Contains information relating to Stanley Robertson's career as a gilder and frame conservator. Included are treatment and survey reports; communications, such as meeting notices, from the various associations to which he belonged; articles and other information about frames and gilding; copies of lectures he gave and articles he wrote; notes and handouts from the classes he taught at the Campbell Center and through the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program; correspondence; calendars; recipes for gesso, sizes, and other materials used in the gilding process; advertisements for his business; and his records of employment by the National Gallery of Art. Photographs and slides of many of the items on which he worked are part of the collection. (Regretfully, few are identified.) As well, there are trade catalogs from makers of gold leaf, frames, and tools. Some of the molds he created to make decorations for frames are also included with the papers. There are a few of his tools, probably used for carving rather than gilding. Cassette and video tapes relating to gilding are in the collection as well. Although most of the collection post-dates Robertson's return to the United States in 1984, there are a few documents relating to his time with the Society of Seven, a copy of his naturalization papers, and notes kept during his gilding apprenticeship in Paris.
