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Archives related to: Dreier, Katherine Sophie 1877-1952
| title | Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive, 1818-1953 (bulk 1920-1951) | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The Katherine S. Dreier portion of the collection contains correspondence between Dreier and artists and friends (including Constantin Alajalov, David Burliuk, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Man Ray, and Ted Shawn); and art-related organizations (including the Arts Club of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art). There is some correspondence regarding art purchases and the packaging and shipping of art, such as that with George F. Of, Inc.; W. F. Collins & Co.; and W. S. Budworth & Son. There is a large amount of correspondence between Dreier and various departments at Yale (especially the Yale Art Gallery) regarding the transfer of the Société Anonyme's art collection to Yale. The collection contains manuscripts and notes for Dreier's articles, lectures, and books; her early diaries; and a brief autobiographical account; as well as some writings by others. There are subject files regarding organizations with which Dreier was affiliated, including the Cooperative Mural Workshops, the Long Ridge Women's Club, and the Society of Independent Artists. The collection contains exhibition catalogs that were annotated by Dreier; exhibition catalogs of one-artist shows of Dreier's artwork; and material regarding Dreier's personal finances. There are many photographs of Dreier's artwork, of Dreier and her friends and family (including scenes in China from a trip that Dreier took, 1921-22), of artists and their artwork, and of exhibitions. There is also some original artwork by various people, including sketches, drawings, prints, and watercolors. The Dreier Family papers contain correspondence, poetry and skits, and writings (including a diary by Dreier's sister, Dorothea). The Société Anonyme portion of the collection includes correspondence with members, potential members, and businesses; a logbook regarding exhibitions; financial material, including a checkbook; by-laws and amendments, and drafts of the certificate of incorporation; membership lists and cards; lists of officers and committees; meeting minutes; ephemera regarding exhibitions, lectures, and musical events sponsored by the Société; scrapbooks; and files of background material about artists represented in the published catalog of the Société Anonyme's art collection at Yale. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: YCAL MSS 101 |
| extent | 75.40 linear feet (158 boxes) + 2 cold storage |
| formats | Correspondence Business Records Photographs Personal papers Ephemera |
| access | This collection is open for research. Restricted Fragile Papers in Boxes 134-144 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.dreier |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/4088874 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | The Katherine S. Dreier Papers / Societe Anonyme Archive was a gift of Katherine S. Dreier. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:51 |
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| title | Jennings Tofel papers, 1916-1960. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Tofel's autobiography; correspondence; diary notebooks; writings; and several essays. Correspondents include Federica Beer-Monti, Katherine Dreier, Edith Halpert, Benjamin Kopman, and Maurice Sterne. Bio/History: Painter; New York, N.Y. |
| extent | 400 items (on 3 microfilm reels) reels N68/36-N68/38 |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Writings |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1968 by Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Originals in Yivo Institute of Jewish Research, New York, N.Y. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Alexander Z. Kruse papers, 1888-1972. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The Alexander Z. Kruse papers contain documents relating to Kruse's career as an artist, art critic, and author. The time frame covered is 1890 to 1975 with the bulk of the material originating from the 1930s to 1960s. The material is arranged by functional series and includes: literary manuscripts and notebooks; correspondence; photographic materials--photogrpahs and slides; ephemera--clippings, catalogs, and biographical material; and books. The majority of the collection is in its original format with a few being photocopies. The photographic materials are in good condition. However, much of the ephemera (especially the newspaper clippings) is extremely fragile. Most of the clippings are from Kruse's columns with the Brooklyn Eagle and the New York Post. The literary manuscripts and notebooks include the original mockups and handwritten notes for Kruse's published works. Some of Kruse's other projects include: a staple machine invention; an idea for a television show; and some literary projects, which did not achieve fruition. The correspondence includes letters received by Kruse between the early 1900s until his death in 1972. Some were from personal friends; and others were from other artists, students, and business-related entities such as galleries or publishers. Included in the collection are approximately 2000 slides and photographs, mainly of Kruse's paintings and other works of art. The catalogs in the collection also depict Kruse's artwork at various shows and galleries from 1917 to 1972. The collection also includes several books kept by Kruse that contain autograph annotations by Kruse. T he remaining four books from the Kruse library are cataloged separately in Rare Books, call numbers: 606358, 606359, 606360, and 606362. Bio/History: Alexander Kruse (1888-1972) was a student of the "Ashcan" School of Art at the turn of the century, studying under artists John Sloan, Henry McBride, and George Bellows, among others. Some of his more well-known paintings include "The Butcher Shop," "Young Smoker," and "Ted Lewis Performs," among hundreds of other paintings as well as drawings, etchings, and lithographs. |
