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Archives related to: Birnbaum, Martin, 1878-1970
| title | Martin Birnbaum papers, 1862-1967, bulk 1920-1967 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The papers of New York art dealer, critic, and author Martin Birnbaum measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1862-1967, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920-1967. The papers document Birnbaum's association with the firm of Scott and Fowles, the lives and activities of his friends and colleagues, and his literary work, through biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, business records, printed material, a scrapbook, scattered artwork, and photographs of Birnbaum, friends and colleagues, and artwork. REELS N698, N698A, and N698B: Correspondence primarily reflecting his association with the firm of Scott & Fowles, but also including details about lives and activities of his correspondents, among them Edward Bruce, Grover Cleveland, Norman Douglas, Rockwell Kent, Paul Manship, Upton Sinclair, Maxfield Parrish, Bernard Berenson, Augustus E. John, Jules Pascin, Carl Van Vechten, Hamilton Easter Field, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Gari Melchers, William Hunt Diederich, Elie Nadelman, Childe Hassam, John Quinn, Charles Ricketts, Nicholas K. Roerich, and Charles H. Shannon. REEL 108: Primarily letters received by Birnbaum in New York, and throughout Europe from 1917-1943. Correspondents include Grenville L. Winthrop, Gisela Richter, Stevenson Scott, Paul Manship, Maurice Sterne, Edward Bruce, and Maxfield Parrish, Upton Sinclair, George Bellows, John Gregory, Augustus John, Ivan Mestrovic, Elizabeth Winthrop Miles, Robert McIntyre, Georgia O'Keeffe, Joseph Pennell, John Quinn, Charles Ricketts, William Rothenstein, Albert Rutherston, Pamela Colman Smith, Carl Sprinchorn, Pavel Tchelitchew, Schofield Thayer, T. Zoumpoulakis, and family members. Subject matter includes business concerns, art concerns, travel, and family affairs. REELS 1023-1025: Over 1600 letters received. Correspondents include: Cecelia Beaux, Sven Berg, Gutzon Borglum, Edward Bruce, Lodewyk Bruckman, Beniamino Bufano, Mabel Choate, Stephen C. Clark, Royal Cortissoz, Walter Damrosch, Edmund Davis, Reginald Davis, Louise Dillingham, Edmund Dulac, Anne Goldthwaite, Magnus Gross, Herbert Haseltine, Malvina Hoffman, Jan Hoowij, Benjamin Javits, Rockwell Kent, Lenard Kester, Paul Manship, Elisabeth Marbury, Henry McIlhenny, Gari Melchers, Houghton P. Metcalf, Emily Winthrop Miles, Kate Morse, Georgia O'Keeffe, James Parmelee, Maxfield Parrish, Harold Woodbury Parsons, Jules Pascin, Albin Polasek, Alfred B. Potterton, Edward G. Robinson, J. F. Rock, John D. Rockefeller, Emanuel G. Romano, John Rothenstein, John Singer Sargent, Stevenson Scott, Janet Scudder, Carl Sprinchorn, Maurice Sterne, Albert Sterner, R.A. Walker (Georges Derry), Elsie Weil, Carl N. Werntz, Millicent Werntz, Edith Wetmore, Thornton Wilder, Ellis Wilson, Stanley Wilson, Grenville Lindall Winthrop, and Carl Zigrosser. REELS 1025-1026: Business and financial documents; legal documents, certificates, and passports; writings by Birnbaum and others including a manuscript for Birnbaum's book The Last Romantic, with notes by Upton Sinclair; one scrapbook of clippings, loose clippings regarding Edward Dulac, and other printed material; sketches; bookplates; notes, letters, and printed material relating to Aubrey Beardsley; lists and descriptions of works of art; a notebook of addresses; travel itineraries and maps; and programs. REEL 1027: 287 photographs of Birnbaum, and art related people, including Maurice Sterne, Edward Bruce, Leo Stein and Alfred Potterton at Anticoli Corrado, and Cecilia Beaux, Robert Chanler, Philip de Laszlo, Despiau, Norman Douglas, Lord Duveen, Herbert Haseltine, Augustus John by Arnold Genthe, Paul Manship by De Witt Ward, Gari Melchers, Elie Nadelman, Mrs. Gustave Radeke, William Rothenstein, Stevenson Scott, Clare Sheridan, Albert Sterner, Abraham Walkowitz, Mrs. Leonard Volkman Webb, and Grenville Lindall Winthrop; 82 travel photographs primarily of Greece; and 142 photographs of works of art. UNMICROFILMED: Three tape recordings, two containing information about The Last Romantic, dictated in 1952, and one unidentified. Co-Creator: Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898 Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942 Bellows, George, 1882-1925 Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 Berg, Sven Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943 Bruckman, Lodewyk Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970 Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930 Choate, Mabel, 1870-1958 Clark, Stephen C. (Stephen Carlton), b. 1882 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948 Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950 Davis, Reginald De Laszlo, Philip A., 1869-1937 Derry, Georges, 1886- Despiau, Charles, 1874-1946 Diederich, William Hunt, 1884-1953 