Mary E. Adams letters from Wilhelm Valentiner

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Mary E. Adams letters from Wilhelm Valentiner

1954-1957

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Letters from Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, the first director of the Getty Museum, to his assistant, Mary E. Adams. Five letters from 1954 regard the opening of the museum; the remainder were written while Valentiner was director at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Included are typescripts of the letters.

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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 ...

Adams, Mary E., 1920-

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Mary Adams, 1920-, was an art administrator of Albuquerque, N.M. Her husband, Clinton Adams is a printmaker, painter, and educator. Clinton Adams, b. 1918, Glendale, Calif.; d. 13 May 2002 in Albuquerque, N.M. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary and Clinton Adams, 1998 Apr. 24 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401356 Mary Adams: art administrator; Albuquerque, N.M. Her husband, Clinton Adams is a p...

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 ...

North Carolina Museum of Art.

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