| extent | ca. 3,755 items. |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Diaries Sketchbooks Photographs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in repository. |
| acquisition information | The papers were collected by Richard R. Love, director of the gallery which lent them to the Archives of American Art. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Letters received by Frederick Kiesler, 1937-1961. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The collection is principally comprised of letters from surrealists in Paris in the years immediately following the Second World War, and includes extended reportage and commentary relating to Breton's circle and to their publications and exhibitions. Kiesler visited and exhibited in Paris in 1947 and 1948 and collaborated at this time with Breton on his "Ode a Charler Fourier." Series I. In French and German from Paris. The Czech painters discuss the planning and publication of the surrealist magazine NEON (first issued in Jan 1948) and report extensively on the intellectual atmosphere of Paris and the activities of the surrealist group, especially those associated with NEON, who include Toyen (Marie Cerminova), Jacques Herold, Jindrich Styrsky and Andre Breton. Heisler comments, often at length, on avant-garde publications, movements, events and personalities, including: the New York journal Instead; Henri Parisof and his "Quatre Vents"; Zervos and the Cahiers d'Art; Jean-Paul Sartre and the vogue for existentialism; and Breton's friends and enemies, including Alberto Giacometti and Charles Duit. There are shorter references to an exhibition of Antoni Tapies, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, Karel Teige, and Roberto Matta. Series II. Letters from Marcel Jean, 1974-1949, 1958 (15 items). Thirteen letters (in French and English) from Paris and Budapest, dated 1947 Nov-1949 June, reporting at length on surrealist activities in Paris; describing the intellectual atmosphere in Czechsolovakia and Hungary during a visit in 1948; and describing arrangements for an exhibition of his work at the Artist's Gallery in New York. Those who figure most prominently are Matta, Breton, Tanguy, and the poet Malcolm de Chazal. And there is some discussion of Heisler and his NEON magazine. Perhaps most significant is an account of the "Matta affair," with reflections on the suicide in 1949 of Arshile Gorky and on Breton's attempts to moralize the event for his circle. With two brief letters of 1958, about visits to New York. Series III. Letters from Jean Arp (signed Hans), and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1938-1962 (12 items). Series includes a letter from Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1938 Jan 23, describing her magazine Plastique, its purpose and its contributors, and with verse of Jean Arp and herself; eight letters from Jean Arp to Kiesler and his wife, from Paris and Basel, 1948 Jan-Oct, with detailed plans and arrangements for publications and exhibitions of Arp's and Kiesler's works and writings in New York, Paris and Switzerland, and with news; and three long personal letters from Marguerite Hagenbach Arp, 1957-1962, from Paris and Basel, primarily about Jean (Hans) Arp. These letters concern his health, his exhibitions, his poetry and the excitement and problems involved with his growing fame. Series IV. Miscellaneous letters received, 1932-1961 (56 items). Primarily single letters or short files of personal, social and incidental business notes from artists, curators and writers in New York and Paris. Arranged alphabetically. Letters of some note include four from Katherine S. Dreier (1937-1949) reporting Duchamp's and Kandinsky's comments on Kiesler's article on "the Large Glass," three from Fredi B.[?] in Paris (1943-1949) with references to "NEON," "Instead," and Kiesler's circle; a 1939 letter from R. Buckminster Fuller, with a long critique of the "Laboratory School of Design" and the philosophy of the Bauhaus; a letter of Amedee Ozenfant, 1939, with reflections on his education, the conditions of painting in America and the New Bauhaus of Moholy-Nagy; a friendly postcard (1932 Dec 21), and a letter from Piet Mondrian (1937) on selections of his work for a N.Y. show; and 13 letters from Hans Richter (1941-1949) among which he describes his difficulties establishing himself in New York in 1941. The series also includes seven letters, 1947 Oct.-1948 March from Christian and Yvonne Zervos relating to surrealist exhibitions at Galerie Maeght and to the affairs of Cahiers d'Art. With an apparently unrelated list of works loaned by Julien Levy in 1932 to the Harvard Society of Contemporary Art. Series also includes letters from Alexandre Alexandre, Pierre Boulez, Serge Chermayeff, Jasper Johns, William Maywald, Sibyl Noholy-Magy, Henri Parisot, Philip Pavia, Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia, Xanti Schawinsky, Anthony Smith and Dorthea Tanning (with a note from Max Ernst). Bio/History: Austrian-born American painter, architect, critic and teacher of architecture. |
