and paired with James Brooks at Louise Himelfarb Gallery. The National Institute of Arts and Letters honored Park with its Art Award in 1974. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall Museum, Telfair Museum of Art, and in many private collections.
Charlotte Park died in 2010.
Processing Information
Portions of the collection received varying levels of processing after donation. The collection was partially microfilmed in the order in which it was received, except for the last donation from the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation, which was not microfilmed. All previously filmed and unfilmed portions were merged, processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared in 2015 by Catherine S. Gaines. A small addition received in 2017 is unprocessed.
Scope and Contents
The papers of Abstract Expressionist painters James Brooks and Charlotte Park measure 18.7 linear feet and are dated 1909-2010, bulk 1930-2010. Correspondence, subject files, personal business records, printed material, and a sound recording document his painting career, interests, professional and personal activities. Also found are biographical materials, interviews, writings, and art work. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Abstract Expressionist painter Charlotte Park, regarding her painting career, personal life, activities as executor of James Brooks' estate, and some material concerning the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation. There is a 1.4 linear foot addition to this collection donated in 2017 that includes 58 "week-at-a-glance" appointment books, three journals and one address/ telephone book of Charlotte Park; a hand written chronology with significant dates and notes; postcards and exhibition announcements sent to Charlotte and James; doodles; and a sketch, possibly by Don Kingman.
Biographical materials include biographical notes and documents such as copies of birth and death certificates, curricula vitae, family history. Educational records are from Southern Methodist University and documentation of flight training courses at New York University. Brooks' military service in World War II is well documented by United States Army records with related correspondence. Also found is extensive documentation of his death and funeral.
Professional and personal correspondence is addressed to Brooks, the couple, and to Charlotte Park during the later years of Brooks' life when she managed his affairs. A significant amount of correspondence is categorized as art, autograph requests, personal, and teaching; also include is general correspondence that overlaps all categories. Art correspondence with museums, galleries, collectors, artists, and friends concerns exhibitions, Brooks' work, and invitations to exhibit, speak, or serve as a juror. Of note is the correspondence with Samuel M. Kootz Gallery. The personal correspondence is mainly social, and teaching correspondence consists largely of requests that he teach in summer programs, serve as a visiting artist/critic.
Six interviews with James Brooks are in the form of published and unpublished transcripts; a seventh is a sound recording with no known transcript. Charlotte Park participates in one interview.
Writings by Brooks are statements about his work and a tribute to Ilya Bolotowsky. Among the writings by others about Brooks are a catalog essay, academic papers, and lecture; also found are a few short pieces on miscellaneous topics. Three diaries include brief entries regarding his work, exhibitions, and activities.
Subject files maintained by Brooks concerning organizations, exhibitions, mural projects, a commission and teaching document his professional activities, relationships and interests.
Personal business records concern appraisals, conservation, gifts, insurance, loans, sales, shipping, and storage of artwork. Gallery records include agreements, consignments, lists, and receipts. Also, there are accounts for lettering work and personal income tax returns.
Printed material is mostly exhibition announcements, invitations, catalogs, and checklists, as well as articles and reviews. The majority are about/mention Brooks or include reproductions of his work; some concern artist friends, former students, and others.
Artwork by Brooks consists of pencil and ink drawings, two sketchbooks, and "telephone doodles." Other artists include Adolph Gottlieb (ink drawing of sculpture), Philip Guston (three pencil drawings of Brooks), and William King (two silhouettes of Brooks).
Photographic materials (photographs, digital prints, negatives, slides, and color transparencies) provide extensive documentation of Brooks' artwork and, to a lesser extent, exhibitions.There are pictures of Brooks as a very young boy, though the most views of him date from the 1930s through 1980s, and with friends. Places include Brooks' homes and studios in Montauk, New York and the Springs, East Hampton, New York; travel to Maine, Oregon and California. Views of the Middle East from World War II show Brooks with colleagues, local people engaged in daily activities, and scenery. Also of note are a copy print of "The Irascibles" by Nina Leen, and attendees at the dedication of Flight dining in view of Brook's LaGuardia Ariport mural.
Charlotte Park papers document the professional career and personal life of the Abstract Expressionist painter, art teacher, and wife of James Brooks through correspondence, personal business records, exhibition records, printed material, and photographs. In addition, this series documents artwork in the estate of James Brooks and posthumous exhibitions. Twelve years younger than her husband, Park began handling business matters for him as he aged and developed Alzheimer's disease. She also served as his executor. In the 1990s, a curator assumed management of the artwork and loans for exhibitions. After the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation was established in 2000, its director handled most business activities. Some copies of Foundation minutes and correspondence are found among Park's papers.
Separated Materials
Correspondence, interview transcripts, photographs, and printed material were loaned by James Brooks for microfilming in 1969 (reel N69-132). With the exception of an address book, a scrapbook, and a few photographs, Brooks donated almost all of the loan in 1979.
