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titleLockwood De Forest correspondence, 1930.
repositoryUniversity of California, Berkeley
descriptionEight letters are addressed to De Forest, mostly from family members, discussing the settlement of the estate and disposition of the negatives and pictures of photographer Henry Ravell.

Collection Number:
BANC MSS 86/144 c

extent15 items (18 l.) in portfolio.
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://oskicat.berkeley.edu:80/record=b10563797~S1
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titleLockwood de Forest papers, 1858-1978.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionREELS 2730-2734: Biographical information; personal, family and business correspondence, 1858-1931, including letters regarding de Forest's wood carving business in Ahmedabad, India, the export of carvings, and the sale of the operation to Tiffany Studios;

correspondence, 1974-1978, regarding the exhibition of de Forest's work at the Hechscher Museum, Huntington, New York and at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; diaries, 1868-1890, kept by Lockwood de Forest and his wife Meta, which include entries about their travels in India; published and unpublished writings by de Forest on such topics as art, art schools, education, landscape architecture, museums, furniture construction, the study of nature and psychic research.

Also included are sketches and sketchbooks, undated and 1869-1881, primarily of places visited in Europe and the Middle East; printed material; photographs of de Forest, his family and friends, his house at East 10th Street in New York City, and works of art (oil paintings, decorative tiles, rugs, weapons, tools, etc.); and business records, consisting of sales records, account books, bills, receipts, invoices, and shipping records. Photographers include: George C. Cox, Frederick Hollyer, and Pach Brothers.

UNMICROFILMED: A copybook of letters, 1905-1918; and two publications "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine," 1890, and the "Metropolitan Museum of Art Addresses at the Opening of the American Wing," vol. XXXIX.

Bio / His Notes:
Landscape painter, interior designer, architect, writer, and collector (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
extent3.0 linear ft. (ca. 4,500 items)
formatsPersonal Papers Business Papers Correspondence Financial Records Diaries
accessMicrofilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.defolock.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/lockwood-de-forest-papers-7429
finding aidA more detailed description of the correspondence, diaries, writings, and printed materials in the Lockwood de Forest papers is available at all Archives of American Art offices.
acquisition informationDonated 1982 by Mrs. Lockwood de Forest III, daughter-in-law of Lockwood de Forest.
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titleArtists' biographical questionnaires, 1905.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionBiographical forms completed by artists and illustrators for the Art League Publishing Company's ARTISTS YEAR BOOK. Each contains details written by the artist concerning parentage, exhibitions and collections containing his work, books illustrated, memberships in clubs, etc.

Included are forms from: Hugo Ballin, Frederick E. Bartlett, James C. Beckwith, William V. Birney, Karl Bitter, Albert D. Blashfield, Carle Joan Blenner, Frederick A. Bridgman, Bolton Brown, Ray Brown, George Elmer Browne, George De Forest Brush, Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, Walter A. Clark, Kenyon Cox, Lockwood De Forest, Harry Fenn, James E. Fraser, Walter Granville-Smith, Jules Guerin, Birge Harrison, Thomas A. Harrison, Ernest Haskell, Albert Herter, George Hitchcock, Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock, Edward Kemeys, William S. Kendall, Alonzo Kimball, Charles MacCord, Thomas R. Manley, Richard F. Maynard, George H. McCord, Thomas Meteyard, Francis D. Millet, John H. Mills, Edward P. Moran, Henry Mosler,
Herman D. Murphy, Leonard Ochtman, Frederick B. Opper,

Eric Pape, Ernest Peixotto, Edward Penfield, Louis M. Potter, Edward W. Redfield, Henry Reuterdahl, Louis J. Rhead, Henry Sandham, William Sartain, Claude A. Shepperson, Florence Scovel Shinn, George H. Smillie, James D. Smillie, Frederic D. Steele, Julian Story, Lorado Taft, Henry O. Tanner, Frank W. Taylor, Dwight W. Tryon, Charles Henry Turner, Charles Yardley Turner, Ross S. Turner, Simon H. Vedder, Carleton Wiggins, Irving R. Wiles, Henry Wolf, Charles H. Woodbury, Rufus F. Zogbaum, and George J. Zolnay.

