The Freer Gallery of Art was conceived by its founder, Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), as a museum and a research institution. A Detroit industrialist, Freer collected more than 9,420 art objects and manuscripts before his death.The museum opened to the public in 1923.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 | Harvard Art Museums. Archives | |
| creatorOf | Freer Gallery of Art. Freer Gallery of Art collection, [microform]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | James Cahill Papers, 1945-1996 | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives | |
| referencedIn | Charles Lang Freer Papers, 1876-1931 | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives | |
| creatorOf | Freer Gallery of Art. Institutional file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933. Charles A. Platt architectural records and papers, 1879-1981 (bulk 1882-1933). | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005 | Harvard Art Museums. Archives | |
| referencedIn | Charles A. Platt architectural records and papers, 1879-1981, (bulk 1882-1933) | Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives. | |
| referencedIn | OPENING OF IRANIAN ART EXHIBIT AT THE FREER GALLERY OF ART ON THE OCCASION OF SHAH OF IRAN CORONATION SPEECH | National Archives at College Park | |
| creatorOf | Freer Gallery of Art. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| referencedIn | Project Files, ca. 1941 - 2006 | National Archives at Washington, D.C | |
| referencedIn | Freer Gallery of Art, OF 302f | Harry S. Truman Library | |
| referencedIn | Chase, W. T. (William Thomas). Tom Chase conservation papers, 1962-2006. | Winterthur Library | |
| referencedIn | Myron Bement Smith collection, circa 1910-1970 | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives | |
| creatorOf | Greene, Belle da Costa,. [Qurʼan single leaf]. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Surveyors' Notebooks for the District of Columbia, ca. 1907 - 1941 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Charles Lang Freer selected papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | TV Satellite File 448 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | ANCIENT CHINESE PAINTINGS IN AMERICA | National Archives at College Park | |
| creatorOf | Greene, Belle da Costa,. [Two single leaves from a Qurʼan]. | Pierpont Morgan Library. |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Index Card - F - Freer Gallery | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | 401 (28) John Pope News Release 1969 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Index Card - F - Freer Gallery | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Index Card - F - Freer Gallery | National Archives at College Park |
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