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Edmondo Quattrocchi Papers, 1919-1962

Title: Edmondo Quattrocchi Papers 1919-1962

Italian sculptor. Collection includes photographs, printed material, subject files, correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (SC)

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Charles Henry Hart papers

Title: Charles Henry Hart papers

The papers of Philadelphia art historian and writer Charles Henry Hart date from 1774-1930, bulk 1888-1918, and measure 6.1 linear feet. Found within the papers are correspondence, subject files, scattered personal business records, a file of images of art work, notes and writings, and printed material. The subject files include letters from art historians, art collectors, dealers, and gallery owners.

ArchivalResource: 6.1 Linear feet

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Emmet family papers

Title: Emmet family papers

The Emmet Family papers document the lives and careers of two generations of the Emmet family from New Rochelle, New York and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The collection dates from 1792 to 1989, with the bulk of the material dating from 1851-1989, and measures 9.1 linear feet. Through biographical material, two diaries, correspondence, writings and notes, exhibition files, business records, printed material, two scrapbooks, artwork, and photographs of family, friends, exhibitions, and artwork, the papers provide both a rich overview and detailed insights into the daily lives, relationships, and careers of many members of the family. The collection focuses in particular on sisters Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn, and Rosina Emmet Sherwood, their mother, Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, and their cousin Ellen Gertrude "Bay" Emmet, all noted painters and illustrators, whose artistic talents flourished during the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries.Biographical material consists of family trees and family histories; individual biographical accounts, award certificates, and documentation for Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn, and Wilfrid de Glehn; a diary titled "Sedgemere Diary" containing drawings and entries primarily by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, and a smaller diary which mentions Rosina's son, future playwright Robert Sherwood; a documentary by Nancy B. Doyle on two VHS videocassettes, entitled <emph render="italic">The Emmets: Portrait of a Family</emph>; and artifacts comprising a rear-view optical device and locks of hair from an early nineteenth century generation of the Emmet family.Correspondence forms the bulk of the collection and illustrates the interaction between members of this large and influential family and their colleagues and friends, offering a wide-ranging view of life in the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, and through two World Wars. The series consists of letters between family members, primarily Julia Colt Pierson Emmet and her daughters, as well as cousins Henry James, Ellen "Bay" Emmet Rand, and Rosamond Sherwood, and friends Cecilia Beaux, Louis Bancel LaFarge, Frederick MacMonnies, Lucien Monod, Roger Quilter, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Emily and John Singer-Sargent, Violet Sargent Ormond, and Stanford White. Topics include experiences of the Emmets while studying art in Paris, Rosina's presentation at Queen Victoria's court, Lydia's work at the Columbia Exposition, Jane's marriage to Wilfrid de Glehn and her friendship with John Singer Sargent, portrait painting activities, the troubles of their friend Susy Metcalfe in her marriage to Pablo Casals, and the activities of Rosina's son, playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood, and friends Alfred Lund and Lynn Fontanne. Writings and notes consist of scattered manuscripts and poems by family members, two notebooks, one identified as belonging to Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn, and typescripts about Wilfrid de Glehn following his death. Also found is a book, <emph render="italic">Out of Town</emph>, written and illustrated by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, and Edna St Vincent Millay's poem "Autum Daybreak" written in Millay's handwriting.Exhibition files document an exhibition held at the Berkshire Museum/Danforth Museum in Pittsfield/Farmingham, Massachusetts in 1982 entitled <emph render="italic">The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters</emph>, and include two audio cassettes of recordings from the "Art for Lunch" series at the Berkshire Museum discussing the exhibition.Business records include account books belonging to Lydia Field Emmet and Rosina Emmet Sherwood, both of which document income from artwork and other sources, and expenses; a contract for the reproduction of Lydia Field Emmet's artwork; and a document concerning ownership of property, possibly of Emmet family ancestors.Printed Material consists of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and reproductions of artwork by Emmet family members and others.Two scrapbooks contain a combination of drawings, primarily by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, reproductions of artwork, and photographs.Artwork includes drawings and sketchbooks by Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn Ellen Emmet Rand, and other Emmet relatives, illustrating the early development of their talent.Photographs are of family members, including Julia Colt Pierson Emmet and William Jenkins Emmet, their daughters Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn and husband Wilfrid de Glehn, Rosina Emmet Sherwood and husband Arthur Murray Sherwood, and Robert Emmet Sherwood as a young man. Also found are photos of friends Richard Harding Davis, Frederick MacMonnies, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens; a series of photographs of the installation at Arden Galleries, New York (1936) for the exhibition <emph render="italic">Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures by Five Generations of the Emmet Family</emph>; and photographs of artwork by Emmet family members.

