Archives of American Art
Dorothy Liebes papers
Liebes, Dorothy
AAA.liebdoro
Archival Resource Key
24.9 Linear feet
circa 1850-1973
bulk 1922-1970
The papers of weaver, textile designer, and consultant Dorothy Liebes date from circa 1850-1973 (bulk 1922-1970) and comprise 24.9 linear feet. Through biographical material including a sound recording of an interview, family and general correspondence, writings including a draft of Liebes's autobiography, subject files providing detailed records of her influential consulting work, financial and legal files, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, textile samples, and photographic material picturing a wide variety of career and personal activities, the collection provides rich and extensive documentation of Liebes's career and personal life.
English
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Provenance
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes through Relman Morin, 1972, and Ralph Higbee, 1973-1974.
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Preferred Citation
Dorothy Liebes papers, circa 1850-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a minimal level by Catherine S. Gaines in 2006. The collection was further processed and the finding aid updated by Stephanie Ashley in 2020-2021 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art, and was digitized in 2021 with funding provided by the Coby Foundation.
Biographical Note
California and New York weaver, textile designer, and consultant Dorothy Wright Liebes (1899-1972) was known for distinctive textiles featuring bold color combinations and unusual textures achieved through the use of materials such as glass rods, sequins, bamboo, grass, leather, ribbon, wire, and ticker tape. Her work with companies in the synthetic fiber industry to make craft weaving compatible with man-made fabrics and machine looms, produced an innovative and exciting new aesthetic in interior design that was both functional and affordable, and made Liebes a mid-century household name.
Born Dorothy Wright in Santa Rosa, California, Liebes was the daughter of chemistry professor Frederick L. Wright and teacher Bessie Calderwood Wright. She studied art, education, and anthropology at San Jose State Teachers College and the University of California, Berkeley. During her college years, a teacher encouraged her to experiment with weaving and textile design since many of her paintings resembled textiles.
Liebes was a teacher for several years before deciding to pursue a career in textile design. She then studied weaving at Hull House in Chicago and traveled to France, Italy, Guatemala, and Mexico to learn the traditional weaving forms of those cultures. Upon her return to the United States, Liebes opened her first professional studio for weaving and textile design on Powell Street in San Francisco; Dorothy Liebes Design, Inc. was established in 1934, and eventually employed a staff of weavers. Liebes moved her studio to 545 Sutter Street in 1942.
Her first client in the industry was Goodall-Sanford Mills, with whom Liebes worked as a consultant for more than a decade. As her client base expanded, she decided to open a New York studio and maintained both studios until 1948 when she closed her San Francisco operation and relocated to New York City.
Liebes became a color and design consultant to corporations such as DuPont, Dow, and Bigelow-Sanford and tested and promoted newly developed synthetic fibers. She advised textile chemists in the development of fibers that were versatile enough to produce many different textures and worked with engineers and technicians to develop new machines that could reproduce the irregularities of hand-loomed fabrics. Liebes became a sought-after speaker by textile industry and consumer groups, and sometimes taught workshops on color and design.
Liebes's commissions included the United Nations Delegates Dining Room, the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel and the King of Saudi Arabia's traveling royal throne room. Between 1937 and 1970, Liebes participated in more than thirty solo and group exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, de Young Museum, Cranbrook Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, and other venues. She received prizes and awards from institutions and corporations such as Lord and Taylor, Neiman-Marcus, the Paris Exposition, the American Institute of Decorators, the American Institute of Architects and the Architectural League. She was also awarded the Elsie de Wolfe Award and an honorary degree from Mills College in 1948.
Liebes's other notable activities included her work a director of the Decorative Arts Display for the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair, which she credited with establishing her as an authority in the field, and her work as organizer and director of "Arts and Skills," a Red Cross occupational therapy project that included training in weaving for soldiers injured in World War II. In the 1950s, she worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, journeying though the southwest to study Indian schools and weaving techniques.
Liebes was married to businessman Leon Liebes from 1928 until their divorce in 1940 and continued to use the name Liebes for the remainder of her life. In 1948, she married Pulitzer prize winning Associated Press special correspondent Relman "Pat" Morin.
During the last year of her life, Dorothy Liebes was semi-retired due to a heart ailment. She died in New York City on 10 September 1972.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of weaver, textile designer, and consultant Dorothy Liebes date from circa 1850-1973 (bulk 1922-1970) and comprise 24.9 linear feet. Through biographical material including a sound recording of an interview, family and general correspondence, writings including a draft of Liebes's autobiography, subject files providing detailed records of her influential consulting work, financial and legal files, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, textile samples, and photographic material picturing a wide variety of career and personal activities, the collection provides rich and extensive documentation of Liebes's career and personal life.
Biographical material consists of awards, biographical notes, membership and identification cards, passports, a will, and a sound recording of a 1945 interview with Liebes.
Correspondence is personal with family and friends, and general with friends and colleagues including artists, and fellow weavers and designers. Notable correspondents include Dorr Bothwell, Daren Pierce, Beatrice Wood, and Frank and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright.
Diaries and calendars record Liebes's busy professional and personal life, with notations on daily activities and, beginning in 1952, detailed notes by staff recording activities at the studio on days when Liebes was absent.
Writings by Dorothy Liebes include notes, drafts, and manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, including an autobiography, speeches, and drafts for an unpublished book on weaving.
Subject files contain correspondence, printed material, photographs, and miscellaneous items in varying combinations, and focus heavily on Liebes's consulting work for businesses in the textile industry, including her work with DuPont, Bigelow-Sanford, Goodall, Dow, and others. The files document the importance of her work as a colorist and show how she successfully adapted craft weaving to machine methods. Furthermore, they record how Liebes used her marketing instincts and broad media appeal to rebrand the image of companies such as DuPont from one of chemistry and utility, to one that represented high style and glamor in durable and practical fabrics that were affordable and desirable in home furnishings. Other subject files document organizations, individuals, and topics of interest to Liebes, including files recording her involvement with arts and crafts organizations, her role as director for the Decorative Arts Display at the Golden Gate Exposition in 1939, her work as director of the Red Cross's Arts and Skills workshop, scattered exhibition records, and files on weavers and weaving. Files on Liebes's extensive promotional work for multiple clients are also included here, as are files documenting Liebes's relationship with Relman Morin, such as correspondence and scattered records of Morin's career as a Pullitzer Prize winning journalist.
Financial and legal records are comprised of accounting records from the 1930s-1940s, financial summaries, investment statements, personal and business inventories, personal and business tax returns, and some legal records.
Printed material includes advertisements, articles, and exhibition announcements and catalogs, recording Liebes's career. This material is supplemented by thirty-three bound scrapbooks of printed publicity material, photographs, and documents recording Liebes's career in substantial depth.
Artwork by Dorothy Liebes consists of designs, feather weavings, a small hooked composition, and tapestry samples. Artwork by others includes prints by Dorr Bothwell, designs by Lawrence J. Colwell, and painted sketches of clothing designs by Daren Pierce. Two linear feet of samples consist primarily of textile swatches primarily designed by Dorothy Liebes Studio, Inc.
Photographic material includes professional portraits of Liebes and others, photos of Liebes at events and parties, with staff and other weavers, at work in her studio, and traveling. Of note are a series of pictures taken at Taliesin West with Frank and Olgivanna Wright, Relman Morin, and others. Photographic material also provides examples of Liebes's design work in homes, hotels, offices, and elsewhere, and shows her work pictured in exhibitions and showrooms. Photographs of other subjects include portraits of unidentified women by Man Ray and Consuela Canaga.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 11 series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1934-circa 1970 (Box 1, OV 23; 0.28 linear feet)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1922-1973 (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear feet)
- Series 3: Diaries and Calendars, 1948-1971 (Boxes 2-4; 1.5 linear feet)
- Series 4: Writings, 1920-circa 1971 (Boxes 4-5; 1.05 linear feet)
- Series 5: Subject Files, circa 1933-1971 (Boxes 5-13, 20, 43, OVs 23, 59; 8.43 linear feet)
- Series 6: Financial and Legal Records, circa 1935-1972 (Box 13, 20; 0.6 linear feet)
- Series 7: Printed Material, 1897-1971 (Boxes 14, 20-21, OV 38; 1.1 linear feet)
- Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1933-1972 (Box 21-22, 24-36; 5 linear feet)
- Series 9: Artwork, circa 1920s-circa 1960s (Boxes 14, 22, OVs 23, 39, 42, RD 37; 1.24 linear feet)
- Series 10: Samples, circa 1850-1855, circa 1930s-circa 1970 (Boxes 15-16; 2.0 linear feet)
- Series 11: Photographic Material, circa 1875, circa 1897-circa 1970 (Boxes 17-19, 36, 43, OVs 38, 40-41; 2.2 linear feet)
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of the collection was digitized in 2021 and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, blank versos of photographs, and duplicates. In some cases publications have only had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized. Only samples of photographs and negatives of unidentified family and friends have been digitized. Digitization of Series 3 is ongoing.
Textile designers -- California -- San Francisco
Textile designers -- New York (State) -- New York
Weavers -- California -- San Francisco
Weavers -- New York (State) -- New York
Art consultants -- New York (State) -- New York
Women artists
Women textile designers
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks
Diaries
Drawings
Interviews
Morin, Relman, 1907-1973
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Textile Fibers Department
Biographical Material
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
0.28 Linear feet
Box 1, OV 23
circa 1934-circa 1970
Scope and Contents
Biographical material includes four address books; awards and educational certificates for Liebes; biographical notes and resumes; two circa 1970s entries in different editions of Who's Who; membership cards including passes for expositions; a transcript of a 1945 interview with Liebes; a sound recording from a Milwaukee radio station; two passports; and a signed draft copy of Liebes's will from 1961.
Loose material from the address books includes a list for members of the San Francisco Fashion Group, a guest list for a party for Dorothy Shaver, business cards, and notes.
Existence and Location of Copies
This series, with the exception of the sound recording, has been digitized in entirety.
Conditions Governing Access
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this series must use access copies. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Address Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1940s
1
1
Address Book
Address Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1943
1
2
Address Book
Address Book, Loose Material from Previous Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1943
1
3
Address Book, Loose Material from Previous Book
Address Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
1
4
Address Book
Address Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
1
5
Address Book
Award, Neiman-Marcus
Archival Resource Key
1938
1
6
Award, Neiman-Marcus
Awards
Archival Resource Key
1946-1969
1
7
Awards
Awards
Archival Resource Key
1937-1965
23
1
Awards
Biographical Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1970
1
8
Biographical Notes
Interview Transcript, Dorothy Liebes on Nancy Craig's radio show, "Woman of Tomorrow"
Archival Resource Key
1945
1
9
Interview Transcript, Dorothy Liebes on Nancy Craig's radio show, "Woman of Tomorrow"
Membership and Identification Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1934-1970
1
10
Membership and Identification Cards
Milwaukee Journal Radio Station Sound Recording
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
circa 1956
1
11
Passports
Archival Resource Key
1954, 1958
1
12
Passports
Will, Draft
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
13
Will, Draft
Correspondence
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2
1896
1922-1973
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of family and personal correspondence, general correspondence with friends, colleagues and business associates, which may overlap with additional correspondence in Series 5: Subject Files, and a small amount of chronological correspondence.
Arrangement note
Correspondence is arranged as three subseries. General correspondence was originally arranged chronologically but the bulk of it was re-arranged alphabetically to facilitate access to significant named correspondents.
- 2.1: Family Correspondence, 1896, circa 1920s-1969
- 2.2: General Correspondence, 1937-1973
- 2.3: Chronological Correspondence, 1922-1973
Existence and Location of Copies
This series has been digitized in entirety.
