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Archives related to: Ludington, Wright S.
| title | Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Wright S. Ludington Collection, 1900 – 1993 | repository | Santa Barbara Museum of Art Archives |
| description | The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Wright S. Ludington Collection documents the personal papers of Wright S. Ludington from 1900 – 1992. Many of the records overlap Ludington’s involvement with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art from 1940 until his death in 1992 as donor, president and art collector. The collection includes scrapbooks, photograph prints, 35 mm slides, exhibition and auction catalogues, correspondence, art collection inventory, invoices and receipts, news clippings and ephemera. Publication Information All requests for permission to publish should be directed to the SBMA Manager of Archives. Preferred Citation [Item description including date], Wright S. Ludington Collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Archives. Research queries can be directed to archives@sbma.net |
| extent | 3 boxes (1.5 linear feet) |
| formats | Scrapbooks Photographs Correspondence Inventories Clippings |
| access | Collection is available for use. Some items restricted. Contact SBMA Archives. |
| record link | https://www.sbma.net/sites/default/files/attachment/ludington.pdf |
| record source | https://www.sbma.net/sites/default/files/attachment/ludington.pdf |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:06 |
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| title | Wright S. Ludington artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1920-2000. | repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library |
| description | Assembled 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. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| access | Frick: Photocopies 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 source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991003772999707141 |
| updated | 08/30/2022 16:59:31 |
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| title | Warren Austin papers, 1939-1999. | repository | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| description | Papers of Warren Austin (1911-1999), owner of the Val Verde Estate in Montecito, California. Austin was a close friend of Dame Judith Anderson, a patron of the Lobero Theatre (Santa Barbara, California) and personal physician to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Background Dr. Warren R. Austin (1911-1999) was personal physician to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor while the duke was governor of the Bahamas during World War II. After the end of the war, Dr. Austin moved to Montecito, California, where he established his practice in the Montecito Medical Center in 1948, and married Florence Heath Horton Austin (1915-1991) in 1956. In 1956, Dr. and Mrs. Austin purchased the Val Verde Estate in Montecito from Marjorie Buell. Val Verde, an Italianate mansion designed by Bertram Goodhue in 1893 for Henry Dater and added to by garden designer Lockwood de Forest for Wright Ludington, is considered one of the premier original Southern California estates. Dr. and Mrs. Austin expanded the estate from 9 to 17.4 acres. In addition to his medical career, Dr. Austin was deeply involved in theater and music in Santa Barbara, bringing many performances to the city as director of Val Verde Productions, including, among others, The Bernard Shaw Story (1966) starring Bramwell Fletcher, Dear Liar (1967) starring Sally Goldwater, and Hamlet (1970), with Dame Judith Anderson in the title role. In the course of these activities and as a patron of the arts in Santa Barbara, Dr. Austin struck up important friendships with Dame Judith Anderson, British Theater administrator Michael Hallifax, and Zoe Caldwell, famed for her performance alongside Dame Judith Anderson in Medea. Dr. Austin was involved in the Broadway Theatre League of Santa Barbara and a patron of the Lobero Foundation, where he was instrumental in establishing the Dame Judith Anderson Fund. Dr. Austin was the founder of the Canoe Island French Camp on Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, at which he served as camp physician. Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. |
| extent | 20.75 linear feet (10 document boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 small shoeboxes, 55 films) |
| access | The collection is open for research. |
| record source | http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucsb/spcoll/cusb-pamss80.pdf |
| acquisition information | Donated by Nancy Oliva, March 2010. |
| updated | 09/13/2019 11:55:12 |
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| title | Wright S. Ludington, interviewed by Demaris Lee, Santa Barbara, CA, December 1981. | repository | Santa Barbara Museum of Art Archives |
| description | Research queries can be directed to archives@sbma.net |
| updated | 09/13/2019 12:04:52 |
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