Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Marx, Samuel A., 1885-1964
| title | Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection. Samuel Marx series [graphic], 1937-1958. | repository | Chicago History Museum |
| description | Primarily includes exterior and interior views of buildings located in Chicago and Oak Park (Ill.) that are designed by Samuel Marx or the firms of Samuel Marx & Associates or Marx, Flint & Schonne. Includes views of the Marx apartment located on Astor Street in Chicago, Fred Harvey restaurants at Chicago railway stations, and the LaMar motion picture theater in Oak Park. Buildings outside the Chicago area include the Morton D. May residence in Ladue (Mo.) and the Hotel Pierre Marques in Acapulco (Mex.). Also includes a portait of Marx in his office. Photographed for Samuel Marx and other clients by Hedrich-Blessing. |
| extent | 102 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in; 79 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in; 2 transparencies : col. ; 8 x 10 in. |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | www.chsmedia.org |
| record source | http://www.chsmedia.org |
| finding aid | Organized in nineteen numbered job files. To see the catalog records for each of these 19 Hedrich-Blessing job files, search for "Samuel Marx" in the on-line catalog. |
| acquisition information | Compiled by the Chicago Historical Society. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:54 |
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| title | Public Information Records, 1929-1997 | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Series I of the Public Information Records consist of 212 scrapbooks (16 x 13 x 2"; 58 linear feet) of thousands of newspaper and magazine clippings concerning The Museum of Modern Art from its opening in 1929 through the mid 1970s. They document not only the history of the Museum but also the profound influence the Museum has had on the development of twentieth-century culture. Included are accounts of exhibitions shown at the Museum and circulated elsewhere; reviews of books and exhibition catalogs written by staff members; Museum programs, personnel, policy, and department changes; building renovations and expansions; parties and benefits; fund-raising campaigns; anniversaries; lectures, concerts, and symposia; film series; visits by dignitaries; and trustee appointments. In addition, the scrapbooks reflect a variety of issues and controversies that surrounded Museum events during the institution's first four decades: for example, Museum activities during World War II; the suspicion that modern art represented a communist threat in the 1950s; art education; art as commodity; the Museum as a proselytizer of good design; fashions inspired by various Museum exhibitions; and criticism and praise of the Museum. Several scrapbooks are devoted to the Young People's Gallery and to the Children's Art Carnivals, both part of the Museum's important, pioneering Education Program. The scrapbooks are an excellent source of information about twentieth-century artists; for example, an entire scrapbook is devoted to Picasso (Scrapbook General U) and a large portion of another to Giacometti (Scrapbook General V). Articles written by and/or about staff members important to the Museum's development and to an understanding of the art of the time were also collected. The organization and arrangement of the scrapbooks make them an invaluable and unique research tool for the cultural and social historian as well as the art historian. Series II consists of three Subseries of records. Subseries A consists of 44 linear feet of newspaper and magazine clippings that document miscellaneous events at the Museum from 1929 to the mid-1960s, and thereafter nearly every exhibition and event. In addition to exhibitions, examples of events covered include acquisitions, book publications, Museum programs, building renovations, and personnel and policy changes. Also covered are parties, benefits, and fund-raising campaigns; and lectures, symposia, and film series. There are articles written by or about the Museum's staff members and articles on the topic of modern art in general. The clippings also trace the origin and evolution of innovative series at the Museum, such as Projects and Cineprobe. Materials on the artists Pablo Picasso, Edward Steichen, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are especially rich. Subseries B comprises 67.25 linear feet of departmental administrative records. It includes correspondence, invitations, press kits, posters, photographs, slides, publicity reports, and exhibition checklists, proposals, catalogs, schedules, and wall texts. It also covers exhibitions as well as programs such as Summergarden, an annual concert series, and Party in the Garden, an annual fund-raising event. In Subseries B, material on artists Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, and Alfred Stieglitz are particularly significant. Together, the clippings of Subseries A and the administrative records of Subseries B provide a unique overview of how the Museum publicized its efforts to exhibit modern art and to educate the public about it as well as the press's response to such efforts. Researchers are advised to consult documents in both of these Subseries in order to access the most complete documentation on a subject. Similarly, for any exhibition or event pre-dating 1970, researchers are urged to consult Series I-The Public Information Scrapbooks-for the most comprehensive collection of clippings. Subseries C is 3 linear feet of documentation regarding Museum staff and members of the Board of Trustees. The records include biographical information and portrait photographs. Historical Note The records were compiled by what is now known as the Department of Communications. It was originally the Department of Publicity from 1933 until the 1960s, and later known as the Department of Public Information (PI), from the 1960s through 1994. The responsibilities of the Department of Communications are twofold: to serve as the official conduit of information between the Museum and the media and to increase public awareness and support for the Museum. Therefore, the Department of Communications also handles all press relations and inquiries for the Museum regarding special exhibitions, events, projects, and programs. It is, in effect, the public voice of the Museum. The department's goal is to generate a larger audience for the Museum and its exhibitions and to manage the Museum's image in the media. As a corollary, from the department's inception, it collected and assembled newspaper and magazine clippings from around the world concerning Museum exhibitions and events. |