Dillingham, Louise Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952 Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953 Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939 Field, Hamilton Easter Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942 photographer. Goldthwaite, Anne, 1869-1944 Gregory, John, 1879-1958 Gross, Magnus Haseltine, Herbert, 1877-1962 Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966 Hoowij, Jan, 1907- Javits, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Abraham), 1894-1973 John, Augustus, 1878-1961 Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 Kester, Lenard, 1917- Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962 Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933 McIlhenny, Henry P. McIntyre, Robert G. Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932 Meštrovi?, Ivan, 1883-1962 Metcalf, Houghton P. Miles, Emily Winthrop, 1893-1962 Morse, Kate Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946 O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 Parmelee, James Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 Parsons, Harold Woodbury, 1883-1967 Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930 Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965 Potterton, Alfred B. Quinn, John, 1870-1924 Radeke, Eliza G., 1855-1931 Rerikh, Nikolai Konstantinovich, 1874-1947 Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972 Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931 Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962 Rockefeller, John D., 1906- Romano, Emanuel, 1897?-1984 Rothenstein, John, Sir, 1901- Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-1953 Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 Scott, Stevenson Scudder, Janet, b. 1873 Shannon, Charles Hazelwood, 1863-1937 Sheridan, Clare, 1885-1970 Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Smith, Pamela Colman Sprinchorn, Carl, 1887-1971 Stein, Leo, 1872-1947 Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957 Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946 Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957 Thayer, Scofield, b. 1889 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965 Ward, De Witt photographer. Webb, Leonard Volkman, Mrs Weil, Elsie Werntz, Carl N. (Carl Newland), 1874-1944 Werntz, Millicent Wetmore, Edith Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977 Wilson, Stanley Winthrop, Grenville Lindall, 1864-1943 Zigrosser, Carl, 1891- Zoumpoulakis, T. Berlin Photographic Company (New York, N.Y.) Fogg Art Museum Scott & Fowles (Firm) |
| extent | 3.2 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 9 microfilm reels) reels N698, N698a, N698b, 108, and 1023-1027 |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Electronic Resource Notes |
| access | Use requires an appointment. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm copy. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.birnmart.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/martin-birnbaum-papers-8888 |
| acquisition information | Donated/lent 1967-1975 by Birnbaum and his great-nephew, Jerome Ziegler. Material reel 108 donated anonymously. |
| updated | 06/09/2023 15:39:52 |
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| title | Papers of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1885-1943 (inclusive). | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | Includes the correspondence of Grenville Winthrop, patron of the Fogg Art Museum; his class notes, 1885-1886, for Harvard Fine Arts courses taught by Professor Charles E. Norton; account books, 1927-1942, documenting the purchase of works of art by Winthrop; photographs of the Winthrop residence at E. 81st Street in New York City and of Groton Place in Lenox, MA; clippings; and appointment calendars, 1931-1936. Significant correspondents include Bernard Berenson, Martin Birnbaum (Martin Birnboym), Frederick Rathbone, Paul J. Sachs, Royal Cortissoz, S.C. Bosch-Reitz, Paul Manship, Albert Sterner, and Augustus Vincent Tack. Also included are three card indexes containing Winthrop’s own catalog of his collection. History notes : Lawyer and art connoisseur. Educated at Harvard (Class of 1886). Maintained residences in New York and Lenox, Mass. Made many gifts to the Fogg Art Museum during his lifetime, and left his entire collection to the Museum in 1943. Cite as : Grenville L. Winthrop Papers, Fogg Museum Archives, Harvard University. |
| extent | ca. 5 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Ephemera |
