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French & Company (New York, N.Y.). French & Company photographs, 1915-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)

Title: French & Company photographs, 1915-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)

The collection contains the assorted photographs and negatives of French & Company that were still in the possession of Spencer A. Samuels & Company in 1999. The collection comprises photographs of works of art, primarily paintings and drawings, that were sold by or passed through French & Company, for the most part between 1950 and 1969.

ArchivalResource: 21 linear feet (26 boxes photographic prints and negatives) : b&w, some col. ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83324045 View

French & Company (New York, N.Y.). French & Company records, 1911-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)

Title: French & Company records, 1911-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)

The collection contains the assorted business records of French & Company that were still in the possession of Spencer A. Samuels & Company in 1999. These records include investment reports and other financial papers; business correspondence, including board minutes; and correspondence regarding professional appraisals and sales, with some photographs of art works. Several of the sales files relate to tapestries. A portion of this archive is comprised of reports and publicity photographs that document the firm's reorganization in the context of a changing clientele and art market. One videotape documents the opening of French & Company on Madison Ave., New York City. Architectural drawings appear to be for renovations for clients, and for French & Company offices and galleries.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft. (17 boxes, 3 flat file folders) + ADDS (1 box)1 videocassette (VHS Dub) : sd. Original.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82675390 View

Samuels, Spencer, d.1999. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83820994 View

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

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/art00017/catalog View

Cunningham, Charles Crehore, 1910-1979. Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977.

Title: Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977.

Born in 1910 in Mamaroneck, NY, Charles C. Cunningham attended Harvard and became a curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1935. From 1941 to 1966 he was the director of Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum. He went on to become director of the Art Institute of Chicago until he retired from this position in 1972. George Heard Hamilton, then director of the Clark, invited Cunningham to become chief curator. Cunningham was responsible for two major exhibits at the Clark, The Elegant Academics in 1974 and Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists: The Painters of the Ecole Saint-Simeon in 1976. He also initiated the Conservation Laboratory, which opened in 1977. Cunningham retired from the Clark that year and died in 1979. The Curatorial Office Records of Charles C. Cunningham primarily contain correspondence about potential museum acquisitions and discussions of loans with staff at other museums. Due to his long and respected career, Cunningham had many acquaintances and close friends among curators and directors at other art institutions, as well as among art historians and dealers. The correspondence in these records includes numerous exchanges about intellectual and business concerns in the art world. The high esteem and affection his peers felt for him is evidenced in letters that blur the line between professional and personal. Other materials in this series include: class lists and grades, assignments, and correspondence with students from several courses taught by Cunningham; CAI memoranda; and financial records about costs of exhibits and loans.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263070846 View