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| Creator: | D'Harnoncourt, René, 1901-1968 | |
| Title: | René d'Harnoncourt Papers | |
| Bulk Dates: | 1940-1968 | |
| Quantity: | 65.76 linear feet Comprised of 155 boxes and 2 flat file drawers: 144 5" manuscript boxes, 3 2.5" manuscript boxes, 1 12x5.5" flat box, 1 11x5.75" flat box, 3 15x18.5" flat boxes, 1 19x24" flat box, 1 11.5x17.5" flat box, 2 16.5x21" flat boxes, 2 52.5x41" flat file drawers |
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| Abstract: | Personal and professional papers of René d'Harnoncourt, Director of MoMA, 1949-1968. | |
René d'Harnoncourt was born in Vienna, Austria, on May 17, 1901. Both his parents were members of titled, landowning families—his
father's Austrian/French, and his mother's Czechoslovakian. His early years were spent in Graz, Austria, where he was educated
privately until the age of ten. After attending schools in Graz during his teen years, he went in 1919 to the University of
Graz where he studied chemistry and philosophy, transferring in 1922 to the Technische Hochschule in Vienna where he planned
to take a degree in chemical engineering. He was, however, compelled for financial reasons to leave before completing his
degree. (His family had lost money following the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I.)
Although d'Harnoncourt's formal studies were concentrated in the sciences, he had from an early age expressed interest in
art and while at school and university had drawn and painted for his own enjoyment. At one time he had, with friends, organized
an exhibition of Matisse and Picasso prints in Graz. Graz was also the home of one of the oldest museums in Europe devoted
to primitive art, the Joanneum, and it is likely here that d'Harnoncourt developed his love for primitive art, which was to
remain a lifelong passion.
In 1925, René d'Harnoncourt left Austria for Mexico City where he thought, mistakenly, that he could make a living as a scientist.
After a year supporting himself by drawing posters and decorating store windows, he acquired a job selling antique furniture
for a collector and antique dealer with whom he had been acquainted in Austria. This led to contacts with some well-placed
and affluent Americans who were collectors of antiques, among them William Green and his wife, and Alexander Weddell, American
Consul General in Mexico. Through them d'Harnoncourt met Frederick Davis, an American who owned a store selling, among other
things, Mexican art objects. At about the same time, d'Harnoncourt met the American ambassador to Mexico, Dwight Morrow and
his wife Elizabeth. The contacts with Davis and the Morrows proved to be of enormous importance in d'Harnoncourt's life. Davis'
shop was an informal center for artists in Mexico City, and Davis asked d'Harnoncourt to organize an exhibition in the shop
of works by the Mexican artists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Rufino Tamayo. In addition, Davis became a lifelong
friend and provided d'Harnoncourt with a home in Mexico, a country d'Harnoncourt continued to love and visit after he had
moved to the United States. Through his friendship with the Morrows, d'Harnoncourt made further contacts, and in 1929 was
asked by the Mexican Ministry of Education to put together 48 collections of Mexican folk art—one for each of the United States—which
would be sent to schools in each state to show children what was being done in Mexico.
The following year, 1930, d'Harnoncourt was asked to arrange a larger and more comprehensive exhibition of Mexican art—supported
by the National Museum of Mexico and the Carnegie Corporation and sponsored by the American Federation of Arts—and take it
to the United States himself. It was with this exhibition, that d'Harnoncourt began his career in the United States. After
a year spent collecting art objects from various parts of Mexico, he started the tour on October 13, 1930 at the Metropolitan
Museum in New York and proceeded on to seven more cities. Towards the end of 1931, he returned to Mexico to get official permission
to extend the tour for a further year, after which he toured with the exhibition to six more cities. During this tour he met
the trustees and staffs of the museums where the exhibition was shown—contacts which would prove useful in his later career
with MoMA. In May of 1933, d'Harnoncourt married Sarah Carr whom he had met the previous year while on tour in Chicago. In
1939, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
From 1933 until 1944, when he joined The Museum of Modern Art, d'Harnoncourt worked at several different places, starting
with a two-year stint directing a weekly radio program, Art in America, for NBC. During this period he also taught art history
part-time—and for a while full-time—at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. In September 1936, while still teaching
at Sarah Lawrence, he was appointed as Assistant to the General Manager of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of
the Department of the Interior in Washington. In June 1937, he became the Board's General Manager. In 1938, he was made responsible
for assembling and installing an exhibition on Indian Art sponsored by the Board for the San Francisco Golden Gate International
Exposition in 1939. In 1941, as a guest curator he installed a much-expanded version of this exhibition at MoMA (Indian Art of the United States [MoMA Exh. #123, January 22–April 27, 1941]). In 1943, while still working part-time as General Manager of the Indian Board,
d'Harnoncourt was asked by Nelson Rockefeller to become Acting Secretary, Section of Art, Office of Inter-American Affairs,
Washington, D.C., of which Rockefeller was head.
In 1944, d'Harnoncourt was asked, again at Rockefeller's instigation, to join the staff of The Museum of Modern Art. He was
given the titles Vice President in charge of Foreign Activities, and Director of the Department of Manual Industries. Both
these titles relate to d'Harnoncourt's earlier positions in Washington, with the Foreign Activities position coinciding also
with the international work done by MoMA since its founding. In 1942, he had been Chairman of a Committee on Manual Industries,
attached to the Inter-American Development Committee, and his involvement with manual industries continued when he worked
at the Coordinators Office. (Manual industries were considered to be of prime importance for the preservation of Indian art
and culture, which were being threatened by mechanization.) D'Harnoncourt's involvement with manual industries and with his
work in Washington continued during his first years at MoMA. As Vice President in charge of Foreign Activities, his work continued
at first to focus on Latin America, and in December 1944, he began a three-month trip there to initiate a membership campaign
for the Museum. The trip took him to Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Haiti. Following the end of World War II
in 1945, contact with Europe increased, and in the summer of 1946 d'Harnoncourt was sent as a counselor on the arts to a UNESCO
conference in London. In 1947, he became Director of the Curatorial Departments and Chairman of the Coordinating Committee.
In October 1949, he was appointed Director of the Museum.
During his years as Director, the Museum celebrated its 25th and 30th anniversaries, marking the latter with a fundraising
campaign to finance expansion of the Museum. D'Harnoncourt successfully managed the campaign and the Museum, which closed
for a few months during construction and alterations, celebrated its reopening with a new building on May 25, 1964. Among
the many changes made in the Museum during d'Harnoncourt's time, one of the most important was the founding of the International
Council in 1953. Of course, the main events at the Museum were its exhibitions, and d'Harnoncourt was involved with every
one of them from the smallest to the large blockbusters. Some he directed himself; some he both directed and installed starting
with the Arts of the South Seas [MoMA Exh. #306, January 29–May 19, 1946] not long after he joined MoMA, and continuing with several major installations
until his last much-praised exhibition, The Sculpture of Picasso [MoMA Exh. #841, October 11, 1967–January 1, 1968].
René d'Harnoncourt retired from the Museum in June 1968, and a party was given in honor of him and his wife by Governor and
Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller at their home in Pocantico Hills on June 11, 1968. He was elected an Honorary Trustee for Life and
Counselor to the Trustees. Tragically, he was killed in an automobile accident near his summer home on the North Fork of Long
Island a few weeks later on August 13, 1968.
The papers document the major part of René d'Harnoncourt's life including his years in Mexico and his subsequent pre-MoMA
career in the United States but first and foremost, his career at The Museum of Modern Art, starting when he joined the Museum
in 1944, and continuing through his years as Director from 1949 to his retirement in 1968. From the beginning it is apparent
from the records that d'Harnoncourt was an effective and adept administrator—the right man to lead MoMA at this time. His
overall accomplishment was to bring a level of order to an organization that after the resignation of Alfred Barr as Director,
could have become mired in internal friction. D'Harnoncourt's correspondence both with the Museum's trustees, and with its
staff, reveal the gentle, good-humored, but decisive way in which he kept an equilibrium between all elements of the Museum
community. In addition, he established a close working relationship with Alfred Barr, for whose knowledge of modern art and
scholarship he had enormous respect. Among d'Harnoncourt's other major accomplishments at the Museum were the establishment
of the International Council in the early 1950s—a task for which both his European background and his involvement with Latin
America made him ideally suited—and his leadership of the 30th Anniversary fundraising campaign, culminating in the renovation
and opening of the new Museum in 1964.
D'Harnoncourt's installation design of important exhibitions both in the Museum in New York and abroad, was, of course, another
major accomplishment, especially as the installations had to be combined with his day-to-day work as Director of the Museum.
In addition to the correspondence which comprises the greater part of d'Harnoncourt's papers, the collection also contains
many of the superb drawings which he used in preparation for the exhibitions he installed. Particularly outstanding are drawings
for the Arts of the South Seas exhibition shown at MoMA in 1946. René d'Harnoncourt's love for primitive art, and his ability to use this love in the creation
of what could be called blockbuster exhibitions, is first shown in the records of the Mexican Arts exhibition with which he
toured the United States in 1930-32. This was followed in 1939 and 1941 with the Indian Arts exhibitions, and later, in 1954 with Ancient Arts of the Andes. In 1957, d'Harnoncourt founded, with his friend and mentor, Nelson Rockefeller, the Museum of Primitive Art, of which he
became Vice President and Rockefeller, President. The papers contain exhibition material - drawings, floor plans, wall captions
- for many of d'Harnoncourt's other installations, culminating with his last exhibition, the very successful Sculpture of Picasso, shown at MoMA at the end of 1967.
Together, the correspondence and the exhibition material in the papers present a full picture of René d'Harnoncourt's life
and accomplishments.
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials except for folder IV.125; see folder note for more information.
The René d'Harnoncourt Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the staff of the MoMA Archives.
Index Terms |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Persons and Organizations: | ||
| American Federation of Arts | ||
| Association on American Indian Affairs | ||
| Committee on Government and Art | ||
| D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968 -- Archives | ||
| D'Harnoncourt, René, 1901-1968 | ||
| Indian art -- North America | ||
| Indian art -- South America | ||
| Indians of South America -- Andes Region | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Administration | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- International Council | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- International Program | ||
| National Council on the Arts | ||
| Unesco | ||
| United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| American Federation of Arts | ||
| Association on American Indian Affairs | ||
| Committee on Government and Art | ||
| D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968 -- Archives | ||
| Indian art -- North America | ||
| Indian art -- South America | ||
| Indians of South America -- Andes Region | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Administration | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- International Council | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- International Program | ||
| National Council on the Arts | ||
| Unesco | ||
| United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board. | ||
| Document Types: | ||
| Drawings | ||
For records of exhibitions d'Harnoncourt was directly involved with, see The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1929–1959
and 1960-1969. Similarly, the Department of Circulating Exhibitions (C/E) Records include information regarding MoMA exhibitions
that toured domestically, and the International Program Records include documentation regarding International Circulating
Exhibitions (ICE) of The Museum of Modern Art. The Public Information Records include extensive clippings regarding nearly
every Museum exhibition, personality, and event, and materials relating to d'Harnoncourt may be found throughout any records
of the Museum from his time there.
Publications authored or illustrated by d'Harnoncourt, as well as related exhibition catalogues and other MoMA publications,
may be found in the Museum Library, in addition to any copies present in the collection.
At the Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Papers, David Rockefeller Papers, and
Blanchette H. Rockefeller Papers contain related materials.
An oral history of René d'Harnoncourt, interviewed by Isabel Grossner in 1968, can be found in the Oral History Archives at
Columbia University.
The Archives of American Art holds a small collection of d'Harnoncourt Papers, relating to his interest in Mexico, and microfilm
of material from MoMA's holdings lent for microfilming (reels 2919-2931).
In 2018, The Museum of Modern Art published a book on d'Harnoncourt's exhibition design, authored by Michelle Elligott, Chief
of Archives, Library, and Research Collections, based largely on records in the MoMA Archives: René d'Harnoncourt and the Art of Installation (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2018). In 2023, Elligott wrote an article on this topic for MoMA Magazine. And in 2022, the Tiroler Landesmuseen in Innsbruck, Austria exhibited The Exhibition as Work of Art: René d'Harnoncourt for MoMA (September 2, 2022-February 26, 2023).
Series I-IX were accessioned into the MoMA Archives via internal transfer from the Directors Office. Series X was donated to the MoMA Archives by Sarah d'Harnoncourt, unless otherwise noted. Series XI was given to the MoMA Archives by the Estate of Joseph Rishel, Anne d'Harnoncourt's husband, unless otherwise noted.
Published citations should take the following form:
Long Version: René d'Harnoncourt Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Short Version: RDH, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY.
The records are in good condition for the most part. However, in a few places there are signs of mold. In addition, prior to transfer to the MoMA Archives, there was an extensive use of rubber bands and staples, which has resulted in torn pages and holes in documents.
Series I through VIII have been maintained in the original order as created by d'Harnoncourt.
Subseries IX.A through IX.C, containing installation material, have been arranged according to sponsor and location of the
exhibition. The material in subseries IX.D was received and has been maintained in no discernible order.
Subseries X.A through X.D have been rearranged into chronological subseries, with subseries C being further divided thematically.
Subseries X.E contains personal material, which has been arranged chronologically. Series X has been placed at the end of
the collection as it originated from a different source.
