Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing].

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Office of the Secretary.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 in New York City by a group of businessmen, financiers, artists and collectors. On April 13 of that year the New York State Legislature granted an Act of Incorporation "for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said City a Museum and Library of Art, of encouraging and developing the Study of the Fine Arts, and the application of Art to manufacture and natural life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to that end ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Board of Trustees

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Story, George Henry, 1835-1923

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Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938

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American sculptor, 1863-1938, also art collector and dealer. Trained at Chicago Art Institute and L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Commissioned to do statues for the Capital in Harrisburg, Pa., a statue of Lincoln for Cincinnati, Ohio. He spent the last years of his life on a monument to peace entitled "Rainbow Arch" which was never realized. Barnard supported himself by selling Medieval art and artifacts. He built the "Cloisters" in New York City to house his personal collection and sold it in 1925 to...

Winlock, Herbert E., 1884-1950

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Epithet: Egyptologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0001a3 Epithet: of the Metropolitan Museum, New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x00017f ...

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913

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Collector. From the description of John Pierpont Morgan collection of signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1761-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448959 Financier, industrial organizer, and art collector. Born in 1837 in Hartford, John Pierpont Morgan was educated in the U.S. and Europe before embarking on a career as a banker. From his first position as an unsalaried clerk at the New York banking firm of Duncan, Sherman & Company, Morgan went on to become a ...

Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934

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Curator of Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6), dated : New York and North Haven, Maine, 1907-15, to [Harry Harkness] Flagler (including 2 to Anne [Flagler]), 1907 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674023 Museum curator, painter; New York, N.Y. Curator of Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1909-1934. From the description of Bryson Burroughs papers, 1915-1922 and [u...

Redmond, Roland Livingston, 1892-1982

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Robinson, Edward, 1858-1931

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Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957

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Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122646617 Museum director, Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York, N.Y. From the description of Francis Henry Taylor papers, 1950-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515565 Gallery at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. From the description of Correspondence with Cha...

Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928

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Dean was an alumnus of City College, Class of 1896, and Curator of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art. From the description of Memorabilia, 1910-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155502431 Bashford Dean was an ichthyologist, paleontologist and expert on arms and armor. Dean was a trustee of and affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History from 1903 until his death; he was curator and curator emeritus of fishes and reptiles in the AMNH ...

Cesnola, Luigi Palma ˜diœ 1832-1904

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Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Autograph note signed with initials : to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611628 Union Army officer; United States consul in Cyprus; director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Papers, 1863-1885. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122525185 Epithet: Conte; archaeologist British Library Archives and Manusc...

Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966

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Museum director and art historian; New York City. Rorimer was the motivating force in the development of the Cloisters. Educated at Harvard University and the Ecole Gory in Paris, his employment by the Metropolitan Museum of Art began in 1927 and continued until his death. He was curator of the Department of Medieval Art (1934-1955), director of the Cloisters (1949-1966) and director and trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1955-1966). During WWII, Rorimer served i...

Kent, Henry Watson, 1866-1948

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Henry Watson Kent served as the first professional librarian of the Grolier Club from 1903 to 1906 and originated its classification scheme. He continued to serve the Club during the following decades through its Library, Publications and House committees, and its Council. From 1906 until his retirement in 1940 Kent was Secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. From the description of What I am pleased to call my education : typescript, 1948 / by Henry Watson Kent...

Fry, Roger, 1866-1934

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Painter, art critic, Bloomsbury group member and founder of the Omega Workshops. From the description of Translations from Mallarmé, [ca. 1921]. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853251 British critic, art historian and painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1900-1927. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77576213 From the description of Letters sent to Simon Bussy and family, 1903-1928. (Getty Research Institute). W...

Hoving, Thomas, 1931-2009

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Lythgoe, Albert M. (Albert Morton), 1868-1934

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Epithet: of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0000b4 ...

De Forest, Robert W. (Robert Weeks), 1848-1931

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Clarke, Caspar Purdon, Sir, 1846-1911

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1865-1867 office of works; 1867-1874 works department of the South Kensington Museum; 1874-1876 superintendent of works for the British consular buildings in Tehran; 1876 purchasing tour for the South Kensington Museum to Turkey, Syria and Greece; 1878 architect of the Indian section and commercial agent to the Indian government at the Paris Exhibition; 1879 purchasing tour for the South Kensington Museum to Spain, Italy and Germany; 1881-1882 special commissioner in India; 1883 CIE...

Marquand, Henry Gurdon, 1819-1902

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New York financier Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902) was a member of the Provisional Committee to establish a museum of art in New York City (1869), an early Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1871-1902), Treasurer (1883-1889), and its second President (1889-1902). For over three decades Marquand spent his fortune carefully acquiring artwork to decorate his Madison Avenue mansion and to enlarge the Metropolitan{u2019}s then modest holdings. From the description of Henry Gurdo...

Johnston, John Taylor, 1820-1893

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John Taylor Johnston was a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was elected its first President in 1870. He held this position until he retired in 1889; the institutions Trustees subsequently voted him Honorary President for Life. From the description of John Taylor Johnston Collection, 1832-1981. (Metropolitan Museum of Art). WorldCat record id: 472155593 First president of the Metropolitan Museum of art; art collector. From the description of Letter, 1...