| extent | 89 items. use copy. 1 microfilm reel : positive, b/w ; 35 mm. printing master. 1 microfilm reel : negative, b/w ; 35 mm. archival master. 1 microfilm reel : positive, b/w ; 35 mm. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Katherine Sophie Dreier Correspondence, 1928-1929. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Correspondence among Dreier, Frederick P. Keppell (Carnegie Corporation and Secretary of the New York City Art Commission), and Mary Van Kleeck (Russell Sage Foundation) focusing on Dreier's appeal for assistance in the Société Anonyme's efforts to exhibit and explicate modern art. Also, correspondence with Keppel regarding Dreier's mural at Washington Irving High School in New York City. Bio/History: Painter and co-founder/president of the Société Anonyme, Inc. |
| extent | 20 letters. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991003541689707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | William Schack papers, 1891-1963. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Research materials for Schack's books on Albert C. Barnes and Louis Michel Eilshemius, ART AND ARGYROL: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF DR. ALBERT C. BARNES and AND HE SAT AMONG ASHES. Eilshemius material, including fifteen letters, 1891-1831, primarily thanks from Eilshemius to C. H. Collins, a poet and a critic who favorably reviewed Eilshemius' books of verse, "Mamon" and "'Lady' Vere" in local Hillsboro, Ohio papers; 2 letters, undated and 1936, from Eilshemius to Schack; 13 hotel and restaurant receipts, 1893-1903; a certificate concerning Eilshemius' coat-of-arms; 21 clippings, 1897-1917; 3 tickets, 1903; and a map of Arlington, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1900, which was not microfilmed. Other Eilshemius material from sources other than Schack appearing on microfilm reel D193 has been cataloged and housed separately. Barnes and Eilshemius material. Barnes material includes correspondence with Ira Glackens, Dr. Hermann Hille, George Biddle, Thomas Hart Benton, James A. Michener, and others; notes; manuscript pages; a catalog; printed material; and a photograph. Eilshemius material includes letters to Eilshemius; Schack's correspondence with Katherine S. Dreier, Duncan Phillips, and others; notes; copies of writings on Eilshemius by others; and clippings. Bio/History: Writer; Jerusalem, Israel. Co-Creator: Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990 Hille, Hermann Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907- Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966 Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975 Biddle, George, 1885- Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952 |
| extent | 0.9 linear ft. (on 2 partial microfilm reels) |
| formats | Research Files Correspondence Notes Writings Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Material on reel D193 donated 1959 by William Schack. These papers appear on the microfilm with records of the Valentine Gallery relating to Eilshemius. Material on reel 2917 donated 1981 by William Schack. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | J.B. Neumann Papers, 1921-1960. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Papers consist of Neumann’s publications, exhibition catalogs, manuscripts, lecture notes, and personal documents as well as copies of correspondence from artists and photonegatives of artwork. Prominent correspondents are Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Edvard Munch, and Georges Rouault. A microfilm exists of additional letters from artists. Unpublished manuscripts are "Confessions of at Art Dealer" (chapters on Munch, Beckmann, Rouault, and Klee) and "Klee in America" (largely photographs of artwork). The papers also include all issues of Neumann’s irregular periodicals J.B. Neumann’s Bilderhefte (Berlin, 1920-1922) and Artlover (New York, 1926-1945). Biographical or historical data German-American art dealer, lecturer, critic, and publisher who gave support to many modern artists. Location MoMA Museum Archives Call Number J.B. Neumann papers |
| extent | 4.5 linear ft. 3 reels of microfilm 9 boxes |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Slides Ephemera Manuscript |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. |
| record link | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/Neumannf.html |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009769239707141 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| acquisition information | The Papers were a gift to the Museum Library from Elsa Schmidt Neumann, J. B. Neumann's widow, in 1962. They were transferred from the Museum Library to the Museum Archives on April 28, 1997, and re-processed adhering to archival principles. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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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 | Katharine Kuh papers, 1937-1964 (inclusive). | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The papers contain correspondence and art on greeting cards by artists whose works she exhibited. Biographical/Historical note: Katharine Kuh, art historian, art curator, and author. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: YCAL MSS 15 |
| extent | 0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.kuh |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/3249744 |
| finding aid | Online and unpublished finding aid in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Katharine Kuh, 1964. |
| updated | 12/07/2018 10:54:57 |
