Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
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| updated | 01/06/2020 17:49:17 |
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| title | Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977 | repository | The Clark Library |
| description | The Curatorial Office Records of Charles C. Cunningham primarily contain correspondence about potential museum acquisitions and discussions of loans with staff at other museums. Due to his long and respected career, Cunningham had many acquaintances and close friends among curators and directors at other art institutions, as well as among art historians and dealers. The correspondence in these records includes numerous exchanges about intellectual and business concerns in the art world. Other materials in this series include: class lists, grades, assignments, and correspondence with students from several courses taught by Cunningham; CAI memoranda; and financial records about costs of exhibits and loans. |
| extent | 5 linear ft, (4 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | This material is currently restricted |
| record link | https://francine.clarkart.edu:443/record=b1180982~S4 |
| finding aid | n/a |
| acquisition information | These records were accessioned in May 2007. Series II, accrued in July 2009, was found in the office of the Clark's Registrar. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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| 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) 73 linear feet (172 file boxes, oversize materials) |
| access | Access to most of the records is unrestricted. Access to files containing materials deemed confidential, including recent institutional correspondence, is restricted. |
| record link | http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/012189660/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 | 03/14/2023 12:48:08 |
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| title | Joseph Cornell papers | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The papers of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) measure approximately 24.9 linear feet and date from 1804 to 1986 with the bulk of the material dating from 1939-1972. The collection documents the life, work, interests, and creative activities of the self-taught artist, who was best known for his shadow box constructions, assemblages, and collages. Papers include correspondence, diaries, source material, notes, writings, photographs, printed material, two- and three-dimensional ephemera, art works, and books, as well as a limited amount of legal and financial records, and some miscellaneous personal and family papers. The collection also includes the papers of his sister, Betty Cornell Benton, relating to the handling of Cornell's estate and the personal papers of his brother, Robert Cornell. |
| extent | 24.9 Linear feet |
| access | Use of the original papers requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sova.si.edu/search/ark:/65665/mw9ff67e8a66a8840f09df4537c9826eed7 |
| finding aid | https://sova.si.edu/record/AAA.cornjose?s=0&n=10&t=K&q=*&i=0 |
| acquisition information | The Joseph Cornell papers were donated and microfilmed in several installments from 1974 to 1989 by Joseph Cornell's sister, Betty Cornell Benton. Most, but not all, of the correspondence, which was loaned for microfilming in 1974, was subsequently donated in 1989. Additional material was donated in 2004 by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. |
| updated | 03/14/2023 12:51:53 |
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| title | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar Loan Records | repository | Smithsonian Institution Archives |
| description | This accession consists of records documenting outgoing loan requests denied or withdrawn. Materials include correspondence, loan request forms, and black and white photographs. |
| extent | 2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) |
| access | n/a |
| record link | n/a |
| finding aid | https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_246921 |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 03/14/2023 12:55:04 |
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