Bio / His Notes:
Art publishing house; Chicago, Ill. Published, THE ARTISTS YEAR BOOK: A HANDY REFERENCE BOOK WHEREIN MAY BE FOUND INTERESTING DATA PERTAINING TO ARTISTS, AND THEIR STUDIO, HOME, AND SUMMER ADDRESSES, FOR 1905-1906. Arthur Hosking was the editor.
extent0.4 linear ft.
formatsEphemera
accessPatrons must use microfilm copy. [Note: Forms are scattered alphabetically throughout the 3 reels with other unrelated documents. Consult AAA's published "Card Catalog of the Manuscript Collections of the Archives of American Art" under the artists' name for specific reel and frame location].
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
finding aidConsult AAA's published "Card Catalog of the Manuscript Collections of the Archives of American Art" under the artists' name for specific microfilm reel and frame location.
acquisition informationDonated 1958.
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titleAmerican Art Association Records, circa 1853-1929, bulk 1885-1922
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionPapers retained by Kirby, 1910-1923, including photograph and price files on more than 100 auctions, 1910-1913, 1915-1918, and 1921-1923, with sections from a typescript of the history of the firm describing many of the sales; a correspondence and clipping file, 1910-1923, containing letters from William Merritt Chase regarding the sale of his collection, David Belasco, Joseph Widener, Lockwood deForest, John P. Morgan, and others; an address on the history of the Association delivered by Kirby; and a small file of material commemorating the death of Francis Davis Millet, drowned in the sinking of the Titanic, 1912.

REELS 4478-4484: 28 v. of record books, including 14 v. recording sales of paintings, 1885-1921; "Disposition of Pictures," 1886-1891 (mostly 1887), (1 v.); "Pictures Rec'd and Delivered," July 1881-May 1891 (1 v.); Submissions to New York Water Color Club, 1890-1892 (1 v); Sales by other galleries and auction houses, 1853-1902 (4 v.), representing sales in Paris and the U.S., apparently compiled from printed catalogs; stock book, 1887-1917, of "Paintings," (1 v.), and a stock book for furniture of the American Art Association offices, 1912 (1 v.); and 4 albums of photographs of Stanford White's house and collection, auctioned November 1907.

UNMICROFILMED (7.7 linear ft.): Thomas Kirby's correspondence, speeches, partnership agreements, memorabilia, and notes and manuscript pages from his autobiography and biography (both unfinished); speeches and press releases related to the 1922 opening of the American Art Galleries; files on auctions and exhibitions, 1884-1910, compiled by Rose H. Lorenz to aid Charles De Kay in the preparation of Kirby's biography "Art Under the Hammer" (unfinished), containing correspondence, clippings, price lists, photographs and manuscript pages; financial records of auctions, 1918-1922; memoranda and legal papers; clippings, exhibition catalogs, 1853-1917; and photographs.

Among the photographs are several of Thomas Kirby and 1 of Gustavus, and a group of 62 cabinet photographs taken by photographers in Paris, all but a few of French artists, probably related to the Association's involvement in the late 1890s to early 1900s of sales of paintings by French artists.

UNMICROFILMED (13 linear ft.): ca. 172 volumes and packages, including account books (75 v.); Bric-a-Brac (4 v.), salary lists (5 v.), sales of books, etchings, etc. (4 v.), catalog distribution (3 v.), and address books (128 v.). Also included are 9 v. of ledgers from the Blakeslee Galleries, presumably acquired in 1914 when gallery owner Theron Blakeslee died, and the Association auctioned off the Gallery's paintings.
extent27.8 Linear feet
formatsCorrespondence Photographs Clippings Financial Records Notes
accessMicrofilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.amerarta.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-art-association-records-6973
finding aidUnmicrofilmed (7.7 linear ft.): Box inventory available at AAA offices. Reels 4478-4484: Inventory of record books available at AAA offices.
acquisition informationMaterial on reels 422-425 was donated in 1968 by Kirby's daughter, Mrs. Thomas B. Waller. The unmicrofilmed material and record books on reels 4478-4484 were originally given to the American Antiquarian Society by Gustavas T.Kirby, son of Thomas E. Kirby, in 1936. The Antiquarian Society placed the record books on deposit at the Archives of American Art in 1972 and subsequently donated them along with the Kirby material January 1978. An additional 5 items concerning the opening of the Association's new building were donated 1993 by the American Antiquarian Society.
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titleOral history interview with John Davis Hatch, 1979 Aug. 30-1980 Nov. 7.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionAn interview of John Davis Hatch conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art.

Hatch recalls his childhood in California and training as a landscape architect, including an apprenticeship with Lockwood de Forest. He discusses his appointment as director of the Gallery of Fine Arts in Seattle at age 21

and his efforts there to develop an Asian focus for the museum and cultivate artists of the region, including Mark Tobey, Dudley Pratt, Kenneth Callahan, Emily Carr, Jose de Creeft, Frederick Varley, and Avard Fairbanks. He describes his interest in studying museums across the country and abroad and the roles played in the museum scene by the American Federation of Arts and the Museum Directors Association.