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| title | Louis Lozowick Papers, 1898-1974. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence (1923-1973); manuscript writings, including various chapters of an unpublished autobiography; photographs and reproductions of Lozowick's work; and printed material, including articles by Lozowick and exhibition catalogs. Incoming correspondence includes that of Milton Abernethy, Louis Adamic, the American Federation of Arts, the American Russian Institute, John Taylor Arms, Artists for Victory, Inc., Newton Arvin, Harry A. Broadd, David Burliuk, V.F. Calverton, Marc Chagall, Erwin O. Christensen, Jack Conroy, Howard Cook, Stuart Davis, Katherine S. Dreier, Ralph Fabri, the Federal Art Project, Langston Hughes, Henry Hurwitz, Albert Jourdan, Joshua Kunitz, Fiorello LaGuardia, Fernand Leger, Leila Mechlin, the Menorah Journal, László Moholy-Nagy, the Municipal Art Committee, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Academy of Design, the National Society of Painters in Casein, Inc., J.B. Neumann, Abbo Ostrowsky, George Picken, Samuel Putnam, Alma Reed, Regina Schoolman, Karl Schwarz, the Society of American Graphic Artists, Inc., Bernhard J. Stern, Transition, the Treasury Relief Art Project, Marjorie Peabody Waite, Lynd Ward, Max Weber, Sol Wilson, and Carl Zigrosser. Bio/History: American Jewish lithographer, painter, and art critic, born in Russia, emigrated to the United States in 1906. |
| extent | 6.0 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Business Papers Printed Materials Photographs |
| access | The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/lozoloui.htm |
| record source | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/lozoloui.htm |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Louis and Adele Lozowick, 1966-1980. Various portions were microfilmed on reels D254-D254A, and 1333-1337. In 2004, all portions of the gift were merged, reprocessed, and remicrofilmed. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Henri-Martin Barzun Papers 1909-1967. | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, and publications. The many manuscripts reflect Barzun's interest in poetry, literature and political affairs. The collection also contains materials for the journal, Art et Action which Barzun helped to found; lecture notes, 1933-1952; and a few items pertaining to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the Futurists. There are some Barzun family papers, as well. The correspondents are primarily French and American authors including Andr’e Breton, Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, Georges Duhamel, ALbert Gleizes, Ivan Goll, Harriet Monroe, Ezra Pound, Pierre Reverdy, Edgar Varèse, Gabriel d'Annunzio, and Felippo Tommaso Marinetti. Bio/History: Author, editor and professor of French literature. |
| extent | 17 linear ft (ca. 7000 items in 38 boxes & 2 drawers of oversized materials). |
| formats | Correspondence Manuscript Diaries Notebooks Printed Materials |
| access | Readers must use microfilm |
| record source | http://clio.cul.columbia.edu |
| acquisition information | Gift of Jacques Barzun, 1964, 1972. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | William Henry Fox records, 1913-33 (bulk), 1908-35 (inclusive). | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The records of William Henry Fox's administration document all activities of the Museum and include correspondence with artists, donors, lenders, and vendors; Board of Trustees and Governing Committee members; New York City agencies, particularly the Parks Department; Museum staff; and staff of other museums and cultural institutions. The activities of the curatorial departments can be tracked through files on the individual curators and departments. These files often contain letters reporting on collecting expeditions, information that may not be available elsewhere. In addition, the files document everyday activities, from routine memos to requisitions for works of art. Among the most important curatorial correspondents are Stewart Culin and Herbert Spinden (Ethnology); William Henry Goodyear, Herbert Tschudy, and Andre Rueff (Fine Arts, Paintings); George P. Engelhardt and Robert C. Murphy (Natural History); Elizabeth Haynes (Decorative Arts); Susan Hutchinson (Library ? and Tassilo Adam (Oriental Art). Donor correspondence documents the offer and acquisition (or rejection) of objects as diverse as a small curiosity or a major art collection. Bequest files also contain valuable acquisitions information. The provenance of objects in the collection can often be traced through these files. Among the donors and artists found in the files are Edwin H. Blashfield, Charles Caryl Coleman, M.D.C. Crawford, Frank Crowninshield, Katherine and Dorothea Dreier, Michael Friedsam, Emil Fuchs, Albert E. Gallatin, Samuel E. Haslett, A. Augustus Healy, Paul Helleu, William H. Herriman, Alfred W. Jenkins, Joseph Pennell, Dick S. Ramsay, Augusta Saint-Gaudens, Louis Sparre, Joseph Stella, Theodora Wilbour, and Claggett Wilson. Correspondence with Trustees also provides valuable insights into administrative matters, collecting policy, and Museum activities. Several Trustees, including Frank L. Babbott, Edward C. Blum, A. Augustus Healy, Adolph Lewisohn, Luke V. Lockwood, John Hill Morgan, and Caroline A. L. Pratt took a very active interest in the day-to-day activities of the Museum and generated a significant amount of correspondence. During Fox's administration, a number of exhibition series were established, among them the biennials "Water Color Paintings by American Artists," beginning in 1921, and "Paintings, Sculpture & Drawings by American & Foreign Artists," beginning in 1928. The Museum also hosted the annual exhibitions of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers from 1915, The Brooklyn Society of Miniature Painters from 1916, and the Brooklyn Society of Artists from 1922. The Director's files provide important adjunct material to the primary exhibition documentation, which appears in curatorial files. Of particular significance are exhibition files that document Fox's organization of circulating loan shows of contemporary art and decorative arts. Fox acted as curator for many shows, often assisted by art critic Christian Brinton. The files include correspondence and lists compiled during trips to Europe to visit museums and artists, select works, and arrange loans; efforts to arrange venues; administration; and critical reaction. In addition, several important exhibitions organized by outside groups were held at the Museum. Among these, the Société Anonyme's "International Exhibition of Modern Art" (1925-27), the "International Exhibition Organized by the Carnegie Institute" (1928), and the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC) exhibition (1931), are of particular significance. Circulating exhibitions from the American Federation of Arts also appeared at the Museum. While the depth of information seen above does not exist in these files, they do provide critical material not found elsewhere. Bio/History: The son of Daniel M. Fox, lawyer and mayor of Philadelphia, William Henry Fox received academic (1881) and law (1883) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He also studied studio art and drew and painted as an amateur. In 1904, Fox served as Secretary of the Fine Arts Department of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and the following year became the first Director of the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis. In 1910, he served as Secretary General of the American Section of the International Exposition of Art and History in Rome. Location: Brooklyn Archives Call Number: DIR: WHF |
| extent | 15.25 linear ft. plus. 1.25 linear ft. oversize materials plus. .5 linear ft photographs. |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Exhibition Files Notes Ephemera |
| access | Some folders may be restricted. Consult archivist for details. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991004036929707141 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in repository. Folder-level descriptions available on-line in repository. Contemporaneous card index available in repository. |
| acquisition information | These files were held by the Registrar's Office until accessioned by the Archives. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Archer Milton Huntington Papers, 1919-1957. | repository | Syracuse University Libraries |
| description | The Archer Milton Huntington Papers contains correspondence, secretarial notes (memos, letters and daybooks), writings, legal and financial papers, and ledgers. Correspondence (Boxes 1 through 9) has been entirely merged into the Correspondence-subject files for the Anna Hyatt Huntington Papers (see "Related Material" below). Boxes 1-9 no longer exist in this collection. Please refer to the Anna Hyatt Huntington Papers for a complete listing. Briefly, this material contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with both individuals and organizations. Individual correspondents include painters (Edwin Blashfield), sculptors (Herbert and Adeline Adams, Gutzon Borglum, Donald De Lue, Gleb Derujinsky, James Earle and Laura Gardin Fraser, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, Vincent Glinsky, Malvina Hoffman, Edward McCartan, Herman Atkins MacNeil, Paul and Isabel Manship, Brenda Putnam, Alma Spreckels, Katharine Weems), writers (Maxwell Anderson, German Arciniegas, Grosvenor Atterbury, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Nicholas Murray Butler, Archibald Macleish). Organizations represented in the correspondence include universities (Chatham College, Clark University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Syracuse University), museums and galleries (Brookgreen Gardens, Burr Galleries, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Columbia Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fogg Art Museum, Grand Central Art Galleries, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, Mariner's Museum, Museum of the City of New York, ), and professional associations (American Geographical Society, American Numismatic Society, Federal Art Project, Hispanic Society of America, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New-York Historical Society). Secretarial notes comprises memos, letters, and daybooks spanning more than thirty years. Writings contains literary gallies, poems and literary manuscripts. Properties consists of information relating to various pieces of real estate including Brookgreen and Arbutus. Ledgers contain financial and business information; the main subdivisions are NY receipts, estate correspondence, estate documents, general correspondence, Bank of Central Hanover receipts, and payment statements. Biographical History Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) was an American philanthropist, art patron, scholar and poet. The son of Arabella Duval Huntington and her husband, railroad industrialist Collis P. Huntington, Archer made substantial contributions -- both scholarly and financial -- in his chosen fields, though he is particularly known for his work in Hispanic Studies. He wrote several scholarly works in the field and in 1904 founded