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Herter family. Herter family papers, 1882-1966.

Title: Herter family papers, 1882-1966.

Mainly family correspondence, scrapbooks (including one for Mary C.P. Herter's art work as a child), and photograph albums of American artists Albert and Adele McGinnis Herter, their son, Christian A. Herter, congressman, Massachusetts governor and U.S. secretary of state, and his wife Mary C. (Pratt). Other family members and close friends included in the collection are Everit A. Herter, Caroline Keck Herter Bridge; Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst and Lithgow Osborne. Collection includes some diaries of Mary C.P. Herter, including some kept as a child, and a typed transcript of the W.W.I. diary of Everit A. Herter, sergeant in Company A, 40th Engineers, camouflage. (Cont) Among the subjects covered are the portrait and mural painting careers of Albert, Adele and Everit A. Herter and the early life and diplomatic and political career of Christian A. Herter. Christian Herter's papers touch upon his years at Harvard, his foreign service stints in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland during W.W.I., the Paris Peace Conference, the U.S. Commerce Dept. under Herbert Hoover, and the American Relief Administration. Also included in the collection are small amounts of material on Herter's congressional career, 1943-53; his governorship, 1953-57; his service as U.S. under secretary of state (including engagement diaries for 1957-59) and secretary of state, 1959-61; and as U.S. special representative on trade negotiations, 1962-66.

ArchivalResource: 13 cartons and 1 oversize carton (stored offsite)

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Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection

Title: Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection

Primarily exhibition catalogs for modernist art exhibitions held in New York City during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also included are catalogs for Boston exhibitions, mainly pre-1900, and a few other locales; exhibition announcements; gallery publications; and other printed material.

ArchivalResource: 4.4 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97cda1277-17cc-4295-abe9-729b895e1a28 View

Adele McGinnis Herter and Albert Herter papers

Title: Adele McGinnis Herter and Albert Herter papers

Correspondence, 1882-1913, 1919-1946, between Adele and Albert, and letters from McGinnis and Herter family members; bills and receipts, mainly for household expenses; address books; clippings; and family photographs.

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