Hatch recalls his work as assistant director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and as director of government art projects in New England in the 1930s, when he worked with Edward Bruce, Oscar Bluemner, Charles Woodbury, John Wharf, and Laura Coombs Hills, among others.

He describes an attempt to form the American Artists Depository, a precursor to the Archives of American Art, and his activities collecting American drawings, organizing travelling exhibitions, and promoting American art history as a discipline.

Hatch speaks of his tenure as director of the Albany Institute of History and Art and his efforts to advance an appreciation of local Dutch history and the work of Thomas Cole. He remembers encounters with Henry Francis Du Pont and Charles Franklin Montgomery.

Hatch describes the start of his teaching career in Oregon and his involvement with local artists C.S. Price, Carl Morris, and Ludvik Durchanek. He talks about a stint as director of the Norfolk (Va.) Museum of Arts and Sciences and his work as a consultant to museums, especially as it pertained to the development of arts programs at black colleges in the South.

Hatch concludes with a discussion of museums near his home in Lenox, including the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Berkshire Museum.
extent6 sound tape reels ; 5 in. (307 p. transcript)
formatsSound Recording Transcript
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-john-davis-hatch-12048
acquisition information These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
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titleCulin Archival Collection Series 2: collecting expeditions 1898-1928 1903-1928 (bulk).
repositoryThe Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
descriptionSeries 2 documents Culin's expeditions, through which he actively sought to develop the Native American, eastern European, and Asian collections of the Department of Ethnology at the Brooklyn Museum.

The seventeen Brooklyn Museum expeditions fall into three units, each with the goal of developing comprehensive collections: Native American Cultures (1903-08, 1911, 1917); Asia (1909, 1912-13, 1913-14); and eastern Europe (1920-28). The series also documents three earlier trips made while Culin was in Philadelphia.

Culin's collecting and expeditions are documented in diary-style expedition reports, illustrations, ephemera and appendices, chapbooks and financial records, as well as in watercolor and oil paintings by Herbert B. Tschudy.
Subseries 2.1 is comprised of the detailed documentation Culin amassed during his many collecting expeditions.

These reports are heavily illustrated, containing photographs, drawings, newspaper clippings, correspondence, postcards, and assorted ephemera collected by Culin in his travels.

Descriptive emphasis is on collecting, although the narrative also includes descriptions of other museums and their exhibitions, visits to collectors, dealers, donors and makers of objects; extensive description of his physical journeying, fellow passengers, lodgings, meals and entertainment.

Two reports also include detailed appendices: "Census of the Zuni Indians" (1904), by E. F. Davis; and "Origin of the Navajo Order of Naal'oi baba," by Father Juvenel Schnorbus, and "Zuni Notes," a transcription of interviews with Nick Graham (Zuni Nick), both from 1907. From 1904-23, reports include decorative frontispieces by Herbert Bolivar Tschudy; most include an itinerary.

Culin collected actively on exhibitions throughout North America and British Columbia, acquiring over nine thousand objects between 1903 and 1922, describing many in great detail. Reports for the Southwest contain many photographs, including images by noted photographers Ben Wittick and A C. Vroman, as well as by Culin.

Reports from China and Japan provide less detail about objects collected, but describe Culin's travels in great detail. Reports from eastern Europe focus on collecting costumes and textiles, which are depicted in numerous postcards; Culin's political commentary is included as well.

Dealers, collectors and museum professionals are featured prominently in these reports. On the North American trips these include traders Charles L. Day, J. L. Hubbell, John Hudson, Thomas Keam, Charles Lummis, C. F. Newcombe, and Andrew Vanderwagen, and the Franciscan Brothers at St. Michaels;

in Asia, John Batchelor, Lockwood DeForest, K.O. Kusakabi, Dr. Neil Gordon Munro, Frederick Starr, Toko Takayemagi, and Yeti Takemashi; for European trips, Louis Clark, John DeVegh, Andrew LeCoq, and William O. Oldman.

Subseries 2.2 consists of pocket-sized chapbooks in which Culin made brief entries tracking his travel expenses and object purchases; some include accession numbers.

Subseries 2.3 is comprised of expense reports, including purchase lists, voucher numbers, travel expense lists and receipts.

Subseries 2.4 includes oil and watercolor paintings made by Museum Artist Herbert B. Tschudy (Judy), who accompanied Culin on several of his early expeditions, documenting scenes of Native American people in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and British Columbia that were then used to provide backdrops for museum installations.

Biographical/historical note
Stewart Culin (1858-1929), ethnologist and museum curator, worked at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of archaeology and Anthropology from 1890 to 1903, and served as Curator of Ethnology at The Brooklyn Museum from 1903 until his death.

Found In
Culin, Stewart Culin Archival Collection

Cite as
The Brooklyn Museum Archives, Culin Archival Collection.