| extent | 114.25 linear feet |
| formats | Scrapbooks Subject Files |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials |
| record source | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/PublicInformationf.html |
| finding aid | The finding aid is in the repository and on the repository's web site. |
| acquisition information | The records were created and compiled by The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Communications. The department has been known as such since 1994. From the time of the department's creation in 1933 until the 1960s, it was known as the Department of Publicity and from then until 1994, it was the Department of Public Information. Series II was accessioned into the Museum Archives via internal transfer from the Department of Communications, 1989-2001. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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| title | William S. Lieberman Papers, 1948-1984 | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The Papers document his contacts with the art world and involvement with Museum activities and exhibitions; in particular, Max Ernst (MoMA Exh. #474), Joan Miro (MoMA Exh. #641), Modigliani (MoMA Exh. #474) and Stravinsky and the Dance (C/E 62-2, 1962-63). His involvement with the Junior Council include such exhibitions as Young American Printmakers (MoMA Exh. #547), Recent Drawings, U.S.A. (MoMA Exh. #601) and the preparation of The Museum of Modern Art Calendar and Junior Council Print Sales. Correspondence relating to the Dance and Theatre Archives exhibitions is included in addition to correspondence with trustees, patrons, friends and such artists as Chryssa, Masuo Ikeda, Marc and Valentina Chagall, Robert Motherwell, Lee Krasner, Leonard Baskin, and Emilio Sanchez, many of whom were personal friends of Lieberman. Other subjects include Lieberman's trip to Japan (1964-65) for the purpose of organizing The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture (MoMA Exh. #809, ICE-D-13-64), Nelson A. Rockefeller's bequest to the Museum (1979), and the disposition of the Lyonel Feininger Estate. Biographical/historical note Curator, Department of Prints, 1949-60; Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, 1960-66; Director, Department of Drawings and Prints, 1966-71; Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, 1969-71; Director, Department of Drawings, 1971-79; Advisor to the Junior Council, 1954-64. Since November 1979 he has been Chairman of the Twentieth Century Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Location MoMA Museum Archives Call Number mmym MA |
| extent | 31 linear feet |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Exhibition Files |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. |
| record link | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/Liebermanf.html |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009763659707141 |
| finding aid | The finding aid is in the repository and on the repository's web site. |
| acquisition information | 7.5 linear feet of material (Series I.A and I.B) were transferred from three file drawers in the Department of Drawings in November 1990. 29 linear feet (Series II.A, II.B, III, IV, and V) were stored at an off-site location; these were transferred to the Museum Archives for processing in October 1991 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | James Thrall Soby Papers, ca. 1930-1970, bulk ca. 1930-1960. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Correspondence, general files, research notes, articles, photographs and negatives, manuscripts, clippings, ephemera, and family papers. Arrangement Arranged in 8 series: I. Subject Interest Material: Artists and Movements 1930s-1960s. II. Writings. IIA. Museum. IIB. Non-Museum. III. Museum Matters, 1940s-1970s. IV. JTS collection: ca. 1930-1979. V. Personal/Family. VI. Confidential Material. VII. Giorgio de Chirico. VIII. Addenda; Subject material arranged alphabetically. Related collections Related papers are housed in other Departments of the Museum. Biographical/historical note Author, art critic, editor, collector, patron, connoisseur, and MoMA director and trustee. |
| extent | 24 linear ft., 3 v. |
| formats | Correspondence Notes Ephemera Transcript Manuscript |
| access | The records are open for research and contain few restricted materials. |
| record link | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/Sobyf.html |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991003535889707141 |
| finding aid | online and in respository |
| acquisition information | Received from the Estate of James Thrall Soby, 1980, and as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Cohen, 1981. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Monroe Wheeler Papers, 1923-1985 [Bulk Dates: 1940s-1960s] | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The administrative papers of Monroe Wheeler, former Director of Exhibitions and Publications at The Museum of Modern Art. Includes business communication, personal correspondence, post-retirement material and documents relating to Wheeler's work outside of the Museum. Biographical Note Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) was born in Evanston, Illinois. In the 1920s, before his long and active career at the Museum, Wheeler worked and lived in France, co-founding the publishing firm Harrison of Paris. Wheeler credits this period of his life as his introduction to the artist communities he would continue to associate with for the remainder of his career. This period also soldered his skills and knowledge of producing and printing high-quality publications, which foreshadowed his long career as a publisher of fine books on art at the Museum. He began his work