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Archives related to: Cone, Etta
| title | Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone Papers, 1885-1949 (MS.1 Series 1-4, 6) | repository | Baltimore Museum of Art |
| description | The Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone Papers contain the correspondence, personal papers, publications and lectures, art collection-related papers, photographs, subject files and postcards of Claribel and Etta Cone as well as other members of their family. They document the Cones’ lives and collections of artwork, spanning the years 1885 – 1949. The Papers are housed in 60 boxes and 9 postcard albums and consist of seven series: Correspondence, Personal Papers, Publications and Lectures, Cone Collection, Photographs, Subject Files, and Postcards. Four boxes contain Oversize, Restricted Fragile, and Oversize Restricted Fragile material. While the original arrangement of the Cone Papers is unknown, at the time they were microfilmed by The Archives of American Art in 1987, they were organized into two series, Correspondence and Memorabilia. This arrangement was modified in 2003 to the seven series listed above to better reflect the varied nature of the papers. New additions of material from various relatives in 1995 and 2007 have been integrated into the finding aid. In general, materials are arranged first in alphabetic order by subject or correspondent and further by date. Exceptions are noted below. In most cases where there are two or fewer items from a particular correspondent or about a particular subject, the items have been filed alphabetically in General files. Where there are three or more items, the person or subject is given its own folder. For example, in the Correspondence Series, the single letter from the Baltimore Symphony Association has been filed in the B – Ba – General folder, but the 52 letters from the Baltimore Museum of Art have been filed in folders titled Baltimore Museum of Art. Preferred Citation Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone Papers, Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| extent | 30.7 Linear feet ; 60 boxes; 9 postcard albums |
| formats | Correspondence Personal Papers Photographs Postcards Ephemera |
| access | The collection is open for research. Microfilm of Series 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 is available at the BMA Library and the Archives of American Art. Microfilmed portions must be consulted on microfilm. Please call the Library for an appointment to use the microfilm or contact the Archives of American Art. In addition, transcriptions of correspondence have been copied and bound in chronological order and are avaialble in the Library. |
| record link | http://cdm16075.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15264dc |
| bibliography | Gabriel, Mary. The Art of Acquiring: Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone. Bancroft: BRAD, 2002. |
| record source | http://www.artbma.org/library/finding_aids/ConePapersSeries1-4-6.html |
| finding aid | In repository and on repository's website |
| acquisition information | Bequest of Etta Cone on her death in 1949. Further donations of material were made in 1985 and 1995 by the Cones’ great-grandnephew, Edward F. Cone and great-grandniece Nancy Ramage, and great-grand nephews Edward Hirschland and Roger Hirschland in 2007. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:51 |
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| title | George Boas Papers | repository | Johns Hopkins University |
| description | Correspondence, notebooks, articles, speeches, short stories, reprints, and other papers. Includes material relating to Aristotle, Claribel Cone, Etta Cone, Honoré Daumier, John Dewey, Owen Lattimore, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Arthur O. Lovejoy, Plato, Leo Stein, Baltimore Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins University Dept. of Philosophy, and San Francisco Art Association. Bio/History: Author, art critic, and professor of the history of philosophy, Johns Hopkins University; d. 1980. |
| extent | 10.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Notebooks Printed Materials Writings Ephemera |
| access | Access is unrestricted. Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/manuscripts/msregisters/ms010.html |
