Records of the Assistants to the Directors, 1913-1999 (inclusive),1927-1943 (bulk)

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Records of the Assistants to the Directors, 1913-1999 (inclusive),1927-1943 (bulk)

1913-1999 (inclusive),1927-1943 (bulk)

These records of the Assistants to the Directors of the Fogg Art Museum document the administrative and teaching activities of the individuals who held the position. The bulk of the collection dates from 1927 to 1943 and includes the records of Walter Siple, Henry Sayles Francis, Frederick B. Robinson, John S. Thacher, Frederick Grace and Louisa Sprague. The collection consists primarily of correspondence.

28 file boxes + oversize materials

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Kirkland House

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United War Fund

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Ross, Denman W.

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Walker, Miss Glada B.

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Horace M. Swope

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Red Cross

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Winslow, Anna

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Harvard Medical School.

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Coburn

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Stout, George

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St. Louis City Art Museum

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Weismann, Donald L.

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Lawrence College

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Mrs. Ethel B. Clark

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Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969

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Relation of Alexander Forbes (1882-1965). From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 176629718 Forbes graduated from Harvard in 1895. From the description of Notes in Zoology 1, 1893. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073959 From the description of Notes and midyear thesis in Philosophy 9, 1894-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074017 From t...

Museum of Modern Art

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Foggs

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Albright Art Gallery.

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Kahnweiler

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Rhode Island School of Design

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The Rhode Island School of Design Faculty originally comprised the RISD Director, the Department heads (Freehand Drawing and Painting; Decorative Design; Architecture; Mechanical Engineering; Modeling and Sculpture; and Children's Dept.), and the registrar as Secretary of the Faculty (1901-1934). At the request of faculty and instructors, the structure of the faculty was modified in 1934 to include all members of the teaching staff. From the guide to the Rho...

Blue Cross, Blue Shield.

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Johnson, Miss Ellen

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Prof. Justino Fernandez

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Coolidge Shepley

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Duel, Arthur B

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Buffalo Fine Arts Academy

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On November 11, 1862, a group of prominent Buffalo citizens met to adopt a constitution and by-laws for the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. At this initial meeting, it was agreed to establish and maintain a permanent art gallery in Buffalo. Until this was accomplished in 1905, the Academy held exhibitions in several locations in downtown Buffalo. In 1905, the Academy moved to its current location on Elmwood Avenue. The 1905 building, gifted by Buffalo entrepreneur and philanthropist John...

Nelson Gallery of Art

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Hoyt, Charles B.

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New York World's Fair

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Wadsworth Atheneum.

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Art museum; Hartford, Conn. Established 1842 to house the collection of Daniel Wadsworth, a painter and collector. The museum grew considerably with gifts from J.P. Morgan into a premiere institution of American fine and decorative arts. Formerly known as Wadsworth Atheneum and Morgan Memorial. From the description of Wadsworth Atheneum scrapbooks, 1899-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502531 ...

Jacques Lipchitz

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Severud, Miss Ruth

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Brummer Gallery

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Adams House

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Art News

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Brandegee

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Boston University

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U.S. Customs Service

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Isaac H. Scott was born in Quebec; came to the United States at age 14. Served during the Civil War and was the last surviving member of the crew of the Monitor. He was employed at the Ferry St. U.S. Customs office, Buffalo, N.Y., for 33 years. From the description of Personnel file of Isaac H. Scott, 1915-1920. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113607 The establishment of customs districts and ports of entry and appointment of customs officers was...

Bignou Gallery

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Étienne Bignou (1891-1950) was a Parisian art dealer, noted for his paintings by artists such as Cézanne, Daumier, Corot, Degas, Renoir, Dérain, Picasso, Utrillo and Matisse. He opened his own gallery in 1927, and after Georges Petit's death, he purchased Petit's firm with dealers Gaston and Josse Bernheim-Jeune. Georges Keller was appointed director of the Galerie Georges Petit in 1929. After the gallery closed in 1933, Keller continued to work with Bignou at his Galerie Étienne Bignou and ...

Bates, Mr. Waldo F., Jr.

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Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott

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Yale University.

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Naumburg Room

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Torkelson, Miss Edith L.

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Dallas Museum

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Bates, Mrs. Oric

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Cleveland Museum of Art. Department of Art History and Education

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Fitchburg Art Center

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Harvard Divinity School.

