Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers, 1934-1943.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers, 1934-1943.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83603630

The collection is comprised of what was originally a scrapbook, with newspaper clippings glued to paper, and photographs, manuscripts and miscellaneous items stored unattached between its pages. The scrapbook was organized by theme, and this structure has been retained, with each section enclosed in a folder. Materials relate to Getty's social life, his business affairs and his art collection. One handwritten manuscript by Getty is entitled "The story of my art collection." There are also photographs of art objects, and a set of dental x-rays.

ca. 150 items.

Getty Research Institute

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8304423

Getty Research Institute

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x355m8 (person)

American oil tycoon and art collector Jean Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 15, 1892 to George Franklin Getty (1855-1930) and Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher Getty. Around 1906 the Getty family moved to Los Angeles. J. Paul Getty eventually persuaded his father to shift the focus of the family petroleum business to the Los Angeles basin. Beginning in the early 1930s Getty lived in a house he built next to William Randolph Hearst's on the beach in Santa Monica. During Wo...