Location
Brooklyn Archives

Call Number
SO1/02
extent11.25 l.f.
formatsJournals Correspondence Drawings Clippings Ephemera
accessPermission of Archivist/Librarian required.
record linkhttp://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/research/culin/culin.php
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013149299707141
finding aidFinding aid and database access available in repository.
acquisition informationPurchased from Alice Culin, 1929.
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titleLockwood De Forest artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1920-2000.
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
descriptionAssembled artist file includes b&w photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, and in some cases, negatives. Items may include full views, details, before and after restoration views, etc.

Documentation may include artist name, title of work, medium, dimensions, provenance, exhibition history, related works, previous attributions, and bibliography.

Location
Frick Photoarchive Stacks

Call Number
100 De Forest
extent1 folder [as of 1999] : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
formatsPhotographs Reproductions
accessPhotocopies of items and accompanying documentation are available upon request, subject to fees and other current guidelines for reproduction. Photographic prints from the Library's negatives may be ordered subject to copyright requirements.
record sourcehttps://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991003673579707141
finding aidN/A
acquisition informationThe Library continues to add to the file.
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titleArtist file: De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932. miscellaneous uncataloged material.
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionThe folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

Location
MoMA Queens Artist Files

Call Number
de Forest, Lockwood
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991012083489707141
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titleArtist file. De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932.
repositoryThe Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
descriptionThe file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material.

Cite as
Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. Clark S. Marlor artist files.


extent1 folder.
formatsArtist Files
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991000046059707141
acquisition informationDr. Clark S. Marlor; 1992-ongoing.
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titleBMA artist files. De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932.
repositoryThe Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
descriptionFound In
BMA artist files

The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material.

Cite as Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. BMA artist files.
extent1 folder.
formatsArtist Files
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991000313069707141
acquisition informationFiles compiled by BMA library staff from 1917 to the present.
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titleDu Pont-Kemble-De Forest families Correspondence, 1840-1882.
repositoryHagley Museum and Library
descriptionThe correspondence of Victorine du Pont Kemble traces her life as a student at boarding school, as a young mother celebrating Christmas with her in-laws, and as the employer of a staff of domestics.

There are ten letters written while at boarding school, of which nine are addressed to her aunt, namesake and teacher, Victorine du Pont Bauduy. The letters refer to her previous studies with her aunt and describe daily life at the school, including classes in drawing and the piano and information about other students and boarders.

There are two letters written to her mother, one while at school and the other in 1853. The latter describes the Kemble's Christmas celebration and includes details about the dinner and gifts, as well as health concerns. Kemble received two letters from a former servant, "Little Ellen," who had left her employ to live with a family in Australia. The letters, which depict her life in Australia and reminiscences of the Kemble household in New York, reflect an amicable relationship between the two women.

The collection also contains one letter from William Kemble to Henry du Pont (1850) regarding the purchase of a farm in Delaware or Maryland for Peter and Victorine Kemble.

De Forest family correspondence consists of three groups of letters. One written to Lockwood de Forest by his uncle John A. Weeks from Rome (1878) describes his hotel and leisurely style of sightseeing.

Ten letters written by Lockwood and Meta de Forest to his parents while in India 1881) describe sightseeing, expenses, social customs and attendance at social events with Mr. and Mrs. John Lockwood Kipling (parents of Rudyard Kipling) and Elliott Roosevelt.

The letters also contain information about local artwork, cut brass, and jewelry which de Forest exported to the United States. The collection also contains one letter to Meta de Forest from Amy Bradford pertaining to receipes and containing a recipe for mango chuntey (1882).

Biographical Notes:
Victorine du Pont was the eldest child of Alfred Victor du Pont, senior partner in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and his wife Margaretta Lammot. She attended the boarding school of Charles Picot in Philadelphia (1840-1841) and in 1849 married Peter Kemble, the son of William Kemble, the company's New York business agent.

She resided in New York until her death in 1887. One of her daughters, Meta, married the New York artist Lockwood de Forest in 1880.

During the next two years, the couple traveled extensively in India, where Lockwood de Forest established a shop producing architectural woodwork for export.

Location:
SODA HOUSE - Manuscripts & Archives

Call Number or Accession Number:
2156

extent28 items
formatsCorrespondence
accessNo restrictions on use.
finding aidUnpublished finding aid available at the repository.
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titleRecords of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930
repositoryThe Cleveland Museum of Art
descriptionThe 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].
extent22.6 cubic feet, 72 boxes
formatsAdministrative Records Writings Correspondence Notes
accessAt the end of the restricted period, the records will still be subject to the review of the archivist before access is granted.
record linkhttp://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/whiting/index.php
record sourcehttp://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/
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