Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928
| title | Wave Hill, Inc. Photograph and manuscript collection, 1829-1960. | repository | New York State Historical Documents |
| description | Photographs of Wave Hill estate, including exterior and interior views of Wave Hill, ca.1870-1960; Glyndor I, ca.1908; and Glyndor II, ca.1928; grounds of the estate, 1911-1912; and "Stonehurst," a neighboring villa belonging to Robert Colgate, 1902. Also, photographs of residents and visitors, including photo of paintings of Mary Elizabeth Babcock Morris, 1829, ca.1843; photos of Mary Worthen Appleton, ca.1864-ca.1879; William H. Appleton, ca.1888-1894; William Worthen and Mary Appleton (children of Mary Worthen and William H. Appleton), ca.1875; Mrs. Isaac Michael Dyckman, n.d.; Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), ca.1904; George Walbridge Perkins, 1909; Dorothy Perkins, ca.1902; Bashford Dean, 1918; Arturo Toscanini, ca.1943; and Queen Mother Elizabeth, 1956. Manuscripts include letter from Albeah B. Paine to Bashford Dean, 1912, regarding Samuel Clemens manuscript, with one page manuscript by Clemens on republican education; photographs of letters by Anna Roosevelt Cowles, 1923, and Mary Appleton, ca.1930-1950, on history of Wave Hill; photograph of tax assessment records for Morris property, 1844; and photograph of a sketch of Riverdale shore, 1845. |
| extent | 5 cubic ft. |
| formats | Photographs Manuscript Correspondence Reproductions |
| access | Access to collections by appointment only. Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:03 |
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| title | Trade catalogs of fraternal organizations and military supplies, 1867-1950. | repository | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| description | Catalogs of military and yachting uniforms and supplies, lodge supplies, jewelry and costumes, as well as brochures and other ephemera on fraternal organizations and military issues. |
| extent | 32 items (1 box) : ill. |
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| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Research material on Bashford Dean, 1910-1930. | repository | New York Public Library |
| description | 1 bibliography, biographical sketches, commemorative publications, NYGB membership form, and photocopies of obituaries on Bashford Dean (1867-1928) of Riverdale, New York. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18061470~S1 |
| record source | http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18061470~S1 |
| acquisition information | Original: Compiled by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. |
| updated | 03/09/2017 14:55:07 |
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| title | Mary Cynthia Dickerson (Dickerson, Mary Cynthia, 1866-1923. )Correspondence, 1904-1923 | repository | New York State Historical Documents |
| description | Dickerson's correspondence, primarily concerning the acquisition of herpetological specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, with numerous collectors, both amateur and professional herpetologists, animal dealers, and individuals from museums and universities. Some correspondence concerning solicitation of specimens, inventories of herpetological specimens housed at the Museum, correspondence with individuals on collecting expeditions worldwide, and correspondence pertaining to identification of specimens and letters of inquiry from the public. Dickerson's correspondents include Bashford Dean, Paul Ruthling, and Emmett R. Dunn. Also, Dunn's notes and a manuscript concerning his reptile collecting and research in North Carolina. A few manuscripts from other researchers are included in the collection. In addition, correspondence regarding departmental administrative matters and monthly reports. Dickerson's correspondence, primarily concerning the acquisition of herpetological specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, with numerous collectors, both amateur and professional herpetologists, animal dealers, and individuals from museums and universities. Some correspondence concerning solicitation of specimens, inventories of herpetological specimens housed at the Museum, correspondence with individuals on collecting expeditions worldwide, and correspondence pertaining to identification of specimens and letters of inquiry from the public. Dickerson's correspondents include Bashford Dean, Paul Ruthling, and Emmett R. Dunn. Also, Dunn's notes and a manuscript concerning his reptile collecting and research in North Carolina. A few manuscripts from other researchers are included in the collection. In addition, correspondence regarding departmental administrative matters and monthly reports. Bio/History: Museum curator. |
