Olin Dows Papers, 1886-1986

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Personal Materials

test Primarily consisting of personal correspondence from his mother Alice Dows, his sisters Deborah Dows and Margaret ("Bargy") Thyberg, and his wife Carmen Dows. Also includes correspondence from Eleanor Roosevelt, members of the art community, and friends and neighbors. Folders are organized in rough chronological order according to the groupings of letters as kept by Dows. Correspondence within the folders is arranged in chronological order with undated materials at the end of each folder. Additional personal materials other than correspondence are located at the end of the Series in Container 5.

Box 1

Personal Correspondence, 1918-1938 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1918-1938 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1937 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1937-1949 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1940-1943 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1943-1963 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1943-1963 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1944 and undated

Box 2

Personal Correspondence, 1944 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1945 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1945 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1945 and undated

Personal Correspondence - Hoffman, Theodor (Tuet) and Lena, 1947

Personal Correspondence, 1949-1950 and undated

Box 3

Personal Correspondence, 1949-1951 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1951 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1951-1952 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1951-1952 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1951-1952 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1951-1957 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1952 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1952 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1955 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1958-1959 and undated

Box 4

Personal Correspondence, 1960-1963 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1962 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1963-1965 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1963-1979 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1964-1965 and undated

Personal Correspondence, 1967

Personal Correspondence, 1976 and undated

Personal Correspondence, undated

Box 5

Personal Correspondence, undated

Personal Correspondence, undated

Personal Correspondence, undated

Personal Correspondence, undated

Miscellaneous Personal Material, 1886

Miscellaneous Personal Material, 1927

Miscellaneous Personal Material, 1944 and undated

Series 2: Business and Financial Matters

test Correspondence, contracts, and other financial materials related to Dows' art projects and participation in art-related organizations. Folders are arranged alphabetically by topic. Materials within the folders are arranged chronologically and by types of materials (contracts, memoranda, etc.).

Box 6

Art Correspondence, 1949-1979 and undated

Chaloner Prize Foundation, 1949-1969 and undated

Chaloner Prize Foundation History, 1956-1958 and undated

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Gift of Paintings and Drawings for Hyde Park and Rhinebeck Post Office Murals), 1967

Hyde Park Post Office Commission (Correspondence), 1940-1942 and undated

Hyde Park Post Office Commission (Other Materials), 1940-1941 and undated

Miscellaneous Financial Matters, 1961-1979 and undated

Proposed Collection of Government Sponsored Fine Arts, 1947 and undated

Rhinebeck Post Office Commission, 1939-1941 and undated

Rhinebeck School Board, 1941-1942 and undated

Series 3: Literary Materials

test Notes, drafts, and typescripts concerning Dows' varied literary interests. Containers 7 and 8 contain correspondence, notes, source materials, drafts, and newsclippings related to Dows' 1949 book Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park for which he both wrote the text and drew the illustrations. Containers 9 and 10 contain his notebooks on various art museums he visited, lecture and speech notes, and other materials written by Dows.

Sub-Series 1: Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park

Box 7

Correspondence - Business, 1947-1950 and undated

Correspondence - Source Material, 1947-1948 and undated

Correspondence - Reaction Mail, 1949-1950 and undated

Lists of Drawings, Titles and Dimensions, undated

Commentary on History of Book and Drawings, undated

Source Materials - Newsclippings and Printed Material, 1947-1948 and undated

Source Materials - Notes and Lists, 1949 and undated

Source Materials - Source Materials - Photographs (photocopies -- originals removed to Photograph Collection)

Newsclippings - Publications Announcements and Reviews, 1949

Newsclippings - Publications Announcements and Reviews, 1949

Box 8

Original Notes and Drafts

Draft

Introduction Draft

First Draft (Typescript)

Second Draft (Typescript)

Third Draft (Typescript)

Fourth Draft (Typescript)

Sub-Series 2: Writings and Lectures

Box 9

Olin Family History, 1955 and undated

Rhinebeck and Hyde Park Post Office Murals (Lecture), undated

High School Speech (undelivered), 1943 and undated

Wesleyan University Lecture, undated

Miscellaneous Notes on Mural Lectures, 1940 and undated

Notes on Hogarth, undated

Notes on Daumier and Gavarni, undated

Notes on Keene and Phil May, undated

Notes on Chile, undated

Art History Notes, undated

Engagement Announcement, undated

Uncorrected Notes on Egyptian Art, undated

Notes on Christianity and Established Religion, undated

Art Notebooks

Art Notebooks

Box 10

Art Notebooks

Art Notebooks

Art Notebooks

Art Notebooks

Art Notebooks

Art Notebooks

Series 4: Printed Materials

test Printed materials collected by Dows, including materials written or illustrated by Dows, materials on particular topics of interest to Dows such as local Rhinebeck history and biography and art in general, and publications on art exhibits in which Dows participated.

Box 11

[Miscellaneous Material]

[Miscellaneous Material]

[Miscellaneous Material]

[Miscellaneous Material]

[Miscellaneous Material]

Box 12

[Miscellaneous Material]