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Series II: Graphic and Photographic Materials, 1930s-1980s, inclusive

Scope and Content Note

Series II contains drawings, printed graphic materials, and photographs. Drawings are in pencil (including a storyboard and what looks like a sketch for another work); printed graphic materials include postcards and greeting cards, a leaflet, newspaper clipping, catalog, and mockup by Gellert, as well as a small number of items by other artists. Photographs include images of other artists' works (mainly Mexican muralists), and images of individuals, mainly American Communist Party leaders and other radicals (including Israel Amter, Isidor Begun (at a Bronx housewives' demonstration protesting high milk prices), Paul Crosbie (Chair of Queens County, New York City, Communist Party), Angela Davis, Gus Hall, and Vito Marcantonio; a group photograph with Israel Amter, Peter Cacchione, James Ford, Richard Fuchs, William E. Davis, Edward E. Fuchs; and group photograph with Molly Pichenny, Fred Benedict, Isidore Begun, Margaret Walker and Phil David (executive secretary British Communist Party).

Drawings (mockups, storyboard, doodles) by Gellert and Poster Art by Other Artists, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of Communist Leaders and Other Radicals, 1937; 1949; 1976; undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs of Other Artists' Works, 1940s-1950s, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printed Reproductions of Gellert's Art, 1974; ca. 1980s; undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Oversize, undated

Box: Shared Tamiment OS003, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012