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A. Hyatt Mayor papers

Title: A. Hyatt Mayor papers

Correspondence; scrapbooks and diaries; writings; photographs; medals; passport; engagement calendars; and printed material.

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Letters to Henry M. Rosenthal from William Mills Ivins, Jr

Title: Letters to Henry M. Rosenthal from William Mills Ivins, Jr

Letters, 1952-1961, from Ivins to Rosenthal; and a memoir "Portrait Sketch of William Ivins," by his daughter Barbara Ivins, 1980.

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Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1921-1961,n.d.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1921-1961,n.d.

William Ivins, Curator of Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Carl Zigrosser had a long and friendly relationship. Ivins could be sharp in his reactions, an odd mix of emotion and intellect that made him difficult to get along with. Zigrosser's own sincere mildness and perceptiveness seems to have brought-out Ivins' sweeter nature. Ivin's reviewed Zigrosser's writing for him, and Zigrosser helped Ivins with early exhibitions at the Grolier Club. Their correspondence continues through their careers, with compliments on one another's exhibitions and publications. Several letters touch on Ivins' retirement, his depression and alienation from the print world, and lamentations about old age and his slipping abilities. Drafts of letters from Zigrosser record attempts to lure Ivins back to productive work. Following Ivins' death, there is a group of letters from Theodore Sizer, who was arranging to publish some of Ivins' letters. There is also a group of letters from Barbara Ivins, William Ivins' daughter. Included are several pages of copied-out entries from Zigrosser's diaries, all the entries concern William Ivins. There are also some articles by Ivins in the file.

ArchivalResource: 43 items (68 leaves and 1 pamphlet).

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William Mills Ivins papers

Title: William Mills Ivins papers

The papers, 1878-1964 (20.5 linear feet) of museum curator, director, and art scholar William Mills Ivins (1881-1961) consist of personal and professional correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and Ivins family papers. Ivins was Curator of Prints, 1916-1946, Assistant Director, 1933-1938, and Acting Director, 1938-1940 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence with art historians, art dealers, museum curators, print and book collectors, and artists concerning the history of print making, book design and illustration, print collectors and collecting, exhibitions, and museum administration. Correspondence files appear to be complete, and correspondence is of substantive content. Also found are Ivins' published and unpublished writings and lectures, and notes. Of particular interest are the letters from Bernard Berenson, Paul J. Sachs, and Theodore Sizer, each of whom corresponded with Ivins freqently over extended periods about both personal and professional and matters.Ivins' family papers include family correspondence, genealogies, and photographs. The papers of Ivin's wife, illustrator Florence Wyman Ivins (1881-1948), and the correspondence of several other relatives, can be found here augmented by family photographs.

ArchivalResource: 20.5 linear feet

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