The Hispanic Society of America in New York City, a museum and rare books library which he helped fill with an impressive collection of Hispanic paintings, decorative art, books, manuscripts, maps, prints, and photographs. At about this same time, Archer was named foreign corresponding secretary for the New-York Historical Society; he served in this capacity for several years and contributed to the funding of many of the society's publications. His first wife, whom he married in 1895, was Helen Manchester Gates, an Englishwoman and author. For his second wife (married in 1923), sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, Archer founded Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina where her works were displayed as well as those of dozens of other American sculptors. (She returned the favor, creating several Hispanic-themed works for the grounds of the Hispanic Society, including an equestrian sculpture entitled "The Cid.") In 1936, Huntington donated an endowment which established the Chair of Poetry at the Library of Congress, now known as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress; he also donated to the American Numismatic Society the funding and land for its headquarters and, later, a library. Together with Anna, he founded the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, one of the largest and finest maritime museums in the world, and established the Archer and Anna Huntington Wild Life Forest Station in the Adirondacks of New York State. Archer M. Huntington was awarded honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Kenyon College, and the University of Madrid. Among his other philanthropic positions, he was president of the American Geographical Society and a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the American Indian, and the Heye Foundation. When he died in December of 1955, The Modern Language Journal published a biographical sketch which included the following praise: In his passing, Hispanic studies in the United States, Spain, and Hispanic America have lost a generous patron who was also in his own right a scholar of distinction, a poet of charm, and in everything he did a good citizen." (The Modern Language Journal, Feb 1956, p. 59) |
| extent | 51.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Legal Papers Financial Papers Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/huntington_am.htm |
| record source | http://library.syr.edu/ |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| updated | 04/29/2018 14:24:03 |
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| title | Josef Albers papers, 1899-1973 (inclusive), 1934-1973 (bulk). | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, printed material, and family memorabilia, which document the personal life and professional career of Josef Albers. The papers contain some material relating to the Bauhaus school but the bulk of the material dates from Albers's arrival in the United States. The largest part of the papers is composed of published material by or about Albers or which contain reproductions of his work. Bio/History: Josef Albers was born in Bottrop, Germany, on March 19, 1888. He studied art in schools in Berlin, Essen, and Munich before joining the Bauhaus school in 1920. From the completion of his studies in 1923 until the school was closed by the Nazis in 1933, Albers remained at the Bauhaus as a teacher. In 1933 Albers joined the faculty of Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he remained until 1950 when he accepted an appointment as chairman of the Yale University Department of Design. He retired in 1958 and died on March 25, 1976. Location: LSF-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives Call Number: MS 32 |
| extent | 13 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Research Files Printed Materials Ephemera |
| access | Must be used under the supervision of a reference archivist. |
| record link | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/redirect/findaid.php?num=0032&typ=ms |
| record source | http://orbis.library.yale.edu/ |
| finding aid | Online and unpublished finding aid in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Josef Albers, 1960, and transfer from the Art and Architecture Library, 1985 and 1989 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | George Heard Hamilton papers, 1937-1966 (inclusive). | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The papers consist of correspondence, course materials, writings, and newspaper clippings relating to George Heard Hamilton's career as a professor of art history, art gallery curator and administrator, and author. Correspondents include curators of U.S. and European art museums and galleries, colleagues at Yale and at other universities, and members of the international art community. Bio/History: George Heard Hamilton was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 1910. He received a B.A. (1932),an M.A. (1934), and a Ph.D. (1942) from Yale University. He taught art history at Yale from 1936 until 1966, and was the curator of modern art at the Yale University Art Gallery from 1940 to 1966. He was chairman of the Department of Art from 1959 to 1962, and associate director of the Art Gallery from 1946 to 1948. From 1966 to 1975 he was a professor of art at Williams College, and was the director of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown from 1966 to 1977. From 1966 to 1968 Hamilton was the president of the College Art Association of America. Hamilton wrote Manet and his Critics, Art and Architecture of Russia, European Painting and Sculpture 1880-1940, Raymond Duchamp Villon (with W. C. Agee), and 19th and 20th Century Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. He edited the catalogue of the Collection of the Société Anonyme which was published in 1950. Hamilton died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on March 29, 2004. Location: LSF-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives Call Number: MS 1145 |
