| 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 | 06/08/2023 16:42:11 |
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| title | Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974 |
repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The records of Jacques Seligmann & Co. measure approximately 203.1 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1978, with bulk dates from 1913 to 1974. The collection includes extensive correspondence files, reference material on American and European collectors and their collections, inventory and stock records, financial records, exhibition files, auction files, and the records of subsidiary companies. The collection is an invaluable resource in tracing the provenance of particular works of art and provides a comprehensive view of the activities of collectors and art dealers in the years leading up to and following World War II. |
| extent | 203.1 Linear feet |
| access | Use of original papers requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.jacqself.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jacques-seligmann--co-records-9936 |
| finding aid | https://sova.si.edu/record/AAA.jacqself?s=0&n=10&t=K&q=*&i=0 |
| acquisition information | The records of the Paris and New York art dealer Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1978 by Mrs. Ethlyne Seligman, widow of Germain Seligman. A small addition of 19 linear feet was donated in 1994. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:15 |
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