| extent | 2.7 cubic ft. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | David Starr Jordan papers, 1861-1964. | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | General correspondence (1872-1913) relating to education, international relations, eugenics, and ichthyology, and business correspondence (1891-1913) relating to Stanford University, of which Jordan was president and chancellor; diaries and journals (1875-1928); lecture notebooks (1870-1924); published and unpublished writings; financial papers, biographical and genealogical information; scrapbooks (1861- 1928), clippings, and printed material. Correspondents include Tarleton Hoffman Bean, John Casper Branner, William Jennings Bryan, Luther Burbank, George Archibald Clark, John Henry Comstock, Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, Bashford Dean, Barton Warren Evermann, William Rainey Harper, Herbert Clark Hoover, William James, Jessie Knight Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Samuel Sidney McClure, Richard Rathbun, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Thomas Welton Stanford, Leonhard Stejneger, Joseph Swain, John J. Valentine, Thorstein Bunde Veblen, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Andrew Dickson White, and Ray Lyman Wilbur. Notes: Stanford University Library, Palo Alto, CA Additional Formats: Microfilm of originals in the Stanford University Archives, Palo Alto, Calif. Local Shelving No.: Microfilm 17,501-184P Repository: Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home |
| extent | 184 microfilm reels. |
| formats | |
| access | Open to research. |
| record source | http://catalog.loc.gov/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| acquisition information | Purchase, 1978 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Bashford Dean Memorabilia, 1910-1929. | repository | American Museum of Natural History |
| description | Collection consists of miscellaneous biographical notices and catalog of his exhibitions of arms and armor. Notes: Dean was an alumnus of City College, Class of 1896, and Curator of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art. |
| extent | .5 cubic ft. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Bashford Dean : [scrapbook of invitations, letters, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and memorials to Bashford Dean]. | repository | American Museum of Natural History |
| description | Items pasted on p. 1-31 of album. Subsequent leaves are blank and unnumbered. Location Rare Folio Call Number RF-18-J |
| extent | 1 album ; 40 cm. |
| formats | Scrapbooks |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://libcat.amnh.org/ |
| acquisition information | May have been compiled by William K. Gregory or another staff member of the American Museum of Natural History. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Dean Bashford Collection, 1888-1961 (bulk 1892-1908) | repository | American Museum of Natural History |
| description | The collection consists of two 5 x 7 inch sketchbooks and 281 items of papers, mostly correspondence, with a few sketches, maps and notes. The sketchbooks are dated July 26, 1892, and Aug. 19-20, 1892, respectively. The second book is labeled on title page: Notes on fossil fishes taken at British Museum. The leaves of the first book are unnumbered; in the second book, leaves are hand-numbered in the upper right corners. Sketches are in pencil; some contain textual annotations and some use the verso of the previous leaf. The papers consist primarily of letters to and from Dean, both handwritten and typewritten (many carbon copies), most related to his scientific interests and work. The third series contains some personal and family items, mostly posthumous, including an excerpt from Dean's will in which he leaves his library to the AMNH, along with $5000 for its upkeep. In the Series I, 7 of the letters are from Richard Rathbun of the U.S. Fish Commission; there are also letters from Dean to Rathbun in Series II. In the Series III, 12 letters are between Dean and William K. Gregory, paleontologist at the AMNH; much of the posthumous material is to and from Francesca LaMonte, assistant curator of ichthyology at the AMNH, concerning the planning and administration of the memorials to Dean. Three correspondents from Series II have a folder of material each: William [Bullock] Clark, Dr. Arnold Graf and [the Rev. Dr.] William Kepler. Other correspondents of interest with two or more letters in the collection include Tarleton Bean, Charles R. Eastman, David S. Jordan, Alfred G. Mayer and Charles H. Sternberg. Biog. Sketch Bashford Dean was an ichthyologist, paleontologist and expert on arms and armor. Dean was a trustee of and affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History from 1903 until his death; he was curator and curator emeritus of fishes and reptiles in the AMNH Dept. of Ichthyology and Herpetology, 1903-1914. He had a similar affiliation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was honorary curator of the Dept. of Arms and Armor. Dean studied geology and fossil fishes for his doctorate, and retained a strong interest in fish evolution and phylogeny. He held numerous positions during his professional life, including studying oyster culture for the U.S. Fish Commission; director of Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor; and professor of vertebrate zoology at Columbia University, where his classroom drawings of fishes were admired for their rapidity and skillful execution. Dean published Fishes living and fossil, with his own illustrations, in 1895, and the three-volume Bibliography of fishes between 1916 and 1923. He planned the AMNH's Hall of Fishes, which opened on Dec. 4, 1928, two days before his death. Special Collections Mss .D433-.D434 |
