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titleTrustee minutes and agendas, 1887-1960.
repositoryNewberry Library
descriptionIncludes draft meeting minutes, in E.W. Blatchford's hand, from the period of the Newberry Library's founding and administration by the executors of the Walter L. Newberry estate (1887-1892, April 23) and official minutes of Trustees of the incorporated Newberry Library beginning April 25, 1892. From 1887 to 1892, minutes of frequent meetings between Newberry executors, E.W. Blatchford and W.H. Bradley, and the Librarian, William Frederick Poole, document all facets of the establishment of the Newberry Library.

The minutes of the Trustees of the Newberry Library include Trustee committee reports, appointments, resolutions, Librarian's reports, and other special reports and resolutions. Topics include the Library building, staff appointments and salaries, budget and expenditures, collection acquisition (AMA Library, Probasco Library) and organization, and endowment properties.
extent3.5 cubic ft.
formatsBusiness Papers
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
finding aidUnpublished inventory available in the Library. Folder level control.
updated03/16/2023 10:29:47
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titleCorrespondence to Henry Charles Lea, 1871.
repositoryUniversity of Pennsylvania
descriptionContained in:
Henry Charles Lea Papers, ca. 1830-1935. Folder 1026.

Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts
Call Number: Ms. Coll. 111
extent1 item (1 leaf).
formatsCorrespondence
accessNone
record sourcehttp://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu/
acquisition informationHenry Charles Lea willed his library and manuscripts to the University of Pennsylvania. Some items are a gift of his son, Arthur H. Lea, and daughter, Nina Lea, with additional correspondence and scrapbooks donated by Henry Lea Hudson, H. C. Lea's great-grandson. A few items have been acquired through purchases.
updated11/12/2014 11:30:01
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titleWilliam Frederick Poole Papers, 1858-1894 (bulk 1887-1894).
repositoryNewberry Library
descriptionIncludes primarily Poole's incoming and outgoing correspondence while Librarian at the Newberry, 1887-1894. Also includes some reports, memoranda, booklists, and invoices. Newberry Library administrative correspondence concerns acquisitions, Trustee affairs, personnel matters, library building design, and reference questions. There is also correspondence with prominent librarians and historians, and with publishers regarding Poole's Index.

Bio/History:
Historian, librarian, and first Librarian of the Newberry Library.
extent13 cubic ft.
formatsCorrespondence Administrative Records Ephemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
acquisition informationForms part of Record Group No. 3 (Office of the President and Librarian), Newberry Library Archives.
updated11/12/2014 11:30:01
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titleNewberry Library. Financial Agent Correspondence - general, 1892-1946.
repositoryNewberry Library
descriptionIncludes incoming and outgoing correspondence addressed to or kept by the Financial Agents (Brooks, Moss, Williams) concerning the administration of the Newberry Library and the Walter L. Newberry estate.

Also some book lists, notes, and memoranda. Interfiled for each year are book ordering correspondence, requests for jobs, building proposals and estimates, tenants' complaints and rent payments, letters from Library staff and trustees, insurance and legal correspondence, letters from architects, and correspondence with Chicago-area institutions. Significant correspondents include E. E. Ayer, E. W. Blatchford, W. N. C. Carlton, J. V. Cheney, H. Probasco, G. B. Utley, Holabird & Roche, John Crerar Library, Otto Harrasowitz, B. F. Stevens and Sons, and Walter M. Hill.

Bio/History:
The Financial Agent's responsibilities during the early years of the Library were varied and extensive.
extent21 cubic ft.
formatsCorrespondence Administrative Records Notes Ephemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
acquisition informationForms part of Subgroup No. 3 (Office of the Financial Agent), Newberry Library Archives
updated11/12/2014 11:30:01
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titleCincinnati Art Miscellany Collection, 1852-1980
repositoryCincinnati Museum of Art
descriptionThis collection consists of miscellaneous materials pertaining to various Cincinnati art-related organizations, events and individuals.

Included are Cincinnati newspaper articles on fine arts; materials from Cincinnati cultural organizations such as art exhibits, auctions, and festivals; documents from the Ohio Watercolor Society; newspaper clippings on national and international art events and organizations in Cincinnati;

articles, photographs and other information on ivory soap sculpture competitions sponsored by Proctor and Gamble; and documents pertaining to prominent Cincinnati art collectors.

Preferred Citation
Cincinnati Art Museum Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives
extent6 boxes
formatsClippings Printed Materials Photographs Ephemera Exhibition Files
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/OCA0010.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;brand=default;query=greer
updated11/12/2014 11:30:10
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titleCatalogue of the Collection of Books, Manuscripts, and Works of Art belonging to Mr. Henry Probasco, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873
repositoryThe Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
descriptionNotes
Collection acquired in 1890 by the Newberry Library, Chicago. Contains many books from the Yemeniz collection.
Addenda: p. 369-372. Manuscripts: p. 373-387. Photographs: p. 388-390. Paintings: p. 391-402. Marbles: p. 403-407.

The digitized copy is available from the Internet Archive.
extent1 item
record linkhttp://www.archive.org/details/cataloguecollec00librgoog
record sourcehttp://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/006369139/catalog
updated04/29/2018 17:00:18
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titleHigh-class paintings, many of which are by the great modern masters.
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library
descriptionAuction catalogue for the sale of paintings from the private collection of Henry Probasco. Held at the American Art Galleries, Monday evening, April 18, 1887.

The digitized copy of the catalogue is available through the Internet Archive.

extent1 item
record linkhttps://archive.org/details/highclass00amer
record sourcehttps://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991011260249707141
updated09/01/2022 10:47:40
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titleMarble Statuary, Real Bronzes, Russian Jaspers, Egyptian Porphyries, Japanese Bronzes and Cloisonnés, Plaques, Vases, Vert Antiques, Furniture and Objects d'Art Mr. Henry Probasco, Oakwood, Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio.
repositoryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
descriptionAuction catalogue for works of art from the private collection of Henry Probasco. Held at New York City's Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 366 Fifth Avenue, January 26-27, 1899.

The catalogue was digitized and is available through the Internet Archive.
extent1 item
record linkhttps://archive.org/details/b1498940
record sourcehttps://library.metmuseum.org:443/record=b1498940~S1
updated04/29/2018 17:01:57
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