Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Girard, Alexander
| title | Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material | repository | The Huntington Library |
| description | Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,892 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes. Background Maynard L. Parker (1901-1976), known to friends and family as "Mike," was born and raised in Vermont. Parker worked in the Boston, Massachusetts region at a variety of jobs, including office boy, machinist, and gardener, before turning to photography as a profession. Parker traveled to California three times in the 1920s, finally settling in Los Angeles in 1929. He and his wife, Annie, lived in the Echo Park neighborhood, where Parker built a house at 2230 Lemoyne Street designed by a draftsman in architect Richard Neutra's office. The New England saltbox-style house served as residence and studio, as well as the backdrop for many of Parker's published photographs. Parker's personal interests included home renovation, self-improvement, archery (he appeared as an extra in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood), and building furniture. He was also, according to his daughter, a "frugal New Englander," health conscious, a consummate storyteller, an avid hiker, and a gardener [See photocopies of Maynard and Annie Parker's journals, and interview transcript with Ann Carawan and Diane Parker, February 14, 2008, in collection files]. Collection Number: photCL MLP Preferred Citation photCL MLP, Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material. Search database by collector's name. |
| extent | 230 boxes, 159.38 linear feet |
| formats | Photographs Prints Negatives Photograph Album Ephemera |
| access | Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment. Publication Rights Copyright for the photography of Maynard L. Parker has been assigned to the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. All requests for permission to publish photographs in any and all formats must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs. |
| record source | http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=3970 |
| finding aid | In repository and online at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6k4034m6 |
| acquisition information | Gift of Ann Carawan, Elizabeth Buxton, and Diane Parker Carawan, 1995; Ann Carawan, 2000. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:41 |
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| title | Artist file: Girard, Alexander; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Girard, Alexander. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010697119707141 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:43 |
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| title | Indiana architectural collection, 1955. | repository | University of Texas, Austin |
| description | The Indiana Architectural collection consists of approximately 30 sheets of rolled drawings of an unidentified Indiana residence by Eero Saarinen & Associates, with Alexander H. Girard of Santa Fe, NM. Preferred Citation Indiana Architectural collection, the Alexander Architectural Archive, the General Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin |
| extent | 30 rolled drawings |
| formats | Drawings |
| access | Access is by appointment only to any serious scholar. Rolled materials must be flattened before viewing. A three-day advance notice is required to flatten rolled materials. Portions of this collection are not processed and may not be accessible. |
| record source | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00090/aaa-00090.html |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:43 |
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| title | Girard Foundation ephemera collection, [193-198]. | repository | New Mexico History Museum |
| description | Collection consists of materials assembled and arranged by designer/architect Alexander H. Girard (1907-1994) and his wife, Susan Needham Girard (19?-1996), in conjunction with their composition of the Girard Foundation collection of folk art. The collection of folk art was donated to the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1978; the ephemera collection followed in 1996. These boxes, all hand- decorated and labelled under the direction of Alexander Girard, contain clippings, booklets, postal cards, notes, correspondence, and invoices relating to objects in the Girard Foundation folk art collection. Organization: Boxes in numeric order; subject arrangement of collector retained. Preferred citation: Cite as: Girard Foundation Ephemera Collection. Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico./ Finding aid available at repository. |
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| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:43 |
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| title | Georgia O'Keeffe letters to the Girard family, 1957-1983. | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | Collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence, including autograph letters, postcards, and holiday cards, from O'Keeffe to Susan and Alexander Girard, and their daughter Sansi Needham Girard Agnew. The Girards were residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and most letters discuss personal topics, including plans for visits to each others' homes. Also included are invitations to openings at museums exhibiting O'Keeffe's work which were sent on her behalf. The collection holds 23 snapshot photographs of O'Keeffe, the Girards, and others at events, gatherings, and on travels, and plus some scenery in New Mexico, and a portrait of O'Keeffe in an 8 by 10 inch format bearing a studio stamp of Charles Eames; the photographs date from 1963 to 1973. With the collection is one letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham, dated March 10, 1959, discussing a recent visit with O'Keeffe. Bio/History: Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist./ Alexander Girard (1907-1993), American designer, art collector./ Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector. Organization: Arranged in four folders: 1. Letters to Susan and Alexander Girard; 2. Letters to Sansi Girard Agnew. 3. Letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham. 4. Photographs. Preferred citation: Georgia O'Keeffe Letters to the Girard Family. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: YCAL MSS 209 |