Files in Series XI were received in no discernible order; thus, this series was arranged chronologically to mimic the arrangement
of Series X, with subseries assigned by distinct periods of d'Harnoncourt's life.
Explanation of Abbreviations
ALS is an Autographed Letter Signed.
TLS is a Typed Letter Signed.
TL stands for Typed Letter.
MoMA is The Museum of Modern Art.
n.d. stands for no date.
re: stands for regarding.
RDH is René d'Harnoncourt
AHB is Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
NAR is Nelson A. Rockefeller
MW is Monroe Wheeler
JTS is James Thrall Soby
MoMA Exh. #, or just
Exh. #, followed by a date, refers to the number assigned to the exhibition and the date it was shown at The Museum of Modern Art.
C/E refers to the national circulating version of the exhibition.
Dates that follow are the years during which the exhibition toured.
ICE refers to International Circulating Exhibition, an exhibition circulated under the auspices of the International Council.
ICE-D identifies exhibitions of works from foreign collections circulated in the United States and Canada.
ICE-F identifies exhibitions of works from the Museum's collections circulated internationally.
SP-ICE identifies Special Projects International Circulating Exhibitions including recurring international exhibitions, competitions,
U.S. representations, and exhibitions funded, organized, and/or circulated by associations of public and private institutions.
File numbers marked by an asterisk (*) indicate oversize material.
Researchers should include the asterisk when issuing a request for such material.
American Indian Art of the United States (Traveling Show) [C/E 1941-42]
Arts of the South Seas [MoMA Exh. #306, January 29-May 19, 1946]
Henry Moore [MoMA Exh. #339, December 17, 1946-Mar. 16, 1947]
Gabo - Pevsner [MoMA Exh. #369, February 10-April 25, 1948]
Elie Nadelman [MoMA Exh. #388, October 5-November 28, 1948]
Timeless Aspects of Modern Art[MoMA Exh. #393, November 16, 1948-January 23, 1949]
Modern Art in Your Life [MoMA Exh. #423, October 5-December 4, 1949]
International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design [C/E 1950-52]
New Lamps [MoMA Exh. #473, March 27-June 3, 1951]
Henri Matisse [MoMA Exh. #492, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952]
Ancient Arts of the Andes [MoMA Exh. #550, January 25-March 21, 1954]
Japanese Exhibition House [MoMA Exh. #559, June 16-October 21, 1954; April 26-October 15, 1955]
The Family of Man [MoMA Exh. #569, January 24-May 8, 1955]
French Masterworks: Fifteen Paintings by French Masters of the 19th Century from the Louvre and the Museum of Albi and Lyon [MoMA Exh. #572, February 25-April 24, 1955]
Textiles and Ornamental Arts in India [MoMA Exh. #576, April 11-September 25, 1955]
U.P.A (United Productions of America) Form in the Animated Cartoon [MoMA Exh. #581, June 22-September 27, 1955]
Latin American Architecture since 1945 [MoMA Exh. #590, November 23, 1955-February 19, 1956]
Toulouse-Lautrec [MoMA Exh. #598, March 21-May 6, 1956]
Recent Drawings USA [MoMA Exh. #601, April 25-August 5, 1956]
Textiles USA [MoMA Exh. #606, August 29-November 4, 1956]
Buildings for Business and Government [MoMA Exh. #615, February 27-April 28, 1957]
Travel Posters [MoMA Exh. #616, March 6-April 7, 1957]
German Art of the 20th Century [MoMA Exh. # 622, Oct.2 - Dec. 1, 1957]
Seurat Paintings and Drawings [MoMA Exh. #629, March 24-April 15, 1958; May 1-May 11, 1958]
Jean Arp: A Retrospective [MoMA Exh. #631, October 8-November 30, 1958]
The Package [MoMA Exh. #647, September 9-November 1, 1959]
Three Structures by Buckminster Fuller [MoMA Exh. #649, September 22 - throughout the Winter]
New Images of Man [MoMA Exh. #651, September 30-November 29, 1959]
The Artist in his Studio - Photographs by Alexander Liberman [MoMA Exh. #653, October 29, 1959-January 13, 1960]
Art Nouveau [MoMA Exh. #666, June 8-September 6, 1960]
New Spanish Painting and Sculpture [MoMA Exh. #668, July 20-September 28, 1960]
Max Ernst [MoMA Exh. #680, March 1-May 8, 1961]
Steichen the Photographer [MoMA Exh. #682, March 28-May 30, 1961]
Futurism [MoMA Exh. #685, May 30-September 5, 1961]
15 Polish Painters [MoMA Exh. #690, August 1-October 1, 1961]
The Art of Assemblage [MoMA Exh. #695, October 4-November 12, 1961]
Chagall - The Jerusalem Windows [MoMA Exh. #697, November 19, 1961-Jan 3, 1962]
Redon-Moreau-Bresdin [MoMA Exh. #699, December 6, 1961-February 25, 1962]
Jean Dubuffet [MoMA Exh. #702, February 21-April 8, 1962]
Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings [MoMA Exh. #703, March 14-May 6, 1962]
Design for Sport [MoMA Exh. #706, May 15-July 29, 1962]
Art of the Asmat - The Collection of Michael C. Rockefeller [MoMA Exh. #709a, September 11-November 6, 1962]
Mark Tobey [MoMA Exh. #710, September 12-November 9, 1962]
The Bitter Years: 1935-41 [MoMA Exh. #711, October 18-November 25, 1962]
Arshile Gorky 1904-1948 [MoMA Exh. #716, December 19, 1962-February 12, 1963]
Le Corbusier: Buildings in Europe and India [MoMA Exh. #718, January 29-April 15, 1963]
Television U.S.A.: Thirteen Seasons [Lecture Series, February 5-May 4, 1963]
Emil Nolde: 1867-1956 [MoMA Exh. #719, March 6-April 30, 1963]
Rodin [MoMA Exh. #721, May 1-September 8, 1963]
Americans 1963 [MoMA Exh. #722, May 22-August 18, 1963]
Medardo Rosso: 1858-1928 [MoMA Exh. #729, October 2-November 23, 1963]
Eduardo Paolozzi [MoMA Exh. #748, September 21-November 10, 1964]
Bonnard and His Environment [MoMA Exh. #749, October 7-November 29, 1964]
Gunter Haese [MoMA Exh. #750, October 16-November 15, 1964]
Architecture Without Architects [MoMA Exh. #752, November 11, 1964-February 7, 1965]
Max Beckmann [MoMA Exh. #754, December 16, 1964-January 31, 1965]
The Responsive Eye [MoMA Exh. #757, February 25-April 25, 1965]
Modern Architecture, U.S.A. [MoMA Exh. #767a, May 18-September 6, 1965]
Giacometti [MoMA Exh. #768, June 9-October 12, 1965]
Robert Motherwell [MoMA Exh. #776, October 1-November 28, 1965]
Structures for Sound - Musical Instruments by Francois & Bernard Baschet [MoMA Exh. #777, October 5, 1965-January 23, 1966]
Sculpture in Glass [MoMA Exh. #780, November 16, 1965-January 2, 1966]
René Magritte [MoMA Exh. #782, December 15, 1965-February 27, 1966]
Dorothea Lange [MoMA Exh. #789, January 26-April 10, 1966]
Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966]
Louis I. Kahn [MoMA Exh. #797, April 26-May 30, 1966]
Reuben Nakian [MoMA Exh. #799, June 22-September 5, 1966]
The Racing Car: Toward a Rational Automobile [MoMA Exh. #806, September 27-November 27, 1966]
The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture [MoMA Exh. #809, October 19, 1966-January 2, 1967]
The Taste of a Connoisseur: Paul J. Sachs Collection [MoMA Exh. #815, December 21, 1966-March 5, 1967]
The New City: Architecture and Urban Renewal [MoMA Exh. #818, January 24-March 13, 1967]
Once Invisible [MoMA Exh. #833, June 20-September 11, 1967]
The Sculpture of Picasso [MoMA Exh. #841, October 11, 1967-January 1, 1968]
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection [MoMA Exh. #848, January 17-March 4, 1968]
American Indian Art of the United States (Traveling Show) [C/E 1941-42]
Arts of the South Seas [MoMA Exh. #306, January 29-May 19, 1946]
Henry Moore [MoMA Exh. #339, December 17, 1946-Mar. 16, 1947]
Gabo - Pevsner [MoMA Exh. #369, February 10-April 25, 1948]
Elie Nadelman [MoMA Exh. #388, October 5-November 28, 1948]
Timeless Aspects of Modern Art[MoMA Exh. #393, November 16, 1948-January 23, 1949]
Modern Art in Your Life [MoMA Exh. #423, October 5-December 4, 1949]
International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design [C/E 1950-52]
New Lamps [MoMA Exh. #473, March 27-June 3, 1951]
Henri Matisse [MoMA Exh. #492, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952]
Ancient Arts of the Andes [MoMA Exh. #550, January 25-March 21, 1954]
Japanese Exhibition House [MoMA Exh. #559, June 16-October 21, 1954; April 26-October 15, 1955]
The Family of Man [MoMA Exh. #569, January 24-May 8, 1955]
French Masterworks: Fifteen Paintings by French Masters of the 19th Century from the Louvre and the Museum of Albi and Lyon [MoMA Exh. #572, February 25-April 24, 1955]
Textiles and Ornamental Arts in India [MoMA Exh. #576, April 11-September 25, 1955]
U.P.A (United Productions of America) Form in the Animated Cartoon [MoMA Exh. #581, June 22-September 27, 1955]
Latin American Architecture since 1945 [MoMA Exh. #590, November 23, 1955-February 19, 1956]
Toulouse-Lautrec [MoMA Exh. #598, March 21-May 6, 1956]
Recent Drawings USA [MoMA Exh. #601, April 25-August 5, 1956]
Textiles USA [MoMA Exh. #606, August 29-November 4, 1956]
Buildings for Business and Government [MoMA Exh. #615, February 27-April 28, 1957]
Travel Posters [MoMA Exh. #616, March 6-April 7, 1957]
German Art of the 20th Century [MoMA Exh. # 622, Oct.2 - Dec. 1, 1957]
Seurat Paintings and Drawings [MoMA Exh. #629, March 24-April 15, 1958; May 1-May 11, 1958]
Jean Arp: A Retrospective [MoMA Exh. #631, October 8-November 30, 1958]
The Package [MoMA Exh. #647, September 9-November 1, 1959]
Three Structures by Buckminster Fuller [MoMA Exh. #649, September 22 - throughout the Winter]
New Images of Man [MoMA Exh. #651, September 30-November 29, 1959]
The Artist in his Studio - Photographs by Alexander Liberman [MoMA Exh. #653, October 29, 1959-January 13, 1960]
Art Nouveau [MoMA Exh. #666, June 8-September 6, 1960]
New Spanish Painting and Sculpture [MoMA Exh. #668, July 20-September 28, 1960]
Max Ernst [MoMA Exh. #680, March 1-May 8, 1961]
Steichen the Photographer [MoMA Exh. #682, March 28-May 30, 1961]
Futurism [MoMA Exh. #685, May 30-September 5, 1961]
15 Polish Painters [MoMA Exh. #690, August 1-October 1, 1961]
The Art of Assemblage [MoMA Exh. #695, October 4-November 12, 1961]
Chagall - The Jerusalem Windows [MoMA Exh. #697, November 19, 1961-Jan 3, 1962]
Redon-Moreau-Bresdin [MoMA Exh. #699, December 6, 1961-February 25, 1962]
Jean Dubuffet [MoMA Exh. #702, February 21-April 8, 1962]
Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings [MoMA Exh. #703, March 14-May 6, 1962]
Design for Sport [MoMA Exh. #706, May 15-July 29, 1962]
Art of the Asmat - The Collection of Michael C. Rockefeller [MoMA Exh. #709a, September 11-November 6, 1962]
Mark Tobey [MoMA Exh. #710, September 12-November 9, 1962]
The Bitter Years: 1935-41 [MoMA Exh. #711, October 18-November 25, 1962]
Arshile Gorky 1904-1948 [MoMA Exh. #716, December 19, 1962-February 12, 1963]
Le Corbusier: Buildings in Europe and India [MoMA Exh. #718, January 29-April 15, 1963]
Television U.S.A.: Thirteen Seasons [Lecture Series, February 5-May 4, 1963]
Emil Nolde: 1867-1956 [MoMA Exh. #719, March 6-April 30, 1963]
Rodin [MoMA Exh. #721, May 1-September 8, 1963]
Americans 1963 [MoMA Exh. #722, May 22-August 18, 1963]
Medardo Rosso: 1858-1928 [MoMA Exh. #729, October 2-November 23, 1963]
Eduardo Paolozzi [MoMA Exh. #748, September 21-November 10, 1964]
Bonnard and His Environment [MoMA Exh. #749, October 7-November 29, 1964]
Gunter Haese [MoMA Exh. #750, October 16-November 15, 1964]
Architecture Without Architects [MoMA Exh. #752, November 11, 1964-February 7, 1965]
Max Beckmann [MoMA Exh. #754, December 16, 1964-January 31, 1965]
The Responsive Eye [MoMA Exh. #757, February 25-April 25, 1965]
Modern Architecture, U.S.A. [MoMA Exh. #767a, May 18-September 6, 1965]
Giacometti [MoMA Exh. #768, June 9-October 12, 1965]
Robert Motherwell [MoMA Exh. #776, October 1-November 28, 1965]
Structures for Sound - Musical Instruments by Francois & Bernard Baschet [MoMA Exh. #777, October 5, 1965-January 23, 1966]
Sculpture in Glass [MoMA Exh. #780, November 16, 1965-January 2, 1966]
René Magritte [MoMA Exh. #782, December 15, 1965-February 27, 1966]
Dorothea Lange [MoMA Exh. #789, January 26-April 10, 1966]
Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966]
Louis I. Kahn [MoMA Exh. #797, April 26-May 30, 1966]
Reuben Nakian [MoMA Exh. #799, June 22-September 5, 1966]
The Racing Car: Toward a Rational Automobile [MoMA Exh. #806, September 27-November 27, 1966]
The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture [MoMA Exh. #809, October 19, 1966-January 2, 1967]
The Taste of a Connoisseur: Paul J. Sachs Collection [MoMA Exh. #815, December 21, 1966-March 5, 1967]
The New City: Architecture and Urban Renewal [MoMA Exh. #818, January 24-March 13, 1967]
Once Invisible [MoMA Exh. #833, June 20-September 11, 1967]
The Sculpture of Picasso [MoMA Exh. #841, October 11, 1967-January 1, 1968]
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection [MoMA Exh. #848, January 17-March 4, 1968]
Series I: Museum Correspondence, U.S. and Abroad 1930s-1940s |