Related Materials
Also among the Archives of American Art's holdings are letters from James Brooks and Sean Scully, 1980-1989 addressed to Theodora ["Teddy"] S. Greenbaum, and an oral history interview with James Brooks conducted by Dorothy Seckler, 1965 June 10 and June 12.
Preferred Citation
James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers, 1909-2010, bulk 1930-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The majority of the collection was donated in 2013 by the James Brooks and Charlotte Brooks Foundation and an additional 1.4 linear feet donated 2017 by the Foundation. In 1979 James Brooks donated most of the material lent for microfilming in 1969.
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Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 11 series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1924-1995 (Box 1, OV 19; 0.6 linear feet)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1928-1995 (Boxes 1-3; 1.7 linear feet)
- Series 3: Interviews, 1965-1990 (Box 3; 0.2 linear feet)
- Series 4: Writings, 1952-1999 (Box 3; 0.4 linear feet)
- Series 5: Diaries, 1975-1984 (Box 3; 0.1 linear feet)
- Series 6: Subject Files, 1926-2001 (Boxes 3-5, OV 20; 2.0 linear feet)
- Series 7: Personal Business Records, 1932-1992 (Boxes 5-6; 1.0 linear feet)
- Series 8: Printed Material, 1928-1992 (Boxes 6-11, OV 21-OV 22; 4.8 linear feet)
- Series 9: Artwork, 1930s-1992 (Box 11; 0.2 linear feet)
- Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1909-2000s (Boxes 11-15; 4.1 linear feet)
- Series 11: Charlotte Park papers, 1930s-2010 (Boxes 15-18, OV 23; 3.6 linear feet)
- Series 12: Unprocessed Additition, circa 1930-2010 (Boxes 25-26; 1.4 linear feet)
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of this collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reels N69-132 and 292-293 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Sketchbooks
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Interviews
Drawings
Photographs
Diaries
World War, 1939-1945
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
Abstract expressionism
New York University -- Students
Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981
Southern Methodist University -- Students
United States. Army
Kootz Gallery (N.Y.)
Park, Charlotte
King, William, 1925-2015
Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
Biographical Materials
Series 1
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0.6 Linear feet
Box 1, OV 19
1924-1995
Scope and Contents
Among the awards and certificates are: Carnegie Institute's Pittsburgh International Exhibition 5th Prize (1952); The Art Institute of Chicago 62nd American Exhibition Logan Medal and Prize for Painting (1957) and 64th American Exhibition Harris Prize (1961); and a citation of appreciation for Flight presented by The North Beach Club, Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport (1986). Biographical documents include powers of attorney, birth and death certificates, and a letter about his 1942 divorce from Mary MacDonald. World War II military records and related correspondence provide detailed information about his service in the Middle East. Condolence letters are included among the records concerning his funeral.
Address Books
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undated
1940s
1
1
Awards and Certificates
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1952-1986
Oversized materials housed in OV 19
1
2
Bibliographies
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circa 1980s-1990s
1
3
Biographical Documents
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1942-1992
1
4
Biographical Notes
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circa 1960s-1990s
1
5
Calendar
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1988
1
6
Curricula Vitae
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circa 1980s-1990s
1
7
Educational Records, Southern Methodist University
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1924
1
8
Educational Records, New York University, Flight Training
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1942
1
9-10
Family History
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undated
1
11
Funeral and Related Records
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1
Condolence Letters
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1992
1
12-13
Expenses
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1992
1
14
Grave Markers
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1993
1
15
Graveside Service
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1992
1
16
Memorial Tributes
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1992-1993
1
17
Obituaries
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1992-1993
1
18
Will, Probate, Letters of Testamentary, etc.
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1992
1
19
Membership Certificates
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1972
undated
1
20
Military Records and related Correspondence
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1941-1946
1995
1
21-22
Souvenirs, U.S. Army in Egypt
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1942-1945
1
23
Oversized Certificate from Box 1, Folder 2
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1986
OV 19
Correspondence
Series 2
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1.7 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3
1928-1990s
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, both personal and professional in nature, is addressed to Brooks and to the couple. There is overlap between general correspondence and other categories. Art correspondence covers exhibitions, loans, commissions, projects; arrangements with museums and galleries; sales and consignments; as well as letters from friends and admirers of his work. Most personal correspondence from friends and colleagues is of a social nature. Teaching correspondence requests that Brooks consider opportunities to teach in various summer programs, participate in studio tours for students, or serve as a visiting artist/critic; also included are a few course rosters.
Arrangement
Correspondence – general and each of the categories designated by Brooks (art, autograph requests, personal, and teaching) – is arranged by year. Additional correspondence is scattered throughout the papers.
General
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circa 1928-1963
1
24-33
General
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1964-1991
2
1-7
Art
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circa 1960-1989
2
8-24
Art, Samuel M. Kootz Gallery Inc.