Family Correspondence
2.1
Archival Resource Key
1896
circa 1920s-1969
Scope and Contents
Series consists primarily of correspondence between Liebes and her sister Mildred, her nephew Peter and other nieces and nephews, her parents Frederick and Bessie, and her brothers Frederick and William. Correspondence generally documents daily family life and the management of family financial affairs, and in some cases reveals details about her business affairs. In a 1961 letter in Box 1, Folder 17, for example, Liebes writes of trying to assist family members with financial support, but discusses the difficulties her studio is facing having lost an account with Dow Chemical.
Correspondence with Liebes's brother Frederick L. Wright includes notes on Liebes family history, and an 1896 affidavit relating to the education of Bessie Calderwood.
Nephews and Nieces
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-1969
1
14
Nephews and Nieces
Wood, Mildred (Tid) Wright (Sister), Ralph, and Peter
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
1
15
Wood, Mildred (Tid) Wright (Sister), Ralph, and Peter
Wood, Mildred (Tid) Wright (Sister), Ralph, and Peter
Archival Resource Key
1929
1937-1945
1
16
Wood, Mildred (Tid) Wright (Sister), Ralph, and Peter
Wood, Mildred (Tid) Wright (Sister), Ralph, and Peter
Archival Resource Key
1945-1961
1
17
Wood, Mildred (Tid) Wright (Sister), Ralph, and Peter
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1950s
1
18
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1950s
1
19
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Archival Resource Key
1921-1939
1
20
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Archival Resource Key
1944-1950
1
21
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Archival Resource Key
1951-1955
1
22
Wright, Frederick and Bessie Calderwood (Parents)
Wright, Frederick L. (Brother)
Archival Resource Key
1896
circa 1956-1969
1
23
Wright, Frederick L. (Brother)
Wright, William F. (Brother)
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957
1969
1
24
Wright, William F. (Brother)
General Correspondence
2.2
Archival Resource Key
1937-1973
Scope and Contents
General correspondence is with friends, colleagues, and business associates, some of whom may be further represented in the heavily industry-focused Series 5: Subject Files. The number of influential individuals represented here is indicative of Liebes's influence and connections in the intersecting worlds of mid-century American textile art, architecture, and design. Included is correspondence with artists such as Ivan Bartlett, Dorr Bothwell, Lorraine Miller, and Beatrice Wood; textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen; interior designers and decorators including Eleanor LeMaire, William Pahlmann, and Daren Pierce, who Liebes hired as a textile designer in 1949, and David T. Williams who worked with Liebes on contracts for Hilton Hotels. Also found is correspondence with industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss and architects William Wurster and Frank Lloyd Wright. Liebes's relationship with Wright and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, is further documented in Liebes's writings and photographs.
Liebes's correspondence with Swedish textile designer Astrid Sampe, and Gira Sarabhai who, with her brother Gautam, established India's Calico Museum of Textiles in 1949, is evidence of Liebes's interest in international cultural traditions in weaving and textile design, further documented in Series 5.
There is scattered correspondence with companies such as Quaker Lace Company who hired Liebes as a consultant in the 1950s, Sears, Roebuck and Co., for whom Liebes worked as an art consultant and colorist beginning in 1969, and Stroheim & Romann who contracted Liebes to deliver the "Dorothy Liebes look" in their upholstery fabrics in 1962.
Files for Parsons School of Design document Liebes's service on the school's board of directors. Liebes also established a lecture series at the school, in memory of Mary L. Brandt, which is documented in Series 5: Subject Files.
Correspondence with Doubleday & Company, Inc., relates to Liebes's unpublished book on weaving. Liebes was still working on ideas for the book as late as 1971 but died before it could be completed.
Correspondence with lawyer Harold Riegelman documents Liebes's friendship with Riegelman and also some of the legal affairs Riegelman and his company handled for her. Files on Leon Liebes document Liebes's personal and business relationship with her first husband, who donated space for Liebes to establish a studio in his successful retail store in San Francisco, prior to their divorce in 1940.
At the end of the series is a folder Liebes titled "Interesting Personal Letters." These include three illustrated letters from Rene d'Harnoncourt, who Liebes traveled with on her Indian Field Service trips to Oklahoma in the 1940s, and one letter from Roi Partridge written as his wife was dying.
Ankari, Antti
Archival Resource Key
1961-1967
1
25
Ankari, Antti
Amelia Earhart Luggage Company/Morton H. Bohrer
Archival Resource Key
1946-1952
1
26
Amelia Earhart Luggage Company/Morton H. Bohrer
Ascher (London) Limited
Archival Resource Key
1947-1966
1
27
Ascher (London) Limited
Australian Wool Board
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
1
28
Australian Wool Board
A, General
Archival Resource Key
1940-1962
1
29
A, General
Baker Furniture, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1956
1
30
Baker Furniture, Inc.
Bartlett, Ivan
Archival Resource Key
1947-1948
1
31
Bartlett, Ivan
Beatrice West Studios, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1953
1968-1971
1
32
Beatrice West Studios, Inc.
Bothwell, Dorr
Archival Resource Key
1946-1949
1963-1973
1
33
Bothwell, Dorr
Budget Decorating/Jo Ann Francis Gray
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
1
34
Budget Decorating/Jo Ann Francis Gray
B, General
Archival Resource Key
1941-1968
1
35
B, General
Conway Hamilton, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1959-1966
1
36
Conway Hamilton, Inc.
C, General
Archival Resource Key
1937-1971
1
37
C, General
Doubleday & Company
Archival Resource Key
1949-1971
1
38
Doubleday & Company
Dreyfuss, Henry
Archival Resource Key
1951-1971
1
39
Dreyfuss, Henry
D, General
Archival Resource Key
1947-1970
1
40
D, General
Eastman Chemical Products, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1954
1
41
Eastman Chemical Products, Inc.
E-F, General
Archival Resource Key
1945-1970
1
42
E-F, General
Frankl Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1940-1941
1
43
Frankl Galleries
G-H, General
Archival Resource Key
1940-1970
1
44
G-H, General
Hughes, Alice
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1955
1
45
Hughes, Alice
Huntingdon Yarn Mill, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
1
46
Huntingdon Yarn Mill, Inc.
I-J-K, General
Archival Resource Key
1946-1970
1
47
I-J-K, General
Jasco Fabrics, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
1
48
Jasco Fabrics, Inc.
Kaufman, Glen
Archival Resource Key
1966-1971
1
49
Kaufman, Glen
Larsen, Jack Lenor
Archival Resource Key
1952-1972
1
50
Larsen, Jack Lenor
L. B. Herbst Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1953
1
51
L. B. Herbst Corporation
Lee Nordness Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1969
1
52
Lee Nordness Galleries
LeMaire, Eleanor
Archival Resource Key
1940
1963-1967
1
53
LeMaire, Eleanor
Liebes, Leon (first husband)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1941
1
54
Liebes, Leon (first husband)
Liebes, Leon (first husband)
Archival Resource Key
1942-1951
1
55
Liebes, Leon (first husband)
L, General
Archival Resource Key
1939-1969
1
56
L, General
Miller, Aida and Lorraine
Archival Resource Key
1945-1947
1
57
Miller, Aida and Lorraine
Muller-Munk, Peter
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966
2
1
Muller-Munk, Peter
Myers, George Hewitt
Archival Resource Key
1944
2
2
Myers, George Hewitt
M, General
Archival Resource Key
1946-1971
2
3
M, General
N-O, General
Archival Resource Key
1941-1970
2
4
N-O, General
Olmstead, Anna
Archival Resource Key
1941-1948
1960-1971
2
5
Olmstead, Anna
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
2
6
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Parsons School of Design
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967 May
2
7
Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design
Archival Resource Key
1967 June-1968
2
8
Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970
2
9
Parsons School of Design
Pierce, Daren
Archival Resource Key
circa 1947-circa 1964
2
10
Pierce, Daren
P-Q, General
Archival Resource Key
1940-1971
2
11
P-Q, General
Quaker Lace Company
Archival Resource Key
1956-1959
2
12
Quaker Lace Company
Richards, Helen Hughes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941-circa 1961
2
13
Richards, Helen Hughes
Riegelman, Harold/Nordlinger, Riegelman, & Benetar
Archival Resource Key
1942-1949
2
14
Riegelman, Harold/Nordlinger, Riegelman, & Benetar
Riegelman, Harold/Nordlinger, Riegelman, & Benetar
Archival Resource Key
1950-1970
2
15
Riegelman, Harold/Nordlinger, Riegelman, & Benetar
R, General
Archival Resource Key
1940-1970
2
16
R, General
Sampe, Astrid, NK's Textilkammare
Archival Resource Key
1960-1969
2
17
Sampe, Astrid, NK's Textilkammare
Sarabhai, Gira
Archival Resource Key
1947-1969
2
18
Sarabhai, Gira
Save the Redwoods League
Archival Resource Key
1966-1971
2
19
Save the Redwoods League
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971
2
20
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Smithsonian Institution/Annemarie Pope
Archival Resource Key
1959-1970
2
21
Smithsonian Institution/Annemarie Pope
Stendig Incorporated
Archival Resource Key
1969
2
22
Stendig Incorporated
Stroheim & Romann
Archival Resource Key
1959-1970
2
23
Stroheim & Romann
S, General
Archival Resource Key
1944-1970
2
24
S, General
T, General
Archival Resource Key
1939-1971
2
25
T, General
Scope and Contents
Includes 4 items of correspondence with Olga Tamayo.
U-V, General
Archival Resource Key
1939-1968
2
26
U-V, General
Varda, Jean
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
2
27
Varda, Jean
Warner & Sons Ltd.
Archival Resource Key
1950
1962-1963
2
28
Warner & Sons Ltd.
William Pahlmann Associates, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1948-1964
2
29
William Pahlmann Associates, Inc.
Williams, David T.
Archival Resource Key
1959-1967
2
30
Williams, David T.
Wolf, Ingeborg
Archival Resource Key
1955
2
31
Wolf, Ingeborg
Wood, Beatrice
Archival Resource Key
1959-1963
2
32
Wood, Beatrice
Wright, Frank Lloyd and Olgivanna
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946-circa 1969
2
33
Wright, Frank Lloyd and Olgivanna
Wright, Olgivanna and Taliesin Associated Architects
Archival Resource Key
1960-1969
2
34
Wright, Olgivanna and Taliesin Associated Architects
Wurster, William and University of California
Archival Resource Key
1945
1960-1968
2
35
Wurster, William and University of California
W, General
Archival Resource Key
1942-1971
2
36
W, General
Y-Z, General
Archival Resource Key
1947-1968
2
37
Y-Z, General
First Names Only
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
2
38
First Names Only
First Names Only, Herman
Archival Resource Key
1944
2
39
First Names Only, Herman
Greeting and Holiday Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
2
40
Greeting and Holiday Cards
Greeting and Holiday Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
2
41
Greeting and Holiday Cards
Greeting and Holiday Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
2
42
Greeting and Holiday Cards
"Interesting Personal Letters"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1946
2
43
"Interesting Personal Letters"
Unidentified/Illegible
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
2
44
Unidentified/Illegible
Chronological Correspondence
2.3
Archival Resource Key
1922-1973
Scope and Contents
A relatively small amount of chronological correspondence documents primarily routine and everyday communications with friends and colleagues. Two letters in the 1949-1953 file are from MGM Pictures regarding Liebes fabric and blinds used in MGM productions, including the movie Adam's Rib.
