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Standen, Edith Appleton,. Oral history interview with Edith Appleton Standen,f1989 Dec. 1.

Title: Oral history interview with Edith Appleton Standen,f1989 Dec. 1.

Edith Appleton Standen was secretary to the Widener art collection from 1929 to 1942. She joined the Women's Army Corps in 1943 and became an officer in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section in Europe. She served as a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until her retirement in 1970. Standen described Paul Sachs's museum course at the Fogg Museum and explained how she was hired by Joseph Widener. She recalled Widener's approach to his art collection, dealers he worked with, and transfer of the collection to the National Gallery of Art. She explained her work in Europe for the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section and assessed the impact of the transfer of Berlin paintings to the National Gallery.

ArchivalResource: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 100 minutes)

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Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk).

Title: Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927(inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk).

Correspondence of the American poet, Amy Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 53 boxes (18 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00100/catalog View

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Papers, 1925-1969 (bulk: 1937-1969)

Title: Walter Gropius papers, 1925-1969 (inclusive), 1937-1969 (bulk).

Papers of German-born architect and Harvard professor Walter Gropius.

ArchivalResource: 40 boxes (15 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00397/catalog 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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Farmer, Walter S. Will anything survive : typescript, [1984?].

Title: Will anything survive : typescript, [1984?].

Describes his work as an officer with the Manuscripts, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) section of the American Military Government in Germany after World War II. Annotated by Edith Standen.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (23 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122333639 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

Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk).

Title: Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927(inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk).

Correspondence of the American poet, Amy Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 53 boxes (18 linear ft.)

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