| record source | http://catalog.library.jhu.edu |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| acquisition information | The collection was a gift to the University from Mrs. George Boas in 1980. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers, 1837-1961 | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers contain manuscripts of writings, letters, clippings, photographs, artworks, and personal papers relating to the life and work of Gertrude Stein and her companion, Alice B. Toklas, and to Gertrude's brother, Leo Stein, an artist and writer. As well as holding the bulk of Stein's literary output (often described as "experimental" or "cubist" writing), the materials document Stein and Toklas' involvement with the literary and art scene in Paris during the first half of the 20th century. Series I, Writings, contains holograph and typescript drafts of the majority of Gertrude Stein's writings, including "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," "The Making of Americans" (complete with a quantity of notes, or "studies"), "Tender Buttons" and a group of unpublished fragments and carnets, notebooks kept by Stein with preliminary drafts of writings. Series II, Correspondence of Gertrude Stein, contains letters sent from a wide variety of Stein's friends: artists such as Georges Bracque, Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso; writers such as Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, and Thornton Wilder; and acquaintances through many years such as Mildred Aldrich, Etta and Claribel Cone, Robert Haas, Mabel Dodge Luhan,Sir Francis Rose, Virgil Thomson, and Carl Van Vechten. Series III,Third Party Letters and Series IV, Alice B. Toklas Correspondence, contain letters from many of the same people, the latter group containing Alice Toklas's correspondence following Gertrude Stein's death. Series V, Personal Papers, and Series VI, Clippings, gather together various personal affects of Stein and Toklas as well as documentation of Stein's life as reported during her lifetime. Series VII, Photographs, show Stein from early childhood through 1946, the year she died. Prints showing Alice Toklas, various friends, artworks, and locales are included in this series, as are several volumes of prints made by Carl Van Vechten. Series VIII and IX contain numerous artworks and objects given by Stein and Toklas. Included here are a painting by Pablo Picasso and a sketch by Henri Matisse. Bio/History: Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), writer, art collector, and salonniste./ Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967), companion and secretary to Gertrude Stein, and writer./ Leo Stein (1872-1947), artist and writer. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: YCAL MSS 76 |
| extent | 93 linear ft. (173 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Clippings Photographs Ephemera |
| access | This collection is open for research. Restricted Fragile Papers in box 173 may only be consulted with permission of the appropriate curator. Preservation photocopies for reference use have been substituted in the main files. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stein |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/3839424 |
| finding aid | Online and in respository. |
| acquisition information | Bequest of Gertrude Stein, 1946, with subsequent gifts from Alice B. Toklas, ca. 1946-67. |
| updated | 12/07/2018 10:50:43 |
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| title | Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1906-1977 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Personal papers of Aline and Eero Saarinen, and Aline Saarinen papers relating to her unpublished biography of architect Stanford White, her published book The Proud Possessors, and her work as an NBC Television correspondent. Papers relating to Stanford White and to Proud Possessors contain primary source material gathered by Saarinen during her research on White and collectors Edward Wales Root and John Quinn. REELS 2074-76, and 2064 (photos): Biographical material; Eero Saarinen's sketches, notes and letters; correspondence between Aline and Eero; Aline Saarinen's correspondence, including letters from John McAndrews, Clifford Odets, Robert Osborne, Frank Lloyd Wright, Joseph Louchheim, and her children; awards; files on her involvement with the Fine Arts Commission, Yale University, and the Design Advisory Committee of the Federal Aviation Agency; speeches, articles on art and architecture; television scripts; clippings and printed material; notes; and photographs and slides of the Saarinens (2 copyprints are also microfilmed on reel 1817 fr. 1054-1058), Charles Alan, and other family members, friends, works of art, and architecture. REELS 2069-2072 and 2084 (photos): Research material, 1903-1960, relating to Saarinen's book The Proud Possessors (1958). Included are notes, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and printed material on art collectors Dr. Albert C. Barnes, Dr. Claribel and Etta Cone, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Charles Lang Freer, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Thomas Gilcrease, Peggy Guggenheim, Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Havemeyer, Joseph