Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Loeser, Charles A.
| title | Letters from William James and George Santayana to Charles Alexander Loeser, 1886-1912 and undated. | repository | Harvard University Archives |
| description | Unprocessed. |
| extent | 1 box (.1 linear ft.) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Open for research, but handle with care (fragile). |
| record link | http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|013134422 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|013134422 |
| acquisition information | Given in memory of Charles A. Loeser by his granddaughter, Philippa Calnan, 2012. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:59 |
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| title | Edward Waldo Forbes Papers, 1867-2005. | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These papers of Fogg Art Museum Director Edward Waldo Forbes document his administration of the museum and a wide range of personal and professional activities and interests. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1944. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including a series of correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, reports, expedition field notes and journals, printed material, newspaper clippings, blueprints, meeting minutes, letters of recommendation, insurance records, invoices, page proofs, telegrams, rubbings, sketches, visiting cards, shipping documents and press releases. History notes : Edward Waldo Forbes was born July 16, 1873 on Naushon Island, southwest of Cape Cod. He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes, founder and first president of the American Bell Telephone Company, and Edith Emerson Forbes, daughter of poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Forbes studied at Milton Academy before entering Harvard University, where he received an A.B. in 1895. During his studies at Harvard, Forbes’ interest in the fine arts was encouraged by professor Charles Eliot Norton. He traveled in Europe in the years following his graduation, studying English literature at Oxford University from 1900 to 1902. Forbes continued to cultivate his interest art, and he became a trustee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1903 and of the Fogg Museum in 1904. In 1907, he married Margaret Laighton, an accomplished gardener and watercolorist. They were married until her death in 1966 and raised five children at Gerry’s Landing, the Forbes’ Cambridge home. In 1907, Forbes taught his first course, on Florentine painting, at Harvard. He became lecturer in Fine Arts in 1909, the year he became Director of the Fogg Museum. Forbes continued to teach throughout his years as Director and was named Martin A. Ryerson Lecturer in Fine Arts in 1935. He retired from the museum in 1944. The technical study of works of art was one of Forbes’ most passionate interests. He founded the Center for Conservation and Technical Studies (now named the Straus Center for Conservation) in 1928; it was the first fine arts conservation treatment, research and training facility in the United States. Forbes received many awards and distinctions throughout his career, and he was named the first honorary fellow of the Institute of Conservation in 1958. Edward Forbes died in Belmont, Massachusetts on March 11, 1969. Location : Harvard Art Museum Archives HC 2 HOLLIS Number : 011763828 |
| extent | 119 boxes + oversize materials |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Photographs Clippings Notes |
| access | Unrestricted. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:art00005 |
| acquisition information | The papers were left at the Fogg Art Museum by former director Edward Waldo Forbes. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Paul J. Sachs Papers, 1903-2005. | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These papers of Fogg Art Museum associate director Paul J. Sachs document his administration of the museum, his teaching career at Harvard, and related professional activities. The papers consist primarily of correspondence and also include photographs, printed material, clippings, architectural drawings, reports, financial records, letters of introduction, insurance records, maps, funding appeals, minutes, memoranda, exhibition brochures, page proofs and press releases. |
| extent | 99 files boxes + oversize materials |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Printed Materials Drawings Ephemera |
| access | Unrestricted. |
| record link | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:art00010 |
| record source | http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu//?itemid=%7clibrary%2fm%2faleph%7c011763842 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Harvard Art Museum. Exhibition Records, 1905-2008. | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These records were created by museum staff in the course of planning and installing exhibitions and subsequently collected by the Archives. They pertain primarily to exhibitions held in the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Sackler Museum, but they also include materials related to traveling or off-site exhibitions. The records range in date from 1905 to 2008 and include correspondence on a wide range of topics, exhibition proposals, photographic prints and negatives, object lists, loan forms, press releases, clippings, invitations, posters, labels and wall text, memoranda, exhibition catalogues and drafts of catalogue essays. The records include materials created by students enrolled in the course "Museum Work and Museum Problems,"who organized exhibitions as part of their studies. Some correspondence with artists, related to their works on exhibition, is included. The folders have been re-housed into archival folders and boxes. Folders and their contents have been kept in their original order, and overstuffed folders have been divided among several folders for the sake of preservation and numbered to indicate that they represent a part of a larger whole (for example: "folder 1 of 2"). The original folder titles have been retained; any added information has been enclosed in square brackets by the processing archivist. The folders are filed alphabetically by title and in most instances the papers within each folder are filed in either chronological or reverse chronological order. Acidic documents have been isolated with archival paper and in some cases enclosed in mylar. Fragile materials have been enclosed in mylar. Oversize materials have been filed in oversize storage; separation sheets indicate their removal. These oversize materials may be consulted upon request, and their location is indicated in the detailed container list that follows. Some of the collection suffered water damage in a flood of the archives in 1998; as a result, many of the papers are wrinkled, some ink has run, and some are stuck together and in need of treatment by conservators. It should be noted that the titles and dates of exhibitions, as provided in folder names, are not always complete or accurate. In many instances exhibitions were known by several different titles and there are discrepancies among various sources (correspondence, posters, catalogues and invitations) as to the correct title. The opening and closing dates of many exhibitions also differ from what is indicated by the folder titles. Often exhibitions were extended and lasted longer than originally planned. In some instances exhibitions occurred in several stages, with some or all of the objects on view being exchanged for other objects in the course of the exhibition. |
| extent | 173 file boxes + oversize materials |
| formats | Administrative Records Exhibition Files Photographs Printed Materials Ephemera |
| access | Access to most of the records is unrestricted. Access to files deemed confidential, including recent institutional correspondence, is restricted. |
| record link | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:art00018 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|012189660 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | These records were created by museum staff in various departments and capacities as they planned and installed exhibitions. They were subsequently collected in the Archives. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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