Compare Constellations

Oral history interview with William Milliken

Title: Oral history interview with William Milliken

An interview of William Milliken conducted 1974 Dec. 27-1976 Mar. 13, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. Milliken speaks of his family background and history; his childhood; his education, and studies at Princeton; his first position as Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum; his involvement with the Frick and the Cooper Union Museum; his appointment to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1919, and becoming its director in 1930. He recalls William R. Valentiner, Jacques Seligmann, Isabella Stewart Gardner, J.P. Morgan, Henry Frick and others.

OralHistoryResource: 5 sound tape reels ; 5 in. (106 p. transcript)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw998cdcaf0-9fcc-4ef1-922d-801f35d6a0dd View

Oral history interview with Richard Lippold

Title: Oral history interview with Richard Lippold

An interview of Richard Lippold conducted 1971 Dec. 1, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Lippold speaks of his family background and early life in Milwaukee; his early interests in art and music; early teachers; the impact of the Chicago World's Fair; studying industrial design at the Chicago Art Institute; designing machinery for an engineering firm; his travels in Mexico, Germany, and France; teaching at various institutions; his early sculptures; the development of his stylle; materials he uses; architectural commissions. He recalls Emiel Zettler, William R. Valentiner, John Cage, Jean Arp, Josef Albers, Ray Johnson, and Naum Gabo.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels (4 hr.) ; 5 in.Transcript 125 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c6cbab1c-0653-4f6c-a44c-a894eeebe129 View

Perry Townsend Rathbone papers

Title: Perry Townsend Rathbone papers

The papers of museum director Perry Townsend Rathbone measure 4.3 linear feet and date from 1929 to 1985. The papers document Rathbone's career as museum director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and his later work with Christie's New York office. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence with friends and colleagues, writings, professional and project files, printed materials, and photographs, mostly of exhibitions.

ArchivalResource: 4.3 Linear feet (5 boxes, 1 OV)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99ceffd13-4519-4277-b68d-2369944ef893 View

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1920.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1920.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155899686 View

Mary E. Adams letters from Wilhelm Valentiner

Title: Mary E. Adams letters from Wilhelm Valentiner

Letters from Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, the first director of the Getty Museum, to his assistant, Mary E. Adams. Five letters from 1954 regard the opening of the museum; the remainder were written while Valentiner was director at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Included are typescripts of the letters.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e1eec42e-eba0-4d27-8a60-ce57ee9bd5ac View

Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005.

Title: Papers, 1867-2005.

These papers of Fogg Art Museum Director Edward Waldo Forbes document his administration of the museum and a wide range of personal and professional activities and interests. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1944. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including a series of correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, reports, expedition field notes and journals, printed material, newspaper clippings, blueprints, meeting minutes, letters of recommendation, insurance records, invoices, page proofs, telegrams, rubbings, sketches, visiting cards, shipping documents and press releases.

ArchivalResource: 119 boxes + oversize materials.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422897333 View

E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers

Title: E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers

The papers of art historian E. P. Richardson measure 28.7 linear feet and date from 1814-1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1921-1996. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials; acquisition files for Richardson's personal art collection; professional and personal correspondence with colleagues, art historians and critics, artists, museums, galleries, and dealers; numerous writings, including manuscripts and research files for his published books, articles, and lectures; general research notebooks and files compiled by Richardson on a wide variety of art-related topics and artists; professional and committee files; as well as a smaller amount of Constance C. Richardson's papers.

ArchivalResource: 28.7 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f0a154af-52ef-402b-b06d-60a290eec749 View

Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964.

Title: Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964.

The records provide a detailed view of the Duveen Brothers business activities in London, Paris, and New York. Although the archive extends from 1876-1981, the bulk of the material dates from Joseph Duveen's tenure as president of the firm, 1909-1939, and the period from 1939 to 1964 when Edward Fowles directed the firm (with Armand Lowengard until 1943). The mass of documents, such as cables and letters, invoices, and ledger and stock books, give a day-by-day account of art dealing, business strategy, and the individuals involved. Series I (circa 112 linear feet) contains the firm's business records. Stock books indicate where objects were sent for repair, to whom objects were sent on approbation along with the date of sale and the price realized. Invoices include receipts, sales invoices sent to clients, lists of cablegrams and shipment of stock from each branch of the business. Series II (circa 155 linear feet) consists of papers and correspondence which broadly cover the interaction between the Duveen Brothers firm and its clients, business associates, and the public. The correspondence describes art collecting trends among museums and individuals, the availability and purchase of art, art research and authentication, and the firm's general business practices. Eleven boxes of correspondence with Bernard Berenson detail his business relationship with the firm. Also included are records of lawsuits, correspondence between branches (some written in code), correspondence with museums, papers regarding galleries, Edward Fowles' papers, papers concerning exhibitions and loans, and papers regarding major art collectors and consultants. Some records of Kleinberger Galleries (apparently the papers of Harry G. Sperling, president) form a subseries within this series, and contain correspondence. Series III (circa 127 linear feet) includes some photographs, indices, negatives, and x-rays. This series represents the Duveen Brother's stock of images. Indices are available for the majority of the negatives in cold storage.