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The Harvard Divinity School was started in 1811 when a program of graduate studies was organized for candidates for the ministry. In 1819 it became a separate administrative unit in Harvard University. From the description of General information by and about the Harvard Divinity School, 1811- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511094 Theology has been taught at Harvard since its opening in 1638. The Harvard Divinity School was started in 1811 when a program of grad...

Harvard Dental School

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Dumbarton Oaks.

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Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss donated their home Dumbarton Oaks and its library and collections to Harvard University in 1940 to serve as a research center in Byzantine studies. In 1969, upon the death of Mildred Bliss, her Garden Library collection of rare and modern materials was willed to Harvard, to become a part of the over-all institution of Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. From the description of Garden Library collection, ca. 1500-1900 (inclusive...

Leverett House

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Miss Dorothy Kingsford

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Chase, Dean George H.

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Mrs. Truxton Beale

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Widener Library

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Duke University

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Seasholtz, Miss Mary Braeme

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Thacher, J. S.

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Winslow Homers

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New York University

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The Class Collection documents selected student and alumni activities of New York University graduating classes from 1843-1966. Formal and informal gatherings were common, and were documented in detail by the participants. From the description of Class collection, 1843-1966. 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477254465 New York University (formerly, University of the City of New York), is an academic institution and, as such, its faculty produces ar...

Gaw, Miss Grace

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Briggs, ...

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Pierre Matisse

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Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration

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Wright, ...

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Diddel, Miss Norma L.

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Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965

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Harvard Professor of Museology. From the description of Lecture notes and related manuscripts, 1926-1955. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80369439 Professor of fine arts. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Joseph Sachs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726511 Paul Joseph Sachs, the first associate director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University and a Harvard profes...

Harvard Alumni Magazine

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Ewing, Charles Kermit (American painter and educator, 1910-1976)

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City Art Museum

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United War Fund Drive

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Smith College Museum of Art

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Mrs. Elizabeth Bland

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Elaine Bevan

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Harvard Architectural School

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Francis, Harry S.

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Boston Museum of Modern Art

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Fenway Court

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Maillol

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Grace, Frederick R. (Frederick Randolph), 1909-1942

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Sprague, Louisa

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Appleton, William Sumner, -1947

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Founder and Secretary of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (1910); Vice President of the Massachusetts Society of Sons of the Revolution; life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (elected Nov. 7, 1903); Secretary of the Paul Revere Memorial Association; Director of the Bunker Hill Monument Association; member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Born in Boston, Mass. Graduated from Harvard, 1896. Died in Lawrence, Mass., 1947. From th...

Miss Margaret Gilman

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Brooklyn Museum

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The origins of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences extend back to 1823, with the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library. The Library, located at the corner of Cranberry and Henry Streets in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, was established for the education and cultural enrichment of young tradesmen. In 1841, the Library relocated to the building of the Brooklyn Lyceum, an organization devoted to intellectual pursuits in the arts and sciences, at the corner of Washington and C...

Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984

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General Education Board (New York, N.Y.)

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The General Education Board was established in 1903 by John D. Rockefeller to aid education in the United States "without distinction of race, sex or creed." The program included grants for endowment and general budgetary support of colleges and universities, support for special programs, fellowships and scholarships assistanceto state school systems at all levels, and development of social and economic resources as a route to improved educaitonal systems. All major colleges and universities in ...

Mayo, Dean Lawrence S.

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Winthrop, Grenville Lindall, 1864-1943

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Lawyer and art connoisseur. Educated at Harvard (Class of 1886). Maintained residences in New York and Lenox, Mass. Made many gifts to the Fogg Art Museum during his lifetime, and left his entire collection to the Museum in 1943. From the description of Papers of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234360169 Grenville Lindall Winthrop, lawyer and art collector, was born in New York, N.Y. on February 11, 1864. He received ...

American Mutual Magazine

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Warburg, Edward

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Christie, Manson & Woods

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Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933

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M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.

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Bedford, Miss Virginia

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Harvard Univ. Music Department

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Caldwell, Edward F.

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Robinson, Frederick Bruce

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Mr. Richard Freeman

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Mrs. Barbara Sessions

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McIlhenny, Henry

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California Palace of Legion of Honor

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Baker, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 38463 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001ce Epithet: of Egerton MS 3351 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001d2 Epithet: of Newthorpe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x00037c Epithet: Privy Councill...

Grace, Frederick R. (Frederick Randolph), 1909-1942

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