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Dwight Papers, 1890-1959

Title: Dwight Papers 1890-1959

Correspondence, printed articles, manuscripts, notebooks, diaries, family photographs, and notes covering the life of Harrison Griswold Dwight, author and Amherst graduate. The bulk of the collection is made up of letters to Dwight from friends and publishers covering a period from 1897 to 1959. These include a number of letters from well-know persons ranging from Willa Cather to Eleanor Roosevelt.

ArchivalResource: 16 archives boxes; (8 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma12.html View

Rudolf Kolisch papers, 1886-1978.

Title: Rudolf Kolisch papers, 1886-1978.

Papers of musician Rudolf Kolisch including correspondence, musical and literary compositions, recordings, performance records, teaching materials, subject files, and biographical materials.

ArchivalResource: 141 boxes, 18 volumes (47.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00066/catalog View

Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987. Hildegarde Flanner papers, 1924-1984.

Title: Hildegarde Flanner papers, 1924-1984.

Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, reviews, lectures, and journals (1925-83). Besides Hildegarde Flanner's papers the collection also includes letters and sheet music (printed and manuscript) by her sister, Mary E. Flanner.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 4 cartons, 1 oversize box (4 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227534438 View

Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951. Porter Garnett papers, 1916-1951.

Title: Porter Garnett papers, 1916-1951.

Correspondence, writings, miscellaneous papers, drawings and sketches, examples of fine printing (some mounted). Includes Gelett Burgess material. Correspondence with Grace V. Bird and Elizabeth Sellers often concerns mutual friends, including David "Clink" Greenhood and Helen "Billy" Gentry Greenhood, Witter Bynner, Hildegarde Flanner Monhoff, and Frederick Mortimer Clapp, and discusses Garnett's move to Pittsburgh, Penn. in 1924 to teach and to establish the Laboratory Press. Correspondence between Garnett and Clapp also includes memos and proofs from Garnett's work on printing the Frick catalog.

ArchivalResource: 3 cartons, 8 boxes, 1 volume 2 oversize folders and 1 package.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85182794 View

Clapp, Frederick Mortimer, b. 1879. Frederick Clapp papers, 1938-1960.

Title: Frederick Clapp papers, 1938-1960.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754872491 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

Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969

Title: E. E. Cummings papers, 1870-1969

Correspondence and working drafts of poems and other writings by American poet E. E. Cummings.

ArchivalResource: 116 boxes (18 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00946/catalog View

Frick Collection. The Frick Collection Central Files (1932-1936), 1930-1937.

Title: The Frick Collection Central Files (1932-1936), 1930-1937.

The Frick Collection's alphabetical subject files, 1932-1936, document the conversion of the New York residence of Henry Clay Frick to a public art museum, The Frick Collection, and the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building. The work of Organizing Director Frederick Mortimer Clapp; Frick Collection Trustees, including John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Henry Clay Frick's children, Helen Clay Frick and Childs Frick; architect John Russell Pope; and general contractor Marc Eidlitz & Son are documented in correspondence, internal memorandums, minutes, reports, clippings, inventories, contracts, and summaries of informal meetings and telephone conversations. Topics covered include the selection of John Russell Pope as architect; details related to the design, construction and selection of materials for both the Collection and the Library; the interior decoration of the rooms; and the rehanging of the art. In addition, matters related to finances, insurance, public relations, salvage of materials, and the publication of a small catalogue are all also documented. Primary correspondents are Frederick Mortimer Clapp, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Walker D. Hines, Childs Frick, Helen Clay Frick, John Russell Pope, L.W. Eisinger, Marc Eidlitz, and John Henry Hammond, The Frick Collection Counsel.

ArchivalResource: 24.5 linear feet (44 boxes, oversize material).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612306978 View

Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933. Papers of Arthur Kingsley Porter : correspondence, 1910-1925.

Title: Papers of Arthur Kingsley Porter : correspondence, 1910-1925.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77070960 View

Frederick Clapp [photograph], [ca. 1850-1860].

Title: Frederick Clapp [photograph], [ca. 1850-1860].

Hand-colored ninth-plate daguerreotype in brass frame of Frederick Clapp, taken ca. 1850-1854 by an unknown photographer.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w, hand-colored ; visible image 5 x 4 cm. (ninth-plate), in frame 6 1/2 x 5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51649792 View

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930

Title: William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1897-1930

Papers of the African-American poet, literary critic, and editor William Stanley Braithwaite.

ArchivalResource: 31 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01469/catalog View

Bird, Grace V. Grace V. Bird papers, 1910-1976, n.d.

Title: Grace V. Bird papers, 1910-1976, n.d.

Correspondence sent to Bird by friends, including Hildegarde Flanner and Frederick Mortimer ("Tim") Clapp; mss. notes written by Bird; sonnets and poems by and for Bird, from friends, including Porter Garnett and Wilder Bentley; misc. greeting cards with printed poems; inscribed copies (to G.Bird) of books; miscellany re Berkeley.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86093664 View

Frederick Mortimer Clapp Papers, 1852-1969, 1906-1969

Title: Frederick Mortimer ClappPapers 1852-1969 1906-1969

The Frederick MortimerClapp Papers consists of personal and professional correspondence, writings,research material, lecture notes, subject files, diaries, and other papersdocumenting Clapp's activities as an art historian, educator, and poet as wellas his personal and professional relationships. Writings include drafts andproofs for Clapp's various collections of verse and other works such as AHistory of the 17th Aero Squadron (1920) and The Frick Collection : Paintings :Summary Catalogue (1935). Amongst the extensive lecture notes and researchmaterial on various topics are some notes relating to Clapp's research onPontormo and his work with The Frick Collection. Also found in the collectionare the personal and family papers of Clapp's wife, Maud Ede Clapp, whichconsist of correspondence, diaries, writings and artwork.