Correspondence
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1922-1937
2
45
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1940-1948
2
46
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1949-1953
2
47
Correspondence
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1954-1963
2
48
Correspondence
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969
2
49
Correspondence
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
2
50
Correspondence
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1973
2
51
Correspondence
Diaries and Calendars
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 2-4
1948-1971
Arrangement
Series is arranged as 2 subseries:
- 3.1: Desk Diaries, 1948-1971
- 3.2: Monthly Calendars, 1949-1969
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitization of this series is ongoing.
Desk Diaries
3.1
Archival Resource Key
1948-1971
Scope and Contents
Liebes's desk diaries record over two decades of fast-paced daily and evening work, leisure, and travel schedules. Beginning in 1952, many of the diaries also record the daily activities of her studio as reported by staff on days when Liebes was away. These reports are in the form of memos typed on note pads and pasted onto the day to which they apply. The memos report phone messages, orders, requests, questions, and duties undertaken in the studio that day. Entries by Liebes tend to be notations of appointments and short summaries of events and activities.
One of the desk diaries for 1949 belongs to Relman Morin and is a journal with daily entries for the entire year.
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1948
2
52
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1948
2
53
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1949
2
54
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1949
3
1
Desk Diary
Desk Diary Journal (Relman Morin)
Archival Resource Key
1949
3
2
Desk Diary Journal (Relman Morin)
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1950
3
3
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1952
3
4
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1953
3
5
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1954
3
6
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1955
3
7
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1956
3
8
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1957
3
9
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1959
3
10
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1960
3
11
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1961
3
12
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1962
3
13
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1963
3
14
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1964
3
15
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1965
3
16
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1966
3
17
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1966
3
18
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1967
3
19
Desk Diary
Desk Diary
Archival Resource Key
1971
3
20
Desk Diary
Monthly Calendars
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1949-1969
Scope and Contents
Monthly calendars are annotated and note daily professional and leisure appointments, and travel plans.
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1949-1951
3
21
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1952-1954
3
22
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1956-1958
3
23
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
3
24
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
3
25
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1964
4
1
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1965
4
2
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
4
3
Monthly Calendars
Monthly Calendars
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
4
4
Monthly Calendars
Writings
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1.05 Linear feet
Boxes 4-5
1920-circa 1971
Arrangement note
This series is arranged as 2 subseries.
- 4.1: Writings by Dorothy Liebes, 1920-circa 1971
- 4.2: Writings by Others, 1940-1970
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Items not digitized include duplicates and the full text of some printed material, for which only covers and relevant pages have been digitized.
Writings by Dorothy Liebes
4.1
Archival Resource Key
1920-circa 1971
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes notes, drafts, and manuscripts of published and unpublished articles and short writings; notes, drafts and the manuscript for an unpublished autobiography; and an outline, notes and partial draft of an unpublished book, with the working title "Design and Weave" which Liebes worked on intermittently from the 1950s on.
Drafts of the autobiography are an illuminating source of information about Liebes's artistic and professional development, and the degree to which individuals she worked with impacted her career. Liebes credits Frank Lloyd Wright, Samuel Marx, Rebecca Dunphy, William Pahlmann, and many others, with helping to advance her career and her artistic vision and the manuscript includes notable memoir writings on
Frank Lloyd Wright and other. The autobiography was written with the assistance of Relman Morin, and notes include records of interviews Morin conducted with her as they worked together on the manuscript.
Also found here are drafts, text, photos, and bibliographical material for an Encyclopedia Britannica entry on tapestry which Liebes was commissioned to revise in 1959, as well as correspondence and printed material related to research she conducted while working on the project.
Four folders of typescripts of Liebes's speeches provide summaries of her evolving ideas about color, textiles, and design. Speeches include those given at industry events, award acceptance ceremonies, professional design association events, educational events, and more.
One group of notes on index cards includes photos, sketches, and notes on textiles and fabric designs in various geographic and cultural regions; other cards appear to contain primarily notes for lectures, and writings on fabric and textile designs, methodologies, and related subjects. The first two folders contain sets of cards that appear to be related and sequential, but the bulk of the cards were not in a discernible overall order, and have been left in the order in which they were found to preserve any context between adjacent cards.
A student paper written by Liebes in 1920 is in the form of a notebook with handwritten notes, sketches, and samples of techniques.
Articles and Short Writings
Archival Resource Key
1946-1965
4
5
Articles and Short Writings
Articles and Short Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
6
Articles and Short Writings
Articles, Published Copies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1943
1965
4
7
Articles, Published Copies
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 1-5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
8
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 1-5
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 6-8
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
9
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 6-8
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 9-12
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
10
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 9-12
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
11
Autobiography Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
Autobiography Manuscript and Notes, Duplicates
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
12
Autobiography Outline
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
13
Autobiography Outline
Autobiography Outlines and Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
14
Autobiography Outlines and Notes
Autobiography Outlines and Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
15
Autobiography Outlines and Notes
Autobiography Outlines and Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
4
16
Autobiography Outlines and Notes
Scope and Contents
Includes section on Frank Lloyd Wright.
Bibliographies, Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
4
17
Bibliographies, Unidentified
"Design and Weave" (Unpublished Book)
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1960s
4
18
"Design and Weave" (Unpublished Book)
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
4
19
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
4
20
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
4
21
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts, Fragments
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
4
22
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Drafts, Fragments
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, France
Archival Resource Key
circa 1948-circa 1958
4
23
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, France
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, France and Italy
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
4
24
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, France and Italy
Scope and Contents
Includes photos of Jean Lurcat weavers in studio
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Other Related Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
4
25
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Other Related Material
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Scandinavia
Archival Resource Key
4
26
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, Scandinavia
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Scandinavian tapestry artist Dora Jung.
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, United Kingdom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1956-1960
4
27
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, United Kingdom
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, United States
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
4
28
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry, United States
Lists, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
29
Lists, Miscellaneous
Notes and Fragments
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
4
30
Notes and Fragments
Notes and Memos
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1971
4
31
Notes and Memos
Notes in Index Card File
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
4
32
Notes in Index Card File
Notes in Index Card File
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
4
33
Notes in Index Card File
Notes in Index Card File
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
4
34
Notes in Index Card File
Notes in Index Card File
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
5
1
Notes in Index Card File
Notes in Index Card File
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
5
2
Notes in Index Card File
Notes in Index Card File, by Geographic Region
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
5
3
Notes in Index Card File, by Geographic Region
Notes in Index Card File, by Geographic Region
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
5
4
Notes in Index Card File, by Geographic Region
Notes, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
5
Notes, Miscellaneous
Notes on Women Architects
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
5
6
Notes on Women Architects
Speeches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
5
7
Speeches
Speeches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
5
8
Speeches
Speeches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942-circa 1955
5
9
Speeches
Speeches
Archival Resource Key
1961-1965
5
10
Speeches
Speeches/Panels, Fragments
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
5
11
Speeches/Panels, Fragments
Student Notes
Archival Resource Key
1921-1922
5
12
Student Notes
Student Paper (probably) by Dorothy K. Wright, "Modern Materials" (with samples)
Archival Resource Key
1920
5
13
Student Paper (probably) by Dorothy K. Wright, "Modern Materials" (with samples)
Writings by Others
4.2
Archival Resource Key
1940-1970
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes seven articles about Liebes, written primarily as publicity for companies she worked for; speeches about Liebes by Charles Daly, Edward Wormley and others; articles on various topics by people such as Edith Grimm, Vesta Schaffer and Iovanna Lloyd Wright; and speeches on subjects such as home design and furnishings to the National Home Fashions League, and to the American Institute of Interior Designers, by L. R. Blackhurst, Jr. (of DuPont), W. G. Constable, Sarah Tomerlin Lee (of House Beautiful magazine), Boris Kroll, Pat Elliot, and David L.Yunich. Also found is the transcript of a discussion about a Liebes exhibition of at the City Art Museum, St. Louis, featured in a program presented by the museum in cooperation with KFUO.
Articles about Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
14
Articles about Dorothy Liebes
Articles about Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1945, 1952
5
15
Articles about Dorothy Liebes
Articles, Reports, Speeches about Various Subjects
Archival Resource Key
undated
1945
5
16
Articles, Reports, Speeches about Various Subjects
Discussion about Liebes Exhibition at City Art Museum, St. Louis, Transcript
Archival Resource Key
1944
5
17
Discussion about Liebes Exhibition at City Art Museum, St. Louis, Transcript
Poem by Jack James
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
18
Poem by Jack James
Speeches about Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970
undated
5
19
Speeches about Liebes
Speeches about Other Subjects
Archival Resource Key
circa 1947-circa 1969
5
20
Speeches about Other Subjects
Subject Files
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
8.43 Linear feet
Boxes 5-13, 20, 43, OVs 23, 38
circa 1933-1971
Scope and Contents note
The primary focus of this series is Liebes's corporate clients, but it also includes subject files on artists, art and craft organizations, individuals with whom Liebes worked, travel records, files on promotions and publicity, records of orders and other Liebes studio business, and topics of interest to Liebes such as weavers and weaving. Files may contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, printed material, photographs, textile samples, and miscellaneous records in various combinations.
Eight folders of artist files consist of correspondence with various artists whose work interested Liebes and/or who worked with her in the 1940s. They include Maxine Albro, Julie Brix, Kathryn Uhl Ball, Hiler Hilaire, Jean Hogue, Bob Lee, Bernyce Polifka, Rosamund Stricker Day, Jean Swiggett, and others. Artists files were originally arranged loosely by geographical region, but as many artists appeared in more than one file, the files were consolidated and arranged alphabetically by artist name. Additionally, seven folders, primarily of correspondence, document Liebes's interest in the work of Finnish weaver Martta Taipale, whose work Liebes actively promoted to her clients and colleagues.
Records relating to the Arts and Skills workshops organized by the American Red Cross document Liebes's involvement in the inception of the Arts and Skills section and her tenure as the section's director. Also found are records documenting Liebes's involvement in arts associations such as the American Crafts Council.
Two files for Albert Azukas relate to the running of Liebes's studio by Azukas and include a 1952 certificate of incorporation for Dorothy Liebes Textiles, Inc. Further records related to Liebes's studio and studio personnel are filed under Studio Business.
This series provides a thorough record of Liebes's work for various manufacturing companies in the synthetic fiber and fabric industry. It documents the extent to which Liebes utilized her multiple industry contracts to influence the development of an extensive range of innovative artificial fibers, and use them in designs that had, by the 1950s, become known as "the Liebes Look." Substantially represented is Liebes's sixteen-year relationship with DuPont, her largest client. Circa two linear feet of records trace her growing influence at DuPont through correspondence, and records of the annual marketing events that Liebes attended while promoting and re-shaping DuPont's brand. Other manufacturing companies represented in this series include Dobeckmun Company (later Dow Chemical), the first company to make modern metallic threads and the metallic yarn Lurex, rug and carpet manufacturers Bigelow-Sanford and Edward Fields, blanket manufacturers Kenwood Mills, Goodall Fabrics, Jantzen Mills, Spring Mills, and others.
Eight folders document Liebes's work as Director of Decorative Arts for the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, including correspondence, photographs, and floor plans. There is also a small amount of documentation of Liebes exhibitions of her work including a 1970 retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, and exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Modern Art.
Files on promotions and publicity were often marked "promotions," "publicity," or "press" and filed chronologically. They document a wide variety of promotional activities that Liebes was involved in, and which represented a significant amount of the work she conducted for companies like DuPont. Files include invitations to speak at or participate in events such as exhibitions, juries for contests, and design markets, and document related logistics including arrangements for exhibitions and plans for social events. They include records relating to the National Home Fashions League, Western Merchandise Mart, and the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers. Also found in these files are records relating to press about Liebes in newspapers, magazines, and company promotional material, such as request from magazines to do feature articles on Liebes, and her responses.
