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Archives of American Art
Herschel Browning Chipp papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chiphers
- Creators:
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Chipp, Herschel Browning
- Dates:
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1964-1974
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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300 Items(on 2 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Papers of curator Herschel Browning Chipp concern the provenance, conservation, publication and exhibition of the painting "Washington rallying the troops at Monmouth," 1854, by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, owned by the University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum.
Scope and Contents
correspondence, research notes, press releases, newsclippings, photographs, conservation reports, and 2 unpublished manuscripts, "Washington at Monmouth" by John D. Hicks, and "Emanuel Leutze's Mural Westward the Course of Empire Takes Us Way" by Justin G. Turner, and documents regarding the program and budget for the 1965 exhibition of the Leutze painting.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Art historian, writer, museum curator, and educator; Berkeley, Calif. Born 1913. Died 1992.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3098-3099. Available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1984 by Herschel Browning Chipp.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
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Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hicks, John Donald, 1890- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Turner, Justin G. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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Victor Building, Suite 2200
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