Elizabeth McCausland Material from the Estate of Berenice Abbott

Additional material belonging to Elizabeth McCausland and donated by the estate of Berenice Abbott include biographical material, business and personal correspondence, professional project files and writings, and printed materials, including reprints of critical essays and articles by McCausland. Biographical materials include additional curriculum vitae and a typescript address book of contacts. Correspondence includes invoices and letters from artists, including David Smith, Dorothy Leibes, and Jacob Lawrence; memos and invoices from her publishing agent, McIntosh and Otis Inc.; and correspondence from her brother and sister, Ross McCausland and Helen McCausland Kentor, regarding their personal lives and the family's estate. The subseries also contains 3 letters from Marsden Hartley addressed to Isgua Sanchez (Mrs. Patterson) McCan from Mexico dated from 1932. Project files consist of several book projects based on McCausland's research as an art critic, including Dilemma of Culture; Conversations with March, a fictional work illustrated by Charles Edward Buckley; a survey of artists and federal grant projects titled Artist in America; and drafts of a biography on Frank Kleinholz, which was commissioned by the artist. The general project files consist of research and miscellaneous material gathered on artists, subjects, and other potential writing projects. The teaching project files include teaching notes and outlines for art history classes McCausland taught in the 1940s, including a series of 14 lectures at the New School in 1946. Writings consist of drafts of articles, monographs, speeches, and reports authored by McCausland for publication in professional art history journals or for use in other professional contexts. Some drafts of creative works are also included in the subseries. Printed materials consist of articles, books, book reviews, monographs, exhibition catalog introductions, and pamphlets authored by McCausland, along with other miscellaneous clippings, clippings from the Springfield Republican, and a handful of other miscellaneous material. Intact copies of periodicals containing articles by McCausland, including Magazine of Art and Parnassus, have been retained in the collection. Additional materials related to this series can be found in Series 1-2, 7-8, and 10.