Hirshhorn, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, John G. Johnson, J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. Potter Palmer, John Quinn, the Rockefeller family, Edward Wales Root, Gertrude, Leo, Michael and Sarah Stein, and Electra Havemeyer Webb. Among the correspondents is Bernard Berenson. The material on Edward Root contains letters to Saarinen from Grace Cogswell Root; correspondence between Root and his father Elihu, 1903-1936; one or more letters to Root, 1909-1936, from Charles Culver, Robert De Forest, Frederick James Gregg, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Duncan Phillips, and Grace Root; copies of 2 letters to Edward Christiana, 1949; a catalog for a Root memorial exhibition, 1957; Saarinen's notes; and a photograph of Root, one of his home, and photographs of works of art in his collection. Copyrpints also available. Material on John Quinn includes correspondence between Saarinen and Jeanne Robert Foster; letters to Foster from Quinn and his sister, Julia Anderson; a copy of a letter to Foster from William B. Yeats and a drawing of Quinn possibly by Yeats; material relating to Roger Casement; and photographs of Quinn and Foster, and Quinn with Constantin Brancusi, Picasso and Mme. Picasso, Henri Pierre Roche, and Erik Satie. REELS 2072-2073 and 2064 (photos): Research material for Saarinen's unpublished biography of Stanford White. Included are: notes, drafts; correspondence with her publisher, scholars, friends and relatives of White, architects, and others; printed material, 1896-1968; McKim, Mead and White memoranda and correspondence, 1887-1906, much of it with Whitelaw Reid; a letter from Charles Lang Freer, 1900; contracts; architectural descriptions and copies of blueprints; a record book; and miscellaneous letters and documents. Letters from White's father, Richard Grant White, to his daughter-in-law Bessie, Bessie White's reminiscenses of Stanford, and her scrapbook on the Washington Centennial and White's Washington Arch are also included. Photographs include over 300, 1878-ca. 1970, of White, his wife; his father and mother; Evelyn Nesbit; his clients, Anne, Louise and Robert Cheney; and 280 photographs of buildings and residences designed by White or McKim, Mead and White, many photographed by Wayne Andrews. UNMICROFILMED: Primarily papers kept by Aline Saarinen while a NBC television correspondent reporting on mainly art related topics. Included are correspondence, printed material, notes, scripts, clippings, kinescope motion picture film, including "Eyes Opening", transferred to VHS, and photographs. Also included are printed material on Eero Saarinen, and photographs of his work. ADDITION: Notebooks containing Aline Saarinen's notes on architecture, art collectors and Stanford White; printed material; Saarinen's journal, 1928-1932; a guest book; photographs; scripts for Venus in Venice (1964), The American Image and other writings. Three phonograph recordings (33 1/3) of a discussion on opera between Eero Saarinen, Professor H. Ingham Ashworth and Professor Leslie Martin on the Australian Braodcasting Commission, January 29, 1957 are not available for research use. |
| extent | 13.5 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 10 reels) |
| formats | Correspondence Notes Sketches Photographs Clippings |
| access | Collection is being processed and digitized, and is closed to researchers. Access is to microfilmed material only. NBC TV material: Authorization to quote from scripts or film prepared for television must be cleared for rights with: NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/aline-and-eero-saarinen-papers-5589 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated in 1973 by the Aline Saarinen estate via Charles Alan, art dealer and brother of Saarinen. The NBC TV material was donated 1974 by NBC Studios. Additional material donated 1991 by the Parrish Art Museum, who had received it from Aline Saarinen. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Richard Guggenheimer papers, 1925-1974. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | UNMICROFILMED: Letters; writings, including articles, notes, and manuscripts of "New Dimensions of Destiny," "Sight and Insight," "Creative Vision," and others; diaries; sketchbooks; photographs; and printed material. REEL 4519: 21 letters from Etta Cone, 1933-1934, two from Guggenheimer to Etta Cone, 1934 and 1949, and four from other members of the Cone family to Guggenheimer, 1931-1937. The letters reflect Etta's collecting, social, and business activities, her travel plans, her poor health, and her support of Guggenheimer's painting career (Guggenheimer's replies are part of Etta and Claribel Cone papers on AAA microfilm reels 3807-3812). 35mm microfilm reel 4519 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Reel 4519: Originals and master negative in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Walter Clinton Jackson Library, Special Collections. Biographical and Historical Note: Painter, writer; New York, N.Y; cousin of art collector, Etta Cone. |
