Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Silberman, Abris
| title | Booth Tarkington collection, ca. 1850-1979. | repository | Indiana Historical Society |
| description | Family and general correspondence from Indianapolis and Kennebunkport, clippings, programs, autobiographical writings, a cartoon of Tarkington, and other miscellaneous materials. Correspondence topics include family business, literary matters, art collecting, the Dramatic Club, the New Deal, Wendell Willkie's presidential campaign of 1940, and World War II. Correspondents include family members Margaret Booth Jameson, Susanah Tarkington, and Donald Jameson; family retainer Stanley Thirkell; Carlton B. McCulloch; conductor Fabien Sevitzky; art dealer Abris Silberman; Earle J. Bernheimer; and Edward William Bok. Visual materials consist of photographs and prints of Tarkington in Indianapolis and Maine. There are individual portraits of him as well as many with family and friends, his homes, and pets. |
| extent | Manuscript Materials: 2 boxes 1 oversize box 2 reels of microfilm Visual Materials: 1 box of photographs 1 box of OVA size photographs 1 box of OVA size graphics 2 OVB size photographs 2 OVC graphics 1 cased image 4 albums 1 graphics folder 1 negative 203 slides |
| formats | Manuscript Correspondence Photographs |
| access | None |
| record link | https://indianahistorylibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/9239589 |
| finding aid | https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/booth-tarkington-collection-1.pdf |
| acquisition information | Primary donor was Margaret Booth Jameson, Indianapolis, June 1981. Numerous additions continue to be made. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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| title | Frank Jewett Mather Papers | 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. The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: AMsS = autograph manuscript signed and TMsS = typed manuscript signed. |
| extent | 3 boxes and 28 items |
| access | Collection is open for research use. |
| record link | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rn301139g |
| finding aid | https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0025 |
| acquisition information | The manuscripts about Herman Melville were a gift of Frank Jewett Mather in Septmeber 1946 . |
| updated | 03/14/2023 14:02:32 |
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