| extent | .5 linear ft. |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Sketchbooks Correspondence Legal Papers |
| access | By appointment with Special Collections. |
| record source | http://libcat.amnh.org |
| finding aid | Inventory of papers filed with collection; folder level control. |
| acquisition information | Sketchbooks Gift; Ms. Helena Dunkle; 2000. Papers Series II (1892-1908) Transfer from AMNH Dept. of Ichthyology; Eugene W. Gudger; 1938. Papers Series III (1915-1961) Transfer from AMNH Dept. of Ichthyology; James Atz; 1993. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing]. | repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| description | Records comprise correspondence and subject files created by the Secretary and General Counsel, Trustees and several past Directors of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This material relates to all aspects of Museum operations and administration including: acquisition of artworks through purchase, gift and bequest, exhibitions, building maintenance and construction, relations with City and State agencies, drafting and negotiating contracts, managing litigation, cultural property issues, legal and business affairs, grants and corporate donations. Files documenting the tenures of each Secretary of the Museum are included. In addition, there is substantial original documentation created by: former Directors of the Museum, including Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Caspar Purdon Clarke, Edward Robinson, Herbert E. Winlock; past Trustees, including: John Taylor Johnston, Henry Gurdon Marquand, Robert W. De Forest, and J. Pierpont Morgan; and key curatorial and administrative staff. Biography or History The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 in New York City by a group of businessmen, financiers, artists and collectors. On April 13 of that year the New York State Legislature granted an Act of Incorporation "for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said City a Museum and Library of Art, of encouraging and developing the Study of the Fine Arts, and the application of Art to manufacture and natural life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to that end of furnishing popular instruction and recreations." Railroad executive John Taylor Johnston served as the institution’s first President. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was appointed the first Director in 1879. The Office of the Secretary was established concurrently with the founding of the Museum, and is the central repository for official Trustee records, administrative correspondence and legal files of the Museum’s General Counsel. The Secretary is a member of the Museum staff who performs administrative duties under the general direction of the President or as may be assigned by the Chairman or Board of Trustees. The Secretary is responsible for coordinating and recording the proceedings of meetings the Board of Trustees and Trustee committees. The Secretary attends to official correspondence, has custody of and preserves the corporate seal and the archives, and oversees the legal affairs of the Museum. The following have served as Secretary of the Museum: William J. Hoppin (1874-1877), Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1877-1904), Robert W. DeForest (1904-1913), Henry W. Kent (1913-1940), George Lauder Greenway (1941-1942), Dudley T. Easby, Jr. (1945-1969), Ashton Hawkins (1969-1987), Linden Havemeyer Wise (1987-1992), Sharon H. Cott (1992-present). Citation [Title of item], [date], [folder title], Office of the Secretary Records, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Note Most materials in English; French, Italian, German and other languages are represented as well. |
| extent | 2500 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Subject Files Administrative Records Financial Records Legal Papers |
| access | Consult Archives staff regarding permission to quote or reproduce. |
| record link | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1705272~S1 |
| record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1705272~S1 |
| finding aid | npublished index and folder level database; access restricted to Archives staff only. |
| acquisition information | Transferred from Office of the Secretary. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Edward Drinker Cope Papers, 1848-1940 (bulk 1855-1896). (Ms. Coll. 956) | repository | Special Collections, Magill Library |
| description | Letters, notes and sketches related to Cope's work in paleontology and related sciences. Includes notebooks on animal classification, also sketches of birds, reptiles and amphibians. Includes letters on various scientific subjects from Alexander Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Alexander Graham Bell, J. Bevan Braithwaite, Julius Victor Carus, Pliny Earle Chase, Francis Darwin, Bashford Dean, Havelock Ellis, Albert Gaudry, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, A. Guyot, Ernst Haeckel, Joseph Henry, Oliver Wendell Holmes, T.H. Huxley, Joseph LeConte, James McCosh, Maria Mitchell, Alfred Newton, Richard Owen, Robert E. Peary, William Pepper, Edward B. Poulton, Ira Remsen, James Evans Rhoads, George John Romanes, Daniel B. Smith, Herbert Spencer and others. Bio/History: Zoologist, paleontologist and educator. Member Society of Friends. Professor at Haverford College (1864-1867) and University of Pennsylvania (1891); president (1896) American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| extent | ca. 110 items (1 box) |
