Papers of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1885-1943 (inclusive).

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Papers of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1885-1943 (inclusive).

Includes the correspondence of Grenville Winthrop, patron of the Fogg Art Museum; his class notes, 1885-1886, for Harvard Fine Arts courses taught by Professor Charles E. Norton; account books, 1927-1942, documenting the purchase of works of art by Winthrop; photographs of the Winthrop residence at E. 81st Street in New York City and of Groton Place in Lenox, MA; clippings; and appointment calendars, 1931-1936. Significant correspondents include Bernard Berenson, Martin Birnbaum, Frederick Rathbone, Paul J. Sachs, Royal Cortissoz, S.C. Bosch-Reitz, Paul Manship, Albert Sterner, and Augustus Vincent Tack. Also included are three card indexes containing Winthrop's own catalog of his collection.

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