Box 1

Content Description From the Collection: This collection contains the personal art library and papers of the artist and educator John Barber (1893-1965). The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, slides, exhibition catalogues and brochures, biographical information, books, and engraving plates for Christmas cards. These materials document primarily the professional life of John Barber but also includes some of his personal life. There are letters from Hollywood actors Vincent Price who was an art collector and...

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Letters from Stuart Davis, Max Eastman, Lieutenant J. K. Nicholson, Art Young, Jacques Chastenet, W. E. Bell, Charles J. Symmonds, Robert Minor, Thomas A. H. Hay, and correspondence about the Liberator and the Masses

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Letters about his stay in Paris, selling paintings, exhibits. Correspondents include William Bullitt and a letter from actor Edward G. Robinson

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Correspondents include the Glackens, Art Young, Jacques Chastenet,Barber's brother Dario,Golden Gate International Exposition invitation, Grace horne Galleris, Montclair Art Museum, Flora and Albert Sterner, post card from Betty Barber, brother-in-law Marcel Gozland, and Douglas MacArthur, 2nd, Private Secretary to the Ambassador of the Foreign Service,

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Correspondents include Max Eastman,Barber's sister Rita, and Ambassador William C. Bullitt. There are teaching job cover letters and an essay about the Palestine controversy.

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Correspondents include Jacques Chastenet,William C. Bullitt,Helen Sloan, Max Eastman, Frederic Taubes, and Huntington Hartford (about selected juries for art paintings). Letters congratulating him on his marriage.

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Correspondents include Max Eastman, Jacques Chastenet, Margaret du Ronde letter to Huntington Hartford, George and Helene Biddle, Esther and Philip Klein and a letter from Barber's brother Dario. Letters about Israel and Palestine including a letter from screenwriter and author Ben Hecht ("A Child of the Century").

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Correspondents include Norman Kent, Jacques Chastenet,Edward G. Robinson, Barber's brother Dario,Max Eastman, Ira Glackens, George Biddle,Huntington Hartford, Alfred Werner,and Warner Tabb. There is a John Barber letter to Clare Luce and a John Barber correspondence with Lawrence H. Eldredge about the Philadelphia Art Alliance.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include Barber's brother Dario, Barber's brother-in-law Marcel, Helen Sloan, Max Eastman,George Biddle,Jacques Chastenet,Will and Ariel Durant,and Frederic Taubes. Also included is a John Barber complaint about art critic Miss Grafly at the Evening and Sunday Bulletin (Philadelphia) and other letters asking for a showing of his work and frustration about how the art world handles exhibits. Barber complaint to Alfred Werner. Barber letter to U. Thant Secretary General of the...

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Correspondents include Emidio Angelo, Max Eastman, Maricel Gozland, and Warner Tabb. Phillip W. Phillips responds to Barber (complaints about how his art was not displayed or respected). Research requests about Claude McKay. Generic response from United Nations to Barber's letter.

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Letters about the death of his sister Rita and letters about his paintings.