Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

Archives related to: Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-1970

titleCorrespondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1949.
repositoryUniversity of Pennsylvania
descriptionContained in:
Van Wyck Brooks Papers. Folder 1885

Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts
Call Number: Ms. Coll. 650

extent1 item (1 leaf)
formatsCorrespondence
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record sourcehttp://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu
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titleMarius de Zayas letters sent to Paul B. Haviland, 1915-1918.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionFour letters to the collector Paul B. Haviland, concerning the founding of the Modern Gallery in New York, 1915. The letters furnish information about the purpose for establishing the Gallery; the functions played by collectors such as Haviland, Eugene Meyer (as director and financier for the Gallery) and his wife, Agnes Meyer as consultant; the connections between this branch gallery with Stieglitz’s "291" gallery; and the plans for exhibitions. Included are three additional items: a typescript announcement of the opening of the Modern Gallery in October, 1915 which was to appear in the paper for "291" no. 9; a handwritten copy of a letter from Zayas to Stieglitz addressing the relationship between the two galleries; and a handwritten copy of Stieglitz’ reply with his thoughts on "291."

Biographical or Historical Notes:
Marius de Zayas (1880-1961) was a Mexican draughtsman, caricaturist and art critic. Together with Marcel Duchamp and Stieglitz, he was a member of group "291" and one of the first persons to introduce Picasso to America. As founder of the Modern Gallery, he was mainly interested in exhibiting "negro" art, Mexican idols, photography and artists such as Derain, Picabia, Dove, Marin and Picasso.
extent7 items.
formatsCorrespondence
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat322229
record sourcehttp://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
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titleArtists at Mt. Kisco [graphic].
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionGroup of artists seated on the ground, among the trees. Identification on verso (handwritten): Left to right - Paul Haviland, Abraham Walkowitz, Katharine N. Rhoades, Mrs. Alfred Stieglitz, Agnes Ernst (Mrs. Eugene Meyer), Alfred Stieglitz, J.B. Kerfoot, John, Marin. Property of Walkowitz family. Published in: Archives of American Art Journal v. 6, no. 2, p. 15; v. 40, no. 3-4, p. 36.

Found In:
Abraham Walkowitz papers, 1904-1966. 211458
Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
extent1 photographic print : b&w ; 12 x 16 cm.
formatsPhotographs
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record linkhttp://sirismm.si.edu/aaa/newPOA/aaa_walkabra_4951.jpg
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
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titleMarius de Zayas Research Collection for How, When and Why Modern Art Came to New York, ca. 1910-1936.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionForms part of the Jean Brown Papers (Special Collections accession no. 890164, series VI)

This collection, assembled by Francis M. Naumann, includes correspondence and other material relating to Marius de Zayas and his role in bringing modern art to the United States from Europe. This material was used by Naumann in preparation for How, When, and Why Modern Art Came to New Yorki by Marius de Zayas, edited by Naumann, and published in 1996 by The MIT Press.
Included in the first series is correspondence between de Zayas and various associates and friends. There is a lengthy exchange of correspondence between de Zayas and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as correspondence with others involved in the avant-garde art world, including Walter Arensberg, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Benjamin De Casseres, Paul Haviland, Max Jacob, Walt Kuhn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Charles Sheeler, Tristan Tzsara, Forbes Watson and Adolf Wolf.
Also included is correspondence and other material relating to de Zayas's business dealings with other art dealers, financial backers, and collectors, including Walter Arensberg, Paul Guillaume, Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Agnes Ernst and Eugene Meyer, John Quinn, Paul Rosenberg, Ambroise Vollard, and Charles Vignier.
The second series consists of correspondence and related material arranged by subject matter, and includes material relating to de Zayas's work as both artist and writer, as well as to the Modern and Photo-Secession galleries, and other subjects.
The final series consists of photocopies of pages from de Zayas's scrapbook of press clippings. See series descriptions bel.

Biographical and Historical Notes:
Francis M. Naumann, an art historian and curator, collected this material in preparation for How, When and Why Modern Art Came to New York, by Marius de Zayas (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996), which he edited. Naumann specializes in Dada and Surrealism in Europe and the United States, and runs a gallery, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, in New York City.

