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Archives related to: Goodyear, A. Conger (Anson Conger), 1877-1964
| title | A Conger Goodyear Papers, 1929-1939. |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Albums documenting the activities and development of the Museum during its first decade. Volumes focusing on exhibitions include correspondence, announcements, catalogs, invitations, press releases as well as representative press coverage. Other volumes document the Museum's founding, the Film Library, the 1939 building, the 10th anniversary celebration, and the Washington Gallery of Modern Art. One volume contains official reports from the director and president, and annual reports, 1930-1939. Bio/History: Trustee and President of the Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1939 Location MoMA Museum Archives |
| extent | 53 v. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Scrapbooks |
| access | Requires appointment with department |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009761889707141 |
| finding aid | Finding aid in the repository. |
| acquisition information | MoMA: albums transfer Forms part of: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Archives. Records. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers, 1851-1986, bulk 1920-1960 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, writings, art work, photographs, printed material and financial and legal records document the artistic, teaching, and journalism careers of husband and wife Stephan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo. Correspondence is with friends, family, and colleagues, concerning commissions, exhibitions, travel, and teaching (1929-1962). Included are correspondence with Edith Halpert of the Downtown Gallery, 1930-1933; Holger Cahill of the Federal Art Project, 1935-1937; and A. Conger Goodyear, in his capacity as Chair of the Exhibition of Contemporary Art for the New York World's Fair, 1939. Other correspondents include Josef Albers, Kenneth Callahan, Walter Gropius, Lincoln Kirstein, Robert Laurent, Alain Locke, Jean Lurcat and Ralph Mayer. Writings consist of mss. drafts of writings and lectures on art (ca. 1930-1960), including a manuscript of Hamilton Easter Field's The Master Painter's Materials. Teaching material is from Bennington and Bard colleges. Art work includes drawings, oil and watercolor sketches, and sketchbooks. Photographs are mainly those taken by Elsa Rogo documenting international diplomatic meetings, among them the 1945 United Nations Conference and the Chapultepe Inter-American Conference; and Mexican murals and muralists. Printed material consists of art periodicals, exhibition catalogs, and newspaper clippings. Correspondence, ca. 1930-1938, includes letters from Stefan Hirsch, Mexican painter Carlos Mérida, Frances Toor (editor of "Mexican Folkways"), actor Charles Laughton, Herlinda T. de Sáenz, editor Burton C. Hoffman regarding Rogo's book "Walls and Volcanos: The Creative Impulse of the Mexican People" (1937), and others. Printed material concerns the Rogo's Painting School for Mexican Children in Taxco, Mexico; Bennington College schedules and memoranda. Photographs are of Rogo and Hirsch as well as President John F. Kennedy in San Jose. Art work includes draft writings; pencil figure studies possibly by Hirsch or Rogo, four folios, undated; three pencil figure studies by Mexican artist Rául Anguiano (b. 1915), a friend of Hirsch and Rogo; a reproduction of a lithograph by an unknown artist; and miscellany. Bio/History: Artists, art educators, journalist; Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. |
| extent | 16.0 linear ft. Addition 1.1 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Works of Art Photographs Printed Materials |
| access | Use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington D.C. office |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/stefan-hirsch-and-elsa-rogo-papers-6044 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/stefan-hirsch-and-elsa-rogo-papers-6044 |
| acquisition information | Portions of the Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers were donated in 1996 by the Elsa Rogo estate, via Sylvia Siskin, executrix. Additions were donated 2002, 2014, and 2019 by professor James Oles, Art Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts on behalf of Sylvia Siskin. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | Arnold Geissbuhler papers, 1915-1977. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, correspondence (1920-1977), diaries, notes and writings, art works, subject files (1939-1968), printed material (1919-1971), and photographs (1919-1929) document Geissbuhler's artistic activities in Paris and New England. Many letters (1920-1971), written by Geissbuhler to his wife Elisabeth Chase Geissbuhler, are illustrated. Other correspondents include Adelyn Breeskin, Margaret Browne, Edward W. Forbes, and A. Conger Goodyear. Art works consist of 26 sketchbooks (1915-1962), annotated in French and English, and over 600 figure studies (1922-1970). Printed material includes a Sculptors' Guild brochure, art course announcements (1958), and clippings (1924-1971). Other materials consist of 2 autobiographical accounts, an award from the Cambridge Centennial Exhibition (1946), an address book and calling cards. Printed material includes reproductions of Geissbuhler's work, an advertisement for the Academie Julian (1919), an exhibition announcement (1921), and a clipping (1925). Photographs (1919-1922) and a photograph album (1921-1929) contain images of Geissbuhler in his studio, his works, his family, and friends including Otto Banninger, Antoine Bourdelle, Alberto Giacometti, his father Giovanni Giacometti, and Germaine Richier. Sixteen photographs show art classes, primarily Bourdelle's classes (1919-1922), and Charles Graffley's studio (1921). Other materials consist of biographical notes, an award certificate and 4 sketches (1918). Correspondence consists of letters received from Antoine and Rhoda Bourdelle (1921-1977) and general correspondence concerning art business matters (1927-1971). A diary in 8 volumes (1921-1922) contains some illustrated entries. Printed material (1934-1971) consists of 40 exhibition catalogs, 8 clippings, and a school brochure. Four loose sketches are undated. Seven subject files concerning Geissbuhler's sculpture projects contain letters, business records, notes, and clippings. Photographs of Geissbuhler's work and one of his house, ca. 1924-1933. Letters (1937-1941) concern Geissbuhler's work for the WPA, Treasury Department, and the Federal Works Agency, primarily the Medford project and the Foxboro, Massachusetts, post office project. Other material consists of 3 forms, 2 exhibition catalogs, a press release concerning government projects, 2 rolled charcoal drawings and 2 photographs of the sculptural relief "Straw Cutting and Weaving" from the Foxboro, Massachusetts post office project, and notes. Bio/History: Sculptor; Dennis, Mass. |
