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Mayer, Grace M.

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role Collector
dates 1901-1996
city New York City
stateNY
sex F
historical notes Writer, Collector and Curator.

Mayer left her collection of photography to the Museum of Modern Art and it included work by Abbott, Steichen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Harry Callahan, W. Eugene Smith, Helen Levitt, Aaron Siskind, Paul Strand and Minor White. There is also a trio of lively lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec.
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1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Grace M. Mayer Papers, 1929-1997 see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
From the Grace M. Mayer Collection. 1997: Archives pamphlet file: miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Emily A. Francis papers, 1930-1964. see details...
Columbia University Libraries
Butler Library, 6th Fl. East,
Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture, 1853-1937 see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Edward Steichen Archive, [ca. 1900]-1986, [ca. 1900]-1960 (bulk) see details...
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328
Lloyd Morris papers, 1916-1954, bulk (1944-1954) (MssCol 2065)
see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania
Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1957-1971. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Grace M. Mayer interviews, 1970 May 11-1970 May 22. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Peter Pollack papers, 1939-1979.
see details...
The University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography
1030 N. Olive Rd.
Robert Frank miscellaneous acquisitions collection, 1967-[ongoing]. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Archives pamphlet file: Mayer, Grace M.: miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania
Letter, 1945, to Lewis Mumford. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Grace M. Mayer Oral history, 1991. see details...
The University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography
1030 N. Olive Rd.
Papers of Harry M. Callahan, ca. 1930-[ongoing]. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
[Notes on Nell Dorr. Made by G.M.M. in preparation for an article, during the late summer of 1963. Material assembled from her scrapbooks and from other sources; statements, etc.] see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Chronology of Edward Steichen. Second rough draft. Compiled by Grace Meyer. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
References to Edward J. Steichen in Camera Work, 1903-1917. Compiled by Grace Mayer. see details...
Museum of the City of New York
Photograph Collections
Grace Mayer Files, 1891-1960 (bulk 1932-1958) see details...