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1959-1966
2
25
Autograph Requests
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circa 1970s-1990s
2
26-29
Personal
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circa 1940-1980s
3
1-6
Teaching
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1968-1983
3
7
Interviews
Series 3
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0.2 Linear feet
Box 3
1965-1990
Scope and Contents
This series consists of published and unpublished transcripts and a sound recording of interviews with Brooks conducted for a variety of purposes. Charlotte Park participates in the 1965 Vallière interview. Also found are a list of interviews and correspondence with some of the interviewers.
Arrangement
Interviews are arranged chronologically.
James Brooks interviewed by Gladys Kashdin, 1965 March 8 (transcript)
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1965
3
8
James Brooks interviewed by Dorothy Seckler, 1965 June 10 and June 12 (transcript)
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1976
3
9
James Brooks interviewed by James T. Vallière, 1965 November 9
(transcript)
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1965
3
10
James Brooks interviewed by Karl Fortess, 1970 February (transcript)
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circa 1977
3
11
James Brooks interviewed by April Kingsley (transcript)
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1975
3
12
James Brooks interviewed by Louise Svendsen
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1 Sound cassette
1975
3
13
James Brooks interviewed by Ann Gibson (transcript)
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circa 1985
3
14
List of James Brooks Interviews conducted 1952-late 1980s
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circa 1975-1990
3
15
Correspondence with Interviewers
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1972-1985
3
16
Writings
Series 4
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0.4 Linear feet
Box 3
1952-1999
Scope and Contents
Among Brooks' writings are a working list for an unidentified 1962 exhibition, statements, and a tribute to Ilya Bolotowsky. Writings about Brooks include catalog essays by Stanley Kunitz for Berry Hill and by Carter Ratcliff for Gruenebaum Gallery, a paper by Donald Judd written while studying art history with Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, and two articles about the restoration of the LaGuardia Airport mural, Flight. Also found is the text of a lecture by Helen Weinberg, "The Iconology of Self in James Brooks Paintings," delivered at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.
By Brooks
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3
Lists
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circa 1962-1971
3
17
Miscellaneous Pieces (written/published circa 1921-1976)
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undated
3
18
Miscellaneous Writings and Notes
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circa 1950s
3
19
Statements and Quotations
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1950s-1980s
3
20
Tribute to Ilya Bolotowsky
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circa 1982
3
21
By Others
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3
About Brooks – Catalog Essays and Academic Papers
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undated
1963-1999
3
22
About Brooks – Lecture by Helen Weinberg at Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
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undated
3
23
Miscellaneous Topics, 1952-circa 1984
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1954-circa 1984
3
24
Quotes, undated, 1963-1980s
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circa 1963-1980s
3
25
Diaries
Series 5
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0.1 Linear feet
Box 3
1975-1984
Scope and Contents
Although titled quite differently, each of the three volumes consists of brief entries (often daily, sometimes sporadic) that record transactions, requests, ideas and decisions about his work, exhibitions, other business matters, and activities. Volume 2 includes very few entries.
Volume 1: "Log"
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1975 February-1979 December
3
26
Volume 2: "Lists of Letters Written and Dated"
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1982 February-April
3
27
Volume 3: "Notes and Diary"
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1982 September-1984 February
3
28
Subject Files
Series 6
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2 Linear feet
Boxes 3-5, OV 20
1926-2001
Scope and Contents
Subject files may include a wide variety of materials - correspondence, printed material, photographs, and notes - in varying combinations. Those maintained by Brooks concerning organizations, exhibitions, projects, teaching, and a trip to Europe document his activities, professional interests, and relationships.
Arrangement
Subject files are alphabetized by title. Additional files concerning Brooks exhibitions held after his death are found in the Charlotte Park papers (Series 11).
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
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1968-1991
3
29-32
Artists Equity Association, Incorporated
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1975-1984
1949
4
1
The Century Association
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1968-1988
4
2
Corporate Art Group
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1981
undated
4
3
Ediciones Poligrafia/SA
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1973-1976
4
4
Exhibitions
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4
Amarillo Art Center, Eight Modern Masters (1985 April 20-?)
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1984-1985
4
5
Benton Gallery, Contemporary Editions: Prints/Sculpture (1987 August 15-September 3)
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1987
4
6
Berry-Hill, James Brooks: The 1950s (1989 October 18-November 11)
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1989
4
7
The Century Association (1988 January 5-?)