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Paul Wayland Bartlett papers

Title: Paul Wayland Bartlett papers

The microfilmed Paul Wayland Bartlett papers contain correspondence with family, artists, and others (1887-1925); legal and financial documents (1887-1925); printed materials (1888-1925); sketches, drawings, and blueprints (undated, 1916-1920); and certificates (1915-1918). Correspondence consists of a chronological series (1887-1925) containing letters and postcards from John White Alexander, Samuel P. Avery, William A. Clark, Frank Edwin Elwell, John Flanagan, Daniel Chester French, Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, Gorham Company, J. Scott Hartley, John LaFarge, Charles Loring, Frederick MacMonnies, Charles Sprague Pearce, Auguste Rodin, Frederic Wellington Ruckstull, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and scattered letters from other nineteenth century artists regarding the execution of works, commissions, exhibitions and expositions in Paris and the United States, among them the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904) and the Exposition Universale (1899-1900), and Bartlett's illness and death in 1925. The remainder of the correspondence, arranged by subject, includes letters from Bartlett's father, Truman Howe Bartlett (1899-1913), many written from Boston where he taught in the architecture department of MIT, or from New Hampshire where he kept a studio, and letters to Paul regarding his father's entry in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography (1925); correspondence with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (1905-1907), some from Joseph Pennell, regarding exhibitions; correspondence regarding commissions, including Lafayette, McClellan, General Warren, Library of Congress, and other statues; postcards from artists (1892-1895); and miscellaneous letters. Legal documents relate to the Lafayette statue (1900) and also include Bartlett's death certificate. Financial records (1899-1922) consist of bank statements, checkbooks, bills and receipts for casting, photography, dues, and rent. Clippings and a scrapbook deal with Barlett's Lafayette statue. Other printed material includes articles on various Bartlett sculptures and other sculptors, exhibition catalogs, passes and announcements, yearbooks from the American Club of Paris (1905-1909), and material from the American Art Association of Paris, including a 20-page booklet by Bartlett giving the history of the group, and an invitation (1906) to an auction to benefit the victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Also included are sketches by Bartlett and his father (undated and circa 1913); oversized drawings, plans and prints for monuments, statues, and the Capitol ceiling (undated and 1916-1920); postcards depicting Bartlett's sculpture; and certificates from the National Academy of Design and the Panama Pacific International Exposition.

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Autograph File, M

Title: Autograph File, M

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 linear feet (21 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01436/catalog View

McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909. Papers 1838-1930 1866-1909.

Title: Papers 1838-1930 1866-1909.

Diaries, letter books, correspondence, notes, memoranda, legal and financial papers, sketches, drawings, photos, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and books, chiefly 1866-1909, relating to the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White established in New York City in 1879. Covers the establishment of the American Academy in Rome and the building of the Boston Public Library. Includes diary (1863) kept by McKim's father, abolitionist James McKim. Among the correspondents are Edwin Austin Abbey, Daniel Chester French, Charles Dana Gibson, Henry Lee Higginson, John Galen Howard, John La Farge, Frederick W. MacMonnies, Francis D. Millet, Charles Moore, H. Siddons Mowbray, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Elihu Root, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Edward F. Stevens, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Related to the Charles Moore collection of the Library of Congress.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39175400 View

Interviews of artists and architects associated with the National Academy of Design

Title: Interviews of artists and architects associated with the National Academy of Design

Transcripts and handwritten drafts of interviews of 86 artists and architects associated with the National Academy of Design, conducted by Lockman. Also included are a few biographical sketches.

OralHistoryResource: 3 microfilm reels.

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Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944. Letters between Sadakichi Hartmann, National Sculpture Society and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1935, undated.

