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Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration
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[ca. 1820]-1943
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22 Reels (ca. 20,000 items (on 22 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.coopunio
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Drawings, ca. 1820-1943, by 225 American artists from the drawing collection in the Cooper Union Museum. A description is included for each drawing.
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Hague, Marian
Greenleaf, Richard Cranch, 1887-1961
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. Library.
- Dates:
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1940
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1 Photographic album (57 photographic prints mounted on blank leaves of paper, b&w, 29 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.XXXX-0004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
Images of 16th-early 19th century European hand-made lace and tassels from the collection of Richard C. Greenleaf. The Greenleaf collection of lace was later given as a bequest to the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration.
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Backlin-Landman, Hedy
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1961-1977
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0.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.backhedy
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Papers generated through her directorship of the Cooper Union and Busch-Reisinger museums. Included are letters, writings, photographs, and printed matter.
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1930-1969
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 280
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document, for the most part, the Department under the administration of Calvin S. Hathaway, Curator, 1946-1951, and Director, 1951-1963. Included is correspondence of Hathaway with members of the exhibition staff and with collectors and institutions concerning the exhibits in the museum; exhibit files, arranged alphabetically by ...
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Francisci, Anthony de
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1904-1965
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2.2 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.defranth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence; notes; a scrapbook; sketches; photographs; announcements; and clippings.
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Oral history interview with Will Barnet
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Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
Cummings, Paul
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1968 January 15
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78 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barnet68
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Will Barnet conducted 1968 January 15, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
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1963-1971, with related material from 1932
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 633
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These files were assembled by the management and staff of the Cooper Union Museum, and later the Cooper Hewitt Museum, to document their activities during discussions about the Museum's future and its transfer from the Cooper Union to the Smithsonian Institution from 1963 to 1970. The records contain correspondence and memoranda of Museum ...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Administrator
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1962-1988
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17.58 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 545
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were created mostly by administrators Rohlfing, Dobkin, and Dunne. They document the activities of the Museum Advisory Board and the acquisitions committee and contain files on fundraising, membership, product development, sales, education, collections management, and exhibitions. The records also include audit reports and annual...
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1864-1980
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4.57 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-100
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of various materials transferred from subject files in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum library. In the first series are files assembled by researcher Brooks Adams during the development of the exhibition Hair, which was on view at the museum from June 10 through August 17, 1980. Also included are exhibition files for The ...
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1881, 1895-1976
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56 cu. ft. (56 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 267
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