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1987-1988
4
8
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, James Brooks (1972 May 10-June 25)
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1972
4
9
The Dan Flavin Art Institute, The Drawings of James Brooks, 1946-1978 (1984 June 28-November 30)
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1984-1985
4
10
Elaine Benson Gallery, Inc., Some Major Artists of the Hamptons Then and Now: 1960s-1980s (1984 June 16-July 3)
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1984
4
11
Finch College, James Brooks (1975 April 29-June 8; 3 other venues 1975 June-November)
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1974-1975
4
12
Galleria Lorenzelli (1975 June 4-30, 1977, and 1978)
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1975-1979
4
13
Gruenebaum Gallery (1981 April 7-May 2), Guest Book
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1981
4
14
Gruenebaum Gallery (1983 October 18-November 12)
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1983
4
15
Gruenebaum Gallery (1986 June)
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1986
4
16
Gruenebaum Gallery (1988 April)
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1988
4
17
The Heckscher Museum, Curator's Choice (1986 August 23-September 28)
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1986
4
18
The Heckscher Museum, James Brooks: A Quarter Century of Work (1988 July 9-August 28)
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1987-1988
4
19
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Five Distinguished Alumni – The WPA Federal Art Project: An Exhibition Honoring the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Centennial (1982 January 20-February 22; another venue 1982 March 13-April 18)
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1981-1982
4
20
Martha Jackson Gallery (1972 November 7-December 16)
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1972
4
21
The Parrish Art Museum, Curator's Choice (1985 September 28-November 10)
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1985
4
22
The Parrish Art Museum, Drawing on the East End, 1940-1988 (1988 September 18-November 13)
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1988
4
23
The Parrish Art Museum, Painting as Landscape (1985 August 3-September 22)
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1985
4
24
Phoenix II, First Anniversary Exhibition (1982 December 7-1983 January 15)
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1982
4
25
Portland Museum of Art (Maine), James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1946-1982 (1983 May 8-September 20)
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1981-1983
4
26-28
Robinson Gallery, James Brooks (1976 January)
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1975-1976
4
29
Vereo Gallery (1988 September 3-22)
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1988
4
30
Fellowships, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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1967
4
31
Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts
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1972-1976
4
32
Formulae and Mixes
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circa 1959-1966
4
33
Gruenebaum Gallery
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circa 1979-1987
4
34-35
Guston, Philip
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1966-1980s
4
36
Guston, Philip
Lettering
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1953
undated
4
37
Lettering by Brooks
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1926-1930s
Oversized material housed in OV 20
4
38
Murals
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circa 1935-1939
4
39
National Academy of Design
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1984-1986
4
40
National Arts Club Medal (1985)
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1984-1985
4
41
Pollock, Jackson
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1951-1992
4
42
Projects, Mural
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4
Hempstead, N.Y. Post Office
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circa 1935-1936
4
43
LaGuardia Airport, Flight
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5
Explanation of Flight including Medium Used in Painting the Mural
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undated
5
1
Landmarks Preservation Commission Report
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circa 1980
5
2
Notes
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circa 1976-1979
5
3
Publicity
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circa 1940-2001
5
4-10
Record Book
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circa 1940-1941
5
11
Scope and Contents
Includes time, date, materials and media, dimensions, models, and inventory of materials.
Little Falls, N.J. Post Office
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1938-1990
5
12
Little Falls, N.J .Post Office and Woodside, L.I., Library, Account Book
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1934-1938
5
13
Scope and Contents
Records costs, materials, and methods.
Woodside, L.I., Library
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1936-1938
5
14
Projects, Painting Commission – Mobil Oil Corporation Headquarters, Fairfax, VA
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circa 1978-1980
5
15
References from Brooks for Other Artists
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circa 1973-1985
5
16
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
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circa 1966-1987
5
17
Teaching, Miscellaneous Locations
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circa 1947-1985
5
18
Teaching, Pratt Institute
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circa 1959-1960
5
19
Teaching, Queens College
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circa 1967-1971
5
20
Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
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1970-1971
5
21
Transatlantic Trip on Saturnia,
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1963
5
22
Oversized Lettering by Brooks from Box 4, Folder 38
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1930-1934
OV 20
Personal Business Records
Series 7
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1 Linear foot
Boxes 5-6
1932-1992
Scope and Contents
This series records transactions concerning Brooks' artwork – conservation, gifts, loans, sales, and shipping. Gallery records include agreements, consignments, lists, receipts, etc. Also found are personal tax returns and an account book regarding early lettering work and income.
Arrangement
Similar documentation may be found in some subject files (Series 6). Business records dated after Brooks' death that concern his artwork are found with the Charlotte Parks papers (Series 11).
