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Archives related to: Haass, Lillian Henkel, 1879-1960
| title | Lillian Henkel Haass papers, 1925-1960 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Printed material, clippings, and letters regarding Haass's gifts to the Detroit Institute of Arts, her resignation as President of the DIA Founder's Society and her involvement with the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit; two letters from Mrs. John Carroll and one letter from Frank Rehn about Carroll's painting "Mother and Two Children" and letters to Haass from artists and connoisseurs such as John Pappas, F. Carlos Lopez, Sarkis Sarkisian, Victor Heiser, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Charles Sheeler and Lionello Venturi; photographs, and business records. Bio / His Notes: President of the DIA Founder's Society, Art collector and patron. |
| extent | 270 items (on partial microfilm reel). Reel(s): 880 |
| formats | Microfilm Printed Materials Clippings Correspondence |
| access | Loan: use on microfilm only. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/lillian-henkel-haass-papers-8875 |
| acquisition information | Location of Originals: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Constance McMath, after microfilming. Lent for microfilming 1974 by Mrs. Constance McMath, daughter of Mrs. Haass. |
| updated | 07/10/2023 10:32:07 |
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| title | The Edgar P. Richardson records, 1930-1962. | repository | Detroit Institute of Arts |
| description | These records are primarily the administrative correspondence of Edgar P. Richardson as assistant director and director of the Detroit Institute of Arts. They also include his activities as co-founder of the Archives of American Art and as a member of various national and local organizations. A broad range of activities is reflected, including the daily operation of the museum, its governing bodies, departments and staff. Expertising, acquisitions, exhibitions and finances are also covered. Material transferred to the Central Files includes a manuscript of The Way of Western Art, press releases, minutes of the board of trustees and the Arts Commission. Additional records are located in the Archives of American Art. Location Detroit Institute of Arts Collection DIA Archives Call No. RCH 1-75 |
| extent | 37.25 linear feet. |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Exhibition Files Ephemera Financial Records |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/dia/collections/finding_aids/richardson_finding_aid.pdf |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in Archives or online. Folder level control. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:07 |
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| title | The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives) | repository | Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti |
| description | The collection contains about 300,000 photographs, many of them collected by Berenson himself from the 1880s until the time of his death in 1959. Many have notes on the back in his handwriting. Many show works of art before restoration, and others show images since destroyed. An important section, "Homeless paintings", contains photographs of works whose current location is unknown. The photographs are almost exclusively black and white in a variety of photographic media, such as albumen, gelatine, or carbon. About 3000 large-format photographs are stored separately. In addition, there is a considerable amount of documentary material in the form of clippings, notes and printed reproductions. The photographs are arranged according to Berenson's original scheme, by school: Florence, Siena, Central Italy, Northern Italy, Lombardy, Venice, Southern Italy. Within each school they are arranged by artist, then by topography, followed by homeless. Paintings and drawings are arranged separately. The main focus of the collection is on Italian painting and drawing from the mid-thirteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. This part of the collection continues to be developed through the acquisition of new materials and through photographic campaigns. Later periods are also represented but in smaller scale, without systematic updating. There is also material on medieval painting, arranged topographically; manuscript illumination, arranged according to present location; archeology; Byzantine art and architecture, arranged both by artist and by location; and non-Italian art, arranged by country. Finally a section of 8000 photographs is devoted to the art of the Far East, India and Islam. In addition to the original Berenson nucleus, collections of prints, glass plates, negatives and transparencies have entered the Fototeca. These include the collections of Emilio Marcucci (nineteenth-century projects for the completion of various Florentine monuments), George Kaftal (representations of saints in Italian painting of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries), Henry Clifford (painting thirtheenth to seventeenth centuries), Giorgio Castelfranco (Italian art thirteenth to twentieth centuries), Giannino Marchig (restoration), Frederick Hartt (Michelangelo, Giulio Romano), Giuseppe Marchini (Italian art and stained glass), and Craig H. Smyth (Renaissance painting and drawing). There is a small collection of micropublications and microfiche (162,386 frames): L=index photographique de l'art en France (95,648); Sotheby's Pictorial Archive - Old Master Paintings (45,472); Christie's Pictorial Archive Italian School (9,898); Christie's Pictorial Archive - New York 1977-95 Old Master Paintings & Drawings (11,368). The microfilm of the Bartsch Corpus comprises about 42,000 frames. Notes Most photographers not identified. |
| extent | 300,000 + photographs |
| formats | Photographs Reproductions Microfilm Artist Files |
| access | Contact Ilaria Della Monica the archivist at the Berenson Library for restrictions and appointments. |
| record link | http://via.lib.harvard.edu/via/deliver/advancedsearch?_collection=via |
| record source | http://itatti.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Currently, there is no catalog of the photographs at Villa I Tatti. In some cases, Artist Files, can be found school (i.e. Venetian, Lombard, Northern Italy, Central Italy, etc. . .) and some are cataloged in Harvard's online catalog, HOLLIS. |
| acquisition information | Originally formed by Bernard Berenson the Library continues to add to the file. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:10 |
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