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Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi

Title: Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi

An interview of Isamu Noguchi conducted 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 4 sound tape reels; 5 in.Transcript: 148 p.Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (5 min. 29 sec.) : digital.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw970de0eb2-280b-4f18-b6d9-a56d957ed476 View

Frane, Alice. Typed letter signed : New York, to George Grey Barnard, 1915 Jan. 20.

Title: Typed letter signed : New York, to George Grey Barnard, 1915 Jan. 20.

Proposing an appointment "so that [Frane] may bring [Barnard] a little message from Miss Duncan."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 27.9 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501067715 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. George Grey Barnard : artist file.

Title: George Grey Barnard : artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/352889698 View

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Office of the Secretary. Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing].

Title: Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing].

Records comprise correspondence and subject files created by the Secretary and General Counsel, Trustees and several past Directors of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This material relates to all aspects of Museum operations and administration including: acquisition of artworks through purchase, gift and bequest, exhibitions, building maintenance and construction, relations with City and State agencies, drafting and negotiating contracts, managing litigation, cultural property issues, legal and business affairs, grants and corporate donations. Files documenting the tenures of each Secretary of the Museum are included. In addition, there is substantial original documentation created by: former Directors of the Museum, including Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Caspar Purdon Clarke, Edward Robinson, Herbert E. Winlock; past Trustees, including: John Taylor Johnston, Henry Gurdon Marquand, Robert W. De Forest, and J. Pierpont Morgan; and key curatorial and administrative staff.

ArchivalResource: 2500 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429606137 View

Brookgreen Garden photographs.

Title: Brookgreen Garden photographs.

The collection contains 71 8x10 black and white photographs of sculptures by 50 different artists located within Brookgreen Gardens. Subjects include humans, animals, and mythological figures.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70690731 View

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Abraham Lincoln collection, 1811-1922.

Title: Abraham Lincoln collection, 1811-1922.

The collection of various papers by and about the sixteenth President of the United States assembled at the Library, with the Lincolniana collected by Henry E. Huntington as its core. The collection incorporated manuscripts from the collections of William Harrison Lambert and Judd Stewart, and was augmented by various purchases from sales in 1916-1919. Included are autograph letters and documents covering Lincoln's business affairs, legal practices, political career, and family. There are also materials related to historical studies about Lincoln, especially those by John Milton Hay and William Henry Herndon, the 1917-1918 controversy over the statue of Lincoln by George Grey Grubb Barnard, and the collectors of Lincolniana, particularly William Harrison Lambert and Judd Stewart. Correspondents include Daniel Fish, John Milton Hay, William Henry Herndon, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, and Judd Stewart.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1275 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228734093 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. [Letter], 1912.

Title: [Letter], 1912.

Collection contains a letter (June 15, 1912) to Mrs. L.R. Newell endorsing Miss Eberle as a sculptor who could create a figure of Mrs. Newell's child.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247141821 View

Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926. Autograph collection of Raymond Gorges [manuscript], 1725-1928.

Title: Autograph collection of Raymond Gorges [manuscript], 1725-1928.

Contains 43 letters of notable Americans, chiefly to E. H. Baynes. Writers include: Carl E. Akeley, George G. Barnard, Aaron Burr, John Burroughs, S. Parkes Cadman, Grover Cleveland, Dr. Harvey Cushing, Timothy Edwards, Edward Grey, Edward Everett Hale, William T. Hornaday, James Russell Lowell, Donald B. MacMillan, Maxfield Parrish, Stephen Parrish, Robert E. Peary, John J. Pershing, Gifford Pinchot, Frederic Remington, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Thompson Seaton, V. Stefansson, William Howard Taft, Abbott H. Thayer, Woodrow Wilson. Many of these letters were written to Ernest Harold Bayard regarding the preservation of bison.

ArchivalResource: 43 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647967015 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. Letter, 1934 August 5 : New York, to Drucilla.