Accounts for Lettering
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1932-circa 1935
5
23
Appraisals
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1969-1970
5
24
Art Supplies (Sources, Services)
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circa 1977-1983
5
25
Bills, Paid
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1958-1966
5
26
Conservation
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1989-1990
5
27
Contract Form
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undated
5
28
Gallery Records
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5
Alex Rosenberg Gallery
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1981-1984
5
29
Berenson Gallery
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1960s-1970s
5
30
Berry-Hill
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1986-1992
5
31
Carone Gallery
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1976-1977
5
32
Lerner-Heller
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1978-1979
5
33
Martha Jackson Gallery
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1960s-1970s
5
34
Miscellaneous
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1949-1959
5
35
Gifts
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1980-1991
5
36
Insurance
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1949-1957
5
37
Loans to Exhibitions
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1962-1988
6
1
Mailing Lists
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1980s
6
2-3
Names for Paintings and Lists of Used Names
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undated
6
4
Photo Lists
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1970s
6
5
Prices
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circa 1970-1986
6
6
Prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
7
Sales
Archival Resource Key
1966-1991
6
8-11
Sales, Samuel M. Kootz Gallery Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1961-1967
6
12
Shipping Receipts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1990
6
13
Shipping Receipts, Samuel M. Kootz Gallery Inc.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1965
6
14
Studio Expenses
Archival Resource Key
1981
6
15
Tax Returns
Archival Resource Key
1946-1958
6
16
Warehouse
Archival Resource Key
1966-1979
6
17
Printed Material
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
4.8 Linear feet
Boxes 6-11, OV 21-OV 22
1928-1992
Scope and Contents
Most printed material mentions Brooks or includes reproductions of his work; a small amount concerns other artists – friends, former students, and a few others. Articles include reviews and feature stories that appeared in newspapers and periodicals. Miscellaneous printed items consist of book jackets and calendars featuring reproductions of Brooks' paintings, conference programs, announcements of shows for which Brooks served as a juror, an exhibition prospectus and entry form, political and anti-war tracts, and advertisements for Brooks exhibitions.
Arrangement
Printed material, arranged by record type, is alphabetized by folder title.
Announcements of Lectures, Symposia, Miscellaneous Events
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1980s
6
18
Articles
Archival Resource Key
1928-1992
Oversized material housed in OV 21.
6
19-30
Articles
Archival Resource Key
1981-1992
7
1-6
Auction Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1961-1975
7
7
Collection Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1961-1985
7
8-9
Exhibition Announcements and Invitations
Archival Resource Key
1951-1992
7
10-16
Exhibition Catalogs and Checklists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1936-1953
7
17-23
Exhibition Catalogs and Checklists
Archival Resource Key
1954-1963
8
1-19
Exhibition Catalogs and Checklists
Archival Resource Key
1963-1977
9
1-18
Exhibition Catalogs and Checklists
Archival Resource Key
1977-1991
10
1-13
Invitations
Archival Resource Key
1965-1985
10
14
Maps
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1950s
10
15
Miscellaneous Printed Items
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-1965
10
16
Museum Publications
Archival Resource Key
1952-1991
10
17
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1950-1960
10
18
Periodicals, It Is (nos. 1-6)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1965
10
19-21
Press Releases
Archival Resource Key
1957-1992
10
22
Print Catalogs and Print Portfolio Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1970-1983
11
1
Print Workshops
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
2
Reproductions, Artwork by Brooks
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
11
3
Reproductions, Artwork by Others
Archival Resource Key
undated
Oversized material housed in OV 22.
11
4
Statements on Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1950
undated
11
5
Oversized Articles from Box 6, Folders 19-21
Archival Resource Key
circa 1943-1951
OV 21
Oversized Reproductions of Artwork by Others from Box 11, Folder 4
Archival Resource Key
undated
OV 22
Artwork
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
0.2 Linear feet
Box 11
1930s-1992
Scope and Contents
Artwork by Brooks is comprised primarily of drawings in pencil and ink, loose and in two undated sketchbooks. Volume 1 is comprised of pencil sketches, mostly of figures and heads; Volume 2 consists of abstract compositions drawn in ink. Also found are "telephone doodles." Work by others consists of an ink drawing with watercolor wash by Paul Fligel inscribed to Brooks, an ink drawing of his sculpture by Adolph Gottlieb, three pencil drawings of Brooks by Philip Guston, two silhouettes of Brooks by William King, and a gouache painting on paper by an unidentified artist.
By Brooks
Archival Resource Key
11
Drawings in Pencil and Ink
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
6
Drawings in Pencil and Ink; Bookplate (print)
Archival Resource Key
1930s-1992
11
7
Sketch in Tempera, Mural Project, The Acquisition of Long Island, Woodside Library, 1930s
Archival Resource Key
1930s
11
8
Sketchbooks
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
9
Telephone Doodles
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
10-11
By Other Artists
Archival Resource Key
1948
undated
11
12
Photographic Materials
Series 10
Archival Resource Key
4.1 Linear feet
Boxes 11-15
1909-2000s
Scope and Contents
Photographic materials consist of photographs, digital prints, negatives, slides, and color transparencies. Subjects are artwork by Brooks, exhibition installations, people, places, and miscellaneous subjects.
Photographs of people include Brooks, Park, and others. Among the identified individuals are: Barry Adabody, L. Adams, Giogrio Cavallon, Julie and Peter Cochran, Sivon Conaty, Cile Downs, Betty and Julian Eisenstein, Ruth Judge, Judy Braude Kahn, Ibram and Ernestine Lassaw, Conrad and Anita Marcarelli, Sanford and Arloie McCoy, Tino and Ruth Nivola, John and Estelle Opper, Barbara Park, Syd Solomon, and the Watsons. In addition, there is a copy of Nina Leen's 1950 portrait of "The Irascibles" that appeared in Life. Also of note is a picture of unidentified attendees at a dinner at LaGuardia Airport on the occasion of the dedication of Flight.
