Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-
2. Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
3. Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980
4. Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969
5. Gold, Michael, 1894-1969
6. Herbst, Josephine, 1897-1969
7. Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
8. Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-
9. Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983
10. Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966

Description

1. 6.5 linear feet (3 cartons, 10 boxes).

Summary

1. The papers chiefly document Cahill's career as a novelist during the 1940s and 1950s. They consist of general correspondence with writers, artists, publishers and others. There is also family correspondence, 1907-1983, between Cahill and his sister Anna Johnson, his mother Vigdis Bjarnsdottir, and his second wife Dorothy Canning Miller, who was a long-time colleague at the Museum of Modern Art. In this series there is also correspondence of extraordinary interest between Anna Johnson and Dorothy Canning Miller which contains information about Cahill's birth, name and age, which is fundamentally different from the official biography. Also included are manuscript drafts of his novels, short stories, and articles; story ideas and notes; research notes; poetry and playscripts; writings by others, including Josephine Herbst and Robert A. Andrews; photographs of Cahill, members of his family and friends; and biographical material, interviews, miscellaneous clippings, and some annotated books and magazines.

Subject

1. Art
2. Authors, American
3. Icelanders -- United States
4. Icelandic Americans

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.
2. Negatives.
3. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. MssCol 451

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Cahill's papers on art and the Federal Arts Project were given to the Archives of American Art.

Biography (note)

1. Holger Cahill (born Sveinn Kristjan Bjarnarson in Iceland) was an American novelist, curator of important art exhibitions at the Newark Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, folklorist, and national director of the Federal Arts Project, 1935-1943.

Language (note)

1. are written in Icelandic.

Author

1. Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960.

Title

1. Holger Cahill Papers, 1907-1983, bulk (1942-1959).

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Holger Cahill (born Sveinn Kristjan Bjarnarson in Iceland) was an American novelist, curator of important art exhibitions at the Newark Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, folklorist, and national director of the Federal Arts Project, 1935-1943.

Language

1. Several letters are written in Icelandic.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Location of other archival materials

1. Cahill's papers on art and the Federal Arts Project were given to the Archives of American Art.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Critics.
2. Authors.
3. Intellectuals.

Added author

1. Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-
2. Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964.
3. Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980.
4. Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969.
5. Gold, Michael, 1894-1969.
6. Herbst, Josephine, 1897-1969.
7. Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973.
8. Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-
9. Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983.
10. Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966.

Research call number

1. MssCol 451