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Archives related to: Held, Julius S. (Julius Samuel), 1905-2002
| title | Julius S. Held papers, 1918-1999. |
| repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The material provides a broad and detailed study of Held's professional life, his scholarly development, and his working methods. A major portion comprises scholarly correspondence with other art historians, including numerous prominent American and European scholars as well as young colleagues and post-graduate students. Also present is professional correspondence with art dealers, auction houses, museums, and publishing firms, and a large body of occasional correspondence with private collectors. Letters by Held are particularly valuable for their frank assessments of art objects. Included is material documenting Held's research for essays, reviews and articles, his many teaching and lecturing activities, as well as his involvement as an art expert in legal cases. The archive also contains extensive travel notes. A distinct group of material details Held's role in building the collection of Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. A very large portion of the archive consists of study photographs and other visual documentation of artwork by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Rembrandt, and a vast number of other artists, mainly Dutch and Flemish from the 15th to 18th centuries. Bio./Hist. Note: The American art historian Julius Samuel Held (1905-2002) was renowned for his scholarship in 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, and an authority on the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Rembrandt. Educated in pre-war Germany, Held emigrated in 1934 to the United States where he pursued an academic career at Barnard College, Columbia University. Held also lectured and taught at other colleges and art institutions in the United States. |
| extent | 70 linear ft. (168 boxes) + ADDS (30 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Research Files Writings Photographs |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa990056 |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21128935310001551 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Acquired by the repository in 1999 from Julius Held. Some letters and Held's library list were received in 2003 from Held's family. Seven boxes of Held material were received from the National Gallery in late 2004. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | Artist file: Held, Julius S; miscellaneous uncataloged material |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Held, Julius S |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009970859707141 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | Art historian: Julius S. Held : oral history transcript |
| repository | University of California, Berkeley |
| description | Held discusses his childhood in Germany and education at the University of Freiburg; work at the Staatliche Museum; cultural life of Berlin in the 1920s; politics in Germany during the 20s and '30s; departure from Germany in 1933 and arrival in New York; teaching at Barnard, New York University, visiting lectureships; his art collection and sale to the National Gallery; research interests and trends in art scholarship and interest in connoisseurship. |
| extent | Transcript: 1 v. (xi, 312 leaves) : port. ; 29 cm. |
| formats | Interview Transcript |
| access | This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All literary rights, including the right to publication, are reserved to the University Library of the University of California, Los Angeles. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the University Librarian. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| acquisition information | Completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1994. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Held Family Miscellany. |
| repository | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute |
| description | This assembled collection represents items relating to the professional activities of Ingrid-Marta Held and Julius Samuel Held. It contains two boxes of material relating to Mrs. Held's professional restoration activity, including correspondence, photographs and invoices. Correspondents includes private collectors, such as Ward Melville; institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Norfolk Museum of Art and Science, and Weyhe Gallery. There is also correspondence with George Stout of the Fogg Art Museum regarding scholarly and technical matters. Mr. Held is represented by 2 boxes of material relating to his scholarly work. Included are photographs, negatives and transparencies of art work, as well as extensive notes. Also included is a file with negatives and contact prints of the Helds' personal art collection; and ca. 150 cards from his library file that represent books that came into the collection of the Clark Art Institute. In addition, there are 10 negatives made from books for George Heard Hamilton's "The Art and Architecture of Russia." Organization: Arranged by subject; items relating to Mrs. Held's restoration activities stored in 2 boxes; items relating to Mr. Held's scholarly work and connoisseurship in 2 boxes. Location Ground Floor Storage Call Number N6505.6 H44.8m box 1 - 4 |
| extent | 1.5 linear ft |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Negatives Financial Records Ephemera |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record source | http://www.clarkart.edu/library/search-all.cfm |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:44 |
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| title | Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files |
| repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library |
| description | 1946-1980 Subject file from the Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. records. Files may include correspondence, invoices, statements, agreements, photographs, and printed material. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| access | These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection Archives access policy. Material related to transactions after 1969 is subject to restrictions. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org. |
| record link | https://archives.frick.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/26184 |
| finding aid | Available online. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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