Among the places appearing are Brooks' homes and studios in Montauk, New York, and East Hampton, New York. Views of the Middle East, taken during World War II, include Brooks and army colleagues, scenery, and views of local people engaged in daily activities. Travel pictures are of Maine, Italy, California and Oregon; those taken in Oregon include some of Park's relatives. Miscellaneous subjects are cars, pets, lettering and type.
Arrangement
This series is arranged by subject; within each subject, filing is alphabetical by folder title. Most of the material has been removed from binders and placed into archival folders. All original order has been maintained.
Artwork by Brooks
Archival Resource Key
11
Scope and Contents
All files may include photographic prints, digital prints, slides, negatives, and/or transparencies.
Artwork by Brooks (executed 1930s-1960s)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1933-2000s
11
13
Artwork by Brooks (executed 1970-1974; slides)
Archival Resource Key
1970s
11
14
Artwork by Brooks (executed 1975-1987) and Exhibition Installation (1981)
Archival Resource Key
1970s-1980s
11
15
Paintings and Drawings of the Middle East produced for the Army Artists' Program of the U.S. Army Historical Division (executed 1942-1945)
Archival Resource Key
1997
1940s
11
16-17
Paintings/Works on Paper, La Guardia Mural (executed 1930s-1942)
Archival Resource Key
1930s-circa 1970
11
18
Paintings/Works on Paper, La Guardia Mural (executed 1930s-1942)
Archival Resource Key
1930s-circa 1970
11
19
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1946-1949)
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1960s
11
20
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1950-1954)
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1960s
11
21-23
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1955-1959)
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1960s
12
1-3
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1960-1961)
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
12
4-5
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1962-1963)
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
12
6-7
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1964-1966)
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
12
8-9
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1967-1969)
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
12
10-11
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1970-1974)
Archival Resource Key
1970s-1980s
12
12-14
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1974-1979)
Archival Resource Key
1970s-1980s
12
15
Paintings/Works on Paper (executed 1980-1986)
Archival Resource Key
1980s-1990s
13
1-2
Works on Paper (executed 1947-1980s)
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1980s
13
3
Works on Paper (executed 1951-1986)
Archival Resource Key
1970s-1980s
13
4-7
13
4-7
WPA Mural, The Acquisition of Long Island, Woodside Library
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-1942
13
8
WPA Mural, Flight, LaGuardia Airport (executed 1938-1942)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1942
13
9
WPA Mural, Flight, LaGuardia Airport (executed 1938-1942)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979-1999
13
10
WPA Mural, Flight, LaGuardia Airport, Restoration and Rededication Ceremony
18)
Archival Resource Key
1 Photograph album
1980
13
11
WPA Mural, Hempstead, N.Y. Post Office (designed 1934; not executed)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
13
12
WPA Mural, Labor and Leisure, Little Falls, N.J. Post Office (executed 1938)
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
13
Installations; Family Portrait, 1982; Work by Other Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990s
13
14-17
Artwork by Brooks (executed 1950s-1970s) for Slide Lecture
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
18
Exhibition Installations, Kootz Gallery; Martha Jackson Gallery
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
19
Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
14
1-2
Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
1972-1981
14
3-4
Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
1985-1992
14
5-6
Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
1993-1997
14
7
People
Archival Resource Key
14
Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
1940s-1977
14
8
Brooks with Colleagues in Egypt; Views of People, Daily Life and Landscapes
Archival Resource Key
1942-1945
14
9-10
Brooks with Others
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1982
14
11
Brooks and Park
Archival Resource Key
1950-1984
14
12
Brooks and Park with Others
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
13
Others, Identified
Archival Resource Key
1937-1970
14
14
Others, Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1984
14
15
Places
Archival Resource Key
14
Brooks' Homes
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
16
Brooks' East Hampton Studio
Archival Resource Key
1994
undated
14
17
Huckstep and Atlantic Crossing (U.S. Army)
Archival Resource Key
1942
14
18
Italy
Archival Resource Key
1963
14
19
Maine
Archival Resource Key
1947-1948
14
20
The Middle East
Archival Resource Key
14
Bengazi
Archival Resource Key
1942-1945
14
21
Egypt
Archival Resource Key
1942-1945
14
22
Palestine
Archival Resource Key
1942-1945
14
23
Unidentified Locations
Archival Resource Key
1942-1945
14
24-26
Unidentified Locations
Archival Resource Key
1942-1945
15
1-4
Montauk House and Studio
Archival Resource Key
1954
undated
15
5
Montauk House Move to Springs (slides)
Archival Resource Key
1955
15
6
Oregon and California Trip; Oregon
Archival Resource Key
1968
undated
15
7
Springs House and Studio
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968-1982
15
8
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967-1977
15
9
Miscellaneous Subjects
Archival Resource Key
1969
undated
15
10
Miscellaneous Subjects, Lettering and Type
Archival Resource Key
undated
15
11
Miscellaneous Subjects
Archival Resource Key
9 Rolls of negatives
1949
undated
15
12
Scope and Contents
Katie and Everett at Headeck House, Charles at Fire Island (1 roll); Montauk '49, Interiors – Zackery, Beach Scenes (1 roll); Park Family (children) at Greene, New York (1 roll); Yorktown Heights, Eric and June Mose (1 roll); Untitled (5 rolls).
