Gerard Field Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
By and large the Gerard Field Family Collection consists of materials pertaining to Anne Prower, neé Hanau with materials dealing with other family members constituting just a fraction of the collection.
Included in the collection are clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, slides, printed materials and 8 mm films.
The larger segment of the collection consists of media materials, such as photographs, slides, and 8 mm films, containing images of friends and family members, documenting trips and vacations, and images of art objects such as sculptures (most likely these were made by Anne Prower).
Also included in the collection is Anne Prower’s correspondence, personal and professional, which includes correspondence with organization and individuals regarding Anne Prower’s participation in various art events as well as regarding donations of her works to synagogues and other places.
Other materials include a number of personal materials of great diversity such as documents, vital and other, printed materials, sketches, manuscripts, notes, and journals.
There are some sketches here, however most of them belong to Gerard Field’s quill and were made during his childhood.
Dates
- Creation: early 1900s-1990s
Creator
- Field, Gerard (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English and German with some French .
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Biographical Note
Anne Prower, née Hanau was born on March 27th, 1906 in Germany. Along with her husband, Edgar Blumenfeld and their son Gerard, they escaped from Germany in the late 1930s to the United States, via Portugal. They settled in Chicago where Anne Prower continued her successful career as an artist.
She died in Laguna Hills, California in 1997.
Extent
5.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
By and large the Gerard Field Family Collection consists of materials pertaining to Anne Prower, neé Hanau with materials dealing with other family members constituting just a fraction of the collection. Included in the collection are clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, slides, printed materials and 8 mm films. The larger segment of the collection consists of media materials, such as photographs, slides, and 8 mm films.
Arrangement
The collectionis devided into
Microfilm
The collection is on four reels of microfilm (MF 1124):
- Reel 1: 1/1 - 1/16
- Reel 2: 1/17 - 2/3
- Reel 3: 2/4 - 3/4
- Reel 4: 3/5 - 6/3
Subject
- Prower, Ann, 1906-1997 (Person)
- Field, Gerard (Person)
- Art Institute of Chicago (Organization)
Genre / Form
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- manuscripts (documents)
- Official documents
- Photographs
- Printed materials
Geographic
Occupation
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Gerard Field Family Collection early 1900s-1990s AR 25194 / MF 1124
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Yakov Illich Sklar
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation
Revision Statements
- October 2011.: Microfilm inventory added.
- November 04, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
