Reiff, Daniel D. (Daniel Drake)

Daniel Reiff was a student at Harvard University during the mid-1960s. From 1970 until2004 he was a professor of art history at the State University of New York, Fredonia. He has authored many books on architecture including: Houses from Books, Treatises, Pattern Books and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1758-1950: A History and Guide,Architecture in Fredonia, New York, 1811-1997,and Small Georgian Houses in England & Virginia.

From the description of Papers 1962-1997, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234361517

Daniel Drake Reiff (b. 1941) earned his Harvard AB 1963, Harvard AM 1964, and Harvard Ph.D. 1970.

From the description of Harvard memorabilia of Daniel D. Reiff, 1959-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 426085673

From the description of Student notes and essays, 1959-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77065699

Daniel Reiff received the B. A. (magna cum laude) from Harvard College in 1963; M.A. in 1964 (Harvard); and Ph.D. in 1970 (Harvard). From 1970-2004 he was a professor of art history at the State University of New York, Fredonia. From 1985-1988 he served as chairman of the art department at the State University of New York. In 2004, he retired as SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. Besides teaching, from 1995-1998, Reiff served as president of Fredonia Preservation Society, Inc. He has written many books on architecture including: Houses from Books: Treatises, Pattern Books and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1758-1950: A History and Guide; Architecture in Fredonia, New York, 1811-1997: From Log Cabin to I.M. Pei; and Small Georgian Houses in England & Virginia: Origins and Development Through the 1750s.

Kenneth John Conant received the B.A. from Harvard College in 1915 and taught architecture at Harvard School of Architecture from 1925-1955.

Sidney Freedberg (1914-1997) was trained at Harvard University and subsequently worked for the Department of Fine Arts from 1953-1983. In addition to being the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor he served as Chairman of the Department from 1959-1963, Walter Channing Cabot Fellow from 1973-1976, and as the Acting Director of the Fogg Museum, 1978-1979. Detlef Heikamp was a visiting professor from the Kunsthistoriches Institute in Florence, and specializes in the Medici family. Max Loehr (1903-1988), studied the history of Chinese art, and was trained at the University of Munich. He subsequently studied, and worked in China from 1940-1949, ending his time there as an Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University. Upon arriving in the United States he worked at the University of Michigan (1951-1960), and Harvard University (1960-1974). Benjamin Rowland, Jr. (1904-1972) studied and lectured on a wide breadth of art history topics including ancient India, modern America, and pre-modern Europe. He was trained at Harvard University and was brought on staff first as a tutor in 1930. In 1950 he became a full professor, and was appointed Gleason Professor of Fine Arts in 1960. He was also a well known watercolorist with pieces exhibited in diverse museums.

From the guide to the Papers, 1962-2004, n.d., (Harvard Art Museums Archives)