Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Rosenthal, Doris Patty, 1889-1971.
Title:	Doris Rosenthal Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1927-1971
Quantity:	7 linear ft.
Abstract:	Papers of the American painter, lithographer. Collection includes correspondence (1938-1971); photographs; scrapbook of work.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biographical History

Doris Rosenthal (1889-1971) was an American painter, illustrator and printmaker. She graduated from State Teacher's College at Los Angeles and did graduate work at Columbia University. She was particularly known for landscapes and still lifes, and enjoyed painting in Mexico where women and children were her main subjects.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Doris Rosenthal Papers consist of biographical material, artist's work, correspondence, memorabilia, published material, resource material, and writings.

Correspondence spans nearly forty years and is primarily business rather than personal in nature. Artist's work includes a scrapbook of artwork, mounted photographs, and critiques of her work. Memorabilia contains photographs. Published material includes magazines and manuscripts. Resource material includes photographs and assorted other reference material. Writings contains miscellaneous pieces by Rosenthal.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Correspondence is in chronological order. Resource material and published material in alphabetical order by type.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has the papers of many important American artists and illustrators. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Subjects

Places

Genres and Forms

Occupations

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Doris Rosenthal Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: DW
Date: May 1980
Revision history: 9 Oct 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC); 18 Apr 2025 - collection rehoused, inventory updated (MS)

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Inventory

	Biographical material
Box 1		Miscellaneous

	Artwork
Box 1		Calendar
Box 1		Photographs of artwork (5 folders)
Box 1		Reproductions
Oversize 1		Reproductions
Oversize 2		Reproductions
Oversize 5		Reproductions
Oversize 1		Reproductions, mounted - most mounted on fiberboard
Oversize 2		Reproductions, mounted
Oversize 3		Reproductions, mounted
Oversize 4		Reproductions, mounted
Oversize 5		Reproductions, mounted
Oversize 7		Reproductions, mounted
Oversize 6		Sketch on canvas
Box 1		Sketches, miscellaneous
Oversize 7		Sketches, miscellaneous
			Some items are extremely fragile, exercise great care when handling.
Oversize 8		Sketches, miscellaneous
Oversize 5		Miscellaneous artworks
Oversize 6		Miscellaneous artworks

	Correspondence
Box 1		General 1938-1971

	Memorabilia
Box 1		Clippings about Rosenthal 1932, 1938, 1946, 1957-1959, undated
Box 1		Exhibitions 1938, 1941, 1957, undated
		Photographs
Oversize 9			Album
Box 1			Negatives
Box 2			Photographs (5 folders)
Oversize 1			Photographs
Box 1			Slides
Box 1		Silhouette

	Printed material
		Books
Box 2			Catálogo de los códices indígenas del México antiguo, preparado por Miguel León Portilla y Salvador Mateos Higuera. Mexico 1957 - annotated by Rosenthal
Box 2			Códice Fejérváry Mayer : Manuscrito Pictórico Antiguo Mexicano que se Conserva en el Museo de Liverpool. México, D.F. : Librería Anticuaria [de] G.M. Echániz 1945 - annotated by Rosenthal
Box 2			Códice Nuttall. Mexican Pictorical Manuscript in the British Museum - no publisher or date, but looks similar to the other codices published by Librería Anticuaria; annotated by Rosenthal, with note that this is the "sister codice [sic] of Codice Vindobonensis"
Box 2			Códice Vaticano B : m.s. Pictórico Mexicano no. 3773 de la Biblioteca Vaticana. México, D.F. : Librería Anticuaria, G.M. Echaniz 1939 - annotated by Rosenthal
Oversize 1			Códice Vindobonensis. Pictografía Antigua Mexicana. Manuscrito Ritual que se Conserva Actualmente en la Biblioteca Nacional de Viena. México, D.F.: Librería Anticuaria, G.M. Echaniz 1944 - annotated by Rosenthal
Box 2			Libro de la Vida; [supersticiones y malos ritos. Manuscrito mexicano del siglo XVI, actualmente en la Biiblioteca nazionale centrale de Florencia, Italia.] Mexico, D.F. : Libreria Anticuaria, G.M. Echaniz [194?]
Box 3			La Religión de los Aztecas. / by Alfonso Caso. México, D.F., Imprenta Mundial 1936
Box 3			The story of Riverside County / by Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox). Los Angeles : Title Insurance and Trust Co. 1957, 1964 - third printing
Box 3			El Teocalli de la Guerra Sagrada (descripción y estudio del monolito encontrado en los cimientos del Palacio nacional) by Alfonso Caso. Mexico, D.F., Talleres Graficos de la Nacion 1927
Box 3			Tira de la Peregrinación Méxica. México, D.F. : Librería Anticuaria G.M. Echániz 1944
Box 3		Clippings 1927, 1962
Oversize 1		Clippings 1954, undated
		Periodicals
Box 3			Monroe Doctrine 1939-1943 - literary Magazine from James Monroe High School, Bronx, NY (5 folders)
Box 3			Miscellaneous 1922, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1959 (2 folders)

	Resource material
Box 4		Photographs - includes some picture post cards; many are of ceremonies in Mexican villages with people wearing traditional indigenous clothing (2 folders)
Box 4		Postcards
Box 4		Writings - mostly typescript, unclear if by Rosenthal or someone else; describe the writer's experiences of different towns and villages across Mexico (4 folders)
Box 4		Miscellaneous - includes maps, notes, etc. (3 folders)
Oversize 6		Miscellaneous

	Writings
Box 4		Articles from Mexican Life 1956, 1969

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