Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: E. and A. Silberman Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
| title | Institutional file. E. and A. Silberman Galleries (New York, N.Y.) | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | Preferred citation: Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. BMA institutional files. |
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| access | Contact the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives for access restrictions. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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| title | Frank Jewett Mather papers, 1906-1948. | repository | Princeton University |
| description | The collection consists primarily of letters received by Mather during the years he was a professor in the art and archaeology department at Princeton (1910-1933) and the first director of the Museum of Historic Art (1922-1946), now the Princeton University Art Museum. Correspondents include such colleagues and friends as John Truslow Adams, Irving Babbitt, Bernard Berenson, Van Wyck Brooks, Royal Cortissoz, Arthur Hazard Dakin, Henry Holt, Clare Leighton, Allan Marquand, Paul Elmer More, Lewis Mumford, and Hans Tietze. The collection includes a unique war item, a letter sent by Mather to Bernard Berenson in England in 1941 that was intercepted and returned by German censors. Also present are copies of "A Private Life," the unpublished autobiography of Mather's father, Frank Jewett Mather (1835-1929), and a few photographs of Mather. Additions to the collection include correspondence between Mather and Abris and David Silberman (1828-1848) of E. and A. Silberman Galleries in New York City regarding acquiring artwork for the Art Museum, and a manuscript essay on Herman Melville. Biography of Frank Jewett Mather Frank Jewett Mather was born on July 6,1868, in Deep River Connecticut. Mather attended Williams College for his undergraduate studies and then obtained a Ph.D. in English, Philology, and Literature from Johns Hopkins University. In college he developed a deep appreciation for art, and began to pursue his own creative career. From 1893 to 1900, Mather took a break from his painting to teach at Williams College. In 1901 he changed paths and entered the journalism world, working at The Nation and The New York Evening Post. In 1906 Mather moved to Italy, where he met Allan Marquand. Marquand convinced Mather to move to Princeton and become a professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology, a department founded by Allan Marquand himself. In 1912 Mather produced two highly acclaimed books, Homer Martin, Poet in Landscape, an art history, and The Collectors, a collection of short stories. In 1920 he began work with the Smithsonian Art Commission. Two years later he became director of Princeton University's art museum, and in 1933 became a professor emeritus there. Mather spent much of his retirement on his Bucks County farm, and passed away on November 11, 1953, in Princeton. Preferred Citation Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank Jewett Mather Papers, Box and Folder Number; Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. Location: Rare Books: Manuscripts Collection (MSS) |
| extent | 1.2 linear feet (3 archival boxes) |
| access | Collection is open for research use. |
| record link | http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?id=ark:/88435/rn301139g |
| record source | http://catalog.princeton.edu |
| acquisition information | The manuscripts about Herman Melville were a gift of Frank Jewett Mather in Septmeber 1946. |
| updated | 09/14/2015 17:14:23 |
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