Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Lee, Sherman E.
| title | Seattle Art Museum records, Thomas N Maytham; Sherman E Lee, 1910-1987 | repository | University of Washington Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, writings, minutes, reports, budget files, exhibition files, conferences and conventions, project and planning files, committee files, loan files, lists, indexes, personnel files, development files, grant files, policy manuals, newsletters, publications, publicity, clippings, scrapbooks, engagement books, catalogs, photographs, slides, ephemera, subject files; 1908-2004. Historical Note The Seattle Art Museum was established in 1933. It was preceded by the Seattle Fine Arts Society (1910-1929) and the Art Institute of Seattle (1929-1933). From 1933 until 1991 the museum was based in Volunteer Park, in a building designed by Carl F. Gould. A new museum in downtown Seattle opened in 1991 with a collection in excess of 18,000 objects. The Volunteer Park building became the Seattle Asian Art Museum, also administered by the Seattle Art Museum. |
| extent | 422.52 cubic ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Administrative Records Financial Records Exhibition Files |
| access | Access partially restricted. For terms of access, contact repository. Some restrictions exist on duplication, quotation, or publication; contact the repository for details. |
| record source | http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/papersrecords/SeattleArtMuseum2636.xml |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository and on the World Wide Web. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:03 |
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| title | Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002 | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Transcripts, audio recordings, and computer disks preserve interviews with contemporary art historians, archaeologists, bibliographers, and selected key individuals from the J. Paul Getty Trust. Biographical / Historical Note The Oral History Documentation project was begun in collaboration with the Oral History Program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1991. Seventeen interviews were completed, most by interviewer and historian Richard Cándida Smith, in collaboration with UCLA. The Oral History Program owns the tapes and electronic versions and this collection includes only the transcripts of these interviews. Transcripts of those interviews jointly sponsored by the Getty and UCLA are also located at UCLA and in the Bancroft Library at Berkeley. The project has been continued by the Getty Research Institute alone, and is an on-going effort to document and contribute to the history of the discipline of art history and closely related fields, particularly archaeology. Interviews, thus far, are with art and architectural historians, archaeologists, a bibliographer and historian of the book arts, a collector of artists’ papers, and leaders of art institutions, including the leadership of the Getty Trust. |
| extent | 6 linear feet |
| formats | Transcript Sound Recording |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers except the unreformatted sound recordings and selected transcripts and recordings that are temporarily sealed and restricted. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/940109/940109.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat355988 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Sherman E. Lee papers, 1958-1996. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material; correspondence with scholars, editors, collectors, dealers, art societies and organizations, and others; newspaper clippings, ca. 1960-1970; honorary degrees and other awards; photographs of Chinese painting, Chinese and Japanese sculpture, ceramics and objects; trip itineraries, 1958-1982, and travel notebooks; Lee's field journal as a member of the Art and Archaeology Delegation to the People's Republic of China, 1973 (2 v. and typescript); published and unpublished writings including typescripts of articles, memorial addresses, introductions, and lectures, ca. 1963-1983; lists of Lee's publications; and records regarding Lee's personal art collection. Bio / His Notes: Museum director; Cleveland, Ohio. Born 1918. Lee's career has included positions as an author, curator, professor, and consultant of Chinese and Japanese art. In 1952, he joined the Cleveland Museum of Art as a curator of Oriental art, following jobs at the Detroit Institute of Art and the Seattle Art Museum. He served in the Navy during WWII and from 1946 to 1948, he was Advisor on Arts and Monuments at General MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo. He has written many books, including Chinese Landscape Painting (1954), A History of Far Eastern Art (1964), and The Genius of Japanese Design (1981). |
| extent | 9.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Photographs Notebooks Journals |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1997 by Sherman Lee. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | James Cahill papers 1945-1996 | repository | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives |
| description | Papers created by Asian art historian, curator, and collector Dr. James Francis Cahill. Includes personal and professional correspondence and project files documenting his many publications, lectures and activities in the Asian art field. Portions record his early career at the Freer Gallery of Art, where he served as curator of Chinese art from 1957-1965, and his tenure (1965-1994) as Professor of the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley. The folder descriptions were retained from Cahill's own folder titles and organized alphabetically within each series. The correspondence files include communication with some of the most influential members of the Asian art community including: Richard M. Barnhart, Wen Fong, Shen fu, Thomas Lawton, Lothar Ledderose, Sherman Lee, Chu-tsing Li, John A. Pope, Alan Priest, Laurence Sickman, Osvald Siren, Alexander Soper, C.C. Wang, Fangyu Wang, and Nelson Wu, as well as letters exchanged with art organizations such as the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Freer Gallery of Art, College Art Association, National Palace Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The project files include Cahill's notes; clippings; publicity and announcements; photographs; drafts of articles and speeches; and correspondence pertaining to specific projects such as the Taiwan photo project, exhibitions, and numerous lectures and symposia in which he participated. Cite as: James Cahill papers, 1945-1996. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of James Cahill, December 12th, 2001. |
| extent | 15 linear ft. |
| formats | Personal Papers Business Papers Correspondence Clippings Photographs |
| access | Access is by appointment only, Monday through Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please contact the Archives to make an appointment. Access to correspondence may be restricted and/or delayed. A minimum of two week's notice is required to view any correspondence; consult repository for details. |
| record link | http://www.asia.si.edu/archives/finding_aids/cahill.htm |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | online and in repository |
| acquisition information | Gift of James Cahill, 2001 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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