| extent | 0.3 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 6 reels) |
| formats | Works of Art Diaries Correspondence Photographs Sketchbooks |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Originals returned to the lender, Arnold Geissbuhler, after microfilming./ Reels 1267-1268, 1271, 1331, and 1813:/ Material on reels 1267-1268, 1271, 1331 and 1813 lent for microfilming 1977-1978; unmicrofilmed material donated 1984 all by Arnold Geissbuhler. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | A Conger Goodyear Scrapbooks, 1929-1939. |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Scrapbooks documenting the activities and development of the Museum during its first decade. Volumes focusing on exhibitions include announcements, catalogs, invitations, press releases as well as representative press coverage. Other volumes document the Museum's founding, the Film Library, the 1939 building, the 10th anniversary celebration, and the Washington Gallery of Modern Art. One volume contains official reports from the director and president, and annual reports, 1930-1936. |
| extent | 6 linear ft. |
| formats | Scrapbooks |
| access | Scrapbooks to be used only after other resources have been exhausted. |
| record link | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/GoodyearScrapbooksf.html |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009768939707141 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| acquisition information | MoMA: Scrapbooks, exhibition catalogs, press releases, reports |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | A. Conger Goodyear War of 1812 Manuscripts Collection |
| repository | The Buffalo History Museum |
| description | Miscellaneous War of 1812 mss. collected by A. Conger Goodyear, including orderly books of camps Batavia and Buffalo; memoranda from an original journal by Gen. Jacob Brown, 1814; letterbooks of Amos Hall and Roger Hale Sheaffe; and letters, documents and maps concerning the Porter- Smyth controversy, the Battle of Black Rock and the destruction of Buffalo, and the battles of Chippewa, Queenstown, Lundy's Lane, Lake Erie, and Fort Erie. Writers include Peter B. Porter and Stephen Van Rensselaer. |
| extent | 1.5 linear ft.) |
| formats | Printed Materials Ephemera Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Inventory available in the repository: item level control. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Anson Conger Goodyear, 1877-1964 papers, 1885-1964 |
| repository | The Buffalo History Museum |
| description | Papers documenting family and personal history, military service, and business and cultural interests of a vice president of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, a vice president of the Great Southern Lumber Company, the director, 1911, of the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, and a founder and president, 1929-39, of the Museum of Modern Art. 520 Includes annual reports of various railroad companies and other businesses; correspondence, unpublished articles, speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, and photo albums; also materials concerning Grover Cleveland, including magazine articles, notes, and photos. |
| extent | 16.0 cubic ft. |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Writings Diaries |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Anson Conger Goodyear, 1877-1964. Art Papers, 1924-1927. |
| repository | The G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library |
| description | Scrapbook concerning sculpture and drawings by Aristide Maillol, including catalog of exhibition at the Albright Art Gallery, 1925, and catalog of exhibition at Galleries of Joseph Brummer, New York City, 1926; also a scrapbook concerning modern European sculpture, with catalog of exhibition at Albright Art Gallery, 1927, photographs of statues and artists, letters from exhibitors, receipts of sales and costs, and other letters, photos, and clippings. |
| extent | 2 vols. |
| formats | Scrapbooks |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Anson Conger Goodyear collection, 1813-1890 (inclusive). |
| repository | Yale University Library |
| description | Correspondence, diaries, proclamations and drafts of letters chiefly relating to the Civil War, but also including letters from the Jacksonian period. The major portion of the collection concerns the siege of Fort Sumter with letters from both Major Robert Anderson and General P.G.T. Beauregard. Included also are a diary kept by General S. Wylie Crawford during the siege and two letters from Abraham Lincoln. Other portions of the collection concern Lincoln as a political figure, the relations of Jefferson Davis and General Beauregard, with letters by both principals, letters by and about General Sherman and letters on the controversy between Andrew Jackson and John Randolph, with letters from both. Biographical/Historical note: B.A., Yale, 1899; served in World War I; vice president for the Susquehanna Railroad Co., Great Southern Lumber Co., and managing director of the Goodyear Lumber Co. Location: LSF-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives Call Number: MS 244 |
| extent | 1 linear ft |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/redirect/findaid.php?num=0244&typ=ms |
| record source | http://orbis.library.yale.edu/ |
| finding aid | The finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet. |
| acquisition information | Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, 1953. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | A. Conger Goodyear papers, 1919-1922. |
| repository | Stanford University Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, diary, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, maps, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to coal production and distribution in Silesia, Bohemia, Galicia, and Serbia, political and economic conditions in Poland, and the partition of Silesia. Notes: Colonel, United States Army; president, Allied Coal Mission to Central Europe, 1918-1919; member, Inter-Allied Commission in Upper Silesia, 1919. CSt-H Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |
| extent | 3 ms. boxes, 3 envelopes. |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Writings Ephemera Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/oac |
| record source | http://jenson.stanford.edu/ |
| finding aid | Register |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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