J. Paul Getty Museum miscellaneous records, 1953-1984.

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J. Paul Getty Museum miscellaneous records, 1953-1984.

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Miscellaneous business records from the files of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California dating between 1954 and 1984. Includes: a report by Fredericksen, Burton B. (Paintings), Gillian Wilson (Decorative Arts), and Jírí Frel (Antiquities) titled Paul Getty as a collector, ca. 1984, the report also contains a letter addressed to John Walsh from Parke and Co., Ltd. dated August 15, 1984 and a memo to Harold Williams from John Walsh dated August 28, 1994; a folder titled Valentiner, Dr. William R. (Curator), ca. 1953-1958, this was a Museum file on Valentiner, a former curator and trustee and contains 2 letters addressed to J. Paul Getty from Valentiner and other letters and memos to David S. Hecht and others; and a folder titled Birkmeyer, Carl [spelled Karl in correspondence], ca. 1964-1965, this was a Museum file on Birkmeyer, former curator and trustee.

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Frel, Jirí

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Williams, Harold Marvin, 1928-

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J. Paul Getty Museum

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The development of the PhotoArchive/ Library began in the earliest years of the development of the J. Paul Getty Museum during the mid- to late-1950s. Since 1983 the Photo Archive/Library has been part of the Getty Research Institute. From the description of Photo Archive budget information, 1976-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 85173571 After considering various options for expanding his ranch house in Pacific Palisades, California, which had served as ...

Fredericksen, Burton B.

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Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958

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Epithet: art historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x0002d7 Valentiner was a museum director, writer, and art historian. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany. Director, Detroit Institute of Art, 1924-1946, Director-Consultant, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1946-1954, Director, J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, Calif., 1954, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1955-1958. Editor, Art ...

Park and Co., Ltd.

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Birkmeyer, Karl.

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Hecht, David

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Wilson, Gillian

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