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This series links René d'Harnoncourt with the early history of the Museum. It includes material which predates d'Harnoncourt's involvement with the Museum, such as correspondence between Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Jere Abbott and other museums in the U.S. and abroad, as well as records from the 1940s and d'Harnoncourt's first years at the Museum. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| I.1 | Foreign Museums - Austria Brief correspondence with the Albertina, Vienna. |
1948 |
| I.2 | Foreign Museums - Australia AHB brief correspondence with the director of the National Gallery of South Australia and the National Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney. |
1940-41 |
| I.3 | Foreign Museums - Canada Correspondence between Alan Blackburn, Jr., Executive Secretary of MoMA and the Vancouver Art Gallery about an exhibition
of color reproductions. AHB, Elodie Courter, and RDH correspondence with Martin Baldwin, Curator, the Art Gallery of Toronto. |
1930-49 |
| I.4 | Foreign Museums - England Correspondence. |
1933-48 |
| I.5 | Foreign Museums - France Correspondence. |
1931-38 |
| I.6 | Foreign Museums - France RDH correspondence. |
1947-51 |
| I.7 | Foreign Museums - Germany Correspondence. |
1930-32 |
| I.8 | Foreign Museums - Haiti Brief correspondence. |
1949 |
| I.9 | Foreign Museums - Hawaii Correspondence. |
1934-48 |
| I.10 | Foreign Museums - Holland Brief correspondence with Dr. W. Sandberg, director of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. |
1949 |
| I.11 | Foreign Museums - India Correspondence. |
1948-49 |
| I.12 | Foreign Museums - Iraq Correspondence. |
1949 |
| I.13 | Foreign Museums - Ireland Brief correspondence with John Reynolds, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. |
1930-34 |
| I.14 | Foreign Museums - Israel Correspondence. |
12/4/n.y. |
| I.15 | Foreign Museums - Mexico RDH brief correspondence with Ines Amor, Galeria de Arte Mexicano. |
1948 |
| I.16 | Foreign Museums - Palestine Correspondence between AHB and Elias Newman about his own paintings, and about a new Museum of Art which is being founded
in Tel Aviv. |
1931 |
| I.17 | Foreign Museums - Russia Correspondence. |
1931; 1935 |
| I.18 | Foreign Museums - Scotland Correspondence. |
1949 |
| I.19 | Foreign Museums - South Africa Correspondence. |
1949 |
| I.20 | Foreign Museums - Sweden Correspondence. |
1933 |
| I.21 | Foreign Museums - Switzerland Correspondence. |
1933 |
| I.22 | Museums General A - G RDH general correspondence with museums in the U.S. |
1944-49 |
| I.23 | Museums General H - Z RDH general correspondence with museums in the U.S. |
1944-49 |
| I.24 | Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Correspondence between the Addison Gallery and AHB, Elodie Courter, Alan R. Blackburn, Conger Goodyear, and Holger Cahill. |
1931-40 |
| I.25 | Atlanta Art Association and High Museum of Art AHB Correspondence with L. Palmer Skidmore, director of the Atlanta Art Association. |
1933-37 |
| I.26 | Baltimore Museum of Art AHB, Elodie Courter correspondence with Leslie Cheek, Jr., director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. RDH correspondence with Adelyn Breeskin when she was acting director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. |
1931-47 |
| I.27 | Museum of Fine Arts Boston Correspondence. |
1931-41 |
| I.28 | Boston Museum of Modern Art AHB correspondence with the Boston Museum of Modern Art, which was affiliated with MoMA, and of which he was a trustee. |
1936-38 |
| I.29 | Brooklyn Museum Correspondence. |
1929-48 |
| I.30 | Albright Art Gallery Buffalo Correspondence. |
1931-44 |
| I.31 | Fogg Art Museum Harvard University, Cambridge AHB, Elodie Courter, Holger Cahill, and Alan Blackburn correspondence. |
1931-45 |
| I.32 | Germanic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge Correspondence. |
1932-42 |
| I.33 | Cambridge Museums - Peabody, Fogg, and MIT School of Architecture and Planning RDH correspondence. |
1948 |
| I.34 | Art Institute of Chicago AHB and Jere Abbott correspondence with Robert Harshe, director of the Art Institute, and Daniel Catton Rich, then associate curator of painting. RDH correspondence with Daniel Catton Rich as director of the Art Institute. |
1930-33; 1944-47 |
| I.35 | Cincinnati Modern Art Society and Cincinnati Art Museum AHB and Jere Abbott correspondence. |
1930-41; 1948 |
| I.36 | Cleveland Museum of Art Correspondence. |
1933-35; 1949 |
| I.37 | Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts Correspondence. |
1930-42 |
| I.38 | Johnson Humrickhouse Memorial Museum, Coshocton, Ohio Elodie Courter and RDH correspondence. |
1940-47 |
| I.39 | Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Correspondence. |
1933-43 |
| I.40 | Des Moines Art Center Brief correspondence. |
1947-48 |
| I.41 | Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Detroit Institute of Arts - The Alger House Museum Elodie Courter correspondence. |
1933-41 |
| I.42 | Hartford, Hollywood, Houston Correspondence with the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Frank Perls Gallery, Hollywood, and the Contemporary Arts Association, Houston |
1933-49 |
| I.43 | Art Association of Indianapolis Indiana, The John Herron Art Institute AHB, Jere Abbott, Conger Goodyear correspondence with Wilbur Peat, director of the Art Association of Indianapolis. |
1931 |
| I.44 | Kalamazoo Institute of Art Brief correspondence. |
1936 |
| I.45 | William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City Correspondence. |
1936 |
| I.46 | Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art Jere Abbott brief correspondence. |
1931 |
| I.47 | The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania Correspondence. |
1929-31 |
| I.48 | Milwaukee Art Institute 1 TLS Alfred Pelikan, director of Art Institute - AHB (1/2/30) requesting a photograph of a picture by Francis S. Bradford, a native of Appleton, Wisconsin. |
1930 |
| I.49 | New York City Museums Correspondence with the Whitney Museum of American Art, the American Museum of Natural History, Museum of the City of New
York, The Haitian Art Center, New York Museum of Science and Industry, Roerich Museum. |
1932-49 |
| I.50 | The Newark Museum Correspondence. |
1931-41 |
| I.51 | Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass. Correspondence. |
1930-40 |
| I.52 | Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut | 1936 |
| I.53 | Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh Correspondence |
1930-47 |
| I.54 | The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. Correspondence. |
1933-36 |
| I.55 | Portland Art Museum, Oregon Correspondence. |
1941-42 |
| I.56 | Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Correspondence. |
1938-41 |
| I.57 | The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y. Correspondence. |
1931-33 |
| I.58 | San Francisco Museum of Art Correspondence. |
1940-42 |
| I.59 | California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Correspondence. |
1930-42 |
| I.60 | Santa Barbara Museum of Art Brief correspondence. |
1941 |
| I.61 | Fine Arts Gallery, City of San Diego Correspondence. |
1930-31 |
| I.62 | Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Mass. Correspondence. |
1932-38 |
| I.63 | City Art Museum of St. Louis Correspondence. |
1930-48 |
| I.64 | International Museum of Folk Art, Santa Fe RDH Correspondence. |
1949-51 |
| I.65 | The Toledo Museum of Art Correspondence. |
1929-47 |
| I.66 | The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Correspondence. |
1932-41 |
| I.67 | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Correspondence. |
1931-46 |
| I.68 | Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Duncan Phillips. |
1929-41 |
| I.69 | Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass. Correspondence. |
1932-45 |
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Series II: Latin American Correspondence 1940s |
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This series documents d'Harnoncourt's continuing interest in, and involvement with, Latin America resulting from his years in Mexico. Of particular interest is correspondence between Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and d'Harnoncourt before d'Harnoncourt joined MoMA in 1944. Also of note is material on the work of State Departments Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, which was headed by Nelson Rockefeller, and where d'Harnoncourt served as acting director of the art division. There is also extensive correspondence on the Manual Industries project sponsored by the Inter-American Development Commission, and on the American Indian Art Exhibition shown in Mexico City in 1945, which d'Harnoncourt helped to assemble with his friend, Miguel Covarrubias. The series conclude with correspondence and other material on MoMA and the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| II.1 | Latin Americans in U.S. A-C Correspondence with Latin American artists and museum directors visiting the U.S., and with U.S. museum directors about Latin American artists and exhibitions. |
1938-50 |
| II.2 | Latin Americans in U.S. D-L Correspondence with Latin American artists and museum directors visiting the U.S., and with U.S. museum directors about Latin
American artists and exhibitions. |
1938-50 |
| II.3 | Latin Americans in U.S. M-Q Correspondence with Latin American artists and museum directors visiting the U.S. and with U.S. museum directors about Latin
American artists and exhibitions. |
1938-50 |
| II.4 | Latin Americans in U.S. R-Z Correspondence with Latin American artists and museum directors visiting the U.S. and with U.S. museum directors about Latin
American artists and exhibitions. |
1938-50 |
| II.5 | Argentina RDH, Luis de Zulueta, and Pedro Rosaly correspondence with and about Argentine artists. |
1940s |
| II.6 | Bolivia Lists of artists, cabinet members, and journalists. |
1940s |
| II.7 | Brazil Lists of Ambassador to Washington and Brazilian Consuls, and journalists. RDH, AHB, Luis de Zulueta, Jr., and Pedro Rosaly
correspondence with and about Brazilian artists. |
1940s |
| II.8 | Chile Lists of cabinet members, journalists, and other prominent people. RDH, Luis de Zulueta, Jr., and Pedro Rosaly correspondence with and about Chilean artists. Nearly all in Spanish. |
1940s |
| II.9 | Colombia Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1940s |
| II.10 | Costa Rica Lists of prominent people. |
1940s |
| II.11 | Cuba Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1940s |
| II.12 | Dominican Republic Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1940s |
| II.13 | Ecuador Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1940s |
| II.14 | El Salvador Lists of prominent people. Correspondence |
1943-44 |
| II.15 | Guatemala Lists of prominent people. |
1940s |
| II.16 | Haiti Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1940s |
| II.17 | Honduras Lists of prominent people. |
1940s |
| II.18 | Mexico Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1942-49 |
| II.19 | Nicaragua Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1944 |
| II.20 | Panama Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1943 |
| II.21 | Paraguay Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1942-46 |
| II.22 | Peru Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1943-47 |
| II.23 | Puerto Rico Correspondence. |
1942-47 |
| II.24 | Uruguay Lists of prominent people. Correspondence. |
1943-47 |
| II.25 | Venezuela Lists of prominent people. |
1940s |
| II.26 | Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Report on the art program of the C.I.A.A. from its inception in February 1941 to its conclusion in June 1943. Documents about
C.I.A.A. projects. |
1943 |
| II.27 | Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs - Publications Reports related to the Museum Publications Committee and its work in Latin America. Correspondence of MW, who was director of the Publications Department. |
1940-41 |
| II.28 | RDH Latin American Trip - Dec. 1944 - March 1945 Correspondence and reports on RDHs trip to Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Haiti. The purpose of the trip was
to promote Museum membership in Latin America, but a report on it was also sent to NAR. Correspondence between RDH and Stephen
C. Clark, chairman of the Museums board of trustees on a trip by RDH to Mexico in the summer of 1944. |
1940s |
| II.29 | Manual Industries in Latin America Reports, letters, and memos about Latin American manual industry and folk art. |
1940s |