| access | Unrestricted. Access to qualified researchers by appointment only. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished index available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Archives of the Fogg Art Museum, 1895-1985 (inclusive). | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | Records consist of official correspondence files of former Museum directors Charles H. Moore, Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs, Arthur Pope, John P. Coolidge, Agnes Mongan, Daniel Robbins, and Seymour Slive; exhibition files, including exhibition catalogs and correspondence relating to past exhibitions at the Fogg; and correspondence files of assistant directors of the Museum and of Margaret Gilman, Secretary of the Fogg. Description : Exhibition files arranged alphabetically under name of exhibition. History notes : Founded in 1891, through the bequest of Elizabeth Perkins Fogg, in memory of her husband, William Hayes Fogg, the Fogg Art Museum opened in 1895 in a building designed especially for it by Richard Morris Hunt. In 1927 the Fogg moved to its present building at 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, which was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott to be one of the most advanced museum facilities of its time. The Fogg is a teaching museum, used by the students of Harvard University. It has one of the most extensive university art collections in the world. Cite as : Fogg Art Museum Archives, Harvard University. Location : Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| extent | ca. 230 linear ft. |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Exhibition Catalogs Manuscript Photoprints |
| access | Restricted. Access to qualified researchers by appointment only. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished indexes available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Martin Birnbaum letters to Stanley Weintraub, 1962-1963 | repository | Penn State University |
| description | The collection consists of three letters from Birnbaum to Weintraub, 14 Feb. 1962, 22 Feb. 1962, and 14 Feb. 1963, all part of a continuing correspondence about Reggie Turner, in connection with Weintraub's book about Turner, published 1965. Bio/History: Martin Birnbaum was born in Hungary, but brought to America as a child and naturalized. He studied at City College of New York and Columbia, and admitted to the bar, joined the law firm of Scott & Fowles. He became an important art collector and dealer, and was the first to show Paul Klee, Edvard Munch, and other European artists in America. An accomplished and eclectic man of great personal charm, he also translated poetry, played the violin, and wrote numerous brochures and biographies about art and artists. Call Number XXXX-0827R VF 1-2 Material Archives & Manuscripts Location Rare Books & Mss, 1st Floor Paterno, Vault (nocirc) |
| extent | 3 items. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Unrestricted access. |
| record source | http://cat.libraries.psu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1813-1953, bulk 1915-1925 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | One person exhibitions include Stephen Haweis, Anne Goldthwaite, Paul Manship, David Karfunkle, and James Weiland; also "Exhibition of Original Block Prints and Wood Engravings exhibited at the Berlin Photographic Company, May 1-31, 1916." Three catalogs contain an introduction by Martin Birnbaum. The Haweis catalog contains a 9 p. preface. Bio / His Notes: Art gallery at 305 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Martin Birnbaum was manager. Contained in: Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1887-1934 (bulk 1915-1925) Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel 4858 (fr. 453-510) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 6 items. |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.archamea.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/miscellaneous-art-exhibition-catalog-collection-9520/series-1 |
| updated | 07/10/2023 11:10:44 |
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| title | William Adams Delano papers, 1902-1960 (inclusive), 1939-1960 (bulk). | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The papers consist almost entirely of social and professional correspondence. They also include an unpublished autobiography, The Reminiscences of William Adams Delano; printed matter; and a drawing made for the 46th anniversary of The Record. Much of the personal correspondence concerns Delano’s membership in various New York clubs and his classmates in the Yale College class of 1895. His professional correspondence relates in part to important commissions, among them his work on the White House, West Point, and his design for La Guardia airport in New York. His participation in the work of the National Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission is also documented. Prominent correspondents include Dean Acheson, Frederick L. Allen, Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Hiram Bingham, Charles C. Burlingham, George Parmly Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Charles Dana Gibson, Joseph Grew, M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Walter Lippmann, Allan Nevins, Arthur Upham Pope, Elihu Root, Jr., Henry Lewis Stimson, Charles Warren, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Biographical/Historical note: William Adams Delano: architect; from 1903-1910 taught at Columbia University; in 1903 founded Delano and Aldrich in New York City; from 1924-1946 employed by U.S. government (1929-1946 as architectural representative on the National Park and Planning Commission); designed buildings for Yale University, La Guardia and Idlewild Airports, Japanese Embassy in Washington, D. C., and others; designed plan for renovation of the White House. Cite as: William Adams Delano Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Alternative Formats: Additional information not yet available in the online version of the finding aid exists in the repository. Contact Manuscripts and Archives for assistance. Location: LSF-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives Call Number: MS 178 |