Subject files on Relman Morin include his correspondence with Liebes from before they were married, through the 1960s. Topics he wrote about to Liebes include his experiences covering the Adolf Eichmann trial and President Johnson's trip to Bangkok in 1961. Also found here are some of Morin's Associated Press dispatches and writings, and a 1948 "psycho-graphic analysis" of Morin.
Eight folders relating to weavers and weaving include mounted illustrations and photographs depicting the process of weaving in different countries and time periods. Most are accompanied by descriptive text and may have been used in lectures and/or publications.
Arrangement note
Subject files are arranged alphabetically by folder title based on Liebes's original arrangement, and using some of Liebes's original folder titles. Some of the records related to promotions and publicity were originally arranged as chronological correspondence.
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes duplicates, and some printed material for which only relevant pages have been digitized. Some of the fiber and fabric samples in DuPont January and June market files could not be digitized due to format and condition.
Alcan Aluminum Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
5
21
Alcan Aluminum Corporation
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1947 Conference, "The Artist in Contemporary American Society"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-1946
5
22
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1947 Conference, "The Artist in Contemporary American Society"
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1947 Conference, "The Artist in Contemporary American Society"
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
5
23
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1947 Conference, "The Artist in Contemporary American Society"
American Crafts Council
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971
5
24
American Crafts Council
Scope and Contents
Formerly American Craftsmen's Council. Includes minutes of meetings and budget records.
American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1942-1943
5
25
American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council, Inc.
American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1944-1945
5
26
American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council, Inc.
American Craftsmen's Council
Archival Resource Key
1957-1964
5
27
American Craftsmen's Council
American Craftsmen's Council
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968
5
28
American Craftsmen's Council
American Craftsmen's Council, First World Congress of Craftsmen
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
5
29
American Craftsmen's Council, First World Congress of Craftsmen
American Craftsmen's Educational Council, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1953
5
30
American Craftsmen's Educational Council, Inc.
American Women's Voluntary Services
Archival Resource Key
1943
5
31
American Women's Voluntary Services
Apartments
Archival Resource Key
1957-1971
5
32
Apartments
Architectural Forum
Archival Resource Key
1947
5
33
Architectural Forum
Architecture Schools
Archival Resource Key
1940
5
34
Architecture Schools
Scope and Contents
Includes responses to inquiries to various people about which architectural schools they consider to be the best.
Art Institute of Chicago
Archival Resource Key
1945
1956-1957
1966
5
35
Art Institute of Chicago
Artists, A-B
Archival Resource Key
1945-1948
5
36
Artists, A-B
Artists, C-E
Archival Resource Key
1945-1948
5
37
Artists, C-E
Artists, F-H
Archival Resource Key
1945-1948
5
38
Artists, F-H
Artists, J-M
Archival Resource Key
1945-1948
1955
5
39
Artists, J-M
Artists, N-S
Archival Resource Key
1943-1948
5
40
Artists, N-S
Artists, T-Z
Archival Resource Key
1945-1948
1958
5
41
Artists, T-Z
Artists, Lists and Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
5
42
Artists, Lists and Notes
Artists, Unidentified or First Names Only
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-circa 1947
5
43
Artists, Unidentified or First Names Only
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Correspondence and Memoranda
Archival Resource Key
1943-1952
5
44
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Correspondence and Memoranda
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Outlines and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1940s
5
45
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Outlines and Notes
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1937-1940s
5
46
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Printed Material
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Reports
Archival Resource Key
1944-1948
5
47
Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross, Reports
Auerbach, Alfred
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944
5
48
Auerbach, Alfred
Azukas, Albert
Archival Resource Key
1950-1956
5
49
Azukas, Albert
Azukas, Albert, Miscellaneous Material
Archival Resource Key
1950s
5
50
Azukas, Albert, Miscellaneous Material
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1957-1958 March
6
1
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1958 April-December
6
2
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959
6
3
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960
6
4
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1961
6
5
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962
6
6
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1963
6
7
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964
6
8
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965
6
9
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966
6
10
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1971
6
11
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Correspondence
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., June Market
Archival Resource Key
1966
6
12
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., June Market
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-1960s
6
13
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Printed Material
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Western Floor Covering Association Trip
Archival Resource Key
1966
6
14
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., Western Floor Covering Association Trip
Black Mountain College
Archival Resource Key
1945
6
15
Black Mountain College
Book Inquiries (regarding publication of Twenty-four Ways to Make a Living in a Wheelchair
Archival Resource Key
1942
6
16
Book Inquiries (regarding publication of Twenty-four Ways to Make a Living in a Wheelchair
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund
Archival Resource Key
1962 January-June
6
17
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund
Archival Resource Key
1962 July-1963
6
18
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund Benefit
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968
6
19
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund Benefit
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund Lectures at Parsons School of Design
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
6
20
Brandt, Mary, Memorial Fund Lectures at Parsons School of Design
Buxton, Edward
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942-1943
6
21
Buxton, Edward
Calder, Alexander
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957
6
22
Calder, Alexander
Scope and Contents
Documents Liebes's purchase of a mobile from Calder.
Calypsocraft, Inc. (Edward Fields), Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959-1962
6
23
Calypsocraft, Inc. (Edward Fields), Correspondence
Calypsocraft, Inc. (Edward Fields), Expenses and Packing Lists
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
6
24
Calypsocraft, Inc. (Edward Fields), Expenses and Packing Lists
Challis, Lucy
Archival Resource Key
1951-1954
6
25
Challis, Lucy
Charles R. Gracie and Sons, Inc. (wallpaper)
Archival Resource Key
1957-1964
6
26
Charles R. Gracie and Sons, Inc. (wallpaper)
Christmas, Lists and Names
Archival Resource Key
1935-1954
6
27
Christmas, Lists and Names
Clothing, Suggestions, Bills, Inventory
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-1945
6
28
Clothing, Suggestions, Bills, Inventory
Columbia Mills
Archival Resource Key
1944-1958
6
29
Columbia Mills
Contracts
Archival Resource Key
1942-1946
6
30
Contracts
Cosmopolitan Club
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
6
31
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Archival Resource Key
1953-1959
6
32
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Archival Resource Key
1960
6
33
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Archival Resource Key
1961-1965
6
34
Cosmopolitan Club
Crawford, M.D.C.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942-1943
6
35
Crawford, M.D.C.
Designs Received, Returned, Purchased (Receipts)
Archival Resource Key
1943-1945
6
36
Designs Received, Returned, Purchased (Receipts)
Designs Received, Returned, Purchased (Receipts)
Archival Resource Key
1946-1947
6
37
Designs Received, Returned, Purchased (Receipts)
Dobeckmun Co.
Archival Resource Key
1946-1957
6
38
Dobeckmun Co.
Dobeckmun Co.
Archival Resource Key
1958-1960
6
39
Dobeckmun Co.
Dobeckmun Co., Lurex Yarn Division Promotional Kit
Archival Resource Key
1956
6
40
Dobeckmun Co., Lurex Yarn Division Promotional Kit
Dow Chemical, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1958-1959 May
6
41
Dow Chemical, Correspondence
Dow Chemical, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959 June-November
6
42
Dow Chemical, Correspondence
Dow Chemical, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
6
43
Dow Chemical, Correspondence
Dow Chemical, Lurex Division
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
6
44
Dow Chemical, Lurex Division
Dow Chemical, Lurex Division, London
Archival Resource Key
1956-1961
6
45
Dow Chemical, Lurex Division, London
Dow Chemical, Packing Lists
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
7
1
Dow Chemical, Packing Lists
Draper, Dorothy (Good Housekeeping)
Archival Resource Key
1941-1943
7
2
Draper, Dorothy (Good Housekeeping)
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1943-1945
7
3
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1955
7
4
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957
7
5
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1958 January-June
7
6
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1958 July-December
7
7
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959
7
8
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960 January-April
7
9
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960 May-July
7
10
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960 August-October
7
11
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960 November-December
7
12
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1961 January-March
7
13
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1961 April-August
7
14
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1961 September-December
7
15
Dupont, Correspondence
Dupont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 January-March
7
16
Dupont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 April-August
7
17
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 September-October
7
18
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 November-December
7
19
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 December-1963 April
7
20
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1963 May-September
7
21
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1963 October-December
7
22
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964 January-July
7
23
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964 August-December
7
24
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966 June
7
25
DuPont Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Includes very little correspondence from 1965.
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966 July-December
7
26
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967 January-June
7
27
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967 July-December
7
28
DuPont Correspondence
DuPont Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
7
29
DuPont Correspondence
Dupont, Expenses
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
7
30
Dupont, Expenses
Dupont, Fabric Sales, Fabrite and Tontine (Price/Edwards/Ferris)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1964
7
31
Dupont, Fabric Sales, Fabrite and Tontine (Price/Edwards/Ferris)
Dupont, January Market (1960)
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
7
32
Dupont, January Market (1960)
DuPont, January Market and June Market (1961)
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
7
33
DuPont, January Market and June Market (1961)
Dupont, January Market (1962)
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
8
1
Dupont, January Market (1962)
Dupont, June Market (1962)
Archival Resource Key
1962
8
2
Dupont, June Market (1962)
DuPont, June Market (1962)
Archival Resource Key
1962
8
3
DuPont, June Market (1962)
DuPont, June Market (1962)
Archival Resource Key
1962
8
4
DuPont, June Market (1962)
DuPont, January Market (1963), Casements/Samples
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
5
DuPont, January Market (1963), Casements/Samples
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
6
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
7
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
8
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
9
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
10
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
11
Dupont, January Market (1963), Upholstery, Orlon, and Drapery Project
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1963)
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
12
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1963)
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1963)
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
8
13
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1963)
DuPont, January Market (1962), January and June Markets (1963), Floor Plans and Copies of Sketches
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
23
2
DuPont, January Market (1962), January and June Markets (1963), Floor Plans and Copies of Sketches
DuPont January Market (1964)
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
8
14
DuPont January Market (1964)
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1964), Casements and Samples
Archival Resource Key
1964
8
15
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1964), Casements and Samples
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1964), Casements and Samples
Archival Resource Key
1964
8
16
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1964), Casements and Samples
DuPont, January Market, June Market (1965)
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
8
17
DuPont, January Market, June Market (1965)
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1965), Plans and Sketches
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
38
1
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1965), Plans and Sketches
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
8
18
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1966)
Dupont, January Market (1967)
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
8
19
Dupont, January Market (1967)
Dupont, January Market (1967)
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
8
20
Dupont, January Market (1967)
Dupont, June Market (1967)
Archival Resource Key
1967
8
21
Dupont, June Market (1967)
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1967), Plans and Sketches
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
38
2
Dupont, January Market, June Market (1967), Plans and Sketches
Dupont, Knit Products (Dr. Robert Saunders)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
8
22
Dupont, Knit Products (Dr. Robert Saunders)
Dupont, Monthly Reports
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
8
23
Dupont, Monthly Reports
Dupont, "Nylon Rug Designs" (Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition)
Archival Resource Key
1956-1962
8
24
Dupont, "Nylon Rug Designs" (Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition)
Dupont, Orlon Blanket (Beacon Manufacturing Co.)
Archival Resource Key
1961
8
25
Dupont, Orlon Blanket (Beacon Manufacturing Co.)
