1. Artist Archives

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The John C. Bonebrake collection consists of two watercolor drawings executed by Bonebrake during his scholarship summer in France in 1939. Each drawing is signed in pencil in the lower right corner and inscribed with the title in the lower left corner. The drawings have been digitized and are available on line at digitalarchives.clevelandart.org.

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This collection consists of artworks, sketchbooks, study materials, journals, and slides which document the creative process of John Jackson with ancillary materials showing his involvement in the Cleveland and Philadelphia art scenes. It contains some personal materials including correspondence, calendars, slides, and an oral history conducted posthumously with the artist's sisters and friend.

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The collection consists of four bound books of photographs and descriptions of objects in the John Long Severance Collection. Some descriptions include provenance information.

Scope and Contents note The John Paul Miller collection was donated to the museum archives by the artist's heirs following his death in 2013. The collection documents the artist's life and career through visual and textual materials as well as ephemera. In addition, it includes family history records of the Brooks, Hershberger, and Miller families. It provides the researcher with an intimate look at the work and artistic process of one of the twentieth century's finest goldsmiths whose works can be found in museums...

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With a few outliers, this collection spans from 1911 to 1953. It is composed of mostly bound manuscripts with the diaries making up the bulk of the collection. The collection is divided into five series, Diaries, Catalog of Work, Ephemera, Art Collection, and Photographs. Where possible, it was arranged chronologically or alphabetically.

Scope and Contents Note This small collection contains records of the artistic output of Joseph Jicha. His handwritten index cards document the exhibition and sale of his watercolors at various venues throughout the midwest. The prices at which he offered the works for sale are included, as well as on the labels and tags, including those for the May Show. A small group of black and white photographs completes this part of the collection.Additional material by and about Cleveland artists and...

Scope and Contents note This collection comprises of two bound scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, correspondence, and awards. The scrapbooks were compiled sometime after 1960 and each one spans roughly thirty years. Both are arranged in a rough chronological order. One is committed to the documentation of Mabel Hewit's interaction with the May Show and covers from 1936 to 1961. The second scrapbook has a broader scope, comprising of materials not related to the May Show....

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This collection consists of photographic negatives, mostly 35mm, of museum staff and activities taken by Martin Linsey, who was a member of the museum education department. The images document both the museum campus and other Cleveland venues. The negatives date from 1964-1980. The archives has a second collection of Martin Linsey photographs of Cleveland monuments, cataloged separately.