Correspondence and other records of the Librarian, 1930-ca.1969 (inclusive).

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

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Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings. Berenson was a major figure in the attribution of Old Masters, at a time when these were attracting new interest by American collectors, and his judgments were widely respected in the art world. Recent research has cast doubt on some...

Benesch, Otto, 1896-1964

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Greenough, Chester Noyes, 1874-1938

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Chester Noyes Greenough was born in Massachusetts of an old New England family and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Harvard. He was head of the English Dept. at the University of Illinois, 1907-1910, then returned to Harvard as Professor and later as Dean. He wrote on English composition and literature. From the description of Chester N. and Ruth H. Greenough letters to Mr. Gomme, and broadside, 1936-1938. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 636...

Soria, Martin Sebastian

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Martin Sebastian Soria was born in Berlin, Germany on July 3, 1911. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Madrid, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. Soria also studied at the University of Zurich. He was an instructor at Princeton from 1944-1946, and a member of the art department at Michigan State University from 1948 until his death in Brussels on February 15, 1961. From the description of Martin Sebastian Soria papers, 1940-1960 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Goldschmidt, Adolph, 1863-1944

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Post, Chandler Rathfon, 1881-1959

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Post graduated from Harvard in 1904 and taught fine arts and languages at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Chandler Post, ca. 1920-1940 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973155 ...

Fogg Museum Library

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Garvey, Eleanor M

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Stout, George L. (George Leslie)

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George Leslie Stout (1897-1978) was an art consultant, conservator, and museum director from Menlo Park, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with George Leslie Stout, 1978 Mar. 10-21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315438 Art consultant, conservator, museum director (Menlo Park, Calif.); b. 1897; d. 1978. From the description of George Leslie Stout interviews, 1978 Mar. 10-Mar. 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Harvard university Fine Arts Library

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The Fogg Museum Library was replaced by Fine Arts Library in 1962; the Fine Arts Library is a division of the Harvard College Library. From the description of Correspondence of the librarian and heads of departments, ca. 1930-1980. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77062764 From the guide to the Harvard University Fine Arts Library : Correspondence of the Librarian and Heads of Departments, 1930 - 1980, (Harvard University Archives) ...

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965

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Harvard Professor of Museology. From the description of Lecture notes and related manuscripts, 1926-1955. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80369439 Professor of fine arts. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Joseph Sachs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726511 Paul Joseph Sachs, the first associate director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University and a Harvard profes...

Edgell, George Harold, 1887-1954

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Edgell (1887-1954) graduated from Harvard in 1909 and taught fine arts at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Harold Edgell, 1929-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973020 ...

Winthrop, Grenville Lindall, 1864-1943

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Lawyer and art connoisseur. Educated at Harvard (Class of 1886). Maintained residences in New York and Lenox, Mass. Made many gifts to the Fogg Art Museum during his lifetime, and left his entire collection to the Museum in 1943. From the description of Papers of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234360169 Grenville Lindall Winthrop, lawyer and art collector, was born in New York, N.Y. on February 11, 1864. He received ...

Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933

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Arthur Kingsley Porter was an art historian and scholar of Romanesque architecture who taught at Harvard University. From the description of Study collection of Romanesque architecture and sculpture, with emphasis on France and Italy. 19--. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84440691 Porter taught fine arts at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Arthur Kingsley Porter, 1863-1957 (inclusive), 1863-1933 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat rec...

McCall, John English, 1880-1974

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Koehler, Wilhelm Reinhold Walter, 1884-1959

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Koehler taught fine arts at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Reinhold Walter Koehler, 1934-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973103 ...