Dupont, Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair
Archival Resource Key
1966
8
26
Dupont, Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair
Dupont, Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957
8
27
Dupont, Publicity
Dupont, Rugs
Archival Resource Key
1957
1965-1966
8
28
Dupont, Rugs
Dupont, Rugs, Nylon-Wool (Werner Cohen)
Archival Resource Key
1965
8
29
Dupont, Rugs, Nylon-Wool (Werner Cohen)
Dupont, Upholstery and Drapery
Archival Resource Key
1965
8
30
Dupont, Upholstery and Drapery
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Archival Resource Key
1958 January-June
8
31
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Archival Resource Key
1958 July-September
8
32
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Archival Resource Key
1958 October-1959 March
8
33
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Archival Resource Key
1959 April-August
8
34
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Archival Resource Key
1957-1960
8
35
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co.
Scope and Contents
1957 item is an enclosure with another letter relating to the beginning of Liebes's reationship with Eagle-Ottowa Leather Co.
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry
Archival Resource Key
1959
9
1
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry
Scope and Contents
Drafts of entry can be found in Series 4.1: Writings by Dorothy Liebes.
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry
Archival Resource Key
1959-1963
9
2
Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Tapestry
Erdman, Pardee
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961-circa 1966
9
3
Erdman, Pardee
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1963
9
4
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964 January-April
9
5
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964 May-August
9
6
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964 September-December
9
7
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965 January-April
9
8
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965 May-September
9
9
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965 October-December
9
10
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966 January-June
9
11
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966 July-December
9
12
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
9
13
Fairtex, Correspondence
Fairtex, Detroit Automotive Show (1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
9
14
Fairtex, Detroit Automotive Show (1966)
Fairtex, Mint Museum Fabric
Archival Resource Key
1967
9
15
Fairtex, Mint Museum Fabric
Fairtex, Packing Lists
Archival Resource Key
1964
9
16
Fairtex, Packing Lists
Fairtex, Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
9
17
Fairtex, Samples
Fairtex, "Styling Color Folder"
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
18
Fairtex, "Styling Color Folder"
Fan Mail
Archival Resource Key
1944-1946
9
19
Fan Mail
Scope and Contents
Letters primarily received in response to an article on Liebes in Collier's mostly from 1946-early 1947; arranged in rough chronological order.
Fan Mail
Archival Resource Key
1946
9
20
Fan Mail
Fan Mail
Archival Resource Key
1946-1947
9
21
Fan Mail
Fields, Edward
Archival Resource Key
1958
9
22
Fields, Edward
Fields, Edward
Archival Resource Key
1959 January-July
9
23
Fields, Edward
Fields, Edward
Archival Resource Key
1959 August-December
9
24
Fields, Edward
Fischer, Eva
Archival Resource Key
1957
9
25
Fischer, Eva
"Foreign Mails"
Archival Resource Key
1947-1948
9
26
"Foreign Mails"
Forstmann Woolen Company
Archival Resource Key
1957-1959
9
27
Forstmann Woolen Company
"Furnishing Studio Home in Washington, D.C."
Archival Resource Key
1948
9
28
"Furnishing Studio Home in Washington, D.C."
Furnishing: The Magazine for the Furniture Trade
Archival Resource Key
1956
9
29
Furnishing: The Magazine for the Furniture Trade
Golden Gate Exposition, Case History
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-circa 1948
9
30
Golden Gate Exposition, Case History
Scope and Contents
Includes photographic portrait of Liebes by George Platt Lynes, and 2 snapshots of unidentified people
Golden Gate Exposition, Catalogue and Entry Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1940
9
31
Golden Gate Exposition, Catalogue and Entry Lists
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937-circa 1940
9
32
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1937-1939 May
9
33
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1939 June-December
9
34
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1940-1943
9
35
Golden Gate Exposition, Correspondence
Golden Gate Exposition, Floor Plan Drawings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937-circa 1940
38
3
Golden Gate Exposition, Floor Plan Drawings
Golden Gate Exposition, Floor Plan and Other Drawings
Archival Resource Key
1938
20
1
Golden Gate Exposition, Floor Plan and Other Drawings
Golden Gate Exposition, Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939
43
1
Scope and Contents
Black and white transparencies possibly taken by Moulin Studios, San Francisco.
Goodall Fabrics, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1942-1943 March
9
36
Goodall Fabrics, Correspondence
Goodall Fabrics, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1943 April-June
9
37
Goodall Fabrics, Correspondence
Goodall Fabrics, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1943 July-1949
1953
9
38
Goodall Fabrics, Correspondence
Goodall Fabrics, Leather Weave
Archival Resource Key
1944
9
39
Goodall Fabrics, Leather Weave
Goodall Fabrics, Leather Weave
Archival Resource Key
1945-1946
9
40
Goodall Fabrics, Leather Weave
Goodall Fabrics, Mailing Lists for Announcements
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
9
41
Goodall Fabrics, Mailing Lists for Announcements
Goodall Fabrics, Photos of Plant
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
10
1
Goodall Fabrics, Photos of Plant
Grimm, Peter
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941-circa 1948
10
2
Grimm, Peter
Hartford Rayon Company
Archival Resource Key
1957-1958
10
3
Hartford Rayon Company
Indian Field Service Trips to Oklahoma with René D'Harnoncourt
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1942
10
4
Indian Field Service Trips to Oklahoma with René D'Harnoncourt
Indian Field Service Trips to Oklahoma with René D'Harnoncourt
Archival Resource Key
1942-1943
10
5
Indian Field Service Trips to Oklahoma with René D'Harnoncourt
Indian Service Summer School
Archival Resource Key
1951-1952
10
6
Indian Service Summer School
Indian Service Summer School, Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1943-circa 1952
10
7
Indian Service Summer School, Printed Material
Indian Textiles (from India)
Archival Resource Key
1957-1959
10
8
Indian Textiles (from India)
Institute of International Education, National Screening Committee
Archival Resource Key
1957-1962
10
9
Institute of International Education, National Screening Committee
Israel
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
10
10
Israel
Jantzen Mills
Archival Resource Key
1947-1958
10
11
Jantzen Mills
Kenwood Mills, Blanket Orders
Archival Resource Key
1953-1954
10
12
Kenwood Mills, Blanket Orders
Kenwood Mills, Blanket Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1953
20
2
Kenwood Mills, Blanket Publicity
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1950
10
13
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 January-February
10
14
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 March-April
10
15
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 May-June
10
16
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 July-August
10
17
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 September-October
10
18
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 November-1952
10
19
Kenwood Mills, Correspondence
Kenwood Mills, Notes and Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1953
10
20
Kenwood Mills, Notes and Samples
Lists, Invitations to Events
Archival Resource Key
1946-circa 1965
10
21
Lists, Invitations to Events
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Archival Resource Key
1944
1953
10
22
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mills College
Archival Resource Key
1955
10
23
Mills College
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
10
24
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1947-1949
10
25
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1950
10
26
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951-1956
10
27
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
10
28
Morin, Relman (Pat), Correspondence
Morin, Relman (Pat), Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
10
29
Morin, Relman (Pat), Cards
Morin, Relman (Pat), Dispatches and Other Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
10
30
Morin, Relman (Pat), Dispatches and Other Writings
Morin, Relman (Pat), Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1960s
10
31
Morin, Relman (Pat), Printed Material
Morin, Relman (Pat), Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1960s
10
32
Morin, Relman (Pat), Printed Material
Museum of Contemporary Crafts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966-1970
10
33
Museum of Contemporary Crafts
Scope and Contents
Includes documentation of Dorothy Liebes Retrospective Exhibition, 1970
Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1944-1970
10
34
Museum of Modern Art
Museums, General
Archival Resource Key
1947-1970
10
35
Museums, General
Myers, Howard
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1947
10
36
Myers, Howard
National Council on the Arts and Government
Archival Resource Key
1956-1961
10
37
National Council on the Arts and Government
Navajo Rug Project
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
10
38
Navajo Rug Project
New York Trip
Archival Resource Key
1940-1941
10
39
New York Trip
Orders
Archival Resource Key
1949-1951
10
40
Orders
Orders Completed
Archival Resource Key
1958-1959
10
41
Orders Completed
Orders Completed
Archival Resource Key
1959
10
42
Orders Completed
Orders Completed
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
10
43
Orders Completed
Orders Completed
Archival Resource Key
1962-1967
10
44
Orders Completed
Penco Fabrics, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1966
11
1
Penco Fabrics, Inc.
Phelby, Louise S. (Estate of)
Archival Resource Key
1955-1958
11
2
Phelby, Louise S. (Estate of)
Pheby, Louise S. (Estate of)
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
11
3
Pheby, Louise S. (Estate of)
Pre-Fab Inquiries
Archival Resource Key
1962
11
4
Pre-Fab Inquiries
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945-1950
11
5
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1951-1953
11
6
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1954 January-March
11
7
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1954 April-December
11
8
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1955 January-April
11
9
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1955 May-August
11
10
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1955 September-December
11
11
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1956 January-March
11
12
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1956 April-July
11
13
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1956 August-December
11
14
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1957 January-March
11
15
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1957 April-June
11
16
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1957 July-September
11
17
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1957 October-December
11
18
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1958 January-February
11
19
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1958 March-June
11
20
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1958 July-December
11
21
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1959 January-June
11
22
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1959 July-September
11
23
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1959 October-December
11
24
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1960 January-April
11
25
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1960 May-December
11
26
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1961 January-June
11
27
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1961 July-December
11
28
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1962 January-June
11
29
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1962 July-December
11
30
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1963 January-March
11
31
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1963 April-June
11
32
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1963 July-December
11
33
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1964 January-April
11
34
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1964 May-August
11
35
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1964 September-December
12
1
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1965 January-March
12
2
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1965 April-July
12
3
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1965 August-December
12
4
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1966 January-June
12
5
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1966 July-December
12
6
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1967 January-June
12
7
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1967 July-December
12
8
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1968 January-May
12
9
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1968 June-December
12
10
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1969 January-March
12
11
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1969 April-December
12
12
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1970
12
13
Promotions and Publicity
Promotions and Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1971
12
14
Promotions and Publicity
Royal Society of Arts
Archival Resource Key
1954-1967
12
15
Royal Society of Arts
Samples Returned
Archival Resource Key
circa 1956
12
16
Samples Returned
San Francisco International Market Center
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
17
San Francisco International Market Center
Scranton Lace Co.
Archival Resource Key
1942
12
18
Scranton Lace Co.
Simmons Co.
Archival Resource Key
1966
12
19
Simmons Co.
Spring Mills, Inc., Contracts
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967
12
20
Spring Mills, Inc., Contracts
Spring Mills, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1963
12
21
Spring Mills, Inc., Correspondence
Spring Mills, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
12
22
Spring Mills, Inc., Correspondence
Spring Mills, Inc., Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
12
23
Spring Mills, Inc., Correspondence
Spring Mills, Inc., Reports
Archival Resource Key
1963-1966
12
24
Spring Mills, Inc., Reports
Storage
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938
circa 1948
12
25
Storage
Storage
Archival Resource Key
1949-1950
12
26
Storage
Storage
Archival Resource Key
1952-1958
12
27
Storage
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1937-1938
undated
12
28
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1947-1948
12
29
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1949 February-July
12
30
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1949 August-September
12
31
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1949 October-1951
12
32
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1952 January-June
12
33
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1952 July-December
12
34
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1953-1956
12
35
Studio Business
Studio Business
Archival Resource Key
1962-1969
12
36
Studio Business
"Studio Trouble, Ruth and Al" (Azukas, Albert)
Archival Resource Key
1951-1952
12
37
"Studio Trouble, Ruth and Al" (Azukas, Albert)
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946-circa 1961
13
1
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
13
2
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
1949-1950
13
3
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
1951
13
4
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
1952
13
5
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
1953
13
6
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
1954-1961
13
7
Taipale, Martta, Tapestries
Tapestry, General
Archival Resource Key
1938
circa 1960s
13
8
Tapestry, General
Scope and Contents
Includes 3 photos: one of a group of weavers at work and two of Liebes's studio garden at Sutter Place in San Francisco.