Title: Letter, 1934 August 5 : New York, to Drucilla.

Signed holograph.

ArchivalResource: 6 p. (on 3 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29852683 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. Autograph letter signed : to Belle Greene, 1912 Dec. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Belle Greene, 1912 Dec. 24.

Asking her to come to see plans for 13th century chapel he can bring entire from Italy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270731160 View

John Williamson Palmer Collection, 1857-1898, n.d.

Title: John Williamson Palmer Collection 1857-1898, n.d.

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00950.xml View

Barnard, Edrea W. Letter 1918, Jan. 24, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [New York City] / Edrea W Barnard.

Title: Letter 1918, Jan. 24, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [New York City] / Edrea W Barnard. 1918.

Mr. and Mrs. Barnard want to know Edwin. They heared he is in New York and would like to arrange a meeting.

ArchivalResource: 2g. on leaf ; 18-25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46916242 View

Atherton, George Washington, 1837-1906. George W. Atherton papers, 1837-1950.

Title: George W. Atherton papers, 1837-1950.

The collection consists of personal and presidential papers, pamphlets and clippings, photographs and memorabilia, diaries and personal journals collected by Atherton, his secretary, and his daughters. Subjects include: biographical sketches, Atherton's Civil War activity, his tenure as professor at Rutgers and on the New Jersey Tax Commission, and his presidency of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Other materials include family correspondence, Pennsylvania State College reports and information, state and federal legislation, and published pamphlets. Frequent correspondents include Henry E. Alvord, Henry P. Armsby, James A. Beaver, Theodore B. Comstock, Andrew G. Curtin, Henry H. Goodell, Abram W. Harris, William T. Hatch, Justin Morrill, Selim H. Peabody, Edwin E. Sparks, Harry H. Stock, and Charles W. Stone.

ArchivalResource: 19 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50031709 View

Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925. James Lane Allen letters, 1920.

Title: James Lane Allen letters, 1920.

The collection consists of two letters: to Harold Waldo, 1 July 1920, thanking him for his letter and anticipating his article; to George Grey Barnard, undated, making arrangements to see him.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58726258 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122395036 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1930-1932.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1930-1932.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155892670 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

George Grey Barnard papers, 1889-1967.

Title: George Grey Barnard papers, 1889-1967.

The George Grey Barnard Collection (1889-1967) contains a wide variety of archival material that documents the public and private life of the American sculptor and collector, George Grey Barnard (1863-1938). The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence and newspaper clippings. Other material includes photographs, sketches, card files, notebooks, a daily expense log, small clay models, miscellaneous artifacts, postcards, flyers, pamphlets, and business records relating largely to his Cloisters and L'Abbaye collections. Records in this collection reflect Barnard's abilities as a businessman and his aspirations as a sculptor. They also capture the character of the man, and present him in a more personal light, as a husband and a father.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1359839 View

George Grey Barnard letters to Mr. Van der Weyde

Title: George Grey Barnard letters to Mr. Van der Weyde

Barnard writes mainly concerning financial matters.

ArchivalResource:

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BARNARD, GEORGE GREY. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81021984 View

Mary Fanton Roberts papers

Title: Mary Fanton Roberts papers

The papers of art writer and editor Mary Fanton Roberts measure 3.8 linear feet and are dated 1880 to 1956. The bulk of this collection is Roberts' correspondence with numerous important artists, dancers, actors, writers, and musicians of the day. Also found are scattered biographical materials, family correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs and artwork.

ArchivalResource: 3.8 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ea19ad44-7788-4ec4-8cb4-d4b8ec49fde3 View

Office of the Messrs Rockefeller. General files. 1890-1961.

Title: Office of the Messrs Rockefeller. General files. 1890-1961.

This collection documents the activities and interests of three generations of the John D. Rockefeller family.

