William Germain Dooley papers

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William Germain Dooley papers

1925-1973

Biographical material; correspondence with friends and colleagues, including Charles W. Green, Marsden Hartley, Homer Eaton Keyes, John Kieran, Ruth Webb Lee, James Roosevelt, Francis Henry Taylor, Bradford Washburn and others; subject files, including one on Castano Galleries in Boston; lecture notes; writings, including typescripts and drafts for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Fogg Museum, and the Christian Science Monitor; a typescript of an article by James Duncan Phillips; printed materials; photographs of Dooley and of the U.S. Army's recovery of art objects form the Berlin Museum in 1945; and ephemera.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6698904

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Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943

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Marsden Hartley, one of the early modernist painters and also a poet, was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1877. After his mother's death, he moved to Cleveland to live with his father and stepmother, attending the Cleveland Institute of Art. He then moved on to study at the New York School of Art, where he found inspiration in the works of the American transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Whitman. Among his other influences were Emily Dickison, his friend and contemporary Hart Crane, and Ger...

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Art museum; Boston, Mass. From the description of Exhibition of water colors by American & European artists : February 26 to April 14, 1929 / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220207458 ...

Phillips, James Duncan, 1876-

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Phillips graduated from Harvard in 1897. From the description of Weekly papers in History 13, 1894-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074009 From the description of Lecture notes and laboratory work in Botany 1, second half year, 1893-1894. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073891 From the description of Notes in Government 1 : lectures by Prof. Macvane, first half year, 1894-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074000 ...

Washburn, Bradford, 1910-2007

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Explorer, scientist, and mountaineer Bradford Washburn pioneered the West Buttress route to the summit of Mount McKinley. He is the definitive cartographer of Mount McKinley and Mount Everest. From the description of Bradford and Barbara Washburn papers, 1920- (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 154128965 Bradford Washburn is an explorer, geographer, and former director of the Museum of Science in Boston. From the description of Letter, 1995. (...

Green, Charles W.

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Kieran, John, 1892-1981

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John Kieran was a newspaper columnist, author, and naturalist. From the guide to the John Kieran letter and clippings (MS 272), 1943, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Naturalist, author, and sports columnist. Full name: John Francis Kieran. Died 1981. From the description of Papers of John Kieran, 1917-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071687 Amateur naturalist, journalist and sportswriter. From th...

Fogg Art Museum.

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The Index of American Design was a project of the research division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration which produced approximately 20,000 reproductions (photographs and original drawings) and classifications of a wide variety of American art, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, and folk art. From the description of Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404372 Founded in 1891, through the...

Lee, Ruth Webb, 1894-

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Dooley, William Germain, 1904-1975.

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Art critic, writer and educator; Cambridge, Mass. Was the associate editor and art critic for the Boston Transcript; wrote extensively for other publications. Headed the Division of Education at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and founded the Pewter Collectors Society. From the description of William Germain Dooley papers, 1925-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389584 ...

Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991

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James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The oldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. He served as an official Secretary to the President and in the United States House of Representatives representing California....

Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957

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Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122646617 Museum director, Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York, N.Y. From the description of Francis Henry Taylor papers, 1950-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515565 Gallery at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. From the description of Correspondence with Cha...

Keyes, Homer Eaton, 1875-1938

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Castano Galleries (Boston, Mass.)

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