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Christopher DeMairo
Scope and Contents
The Helen Joy Weinberg papers measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1908 to 1987. The collection sheds light on Weinberg's career through personal and professional files, writings, printed material, and 29 sketchbooks.
Personal and professional files include biographical sketches and resumes, inventories of artwork, photos of Weinberg and her paintings, art organization records, and one file pertaining to Weinberg's father, Arthur Kimball, that includes printed materials, a few sketches, and photos of Kimball and his artwork. Also included in this series is correspondence that documents Weinberg's poetry, publication of her artwork, art awards, exhibitions, and more; and personal business records such as calls for art submissions, contracts, financial records, and scant correspondence.
Writings consist of 12 notebooks of Weinberg's notes on Jewish art, Israeli art, modern art, Byzantine art, art movements, her own artwork, and miscellaneous topics. Also included are loose writings on Jewish art, Weinberg's ideas for inventions, lecture notes, and a biographical sketch written by Weinberg about her father. Printed materials consist of brochures and calendars listing Weinberg's exhibitions and talks, clippings and other printed materials that document Weinberg's career, exhibition catalogs, announcements and invitations, and ephemera from Distelheim Galleries.
Weinberg's sketchbooks are numbered and dated, and filled mostly with sketches in marker, pen, pencil, and oil pastel, though some sketchbooks also include watercolors.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated in several installments from 1971 to 1987 by Helen Joy Weinberg.
Funding
Sponsor
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Processing Information
Portions of the collection were microfilmed in 1994 on microfilm reels 837-839 and 4864-4865 with grants from the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, the Goldie-Anna Charitable Trust, the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, and the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation. The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2023.
