J. Paul Getty family collected papers 1880s-1989, undated (bulk 1911-1977)

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J. Paul Getty family collected papers 1880s-1989, undated (bulk 1911-1977)

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The collection comprises collected materials related to art collector and oil tycoon, J. Paul Getty and his parents, George F. Getty I and Sarah C. Getty. The collected papers on J. Paul Getty include some of his personal and business correspondence and other documents, dating from 1909 to 1976, providing insight into his art collecting activities, his business concerns, and his personal and family relationships. The materials also contain documents postdating Mr. Getty's death (1977, 1980-1989) that concern the management of his estate and eulogize his life and accomplishments. The George F. Getty I and Sarah C. Getty papers, dating from 1890 to 1939, primarily comprise family and oil business correspondence and offer researchers a glimpse into the Getty household. The collection includes correspondence, art and furniture inventories, financial records, legal documents, publications, ephemera, and photographs, dating from around the 1880s to 1989.

21.7 linear feet; (26 boxes, 1 painting, 1 flat file)

Getty Research Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6657644

Getty Research Institute

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Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976

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American oil tycoon and art collector Jean Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 15, 1892 to George Franklin Getty (1855-1930) and Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher Getty. Around 1906 the Getty family moved to Los Angeles. J. Paul Getty eventually persuaded his father to shift the focus of the family petroleum business to the Los Angeles basin. Beginning in the early 1930s Getty lived in a house he built next to William Randolph Hearst's on the beach in Santa Monica. During Wo...

George F. Getty Incorporated.

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Getty, Sarah C. (Sarah Catherine), 1852-1941.

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Minnehoma Oil and Gas Company.

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Getty Oil Company

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Gaston, Teddy Getty

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J. Paul Getty Museum

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The development of the PhotoArchive/ Library began in the earliest years of the development of the J. Paul Getty Museum during the mid- to late-1950s. Since 1983 the Photo Archive/Library has been part of the Getty Research Institute. From the description of Photo Archive budget information, 1976-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 85173571 After considering various options for expanding his ranch house in Pacific Palisades, California, which had served as ...

San Joaquin Oil Company.

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Getty, George F. (George Franklin), 1855-1930

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Le Vane, Ethel

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Art advisor and literary collaborator. From the description of Correspondence with Bernard Berenson, 1952-1960. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78114455 ...

Ada Oil Corporation

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Bramlett, Norris

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Oklahoma Oil Corporation.

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Hewins, Ralph.

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Ralph Hewins (d. 1984) was a professional journalist largely concerned with the very wealthy. He was the author of The Richest American: J. Paul Getty (1960). Hewins became a personal friend of Mr. Getty during the years he spent researching and writing Getty's biography. From the description of Collected papers for biography of J. Paul Getty, circa 1890s-1973, 1984, undated (bulk 1957-1973) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 85176404 American author. ...