Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987

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Margaret Scolari Barr (1901-1987) was married to Alfred Barr, the director of the Museum of Modern Art and lived in New York.

Mrs. Barr taught at Vassar (Italian) and the Spence School (art history), wrote several books, and translated others. She worked closely with her husband, on numerous of his projects.

From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret Scolari Barr concerning Alfred H. Barr, 1974 Feb. 22-May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522287
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creatorOf Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. Letters to Margaret Scolari Barr, 1936-1966. Houghton Library
referencedIn Berenson, Bernard and Mary. Papers, 1880-2002, 1880-2002 Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
referencedIn Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. Bernard and Mary Berenson, Papers (1880-2002, bulk 1880-1959) : a finding aid. Houghton Library
referencedIn Coolidge, John, 1913-1995. Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006. Harvard University Art Museum
creatorOf Steinberg, Leo, 1920-2011. Leo Steinberg research papers, 1945-1996 (bulk 1950-1993). Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Archives pamphlet file : Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987 : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Brand, Mona, 1915-. Going, going, gone : a financial revue 1897-1968 / by Mona Brand and Margaret Barr. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987. Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1975. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Franc, Helen M. (Helen Margaret), 1908-. Oral history, 1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Bernard Berenson letters to Margaret Scolari Barr, 1936-1966. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Lieberman, William S. (William Slattery), 1924-2005. William S. Lieberman papers, 1948-1984 Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Alfred Hamilton Barr papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Straight, Michael Whitney. Michael Whitney Straight papers, 1931-2002. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Bernard Berenson letters to Margaret Scolari Barr, 1936-1966. Houghton Library
referencedIn Leo Steinberg research papers, 1945-1996, 1950-1993 Getty Research Institute
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Margaret Scolari Barr relating to Alfred H. Barr Archives of American Art

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associatedWith Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902- person
associatedWith Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. person
associatedWith Berenson, Mary, 1864-1945 person
associatedWith Brand, Mona, 1915- person
associatedWith Clark, Stephen C. (Stephen Carlton), b. 1882. person
associatedWith Coolidge, John, 1913-1995. person
associatedWith Cummings, Paul person
associatedWith D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968. person
associatedWith Franc, Helen M. (Helen Margaret), 1908- person
associatedWith Hitchcock, Henry Russell, 1903- person
associatedWith Johnson, Philip, 1906- person
correspondedWith Lieberman, William S. (William Slattery), 1924-2005. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979. person
associatedWith Steinberg, Leo, 1920- person
associatedWith Steinberg, Leo, 1920-2011. person
associatedWith Straight, Michael Whitney. person
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New York (State)--New York
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Death 1987

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