title | Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962, bulk 1885-1962 |
repository | Archives of American Art |
description | The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art measure 265.8 linear feet and date from 1883-1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1940. The collection includes extensive correspondence between the museum's founding director, John Beatty, and his successor, Homer Saint-Gaudens, with artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, representatives abroad, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees. The collection also includes Department of Fine Arts interoffice memoranda and reports; loan exhibition files; Carnegie International planning, jury, shipping, and sale records; Department of Fine Arts letterpress copy books, and a copy of the original card catalog index to these records. |
extent | 265.8 Linear feet |
formats | Correspondence Business Records Reports Exhibition Files |
access | Use of original papers requires an appointment. |
record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.carninst.pdf |
record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/carnegie-institute-museum-art-records-7343 |
finding aid | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/carnegie-institute-museum-art-records-7343 |
acquisition information | The Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records were loaned for microfilming in 1966 and later donated to the Archives of American Art in 1972. A small addition of corrrespondence was donated in 2017 by Elizabeth Tufts Brown. |
updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:53 |
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