Teaching, Design and Weave Course Outline
Archival Resource Key
1952
13
9
Teaching, Design and Weave Course Outline
Travel, Addresses and Information
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-1965
13
10
Travel, Addresses and Information
Scope and Contents
Primarily addresses in Europe and Mexico, used by Liebes during travel, and two letters to others offering suggestions for industry contacts.
Travel, Cruise
Archival Resource Key
1966
13
11
Travel, Cruise
Travel, Europe
Archival Resource Key
1956
undated
13
12
Travel, Europe
Scope and Contents
Includes 3 photos of Liebes and others and notes with her ideas.
Travel, Japan
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
13
13
Travel, Japan
Travel, Japan
Archival Resource Key
1961-1964
13
14
Travel, Japan
Scope and Contents
Includes outlines and notes for and typescripts of talks Liebes appears to have delivered in Japan, including for a design class in Shizuoka.
U.S.A. at the Triennale
Archival Resource Key
1968
13
15
U.S.A. at the Triennale
U. S. Department of State, Conference on International Relations in the Field of Art
Archival Resource Key
1939
13
16
U. S. Department of State, Conference on International Relations in the Field of Art
United Wallpaper, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1945-1959
13
17
United Wallpaper, Inc.
United Wallpaper, Inc., Sample Book "Weaves from Exclusive Hand-Loomed Originals by Dorothy Liebes"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
20
3
United Wallpaper, Inc., Sample Book "Weaves from Exclusive Hand-Loomed Originals by Dorothy Liebes"
University of California, Berkeley (as a student)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1933
13
18
University of California, Berkeley (as a student)
University of Kansas Design Symposium
Archival Resource Key
1962
13
19
University of Kansas Design Symposium
Upholstery Leather Group
Archival Resource Key
1957-1958
13
20
Upholstery Leather Group
Van Buren, William M.
Archival Resource Key
1941-1946
13
21
Van Buren, William M.
Weavers and Weaving, Dobby Loom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-circa 1963
13
22
Weavers and Weaving, Dobby Loom
Scope and Contents
Includes outlines and notes for possible lectures on weaving.
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
23
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
24
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
25
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
26
Weavers and Weaving, Illustrations and Photographs
Weavers and Weaving, List of Weavers
Archival Resource Key
undated
13
27
Weavers and Weaving, List of Weavers
Weavers and Weaving, Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-1952
13
28
Weavers and Weaving, Printed Material
Weavers and Weaving, Weaving Verses
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
1954
13
29
Weavers and Weaving, Weaving Verses
Financial and Legal Records
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
0.6 Linear feet
Boxes 6, 20
circa 1935-1972
Scope and Contents
Series includes an account book, personal and business related accounting correspondence, balance sheets, statements of income and profit and loss, year-end statements for Dorothy Liebes Textiles, Inc., some financial summaries for Liebes's personal expenses, statements summarizing Liebes's investments, personal and business inventories and insurance records, and federal, state, and city tax records.
Of note is a file documenting Liebes's appeal to the New York State Tax Commission to be recognized as a professional industrial designer, with supporting statements written by colleagues such as Alfred Auerbach, Henry Dreyfuss, Samuel Marx, Edward J. Wormley, and Walter Teague, and two folders of records relating to legal action taken by Liebes against a company (Matson vs. Liebes) for use of a design.
Existence and Location of Copies
This series has been digitized in entirety, with the exception of duplicates.
Account Book
Archival Resource Key
1938-1947
13
30
Account Book
Accounting, Harold A. Kuhn
Archival Resource Key
1946-1947
13
31
Accounting, Harold A. Kuhn
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1949-1971
13
32
Correspondence
Correspondence, Dunne & Dunne
Archival Resource Key
1945-1956
13
33
Correspondence, Dunne & Dunne
Financial Summaries
Archival Resource Key
1946-1953
13
34
Financial Summaries
Financial Summaries
Archival Resource Key
1954
13
35
Financial Summaries
Financial Summaries
Archival Resource Key
1955-1956
13
36
Financial Summaries
Financial Summaries
Archival Resource Key
1957-1958
13
37
Financial Summaries
Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1947
1970-1972
13
38
Insurance
Inventories and Insurance
Archival Resource Key
circa 1935-circa 1946
13
39
Inventories and Insurance
Scope and Contents
Includes receipts for some works of art.
Inventories, Business
Archival Resource Key
1960-1965
13
40
Inventories, Business
Inventory, Library
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946
13
41
Inventory, Library
Investment Statements
Archival Resource Key
1957-1961
13
42
Investment Statements
Investment Statements
Archival Resource Key
1962-1966
13
43
Investment Statements
Matson vs. Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
13
44
Matson vs. Liebes
Matson vs. Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
20
4
Matson vs. Liebes
Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1937
1946-1947
13
45
Receipts
Taxes, Federal
Archival Resource Key
1951-1959
13
46
Taxes, Federal
Taxes, Federal
Archival Resource Key
1960-1968
13
47
Taxes, Federal
Taxes, New York City
Archival Resource Key
1946-1949
1966-1968
13
48
Taxes, New York City
Taxes, New York State
Archival Resource Key
1953-1967
13
49
Taxes, New York State
Taxes, New York State, Tax Hearing to Determine Professional Status
Archival Resource Key
1954-1957
13
50
Taxes, New York State, Tax Hearing to Determine Professional Status
Printed Material
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1.1 Linear feet
Boxes 14, 20-21, OV 38
1897-1971
Scope and Contents note
Printed material consists of articles, exhibition catalogs, press releases, reproductions, and miscellaneous items about, or mentioning, Dorothy Liebes and her work, and topics of interest to Liebes, such as weavers and weaving, the textile industry, and art and design.
Reproductions of artwork include five portfolios of plates presumably of artwork that inspired Liebes.
Additional printed material can be found in Series 7: Scrapbooks.
Arrangement
Printed material is arranged as two subseries:
- 7.1: Printed Material About Liebes, 1897-1971
- 7.2: Other Printed Material, 1926-circa 1970
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes duplicates and the full text of publications and articles for which only title and relevant pages may be digitized.
Printed Material About Liebes
7.1
Archival Resource Key
1897-1971
Advertisements Featuring Liebes and Her Work
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1960s
14
1
Advertisements Featuring Liebes and Her Work
Advertisements Featuring Liebes and Her Work
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
20
5
Advertisements Featuring Liebes and Her Work
Articles About Family
Archival Resource Key
1897-circa 1919
1951
14
2
Articles About Family
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1915-1939
14
3
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1940-1946
14
4
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1947-1948
14
5
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1949
14
6
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
14
7
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1950-1953
14
8
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1954-1959
14
9
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
14
10
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1961-1965
14
11
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1966
14
12
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969
14
13
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1950-1969
20
6
Articles About Liebes
Articles About Liebes
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
14
14
Articles About Liebes
Business Cards and Flyers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
14
15
Business Cards and Flyers
Exhibition Announcement
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
20
7
Exhibition Announcement
Exhibition Awards and Prospectuses
Archival Resource Key
1953-1964
14
16
Exhibition Awards and Prospectuses
Scope and Contents
Awards and events for which Liebes served on jury.
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
14
17
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1949-1955
14
18
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1960-1967
14
19
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Lectures and Classes, Programs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
14
20
Lectures and Classes, Programs and Announcements
Lectures and Classes, Programs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1946-1968
14
21
Lectures and Classes, Programs and Announcements
Miscellaneous Brochures
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
14
22
Miscellaneous Brochures
Press Releases
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
1953
14
23
Press Releases
Scope and Contents
1953 press release is a welcome announcement to Dorothy Liebes new design and production studio.
Other Printed Material
7.2
Archival Resource Key
1926-circa 1970
Articles, Art and Design
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
14
24
Articles, Art and Design
Articles, Art and Design
Archival Resource Key
1926-1949
14
25
Articles, Art and Design
Articles, Art and Design ("Old Art Treasures from Japan's Needles and Looms")
Archival Resource Key
1949
20
8
Articles, Art and Design ("Old Art Treasures from Japan's Needles and Looms")
Articles, Art and Design
Archival Resource Key
1950-1965
14
26
Articles, Art and Design
Articles, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1926-circa 1960s
14
27
Articles, Miscellaneous
Articles, Textile Industry
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
14
28
Articles, Textile Industry
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1926
circa 1940-1950
14
29
Exhibition Catalogs
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1951-1962
14
30
Exhibition Catalogs
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1963-1969
14
31
Exhibition Catalogs
Publications, Art-Related
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970
14
32
Publications, Art-Related
Publications, Art Related
Archival Resource Key
1935-1938
14
33
Publications, Art Related
Publications, Art-Related
Archival Resource Key
1946-1959
14
34
Publications, Art-Related
Publications, Art Related
Archival Resource Key
1962-1969
14
35
Publications, Art Related
Publications, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1930s-1940s
14
36
Publications, Miscellaneous
Reproductions, Artwork
Archival Resource Key
undated
1947
20
9
Reproductions, Artwork
Reproductions, Artwork, 80 Toiles Imprimées et Indiennes de Traite (plates in portfolio)
Archival Resource Key
1942
20
10
Reproductions, Artwork, 80 Toiles Imprimées et Indiennes de Traite (plates in portfolio)
Reproductions, Artwork, Broideries Hindoues (plates in portfolio)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1926
21
1
Reproductions, Artwork, Broideries Hindoues (plates in portfolio)
Reproductions, Artwork, Les Batiks de Java (plates in portfolio)
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
2
Reproductions, Artwork, Les Batiks de Java (plates in portfolio)
Reproductions, Artwork, Les Petits Alphabets du Brodeur (loose plates)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1887
21
3
Reproductions, Artwork, Les Petits Alphabets du Brodeur (loose plates)
Reproductions, Artwork, Surasundari: Photographs by Raymond Burnier (plates in portfolio)
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
4
Reproductions, Artwork, Surasundari: Photographs by Raymond Burnier (plates in portfolio)
Reproductions, Artwork, Tapis Modernes (plates in portfolio)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930
21
4
Reproductions, Artwork, Tapis Modernes (plates in portfolio)
Scrapbooks
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
5 Linear feet
Boxes 21-22, 24-36
1933-1972
Scope and Contents note
This series contains thirty-three scrapbooks compiled by Liebes and her studio staff. The scrapbooks contain primarily printed matter such as news clippings, articles, brochures, and press releases, as well as notable letters, congratulatory telegrams, some interview transcripts, and photographs, many of which are not duplicated elsewhere in the collection. The scrapbooks provide extensive documentation of Liebes's career including her professional achievements, commissions, and studio operations.
At the end of the series are loose scrapbook pages from a volume of photos and printed material with annotations by Liebes, relating to fabrics used in interiors; and loose pages from a volume featuring photographs of and printed material relating to the work of designer Lawrence J. Colwell.
Existence and Location of Copies
The scrapbooks have been digitized in entirety. Some of the scrapbooks have unsorted loose clippings housed with them, many of which appeared to be duplicates. Most of these were not digitized due to condition and the fact that they were similar in content to many of the clippings already digitized in the scrapbooks and/or Series 7: Printed Material.