| extent | 6.5 linear ft. (16 boxes, 1 folio) |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Manuscript Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/redirect/findaid.php?num=0178&typ=ms |
| record source | http://orbexpress.library.yale.edu/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid is available in repository and on Internet. |
| acquisition information | Gift of William A. Delano, 1954, and Josephine B. Manning, 1960 and 1962. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | William G. Bowdoin letters, 1917-1922. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters to Bowdoin while he was art critic of the New York Evening World, most of which are brief expressions of appreciation for reviews which Bowdoin has written. Correspondents include: Walter M. Aikman, C. E. Althouse, J. M.Andreini, Joseph H. Appel, A. Archibald, Richard F. Bach, J. Stewart Barney, William J. Beauley, Martin Birnbaum, Gustav Brock, Margaret F. Browne, Aline Caro-Delvaille, J. H. Chapin, S. Jay Chapman, W. A. Clark, Thomas B. Clarke,William Clifford, Robert G. Cooke, Mrs. Henry E. Coe, Esther A. Coster, Bertram Cox, E. J. Craine, Winifred M. Crawford, Charles H. Davis, H. C. Denslow, Joel R. Detwiller, Olive Earle, Henry S. Eddy, Harold L. Ehrich, Leon Fleischman, Carlton C. Fowler, William H. Fox, the Gorham Co., Beryl M. Greene. Also, Frances Hall, John W. Harrington, Richard B. Harte, Rachel I. Hartley, T. F. Hatfield, Edward Heine, Claude R. Hirst, Harry L. Hoffman, A. A. Hopkins, Alex Hudnut, Susan A. Hutchinson, Katherine Inness, T. Seton Jevons, Henry W. Kent, William Knable & Co., Robert C.Lafferty, Mme. Andree Lenigue De Franceville, Robert W. Macbeth, Edith Magonigle, Elizabeth Marbury, Eric C. Maunsbach, Herbert Meyer, D. Roy Miller, Percy F. Montgomery, G. Laurence Nelson, Sydney P. Noe, David Owens, Ralph M. Pearson, Walter S. Perry, George A. Plimpton, Rabinovitch, Edward Robinson, A. S. W. Rosenbach, James Scott, James G. Shepherd, John M. Siddall, Robert Spencer, Edward F. Stevens, Marion Swinton, Floyd Vail, Willis A. Voorhees, John Wanamaker, Bertrand H. Wentworth,Clarence H. White, Guy Wiggins, Max Williams, and E. C. Zabriskie. Bio / His Notes: Art critic; New York City. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel N1 (frames 463-583) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 80 items (on partial microfilm reel) reel N1 (frames 463-583) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/william-g-bowdoin-letters-9861 |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division. Location of Original: Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division. Other Title: New York evening world |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:23 |
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| title | Paul J. Sachs Papers, 1900-1994. | repository | Harvard Art Museum Archives |
| description | These personal papers of Fogg Art Museum associate director Paul J. Sachs document his involvement with the Fogg, his academic career, publishing projects, collection of art objects, philanthropic endeavors, and personal life. The bulk of the collection dates from 1915 to 1958. Included are: financial records, correspondence, certificates, diplomas, object lists, photographs, newspaper and journal clippings, valuations and speech transcripts. History notes : Paul Joseph Sachs, the first associate director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University and a Harvard professor, was born in New York City on November 24, 1878. Sachs graduated from Harvard University in 1900 and entered the family firm Goldman,Sachs & Co., becoming a partner in 1904. In 1915, Sachs became the assistant director of the Fogg Art Museum. In 1923, Sachs became associate director, and he remained in this position until his retirement in 1948. Sachs was an avid collector of art and assembled a tremendous personal collection. He donated many objects to the Fogg Museum during his lifetime, as well as upon his death. Sachs’ career also included teaching; he first lectured at Wellesley College in 1916 and then became an assistant professor of fine arts at Harvard in 1917. Ten years later he became an associate professor, and in 1933 he became chairman of the Harvard department of fine arts. Sachs was involved in a wide range of philanthropic endeavors throughout his life. He was actively involved in the American Red Cross during World War I and in aid to refugee scholars displaced by World War II. His philanthropy continued into the last years of his life. Paul J. Sachs died on February 18, 1965 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Location : Harvard Art Museum Archives HUAM HC3: Personal HOLLIS Number : 011414754 |