| II.30 | Manual Industry Project in Peru Correspondence between Truman Bailey and RDH and officers of the Inter-American Development Commission, which sponsored the manual industries project in Peru of which Bailey was in charge. Reports on progress of the project. |
1940s |
| II.31 | Manual Industry Project in Peru Correspondence between Truman Bailey and RDH and officers of the Inter-American Development Commission, which sponsored the manual industries project in Peru of which Bailey was in charge. Reports on progress of the project. |
1940s |
| II.32 | American Indian Art Exhibition shown in Mexico City Lists of items shown in the exhibition, which was held at the National Museum of Mexico. It was organized by the U.S. National Gallery and the Mexican Ministry of Education. |
1944 |
| II.33 | American Indian Art Exhibition shown in Mexico City Correspondence about the exhibition, which RDH helped assemble. He worked with Miguel Covarrubias and Daniel F. Rubin de la Borbolla. |
1944 |
| II.34 | American Indian Art Exhibition shown in Mexico City Correspondence about the exhibition. |
1944 |
| II.35 | American Indian Art Exhibition shown in Mexico City Correspondence about the exhibition. |
1944 |
| II.36 | Joint Committee on Latin American Studies Report on a Conference on Studies in Latin American Art held at MoMA, May 28-31, 1945, sponsored by the Joint Committee on
Latin American Studies. |
1940s |
| II.37 | Latin American Correspondence RDH correspondence with and about people in Latin America - most of it in Spanish. |
1944-1950 |
| II.38 | Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo Correspondence between RDH, NAR, and Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho, President of the Museu de Arte Moderna, about the first
Biennial held there in 1951. |
1948-51 |
| II.39 | Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo Drafts of agreements between Museu de Arte Moderna and MoMA; related correspondence between RDH and NAR. |
1948-50 |
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Series III: General Correspondence 1940s-1967 |
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This series contains Museum and d'Harnoncourt correspondence relating to a variety of topics. These include routine requests for d'Harnoncourt to lecture, attend exhibition openings, dinners, and other events. Also included are requests from Foreign Service Officers - many of whom knew d'Harnoncourt from his time with the State Department - for help with exhibitions, and with visiting artists and museum directors. For the most part this series does not include extended correspondence with any one person or institution, but exceptions include d'Harnoncourt's correspondence with Dr. Werner Hofmann, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, with Stanley Marcus of Neiman-Marcus, and with Grace L. McCann Morley, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| III.1 | General Correspondence A-C List of "People Concerned with Crafts Work in Some of the Western States" |
1941-49 |
| III.2 | General Correspondence D-F Nina [re: Richard "Dick" Davis] |
1940-49 |
| III.3 | General Correspondence G-M Gellert, Hugo |
1943-49 |
| III.4 | General Correspondence N-Z Nattier, Frank E., Jr. (Office of Inter-American Affairs) |
1941-50 |
| III.5 | Telegram File Stevens, David [re: "Museum Symposium of TIME Magazine"] |
1948-55 |
| III.6 | General Correspondence A-B Alexander Smith, Inc. (Richard P. Axten) [re: Mimosa rug designed by Henri Matisse] |
1949-51 |
| III.7 | General Correspondence A-B American Craftsmen's Educational Council, Board of Trustee Minutes, October 1951 |
1950-51 |
| III.8 | General Correspondence C-D Durand-Ruel, Inc. (Charles and Pierre Durand-Ruel) [from Nelson A. Rockefeller] |
1949-51 |
| III.9 | General Correspondence C-D Congrès pour la Liberté de la Culture (Nicolas Nabokov) |
1949-51 |
| III.10 | General Correspondence E-H Duran-Ballen, C. (Ecuadorian Consulate General) |
1949-51 |
| III.11 | General Correspondence I-K Illinois Institute of Technology (Harold Cohen) |
1949-51 |
| III.12 | General Correspondence L-O Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lawrence B. Anderson) |
1949-51 |
| III.13 | General Correspondence P-S The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
1950-51 |
| III.14 | General Correspondence T-V Tead, Ordway (Harper & Brothers) [re: Richard Guggenheimer] |
1950-51 |
| III.15 | General Correspondence W-Z Wagner, Robert F. [re: Opening of People's Art Center in the Grace Rainey Rogers Memorial Wing] |
1950-51 |
| III.16 | General Correspondence W-Z John Hay Whitney Foundation (Robert C. Weaver) |
1951 |
| III.17 | General Correspondence A-Z Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (Jerry Bywaters) |
1951-53 |
| III.18 | General Correspondence A Adair, John (Cornell University) |
1954-61 |
| III.19 | General Correspondence A Arkus, Leon Anthony (Carnegie Institute) |
1952-61 |
| III.20 | General Correspondence Ba-Bon Baar, Jacob |
1954-61 |
| III.21 | General Correspondence Ba-Bon Beier, Joel [from James Platt White, Jr. (The Museum of Modern Art)] |
1953-61 |
| III.22 | General Correspondence Bor-By Borbolla, Daniel F. Rubin de la (Museo Nacional de Artes e Industrias Populares) |
1953-61 |
| III.23 | General Correspondence Bor-By Bransten, Joesph (M. J. B. Co.) |
1954-61 |
| III.24 | General Correspondence Ca-Cl Cain, Julien (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) |
1953-61 |
| III.25 | General Correspondence Ca-Cl Chamberlain, Betty (Betty Chamberlain Associates and Art News) |
1954-62 |
| III.26 | General Correspondence Co-Cu Cohen, Felix S. |
1954-61 |
| III.27 | General Correspondence Co-Cu Cunliffe, Mitzi [Mrs. Marcus Falkner Cunliffe] |
1954-61 |
| III.28 | General Correspondence D Alemany and Ertman, Inc. [invitation] |
1953-61 |
| III.29 | General Correspondence D Darwin, Robin (Royal College of Art) |
1954-61 |
| III.30 | General Correspondence E Earnest, Adele (Stony Point Folk Art Gallery) |
1954-60 |
| III.31 | General Correspondence F Fabregat, E. Rodriguez (Permanent Delegate of Uruguay to the United Nations) |
1952-63 |
| III.32 | General Correspondence F Fahs, Charles Burton (Rockefeller Foundation) |
1953-61 |
| III.33 | General Correspondence G Gabo, Miriam [Mrs. Naum Gabo] |
1951-61 |
| III.34 | General Correspondence G Gasparini, Graziano (Ministerio de Educacion, Venezuela) |
1953-61 |
| III.35 | General Correspondence Ha-He Haas, Herta [Mrs. W. Haas] |
1953-61 |
| III.36 | General Correspondence Ha-He Heyman, Joseph A. [from James Platt White, Jr. (The Museum of Modern Art)] |
1953-60 |
| III.37 | General Correspondence Hi-Hy High School of Music and Art (Marvin Bloch) |
1954-61 |
| III.38 | General Correspondence Hi-Hy Mrs. A. M. Hills |
1953-61 |
| III.39 | General Correspondence I Imaizumi, Atsuo (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) [to and from Arthur Drexler (The Museum of Modern Art)] |
1954-61 |
| III.40 | General Correspondence J Jackson, C. D. (United Negro College Convocation Committee) |
1954-61 |
| III.41 | General Correspondence K Kapfenberger, Joseph |
1953-61 |
| III.42 | General Correspondence K Kinglsey, Brandt |
1953-62 |
| III.43 | General Correspondence La-Le Ladstetter, Günther (Wallrat-Richartz Museum) |
1954-61 |
| III.44 | General Correspondence La-Le Griffith, Richard (The Museum of Modern Art) [re: Mrs. Landauer and Walt Disney Collection] |
1954-61 |
| III.45 | General Correspondence Li-Ly Libros, Harold |
1954-61 |
| III.46 | General Correspondence Li-Ly Lincoln, John W. |
1954-61 |
| III.47 | General Correspondence Ma-Mc Machado, Frida Añez (Ateneo de Valencia) |
1953-61 |
| III.48 | General Correspondence Ma-Mc MacAgy, Douglas (Gazette des Beaux-Arts) |
1954-61 |
| III.49 | General Correspondence Me-My Medaglia, Francisco (Brazilian Government Trade Bureau) |
1952-61 |
| III.50 | General Correspondence Me-My Mrs. Robbins Milbank (Smith College) |
1954-61 |
| III.51 | General Correspondence N Nadeau, Eleanor Saxe (Carol Management Corporation) |
1954-61 |
| III.52 | General Correspondence N Nyikos, Julius S. (Citizens' Committee for Liberation of the Enslaved) [re: d'Harnoncourt's nephew] |
1953-60 |
| III.53 | General Correspondence O Oxford University Press (Fon W. Boardman, Jr.) |
1954-61 |
| III.54 | General Correspondence P Pakistani Consulate General (New York) |
1953-61 |
| III.55 | General Correspondence P Pevsner, Nikolaus (The Pelican History of Art) |
1953-62 |
| III.56 | General Correspondence Q Quashie-Idun, S. O. (Asante Cultural Centre Campaign Committee) |
1954-59 |
| III.57 | General Correspondence Ra-Ri Raab, Julius [invitation] |
1953-61 |
| III.58 | General Correspondence Ra-Ri Rettaliata, John T. (Illinois Institute of Technology) [re: Mies van der Rohe] |
1953-61 |
| III.59 | General Correspondence Ro-Ru Robb, David M. (University of Pennsylvania) |
1954-61 |
| III.60 | General Correspondence Ro-Ru Langsner, Jules (Los Angeles Art Committee) [re: Bernard Rosenthal sculpture controversy] |
1954-61 |
| III.61 | General Correspondence Sa-Si Saarinen, Aline B. (The New York Times) |
1953-61 |
| III.62 | General Correspondence Sa-Si Mrs. Alex Schwarz |
1953-61 |
| III.63 | General Correspondence Sk-Sz Skira, Albert (Editions d'Art Albert Skira) |
1954-62 |
| III.64 | General Correspondence Sk-Sz Slote, Walter |
1952-59 |
| III.65 | General Correspondence T Taft Musuem and Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects [invitation] |
1954-61 |
| III.66 | General Correspondence T Taranto, Victor J. (Cavalier Travel Service) |
1955-59 |
| III.67 | General Correspondence U Uhler, Ruth Pershing (The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston) |
1955-61 |
| III.68 | General Correspondence V Valcárcel, Luis (Museo Nacional de Historia, Lima) |
1954-61 |
| III.69 | General Correspondence Wa-We Walker, John "Johnny" (The National Gallery of Art) [re: Brussels Expo, 1958] |
1949-61 |
| III.70 | General Correspondence WA-We Wachter, Merle G. (Mexico City College) |
1949-61 |
| III.71 | General Correspondence Wh-Wy Brady, Leslie "Lee" S. (American Embassy, Paris) [re: James "Jim" Platt White, Jr. (The Museum of Modern Art)] |
1954-61 |
| III.72 | General Correspondence Wh-Wy Wheeler, Monroe |
1954-62 |
| III.73 | General Correspondence X Y Z Xesspe, Toribio Mejia (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) |
1954-62 |
| III.74 | General Correspondence X Y Z Young, James "Jim" Webb [re: Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Gwyneth Harrington] |
1955-61 |
| III.75 | General Correspondence A-L Adams, Philip R. (Cincinnati Art Museum) |
1961-1962 |
| III.76 | General Correspondence A-L Atlanta Art Association Memorial Fund [hand-written note and pamphlet] |
1960-1962 |
| III.77 | General Correspondence L-Z Leite, Jose Roberto Texeira (National Museum of Fine Arts, Brazil) |
1960-1962 |
| III.78 | General Correspondence L-Z Vinton, Warren Jay |
1959-1962 |
| III.79 | General Correspondence A-L Ahlstrom, Ronald G. (Tacoma Art Museum) |
1960-1963 |
| III.80 | General Correspondence A-L Brennan, Francis "Hank" |
1955-1963 |
| III.81 | General Correspondence L-Z Lake Luzerne Chamber of Commerce (Nicholas H. Dollard) |
1957-1963 |
| III.82 | General Correspondence L-Z Speyer, Darthea (Cente Culturel Américain) |
1962-1963 |
| III.83 | General Correspondence A-L Adenauer, M. Th. Schumann |
1963-1964 |
| III.84 | General Correspondence A-L Welton Becket and Associates (Richard W. Bird) |
1956-1964 |
| III.85 | General Correspondence L-Z Larionov, Michel [invitation] |
1964 |
| III.86 | General Correspondence L-Z Pleissner, Ogden M. (Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation) [re: David Lang] |
1964 |
| III.87 | General Correspondence A-L Albertina Museum (Walter Koschatzky) |
1962-1965 |
| III.88 | General Correspondence A-L Ashton, Horace |
1964-1965 |
| III.89 | General Correspondence L-Z Lacouture, Felipe (Museo de Arte e Historia de Ciudad Juarez) |
1963-1965 |
| III.90 | General Correspondence L-Z Theodore S. Jones and Company [re: Harold Lasky] |
1956-1965 |
| III.91 | General Correspondence A-L Aberle, Sophie D. (United States Department of the Interior) |
1964-1966 |
| III.92 | General Correspondence A-L Ames, Louis B. (Radio Corporation of America) |
1956-1966 |
| III.93 | General Correspondence L-Z Mahlow, Dietrich (Staatliche Kunsthalle) [re: Guernica] |
1965-1966 |
| III.94 | General Correspondence L-Z Watson, Dudley Crafts |
1965-1966 |
| III.95 | General Correspondence A-F Aberle, Sophie |
1966-1967 |
| III.96 | General Correspondence A-F Advertisement clippings for Sachs Quality Stores, Inc. |
1966-1967 |
| III.97 | General Correspondence G-L Gautier, Blaise (Centre National d'Art Contemporain) |
1966-1967 |
