Bernard Rabin papers, ca. 1957-2004.

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Bernard Rabin papers, ca. 1957-2004.

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This collection consists of conservation business papers of Bernard Rabin from 1957 until his death in 2003. Of interest are the conservation treatment records, including proposals and photographic documentation. As well, the collection includes Rabin's lectures and articles; various papers pertaining to his training as a conservator; resumes; and other research documents pertaining to artists or conservation problems he encountered. Client files frequently include a proposal, expense receipts and documentary images, slides, negatives or prints. Individual and institutional client records include only for the letters K, N through P, and R through W. They include: Kean College, Montclair Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, Newark Museum, Norton Simon Museum, Old Barracks Museum, and Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. There are also file pertaining to work at a number of U.S. post office buildings, including those in Fort Lee, Riverside and Westfield, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Yonkers, New York. Federal agency client files frequently include government contracts, documentary images, correspondence, and expense records for the many individuals, including conservators, architects and engineers, involved in these long-term projects. Buildings include: U.S. Capitol, Department of the Interior Building, and the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Slides, negatives and images which were found filed with textual documents remain with those documents. Some 3,000 slides were not filed with documents and make up Series IV. The slides span 1966 though 1991, with the bulk from the late 1970s and 1980s. These slides include slides to accompany lectures, slides documenting work performed for federal agencies, and other projects. Most slides, except for the collection relating to the Norton Simon Museum, were not commercially produced. Most non-commercial slides were produced with dates and were not labeled when accessioned.

21 boxes (ca. 3 cu. ft.) : ill.

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Department of the Interior Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Rabin, Bernard, 1916-2003.

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Bernard Rabin was a paintings conservator from 1960 until shortly before his death. Rabin was born in the Bronx, New York, November 1, 1916, and died at age 86 on March 24, 2003. He attended Newark Art School, 1930-1933. He and Nathan Krueger established the Rabin and Kreuger Gallery in Newark, New Jersey in 1938. In 1957 he began studying conservation with Sheldon and Caroline Keck in a pilot program at the Brooklyn Museum. In 1959 he traveled to Italy and undertook an internship at the Uffiizi...

Keck, Caroline K. (Caroline Kohn)

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Caroline and Sheldon Keck were art conservators in New York. They worked for many museums and private clients. As well, they founded art conservation programs at the New York University Conservation Center and in Cooperstown, New York. They were active in a number of professional organizations and published many papers and several books on art conservation. From the description of Papers, 1934-1990. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233437 ...

Brumidi, Constantino, 1805-1880

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United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

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