| extent | 5.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Writings Clippings Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Unmicrofilmed material donated 1975 by Guggenheimer. Positive copy of microfilm donated 1991 by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Walter Clinton Jackson Library, Department of Special Collections. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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| title | Etta Cone letters, 1927-1949. | repository | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
| description | This collection contains 27 letters between Etta Cone and other Cone family members and Etta's cousin, Richard Guggenheimer, between 1927 and 1937. Topics include art, social and business activities, travel, health and finances. Etta Cone (1870-1949), along with her older sister, Dr. Claribel Cone (1864-1929) lived in Baltimore but traveled frequently to Europe, and amassed one of the finest collections of modern French art in the United States. Call Number MSS058 c.1 Location Jackson Library -- Archives--Manuscripts |
| extent | 1 box ( 0.25 linear feet ). |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://ilsweb.uncg.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:10 |
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| title | Cone Collection Records, 1929-2008 (BMA.7) | repository | Baltimore Museum of Art |
| description | The Cone Collection Records measure 5.4 linear feet and date from 1929 to 2008. They contain a collection of material concerning the Cone Collection of art donated to The Baltimore Museum of Art by Etta Cone in 1949. It includes documents regarding the acquisition of the art collection as well as correspondence, photographs, clippings and publications related to the Cones and their collection. Series 1, Acquisition of the Collection contains 9 subseries: Claribel Cone's Will and Estate, Etta Cone's Will, Disbursement of Etta Cone's Estate, Transfer of Cone Bequest to BMA, Valuation of the Collection, Expertizing Collection, Appraisals, Bequest to Weatherspoon Art Gallery, and Sale of Duplicate Books. Series 2, Collection Catalogues contains six subseries: 1930 Catalogue, Etta Cone's 1934 Catalogue, Projected Supplement to 1934 Catalogue, 1967 Catalogue (Revision of 1955 Edition), Cone Annual, and Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta. Series 3, Exhibitions, contains eight subseries: Lectures and Tours, Cone Memorial Exhibition, 1950; Knoedler Galleries, 1955; Cone Wing; Wildenstein, 1974; Reinstallation, 1974; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991; and Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, in Japan, 1996. Series 4, Works in Cone Collection, contains six subseries: General, Thannhauser Monet/Gauguin, Kota Reliquary Analysis Project, Conservation and Housing, Lists of Works, and Frames. Series 5, Correspondence, contains ten subseries: Photographs and Artworks, Rights to Reproduce, Laura Cone, Marguerite Duthuit-Matisse, Ellen Hirschland, Louisiana Auction Exchange, Pierre Matisse, Teresa Bernstein Meyerowitz, Museum of Modern Art, and General. Series 6, Researchers, contains five subseries: Will Ameringer, Mildred G. Blum, Irene Gordon, Barbara Pollack, and Mary Gabriel. Series 7, Stein Family, contains four subseries: Gertrude Stein Material from Yale, Edward Dwight Material, Irene Gordon Compilation of Stein Correspondence at Yale, and General. Series 8, Cone Family, contains four subseries: Genealogy, Blowing Rock, Owl's Roost, Frederic W. Cone, and Personal Reminiscences about the Cones. Series 9, Clippings and Publications, contains five subseries: Acquisition of the Collection, Works in Cone Collection, Marlborough Apartments, Stein Family, and General. Series 10, Photographs, contains four subseries: Exhibitions, Works in Cone Collection, Stein Family, and Cone Family. Language: English; The material in this collection is in English and French. Preferred Citation Cone Collection Records, Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art. Associated materials: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone Papers; Baltimore Museum of Art. |
| extent | 5.4 Linear feet (15 boxes) |
| formats | Business Papers Legal Papers Correspondence Clippings Photographs |
| access | For further information, consult a Library staff member. |
| record link | https://artbma.org/documents/findingAids/ConeCollectionRecords.html |
| record source | https://web.archive.org/web/20150419090427/http://www.artbma.org/library/finding_aids/ConeCollectionRecords.html#ref103 |