Author(s):
Naumann, Francis M.
FitzGerald, Michael C.
Zayas, Marius de; (1880-1961)

Additional Authors or Names:
Andersen, Eric.
Ay-o, 1931-
Banville, Bernard (Zona)
Beuys, Joseph.
Brecht, George.
Brown, Jean, 1911-
Calendar, Don.
Christo, 1935-
Copp, Fletcher.
Cutts, Simon, 1944-
Cox, Ken.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
Etlinger, Amelia.
Filliou, Robert.
Finlay, Ian Hamilton.
Friedman, Ken, 1949-
Furnival, John, 1933-.
Gerlovina, Rimma.
Gerlovin, Valeriy.
Gestner, Karl.
Giersbach, William.
Groh, Klaus.
Held, John, 1947-
Hendricks, Geoffrey.
Jones, Joe, 1934-
Kirkeby, Per.
Knížák, Milan.
Lennon, John, 1940-1980.
Liss, Carla.
Maciunas, George, 1931-1978.
Miller, Larry.
Nannucci, Maurizio, 1939-
Olbrich, Jürgen O.
Ono, Y ko.
Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006.
Patterson, Benjamin.
Random, Steve.
Man Ray, 1890-1976.
Reynolds, Jock.
Roth, Dieter, 1930-1998.
Saito, Takako, 1929-
Schmit, Tomas.
Shiomi, Mieko.
Truck, Fred.
Vautier, Ben, 1935-
Vostell, Wolf, 1932-
Wall, Beriah
Watts, Robert, 1923-1988.
Beau Geste Press.
Coach House Press.
Coracle Press.
Galerie im Centre.
Edition Hundertmark.
Interdada Group San Francisco.
extent0.5 linear feet. 1 document box.
formatsClippings Correspondence Scrapbooks
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record sourcehttp://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
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titlePapers of Joseph Pulitzer, 1897-1958 (bulk 1925-1955).
repositoryLibrary of Congress
descriptionFamily and general correspondence, subject and business files, and personal financial papers relating primarily to Pulitzer’s editorship of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and contain material on nearly every aspect of the operation and production of the newspaper, including its working philosophy, internal business management, and editorial policies.

Includes extensive files of correspondence between Pulitzer and his editorial and reporting staffs and other journalists, as well as his correspondence with local St. Louis and national government officials. There is also extensive material relating to his personal and family life and to his great interest in hunting and fishing. Other topics include Pulitzer’s interest in Nazi concentration camps, Joseph Pulitzer, Sr., the Pulitzer estate, and the administration of the Pulitzer Prize.

Correspondents include Paul Y. Anderson, Bernard M. Baruch, Oliver Kirby Bovard, Raymond P. Brandt, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Norman Chandler, Marquis William Childs, James Bryant Conant, Raymond L. Crowley, Dwight Filley Davis, Frederick Trubee Davison, Irving Dilliard, Cyrus Stephen Eaton, Ernest Gruening, Jesse H. Jones, David Lawrence, Walter Lippmann, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, Eugene Meyer, Ogden Livingston Mills, Charles Nagel, Adolph S. Ochs, Joseph Medill Patterson, Benjamin Harrison Reese, Charles G. Ross, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wesley Winans Stout, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Herbert Bayard Swope, Stuart Symington, Norman Thomas, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Oswald Garrison Villard, Sumner Welles, and John N. Wheeler.

Biographical and Historical Notes
Newspaper editor and publisher.
extent67,500 items, 193 containers, 163 microfilm reels.
formatsMicrofilm Correspondence Business Papers Subject Files Financial Records
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record linkhttp://lccn.loc.gov/mm76075797
record sourcehttp://catalog.loc.gov
finding aidFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
acquisition informationGift, Elizabeth Edgar Pulitzer, 1974.
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titleAgnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer papers, 1907-1970.
repositoryLibrary of Congress
descriptionCorrespondence, diaries, speeches, writings, subject files, research material, family papers, and other papers.

Biographical and Historical Data:
Author and social activist. Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Died 1970.
extent90 linear feet.
formatsCorrespondence Diaries Writings Subject Files Personal Papers
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record linkhttp://lccn.loc.gov/mm89049593
bibliographyGünter O. Rebing, Thomas Mann’s letters to Agnes E. Meyer. [New Haven, Yale University Library] 1964.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
finding aidFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
acquisition informationDeposit, Agnes E. Meyer, 1972. Deposit, George Arents Research Library, Syracuse University, N.Y., 1972. Deposit, Meyer Family via Batt Bates & Co., Washington, D.C., 1973. Gift, Meyer Family via Carl Marburger, National Committee for Citizens in Education, Columbia, Md., 1977. Gift, Vera S. Kutz, Membership Coordinator, Seven Springs Center, Mount Kisco, N.Y., 1982. Gift, Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, via: Thomas Lawton, 1995.
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titleCharles Lang Freer selected papers, 1876-1931.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionSummary: Papers concerning Freer's art collecting activities, including correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.

