Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Department of Art records

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Department of Art records

1896-1908

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Biographical sketch on Halsey Ives, Chief of the Department; Halsey Ives' files, including general correspondence, correspondence and material relating to the Art building, confidential letters, letters with artists' biographies for the Handbook for the Exposition, shipping department correspondence, and personal correspondence. Also included are Charles M. Kurtz's files of correspondence; Frederic Allen Whiting correspondence; Jury of Awards correspondence and lists; applications from artists to International, National, and Local Advisory Committees; monthly reports; clippings; printed material; and miscellaneous invitations.

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Ives, Halsey Cooley, 1847-1911

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Director, St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts; Chief of the Fine Arts Departments of the World's Columbian Exposition and Louisiana Purchase Exposition; first Director, City Art Museum of St. Louis. From the description of Halsey C. Ives Collection, 1876-1926. (Saint Louis Art Museum). WorldCat record id: 122600864 ...

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Dept. of Art.

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The art department of the Lousiana Exposition was responsible for the art exhibition for the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. Halsey C. Ives was the chief of the department, Charles M. Kurtz was the chief assistant, and Frederic Allen Whiting was the superintendent of Applied Arts. From the description of Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Department of Art records, 1896-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545745 ...

Kurtz, Charles M. (Charles McMeen), 1855-1909

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Charles M. Kurtz, first director of the Albright Art Gallery, played a prominent role as an administrator, patron, and promoter of the arts in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kurtz first came to Buffalo, New York, in 1884 when, as general manager of the American Art Union, he helped organize an exhibition for the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. He served as art director for numerous expositions and art fairs, including the Southern Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky (...

Whiting, F. A. (Frederick Allen), 1873-1959

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Museum director, art administrator; Cleveland, Ohio and Boston, Massachusetts. First director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1912-1930. From the description of Frederic Allen Whiting papers, 1916-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565817 ...