Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Baer, Curtis O.
| title | Exhibition Records of the Harvard Art Museums, 1905-2008 |
| repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These records were created by museum staff in the course of planning and installing exhibitions. They pertain primarily to exhibitions held in the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, but they also include materials related to traveling or off-site exhibitions. The records date from 1905-2008 and include correspondence on a wide range of topics, exhibition proposals, photographic prints and negatives, object lists, loan forms, press releases, clippings, invitations, posters, printed labels and wall text, memoranda, exhibition catalogues, and drafts of catalogue essays. |
| extent | 73 linear feet (172 file boxes, oversize materials) |
| access | Copying: Papers may be copied in accordance with the Harvard Art Museums Archives' usual procedures. |
| record link | https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/9/resources/397 |
| record source | https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990121896600203941/catalog |
| finding aid | https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/9/resources/397 |
| acquisition information | These records were created by museum staff in various departments and capacities as they planned and installed exhibitions. They were subsequently collected in the Archives. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 |
| repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These papers of Fogg Museum directors John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan document their administration of the museum and related professional activities. Most of Coolidge's papers were created during his administration, from 1948 to 1968; most of Mongan's papers are from her tenure as acting director and then director (1968 to 1971). The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including Coolidge's correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, blueprints, printed material, letters of recommendation, page proofs, financial documents, sketches, and grant proposals. |
| extent | 65 linear feet (152 file boxes, oversize materials) |
| access | Access to most of the papers is unrestricted. Access to files containing information on personnel matters, student academic records and other materials deemed confidential is restricted. These restrictions are noted at the file level. |
| record link | https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/9/resources/396 |
| record source | https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990120613630203941/catalog |
| finding aid | https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/9/resources/396 |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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