Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Benjamin Galleries
| title | Benjamin Galleries Records, 1920-1988 |
| repository | The Ryerson & Burnham Archives |
| description | The collection includes business records, exhibition announcements, catalogues, reviews, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, and other ephemera documenting the operation of the Benjamin Galleries and the artists represented by the Galleries. |
| extent | 1 linear foot (4 boxes ) |
| formats | Photographs Correspondence Artist Files |
| access | For use by qualified researchers |
| record link | http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/utils/findingaidfull/collection/findingaids/id/16226/searchterm/Benjamin%20Galleries%20RecordsCISOROOT=/findingaids&CISOPTR=13029&REC=5 |
| record source | http://ryerson.artic.edu/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid available online and at the Repository |
| acquisition information | Gift of Neva Krohn, 1996. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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| title | [Miscellaneous exhibition catalogs, announcements, etc.]. |
| repository | Chicago History Museum |
| description | Notes: Title assigned by cataloger. Subjects: Benjamin Galleries (Chicago, Ill.) -- Miscellanea. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.chsmedia.org |
| finding aid | No finding aid. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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| title | Robert Hunter Middleton Papers, 1921-1985. |
| repository | Newberry Library |
| description | Diaries, notes, original manuscripts of writings, design art, correspondence, personal and financial records, printed ephemera, and type specimens from the collection of Robert Hunter Middleton. There are extensive files relating to the Ludlow Typograph Co., Middleton’s longtime employer; to Cherryburn Press and Apprentice House, his private imprints; to the Society of Typographic Arts, and to other organizations. The extensive correspondence files include particularly significant exchanges with artists Egdon Margo and Paul Standard; printers Paul Duensing, Joseph Graves, Victor and Caroline Hammer, and Giovanni Mardersteig; and designers John Dreyfus, James Mangan, Leslie Sprunger, and Gordon Williams. Examples of Middleton’s work are to be found in the cataloged collection. Related materials are in the Newberry Archives, the Caxton Club Archives, the Ernst F. Detterer Papers, the Douglas McMurtrie Papers, the Raymond F. DaBoll Papers, and the James Hayes Papers. Books and ephemera from Middleton’s library are also held by the Daley Library of the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
| extent | 39 linear feet (48 boxes, 14 record cartons, 3 oversize boxes) |
| access | Open for Research. |
| record link | http://mms.newberry.org/html/Middleton.html |
| record source | http://mms.newberry.org/ |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Bequest of R. Hunter Middleton, 1985; further gifts from family members and from James Hayes, and Bruce and Margaret Beck, 1986-2007. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:48 |
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| title | Benjamin Galleries records [manuscript], 1941-1979. |
| repository | Chicago History Museum |
| description | Sundry materials from the Benjamin Galleries, one of Chicago's oldest commercial art galleries, founded by Dr. Benjamin Krohn in 1939. Includes letters from other galleries, museums, dealers, and artists; a few itemized shipping lists; a few articles; and an expense statement from 1947. |
| extent | 18 items. |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.chsmedia.org |
| finding aid | No finding aid. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:48 |
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