ArchivalResource: 580 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617454 View

Frederick William MacMonnies papers

Title: Frederick William MacMonnies papers

The papers of sculptor Frederick William MacMonnies date from 1874 to 1997 and measure 7.0 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical material, a diary, correspondence, personal business records, project files, two sketchbooks and sketches, writings, printed material, and photographs. Well over one-half of the collection consists of Mary Smart's research files for her biography of MacMonnies, A Flight with Fame, as well as clippings regarding her research and a copy of the book.

ArchivalResource: 7 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d2bebb53-2d94-42a0-86a5-2ece04bf3710 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. Copy of letter : Belle Greene to Barnard, 1912 Dec. 27.

Title: Copy of letter : Belle Greene to Barnard, 1912 Dec. 27.

Saying Pierpont Morgan would not buy chapel but suggests approaching Robinson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270731167 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. George Grey Barnard : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York].

Title: George Grey Barnard : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. 1930?-1990

File of color and black and white photographs of work of art, assembled by the staff of The Museum of Modern Art in New York from the museum's establishment until 1990. Items may include full views, details, installations, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 or more folders: ill. (some col.) ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662621652 View

Photograph of Barnard's sculpture of Lincoln

Title: Photograph of Barnard's sculpture of Lincoln

ArchivalResource: 1 item

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c34384af-b100-4839-b93d-5e07b330735c View

John Gellatly letters received from artists

Title: John Gellatly letters received from artists

The John Gellatly letters received from artists measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1887 to 1931. Found within the collection are 120 letters to Gellatly from Emma and Abbott H. Thayer, Frederick S. Church, Irving Wiles, Albert Pinkham Ryder, C. E. S. Wood, and George Grey Barnard. Some of the letters contain sketches, particularly those from Church. Topics include the price and progress of artworks, requests for commissions, mutual friendships, and daily events. There are also two copies of the poem "The Flying Dutchman" by Albert P. Ryder.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 Linear feet

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Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199431837 View

Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005

Title: Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005

These papers of Fogg Art Museum associate director Paul J. Sachs document his administration of the museum, his teaching career at Harvard, and related professional activities. The papers consist primarily of correspondence and also include photographs, printed material, clippings, architectural drawings, reports, financial records, letters of introduction, insurance records, maps, funding appeals, minutes, memoranda, exhibition brochures, page proofs and press releases.

ArchivalResource: 99 file boxes + oversize materials

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/art00010/catalog View

Williams, Daniel M. Daniel M. Williams biographical collection of George Grey Barnard, 1863-1969, n.d.

Title: Daniel M. Williams biographical collection of George Grey Barnard, 1863-1969, n.d.

This collection documents the tireless efforts of journalist Daniel M. Williams to refine and publish a biography of the American sculptor and collector George Grey Barnard. While the project never came to fruition, the collection represents approximately 30 years of Williams's accumulated research and writings, and consists of correspondence, including some of Barnard's personal letters to his family, as well as clippings, ephemera and photographs regarding the artist's life and career as a sculptor and important collector of medieval art and architecture. Works by Barnard documented here include his celebrated commissions, such as the monumental figural group for the Pennsylvania Capitol at Harrisburg, as well as his controversial depictions of Abraham Lincoln and the god Pan. References to Barnard's excursions to the French countryside in search of artifacts include his sale to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. of more than 600 pieces, which would collectively be housed and referred to as the Cloisters, the renowned branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection also includes Williams's working notes, numerous drafts and portions of typescript edited and annotated not only by the author, but also by the artist and his son, Monroe Barnard.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83190606 View

Selected art related documents from the Robins collection

Title: Selected art related documents from the Robins collection

Letter to Edward Robins from F. W. Stokes, Oct. 7, 1941, about George Grey Barnard, and a clipping, Oct. 5, 1939, about Joseph and Elizabeth Pennell by Robins.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97781ddcd-8f64-4a25-baac-d9ffe2344d92 View

Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959. Letters : London, Cambridge, and New York, to Clemence Housman and to Katherine E. Symons, 1906 and 1936.

