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Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006

Title: Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006

These papers of Fogg Art Museum directors John Coolidge and AgnesMongan document their administration of the museum and related professional activities. Mostof Coolidge's papers were created during his administration, from 1948 to 1968; most ofMongan's papers are from her tenure as acting director and then director (1968 to 1971). Thepapers consist primarily of correspondence, including Coolidge's correspondence with artdealers, and also include photographs, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, blueprints, printedmaterial, letters of recommendation, page proofs, financial documents, sketches and grantproposals.

ArchivalResource: 152 file boxes + oversize materials

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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Letters to Robert N.S. Whitelaw, 1940.

Title: Letters to Robert N.S. Whitelaw, 1940.

Letter (1940 June 9) from Heyward in Hendersonville (N.C.) to Robert N.S. Whitelaw in Charleston (S.C.) mainly concerns Heyward's salary for lecturing at the acting school at the Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.); and a letter (n.d.) from Heyward to Whitelaw expresses sympathy for a financial "mess" and asks "why does the theatre have to breed so many litters of headaches?"

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37522020 View

Douglas, Laura Glenn, 1888-1962. Laura Glenn Douglas papers, 1899-1979.

Title: Laura Glenn Douglas papers, 1899-1979.

Scrapbook, correspondence, diary, manuscripts of lectures, sketchbooks, contracts, financial records, awards, newspaper clippings, programs, notices, and exhibition catalogs, relating to Douglas's career as a teacher and artist, and her fellowships and activities at two artists' colonies in the northeastern U.S.: MacDowell Colony (formerly Edward MacDowell Association), an artists' colony in Peterborough, N.H., and Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) Includes notes for two lectures (1940 and no date), "Art as a Career," and "How to Build a Picture Plastically"; and correspondence (1935-1942) with Edward B. Rowan, relating to her work as artist with U.S. Treasury Dept. Other correspondents represented include Padraic Colum, Prince Stefano Carracciollo, Lamar Dodd, Hans Hofmann, Edmond D. Kinzinger, Rudolph E. Lee, Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Helen G. McCormack, Daniel Catton Rich, Alfred Stieglitz, and Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Other places represented include South Carolina, New York, Europe, and Washington, D.C. Volumes consist of diary, 1900 and undated (2 volumes); sketchbooks; scrapbook (1930-1965), consisting of newspaper clippings re Douglas' career as an artist and notices exhibitions of her paintings; and published volumes: Ninth Annual Convention of the American Legion, Paris, France (1927); a diary from Galleries LaFayette for 1934, illustrated with block prints; and edition of The Scribe, a 1947 yearbook from the Holton Arms School and Junior College (Washington, D.C.), where Douglas served as Director of Art.

ArchivalResource: 357 items and 9 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28414972 View

Douglas, Laura Glenn, 1888-1962. Papers, 1899-1979.

Title: Papers, 1899-1979.

Correspondence, diary, mss. of lectures, sketchbooks, contracts, awards, newspaper clippings, programs, notices, scrapbook, and exhibition catalogs, relating to Douglas's career, and her activities at MacDowell Colony (formerly Edward MacDowell Association), an artist colony in Peterborough, N.H. Includes correspondence (1935-1942) with Edward B. Rowan, relating to her work as artist with U.S. Treasury Dept. Other correspondents include Padraic Colum, Lamar Dodd, Hans Hofmann, Rudolph E. Lee, Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Helen G. McCormack, Daniel Catton Rich, Alfred Stieglitz, and Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Other places represented include South Carolina, New York, Europe, and Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 357 items and 9 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82730900 View

United States. National Resources Planning Board. Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources. Records, 1941 Dec. 15-1943 Mar. 3.

Title: Records, 1941 Dec. 15-1943 Mar. 3.

Bound volume of correspondence, executive memoranda, and typescripts of speeches documenting the participation of South Caroina and various other states in a national program to ensure preservation of records and artifacts. Correspondence discusses general guidelines for documenting, microfilming or evacuating valuable cultural properties, as well as directives promoting the collection of material re the impact of World War II on South Carolina. Collection includes typescripts of speeches presented around the U.S. by Collas G. Harris, Chairman, Executive Committee of CCCR, Washington, D.C.; also includes other mailings from national headquarters, including copy of memorandum, 12 Feb. 1942, re storage space available for paintings, books, and manuscripts at various educational institutions in Colorado; bulletin re air raid procedures, types of incendiary bombs and methods of extinguishing them; and provisional plans, 17 Feb. 1942, for protection of the South Caroliniana Library by R.L. Meriwether. Correspondents include Lester J. Cappon, University of Virginia; J. Isaac Copeland, Furman University; Margaret D. Davies, Division of Community Service Programs; Anne King Gregorie, Works Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey; Robert Lee Meriwether, South Caroliniana Library; and Robert N.S. Whitelaw, Gibbes Art Gallery.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31682212 View

Whitelaw, Robert N. S., 1905-. Correspondence, 1946, from Lewis Mumford.

Title: Correspondence, 1946, from Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155882026 View

Whitelaw, Robert N. S., 1905-. Letters, 1945-1961, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1945-1961, to Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (4 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155879571 View

Whitelaw, Robert N. S., 1905-. Photographs for Charleston, come hell or high water, ca. 1885-ca. 1989.

Title: Photographs for Charleston, come hell or high water, ca. 1885-ca. 1989.

The photographs were assembled primarily by Robert N. S. Whitelaw, and the text was prepared by Alice F. Levkoff for a book about the social history, natural disasters, and architecture of Charleston, South Carolina. Many images are classic views of the City, and many of the City's principal buildings are represented in some of the earliest and best photographs of them known to have been taken. A large number of buildings were subsequently damaged or altered, and some no longer survive. The natural disasters include the Earthquake of 1886, hurricanes during 1885 and 1911, and a tornado in 1938. The best represented photographers are Frances Benjamin Johnston, George L. Cook, Franklin F. Sams, and Howard R. Jacobs. Most of the approximately 400 photographs in the collection are 8X10 black-and-white prints. The original photographs that were copied for use in the book are primarily from the collections of the Charleston Museum, Carolina Art Association, South Carolina Historical Society, Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Service, Post-Courier, and Charleston Library Society. Numerous other sources include the Historic Charleston Foundation, Valentine Museum, and Southern Railway Company. Approximately 150 photographs collected for possible use were not published (particularly views of natural disasters and of the South Carolina & West Indian Exposition (1901-1902). Photographs taken after Hurricane Hugo in 1989 were added to the fourth and later printings. The photographs used in the book are arranged in page-number order, and the photographs that were not used are arranged topically. The collection also includes approximately 0.5 linear ft. of files relating to the preparation of the text and publication, about 50 copy negatives (4X5"), and a complete set of negatives for preparing printing plates.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166258264 View

Interviews conducted by Charles Hosmer relating to historic preservation

Title: Interviews conducted by Charles Hosmer relating to historic preservation

Interviews conducted by Charles B. Hosmer with 54 persons involved in American historic preservation (used in preparation for his book Preservation Comes of Age) and restoration in the United States. Among the topics discussed are the development of the National Park Service, Williamsburg, National Trust, and projects in California, Charleston, S.C., Illinois, Missouri, New Orleans, La., Newport, R. I., New York State, San Antonio, Tex., and Wisconsin. A 98 p. index to the transcripts is included.

OralHistoryResource: 56 interviews (1,712 p. transcribed)

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