In addition to Freer's own correspondence, the papers include correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler and of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, correspondence of Freer's assistant Katharine Nash Rhoades, and correspondence regarding Freer's bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

Correspondence, ca. 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; 30 v. of letterpress books containing copies of letters sent, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler' mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer letters and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910;

Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art;

correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenellosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.
Among Freer's correspondents are: Otto Bacher, Bernard Berenson, Siegfried Bing, Laurence Binyon, W.K. Bixby, Sigisbert Chretien Bosch-Reitz, Charles H. Caffin, Colin Campbell, Richard Canfield, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Stuart Church, Alfred Vance Churchill, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Arthur Wesley Dow, Ernest Fenollosa, Albert Gallatin, John Gellatly, Frederick W. Gookin, Sadakichi Hartmann, Frank J. Hecker, Dikran Kelekian, M. Knoedler & Co., Berthold Laufer, Lien Hui Ching Collection, W.A. Livingstone, Frederick McCormick, Bunkio Matsuki, Gari Melchers, Agnes Meyer, Eugene Meyer, Charles Moore, Yozo Nomura, Rosalind Birnie Philip, Charles A. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Stephens Warring, Thomas Way, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight W. Tryon, Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution, Beatrix Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, K.T. Wong, Yamanaka & Co., and Seaouke Yue.
extent34 microfilm reels. reels 4720-4753
formatsCorrespondence Diaries Inventories Scrapbooks Clippings
accessPatrons must use microfilm copy.
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
finding aidElectronic finding aid available.
acquisition informationSelected for microfilming from the Charles Lang Freer papers at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Microfilmed 1992 by the Archives of American Art with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Fellowships and Grants Research Resources Program. Portions of the correspondence and the letterpress books were previously filmed by the Freer in the 1970 (AAA reels 77, 453-456, and 1217-1232); those reels have been replaced by this microfilming project. See Finding Aid for information on papers not selected for microfilming. Originals in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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titleCharles Lang Freer Papers 1876-1931
repositoryFreer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
descriptionSummary: The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, financial material, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Correspondence, ca. 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; letterpress books contain copies of Freer's outgoing letters, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler' mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer letters and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910.

Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenellosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Co-Creator:
Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905
Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943
Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931
Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chretien, 1860-
Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918
Campbell, Colin, Lord, 1853-1895
Campbell, Colin, Lady, 1857-1911
Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916
Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924
Churchill, Alfred Vance, 1864-1949
Canfield, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1855-1914
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966
Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938
Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908
Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952.
Gellatly, John, 1853-1931
Gookin, Frederick William
Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944
Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1846-1927
Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951
Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934
McCormick, Frederick, 1870-
Matsuki, Bunkio, 1867-1940
Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932
Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-
Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959
Moore, Charles, 1855-1942
Nomura, Yozo
Philip, Rosalind Birnie, 1873-1958
Reid, Alexander
Rhoades, Katharine N., 1885-1965
Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925
Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
Warring, Joseph Stephens, 1863?-1944
Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1861-1913
Whistler, Beatrix Philip Godwin, d. 1896
Wong, K. T.
Yue, Seaouke
M. Knoedler & Co.
Yamanaka & Company
extent145 linear feet
formatsPersonal Papers Correspondence Photographs Diaries Financial Papers
accessAccess is by appointment only, Monday through Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please contact the Archives to make an appointment.
record linkhttp://www.asia.si.edu/archives/finding_aids/freer.html
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
finding aidOnline and in repository.
acquisition informationGift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer
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titleCorrespondence, 1957, from Lewis Mumford.
repositoryUniversity of Pennsylvania
descriptionContained in: Lewis Mumford Papers, ca. 1905-1987. Folder 6013.

Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts
Call Number: Ms. Coll. 2
extent1 item (1 l.).
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu
updated11/12/2014 11:30:03
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titleLetters, 1934-1953, n.d., to Lewis Mumford.
repositoryUniversity of Pennsylvania
descriptionContained in: Lewis Mumford Papers, ca. 1905-1987. Folder 3272.

Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts
Call Number: Ms. Coll. 2
extent9 items (13 l.).
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu
updated11/12/2014 11:30:03
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