Midewiwin Society drawing
The collection consists of a Midewiwin Society drawing with animal and abstract designs. One side of the drawing represents the path of life. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an …
Bowker Tavern Application
An application and recommendation for William Bowker as a "suitable person to keep an inn". Signed by 13 men.
Art Space records
The records of Los Angeles Art Space gallery measure 13 linear feet and date from 1971 to 1992. The majority of the collection consists of the gallery's exhibition files which contain correspondence, clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, slides, photos, invoices, price lists, loan records, and other materials. There is also correspondence with artists and organizations, financial and administrative records, and slides of artwork and exhibitions.
René Gimpel papers
bulk 1902-1930s
The papers of Parisian art dealer, René Gimpel (1881-1945), dating from circa 1890-1966 (bulk 1902-1930s), and measuring 0.4 linear feet, provide a small but significant window into the crucial relationship between American collectors and the art dealers who supplied them, as they amassed some of the most influential art collections of the first half of the twentieth century. Gimpel's work as an art dealer is documented through correspondence with his parents, clients, business associates, and collectors, including Helen Frick and Duveen Brothers, Blake-More Godwin and the Toledo Museum of Art, Florence Libbey, Samuel H. Kress, Silva White, and others, and through printed material, writings by Gimpel, and photographs of René and Ernest Gimpel and others.
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Debra Diamond, Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, 2000- , documenting the development of exhibitions. Documented exhibitions include "Muraqqa': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin;" "Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure;" "Tibetan Healing Mandala for Healing and Protection in the Aftermath …
Oral history interview with Wendell Castle
Brown, Robert F.
1 Item (sound file (2 min. 21 sec.) Audio excerpt, digital)
An interview of Wendell Castle, conducted 1981 June 3-December 12, by Robert F. Brown, in Scotsville, New York, for the Archives of American Art.
MS 3168 Transcripts of 12 miscellaneous manuscripts in William Gates' collection
Contents: I. Explicacion de la Doctrina Christiana (Kekchi and Spanish in parallel columns) Traduccion del Espanol al Quecchi", por Dn. Tomas Riveiro Coban, Republica de Guatemala.- 127 pages. II. Kekchi Calendar of Lucky and Unlucky Days, from Lanquin. 13 pages. III. Ortografia en Kekchi, por Jose Domingo Coy (1870). 9 pages. IV. Manuscrito en …
Joel Ryder Cyphering Books
Two cyphering books belonging to and/or compiled by Joel Ryder (or Rider) of either New York or New Jersey, containing mathematical tables, square roots, computations, etc. One book bears the date 1792, the other 1793. Both soft-bound in cloth. One contains a number of locks of hair.
Oral history interview with Eleanor M. Garvey
Brown, Robert F.
An interview of Eleanor M. Garvey conducted 1997 February 28-June 13, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art in Garvey's office, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Monitor Records business records
Rubin, Rose N.
Monitor Records
6.8 Cubic feet (Phonograph records)
57.5 Cubic feet (Paper records)
108 Cubic feet
This collection contains the original master tapes, commercial recordings, and paper business records of the label Monitor Records. Materials include audiotapes, phonograph records, contracts, correspondence, photographs and other items.
