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Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985 print view role Scholar/Critic/Expert Collector dates 1902-1985 city Philadelphia state PA other cities Detroit, MI; sex M historical notes E P Richardson was an art historian and museum administrator. He was the Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1945-1962, the Winterthur Museum, 1962-1966, and Board Member and President of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1966-1977. Richardson was an art advisor to John D. Rockeller III, and member on numerous boards, including Winterthur, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Smithsonian Arts Commission and National Portrait Gallery. Richardson was an author of numerous books on the history of art and a founder and director of the Archives of American Art. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:24 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers, 1814-1996, bulk 1921-1996 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers, 1814-1996, bulk 1921-1996 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Chase Viele papers, 1957-1961. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Joseph Ternbach papers, 1915-1985. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Jean Paul Slusser papers, 1910-1969. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 John L. Pappas papers, 1929-1977. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 George C. Groce papers, 1938-1967. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Ernst Scheyer papers, 1924-1972. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Charles Culver papers, 1920-1997 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 George A. and Abbie Kamperman papers, 1930-1972. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Linda Downs interview of Edgar Preston (E.P.) Richardson, 1978 Feb. 6 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Castano Galleries records, 1907-1983. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Christmas card and note to E.P. and Constance Richardson, 1952. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Charles Sheeler papers, circa 1840s-1966, bulk 1923-1965 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Letter to E.P. Richardson and biographical notes on Worthington Whittredge, 1957. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Clifford Wight papers relating to Diego Rivera, 1929-1990. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Edgar L. Yaeger papers, 1923-1989 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Archives of American Art Director's Records, 1954-2004. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with Clyde H. Burroughs, 1956 November see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with William E. Woolfenden and Irving Burton, 1992 Dec. 12. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with William Bostick, 1981 Aug. 11-1981 Aug. 19. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Archives of American Art Records, circa 1954-1984. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Archives of American Art sound recordings, 1957-1979. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Records, 1954-1985, with related records from 1919. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with S. Morton Vose, 1986 July 24-1987 April 28. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Agency history, 1954- . see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1946. see details... «  back