with the Museum in 1935 as a member of the Library Committee and director of Ignatz Wiemeler, Modern Bookbinder [MoMA Exh. #42b, September 30-October 24, 1935]. In 1938 he was appointed Director of Membership, and by 1939, he became the Director of Publications. In 1940, he became the first Director of Exhibitions. Wheeler was elected a Trustee of the Museum in 1944, and afterwards he became a member of the Executive Committee, the Exhibitions Program Committee, and the Coordination Committee. In 1948, Wheeler continued to run the Exhibitions and Publications department while overseeing the management of all of the Museum's operating outreach programs, including education, traveling (or circulating) exhibitions, and the library. During the period between 1940-1967, Wheeler managed much of the logistics of the circulating exhibitions program and developed a strong publications program. Aside from his management of Museum programs, Wheeler is well known for directing museum exhibitions such as Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators [MoMA Exh. #47, April 27-September 2, 1936] and Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966]. Under his direction the Museum produced over 300 books, both monographs and exhibition catalogues, which were distributed internationally, and in the process won acclaim for the high quality of visual art books with regard to scholarship, layout, design, and color reproductions. Wheeler authored many of the works published by the Museum, including monographs about Soutine and Rouault, which complimented museum exhibitions on the artists. As a staff member of the Museum and as a trusted source of knowledge about art, Wheeler maintained a very visible profile within the greater national and international museum and art community. During World War II, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Publications for the Office of Inter-American Affairs under Nelson A. Rockefeller. In 1969, he accompanied NAR on an official U.S. appointed tour of Latin America as a Cultural Advisor. As a part of the International Program and under the auspices of the International Council, in 1965 Wheeler directed Cézanne to Miró [ICE-F-111]. Wheeler was appointed an Honorary Trustee of the Museum in 1965 and a Counsellor to the Trustees upon his retirement from the Museum in 1967. He continued to maintain ties to the Museum by working with the International Council and participating in a number of committees, including Prints and Illustrated Books, Photography, Drawings and Exhibitions. Affiliations outside of the Museum include serving as a Trustee and First Vice President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, a Trustee of the Katherine Anne Porter Foundation, a Trustee of the Ben Shahn Foundation, a member of the Council of the Grolier Club, and President of the International Graphic Arts Society. He played an active role in the American Institute of Graphic Arts as well. Monroe Wheeler died in 1988 in New York City. |
| extent | Approx. 29.5 linear feet |
| formats | Administrative Records Business Papers Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | The records are open for research and contain few restricted materials. |
| record source | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/wheelerf.html |
| finding aid | The finding aid is in the repository and on the repository's web site. |
| acquisition information | The Monroe Wheeler Papers were accessioned into the Museum Archives from staff offices and institutional storage. See Accruals note below. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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| title | Artist file: Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Wheeler, Monroe. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011936219707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material | repository | The Huntington Library |
| description | Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,892 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes. Background Maynard L. Parker (1901-1976), known to friends and family as "Mike," was born and raised in Vermont. Parker worked in the Boston, Massachusetts region at a variety of jobs, including office boy, machinist, and gardener, before turning to photography as a profession. Parker traveled to California three times in the 1920s, finally settling in Los Angeles in 1929. He and his wife, Annie, lived in the Echo Park neighborhood, where Parker built a house at 2230 Lemoyne Street designed by a draftsman in architect Richard Neutra's office. The New England saltbox-style house served as residence and studio, as well as the backdrop for many of Parker's published photographs. Parker's personal interests included home renovation, self-improvement, archery (he appeared as an extra in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood), and building furniture. He was also, according to his daughter, a "frugal New Englander," health conscious, a consummate storyteller, an avid hiker, and a gardener [See photocopies of Maynard and Annie Parker's journals, and interview transcript with Ann Carawan and Diane Parker, February 14, 2008, in collection files]. Collection Number: photCL MLP Preferred Citation photCL MLP, Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material. Search database by collector's name. |
| extent | 230 boxes, 159.38 linear feet |
| formats | Photographs Prints Negatives Photograph Album Ephemera |
| access | Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment. Publication Rights Copyright for the photography of Maynard L. Parker has been assigned to the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. All requests for permission to publish photographs in any and all formats must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs. |
| record source | http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=3970 |
| finding aid | In repository and online at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6k4034m6 |
| acquisition information | Gift of Ann Carawan, Elizabeth Buxton, and Diane Parker Carawan, 1995; Ann Carawan, 2000. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:06 |
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