Title: Letters between Sadakichi Hartmann, National Sculpture Society and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1935, undated.

ArchivalResource: 8 sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755872141 View

Chester Beach papers

Title: Chester Beach papers

The Chester Beach papers measure 7.32 linear feet and date from 1846 to 1999, with the bulk ot the material dating from circa 1900 to 1999. The work and professional activities of Beaux Arts sculptor Chester Beach (1881-1956) and his family's efforts to exhibit and sell work from the estate are documented by project files, business records, correspondence, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The papers also include many artist-designed Christmas cards sent and received by the Beach family, and artwork by Chester Beach and others.

ArchivalResource: 7.32 Linear feet

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Enid Yandell papers

Title: Enid Yandell papers

The papers of New York sculptor Enid Yandell, measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1890-circa 1901, with photographic prints from 1986. The collection is comprised of glass plate negatives including ten images of Yandell in the studio, thirty-five images of her artwork, including Pallas Athena and the Carrie Brown Memorial Fountain in Providence, Rhode Island, and one image of Daniel Chester French, Elihu Vedder and possibly Lorado Taft. Photographic prints of the negatives, created in 1986, are also found in this collection.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 Linear feet

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MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937. Frederick W. MacMonnies : 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: Frederick W. MacMonnies : 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/662628906 View

Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-1957. DeWitt M. Lockman interviews with artists, 1927.

Title: DeWitt M. Lockman interviews with artists, 1927.

Typed and written records of interviews in 1927 with artists and architects associated with the National Academy of Design; plus a few typescripts which contain biographical sketches and/or lists of works, without interviews. The subjects were: Mrs. Edwin A. Abbey, Wayman E. Adams, Robert Ingersoll Aitken, Ernest Albert, Alonzo Reynolds Beal, Edwin August Bell, Edwin Howland Blashfield, Roy Brown, George Elmer Browne, Arnold William Brunner, Alexander Stirling Calder, Carleton T. Chapman, B. West Clinedinst, Alphaeus P. Cole, Timothy Cole, E. Irving Couse, Robert Bruce Crane, Charles C. Curran, Benjamin Franklin De Haven, William Rowell Derrick, Louis Paul Dessar, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Frederick I. Dielman, Edward Dufner, John Ward Dunsmore, Jared Bradley Flagg, John Flannagan, August Reynolds Franzen, Daniel Chester French, Sherry Edmundsen Frey, Edward Gay, Cass Gilbert, W. Granville-Smith, Chester Harding, Childe Hassam, Charles W. Hawthorne, William Henry Howe, Henry Salem Hubbell, William Henry Hyde, William S. Jewett, Francis Coates Jones, Dora Wheeler Keith, William Fair Kline, Jonas Lie, Louis Loeb, Will H. Low, Edward McCartan, Frederick William MacMonnies, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, Gari Melchers, Francis Luis Mora, Henry Siddons Mowbray, Raymond Perry Rogers Neilson, George Glenn Newell, Robert H. Nisbet, Ivan G. Olinsky, William Dryden Paddock, Walter L. Palmer, Arthur Parton, William McGregor Paxton, Ernest Peixotto, Joseph Pennell, Edward Henry Potthast, Henry Prellwitz, Wilhelm F. Ritschel, Henry Rittenberg, Frederick Roth, William Sartain, Henry Bailey Snell, Robert Spence, Egerton Swartwout, Douglas Volk, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Robert B.M. Vonnoh, Horatio Walker, Harry W. Watrous, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Charles D. Weldon, William John Whittemore, Frederick Ballard Williams, Irving Ramsay Wiles, and Owen Cullen Yates.

ArchivalResource: 1.6 linear feet (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475906995 View

Brooklyn Museum. Libraries and Archives. Lantern slide collection. Brooklyn monuments.

Title: Lantern slide collection. Brooklyn monuments.

This folder contains images of public monuments in Brooklyn, New York and especially in Grand Army Plaza. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch (designed by John Hemingway Duncan), the quadriga sculpture that sits atop this arch (sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies), and the Bailey Memorial Fountain (designed by Egerton Swarthout and sculpted by Eugene Savage) are represented from multiple angles. Also included are images of a sculpture of James Samuel Thomas Stranahan (also sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies) and the Grant Monument (sculpted by W.O. Partridge). Photographers include Gould W. Hart, John H. Norris, A.B. Mann, Joseph Hawkes, William A. Boger, and Kay C. Lenksjold.