| III.98 | General Correspondence G-L Heller, Ben |
1966-1967 |
| III.99 | General Correspondence M-R Parkinson, Eliza Bliss [Mrs. Henry I. Cobb, Jr.] [from Pearl L. Moeller (The Museum of Modern Art); re: donation of The Hole in the Wall] |
1941-1982 |
| III.100 | General Correspondence M-R MacDonald-Wright, Stanton (Smithsonian Institution) [invitation] |
1964-1967 |
| III.101 | General Correspondence S-Z Scandinavian Airlines System (S. Ralph Cohen) |
1950-1967 |
| III.102 | General Correspondence S-Z Rasmussen, Waldo (The Museum of Modern Art) [re: Smithsonian Institute and V Paris Biennale] |
1963-1967 |
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Series IV: Directors Correspondence 1949-1968 |
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This series documents René d'Harnoncourt's years as Director of The Museum of Modern Art. While Director, d'Harnoncourt worked with the Museum trustees and with the various departments of the Museum, dealing with both major policy issues and with the sometimes minute details which are part of the administration of any organization. There is correspondence with the departments of: Architecture and Design, Exhibitions and Publications, Painting and Sculpture, and with Education and the Institute of Modern Art - particularly with Victor DAmico, for many years director of the Institute. There is also correspondence with: the Museum Library and Film Library, the Photography Department and Edward Steichen Photography Center, and the Print Room. Minutes of Program Committee meetings are included, as is correspondence about proposed exhibitions, and material on the Ad Hoc Committee to study future policies of MoMA, the Building Committee, MoMA 25th and 30th Anniversaries, and the 30th Anniversary Campaign. Important, also, in this series is correspondence with the Registrars Office, and the Personnel and Production Departments. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| IV.1 | Art Frauds Legislation Correspondence, memos, and legal documents relating to New York State Attorney Generals Offices proposed legislation on art frauds. |
1967-69 |
| IV.2 | Art Frauds Legislation Correspondence, memos, legal documents, and clippings relating to New York State Attorney Generals Office proposed legislation
on art frauds. |
1965-67 |
| IV.3 | Museum of Modern Art By-Laws Copies of MoMA by-laws adopted 5/12/60; amended 11/9/67. |
1960; 1967 |
| IV.4 | Barr, Alfred H. Jr., Lectureship Correspondence relating to establishment of AHB Lectureship. |
1954-55; (1956-67) |
| IV.5 | Barr, Alfred H. Jr. Correspondence, memos on various museum topics. |
1953-67 |
| IV.6 | Barr, Alfred H. Jr. Correspondence, memos on various museum topics. |
1953-67 |
| IV.7 | Barr, Alfred H. Jr., 60th Birthday, 1/28/62 Correspondence and memos about the celebration of AHBs 60th birthday, and letters of congratulation from people not present at the party. |
1962 |
| IV.8 | Burden, William A.M. Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.9 | Burden, William A.M. Correspondence. |
1960-61 |
| IV.10 | Burden, William A.M. Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| IV.11 | Burden, William A.M. Correspondence. |
1956-57 |
| IV.12 | Burden, William A.M. Correspondence. |
1955 |
| IV.13 | Burden, William A.M. Correspondence. |
1953-54 |
| IV.14 | Burden, Gardner Correspondence. |
1965-68 |
| IV.15 | Franc, Helen, Senior Editor, Directors Office Correspondence. Material added to this folder in 2023. |
1956-68 |
| IV.16 | Garson, Inez, Research Associate, Directors Office Correspondence. |
1967 |
| IV.17 | Goodwin, Philip Correspondence concerning dinner in Philip Goodwins honor, 1/6/58, and his death 2/12/58. |
1958 |
| IV.18 | Green, Wilder Correspondence. |
1967 |
| IV.19 | Guest House Correspondence regarding gift of Guest House to MoMA by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III, and later sale of house by MoMA. |
1955; 1962 |
| IV.20 | Guest House Correspondence regarding loan of Guest House to outside organizations for special events. |
1955-59 |
| IV.21 | Guest House Interoffice memoranda and reports on Guest House management and finances. |
1955-59 |
| IV.22 | International Council Bulletin and Brochure Correspondence, memos, and drafts relating to the production of a MoMA International Council bulletin and brochure to be written by Helen Franc. |
1961 |
| IV.23 | Iron Mountain Proposal Correspondence, memos, agenda and minutes of meeting, 9/22/61, relating to storage of the Museums collections in the event of an international crisis. Minutes of the meeting are labeled Secret. Lists of the collections are in the folder. |
1961-69 |
| IV.24 | Johnson, Daniel LaRue Correspondence between RDH and Mr. Johnson, a young artist who was helped by RDH to obtain grants, and to sell his paintings. |
1962-68 |
| IV.25 | Kieslerm, Frederick Correspondence, articles, clippings on Frederick Kiesler, architect and sculptor, who died in December, 1965. Flyer on exhibition of his sculpture, May-June, 1966. |
1964-66 |
| IV.26 | Koch, Richard, Director of Administration and Counsel Correspondence and internal memos about general Museum administration; also some legal and financial material. |
1965-66 [1967-68] |
| IV.27 | Koch, Richard, Director of Administration and Counsel Correspondence and internal memos about general Museum administration; also some legal and financial material. |
1955-64 |
| IV.28 | Levy, Adele R. (Mrs. David M.) Correspondence and memos following the death on March 12, 1960, of Adele Levy, for many years a MoMA trustee. New York Times obituary. Photographs of the memorial display placed in the MoMA lobby after the Memorial Service for her. |
1960-62 |
| IV.29 | Rockefeller, Blanchette, (Mrs. John D. 3rd) Correspondence. |
1959-61 |
| IV.30 | Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery Reports by Lybrand, Ross on their survey of the Museums organization and administration. Correspondence and memoranda relating to this survey. |
1964-66 |
| IV.31 | Candidates for the Board of Trustees Letters and memos about the possibility of Dr. Edwin Land becoming a MoMA Trustee. |
1966-68 |
| IV.32 | Candidates for the Board of Trustees Biographies of prospective Trustees. |
1965-66 |
| IV.33 | Candidates for the Board of Trustees Correspondence, memos, and notes about prospective Trustees. |
1965-66 |
| IV.34 | Trustee Program Committee Copies of outlines of proposed exhibitions and publications for 1968-1970 to be discussed at a meeting of the Committee on December 11, 1967. |
1967 |
| IV.35 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1966-68 |
| IV.36 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1964-65 |
| IV.37 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1961-63 |
| IV.38 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1959-60 |
| IV.39 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1957-58 |
| IV.40 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1955-56 |
| IV.41 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1952-54 |
| IV.42 | Trustee Matters RDH and others correspondence with and about Trustees. |
1953-54 |
| IV.43 | Air Conditioning Correspondence and reports on updating and installation of air conditioning in the Museum. |
1956-62 |
| IV.44 | Agreement between MoMA, Whitney and Metropolitan Museums Drafts of proposed agreement between the three Museums and memo to the staff about the agreement. Material added to this folder in 2023. |
1947-48 |
| IV.45 | Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum Correspondence, policy statements, and drafts of agreement between MoMA and the Whitney. |
1948-50 |
| IV.46 | Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum new buildings Correspondence and financial statements concerning the MoMA and Whitney Museum buildings, and the MoMA garden - 53rd and 54th
Streets. |
1949-50 |
| IV.47 | Agreement between MoMA, the Whitney, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston A Statement on Modern Art issued in March 1950. Correspondence and news release about the statement of principles issued by
the three institutions. |
1949-50 |
| IV.48 | Fundraising Correspondence. |
1950-51 |
| IV.49 | Program Committee Correspondence regarding proposed exhibitions; agendas and minutes of staff program committee meetings; chart and schedules of proposed exhibitions, lectures and symposia, publications, film program, proposed circulating exhibitions, national and international. |
1966-68 |
| IV.50 | Directory and Plan Memos, draft and copy of the Directory and Plan of MoMA. |
1966 |
| IV.51 | Program Committee Correspondence regarding proposed exhibitions; agendas and minutes of staff program committee meetings; chart and schedules of proposed exhibitions. |
1965 |
| IV.52 | Program Committee Correspondence regarding proposed exhibitions; agendas and minutes of staff program committee meetings; chart and schedules of proposed exhibitions. |
1964 |
| IV.53 | Staff and Trustee Lists Lists of staff and trustees. |
1964; 1967-68 |
| IV.54 | Program Committee Correspondence regarding proposed exhibitions; agendas and minutes of staff program committee meetings; chart and schedules of proposed exhibitions. |
1959; 1960 |
| IV.55 | Directors Office Inter-office memos. |
1955-58 |
| IV.56 | Directors Office Inter-office memos. |
1959-60 |
| IV.57 | Directors Office Letters and inter-office memos. |
1952-68 |
| IV.58 | Directors Office; Natalie Hoyt Letters and memos written when Natalie Hoyt was Administrative Assistant in the Directors Office. |
1952-53 |
| IV.59 | Committee on Art Education Brief correspondence re: speech by George Dondero in House of Representatives, March 17, 1952, advocating censorship of the
arts. |
1952 |
| IV.60 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Letters, memos, reports of the Ad Hoc Committee. |
1966 |
| IV.61 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Memos, bios of Trustees, lists of Department Heads. |
1966 |
| IV.62 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Letters, memos, reports of the Ad Hoc Committee. |
1966 |
| IV.63 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Letters, memos, reports of the Ad Hoc Committee. |
1965 |
| IV.64 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Five Year Program, Department of Architecture and Design. |
1965 |
| IV.65 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Film Library Report. |
1965 |
| IV.66 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Five Year Publications Program. |
1965 |
| IV.67 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Coordination of MoMA Program. Report by Registrar, Dorothy Dudley. |
1965 |
| IV.68 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Exhibition Program from Painting and Sculpture Department. |
1965 |
| IV.69 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Library Report. |
1965 |
| IV.70 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Report on Membership and Development by Emily Stone, Membership Director; Minutes of Meeting of the Development Committee (12/17/64). |
1964; 1965 |
| IV.71 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Photography Department Reports. |
1965 |
| IV.72 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Public Information Department Reports. |
1965 |
| IV.73 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Drawings and Prints Department draft Reports. |
1965 |
| IV.74 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Circulating Exhibition Department Reports. |
1965 |
| IV.75 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Future Policies of MoMA Draft of letter of transmittal of the staff reports on the Museums future program to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Board of Trustees on the Museums functions and policies. Drafts of reports. |
1965 |
| IV.76 | Program Committee Charts of Proposed Exhibitions; Schedules of Proposed Special events. |
1959-65 |
| IV.77 | Building Committee Correspondence, particularly relating to alterations to the Whitney Museum building, 20-24 West 54 Street, which was taken
over by MoMA in June 1966. |
1967 |
| IV.78 | Building Committee Correspondence, particularly relating to alterations to the Whitney Museum building, 20-24 West 54 Street, which was taken over by MoMA in June 1966. |
1965-66 |
| IV.79 | Building Committee Correspondence, particularly relating to alterations to the Whitney Museum building, 20-24 West 54 Street, which was taken
over by MoMA in June 1966. |
1965-66 |
| IV.80 | New Building Committee Letters, inter-office memos, press releases about the new MoMA following expansion. |
1959-64 |
| IV.81 | Building Committee Letters, inter-office memos. Minutes of meetings. |
