Stanley Koppel papers, 1937-1977

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Summary

Creators:
Koppel, Stanley, 1911-1990
Abstract:
Consists of a collection of cartoons and illustrations created by artist Stanley Koppel. Materials include flyers and newsletters for Painters Local 4 (San Francisco) and the Rank and File Club of Local 892 (NY); issues of The Marker, a rank and file newsletter for members of the San Francisco Building Trades Council (1951); anti-Vietnam war labor leaflets and stationary designs; Communist Party publications; and various other printed materials. Also included are press clippings from the exhibit The Other America, where Koppel's work was exhibited, and a collection of calendars from the Graphic Arts Workshop.
Extent:
2.5 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanley Koppel Papers, larc.ms.0159, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Background

Scope and content:

Consists of a collection of cartoons and illustrations created by artist Stanley Koppel. Materials include flyers and newsletters for Painters Local 4 (San Francisco) and the Rank and File Club of Local 892 (NY); issues of The Marker, a rank and file newsletter for members of the San Francisco Building Trades Council (1951); anti-Vietnam war labor leaflets and stationary designs; Communist Party publications; and various other printed materials.

Materials related to Koppel's work as an artist include press clippings from the exhibit Das Andere Amerika (The Other America) in West Germany in 1983, and an exhibition brochure for the first Veteran Artists League exhibition at ACA Gallery in New York, NY.

The collection also includes calendars issued by the Graphic Arts Workshop featuring examples of Koppel's woodcuts, etchings, and aquatints (1954-1977); an exhibit brochure for the Graphics Against War exhibit (1987); and publications collected by Koppel including WWII publication, Women Work, Women Vote, and several issues of Photo-History.

Biographical / historical:

Stanley Koppel was born in New York City in 1911. He attended the National Academy of Design (1933) and learned etching in Mexico in 1939 and 1940. Koppel served in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service in the Pacific in World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945. The G.I. Bill enabled Koppel to study at the Students League in New York City and The Institute of Design in Chicago.

Koppel's work was exhibited at The National Academy of Design, Philadelphia Print Club, Northwest Printmakers, California Society of Etchers, Graphics Against War, Fyns Grafiske Vierksted (Odense, Denmark), Anti-War Show (London), and solo shows at the Printmaker's Gallery in San Francisco, in addition to numerous group shows throughout Northern California. He regularly illustrated for union-related publications and leaflets, as well as anti-war materials.

Throughout his career Koppel was a member of Artist Equity, The Art Co-op of Berkeley, Center for Visual Arts, and the California Society of Printmakers. He was also a founding member of the Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco, opened in 1952 to continue the work of California Labor School after its forced closure in the 1950s. He is represented in private collections in the United States, Mexico, England, West Germany, and Japan.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Tom Koppel; accession numbers 2000/029 and 2014/012.
Processing information:

Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.

Arrangement:

Collection arranged as received.

Physical location:
Collection is available onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanley Koppel Papers, larc.ms.0159, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Location of this collection:
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
Contact:
(415) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
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