| extent | 1.25 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Business Papers Writings Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/redirect/findaid.php?num=1145&typ=ms |
| record source | http://orbis.library.yale.edu/ |
| finding aid | Online and unpublished finding aid in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Mary E. Dreier Papers, 1797-1963 (inclusive), 1897-1963 (bulk). | repository | Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute |
| description | Chiefly correspondence; also financial records, day books, poems, and photos. The bulk of the collection concerns family and friends, mostly since 1920. Administrative papers of the N.Y. WTUL include minutes, reports and financial records. Few records are from the early years of Dreier’s presidency, but the financial problems of the last fifteen years are well documented. Also includes several accounts of work and living conditions by women who worked in the garment industry; extensive correspondence between Dreier and her close friend, arbitration expert Frances Kellor; and documentation of Katherine Dreier’s work with Marcel Duchamp and the Société Anonyme, and her interest in spiritualism. Language note : Much of the pre 1900 Dreier correspondence with relatives in Germany is in German. History notes : Labor reformer and suffragist, Dreier was active in the New York Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) throughout its existence (1903-1950), serving as president, 1906-1914. Her sisters were Margaret Dreier Robins, a founder and president of the National WTUL, and Dorothea and Katherine, both artists, Katherine best known as a patron of modern art. Location : Schlesinger MC 309 Notes : There is related material in the National Women’s Trade Union League Records Microfilm, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College. There is related material in the Margaret Dreier Robins Papers, University of Florida Library, Gainsville. There is related material in the Katherine Dreier Papers, Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT. |
| extent | 12 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Writings Photographs Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00136 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid; see also Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library..., The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs...10v., (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984) Electronic finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00136 |
| acquisition information | Accession number: 77-M210 The papers of Mary Elisabeth Dreier were given to the Schlesinger Library by Theodore Dreier in 1977. They were processed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (RC-0051-79-1260). |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:02 |
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| title | Artist file. Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as: Brooklyn Museum Library Collections. Clark S. Marlor artist files. Location: Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number: AF Marlor D |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991000237979707141 |
| acquisition information | Gift; Dr. Clark S. Marlor; 1992-ongoing. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Artist file. Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as: Brooklyn Museum Library Collections. BMA artist files. Location: Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number: AF BMA D |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991000330419707141 |
| acquisition information | Files compiled by BMA library staff from 1917 to the present. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Katherine Sophie Dreier artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation. | repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library |
| description | Assembled file includes b&w photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, and in some cases, negatives. Items may include full views, details, before-and-after restoration views, etc. Documentation may include artist name, title of work, medium, dimensions, provenance, exhibition history, related works, previous attributions, and bibliography. Location Frick Photoarchive Stacks Call Number 100 Dreier |
| extent | 2 folders [as of 1999] : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm. |
| formats | Ephemera Photographs Reproductions |
| access | These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library access policy. Frick: Photocopies of items and accompanying documentation are available upon request, subject to fees and other current guidelines for reproduction. Photographic prints from the Library's negatives may be ordered subject to copyright requirements. |
| record source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991002777309707141 |
| finding aid | Item-level control. Local database may provide access to selected items in the file. |
| acquisition information | The Library continues to add to the file. |
| updated | 08/30/2022 14:59:08 |