1960-65 |
| IV.82 | New Building Correspondence regarding the Grace Rainey Rogers inscription in the new building. |
1964 |
| IV.83 | New Building Correspondence relating to negotiations with the Whitney Museum and the Theatre Guild for the purchase of their buildings. |
1961-66 |
| IV.84 | Museum of Modern Art Reopening, May 25, 1964 Correspondence, printed invitations, guest lists, newspaper and magazine article. |
1963-64 |
| IV .85 | Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Correspondence about Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson officiating at the reopening of the Museum. |
1964 |
| IV.86 | Museum Reopening Responses by newspaper editors to invitation to reopening ceremonies. |
1964 |
| IV.87 | Ground-breaking Ceremonies Correspondence re: Ground-breaking Ceremonies, November 25, 1962. |
1962 |
| IV.88 | Prentice Houses Correspondence, and press releases relating to the transfer of houses at 5 and 7 West 53 Street to MoMA by Mrs. E. Parmalee
Prentice (Alta Rockefeller Prentice). |
1960-63 |
| IV.89 | The Museum of Modern Art Builds Correspondence about - and a copy of - the brochure, The Museum of Modern Art Builds. The brochure, which was published in
1962, gave detailed information on plans for the Museums rebuilding and renovation, begun in November 1962. |
1962-64 |
| IV.90 | Chermayeff & Geismar Correspondence about the content and design of a new tourist flyer. |
1963-64 |
| IV.91 | 30th Anniversary Drive Final report, March 14, 1963, on the 30th Anniversary Fundraising Drive. |
1963-64 |
| IV.92 | Final Dinner of 30th Anniversary Campaign, Oct. 2, 1962 Correspondence about the dinner; lists of guests; opening speech given by RDH. |
1962 |
| IV.93 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Correspondence about candidates for Director of the new Photography Center to be named after Edward Steichen. |
1961-62 |
| IV.94 | Photography Center Correspondence about plans for the new Photography Center. |
1961-62 |
| IV.95 | Fundraising Draft reports re: fundraising and expansion plans. |
1958 |
| IV.96 | Fundraising Cocktail Parties Correspondence. |
1960 |
| IV.97 | MoMA as an Educational Institution Memo from Helen Franc - RDH with draft material for a brochure on the Museums educational activities. |
1960 |
| IV.98 | Fundraising Prospectus Drafts of text for fundraising prospectus. |
1960 |
| IV.99 | Fundraising Prospectus Copy of letter from Helen Franc - RDH (7/19/60) when he was on vacation in Austria, giving him details of work in progress at the Museum. |
1960 |
| IV.100 | Brochure: Today and Tomorrow Copy of brochure, Today and Tomorrow, and memos about reprinting it. |
1960-61 |
| IV.101 | Honoring of Donors Memos, meeting agendas and minutes about the honoring of donors to the 30th Anniversary Fund. |
1959-67 |
| IV.102 | International Council Fundraising Memos, reports. |
1956-57; 1962 |
| IV.103 | Brochure: Toward the New Museum of Modern Art Copy of printed brochure, and drafts of earlier versions. Memo from Alfred R. Crawford - RDH (10/19/59), with suggested amendments to brochure. |
1959 |
| IV.104 | Corporation Fundraising Correspondence. Lists of potential corporate donors to the 30th Anniversary Drive. |
1959-60 |
| IV.105 | Grants for Study in the United States Correspondence from and about students from other countries seeking financial aid. |
1955-60 |
| IV.106 | Opening Dinner for 30th Anniversary Fundraising Drive Copies of the speeches made at the dinner held at the Four Seasons Restaurant on November 16, 1959 formally opening the 30th
Anniversary Campaign. List of guests invited to the dinner. |
1959 |
| IV.107 | MoMA Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Copies of the 25th Anniversary Bulletin and Final Report. |
1954 |
| IV.108 | Expansion Plans Preliminary renovation plans and cost estimate by RDH. |
1959 |
| IV.109 | MoMA Thirtieth Anniversary Committee Printed reports on the Museums renovation and fundraising plans and progress. |
1958-61 |
| IV.110 | Photographs Used for Publicity Photographs and negatives used for publicity about the new building and renovation plans, and for fundraising. |
1959-64 |
| IV.111 | Steering Committee of the 30th Anniversary Drive Minutes and notes of preliminary meetings. |
1959 |
| IV.112 | Steering Committee of the 30th Anniversary Drive Minutes of Meetings. |
1960 |
| IV.113 | Staff Committee of the 30th Anniversary Drive Minutes of Meetings. |
1959-60 |
| IV.114 | Architecture and Design Correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| IV.115 | Architecture and Design Correspondence. |
1959-64 |
| IV.116 | Architecture and Design Correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.117 | Architecture and Design Correspondence. |
1950-51 |
| IV.118 | Architecture and Design Correspondence. |
1949-51 |
| IV.119 | Business Managers Office Correspondence. |
1959-60 |
| IV.120 | Business Managers Office Correspondence about the securing and renewal of municipal licenses and permits. |
1957 |
| IV.121 | Business Managers Office Correspondence and financial reports. |
1954-55 |
| IV.122 | Business Managers Office Correspondence and financial reports. |
1950-53 |
| IV.123 | Business Managers Office Interoffice memos, committee and financial reports. |
1947-48 |
| IV.124 | Circulating Exhibitions Correspondence of Waldo Rasmussen and others in connection with national and international circulating exhibitions. Material added to this folder in 2023. |
1965-68 |
| IV.125 | Circulating Exhibitions - Ben Heller Collection Correspondence about the exhibition of the Ben Heller Collection and the problems following it. Restricted material removed: Condition and insurance claims correspondence. |
1960-65 |
| IV.126 | Circulating Exhibitions Correspondence of Porter McCray, Waldo Rasmussen, and of others in connection with national and international circulating
exhibitions. |
1959-64 |
| IV.127 | Circulating Exhibitions Correspondence of Porter McCray and others in connection with national circulating exhibitions. |
1956-58 |
| IV.128 | Circulating Exhibitions Correspondence of Porter McCray and others in connection with circulating exhibitions. |
1954-55 |
| IV.129 | Collections - Conservation Correspondence of Jean Volkmer, Conservator, and others about the Conservation Department. |
1965-67 |
| IV.130 | Collections - Conservation Correspondence of Jean Volkmer, Conservator, and others about the Conservation Department. |
1957-63 |
| IV.131 | Education Department - Institute of Modern Art Correspondence between RDH and Victor DAmico, Director of the Institute. |
1960-64 |
| IV.132 | Education Department - Institute of Modern Art Correspondence between RDH and Victor DAmico, Director of the Institute. |
1965-67 |
| IV.133 | Education Department - Institute of Modern Art Correspondence between RDH and Abdul Imao, a young artist from the Philippines who received a travel grant from the Institute. |
1961-64 |
| IV.134 | Education Department - Institute of Modern Art Correspondence, financial and other reports, about the Childrens Art Carnival held in India in 1962. |
1960-62 |
| IV.135 | Education Department Correspondence and reports about a proposed Childrens Exhibition to be staged by MoMA in the White House in 1960. |
1959-60 |
| IV.136 | Education Department Correspondence and reports on the work of the department and proposals for reorganizing it - discussion about the Committee
on Art Education. |
1955-58 |
| IV.137 | Education Department Correspondence about a proposed European summer seminar, and about a proposed summer painting class to be given by Victor
DAmico on Long Island. |
1954-56 |
| IV.138 | Education Department Material on art education and television. Young Peoples Gallery. |
1952 |
| IV.139 | Education Department Departmental correspondence. |
1950-51 |
| IV.140 | Education Department Departmental correspondence. |
1950-51 |
| IV.141 | Exhibitions and Publications Departmental correspondence. |
1965-68 |
| IV.142 | Publications Departmental correspondence. |
1967 |
| IV.143 | Exhibitions and Publications Departmental correspondence. |
1959-64 |
| IV.144 | Exhibitions and Publications Departmental correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.145 | Exhibitions and Publications Correspondence between MW, AHB, James Johnson Sweeney, and Michel Seuphor about publication of a book on Mondrian. |
1952 |
| IV.146 | Exhibitions and Publications Correspondence about current exhibitions and plans for future exhibitions. Tentative exhibition schedules. |
1951 |
| IV.147 | Exhibitions and Publications Tentative exhibition schedules for 1951-54. Proposed Exhibitions Budget 1951-52. |
1951 |
| IV.148 | Exhibitions and Publications Correspondence about current and future exhibitions, and current and future publications. |
1950-51 |
| IV.149 | Exhibitions and Publications RDH correspondence with other museum directors and friends about exhibitions at other institutions. |
1950-51 |
| IV.150 | Exhibitions and Publications Correspondence about prospective exhibitions to be held in other countries. |
1945-51 |
| IV.151 | Publications Correspondence of M.J. Gladstone, Associate Director of Publications. |
1964-65 |
| IV.152 | Publications Applications and correspondence about candidates for position in the Publications Department. |
1964 |
| IV.153 | Publications Committee Minutes of Publications Committee Meeting, April 16, 1963. |
1963 |
| IV.154 | Publications Drafts of proposed MoMA Journal and Pamphlet. |
1959 |
| IV.155 | Publications Committee Memos, Minutes of Publications Committee Meetings, proposals and listings for a 5-year Publications Program. |
1959 |
| IV.156 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Architecture U.S.A. Correspondence about the exhibition, Architecture U.S.A., and about the booklet by the same title by Arthur Drexler. |
1965 |
| IV.157 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Architecture Without Architects Correspondence with Bernard Rudofsky about the exhibition, Architecture Without Architects, and about the book related to it, and inter-office memos. |
1964-66 |
| IV.158 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
The Racing Car: Toward a Rational Automobile Correspondence and notes from a discussion about the exhibition. |
1965-66 |
| IV.159 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Structures for Sound - Musical Instruments by Francois & Bernard Baschet Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.160 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Three Structures by Buckminster Fuller Correspondence. |
1959 |
| IV.161 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Buildings for Business and Government Correspondence. |
1956-57 |
| IV.162 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Design for Sport Correspondence. |
1962 |
| IV.163 | Architecture and Design -
International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Correspondence. Invitation to inaugural dinner for the Competition, program for the dinner, and invitation to a cocktail party at which NAR will present the awards to the winners of the Competition. |
1947-50 |
| IV.164 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Textiles and Ornamental Arts in India Correspondence: MW, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Porter McCray and RDH with people in India who had cooperated with MoMA in making the exhibition possible; also interoffice memos. Press release 10/1/54. |
1954-55 |
| IV.165 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Japanese Exhibition House Correspondence with The Asia Foundation which made a contribution to MoMA for expenses incurred by the move of the Japanese House to the Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. |
1957 |
| IV.166 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Japanese Exhibition House Correspondence about the Japanese House, designed by Junzo Yoshimura, and exhibited in the garden of MoMA in the summers of
1954 and 1955. Survey of visitors at Japanese House, January 1956. Press release about move to Philadelphia, June 1956. |
1953-56 |
| IV.167 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Japanese Exhibition House Correspondence about financial matters relating to Japanese House. |
1955-58 |
| IV.168 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Japanese Exhibition House Correspondence about financial matters relating to Japanese House. |
1954 |
| IV.169 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Louis I. Kahn Correspondence about the finances of the exhibition and dinner preceding it. Press release describing the exhibition and Mr.