ArchivalResource: 21 lantern slides ; 3.25 x 4"

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741503439 View

MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/288524282 View

White, Stanford, 1853-1906. Stanford White letters to Frederick William MacMonnies, 1895-1896.

Title: Stanford White letters to Frederick William MacMonnies, 1895-1896.

ArchivalResource: 6 sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/750154014 View

MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937. Correspondence, 1894-1897.

Title: Correspondence, 1894-1897.

Letters to Frederick W. MacMonnies from Charles F. McKim and Stanford White relating to MacMonnies' sculpture, Bacchante with an Infant Faun. Reply by MacMonnies on verso of p. 2 of letter from McKim dated Jan. 4, 1895.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/193561240 View

MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199108265 View

Edwin Coupland Shaw papers

Title: Edwin Coupland Shaw papers

Correspondence with dealers, artists, museums, publishers, photography studios, and others regarding art purchases, loans, and Shaw's collection; and 16 v. of scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, and biographical information on artists. Much of the correspondence with artists relates to Shaw's requests for the information which was then used in the scrapbooks. Also included is one volume compiled in 1947 outlining the contents of the scrapbooks.

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MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937. Frederick W. Macmonnies letters to F.E. Elwell, 1902-1903, undated.

Title: Frederick W. Macmonnies letters to F.E. Elwell, 1902-1903, undated.

ArchivalResource: 5 sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/750153761 View

Paolo S. Abbate papers

Title: Paolo S. Abbate papers

The microfilm collection of Paolo S. Abbate papers contains biographical material; correspondence (circa 1908-1971), including letters to and from George Grey Barnard; writings and speeches on art; sketches; scrapbooks (circa 1912-circa 1953) containing writings and clippings (some of which are in Italian), including articles and obituaries on George Grey Barnard, Frederick William MacMonnies, and others; exhibition price lists; photographs of Abbate and of his work; and printed material, including articles by and about Abbate.

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Alice Jones MacMonnies Papers, c.1874-1952, 1917-1929

Title: Alice Jones MacMonnies Papers c.1874-1952 1917-1929

The collection mainly consists of incoming correspondence to Alice Jones MacMonnies and Frederick MacMonnies from Alice's mother, Georgina Sullivan Jones. Georgina's diary from an 1896 European tour and a variety of photographs of Alice, her sisters, and Frederick MacMonnies are also included.

ArchivalResource: 65 items

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Chester Beach papers

Title: Chester Beach papers

The Chester Beach papers measure 7.32 linear feet and date from 1846 to 1999, with the bulk ot the material dating from circa 1900 to 1999. The work and professional activities of Beaux Arts sculptor Chester Beach (1881-1956) and his family's efforts to exhibit and sell work from the estate are documented by project files, business records, correspondence, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The papers also include many artist-designed Christmas cards sent and received by the Beach family, and artwork by Chester Beach and others.

ArchivalResource: 7.32 Linear feet

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MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937. Pioneer Fountain - Monument - Denver [art original].

Title: Pioneer Fountain - Monument - Denver [art original]. [ca. 1907]

ArchivalResource: 1 painting : watercolor ; 46 x 42.5 in. (framed)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302418334 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

Taylor, J. W., 1846-1918. J.W. Taylor photograph collection, ca. 1880-1910.

Title: J.W. Taylor photograph collection, ca. 1880-1910.

The collection contains architectural and landscape photographs taken by J.W. Taylor in Chicago. Buildings represented are or were primarily downtown office buildings and were designed by noted architects of the day, including Adler and Sullivan, Solon S. Beman, William W. Boyington, Burnham and Root, Cobb and Frost, and Holabird and Roche. Additionally, there are several images of Chicago parks and statuary.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79736117 View

Yandell, Enid Bland, 1869-1934. Enid Yandell : papers, 1875-1982.

Title: Enid Yandell : papers, 1875-1982.