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| title | M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The records of M. Knoedler & Co. document the business of the prominent American art dealer from the mid-19th century to 1971, when the Knoedler Gallery was acquired by Armand Hammer. The archive traces the development of the once provincial American art market into one of the world's leading art centers and the formation of the private art collections that would ultimately establish many of the nation's leading art museums, such as the Frick Collection and the National Gallery of Art. It brings to the foreground the business side of dealing as artworks shuttled back and forth among Knoedler, fellow dealers, and collectors, documenting developments in art connoisseurship, shifting tastes, the changing role of art in American society, and the essential role of private collectors in the formation of public American art collections. The records provide insight into broader economic, social and cultural histories and the nation's evolving sense of place in the world. The Knoedler Gallery became one of the main suppliers of old master and post-Impressionist paintings in the United States. Financial records of the firm provide crucial provenance information on the large number of artworks in American museums that were sold by the gallery. The archive includes stock books, sales books and commission books; correspondence with collectors, artists, art dealers and other associates; photographs of the artworks sold by the gallery; records from the firm's offices in London, Paris and other cities; exhibition files; framing and restoration records, and records of the firm's Print Department. Selected portions of the archive have been digitized and made available online. Connect to selected digitized portions of the archive. Arranged in 14 series: Series I. Stock books; Series II. Sales books; Series III. Commission books; Series IV. Inventory cards; Series V. Receiving and shipping records; Series VI. Correspondence; Series VII. Photographs; Series VIII. Exhibition files; Series IX. American Department records; Series X. Framing and restoration records; Series XI. Print Department records; Series XII. Other financial records; Series XIII. Library cards, scrapbooks, and research materials; Series XIV. Knoedler family papers Biographical/Historical Note: M. Knoedler & Co. was a successor to the New York branch of Goupil & Co., an extremely dynamic print-publishing house founded in Paris in 1827. Goupil's branches in London, Berlin, Brussels, and The Hague, as well as New York, expanded the firm's market in the sale of reproductive prints. The firm's office in New York was established in 1848. In 1857, Michael Knoedler, an employee of Goupil and a manager for the firm, bought out the interests in the firm's New York branch, conducted the business under his own name, and diversified its activities to include the sale of paintings. Roland Knoedler, Michael's son, took over the firm in 1878 and with Charles Carstairs opened galleries in Paris and London. In 1928, the management of the firm passed to Roland's nephew Charles Henschel, Carman Messmore, Charles Carstairs and Carstairs' son Carroll. In 1956 Henschel died, and E. Coe Kerr and Roland Balaÿ, Michael Knoedler's grandson, took over. In 1971 the firm was sold to businessman and collector Armand Hammer. The gallery closed in November 2011. |
| extent | 3042.6 linear feet (5550 boxes, 17 flat file folders). |
| formats | Auction Catalogs Business Records Correspondence Financial Records Ephemera |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers, with the following exceptions. Boxes 77, 262-264, 1308-1512, 1969-1974, 3592-3723 are restricted due to fragility. Box 4468 is restricted until 2075. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2012m54 |
| record source | http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21129976460001551 |
| contact information | Contact gallery's archivist |
| finding aid | At the Getty Research Institute and over their website. |
| acquisition information | Acquired in 2012. |
| updated | 05/29/2018 14:44:15 |
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| title | Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers, ca. 1886-1990, n.d. | repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | The Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers are comprised of some personal papers of Marcel Duchamp as well as published material documenting the artist and his work that were compiled and organized by his widow, Alexina Duchamp. The collection is comprised of approximately 800 personal photographs; a small portion of Duchamp's correspondence; his lecture notes and transcripts; vital records; transcripts of several interviews with Duchamp; and published material concerning the artist. |
| extent | 30 cubic feet |
| formats | Photographs Correspondence Legal Papers Writings Interviews |
| access | The collection is open for research. The "Fragile restricted papers" may only be consulted with permission of the Archivist. Preservation photocopies and copy prints for reference use have been substituted in the main files. David Sylvester's typescript for the article "Bicycle Parts" can only be consulted with permission of the author's estate. |
| record link | http://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=MDP&p=ai |
| record source | http://www.philamuseum.org/archives/findingaids.html |
| finding aid | Available online |
| acquisition information | Gift of Jacqueline, Paul and Peter Matisse in memory of their mother Alexina Duchamp, 1998 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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