Unidentified Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
15
13
Charlotte Park papers
Series 11
Archival Resource Key
3.6 Linear feet
Boxes 15-18, OV 23
1930s-2010
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of the professional and personal papers of Charlotte Park, Abstract Expressionist painter, art teacher, wife of James Brooks and executor of his estate.
Biographical materials include notes about Park and other family members, copies of her birth certificate, and resumés.
Correspondence consists of personal and business letters addressed to Charlotte and to the couple. In addition, there is correspondence concerning James Brooks' estate, posthumous exhibitions, and other business matters. Also found are copies of the correspondence of curator Meg Perlman and of Julie Lawrence Cochran, Director of the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation.
Writings by Park include 3 notebooks. Also included are a diary kept during a trip to Japan, and miscellaneous notes. Writings by others are a catalog essay on James Brooks, a poem by Stanley Kunitz, and one by Hilda Morley written for Park's 1979 show at The Laundry.
Among the subject files is documentation of Park's participation in the Art Lending Service of the Museum of Modern Art , her teaching activities, and interest in the women's movement. Other files concern The James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., and a James Brooks catalogue raisonné project. Exhibition files document Park exhibitions, posthumous Brooks exhibitions, and a show that included work by both.
Personal business records include inventories, price lists, conservation records, sales, inventories, and gifts of artwork documenting Park's career, Brooks estate business and management of his artwork.
Printed material consists of articles, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and miscellaneous items relating to Charlotte Park and James Brooks. Material concerning Brooks was published after his death.
Artwork consists of two ink drawings: one by Abbott Pattison inscribed "St. Charlotte to me Abbott Pattison," and an unsigned portrait of an unidentified man.
Photographic materials are photographs, negatives, slides, and color transparencies. Subjects are artwork by Park and views of a few Park exhibition installations. There are pictures of Charlotte Park alone and with friends, students, and her parents. Also found are views of the graves of various Hawkes-Park family members. A small photograph album consists of snapshots of Charlotte Park and Jim Brooks, unidentified friends, and cats.
Biographical Materials
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-1990s
15
14
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1999
15
15-23
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
2000-2002
16
1-2
Writings by Park, Diary of Trip to Japan
Archival Resource Key
1993
16
3
Writings by Park, Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
1959-1963
1989
16
4
Writings by Park, Notes
Archival Resource Key
1992
undated
16
5
Writings by Others, Catalog Essay, "James Brooks: The Strong, Silent Type" by Sara K. Rich
Archival Resource Key
2003
16
6
Writings by Others, Poems
Archival Resource Key
undated
1979
16
7
Subject Files
Archival Resource Key
16
Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1957
16
8
James Brooks: A Catalogue Raisonné
Archival Resource Key
circa 1998-2008
16
9-10
James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation
Archival Resource Key
circa 2002-2008
16
11
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1989-1995
16
12
Quotations about Art typed by Cile Downs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s-1990s
16
13
Teaching
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1967
16
14
Type Samples, Hampton Press
Archival Resource Key
1979
16
15
Women's Group
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
16
16
Brooks Exhibitions
Archival Resource Key
16
ACA Galleries, Munich, James Brooks: Works from the 50s and 60s (1999 March 4-May 29)
Archival Resource Key
1999
16
17
Artemis-Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, James Brooks: Selected Paintings: 1960-1985 (2003 October 8-November 5)
Archival Resource Key
2002-2003
16
18
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery Exhibition (2005 Fall)
Archival Resource Key
2005
16
19
Guild Hall, James Brooks in Retrospect (2001 October 6 -2002 January 6)
Archival Resource Key
2001-2002
16
20-21
Manny Silverman Gallery Exhibition (2005)
Archival Resource Key
2005
16
22
The Parrish Art Museum, The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints (2002 August 4-October 13)
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
23
The Sage Colleges, The New York School: Another View (2005 January 24-March 30)
Archival Resource Key
2004-2005
16
24
Tampa Museum of Art, Modern Art in Florida: 1948-1970 (2003 April 22-July 15)
Archival Resource Key
2003
16
25
Brooks and Park Exhibition, Spanierman Gallery, L.L.C., Artists and Nature on Eastern Long Island: 1940-the Present (2005 July 22-September 2)
Archival Resource Key
2005
16
26
Park Exhibitions
Archival Resource Key
16
Anita Shapolsky, Women of the 50's (2002 September 25-November 23)
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
27
Elinor Poindexter Gallery, Joellen Hall, Cile Downs, Mary Lincoln Bonnel, Betty Klavun, Charlotte Park (1984 December 1-26)
Archival Resource Key
1984-1985
16
28-29
Ingberger Gallery, Ltd. Show (1979 December 1-19)
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
16
30
Personal Business Records
Archival Resource Key
16
Auction Records, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1993-2005
16
31
Bills, Paid
Archival Resource Key
1993-2005
16
32
Conservation, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1994-2008
16
33