Title: Letters : London, Cambridge, and New York, to Clemence Housman and to Katherine E. Symons, 1906 and 1936.

9 ALsS.

ArchivalResource: 9 items (together 36 p.) ; 23 x 15 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25248973 View

George Grey Barnard letter, 1937

Title: George Grey Barnard letter 1937

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6992 View

George Grey Barnard papers

Title: George Grey Barnard papers

The papers of New York sculptor, collector, and dealer George Grey Barnard measure 12 linear feet and date from 1860 to 1969, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1880-1938. These papers document his life and work as an artist, as well as his activities as a collector and dealer of medieval art, through correspondence, collecting notebooks, diaries and daily journals, ephemera, inventories, business and financial records, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, reference materials, publications, photographs, and a small number of sketches.

ArchivalResource: 12 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw911db8bc8-4f4e-4595-b8bd-f902524ff000 View

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Title: Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Letters, business records, diary, and photographs.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92b22555a-93d8-4bb4-84dc-7a55d64712db View

Palmer, John Williamson, 1825-1906. Papers of John Williamson Palmer, 1856-1903.

Title: Papers of John Williamson Palmer, 1856-1903.

The collection consists of letters and transcripts of letters, most of them addressed to John Williamson Palmer. Much of the correspondence relates to Palmer's editorship of various anthologies of poetry and etchings particularly a "Portfolio of autograph etchings" containing studies of "aqua fortis" by noted artists. There are also letters related to Palmer's journalistic work and poetry including a poem on Theodosia Burr; letters from Jules Michelet, whose works Palmer translated; letters from noted people to whom he sent gift books; an ink sketch view of Messina, Italy, and ink sketches illustrating his "Voices of the winter wind."

ArchivalResource: 51 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31448315 View

Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005

Title: Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005

These papers of Fogg 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: 51 linear feet (119 file boxes, oversize materials)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/art00005/catalog View

Scrapbook about George Grey Barnard, 1930-1945.

Title: Scrapbook about George Grey Barnard, 1930-1945.

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from various newspapers including the Brooklyn Eagle, New York Telegram, and New York Times, 1930-1945, about George Grey Barnard's fight to stay in his studio in Washington Heights after John D. Rockefeller gave the land to become a New York City park. The articles discuss his sculpture, The Rainbow Arch. Articles after his death detail the disposition of his medieval art collection.

ArchivalResource: 56 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/434099229 View

Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918. Correspondence, 1909-1917.

Title: Correspondence, 1909-1917.

1 note, 3 letters to Hart and one copy of a letter by him concern Lincoln statue by George Barnard, and articles on Lincoln. Correspondents includes William H. Lambert, Albert H. Griffith and F.W. Ruckstull.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33373986 View

Nelson and Henry C. White research material

Title: Nelson and Henry C. White research material

The research material of Connecticut artists and authors Nelson and Henry C. White, measures 4.5 linear feet and dates from circa 1851-1961. The bulk of the collection consists of Nelson C. White's correspondence, writings, and research, primarily related to J. Frank Currier and Abbott Handerson Thayer, and referencing Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Also found are the correspondence, writings, and research files of Nelson's father, Henry C. White, primarily relating to Dwight W. Tryon. Research files include artist correspondence, writings and notes, printed material, photographs of the artists, and photographs of artwork and exhibition installations.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 Linear feet

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Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

: Scrapbook re: Abraham Lincoln statue, 1918.

Title: : Scrapbook re: Abraham Lincoln statue, 1918.

Newspaper articles, mostly from Illinois, concerning the choice of statues.

ArchivalResource:

https://i-share-alp.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_ALP/12t4ch2/alma99608263505817 View

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. Letter, 1936 June 17, New York [N.Y.] to Robert Whittemore, n. p.

Title: Letter, 1936 June 17, New York [N.Y.] to Robert Whittemore, n. p.

Gives Barnard's philosophy on the creation of sculpture.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24649874 View