ArchivalResource: Circa 394 linear feet 584 boxes, glass negative cabinets, and 18 flat file folders.422 microfilm reels : positive ; 35mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145863967 View

Oral history interview with S. Morton Vose

Title: Oral history interview with S. Morton Vose

An interview of S. Morton Vose conducted 1986 July 24-1987 April 28, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 4 sound cassettes.Transcript: 87 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a345a506-2674-4265-9220-c48ca66714d4 View

Duveen Brothers. Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964.

Title: Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964.

The records provide an detailed view of the Duveen Brothers business activities in London, Paris, and New York. Although the archive extends from 1876-1981, the bulk of the material dates from Joseph Duveen's tenure as president of the firm, 1909-1939, and the period from 1939 to 1964 when Edward Fowles directed the firm (with Armand Lowengard until 1943). The mass of documents, such as cables and letters, invoices, and ledger and stock books, give a day-by-day account of art dealing, business strategy, and the individuals involved.

ArchivalResource: Ca. 394 linear ft. 584 boxes, glass negative cabinets, and 18 flat file folders.422 microfilm reels : positive ; 35mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79219227 View

Lillian Freiman Collection. Correspondence with friends and business associates (galleries), ca. 1920-1983.

Title: Correspondence with friends and business associates (galleries), ca. 1920-1983. 19 20- 1983.

Also includes resume, biographical material, and list of exhibitions of works by L. Freiman. A few photographs are included with some correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625857752 View

Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner papers

Title: Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner papers

The papers of art historian and museum director Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1977. Found within the collection are biographical materials, including information on the Lepsius and Valentiner families; correspondence with family, friends, art collectors, and art historians; seven diaries; additional writings and notes; printed materials; three clippings scrapbooks; artwork in the form of prints and woodcuts; and photographs of Valentiner and his family and friends, including two photograph albums.

ArchivalResource: 6.9 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f81f812b-6e64-4abf-a0a7-8555efae3ac5 View

Hudson D. Walker papers

Title: Hudson D. Walker papers

Correspondence; biographical material; artists files; files on organizations; business and financial records; photographs; writings and notes; diaries; scrapbooks; appointment calendars; exhibition catalogs and announcements; printed material; and miscellany.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw919fc6f74-8326-4c09-92b7-a48bafeaca1a View

Vol. XVII.includes:ff. 7, 23 Wallis Armstrong, Director, National Gallery, Ireland: Letters to Lord D'Abernon: 1898-1909.f. 10 Sir Alfred George Temple, Director, Guildhall Gallery: Signature: 1902.ff. 11-12b John Beavan, Secretary, Burlington ...

Title: Vol. XVII.includes:ff. 7, 23 Wallis Armstrong, Director, National Gallery, Ireland: Letters to Lord D'Abernon: 1898-1909.f. 10 Sir Alfred George Temple, Director, Guildhall Gallery: Signature: 1902.ff. 11-12b John Beavan, Secretary, Burlington ... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&indx=1&vl(freeText0)=040-001958710&fn=search&vid=IAMS_VU2 View

Johnson, John Graver, 1841-1917. John G. Johnson papers, 1882,1917, 1927-1949, 1973-1993, n.d.

Title: John G. Johnson papers, 1882,1917, 1927-1949, 1973-1993, n.d.

Born, raised, and educated in Philadelphia, John Graver Johnson became one of the city's preeminent citizens, noted not only for his long and successful practice as a corporate attorney but also for his extensive collection of European art. These papers document Johnson's efforts to acquire such works of art, which by the time of his death in 1917, amounted to more than 1,200 paintings. The bulk of material is Johnson's correspondence with dealers and other art experts who advised him and sometimes negotiated purchases on his behalf, including Bernard Berenson, W. R. Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. Of a more personal nature is a photograph album that contains early portraits of Johnson's wife, Ida (nee Powel).

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82359458 View

Oral history interview with William Bostick

Title: Oral history interview with William Bostick

An interview of William Bostick conducted 1981 August 11-19, by Mary Chris Rospond, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 3 sound cassettes.Transcript: 74 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw928ac0cf1-8685-42d2-8f35-7d4c3290906b View

Clifford Wight Collection relating to Diego Rivera, 1929-1941

Title: Clifford Wight Collection relating to Diego Rivera 1929-1941

Papers of the Mexican muralist. An epigrapher and sculptor, Wight acted as secretary, translator, and technical assistant to Diego Rivera during the latter's sojourn in the United States. Collection includes a variety of materials relating to Rivera's mural work in Detroit, San Francisco, and New York, including technical documents, correspondence, miscellaneous holograph and typescript manuscripts, photographs, and printed material.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/w/wight_rivera.htm View

Burroughs, Clyde H., 1882-1973. The Clyde H. Burroughs records, 1906-1946.

