Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Warburg, Edward M. M.
| title | Edward M.M. and Mary Whelan Warburg papers, 1931-1980. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical sketches; photographs; lists; a card catalog; and files concerning the acquisition, exhibition and sale of objects. REEL N70-61: Photograph of Warburg taken with Gaston Lachaise. UNMICROFILMED: Biographical sketches and photographs of Warburg; lists of acquired objects, 1947-1957, and a card catalog of the Warburg Collection; files concerning the acquisition, exhibition, and sale of objects, containing correspondence, receipts, loan agreements, insurance policies, exhibition catalogs, and photographs; and 2 volumes of photographs of collected works with catalog entries compiled by the Conservation Department of the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961. |
| extent | 3.0 linear ft. Reel N70-61: 1 photograph. reel N70-61 |
| formats | Photographs Financial Records Sketches Inventories Ephemera |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Photograph on reel N70-61 lent for microfilming 1970 by Edward M. M. Warburg. He donated unmicrofilmed material in 1981. Reel N/70-61: Original returned to Edward M. M. Warburg after microfilming. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:54 |
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| title | Oral history, Edward M M Warburg, 1991 | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Warburg discusses his childhood, including his father's interest in art and collecting and the beginnings of his own interest in art. He discusses in detail the birth of The Museum of Modern Art, and its roots in Harvard's Society for Contemporary Art, which Warburg helped found in the late 1920s. He characterizes Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Lincoln Kirstein and Philip Johnson in relation to the Museum's early history. Other topics include his. membership in the Museum's original Junior Advisory Committee and the establishment of the Museum's Film Library during the 1930s. Warburg also offers views on the Museum today. Bio/History: Trustee, The Museum of Modern Art, 1932-58; original member, Advisory Committee; Acquisitions Committee; b. 1902, d. 1992. Notes: Forms part of: The Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Archives. Original or duplicate materials: Original recordings stored at Rockefeller Archive Center. Duplicate recordings stored at The Museum of Modern Art Archives. Transcripts housed at Rockefeller Archive Center and The Museum of Modern Art Archives. Transcripts with interviewee's notes housed at Rockefeller Archive Center; not available to researchers. Location MoMA Museum Archives |
| extent | 1 transcript. (99 p.) 4 sound cassettes. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Transcripts available to qualified users by appointment at The Museum of Modern Art Archives. Transcripts with interviewee's notes are not available. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009762469707141 |
| finding aid | Name index available |
| acquisition information | Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg, 1992. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Edward M.M. and Mary Whelan Warburg papers, 1931-1980. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical sketches; photographs; lists; a card catalog; and files concerning the acquisition, exhibition and sale of objects. Photograph of Warburg taken with Gaston Lachaise. Biographical sketches and photographs of Warburg; lists of acquired objects, 1947-1957, and a card catalog of the Warburg Collection; files concerning the acquisition, exhibition, and sale of objects, containing correspondence, receipts, loan agreements, insurance policies, exhibition catalogs, and photographs; and 2 volumes of photographs of collected works with catalog entries compiled by the Conservation Department of the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961. |
| extent | 3.0 linear ft.; 2 reels; Reel N70-61: 1 photograph. reel N70-61 |
| formats | Ephemera Photographs Correspondence Financial Records Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Photograph on reel N70-61 lent for microfilming 1970 by Edward M. M. Warburg. He donated unmicrofilmed material in 1981. Reel N/70-61: Original returned to Edward M. M. Warburg after microfilming. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Archives pamphlet file: Warburg, Edward M. M., 1908-1992 : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet files Note: The folder may include clippings, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, brochures, announcements, reviews, invitations, obituaries and other ephemeral material relevant to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and its history. Location MoMA Manhattan Archives Pamphlet File Call Number Warburg, Edward M. M., 1908-1992 |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011518079707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Lily Harmon papers, 1930-1996. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Primarily research files and notes, subject files, interview tapes and transcripts, correspondence, writings, and other materials compiled by Harmon for a never-published biography of art dealer J.B. Neumann, titled The Art Lover. Found are photocopies of J.B. Neuman's correspondence with Karl Nierendorf, Clifford Odets, Elsa Schmid, and Alfred Stieglitz; photocopies and other materials from the J.B. Neumann Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Center, including photocopies of the magazine published by Neumann titled Art Lover Library, 1930-1957 (volume 1, 1930 is original bound volume), copyprints and photocopies of photographs of Neumann, his family, and of other subjects; interview transcripts and audio tapes with numerous artists conducted in the mid-1980s; research notes and files; and subject files on numerous artists (all photocopies). Harmon's personal papers include resumes; copies of letters from friends, family, dealers and others; photographs of Harmon's paintings; writings, including poems, excerpts from diaries, autobiographical essays, and her autobiography FREEHAND; photocopies of various mss. drafts of Harmon's biography of Neumann, The Art Lover, and related writings by Harmon, including The Art Dealer and the Playwright, and Synopsis of Art Lover, ca. 1987-1990 ; a transcript of an interview of Harmon conducted by Karl Fortress, 1967; magazine and newspaper clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs; and miscellany. Interviewees include: Dore Ashton, Sally Avery, Alfred Barr, Phillip Bruno, Al Copley, Dorothy Dehner, Bettina Drew (about Nelson Algren), Elsie Driggs (also found is a video interview and transcript of Driggs by Merryman Gatch, n.d.), Ben Hertzberg, Leonard Hutton, Lewis Isaacs, Max Kahn, Katharine Kuh, Johanna Neumann Lamm, Frances Manacher, Peter Neumann, Albrecht Neumann, Nolbert Rothbaum, Margarete Schultz, Joseph Solman, Margarete Sapanel, Hugh Stix, Ilse Vogel with Howard Knotts, and Edward M.M. Warburg. Bio / His Notes: Painter and sculptor; New York City. Harmon worked for the influential art dealer J.B. Neumann, and spent several years preparing a biography of him which was never published. As an artist, she lived in Europe in the early part of the century, and worked on WPA art projects in the 1930s. |
