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California Palace of the Legion of Honor collection, [ca. 1956-ongoing].

Title: California Palace of the Legion of Honor collection, [ca. 1956-ongoing].

Collection contains publicity file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430378443 View

Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White

Title: Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White

An interview of Ian McKibbin White conducted 1980 November 24-1981 January 9, by Thomas Carr Howe, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 5 sound cassettes.Transcript: 126 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91b6b771e-9653-4c5a-bc71-5e6c4f19ecf0 View

Papers of Arthur Pope, 1907-1979

Title: Papers of Arthur Pope

These papers of Harvard Fine Arts professor and museum director Arthur Pope document his administration of the Fogg, Germanic and Semitic Museums from 1945 to 1948, as well as his teaching, research and publication activity over several decades. The papers consist primarily of correspondence and also include memoranda, printed material,photographs, lecture transcripts, calling cards, reports, fabric samples, exhibition wall text and labels, drafts of published work, preparatory notes for class lectures and page proofs.

ArchivalResource: 9 linear feet (18 file boxes, oversize materials)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/art00009/catalog View

California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Institutional file.

Title: Institutional file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/406435528 View

Aline Kistler papers

Title: Aline Kistler papers

Correspondence relating to her work as editor of PRINTS, a print collector's journal; typescript essays and lectures on prints, French Impressionists, architecture and other topics; research and lecture notes; typescripts of interviews with Kistler, and her own account of an interview with Jacob Epstein; lists of catalogued paintings, and miscellany.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95f4417e9-2294-432f-9a4f-90a00a159d59 View

California Palace of the Legion of Honor records

Title: California Palace of the Legion of Honor records

Correspondence of the museum's founder Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, with her family, artists, sellers, dealers, museum directors, and others, including Alfredo Barsanti, Lida J. Hahn, Walter Heil, Thomas Carr Howe, Louis Kronberg, Jermayne MacAgy, Lloyd LaPage Rollins, Ralph Stackpole, and others; a scrapbook, 1923-1924; an auction catalog for the Claus A. Spreckels collection; a postcard album; transcript of a speech about the Legion of Honor; 215 photographs of Spreckels, her family, friends, and works of art, the National Sculpture Society exhibition, 1929, and Rodin sculpture in the Spreckels collections; registrarial receipts, 1924-1931; and miscellany.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f0102cf9-c9c2-4d77-af42-652da76ce7fc View