Title: The Clyde H. Burroughs records, 1906-1946. 1906-1946.

These records contain the administrative correspondence and files of Clyde H. Burroughs in his capacity as secretary of the Arts Commission, director and curator of American art. They cover the daily operation of the museum, activities of the arts commission and Founders Society, acquisitions, exhibitions, programs, employees, and financial matters. Major issues faced by the museum during the period 1910-1946 are also reflected in the files, including the taxpayer's suit of 1914-1915 concerning city funding, transfer of the Detroit Museum of Art collections and property to the city of Detroit in 1919, acquisition of property on Woodward Avenue for a new museum site, construction of the new building, 1922-1927, and the Diego Rivera murals. Related institutions and programs are also covered, principally the Detroit School of Design, the Children's Museum and the World Adventure Series, as well as Burroughs' activities in the Federal Arts Project and the Scarab Club. The Archives of American Art has related material on the Federal Arts Projects and the Scarab Club, as well as a number of letters written to Burroughs by various artists.

ArchivalResource: 63 inear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/326879230 View

Family papers, 1853-1954.

Title: Family papers, 1853-1954.

Family papers of Corinne Douglas (Robinson) Alsop Cole, daughter of Douglas Robinson and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson, younger sister of American president Theodore Roosevelt.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (18 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/trc00018/catalog View

Lydia Winston Malbin papers, 1891-1997, 1938-1997

Title: Lydia Winston Malbin papers 1891-1997 1938-1997

The collection consists primarily of files relating to individual works of art in the Malbin art collection, in addition to correspondence with artists, curators, dealers, museums and galleries; photographs; documentation regarding gifts and loans; material relating to Lydia Winston Malbin's collecting activities and related projects; a small amount of papers of Malbin's father, Albert Kahn; scrapbooks; and card files. The papers provide extensive documentation of a major twentieth-century collection which is no more and of individual works within the collection; as well as insight into some of the leading artists of this century, and particularly of the Italian Futurists, such as Umberto Boccioni. They also illustrate in detail the practice of art collecting as carried out by Malbin, one of the great American practitioners of that avocation.

ArchivalResource: 100 boxes (incl. 2 oversize boxes); 45 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.malbin View

Vol. XL (ff. 116). Correspondence, etc., mainly of Meyerstein, relating to Chatterton; 1916-1951.Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Notes and transcriptions, etc.: 20th cent.includes:f. 1 Annette Clayfield-Ireland: Letter to E. H. W. Meyerste..., 1916-1951

Title: Vol. XL (ff. 116). Correspondence, etc., mainly of Meyerstein, relating to Chatterton; 1916-1951.Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Notes and transcriptions, etc.: 20th cent.includes:f. 1 Annette Clayfield-Ireland: Letter to E. H. W. Meyerste... 1916-1951

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&indx=1&vl(freeText0)=040-002104288&fn=search&vid=IAMS_VU2 View

J. B. Neumann papers

Title: J. B. Neumann papers

The papers of gallery director, art dealer and publisher Jsrael Ber Neumann (1887-1961) measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1967. The papers document Neumann's career as the director of galleries in Berlin and Munich, Germany (1910-1924) as well as the New Art Circle gallery in New York City (1924-1952). Neumann was a respected art dealer, publisher of Artlover periodical, founder of Gehenna Press, and frequent lecturer. Found within his papers are correspondence with artists and museums, writings, printed materials mostly comprised of exhibition catalogues, artwork, and photographic materials.

ArchivalResource: 2.1 Linear feet (4 boxes)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a841e037-5cca-486a-a45e-bb0239fc0adb View

Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981, 1909-1964

Title: Duveen Brothers records 1876-1981 1909-1964

Notable art dealers from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The records provide a detailed view of the Duveen Brothers business activities in London, Paris, and New York. Although the archive extends from 1876 to 1981, the bulk of the material dates from Joseph Duveen's tenure as president of the firm, 1909-1939, and the period 1939-1964 when Edward Fowles directed the firm (with Armand Lowengard until 1943). The mass of documents, such as cables and letters, invoices, and ledger and stock books, give a day-by-day account of art dealing, business strategy, and the individuals involved. Included are some records from the Kleinberger Galleries, 1906-1971, and 6 linear feet of Edward Flowles's papers.

ArchivalResource: 394 linear feet; 584 boxes, 18 flat file folders)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3n39n6jd View