| finding aid | Unpublished guide available from the Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art. |
| acquisition information | Various sources. Processed by Emily Rafferty in 2004 with additions in 2008. |
| updated | 03/15/2018 13:38:16 |
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| title | Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone Papers, Series 5. Photographs | repository | Baltimore Museum of Art |
| description | Series 5, Photographs, contains photographs of the Cone sisters, other members of the Cone family, the Marlborough Apartments and the Steins and their homes. There are also photographs of sites visited by Claribel and Etta, artists whose work is in their collection, and works of art in their collection or that they may have considered purchasing. It is arranged in eleven subseries: Claribel Cone, Etta Cone, Claribel Cone and Etta Cone, Cone Family, Marlborough Apartments, Sites, Steins, Artists, Works of Art, Installations, and Unidentified. The Works of Art subseries includes photographs of paintings, sculptures and works on paper some of which became part of the Cone Collection. Many of these photographs were sent to the Cones by art dealers in order to interest them in purchasing a particular work. Those that were originally enclosed with correspondence have been moved to this series and notations have been made on the enclosure about the origin. One item of particular note in this subseries is a scrapbook that Louis Favre created for the Cones of photographs of his works and of himself in 1927. Five photographs of Matisse at work that were originally part of the Cone Papers have been transferred to the Prints, Drawings and Photographs Department and accessioned into the Museum’s collection. For more information, contact the Prints, Drawings and Photographs Department of the Baltimore Museum of Art. One important photograph of Matisse that does remain with the Cone Papers depicts him with the sculpture, Le Serf. The Cone Family subseries contains a group of photographic postcards of Ceasar and Jeanette Cone’s vacation home, Camp Carolina, in Lake Placid, New York. The postcards depict the interior and exterior of the house, which was designed by Max Westhoff and built in 1913. Also included in this Series is a group of photographs of various members of the Cone Family that was donated by Mrs. Ethel Berney. Mrs. Berney marked each of them on the back and in a few instances on the front with the names of the persons in the photograph. These photographs have been interfiled with the rest of the Photographs series and have notations on the enclosures about their provenance. Several other photographs of Gertrude and Leo Stein’s apartment donated by Ferris Sands Hetherington, brother of Laura Freedlander, are included in the Series as well. These have also been interfiled with the rest of the Photographs series with notations on the enclosures about their provenance. Preferred Citation Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone Papers, Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| extent | 3.0 Linear feet ; 5 boxes, 1 oversize box. |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | The collection is open for research. Microfilm of Series 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 is available at the BMA Library and the Archives of American Art. Microfilmed portions must be consulted on microfilm. Please call the Library for an appointment to use the microfilm or contact the Archives of American Art. In addition, transcriptions of correspondence have been copied and bound in chronological order and are avaialble in the Library. |
| record link | http://cdm16075.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15264dc |
| bibliography | Gabriel, Mary. The Art of Acquiring: Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone. Bancroft: BRAD, 2002. |
| record source | http://www.artbma.org/library/finding_aids/ConePapersSeries5-photographs.html |
| finding aid | In repository and on repository's website |
| acquisition information | Bequest of Etta Cone on her death in 1949. Further donations of material were made in 1985 and 1995 by the Cones’ great-grandnephew, Edward F. Cone and great-grandniece Nancy Ramage, and great-grand nephews Edward Hirschland and Roger Hirschland in 2007. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Photographs of the apartments of Miss Etta Cone and of Dr. Claribel Cone showing arrangement of art objects. | repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library |
| description | Call Number MS.050.080 |
| extent | 4 photographs |
| record source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991007596569707141 |
| updated | 09/22/2022 10:06:11 |
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