The microfilmed Alfred Hamilton Barr papers contain files kept during Barr's tenure at the Museum of Modern Art, including personal and professional correspondence with museum officials, curators, writers, historians, critics, art associations, foundations, magazines, artists, and collectors; files on staff, exhibitions, and MoMA publications and collections; files on abstract art, cubism, and futurism, some related to Barr's book <emph render="italic">Cubism and Abstract Art</emph> (1936); files on the Foundation for Arts, religion and Culture (ARC), Barr's travels, lectures, speeches, exhibitions, publications, political controversies, and artists and collections in the USSR; writings, including travel notebooks regarding his trip to Russia (1959), visits with Pablo Picasso (1956), and Henri Matisse (1952); exhibition catalogs, clippings, and printed material; and photographs. Also included are material collected by Barr's wife, Margaret Scolari Barr, including Alfred Barr's obituaries, <emph render="italic">A Memorial Tribute</emph> (1981), an invitation and guest list to the memorial service, and condolence letters; and photocopies of autograph letters (circa 1920s-1970s), from the Barr's collection sold to Arthur A. Cohen in 1975.
