Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Wildenstein, Nathan, 1851-1934
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| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:01 |
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| title | Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters, business records, diary, and photographs. REEL 380-413: Primarily correspondence, mostly Gardner's own, but including family correspondence and Gardner Museum correspondence. REELS 631-632: Personal papers of Gardner and some records of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum including dealers' files containing invoices, notes, cancelled checks, and letters; a record book, "Prices Paid for Paintings," 1917; a record book, "Prices Paid for Works of Art"; 118 installation photographs of the museum as arranged by Gardner, 1924; a diary kept in Egypt, 1874, with sketches; a diary kept in Shanghai and India, 1883-1884; "Directions for my funeral," 1912; and "Suggestions for Running a Museum," 1913. REELS 696-698: Letters from Bernard Berenson to Gardner, 1887-1924. Letters contain references to literary topics, Berenson's impressions of Europe, various paintings and artists, advice to Gardner on the purchase of paintings and information on their sale. REEL 846: Checklist of Gardner's letters to Bernard and Mary Berenson, 1894-1924; typescripts of personal and official correspondence (originals found on AAA microfilm reels 696-698), 1887-1924. |
| extent | 40 Microfilm reels |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/isabella-stewart-gardner-papers-8959 |
| finding aid | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.gardisab.pdf |
| acquisition information | Microfilm lent by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for duplicating, 1972-1975 |
| updated | 02/28/2023 12:41:10 |
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| title | Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These papers of Fogg 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 | 43 linear feet (99 file boxes, oversize materials) |
| access | Access to most of the Sachs materials is unrestricted. Access to sensitive or financial materials may be closed to research as noted in the finding aid. |
| record link | https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/9/resources/389 |
| finding aid | https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/9/resources/389 |
| acquisition information | The papers were left at the Fogg Museum by former associate director Paul J. Sachs. |
| updated | 02/28/2023 12:43:50 |
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| updated | 02/28/2023 12:44:27 |
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