Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Homburger, Freddy
| title | Papers of Freddy Homburger, 1926-1990 (bulk 1941-1989). | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Correspondence, reports, speeches, published and unpublished writings (both scientific and literary), academic records, brochures, certificates, illustration and galley proofs, art catalogs, clippings, and photographs, documenting Homburger’s career as a physician involved in cancer research, his interest in art as a collector and a painter, and his service as honorary Swiss consul in Boston, Mass. Includes his letters to his parents while a student at the University of Vienna, accounts of medical treatment of artists Raoul Dufy and Jacques Lipchitz, and an autobiographical memoir entitled "Life Is a Short Story." Medical institutions and pharmaceutical firms represented include Gesell Institute of Child Development, Hoffman La Roche, Inc., Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory at Boston City Hospital, U. S. Public Health Service, and Warner-Hudnut Company. Correspondents include William B. Castle, Julien D. Cornell, Mary Lasker, John W. McCormack, Florence Mahoney, George R. Minot, and Cornelius Packard Rhoads. |
| extent | 4.5 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Printed Materials Catalogs Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://catalog.loc.gov |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| acquisition information | Gift, Freddy Homburger, 1990. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:54 |
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| title | Artist file: Homburger, Freddy | repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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