Conservation, Park
Archival Resource Key
2002-2005
16
34
Conservation, Other Artists
Archival Resource Key
2003
16
35
Gifts, Artwork by Brooks
Archival Resource Key
16
The Brooklyn Museum
Archival Resource Key
1994-1997
16
36
Columbia Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2000-2001
16
37
The Farnsworth Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1998
16
38
Dan Flavin
Archival Resource Key
1992
16
39
Norton Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
40
The Portland Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
2002-2004
16
41
Southern Methodist University
Archival Resource Key
1994
16
42
Telfair Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2003-2004
16
43
Gifts, Artwork by Park
Archival Resource Key
2001-2004
1981-1982
17
1
Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1997-1999
17
2
Inventories, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1992
undated
17
3
Inventories, Brooks Paintings at Crozier
Archival Resource Key
2004
17
4
Inventories, Brooks Works on Paper
Archival Resource Key
circa 1994-2005
17
5
Inventories, Park
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
6
Lists of Paintings by Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-2004
17
7
Loans, Brooks and Park
Archival Resource Key
2002
17
8
Loans, Park
Archival Resource Key
1970s-2004
17
9
Mailing Lists
Archival Resource Key
2001-2003
17
10
Prices, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
circa 1993-2004
17
11
Prices, Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1983
17
12
Publication/Reproduction Permissions, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1998-2002
17
13
Receipts, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1992-2003
17
14
Receipts, Park
Archival Resource Key
1959
1974-2001
17
15
Royalties (VAGA), Brooks
Archival Resource Key
2001
17
16
Sales, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1992-2005
17
17
Sales, Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1985
17
18
Storage, Park
Archival Resource Key
2005
17
19
Storage and Shipping, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
circa 1994-2008
17
20
Walsh, John (Attorney, Estate of James Brooks)
Archival Resource Key
1992-1995
17
21
Washburn Gallery Agreement, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1992-1998
17
22
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
Articles about/mentioning Charlotte Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-2002
17
23-25
Articles about/mentioning James Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1992-2003
17
26
Articles, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949-2005
17
27-30
Exhibition Announcements, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1993-2003
17
31
Exhibition Announcements, Other Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2001
17
32
Exhibition Announcements, Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-2003
17
33-35
Exhibition Catalogs, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1994-1996
17
36
Exhibition Catalogs, Brooks
Archival Resource Key
1997-2006
18
1-2
Exhibition Catalogs, Other Artists
Archival Resource Key
1961-1995
18
3-8
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 23.
Exhibition Catalogs, Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-1986
18
9-10
Miscellaneous Printed Items mentioning Brooks
Archival Resource Key
circa 2000-2004
18
11
Miscellaneous Printed Items mentioning Park
Archival Resource Key
1974-1995
18
12
Miscellaneous Printed Items
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972-2004
Oversized material housed in OV 23.
18
13
Obituaries
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-2002
18
14-15
Artwork
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
16
Photographic Materials
Archival Resource Key
18
Artwork by Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-1980s
18
17
Artwork by Park (Negatives)
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
18
Artwork by Park (Slides)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-1987
18
19
Artwork by Others
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
20
Exhibition Installations, Mathews Gallery, Houston
Archival Resource Key
1977
18
21
Exhibition Installations, The Parrish Art Museum, Three East End Artists (2003)
Archival Resource Key
2003
18
22
Exhibition Installations, Unidentified Venue
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
23
Charlotte Park
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-2004
Includes negatives and slides.
18
24-25
Charlotte Park at Muir Woods (1945)
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
26
Charlotte Park in Studio [with curator Meg Perlman?]
Archival Resource Key
1990s
18
27
Charlotte Park with Others
Archival Resource Key
1962-2001
1940s
18
28-29
Park Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1979-1982
18
30
Photograph Album
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
31
Hawkes-Park Family Graves
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
32
Oversized Exhibition Catalogs, Other Artists, from box 18, Folder 6
Archival Resource Key
1974
OV 23
Oversized Miscellaneous Printed Items, General, from Box 18, Folder 13
Archival Resource Key
undated
OV 23
Unprocessed Addition
Series 12
Archival Resource Key
1.4 Linear feet
Boxes 25-26
circa 1930-2010
Scope and Contents
The unprocessed addition, received in 2017, includes 58 "week-at-a-glance" appointment books, three journals and one address/ telephone book of Charlotte Park; a hand written chronology with significant dates and notes; postcards and exhibition announcements sent to Charlotte and James; doodles; and a sketch, possibly by Don Kingman.
Unprocessed Papers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2010
25
Unprocessed Papers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-2010
26