Laver, James, 1899-1975

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James Laver (1899-1975) was a British author, art historian and museum curator. For more than twenty years he was curator of prints and drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was also a noted fashion historian.

David Tatham (1939- ) is the author of seven books and more than eighty scholarly articles, exhibition catalogue essays, and journal reviews concerning American art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is presently (2010) a Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, where he taught for many years.

From the guide to the James Laver Correspondence, 1969-1972, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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referencedIn Fonds Edward Gordon Craig Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981 (inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf James Laver Correspondence, 1969-1972 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Correspondence of James Laver, 1899-1975, art critic, 1881-1975 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
creatorOf Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Nymph errant: typescript: n.d. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Craig, Edward Gordon (1872-1966) person
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith James Laver (art critic : 1899-1975) person
associatedWith Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. person
correspondedWith Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 person
associatedWith Tatham, David, 1939- person
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Birth 1899-03-14

Death 1975-06-03

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