| extent | 2.5 linear feet and 7 oversize folders |
| formats | Personal Papers Photographs Financial Records Correspondence Inventories |
| access | Unrestricted |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:art00003 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1856-1971 (inclusive). | repository | Harvard University Archives |
| description | These papers document the personal and professional life of Edward Waldo Forbes (EWF) and the lives of members of the Forbes family. They include EWF’s personal and professional correspondence and papers, diaries and calendars, writings, acccount books, school papers, lecture notes, and memorabilia. Of note are the manuscript of EWF’s history of the Fogg Art Museum, papers relating to Gerry’s Landing (a riverfront site in Cambridge), papers relating to Harvard Riverside Associates, and papers relating to EWF’s World War I Red Cross service. Included are diaries belonging to Margaret Laighton Forbes and Sarah Forbes. History notes : Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969) was director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, an accomplished artist, and a world traveler. He was born into a prominent family (his parents being William Hathaway Forbes and Edith Emerson Forbes, his maternal grandfather being Ralph Waldo Emerson) in 1873 on the family-owned Naushon Island in Massachusetts. In 1907, Forbes married Margaret Laighton, a notable watercolorist and gardener; they had five children. Forbes relationship with Harvard and the arts began when he earned his Harvard A.B. 1895. He continued his studies at Oxford University, and returned to Massachusetts to form the Charles River Association, an organization dedicated to preserving Harvard’s landscape. He became a trustee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1903 and served in that capacity for 63 years. He acquired art, particularly Italian paintings; his gifts and loans to the Fogg Art Museum contributed significantly to the museum’s eventual rise to worldwide prominence. In 1909, Forbes became Director of the Fogg Art Museum. During his 35 years there, he and his assistant director, Paul Sachs, oversaw the impressive growth of the Museum’s collections, staff, property, and reputation. Forbes also served as a lecturer in Fine Arts at Harvard from 1909 to 1935. He was named the Martin A. Ryerson Lecturer in Fine Arts. From 1945 to 1957, Forbes was a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers. Notes : Collection re-organized and re-numbered in 1998; it contains material formerly numbered HUG 4401.xx and HUH 403. Cite as : Edward Waldo Forbes Papers, Harvard University Archives. Notes : In the Harvard University Archives: Records of Harvard Riverside Associates (HUD 3748), Records of the Fogg Art Museum (HUF 401.xxx), and historical records relating to Harvard’s curriculum (HUC 8xxx). Location : Harvard Archives Harvard Depository HUGBF 656.x Location : Harvard Archives Harvard Depository HUGFP 139.xx |
| extent | 38 cubic feet in 111 containers. |
| formats | Personal Papers Business Papers Correspondence Diaries Financial Records |
| access | Access may be restricted. Consult reference staff in the Harvard University Archives for details. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 | repository | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| description | The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, the records constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic and social movements of the first half of the twentieth century; and the museum's relationship with civic, cultural, and educational institutions throughout the country and the world. The records from Frederic Allen Whiting's tenure as director are divided into four main series: I. Numbered Administrative Correspondence, II. Unnumbered Administrative Correspondence, III. Biographical Materials, and IV. Index to Numbered Administrative Correspondence. Citation: The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives, Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, date and short description of document [e.g., letter from Whiting to Kent, 6 June 1916]. |
| extent | 22.6 cubic feet, 72 boxes |
| formats | Administrative Records Writings Correspondence Notes |
| access | At the end of the restricted period, the records will still be subject to the review of the archivist before access is granted. |
| record link | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/whiting/index.php |
| record source | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:11 |
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