Research material of Agnes Mongan: the Frick collection, 1930-1958 (inclusive), 1942-1958 (bulk).

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Research material of Agnes Mongan: the Frick collection, 1930-1958 (inclusive), 1942-1958 (bulk).

Correspondence, notes and working papers of Agnes Mongan relating to various artists represented in the Frick Collection. Agnes Mongan was one of several researchers cataloging the Frick Collection (N.Y.C.). Includes Frederick Mortimer Clapp's material on the rewriting of the Alfassa and Mather mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184391

Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Fogg Art Museum. Dept. of Drawings.

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Frick Collection

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Pittsburgh industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) bequeathed his New York home, furnishings and works of art to be established as a public art gallery, The Frick Collection. In 1931, upon the death of Mr. Frick's wife, Adelaide, the Board of Trustees began the process of converting the Frick residence at One East 70th Street into a public museum, and constructing a new building for the Frick Art Reference Library. Frederick Mortimer Clapp was hired as an adviser on the proj...

Mongan, Agnes

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Agnes Mongan, art historian, curator and director at Fogg Art Museum. From the description of Oral history interview with Agnes Mongan, 1979 June 19-Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657039442 From the description of Agnes Mongan interviews, 1979 June 19-Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397418 b. 1905, Somerville, Mass.; d. Sept. 15, 1996, Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum o...