Papers focusing on the life of Enid Yandell, born in Louisville, who became one of the first woman sculptors to achieve widespread recognition. Family correspondence, 1878-1930, traces Yandell's life work as an art student at the Cincinnati Art Academy, as a pupil of Philip Martiny and Lorado Taft in Chicago, Karl Bitter in New York, and Frederick MacMonnies and Auguste Rodin in Paris, France, and finally as an accomplished sculptor in New York City and Edgartown, Mass. Letters from family members, especially her mother, Louise Elliston Yandell, provide insight into the personal and social lives of a prominent Louisville family, and reveal the family's financial struggles as a widowed mother attempts to provide the best opportunities for her children, especially Enid. Professional correspondence, 1887-1929, concerns Yandell's professional career, various commissioned works, acquaintances and friendships formed with a number of prominent persons, and her social service, especially with orphaned children during World War I. Correspondents include sculptors Auguste Rodin, and Gutzon Borglum, artist Thomas Alexander Harrison, architect Daniel Hudson Burnham, and actress Julia Marlowe; and letters of recommendation from sculptors Philip Martiny and Karl Bitter. Other papers include legal documents concerning the Yandell family estate and leases on property owned by Enid Yandell; personal papers such as receipts, prescriptions, poetry and music, and miscellaneous family items; printed material concerning Yandell's career and her social service during World War I; various typed material including lectures and speeches; newspaper clippings regarding Yandell and her work, particularly the Daniel Boone statue commissioned by members of the Filson Club and the Yandell family, and the lives and works of other sculptors and artists, social and political events of the day, and biographical and genealogical information on Enid and the Yandell family, respectively. Also included are rough sketches and watercolor paintings done by Yandell; instructional art books and reference material used; scrapbooks compiled by Yandell containing newspaper clippings, articles, etc., about her life, career, and work, in addition to those of other artists and sculptors; exhibition catalogs; price lists; collected art journals, some containing articles written by and about Yandell; information on the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and public sculpture in Providence, R.I.; and German and French architectural, ornamental, and free standing sculpture design data.

ArchivalResource: 4.66 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49492004 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

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Edmondo Quattrochi papers

Title: Edmondo Quattrochi papers

Biographical information, correspondence, photographs of sculpture, and clippings. Much of the correspondence is an exchange of letters with Frederick MacMonnies concerning their collaboration on "The Battle of Marne," a sculptural monument in Meaux, France.

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Washington Arch Committee. Statuary Fund. Correspondence, 1895-1899, 1914-1917.

Title: Correspondence, 1895-1899, 1914-1917.

Correspondence, 1914-1917, of the Washington Arch Committee of New York City, concerning the committee's efforts to solicit donations and subscribers to the Washington Arch Statuary Fund, as well as letters pertaining to the design, construction, and installation of two pieces of marble statuary in front of the arch in accordance with the intentions of the structure's original design. Also included are nine letters, 1895-1899, addressed by Stanford White to William R. Stewart concerning earlier efforts to obtain funding for statuary, including references to preliminary models and sketches for the project executed by the artist Frederick William MacMonnies.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58771566 View

Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston. Trustees Records: McKim Building Art and Architecture Papers, 1859-1965 (bulk 1888-1895).

Title: Trustees Records: McKim Building Art and Architecture Papers, 1859-1965 (bulk 1888-1895).

This collection documents the planning, design, and installation of the art work that is located in the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library. In particular, the creation of and the controversies surrounding the murals by John Singer Sargent and Edwin Austin Abbey are documented. Other subjects include Frederick MacMonnies' sculptures "Bacchante" and "Anne Hutchinson", and the influence Augustus Saint-Gaudens had on the building's conception. In addition to the history of the art work, also documented this collection documents the plans for the architectural details, such as the design of the courtyard, the exterior inscriptions, and the bronze doors created by Daniel Chester French. Moreover, details concerning the day-to-day construction work, including building schedules, installation of heating and plumbing systems, fire proofing, material delivery, and cost estimates are recounted. Records include contracts, reports, drawings, photographs, brochures, petitions, invoices, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 7 manuscript boxes 2.5 cubic feet, 1 oversize box, 1 map drawer.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727147688 View