| formats | Correspondence Notes Sketches Subject Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/edcope/ |
| record source | http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b2116571~S10 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in library. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Jacob Ellsworth Reighard papers, 1887-1942 | repository | Bentley Historical Library |
| description | Professional correspondence, writings and speech files, university lecture and course materials, and field notes and research files; include materials largely concerning operation of the department of zoology, the administration of the Biological Camp at Douglas Lake, and his research interest in Great Lakes fish; and photographs. Note(s): Donor: 2109./ Photographs described in Visual Materials File./ Bio/History: Professor of zoology at University of Michigan, director of the zoological laboratory, and museum of zoology. General Info: Finding aid in the library. Includes Jacob E. Reighard visual materials series. Location Bentley Historical 86457 Aa 2 |
| extent | 13 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Business Papers Notes Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/edcope/ |
| record source | http://mirlyn-classic.lib.umich.edu:80/F/?func=direct&doc_number=002741949&local_base=BENT_PUB |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the library and on the internet: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/edcope/ |
| acquisition information | Donor: 2109 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Henry Fairfield Osborn Papers, 1877-1935 (bulk 1908-1935). | repository | American Museum of Natural History |
| description | The collection consists of corrrespondence, published papers, unpublished manuscripts, academic papers, research subjects, books, a letter press book, and other miscellaneous material. Correspondence makes up almost half of the collection, and is divided into three series: individuals, personal and organizations. Most of the remaining material pertains to Osborn's extensive work on evolution and paleontology, including such major works as The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America (1910); and Men of the Old Stone Age (1925). The complete list of Osborn's correspondence fills 38 pages; correspondents include: Hans Christian Adamson; Carl and Mary Jobe Akeley; J.A. Allen, Roald Amundsen (2 letters only); Roy Chapman Andrews; H.E. Anthony; (Charles) William Beebe; Charles Berkey; Franz Boas; Barnum Brown; W.D. Burden; James P. Chapin; Frank M. Chapman; T.D.A. Cockerell; Childs Frick; Milo Hellman; William Temple Hornaday; Charles R. Knight; Frederic A. Lucas; Frank E. Lutz; W.D. Matthew; Charles C. Mook; John T. Nichols; Gladwyn K. Noble; John T. Scopes; and George G. Simpson. Biog. Sketch Henry Fairfield Osborn was a paleontologist, museum curator and administrator at the American Museum of Natural History. His 45-year career at the museum established it as a leading institution of research and scholarship in the fields of paleontology and evolution. Osborn's interest in paleontology, atypically for his time, derived as much from biology as from geology; in his undergraduate and graduate studies, he concentrated on biology, anatomy, embryology and neurology. In 1891, Osborn began his tenure at the AMNH by organizing and heading the new department of mammalian paleontology, while simultaneously accepting a similar position in biology at Columbia University. The AMNH department, which was eventually renamed vertebrate paleontology, was definitive in the museum's research and mission: the study and teaching of evolution. Osborn began his administrative work in 1899, becoming president in 1908, a position he held for twenty-five years. His strength was in leadership and education rather than empirical science; under his guidance, the museum expanded greatly in physical space and endowment, scientific staff, research and public education. Like his predecessor Albert S. Bickmore, Osborn recognized the need to combine information with entertainment. He popularized paleontology by ensuring that the museum's exhibits did not merely display the researchers' work, but also explained it in an attractive and accessible manner. Osborn, like so many of his contemporaries, was a prolific writer. His attempt to research and publish a definitive record of all the fossil mammals of North America was wildly overambitious, but by the time of his death he had completed substantial works on Equidae, titanotheres, rhinoceroses and Proboscidea, as well as on sauropod dinosaurs; his total publications number 940 (books, monographs, articles and papers), about half devoted to vertebrate paleontology. Special Collections Mss .O835 |
| extent | 66 linear ft. (125 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Printed Materials Manuscript |
| access | Access by appointment with Special Collections. |
| record source | http://libcat.amnh.org/ |