| extent | 0.21 linear feet (1 box) |
| formats | Correspondence Holographs Postcards Ephemera Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://orbexpress.library.yale.edu |
| acquisition information | Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2009. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:43 |
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| title | The Spirit of folk art: material generated for the book, 1988-1989. | repository | New Mexico History Museum |
| description | Collection consists of materials generated for the book "The Spirit of Folk Art, the Girard Collection at the Museum of International Folk Art" by Henry Glassie. Includes manuscript drafts of the text, a typescript, and an index; object accession reports; captions; slides and transparencies for color plates in the book; a copy of the book and the 1992 calendar issued using some of the same photographs. Michel Monteaux was the color photographer. Preferred citation: Cite as: The Spirit of Folk Art: Material Generated for the Book (SFA 89). Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| extent | Folders: 16. Slides: 270. Transparencies: 760. |
| formats | Manuscript Photographs |
| access | Consult the archivist for related vertical file material and for related slides located in the general slide collection. |
| finding aid | available at repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:43 |
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| title | Girard collection, gallery, and exhibition, 1979-1995. | repository | New Mexico History Museum |
| description | Collection consists of materials on the life and work of Alexander Girard; the construction of the Girard Wing of the Museum of International Folk Art; and the curation and exhibition of the Girard collection. Alexander Girard (1907-1993) was an architect, designer, and collector of folk art who donated his collection to the Museum of New Mexico and designed and supervised the installation of the Girard Wing's permanent exhibition "Multiple Visions: A Common Bond". Coordinator of the exhibition was Charlene Cerny. Curators were Mary Jane Schumacher, Carol Steiro, Judy Chiba-Cohen, and Christine Mather. Photographers were Mark Schwartz, Art Taylor, and Jean Puleston Fleming. Collection includes biographical sketches, a taped interview, photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, gallery guides and other publications, and construction plans and documents. The majority of the slides, negatives and transparencies are of the objects in the Girard collection and of the installation of the collection in the museum. Note(s): Consult the archivist for related slides located in the general slide collection. General Info: Organization: Organized into five series: I. Construction of the Girard Wing. II. Publications about the collection and exhibits. III. Photographs and slides of the Museum, the collection and the exhibit. IV. Biographical material on A. Girard. V. Negatives and transparencies. Preferred citation: Cite as: Girard Collection, Gallery, and Exhibition (EGC 82). Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| extent | 2.5 linear feet |
| formats | Administrative Records Photographs Printed Materials Ephemera |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:43 |
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| title | Charles Eames and Ray Eames papers, 1850-1989 | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Correspondence, writings, lectures, reports, proposals, scripts, notes, research files, minutes, financial records, clippings, printed material including catalogs and brochures, biographical material, layout designs, plans, drawings, photographs, and other papers documenting the design activities and professional associations of Charles and Ray Eames. Relates chiefly to the Eames's designs for chairs and other furniture, exhibit designs, and production of films for the Eames's principal clients, the Herman Miller (firm), International Business Machines Corporation, and the governments of India and the United States. Includes correspondence and other material pertaining to the Eames's collaboration with Elmer Bernstein, I. Bernard Cohen, John Dinkeloo, Owen Gingerich, Edmund Sears Morgan, Philip Morrison, Raymond M. Redheffer, and Kevin Roche. Also includes Kaiser family papers containing material from Ray Eames's years at the Bennett School in Millbrook, N.Y., and her studies with Hans Hofmann. Other correspondents include Bill Ballantine, Elmer Bernstein, R. Buckminster Fuller, Alexander Girard, Dorothy Jeakins, A. Quincy Jones, Lee Krasner, Bill Lacy, George Nelson, Eliot Noyes, Gio Ponti, Kevin Roche, Paul Schrader, Peter Smithson, Saul Steinberg, Harry Weese, and Billy Wilder. Bio/History: Charles Eames (1907-1978), architect and designer, and his wife Ray Eames (1912-1988), artist and designer. Ray Eames was born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Forms part of the collection known as the Work of Charles and Ray Eames (Library of Congress). Associated materials: Some photographs and drawings transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Occupation: Architects. Designers. |
| extent | 120.2 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Notes Research Files Financial Records |
| access | The papers are available for public access for purposes of study, scholarship, and noncommercial use. Persons granted access shall have the right to procure single-copy reproductions for noncommercial scholarship purposes. |
| record link | https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcfindingaidpdfs/ms998024/ms998024.pdf |
| record source | https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998024 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. |
| acquisition information | The papers of Charles Eames, architect and designer, and his wife, Ray Eames, artist and designer, were given to the Library of Congress by Ray Eames in 1988. |
| updated | 07/22/2025 11:37:44 |
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