| extent | 6.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Interviews Writings Notes |
| access | Unmicrofilmed: use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Partial box inventory is available. |
| acquisition information | Donated 1983 and 1998 by Lily Harmon. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Walter Midener papers, 1938-1973. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Resume, letter, photographs, miscellany, and clippings. REEL 880: Resume, ca. 104 letters, 2 photographs of Midener, 1945, (one with collector Edward M. M. Warburg), and miscellany. Correspondents include Nathan Cummings, Curt Valentin, Edward Warburg, and others. REEL 103: Correspondence from the Buchholz Gallery, Barone Gallery and Little Gallery, arranging sales and exhibits of Midener's wood sculpture; from various Jewish organizations in New York and Cincinnati, commissioning Midener's work; collectors Edward Warburg and Jakob Goldschmidt, and personal friends, including sculptor William McVey and Max Ascoli, the last writing a letter of introduction. Clippings showing Midener's religious art, catalogs and occasional photographs are also included. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor, art instructor and art administrator, Detroit, Michigan. Born in Leignitz, Germany. Attended Kunst Akademie in Berlin, 1932-1936. Came to U.S. in 1938. Taught at Henry Street Settlement in New York, N.Y., Cleveland Institute of Art, and Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts becoming president of the board of trustees in 1976. Won the Tiffany Fellowship for Sculpture, 1940. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. (325 items on 2 microfilm reels). roll 103 & 880 |
| formats | Clippings Correspondence Writings Ephemera Photographs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1965 and 1974 by Walter Midener. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | MoMA History Interviews | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The collection consists of 47 taped interviews (contained on 28 standard audio cassettes). Many of the tapes contain interviews with multiple individuals. They are physically arranged alphabetically, by the last name of the first person interviewed on the tape. The cassettes have been numbered. Historical Note David Hoffman and his writing staff conducted interviews in 1986 with individuals either directly associated or intimately familiar with The Museum of Modern Art. The interviews were conducted in preparation for a television special to mark the Museum's 50th anniversary. The program was canceled prior to completion. |
| extent | 28 standard audio cassettes |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. |
| record source | http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/archives/ |
| acquisition information | Mr. Hoffman has signed all rights in the recordings over to the Museum. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives) | repository | Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti |
| description | The collection contains about 300,000 photographs, many of them collected by Berenson himself from the 1880s until the time of his death in 1959. Many have notes on the back in his handwriting. Many show works of art before restoration, and others show images since destroyed. An important section, "Homeless paintings", contains photographs of works whose current location is unknown. The photographs are almost exclusively black and white in a variety of photographic media, such as albumen, gelatine, or carbon. About 3000 large-format photographs are stored separately. In addition, there is a considerable amount of documentary material in the form of clippings, notes and printed reproductions. The photographs are arranged according to Berenson's original scheme, by school: Florence, Siena, Central Italy, Northern Italy, Lombardy, Venice, Southern Italy. Within each school they are arranged by artist, then by topography, followed by homeless. Paintings and drawings are arranged separately. The main focus of the collection is on Italian painting and drawing from the mid-thirteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. This part of the collection continues to be developed through the acquisition of new materials and through photographic campaigns. Later periods are also represented but in smaller scale, without systematic updating. There is also material on medieval painting, arranged topographically; manuscript illumination, arranged according to present location; archeology; Byzantine art and architecture, arranged both by artist and by location; and non-Italian art, arranged by country. Finally a section of 8000 photographs is devoted to the art of the Far East, India and Islam. In addition to the original Berenson nucleus, collections of prints, glass plates, negatives and transparencies have entered the Fototeca. These include the collections of Emilio Marcucci (nineteenth-century projects for the completion of various Florentine monuments), George Kaftal (representations of saints in Italian painting of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries), Henry Clifford (painting thirtheenth to seventeenth centuries), Giorgio Castelfranco (Italian art thirteenth to twentieth centuries), Giannino Marchig (restoration), Frederick Hartt (Michelangelo, Giulio Romano), Giuseppe Marchini (Italian art and stained glass), and Craig H. Smyth (Renaissance painting and drawing). There is a small collection of micropublications and microfiche (162,386 frames): L=index photographique de l'art en France (95,648); Sotheby's Pictorial Archive - Old Master Paintings (45,472); Christie's Pictorial Archive Italian School (9,898); Christie's Pictorial Archive - New York 1977-95 Old Master Paintings & Drawings (11,368). The microfilm of the Bartsch Corpus comprises about 42,000 frames. Notes Most photographers not identified. |
| extent | 300,000 + photographs |
| formats | Photographs Reproductions Microfilm Artist Files |
| access | Contact Ilaria Della Monica the archivist at the Berenson Library for restrictions and appointments. |
| record link | http://via.lib.harvard.edu/via/deliver/advancedsearch?_collection=via |
| record source | http://itatti.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Currently, there is no catalog of the photographs at Villa I Tatti. In some cases, Artist Files, can be found school (i.e. Venetian, Lombard, Northern Italy, Central Italy, etc. . .) and some are cataloged in Harvard's online catalog, HOLLIS. |
| acquisition information | Originally formed by Bernard Berenson the Library continues to add to the file. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:10 |
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