Kahns career (4/26/1966). |
1966 |
| IV.170 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
New Lamps Correspondence about the exhibition - also some correspondence about a lamp competition and a competition for low-priced furniture. |
1949-50 |
| IV.171 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Latin American Architecture since 1945 One letter to Arthur Drexler from Emilio Duhart H., Architect, Santiago, Chile, in response to invitation to the dinner and special private preview of the exhibition. |
1955 |
| IV.172 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Le Corbusier: Buildings in Europe and India Correspondence and material on an exhibition about Le Corbusier's work which eventually took place in 1963. |
1955-57, 1962-63 |
| IV.173 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
The New City: Architecture and Urban Renewal Correspondence. Program for the luncheon given for the opening of the exhibition, which was co-sponsored by the City of New
York. Mayor John V. Lindsay opened the exhibition and presided at the luncheon. List of Trustees and Special Guests who attended
a cocktail party and special viewing of the exhibition. |
1965-67 |
| IV.174 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
The Package Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| IV.175 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Travel Posters Correspondence. |
1956-57 |
| IV.176 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Textiles USA Correspondence, some of it with American Fabrics magazine, which co-sponsored the exhibition, press releases, and copy of the data sheet used by prospective participants in the exhibition. |
1956 |
| IV.177 | Architecture and Design Exhibitions:
Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings Correspondence. RDHs remarks at dinner for Mrs. Wright given before the opening of the exhibition on March 12, 1962, and list of people at the dinner. |
1959-62 |
| IV.178 | Exhibitions:
Americans 1963 Memos re: exhibition expenses. |
1963 |
| IV.179 | Exhibitions:
The Art of Assemblage One letter about dates when the show will be in other U.S. cities, and inter-office memos. |
1961 |
| IV.180 | Exhibitions:
Art Nouveau Correspondence, much of it with other museums in U.S. and in other countries. |
1959-60 |
| IV.181 | Exhibitions:
Max Beckmann Correspondence, much of it with other museums in U.S. and in other countries. |
1962-66 |
| IV.182 | Exhibitions:
Bonnard and His Environment Correspondence. |
n.d. |
| IV.183 | Exhibitions:
Jean Dubuffet Correspondence. |
1961-62 |
| IV.184 | Exhibitions:
Max Ernst Correspondence. |
1959-61 |
| IV.185 | Exhibitions:
French Masterworks Correspondence with French museum officials about this exhibition - one of several celebrating MoMAs 25th anniversary - which contained 15 paintings by French masters of the 19th century, 13 from the Louvre and one each from the museums of Albi and Lyon. |
1954-55 |
| IV.186 | Exhibitions:
French Masterworks Correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| IV.187 | Exhibitions:
French Masterworks Correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| IV.188 | Exhibitions:
Futurism Correspondence. |
1960-61 |
| IV.189 | Exhibitions:
German Art of the 20th Century Correspondence about bringing from Europe three German scholars responsible for assembling the exhibition and producing its catalogue. |
1957-58 |
| IV.190 | Exhibitions:
German Art of the 20th Century Correspondence about the German Film Festival held in connection with the exhibition. |
1957 |
| IV.191 | Exhibitions:
German Art of the 20th Century Correspondence about the German music evening held on October 14, 1957 in connection with the exhibition. |
1957 |
| IV.192 | Exhibitions:
Giacometti Correspondence. |
1964-65 |
| IV.193 | Exhibitions:
Arshile Gorky 1904-1948 Correspondence and press release about the exhibition. |
1962-64 |
| IV.194 | Exhibitions:
Gunter Haese Correspondence. |
1964-65 |
| IV.195 | Exhibitions:
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Correspondence. |
1967-68 |
| IV.196 | Exhibitions:
René Magritte Correspondence. |
1965 |
| IV.197 | Exhibitions:
Henri Matisse Correspondence. |
1964-66 |
| IV.198 | Exhibitions:
Robert Motherwell Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.199 | Exhibitions:
Reuben Nakian Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.200 | Exhibitions:
New Images of Man Correspondence. |
1959 |
| IV.201 | Exhibitions:
The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture Correspondence. |
1964-67 |
| IV.202 | Exhibitions:
Emil Nolde: 1867-1956 Correspondence. |
1960-63 |
| IV.203 | Exhibitions:
Eduardo Paolozzi Correspondence. |
1964 |
| IV.204 | Exhibitions:
15 Polish Painters Correspondence. |
1959-61 |
| IV.205 | Exhibitions:
Redon-Moreau-Bresdin 1 memo, MW - RDH (8/21/61) re: Loans from the Louvre. |
1961 |
| IV.206 | Exhibitions:
The Responsive Eye Correspondence. |
1964-65 |
| IV.207 | Exhibitions:
Medardo Rosso: 1858-1928 Correspondence. |
1963 |
| IV.208 | Exhibitions:
The Taste of a Connoisseur: Paul J. Sachs Collection Correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| IV.209 | Exhibitions:
Sculpture in Glass Correspondence. |
1964-65 |
| IV.210 | Exhibitions:
New Spanish Painting and Sculpture Correspondence. |
1958-60 |
| IV.211 | Exhibitions:
New Spanish Painting and Sculpture Photographs and brochure. |
1958 |
| IV.212 | Exhibitions:
Mark Tobey Correspondence. |
1962 |
| IV.213 | Exhibitions:
Toulouse-Lautrec Correspondence about the exhibition, most of it about the Museums Toulouse-Lautrec posters which were put in many places in New York City and the surrounding area. |
1956 |
| IV.214 | Exhibitions:
Turner: Imagination and Reality Correspondence. |
1960-66 |
| IV.215 | Exhibitions:
The Artist in his Studio - Photographs by Alexander Liberman Correspondence. |
1959-60 |
| IV.216 | Exhibitions:
The Bitter Years: 1935-41 Correspondence. |
1962-63 |
| IV.217 | Exhibitions:
The Family of Man Correspondence. |
1955-68 |
| IV.218 | Exhibitions:
The Family of Man Correspondence. |
1955-68 |
| IV.219 | Exhibitions:
Dorothea Lange Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.220 | Exhibitions:
Once Invisible Correspondence. |
1966-67 |
| IV.221 | Exhibitions:
Television U.S.A.: Thirteen Seasons Correspondence, much of it with people at CBS, NBC, and ABC. |
1961-64 |
| IV.222 | Exhibitions:
U.P.A (United Productions of America) Form in the Animated Cartoon Correspondence. |
1955 |
| IV.223 | Proposed Exhibitions: Sam Francis Correspondence. |
1964-65 |
| IV.224 | Proposed Exhibitions: The Heroic Years Brief correspondence between JTS, MW, AHB, and RDH. |
1960-61 |
| IV.225 | Proposed Exhibitions: Landscape Correspondence, copies of articles on landscape gardening. |
1946; 1950 |
| IV.226 | Proposed Exhibitions: Malevich Correspondence. |
1961-67 |
| IV.227 | Proposed Exhibitions: Manet Correspondence. |
1962-65 |
| IV.228 | Proposed Exhibitions: Marlborough Gallery Correspondence |
1963-64 |
| IV.229 | Proposed Exhibitions: Barnett Newman, Stations of the Cross Correspondence. |
1967 |
| IV.230 | Proposed Exhibitions: Signs on Broadway Correspondence and tentative budget. |
1955 |
| IV.231 | Proposed Exhibitions: Noguchi | 1966-67 |
| IV.232 | Film Department Departmental correspondence. |
1967-68 |
| IV.233 | Film Library: Czech Film Project Correspondence. |
1966 |
| IV.234 | Film Library Departmental Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.235 | Film Library: New York Film Festival Correspondence about the first New York Film Festival, which was presented by MoMA, Lincoln Center, and the British Film Institute. |
1963-64 |
| IV.236 | Film Library: Film on the Museum Memos about a proposed film on the Museum. |
1960 |
| IV.237 | Film Library: Dietrich Benefit Correspondence and press release about An Evening with Marlene Dietrich, a gala benefit for the MoMA Film Library on April 7, 1959, preceding the start on April 8 of Marlene Dietrich: Image and Legend - a 12 week program of full-length Dietrich films. |
1959 |
| IV.238 | Film Library: Eastman House Vaults Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| IV.239 | Film Library: Kirk Bond Correspondence. |
1957-58 |
| IV.240 | Film Library Departmental correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.241 | Film Library: 3rd International Art Film Festival in America Correspondence and press release. |
1956-57 |
| IV.242 | Film Library: French Film Cycle Correspondence. |
1956-58 |
| IV.243 | Film Library: Exchange of Films with Rio de Janeiro Correspondence. |
1957-58 |
| IV.244 | Film Library: Film Preservation Correspondence and press release. |
1955-57 |
| IV.245 | Film Library: Puerto Rican Film Evenings Correspondence. |
1957 |
| IV.246 | Film Library: Film Withdrawal Correspondence and schedule of operation costs, 1935-55. |
1956-57 |
| IV.247 | Film Library: Nichtenhauser Report Correspondence and research proposal for completion of a study on the history of medical films by Dr. Adolf Nichtenhauser. |
1952-53 |
| IV.248 | Film Library Departmental correspondence. |
1952-64 |
| IV.249 | Film Library: The Miracle Correspondence and newspaper clippings about Rossellinis film,The Miracle, and Catholic attempts to censor it. |
1950-51 |
| IV.250 | Film Library Departmental correspondence. |
1950-51 |
| IV.251 | Film Library Departmental correspondence. |
1949; 1950-51 |
| IV.252 | Front Desk Correspondence. Sales and admissions reports. |
1965-67 |
| IV.253 | Front Desk Correspondence. |
1959-65 |
| IV.254 | Front Desk Correspondence. |
1957-58 |
| IV.255 | Hospitality Committee Correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| IV.256 | Junior Council Correspondence, minutes of meetings, Annual Reports 1964-65 and 66-67. |
1964-67 |
| IV.257 | Junior Council Correspondence, minutes of meetings, Annual Reports 1961-62, 62-63. |
1959-64 |
| IV.258 | Junior Council:
Recent Painting USA: The Figure Correspondence. |
1960-63 |
| IV.259 | Junior Council: Dimensions Correspondence about Dimensions, the lecture series presented by the Junior Council whose aim was to investigate possible interrelationships between modern art and work being done in other fields with lectures given by leading scholars in those fields. |
1958-60 |
| IV.260 | Junior Council:
Recent Sculpture USA Correspondence; press release including list of artists whose work was shown in the exhibition which was on view May 13 - August 16, 1959. |
1958-59 |
| IV.261 | Junior Council Correspondence, minutes of meetings, Annual Reports 1954-55, 1956-57. |
1954-57 |
| IV.262 | Junior Council - Puerto Rican Films Correspondence, copy of introduction by NAR to two evenings of Puerto Rican films presented by the Junior Council and the Film Library in October 1957. |
1957 |
| IV.263 | Junior Council Benefit -
Recent Drawings USA Correspondence about the benefit opening of the exhibition, Recent Drawings USA, which was presented by the Junior Council. |
1956 |
| IV.264 | Junior Council Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1954-55 |
| IV.265 | Junior Council Correspondence, minutes of meetings, with some material on the Councils art lending service. |
1950-52 |
| IV.266 | Library Departmental correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| IV.267 | Library Departmental correspondence. |
1959-64 |
| IV.268 | Library - Carnegie Slide Project Correspondence. |
1957; 1959 |
| IV.269 | Library Departmental correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.270 | Library Departmental correspondence; report on the library budget. |
1953-55 |
| IV.271 | Library Departmental correspondence. |
1953 |
| IV.272 | Library Departmental correspondence. |
1948-52 |
| IV.273 | Membership Inter-office memoranda and information on membership categories and privileges. Daily record of subscriptions. |
1950-51 |
| IV.274 | Membership - Promotion Some correspondence about high bracket membership and corporate membership. Inter-office memoranda and memoranda on the work of the Coordination Committee, and on fundraising events. |
1949-51 |
| IV.275 | Office Manager Inter-office memoranda re: furniture and telephone installation. |
1955-58 |
| IV.276 | Office Manager Minutes of meeting of the House Committee, 11/02/1951. Memoranda re: relocation of offices, tentative mail room schedule. |
1951 |
| IV.277 | Painting and Sculpture Department Correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| IV.278 | Painting and Sculpture Department Correspondence, much of it with Peter Selz, Curator of the department, and William Seitz, Associate Curator. |
1959-64 |
| IV.279 | Painting and Sculpture Department Correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.280 | Painting and Sculpture Department Correspondence. |
1952-54 |
| IV.281 | Painting and Sculpture Department Correspondence. |
1952-54 |
| IV.282 | Painting and Sculpture Department Correspondence, much of it with Andrew Ritchie, director of the department, and with Porter McCray, director of circulating
exhibitions. |
1950-51 |
| IV.283 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1950-67 |
| IV.284 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1966-67 |
| IV.285 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1967 |
| IV.286 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1966 |
| IV.287 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| IV.288 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1961-64 |
| IV.289 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. Includes doodles. |
1959-60 |
| IV.290 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. Union negotiations for the guards. |
1957 |
| IV.291 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.292 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| IV.293 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. |
1953-54 |
| IV.294 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. Includes doodles. |
1950-51 |
| IV.295 | Personnel Department Applications for jobs and grants addressed to RDH, and his responses. |
1947-51 |
| IV.296 | Personnel Department Departmental correspondence. Museum job outlines. Executive Committee recommendations for changes in organizational structure, 7/24/46. |
1946-51 |
| IV.297 | Photography Department Correspondence, much of it to and from John Szarkowski, Director of the Department. |
1965-67 |
| IV.298 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Correspondence, including several memos from Grace Mayer to RDH. |
1963-66 |
| IV.299 | Photography Department Correspondence. |
1959-64 |
| IV.300 | Photography Department Correspondence. |
1955-57 |
| IV.301 | Photography Department Correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| IV.302 | Photography Department Correspondence. |
1952-53 |
| IV.303 | Photography Department Correspondence. |
1948-51 |
| IV.304 | Print Room Correspondence, much of it with William S. Lieberman, Director of the Department of Drawings and Prints. Material on meetings of the Committee on Drawings and Prints. Material added to this folder in 2026. |
1965-68 |
| IV.305 | Print Room - Stern Collection Correspondence about the gift to the Museums Department of Drawings and Prints of the Louis E. Stern Collection of Illustrated Books. |
1962-66 |
| IV.306 | Print Room - Print Council of America Correspondence. |
1961-64 |
| IV.307 | Print Room Correspondence relating to the Department of Drawings and Prints. |
1958-64 |
| IV.308 | Print Room Problems Correspondence. |
1962-63 |
| IV.309 | Print Room Correspondence. |
1956; 1958 |
| IV.310 | Print Room Correspondence. |
1951-54 |
| IV.311 | Production Department Inter-office memos. |
1960-64 |
| IV.312 | Production Department Inter-office memos. |
1956-57 |
| IV.313 | Production Department Inter-office memos. |
1953-55 |
| IV.314 | Production Department Correspondence and inter-office memos. |
1946-50 |
| IV.315 | Public Information Department Correspondence, much of it with Elizabeth Shaw, director of the department; newspaper clippings. |
1959-64 |
| IV.316 | Public Information Department Correspondence. |
1955-57 |
| IV.317 | Publicity Correspondence. |
1947-52 |
| IV.318 | Registrar Correspondence, annual reports. |
1959-64 |
| IV.319 | Registrar - National Committee to Liberalize the Tariff Laws for Art Correspondence about the senate bill co- sponsored by New York Senator Jacob K. Javits to liberalize the tariff laws for art,
and a copy of the bill. |
1958-59 |