| finding aid | Correspondence with individuals has finding aid (74 p.); filed with collection; folder level control. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | William K. Gregory Papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948). | repository | American Museum of Natural History |
| description | The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his publications: "Comparative survey of evolution from primeval life to man"; "On the evolution and major classification of the civets (Viverridae) and allied fossil Carnovora : a phylogentic study of the skull and dentition"; and several chapters of "Procession of the vertebrates." There are also notes for Gregory's paper, written with Walter Granger, "A revision of the titanotheres of Mongolia," and galley proofs for several other papers. The collection also includes correspondence pertaining to Gregory's involvement in the posthumous publication of Samuel W. Williston's "The osteology of the reptiles"; correspondence with Henry C. Raven and photographs from their Australian expeditions in 1921 and 1922; and files pertaining to museum adnministration and exhibitions, as well as some of Gregory's personal financial papers. The complete list of Gregory's correspondence fills 30 pages of the finding aid; correspondents include: Hans Christian Adamson; Carl and Mary Jobe Akeley; Roy Chapman Andrews; Charles Berkey; Franz Boas; C.M. Breder; Barnum Brown; W.D. Burden; James P. Chapin; Frank M. Chapman; T.D.A. Cockerell; Childs Frick; Martin and Osa Johnson; Charles R. Knight; Michael Lerner; Frederic A. Lucas; Frank E. Lutz; W.D. Matthew; Charles C. Mook; Robert C. Murphy; John T. Nichols; Gladwyn K. Noble; Albert E. Parr; Herbert F. Schwarz; Harry L. Shapiro; and George G. Simpson. Biog. Sketch William King Gregory, vertebrate paleontologist and ichthyologist, was a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and a professor at Columbia University. Gregory served the AMNH for forty-four years, retiring as chairman and curator of its depts. of Fossil Fishes and of Comparative Anatomy and Ichthyology--the first individual at the AMNH to hold two curatorships. Gregory was also professor of Vertebrate Paleontology at Columbia, having earlier arranged the New York Academy of Sciences library for Professor Bashford Dean. This led to to the editing of Henry Fairfield Osborn's paleontological papers, and the development of the AMNH journal (later Natural history). Gregory's particular interest was the evolution of mammals, fishes and primates. He investigated the comparative anatomy of the muscles of vertebrates; evolution of the motor apparatus from fishes to humans; evolution of the jaws, teeth and skull; comparative anatomy of anthropoid apes and humans; evolution of the skulls of fishes; and the history and relationships of fishes in geologic time. Gregory did some collecting in the Western U.S. and, with Henry C. Raven, in Australia in 1921 and 1922. In 1925 he accompanied (Charles) William Beebe on the Arcturus to the Sargasso Sea. Gregory made two trips to Africa: in 1929, a Columbia-AMNH expedition to Central Africa collected adult gorillas for anatomical study; and in 1938 the Gregory-Hellman Transvaal Expedition to South Africa studied Australopithecus africus, discovered by Robert Broom. Gregory's work was primarily involved with teaching, research and exhibition planning; he also published over 360 works, including articles, books and monographs. He died in 1970. Special Collections Mss .G7441 |
| extent | 43 linear ft. (86 boxes) |
| formats | Administrative Records Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Manuscript |
| access | Access by appointment with Special Collections. |
| record source | http://libcat.amnh.org/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid (74 p.) filed with collection; folder level control. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 | repository | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| description | The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, the records constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic and social movements of the first half of the twentieth century; and the museum's relationship with civic, cultural, and educational institutions throughout the country and the world. The records from Frederic Allen Whiting's tenure as director are divided into four main series: I. Numbered Administrative Correspondence, II. Unnumbered Administrative Correspondence, III. Biographical Materials, and IV. Index to Numbered Administrative Correspondence. Citation: The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives, Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, date and short description of document [e.g., letter from Whiting to Kent, 6 June 1916]. |
| extent | 22.6 cubic feet, 72 boxes |
| formats | Administrative Records Writings Correspondence Notes |
| access | At the end of the restricted period, the records will still be subject to the review of the archivist before access is granted. |
| record link | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/whiting/index.php |
| record source | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:11 |
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