Thomas Carr Howe papers

Title: Thomas Carr Howe papers

The Thomas Carr Howe papers measure 4.4 linear feet and date from 1932 to 1984. Howe was director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco for nearly 40 years, and he served as one of the Monuments Men in the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives (MFAA) Section of the U.S. Army during World War II. The collection documents Howe's MFAA work in Germany and Austria locating and recovering cultural artifacts and artwork stolen by the Nazis. There is significant correspondence with friends and colleagues, as well as fellow Monuments Men such as Samson Lane Faison, Edith Standen, and George Stout. The papers also includes reports, inventories of stolen artwork, maps, annotated photographs, a scrapbook, and photographs. The papers also document Howe's later work at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.Biographical materials include articles and memorial tributes for Howe's father and grandfather, a short autobiography and resume, and the certificate for the copyright to his book.The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, the most voluminous of which are letters from Monuments Men S. Lane Faison, Patrick J. Kelleher, Andrew C. Ritchie, Edith Standen, George Stout, Marcelle Minet, Rose Valland, James Rorimer, and others. Additional correspondents include friends and colleagues such as Bernard Berenson, Hume Cronyn, Paul Mills, Christopher Forbes, Margaret Mallory, William A. McGonagle, and Otto Wittman, among many othersWritings include a brief summary of Howe's book <emph render="italic">Salt Mines and Castles</emph> and a sound cassette of his lecture about the book. Project, membership and travel files are primarily associated with his professional work at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and include documentation of member art trips, a feasibility study for merging the California Palace of the Legion of Honor with the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, and a membership list of the Bohemian Club.The Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) Records and Looted Inventories series contain many records relating to Howe's military service as a Monuments Man. There are several inventory records which contain lists of the contents of Hermann Göring's collection of looted artwork, artwork destroyed in the Flak towers fire in Berlin, and artwork held at several of the central collecting points, though mostly at Weisbaden. There is also a small fold out map of the Altausse salt mines; a U.S. government issued manual of maps marking important cultural monuments and artwork in Germany; a book of U.S. government regulations pertaining to the MFAA section; a government information bulletin; and several official status reports and published U.S. government reports about art looting investigations and safeguarding cultural property.Professional files consist of papers relating to Howe's job as the director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and art trips he organized. Documents include a survey of Los Angeles museum curator salaries, a questionnaire about Howe's work as a museum director, and a membership list of Bohemian Club artists. The bulk of the travel papers are itineraries.The photographs are divided into two subseries: MFAA Section images and personal photographs. The Monuments Men subseries includes photographs documenting bomb damage to cultural monuments in various countries, though mainly Germany; U.S. soldiers transporting recovered artwork such as Michelangelo's <emph render="italic">Madonna and Child</emph> from the Altaussee salt mines in Austria, and other looted art repositories such as Neuschwanstein Castle and Berchtesgaden in Germany; Weisbaden and Munich collecting points; and art recovery of <emph render="italic">The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb</emph> by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. There are many photographs of the Monuments Men including Thomas Carr Howe, George Stout, Stephen Kovalyak, Lamont Moore, Patrick J. Kelleher, Edith Standen, and Rose Valland. Personal photographs consists of portraits of Howe and photographs of events, mostly formal dinners and parties.Printed materials are clippings, postcards, fundraising pamphlets, essays, and memorial tributes for colleagues.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw994ab802b-473d-4480-ad1e-12e76c5babda View

George A. Applegarth Collection, ca. 1917-1919

Title: George A. Applegarth Collection, ca. 1917-1919

The collection documents the architectural work of George A. Applegarth, with a focus on his work in Clyde, California.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 4 card file boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 tube

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4j49n80d View

Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White

Title: Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White

An interview of retiring director of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Ian McKibbin White conducted 1987 January 8-12, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording, master: 4 sound cassettes (4 hr.) : analog.Transcript 79 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9aba3ec8f-9bf5-4366-93ee-58a8e648e6a4 View

Archer Milton Huntington Papers, 1919-1957

Title: Archer Milton Huntington Papers 1919-1957

Papers of the American philanthropist, poet. Correspondence; secretarial daybooks, 1922-1957; manuscripts; legal and financial papers. Organizational correspondence includes that of the Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, American Numismatic Society, Brookgreen Gardens, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Hispanic Society of America, Mariners' Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the American Indian, National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, National Sculpture Society, New-York Historical Society, New York Zoological Society, and Yale University.

ArchivalResource: 51.0 linear ft.

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/huntington_am.htm 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

Jay McEvoy papers

Title: Jay McEvoy papers

Papers consist of business and personal letters, 1955-1995, organizational minutes and by-laws of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Patrons of Art and Music, 1957-1970s, during the period that McEvoy was the financial director of the Palace of the Legion of Honor; and a scrapbook of the Courvoisier Galleries, 1939-1941, containing exhibition announcements, catalogs, and newspaper articles about exhibitions. Among the artists who exhibited were Peter Hurd, Millard Sheets, Jean Varda, Abraham Rattner, Charles Howard, Adaline Kent, DeWitt Peters, and Frederic Taubes.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d9a63d86-6002-4482-959e-f4393fb44c9a View

Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe

Title: Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe

An interview of Thomas Carr Howe conducted 1976 June 2-3, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in.Transcript: 53 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d302f2d2-95a6-42ca-ac13-e9feca556d96 View

Applegarth, George A. (George Adrian), 1875-1972. George A. Applegarth collection, 1918-1919.

Title: George A. Applegarth collection, 1918-1919.

