Collection Information
Size: 2.2 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 4 reels)
Summary: Correspondence, artwork, diaries, printed material, photographs, and business files.
REELS 997-999: 436 letters to and from Gelb. Correspondents include Mary Spencer Nay, Minna Wright Citron and Lois Bartlett Tracy; 56 clippings, 67 exhibition catalogs and announcements; notes, poems, and writings, including a diary, 1929, from a trip to Europe; 54 sketches; 23 items relating to the Society of American Graphic Artists; and gallery receipts.
REEL 1010: 160 photographs of Gelb, her friends, and her artwork. Included is a photo of Gelb by Charles Peterson, 1953.
UNMICROFILMED: Ca. 1500 items, 1922-1977, including; business letters, letters from friends, Gelbs' cousin, Constance Blitz, in Holland (1920's), and to Gelb and her husband, Boris Margo; photographs of Gelb, Margo, and their artwork; clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs; writings on art; business papers including grant applications, lists of expenditures and budget information for the Printmaking Workshop, New York City; and a phonograph record of an interview with Gelb, 1950, "Of Interest to Women."