Archives of American Art

Herschel Browning Chipp papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.chiphers
Creators:
Chipp, Herschel Browning
Dates:
1964-1974
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
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correspondence, research notes, press releases, newsclippings, photographs, conservation reports, and 2 unpublished manuscripts, "Washington at Monmouth" by John D. Hicks, and "Emanuel Leutze's Mural Westward the Course of Empire Takes Us Way" by Justin G. Turner, and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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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art historians -- California Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
History painters Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Museum curators -- California Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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

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