Arrangement
Scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1933-1938
24
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1934-1944
25
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1939
25
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1939-1940
24
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1939-1940
24
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1938-1940
26
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1942-1943
26
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1943-1945
27
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1944-1945
27
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1945-1946
27
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1946-1947
28
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1947
26
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1947
28
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1948
28
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1949
28
4
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1950
29
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1951
29
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1952
30
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1953
31
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1954
31
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1955
31
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1956
32
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1958
32
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1959
32
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1960
33
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
33
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1963
36
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1964
33
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1965
34
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1966
34
2
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
34
3
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
35
1
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972
35
2
Scrapbook
Loose Pages from Unidentified Liebes Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
5
Loose Pages from Unidentified Liebes Scrapbook
Loose Pages from Scrapbook about Lawrence J. Colwell
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
22
1
Loose Pages from Scrapbook about Lawrence J. Colwell
Artwork
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1.24 Linear feet
Boxes 14, 22, OVs 23, 39, 42, RD 37
circa 1920s-circa 1960s
Arrangement note
This series is arranged as 2 subseries:
- 9.1: Artwork by Dorothy Liebes, circa 1920s-circa 1960s
- 9.2: Artwork by Others, circa 1930s-circa 1960s
Existence and Location of Copies
Series is digitized in entirety, with the exception of the Kokemono screen which could not be digitized due to size. Digitization of the two posters is ongoing.
Artwork by Dorothy Liebes
9.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1960s
Scope and Contents note
Artwork by Liebes consists of designs, feather weavings, a small hooked composition, a tapestry sample, and textiles. Textile samples produced by the Dorothy Liebes Studio, as well as some that may have been mass produced based on designs by Liebes, can be found in Series 8: Samples. Also found is a series of painted sketches which appear to be early clothing designs as one is signed "D.W," presumably Dorothy Wright.
Designs
Archival Resource Key
1952
14
37
Designs
Designs and Related Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
14
38
Designs and Related Material
Feather Weavings
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
39
Feather Weavings
Hooked Composition
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
40
Hooked Composition
Painted Sketches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1960s
14
41
Painted Sketches
Tapestry Sampler
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
42
Tapestry Sampler
Artwork by Others
9.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
Scope and Contents note
Architectural drawings and floor plans include some that appear to be for the Dorothy Liebes studio and for Liebes's apartment home. Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell are for interiors, furniture, and product packaging. Researchers should note that additional loose pages from a Colwell scrapbook can be found in Series 7: Scrapbooks. Also found here are painted sketches of clothing designs by Daren Pierce.
Items featuring caricatures and sketches of Liebes and studio include a whimsical series of drawings entitled "From the Architects Notebook" with a memorandum of notes depicting a "Conference with D. L. March April 1938," a booklet entitled "Impressions of San Francisco 1938," and a page of hand colored sketches of Liebes in an office setting. These are probably by the same artist, possibly K. Walker or Lawrence J. Colwell. Also found is a 1948 photo reproduction of a valentine with humorous drawings of Liebes's studio staff.
Other artwork in this subseries includes a kokemono screen, paintings, a pastel, prints, and posters. There are two prints by Dorr Bothwell, a print by Jennie Lewis, lithographs by Edith Bry and Jules Vargo, a painting by K. Walker, a poster with original art by Bonnie Cashin, and artwork by unidentified artists.
Architectural Drawings, Floor Plans
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
14
43
Architectural Drawings, Floor Plans
Architectural Drawings, Floor Plans
Archival Resource Key
1963, undated
23
3
Architectural Drawings, Floor Plans
Caricatures and Sketches of Dorothy Liebes and Studio
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
14
44
Caricatures and Sketches of Dorothy Liebes and Studio
Caricatures and Sketches of Dorothy Liebes and Studio
Archival Resource Key
1948-circa 1950s
23
4
Caricatures and Sketches of Dorothy Liebes and Studio
Designs
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
45
Designs
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
46
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
47
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Archival Resource Key
undated
22
2
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Archival Resource Key
undated
22
3
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Archival Resource Key
undated
22
4
Designs by Lawrence J. Colwell
Designs by Daren Pierce
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
39
1
Designs by Daren Pierce
Kokemono Screen
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
Monogram Designed for Liebes (print)
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
48
Monogram Designed for Liebes (print)
Paintings
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
49
Paintings
Paintings and Pastel
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
2
Paintings and Pastel
Painting by K. Walker
Archival Resource Key
1947
23
5
Painting by K. Walker
Posters
Archival Resource Key
1957, undated
42
Posters
Scope and Contents
Two posters, one with original artwork by Bonnie Cashin
Prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
50
Prints
Prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
3
Prints
Prints by Dorr Bothwell
Archival Resource Key
1944, 1959
23
6
Prints by Dorr Bothwell
Samples
Series 10
Archival Resource Key
2 Linear feet
Boxes 15-16
circa 1850-1855, circa 1930-circa 1970
Arrangement
Samples are arranged as two series.
About half of the Dorothy Liebes Studio samples were marked with alpha-numeric sequences; where these exist, the samples are arranged according to the sequences.
- 10.1: Dorothy Liebes Studio Samples, circa 1930-circa 1970
- 10.2: Other Samples, circa 1850-1855, circa 1930-circa 1970
Existence and Location of Copies
Series is digitized in entirety.
Dorothy Liebes Studio Samples
10.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
Scope and Contents
This series consists primarily of textile swatches designed by Liebes which may have been woven by Liebes, by weavers in her studio, or been mass produced elsewhere.
Fiber Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
1
Fiber Samples
Fiber Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
2
Fiber Samples
Fiber Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
3
Fiber Samples
Fiber Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
4
Fiber Samples
Fiber Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
5
Fiber Samples
Fiber Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
6
Fiber Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
7
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
8
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
9
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
10
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
11
Textile Samples
Textile Samples (window screens/blinds)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
12
Textile Samples (window screens/blinds)
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
13
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
14
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
15
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
16
Textile Samples
Textile Samples
Archival Resource Key
1950-1956
15
17
Textile Samples
Textile Samples 57/1-60/10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
18
Textile Samples 57/1-60/10
Textile Samples 10s-40s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
19
Textile Samples 10s-40s
Textile Samples 50s-80s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
20
Textile Samples 50s-80s
Textile Samples 100s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
21
Textile Samples 100s
Textile Samples 100s-160s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
15
22
Textile Samples 100s-160s
Textile Samples 200s-900s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
1
Textile Samples 200s-900s
Textile Samples 1100s-1400s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
2
Textile Samples 1100s-1400s
Textile Samples 1500s-1800s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
3
Textile Samples 1500s-1800s
Textile Samples 2010s-2400s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
4
Textile Samples 2010s-2400s
Textile Samples 2500s-2700s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
5
Textile Samples 2500s-2700s
Textile Samples 2700s-2900s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
6
Textile Samples 2700s-2900s
Textile Samples 3500s-3600s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
7
Textile Samples 3500s-3600s
Textile Samples 5100s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
8
Textile Samples 5100s
Textile Samples 5200s-5300s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
9
Textile Samples 5200s-5300s
Textile Samples 5300s-5400s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
10
Textile Samples 5300s-5400s
Textile Samples 5500s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
11
Textile Samples 5500s
Textile Samples 8000s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
12
Textile Samples 8000s
Textile Samples C111, C113
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
13
Textile Samples C111, C113
Textile Samples F63s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
14
Textile Samples F63s
Textile Samples NY80s-NY100s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
15
Textile Samples NY80s-NY100s
Textile Samples NY100s-NY 400s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
16
Textile Samples NY100s-NY 400s
Textile Samples S-Sm
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
17
Textile Samples S-Sm
Other Samples
10.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1850-1855
circa 1930-circa 1970
Scope and Contents
Samples of textiles in this subseries are from other sources and include a collection of historical samples of 19th century English, French, and Viennese printed cottons mounted on sheets, and a small number of fiber and leather samples.
Historical Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1850-1855
16
18
Historical Samples
Historical Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1850-1855
16
19
Historical Samples
Historical Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1850-1855
16
20
Historical Samples
Historical Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1850-1855
16
21
Historical Samples
Leather Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
22
Leather Samples
Textile Samples, Miscellaneous Sources
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-circa 1970
16
23
Textile Samples, Miscellaneous Sources
Photographic Material
Series 11
Archival Resource Key
2.2 Linear feet
Boxes 17-19, 36, 43, OVs 38, 40-41
circa 1875
circa 1897-circa 1970
Arrangement note
This series is arranged as 5 subseries:
- 11.1: Personal and Professional Photographs of Liebes, circa 1920s-circa 1970
- 11.2: Photographs of Liebes in Studio, circa 1920s-circa 1960s
- 11.3: Photographs of Liebes and Family and Friends, circa 1875, circa 1897-circa 1970
- 11.4: Photographs of Designs by Liebes, circa 1920s-circa 1970
- 11.5: Photographs of Artwork by Others and Other Subjects, circa 1930s-circa 1960s
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of this series has been digitized. For the photos of unidentified children, friends, and family groups, travel snapshots, and labeled negatives in subseries 11.3, only representative samples of the images have been digitized. Duplicates and versos with no annotations have not been digitized.
Personal and Professional Photographs of Liebes
11.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
Scope and Contents
Subseries includes early studio portraits of Liebes beginning circa 1920, and professional portraits, including some taken for publicity in items such as brochures, magazines, and industry publications, at all stages of her career. Additional professional portraits picturing Liebes in her studio and at her loom can be found in Series 11.2.
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
17
1
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
17
2
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
40
1
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
3
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
40
2
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
17
4
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1970
17
5
Dorothy Liebes
Dorothy Liebes, Color Transparency
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
17
6
Dorothy Liebes, Color Transparency
Dorothy Liebes, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
43
2
Photographs of Liebes in Studio
11.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1960s
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes pictures of Liebes at work in her studio, often with other weavers such as her studio staff, or with other groups such as people participating in the American Red Cross Arts and Skills workshop. Photos of Liebes with weavers include images taken at her first studio on Powell Street in San Francisco; Liebes with Ernst Spense in the Goodall Pilot shop; Liebes with weaver Louise Fong and child; and a visit of people from the National Home Fashions League to Liebes's studio in 1961. The series includes photographs by Esther Born, and a photograph by Irving Penn of Liebes with weaver Elsa Gullberg and Ahmedabad industrialist and philanthropist, Gautam Sarabhai.
Liebes and Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross
Archival Resource Key
1940s
17
7
Liebes and Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross
Liebes and Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross
Archival Resource Key
circa 1943-circa 1945
40
3
Liebes and Arts and Skills Workshops, American Red Cross
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-1940s
17
8
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1940s
40
4
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
9
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
17
10
Liebes in Studio/at Loom
Liebes in Studio/at Loom, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
17
11
Liebes in Studio/at Loom, Color Transparencies
Liebes in Studio/at Loom, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
43
3
Liebes in Studio/at Loom, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
17
12
Liebes in Studio/at Loom, Negatives
Liebes with Weavers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
13
Liebes with Weavers
Liebes with Weavers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
40
5
Liebes with Weavers
Liebes with Weavers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
17
14
Liebes with Weavers
Liebes with Weavers
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
17
15
Liebes with Weavers
Liebes with Weavers Elsa Gullberg and Gautam Sarabhai, by Irving Penn
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946
17
16
Liebes with Weavers Elsa Gullberg and Gautam Sarabhai, by Irving Penn
Photographs of Liebes and Family and Friends
11.3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1875
circa 1897-circa 1970
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of photos of Liebes with family, friends, colleagues, and various other groups; travel snapshots; and a set of labeled negatives documenting primarily family and friends at get-togethers and on trips.
Family photos include Wright family studio portraits, including portraits of Liebes's grandparents and wedding portraits of her parents, family group photos from Liebes's infancy to adulthood, and portraits of other close family members.
Events and parties are mostly unidentified but picture Liebes at industry events and parties including formal dinners, award ceremonies, lectures, and other events. Many individuals pictured with Liebes are unidentified, but include Rene d'Harnoncourt, Harry duPont, textile designer and colleague of Liebes Tammis Keefe, Mabel Shoenburg, and Elmer Ward, president of Goodall Fabrics.