Contains correspondence, drawings, and photographs documenting the planning, design, and construction of the town of Clyde, California. Correspondence includes memoranda from Bernard Maybeck, supervising architect on the project. Also included are a set of drawings for a commercial project at Two Pine Street, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 2 card file boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 tube.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81985251 View

Baird, Joseph Armstrong. Joseph Armstrong Baird papers, 1969-1987.

Title: Joseph Armstrong Baird papers, 1969-1987.

The California Palace of the Legion of Honor: A short history and guide to the collections (1969) -- California Dept. Parks & Recreation - Museum Collections Oil Painting Inventory, by artist (1987).

ArchivalResource: 2 items (.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122575392 View

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels papers

Title: Alma de Bretteville Spreckels papers

REELS 1732-1733: Letters from Loie Fuller, Queen Marie of Romania, and Malvina Hoffman; correspondence with Lloyd LaPage Rollins, Walter Heil, Thomas Carr Howe, Harry Noyes Pratt, and Clifford R. Dolph; manuscripts and legal documents about the founding of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Spreckles' gifts of art to museums; appraisals, receipts, bills, and financial statements; photographs of Hoffman's sculpture, Queen Marie of Romania and photographs and descriptions of her collection of Romanian decorative arts; museum registration records; and clippings and printed material.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90305f023-6e19-41fa-956f-1ae7a7c9302a View

Fristom, Edward. Edward Fristom scrapbook, 1892-1942.

Title: Edward Fristom scrapbook, 1892-1942.

Consists of clippings on exhibits, Fristom's association with several art societies, copies of his works, correspondence, and photographs. Also includes two exhibition catalogs of painting and sculpture by the San Francisco chapter of the Society for Sanity in Art Inc., at the Calif. Palace of the Legion of Honor, for Aug. 10 to Oct 6, 1940 and for Nov. 1, 1941 to Jan. 4, 1942.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50532228 View

Mai Kitazawa Arbegast collection, 1933-2003, 1980-2000

Title: Mai Kitazawa Arbegast collection 1933-2003 1980-2000

The Mai Kitazawa Arbegast Collection documents Arbegast's projects and professional activities through drawings, manuscripts, photographs, and slides. The collection is arranged in four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. Personal Papers include biographical information, personal correspondence, and photographs of herself, family, friends, and her college years at Oberlin. Professional Papers contain correspondence related to her professional activities and potential commissions, her activities in professional organizations and committees, consultations, course materials from her teachings at U.C. Berkeley Department of Landscape Architecture, and the manuscript for an unfinished book project done in collaboration with Santa.Barbara based photographer Bob Werlitz. Office Records consists of extensive correspondence with clients, contractors, architects, and plant brokers. Project Records document projects designed by Arbegast from 1966 to 2003 and contain drawings, slides, photographs, and manuscripts. The collection includes documentation of her work for the U.C. Davis Arboretum (1975-1977), Trefethen Vineyard (1976, 1990), California Palace of the Legion of Honor renovation (1991-1995), Shanel Estate (1992-1995), The Embarcadero Center (1992, 1996), and the Rudd Estate (1996-1999). The collection also includes her designs for many private gardens, vineyards, and some public/civic projects in collaboration with other landscape architects and architects.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes, 5 cartons, 1 FF drawer and 15 tubes.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4v19r98p View

Applegarth, George A. (George Adrian), 1875-1972. George A. Applegarth papers, 1908-1970.

Title: George A. Applegarth papers, 1908-1970.

Drawings of various buildings, primarily in San Francisco [see list in portfolio]; copy of his proposal for a Cabrillo monument at Monterey Bay, with photographs of his sketches; genealogical information on the Applegarth family.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio, 12 oversize folders, 1 oversize roll (3 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79260754 View

Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe and Robert Neuhaus

Title: Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe and Robert Neuhaus

Interview of Thomas Carr Howe and Robert Neuhaus, conducted by Peter Fairbanks and Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in San Francisco, CA, on September 25, 1987.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (120 min.) : analog.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9da10cdf7-fe98-4df6-aa6e-a38cfe193b4a View