William Suhr papers, ca. 1846-2003, 1928-1982.

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William Suhr papers, ca. 1846-2003, 1928-1982.

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The collection provides fairly comprehensive coverage of Suhr's activities and achievements as a paintings conservator including documentation on the most notable paintings that Suhr treated. The restoration photographs of many paintings in American museums (especially in Cincinnati, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Toledo) and private collections are frequently annotated with restoration information, and Suhr's original treatment notes are also integrated with these photographs. The photographs are followed by clippings files. The collection also contains business papers, including correspondence, account ledgers, goods received receipts, date books, and the log of his photographer, Mr. Gray, in New York; articles about Suhr, a sound recording of a biographical interview of Suhr, and a filmed interview with Suhr made for the Detroit Institure of Arts; personal papers including documentation about Suhr's family, his efforts to formalize his immigration status and his activities during World War II; and documentation of Suhr's own art work in the form of photographs, transparencies and exhibition notices.

169 boxes (ca. 70 lin. ft.)

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Suhr, William, 1896-1984

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William Suhr was born in Kreuzberg, Germany on March 31, 1896. His parents were U.S. citizens; his paternal grandfather had emmigrated to the United States from Germany in 1850. During his twenties Suhr's father went to Vienna seeking treatment for incipient deafness and to pursue his acting career. When he became completely deaf he gave up acting and stayed on in Germany. As a youth, Suhr acted in the same theatrical company as his mother. When he showed artistic promise as a teenager, he was a...

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