Group photos are generally unidentified but appear to be primarily friends and extended family, and include a few formal group photos such as a photo of the Society of Industrial Designers Annual Dinner in 1948. Labeled negatives are similar in content to the bulk of the group photos and have been arranged according to the titles they were given prior to donation.
Photos of Relman Morin include Associated Press assignment photos, including prints picturing him with Robert Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Portraits of friends include professional portraits given to Liebes by friends and colleagues, many of whom signed their portraits, including clothing designer Bonnie Cashin, Princess Elizabeth de Croy, Florence Gardner, Tammis Keefe, Brock Pemberton, Daren Pierce, Hal Riegelman, Swedish textile designer Astrid Sampe, and David T. Williams.
Three folders of photographs, contact sheets, and negatives are of trips to Taliesin West picturing Liebes with Frank Lloyd Wright, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, Relman Morin, and others. One series of snapshots appears to show Liebes at Taliesin with Peter Grimm. Grimm was president of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1946-1948, and his letters to Liebes in Series 5: Subject Files, as well as other photos of Grimm and Liebes in this series, indicate a close relationship.
Travel snapshots include Liebes on a trip to Hawaii, and photos taken at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris. The Paris photos are notable in that they document the Swastika flags of Nazi Germany flying over many of the scenes and facing the flags of the Soviet Union across pavilion grounds.
Children
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
17
17
Children
Children
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
17
18
Children
Children
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
17
19
Children
Events and Parties
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
17
20
Events and Parties
Events and Parties
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1970
17
21
Events and Parties
Events and Parties
Archival Resource Key
1940-1964
17
22
Events and Parties
Events and Parties, Color Photos and Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
17
23
Events and Parties, Color Photos and Transparencies
Events and Parties, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
17
24
Events and Parties, Negatives
Events and Parties, Sutter Street Studio Garden
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
25
Events and Parties, Sutter Street Studio Garden
Events and Parties, Sutter Street Studio Garden, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
26
Events and Parties, Sutter Street Studio Garden, Negatives
Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1875
circa 1897-1898
17
27
Family
Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907-1920s
17
28
Family
Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
17
29
Family
Grimm, Peter, and Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
30
Grimm, Peter, and Others
Grimm, Peter, and Others, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1941-1942
17
31
Grimm, Peter, and Others, Negatives
Groups, Society of Industrial Designers Annual Dinner
Archival Resource Key
1948
38
5
Groups, Society of Industrial Designers Annual Dinner
Groups, Various
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1940s
17
32
Groups, Various
Groups, Various
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
17
33
Groups, Various
Groups, Various (Duplicates)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1970
17
34
Labeled Negatives, "Allan and Bogie, Palmer and Harry, Los Angeles"
Archival Resource Key
1941
17
35
Labeled Negatives, "Allan and Bogie, Palmer and Harry, Los Angeles"
Labeled Negatives, "Berkeley weekend, Peter and Billy"
Archival Resource Key
1942
17
36
Labeled Negatives, "Berkeley weekend, Peter and Billy"
Labeled Negatives, "Bill's Ranch"
Archival Resource Key
1944
17
37
Labeled Negatives, "Bill's Ranch"
Labeled Negatives, "Dorothy and Cynthia at Barbara Burke's"
Archival Resource Key
1942
17
38
Labeled Negatives, "Dorothy and Cynthia at Barbara Burke's"
Labeled Negatives, "Family"
Archival Resource Key
1939
17
39
Labeled Negatives, "Family"
Labeled Negatives, "Family in Berkeley"
Archival Resource Key
1940
17
40
Labeled Negatives, "Family in Berkeley"
Labeled Negatives, "Family in Berkeley"
Archival Resource Key
1942
17
41
Labeled Negatives, "Family in Berkeley"
Labeled Negatives, "Greer and Lucy"
Archival Resource Key
1940
17
42
Labeled Negatives, "Greer and Lucy"
Labeled Negatives, "Helen and Fij Ross"
Archival Resource Key
1939
17
43
Labeled Negatives, "Helen and Fij Ross"
Labeled Negatives, "Jane, Dorothy, and Cynthia at Monterey"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
44
Labeled Negatives, "Jane, Dorothy, and Cynthia at Monterey"
Labeled Negatives, "Louise at Mother's"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
45
Labeled Negatives, "New York"
Archival Resource Key
1944
17
46
Labeled Negatives, "New York"
Labeled Negatives, "Peter and Dorothy at Yosemite"
Archival Resource Key
1942
17
47
Labeled Negatives, "Peter and Dorothy at Yosemite"
Labeled Negatives, "Spring, 1942"
Archival Resource Key
1942
17
48
Labeled Negatives, "Spring, 1942"
Labeled Negatives, "Spring Trip East"
Archival Resource Key
1942
17
49
Labeled Negatives, "Spring Trip East"
Labeled Negatives, "Summer, 1940"
Archival Resource Key
1940
17
50
Labeled Negatives, "Summer, 1940"
Labeled Negatives, "Summer, 1941 ?? Hornbrook"
Archival Resource Key
1941
17
51
Labeled Negatives, "Summer, 1941 ?? Hornbrook"
Labeled Negatives, "Woods at Fisherman's Wharf"
Archival Resource Key
1940
17
52
Labeled Negatives, "Woods at Fisherman's Wharf"
Lasserre, Juliette photo of Jean ?
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
17
53
Lasserre, Juliette photo of Jean ?
Scope and Contents
Photo shows weaver demonstrating haute lisse (vertical warp tapestry weaving)
Morin, Relman (Pat)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
17
54
Morin, Relman (Pat)
Morin, Relman (Pat) with Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
17
55
Morin, Relman (Pat) with Others
Morin, Relman (Pat) and Others, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
17
56
Morin, Relman (Pat) and Others, Negatives
Portraits of Friends, Men
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1950s
17
57
Portraits of Friends, Men
Portraits of Friends, Women
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
17
58
Portraits of Friends, Women
Portraits of Friends, Women
Archival Resource Key
1934-circa 1940s
41
1
Portraits of Friends, Women
Portraits of Unidentified Men
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1950s
17
59
Portraits of Unidentified Men
Portraits of Unidentified Men
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
17
60
Portraits of Unidentified Men
Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright
Archival Resource Key
1947
40
6
Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright
Taliesin West with Frank Lloyd Wright and Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1947-circa 1950s
17
61
Taliesin West with Frank Lloyd Wright and Others
Taliesin West with Frank Lloyd Wright and Others, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1947-circa 1950s
17
62
Taliesin West with Frank Lloyd Wright and Others, Negatives
Travel Snapshots
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1940s
17
63
Travel Snapshots
Travel Snapshots
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1940s
17
64
Travel Snapshots
Travel Snapshots, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
17
65
Travel Snapshots, Color Transparencies
Travel Snapshots, Hawaii
Archival Resource Key
1939
17
66
Travel Snapshots, Hawaii
Travel Snapshots, International Exposition in Paris
Archival Resource Key
1937
17
67
Travel Snapshots, International Exposition in Paris
Travel Snapshots, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
68
Travel Snapshots, Negatives
Travel Snapshots, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
69
Travel Snapshots, Negatives
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
18
1
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
18
2
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
18
3
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Unidentified and Duplicate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
18
4
Photographs of Designs by Liebes
11.4
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-circa 1970
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains photographs of a few Liebes exhibition installations at various venues, garments made from Liebes fabric, and interiors and window displays featuring textiles by Liebes. Photographs, negatives, and color transparencies document the range of her carpets and rugs, pillows and upholstery fabric, draperies and blinds, and other textiles pictured in the homes of actor Edward G. Robinson and architect Samuel Marx, the offices of the San Francisco Mayor, the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, the Plaza Hotel and the United Nations headquarters in New York City, and many other locations.
Also found is an album of photos by Hedrich-Blessing Studio in Chicago of interiors featuring Liebes textiles. Photographers featured in this series include Richard Averill Smith.
Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-1970
18
5
Exhibition Installations
Exhibition Installations, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
18
6
Exhibition Installations, Negatives
Garment Fabrics
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1964
18
7
Garment Fabrics
Home Interiors
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
18
8
Home Interiors
Home Interiors
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
18
9
Home Interiors
Home Interiors
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
18
10
Home Interiors
Home Interiors
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
41
2
Home Interiors
Home Interiors, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
18
11
Home Interiors, Color Transparencies
Home Interiors, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
43
4
Home Interiors, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1950s
18
12
Home Interiors, Negatives
Home Interiors, Edward G. Robinson Home (and Robert Stanton Home)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
18
13
Home Interiors, Edward G. Robinson Home
Scope and Contents
Some images of window draperies in this folder were identified as Robinson's home, due to notations on the versos of some the photos; however, images may in fact be of Robert Stanton's home in Pebble Beach, decorated by Frances Elkins who also decorated Robinson's home.
Home Interiors, Samuel Marx Home, Photograph Album
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
36
2
Home Interiors, Samuel Marx Home, Photograph Album
Hotels and Lounges
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1952
18
14
Hotels and Lounges
Hotels and Lounges
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1950s
41
3
Hotels and Lounges
Hotels and Lounges, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
18
15
Hotels and Lounges, Color Transparencies
Hotels and Lounges, Santa Barbara Biltmore
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1940s
18
20
Hotels and Lounges, Santa Barbara Biltmore
Offices and Showrooms
Archival Resource Key
circa 1939-circa 1957
18
16
Offices and Showrooms
Textiles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
18
17
Textiles
Textiles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1960s
18
18
Textiles
Textiles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-circa 1967
18
19
Textiles
Textiles, Color Slides
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
19
1
Textiles, Color Slides
Textiles, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
19
2
Textiles, Color Transparencies
Textiles, Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
43
5
Textiles, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
19
3
Textiles, Negatives
Window Displays
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
19
4
Window Displays
Photographs of Artwork by Others and Other Subjects
11.5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
Scope and Contents note
Found here are of photos of artwork, including paintings, sculpture, and tapestries by others such as Cunliffe, Leger, Murany, and Picasso, and photos of textiles by Geraldine Funk.
Other subjects documented here include a photo of New York City by Irving Kaufmann, and several photographic portraits of women including one by Man Ray and one entitled "Woman with Calla Lillies" by Consuela Kanaga.
Miscellaneous photos include photos of a Paramount Pictures studio, a woman with a kudzu vine growing into her house, and two photos of a dog.
Artwork, Miscellaneous Interiors
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
5
Artwork, Miscellaneous Interiors
Artwork, Miscellaneous, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
6
Artwork, Miscellaneous, Negatives
Artwork, Paintings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
7
Artwork, Paintings
Artwork, Sculpture
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
8
Artwork, Sculpture
Artwork, Tapestries
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
9
Artwork, Tapestries
Artwork, Textiles Designed by Geraldine Funk
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-circa 1960s
19
10
Artwork, Textiles Designed by Geraldine Funk
Other Subjects, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1940s
19
11
Other Subjects, Miscellaneous
Other Subjects, Miscellaneous, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
19
12
Other Subjects, Miscellaneous, Negatives
Other Subjects, New York City by Irving Kaufmann
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
4
Other Subjects, New York City by Irving Kaufmann
Other Subjects, Photographic Portraits of Women
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
13
Other Subjects, Photographic Portraits of Women
Other Subjects, Photographic Portraits of Women
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938-circa 1950s
41
5
Other Subjects, Photographic Portraits of Women
Scope and Contents
Includes "Woman with Calla Lillies" by Consuela Kanaga and a portrait by Man Ray
Other Subjects, Photographic Portraits of Women, Duplicates
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-circa 1960s
19
14