Museum director, architect. Educated at Harvard (M.Arch. 1912) and University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1915). Founder and director of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1923-1925). Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art (1925-1955).
From the description of Papers of Sidney Fiske Kimball, 1918-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 269301918
Sydney Fiske Kimball, b. Newton, Mass. Architect, architectural historian, professor of architecture and fine arts, and author. University of Michigan (1912-1919), University of Virginia (1919-1923), New York University (1923-1925), Philadelphia Museum of Art (1925-1955). Restored Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, and Stratford, seat of the Lee family.
From the description of Sketch of west elevation of Monticello [manucript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57467154
Architect and museum director.
From the description of Letter, 1918 March 13, Ann Arbor, to Mr. Lewis. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925302
" ... incorrectly called the McIntire Amphitheater--an amphitheater is circular or oval in shape ... the theater was made possible by a $120,000 gift from Paul Goodloe McIntire ..." (Virginius Dabney, Mr. Jefferson's University : A History).
From the description of Blueprints of Amphitheatre of the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925289
Supervising Architect for Memorial gymnasium.
From the description of Plans and elevations for Memorial Gymnasium [manuscript], 1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648017855
(See: Nat'l Cyclop. of Amer. Biogr., 47, pp. 660-1)
1888
Born, Newton, Mass., December 8,
1888.
1909
A.B., Harvard University
1909
10
Teaching assistant in fine arts, Harvard University
1910
11
Architectural study in Europe as Sheldon fellow
of Harvard
1912
M.Arch., Harvard
University
1912
13
Instructor in
architecture at University of Illinois
1913
Married Marie Goebel, Urbana, Ill., June 7, 1913
1913
15
Instructor in architecture at University of
Michigan
1915
Ph.D., University of Michigan
1915
16
Assistant professor in architecture at Univ. of Michigan
1916
17
Sachs research fellowship at Michigan
1918
19
Assistant professor of fine arts at
Univ. of Michigan
1919
23
Professor and head of department of architecture and fine arts, University of
Virginia
1919
25
Lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1921
23
Supervising architect of Univ. of Virginia
1923
Established the Instit. of
Fine Arts at New York University
1923
25
Director of the Instit. of Fine Arts and Morse
professor of the literature of the arts of design, New York University; also lecturer at the National Academy of Design, New York City.
1924
55
Architect for New York University
1925
55
Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art until his retirement in January, 1955
1935
55
Member of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission
1955
Director of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
1955
Elected
director emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
1955
Died, Munich, Germany, August 14,
1955.
Bibliographical Note: Mary Kane, A Bibliography of the Works of Kimball. Ed. by Frederick D. Nichols, (Charlottsville, University of Virginia Press, 1959. 67p.)
From the guide to the Papers of Sidney Fiske Kimball, 1918-1952., (Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)