ArchivalResource: 52.55 linear feet (132boxes)

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

Rice family papers, 1810-1916

Title: Rice family papers 1810-1916

The papers include correspondence, photographs, and writings which document the daily lives of the immediate family of John Rice and the activities of various members of the Blake and Seely families. Extensive correspondence concerns the construction and furnishing of the family home in Tarrytown, New York; of residences, travel, and schooling in California and Europe; and student life and teaching at the Sedgwick School, Yale University, Williams College, Acadia University, and Smith College.

ArchivalResource: 17 linear feet (38 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0415 View

Frick Collection. The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art Records, 1939-1982.

Title: The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art Records, 1939-1982.

Correspondence, programs, invitations, press releases, work orders, opening remarks, and summaries of graduate student papers document the founding, evolution and administration of The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art (known as the Symposium on Art and Archaeology from 1940-1953). Records date from 1939 to 1982. The earliest files contain the most comprehensive documentation of the program, and only the files from 1940-1942 contain summaries of the papers presented. No copies of the graduate students' papers presented at the Symposia are in the collection. Correspondence concerns the selection of graduate students, biographical information on the presenters, their paper topics, the logistical planning of the Symposium lectures and luncheons, expenses, and discussions regarding which universities to include in the program. Correspondents, primarily Frick Collection staff, professors of participating universities and graduate student speakers, include Frederick Mortimer Clapp, Franklin M. Biebel, Harry D.M. Grier, Bernice Davidson, Walter W.S. Cook, Sumner McK. Crosby, William B. Dinsmoor, Charles Rufus Morey, Joseph C. Sloane, E. Baldwin Smith, Craig Hugh Smyth, and Rudolf Wittkower. The files also contain responses to invitations from Erwin Panofsky, Alfred Barr, Fiske Kimball, and Belle da Costa Greene. The Symposium continues to be held on an annual basis, and additional records will be added to this collection as they are processed.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605037824 View

Rice family. Rice family papers, 1810-1916 (inclusive).

Title: Rice family papers, 1810-1916 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence, photographs, and writings which document the daily lives of the immediate family of John Rice and the activities of various members of the Blake and Seely families. Extensive correspondence concerns the construction and furnishing of the family home in Tarrytown, New York; of residences, travel, and schooling in California and Europe; and student life and teaching at the Sedgwick School, Yale University, Williams College, Acadia University, and Smith College.

ArchivalResource: 17 linear ft. (38 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168578 View

Frick Collection. The Frick Collection Construction Records, 1933-1937.

Title: The Frick Collection Construction Records, 1933-1937.

Records document work details of the conversion of the New York residence of the Frick family into The Frick Collection, a public art gallery, and the construction of a new 13-story Frick Art Reference Library building. The work of the general contractor, Marc Eidlitz & Son, and the subcontractors hired for the construction project is documented in contracts, invoices, daily progress reports, work orders, receipts, and vouchers. The files date from 1933 to 1937, with the bulk dating from 1933 to 1935. Documentation of the construction project includes contracts outlining the specific work to be performed by each subcontractor; daily progress reports, detailing work done by each subcontractor and the number of men on site; the types of materials and equipment used; and the cost of equipment, materials and labor.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear feet (15 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612322641 View

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965. Papers, 1903-2005.

Title: Papers, 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 files boxes + oversize materials.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/424592354 View

Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965.

Title: Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965.

Correspondence and compositions of American poet and translator Witter Bynner.

ArchivalResource: 99 boxes (49.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00668/catalog View

Frick Collection. The Frick Collection Records of the Organizing Director - Frederick Mortimer Clapp, 1920-1937.

Title: The Frick Collection Records of the Organizing Director - Frederick Mortimer Clapp, 1920-1937.

Records of The Frick Collection's Organizing Director, Frederick Mortimer Clapp, contain reports, correspondence, memos, minutes, budget projections and statements, and summaries of meetings and telephone conversations documenting his involvement in the planning and details of alterations and additions to The Frick Collection, and the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building from 1931-1935. Also contains manuscripts for a small catalogue published in 1935 by The Frick Collection, "The Frick Collection: Paintings: Summary Catalogue." The bulk of the files span from 1931 to 1936. Files include minutes from meetings of the Committee on Organization and Policy and the office of architect John Russell Pope; correspondence with John Russell Pope and general contractor Marc Eidlitz & Son; and summaries of Mr. Clapp's meetings and telephone conversations with Board of Trustee members Helen Clay Frick, Childs Frick, Walker D. Hines and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Topics covered include all aspects of the buildings' architecture, construction, and interior design, including selection of materials, finishes, and furnishings, as well as decisions regarding air conditioning and other mechanical concerns, museum administration, and art installation.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 linear feet (7 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612325784 View

Dwight, Harrison Griswold, 1875-. Dwight papers, 1890-1959.

Title: Dwight papers, 1890-1959.

The collection contains a sizable body of letters to Dwight from friends and publishers, as well as a group of letters from Dwight to several other friends. Also there are manuscripts of some of the articles he wrote for magazines and one of the projected books he worked on about L'Enfant, the planner of the city of Washington, DC. Correspondents include: Leonard Bacon, Morris Carter, Willia Cather, F.M. Clapp, John Dos Passos, H.L. Mencken, Henry Morgenthau, John D. Rockeffer, Jr., Martha Saxton, Arnold Toynbee and Stark Young.

ArchivalResource: 16 archive boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51546981 View

Blanche Matthias papers, 1901-1983

Title: Blanche Matthias papers 1901-1983

The Blanche Matthias Papers consist of correspondence, reviews, poetry, short stories, clippings, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks and personal papers relating to Matthias's work and travels.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 17; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 9.25

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