| IV.320 | Registrars Office Departmental correspondence. |
1955-58 |
| IV.321 | Registrars Office Correspondence, annual report 1953-54. |
n.d. |
| IV.322 | Registrars Office Departmental correspondence, and correspondence with other museums about liberalizing tariff laws for works of art. |
1952-53 |
| IV.323 | Registrars Office Departmental correspondence, and correspondence about liberalizing tariff laws for works of art. |
1944-51 |
| IV.324 | Restaurants - Complaints - Union News Company Inter-office memos and correspondence with the Union News Company. |
1953-60 |
| IV.325 | Security Correspondence. |
1959-64 |
| IV.326 | Security Committee Security Committee meeting minutes. |
1955-57 |
| IV.327 | Junior Council - TV Archive Correspondence. |
1964-67 |
| IV.328 | Junior Council - TV Committee Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Junior Council television committee. |
1957 |
| IV.329 | Trustee Committee on Films and Television Agenda and minutes of the first meeting of the Trustee committee on films and television (4/27/56) |
1956 |
| IV.330 | MoMA TV Projects Correspondence about the Museums TV project, which was carried on under a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. |
1954-56 |
| IV.331 | TV for Educational Purposes Correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Metropolitan Educational Television Association. |
1954-55 |
| IV.332 | MoMA TV Projects Correspondence about the Museums TV project, much of it with Douglas MacAgy and with Sidney Peterson, who was a consultant with the project. |
1954-55 |
| IV.333 | MoMA TV Projects Correspondence. |
1953-54 |
| IV.334 | TV for Educational Purposes Correspondence, draft reports. |
1952-53 |
| IV.335 | Treasurers Office Departmental correspondence. |
1959-64 |
| IV.336 | Treasurers Office - Administrative Procedure Statement of policy on administrative procedure of the office (6/4/57), with memos and drafts which preceded it. |
1957 |
| IV.337 | Treasurers Office - Theatre Guild Building Correspondence. |
1955-58 |
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Series V: Special Events 1949-1968 |
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This short series documents some of the important events in René d'Harnoncourt's life, and in the life of the Museum. It starts with correspondence about d'Harnoncourt's appointment as Director of MoMA in 1949, including many letters congratulating him on the appointment, and ends shortly after his retirement and death in 1968. Among the Museum events chronicled in between are a Reception held for Sir Herbert Read in 1954 and a German Film Series, which opened with a gala dinner in October 1957. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| V.1 | René d'Harnoncourt's Appointment as Director of MoMA Letters of congratulation to RDH on his appointment as director of MoMA. |
1949 |
| V.2 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Correspondence and reports about the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, which was opened to the public on April 29, 1953. |
1951-53 |
| V.3 | Death of John Marin Copy of telegram sent to John Marin, Jr. by William Burden, president of MoMA, on the death of John Marin (10/5/53). |
1953 |
| V.4 | Sir Herbert Read Reception Correspondence about the reception held in honor of Sir Herbert Read on April 29, 1954. |
1954 |
| V.5 | Museum of Modern Art Garden Correspondence about the Museums garden, particularly about flowers to be planted in connection with a city project called "Salute to Seasons. |
1957-58 |
| V.6 | Visitors to the Museum Correspondence about visitors to MoMA, including lists of prominent people who were visiting New York. |
1955-58 |
| V.7 | Special Events Schedules of special events at the Museum, minutes of meetings of special events sub-committee. |
1956-58 |
| V.8 | German Art of the 20th Century Correspondence about the exhibition, German Art of the 20th Century. |
1957 |
| V.9 | German Film Series Correspondence about the series of German films, which opened with a gala dinner on October 23, 1957. |
1957-58 |
| V.10 | Changes in Museum Hours Interoffice memoranda about the Museum staying open late on Thursday evenings in the summer. |
1957-1959 |
| V.11 | Special Events Correspondence about special events held at the Museum. |
1959-67 |
| V.12 | Leo Steinberg Lectures Correspondence about three lectures given by Leo Steinberg in early 1960. |
1959-60 |
| V.13 | Rothko Dinner Correspondence about the dinner on January 16, 1961 before the opening of the Mark Rothko exhibition. |
1961 |
| V.14 | International Circulating Exhibitions Cocktail Party Memos about a cocktail party given by RDH and Mrs. d'Harnoncourt at their apartment for members of the International Circulating Exhibitions department and their spouses on June 15, 1961. |
1961 |
| V.15 | International Congress of the History of Art Reception Correspondence about the reception for the delegates of the 20th International Congress of the History of Art given at the Museum on September 11, 1961. |
1961 |
| V.16 | Walking Tours Letters to RDH from people whose buildings were included in Four Walking Tours of Modern Architecture in New York City, thanking him for sending them copies. Among those writing were Edgar M. Bronfman, president of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, (Seagram Building), Norman Tishman, president of Tishman Realty & Construction Co., (Tishman Building and two other buildings erected by the company), and Morgan D. Wheelock, president of The Childrens Aid Society (Lord Memorial Building, East 22nd Street). |
1961 |
| V.17 | Cocktail Party in Honor of Charles and Brigitte Marq Correspondence about a cocktail party given on November 21, 1961 in honor of Charles and Brigitte Marq who collaborated in the execution of Chagalls great Jerusalem Windows at the Hadassah Medical Center, and who were in New York to help with the installation of the Windows for the MoMA exhibition. |
1961 |
| V.18 | Thursday Evening Programs Interoffice memos. Schedules of proposed events for Thursday evenings. Notes on meetings held to discuss Thursday evening programs. |
1961-63 |
| V.19 | The White House Correspondence with the White House. |
1959-63 |
| V.20 | Iris Barry Cocktail Party Correspondence about the cocktail party given by RDH for Iris Barry on October 10, 1963. |
1963 |
| V.21 | Hammarskjold Memorial Correspondence about a memorial for Dag Hammarskjold. |
1963-64 |
| V.22 | Newsweek Article on MoMA Copy of Newsweek cover and article on MoMA (6/1/64). RDH and AHB are on the cover. |
1964 |
| V.23 | Founders Room Interoffice memos about events to be held in the Founders Room. |
1964-67 |
| V.24 | Nelson Rockefellers Retirement Party for René d'Harnoncourt Guest lists and other material on the retirement party for RDH given by Governor and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller in honor of Mr. and Mrs. René d'Harnoncourt on June 11, 1968 at their home in Pocantico Hills, New York. |
1968 |
| V.25 | René d'Harnoncourt's Retirement RDH correspondence April - August 1968. |
1968 |
| V.26 | René d'Harnoncourt's Retirement Correspondence and notes about the staff party in honor of RDH, 6/28/68, and about the staff gift of a KLH stereo system to RDH. |
1968 |
| V.27* | René d'Harnoncourt's Retirement Retirement Scroll signed by staff members, June 28, 1968. Oversize, see flat file. |
1968 |
| V.28 | René d'Harnoncourt's Retirement Rilke poem. See XI.A.2 for the original letter sent from Rilke to RDH dated 3/9/1921. |
1968 |
| V.29 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Memorial tributes and obituaries following RDHs death on August 13, 1968. |
1968 |
| V.30 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death RDHs funeral, August 15, 1968, including copies of statements by NAR, Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, and Bates Lowry. |
1968 |
| V.31 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Memo and notes about the tribute to RDH held in the Museum Sculpture Garden on October 8, 1968. |
1968 |
| V.32 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Copies of the Tribute to RDH (10/8/68). |
1968 |
| V.33 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from International Council and Junior Council members. |
1968 |
| V.34 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from members of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and people connected with Indian affairs. |
1968 |
| V.35 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from officials - government and academic. |
1968 |
| V.36 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from people in the art world. (A-M) |
1968 |
| V.37 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from people in the art world. (N-Z) |
1968 |
| V.38 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from museum/gallery/art world people, with some replies by Mrs. d'Harnoncourt. |
1968 |
| V.39 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from museum/gallery/art world people. |
1968 |
| V.40 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from people associated with the National Council on the Arts. |
1968 |
| V.41 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Correspondence sent to Sarah d'Harnoncourt about donations to the Museum in memory of RDH. |
1968-69 |
| V.42 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt. |
1968 |
| V.43 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt. |
1968 |
| V.44 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from MoMA staff members. |
1968 |
| V.45 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt. |
1968 |
| V.46 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Card from Richard and Louise Lippold. |
1968 |
| V.47 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Copies of condolence letters and telegrams to Sarah d'Harnoncourt and the Museum. |
1968 |
| V.48 | René d'Harnoncourt's Death Lists of names and addresses of people who sent condolence letters and telegrams. |
1968 |
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Series VI: MoMA International Council 1952-1967 |
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This series contains records of The Museum's International Council, which was established in 1953 under d'Harnoncourt's guidance. Included in the records are minutes of meetings, and correspondence about many of the international exhibitions, which were organized during d'Harnoncourt's years as MoMAs director. These include the Venice Biennales and the São Paulo Bienals. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| VI.1 | Venice Biennale Correspondence. |
1966-68 |
| VI.2 | Venice Biennale Correspondence about the 1962 Venice Biennale at which the American exhibition was organized by MoMA. |
1962 |
| VI.3 | Venice Biennale Correspondence about the 1962 Venice Biennale at which the American exhibition was organized by MoMA. |
1962 |
| VI.4 | Venice Biennale Correspondence about the 1958 Venice Biennale at which the American exhibition was organized by MoMA. |
1957-58 |
| VI.5 | Venice Biennale Correspondence about the 1956 Venice Biennale at which the American exhibition was organized by the Art Institute of Chicago at MoMAs invitation. |
1955-57 |
| VI.6 | Venice Biennale Correspondence about the 1954 Venice Biennale at which the American exhibition was organized by MoMA. Also correspondence about the 1954 purchase by the Museum of the American pavilion in Venice from the Grand Central Art Galleries. |
1953-54 |
| VI.7 | Venice Biennale and São Paulo Bienal Lists of American exhibitions held at the Venice Biennale and the São Paulo Bienal 1950-60. |
1950-60 |
| VI.8 | São Paulo Bienal Correspondence about the 1961 São Paulo Bienal at which the U.S. exhibition was organized by MoMA. |
1960-63 |
| VI.9 | São Paulo Bienal Correspondence about the 1957 São Paulo Bienal at which the U.S. exhibition was organized by MoMA, and the 1959 Bienal which was organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts at MoMAs invitation. |
1956-59 |
| VI.10 | São Paulo Bienal Correspondence about the 1955 São Paulo Bienal at which the U.S. exhibition was organized by the San Francisco Museum of Art (with the collaboration of the Los Angeles County Museum) at MoMAs invitation. |
1955-56 |
| VI.11 | São Paulo Bienal Correspondence about the 1953-54 São Paulo Bienal at which the U.S. exhibition was organized by MoMA. |
1953-54 |
| VI.12 | São Paulo Bienal Photographs, plans for assembling Calder works for the exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| VI.13 | Mark Rothko Exhibition Correspondence about the Rothko exhibition held in Paris, 12/62. |
1962-65 |
| VI.14 | Latin American Program Correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| VI.15 | International Council - General 1965-67 Correspondence, minutes of meetings, lists of exhibitions being sponsored by the Council. |
1965-67 |
| VI.16 | Musée Rodin (Paris) American Sculpture Exhibition - Summer 1965 Correspondence about the exhibition,
Modern Sculpture: U.S.A., sponsored by the International Council of MoMA, held at the Musée Rodin, Paris, 6/22-10/10/65. Correspondents include RDH,
Madame Cecile Goldscheider, conservateur of the Musée Rodin, Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, president of the International Council,
Waldo Rasmussen, Frank OHara, and Alicia Legg. |
1964-66 |
| VI.17 | David Smith Exhibition Correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| VI.18 | Art Israel Exhibition Correspondence. |
1964-66 |
| VI.19 | Overseas Library Committee Correspondence about the International Councils Library Overseas Program. |
1965-67 |
| VI.20 | American Sculpture Exhibition Correspondence about showings of the exhibition Modern Sculpture: U.S.A. in other European cities after it closed in Paris. |
1965-66 |
| VI.21 | Art in Embassies Project Correspondence, minutes of meetings, lists of works of art loaned to U.S. embassies throughout the world. |
1964-67 |
| VI.22 | Art in Embassies Project Correspondence between RDH and Robert H. Thayer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, about a report that Mr. Thayer was preparing for the Secretary of State about problems related to installing American art in embassies abroad. |
1961 |
| VI.23 | Murrow correspondence Brief correspondence with Edward R. Murrow, Director, U.S. Information Agency. |
1962-63 |
| VI.24 | Tax Bill - 1964 Correspondence about the Revenue Act of 1964. |
1964 |
| VI.25 | Loans to Secretary of State Rusk Inter-office correspondence about Secretary of State Dean Rusks request for pictures for his office and reception rooms. |
1961-62 |
| VI.26 | White House Conference on International Cooperation Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 1965 Correspondence and programs. |
1965-66 |
| VI.27 | Pan American Building Brief correspondence about a meeting to be attended by Walter Gropius, Richard Lippold, Pietro Belluschi, RDH, and Juan Trippe
to discuss the sculpture by Lippold to be installed in the Pan Am Building. |
1961 |
| VI.28 | Goldberg Correspondence RDH correspondence with Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, later Supreme Court Justice, and with his wife. |
1961-64 |
| VI.29 | Kennedy Correspondence Correspondence with Mrs. John F. Kennedy and her social secretary, Letitia Baldrige, about Mrs. Kennedy agreeing to become
an Honorary Member of the International Council. Correspondence also about Mrs. Kennedy agreeing to present a portfolio on
the Childrens Art Carnival - which the Council and The Asia Society were donating to the National Childrens Museum of New
Delhi - to Mrs. Indira Gandhi while on her trip to India. |
1962-63 |
| VI.30 | Inter-American Foundation for the Arts Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| VI.31 | International Cooperation Year - 1965 Correspondence and copy of the report of the Committee on Painting, Sculpture, and the Crafts. |
1965 |
| VI.32 | The White House Festival of the Arts - June 14, 1965 Program of the days events. |
1965 |
| VI.33 | Inter-American Foundation for the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1963-65 |
| VI.34 | La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris Correspondence and brochures about the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and the American Center for Students and Artists which became affiliated with it - offering ateliers and studios for painters, sculptors, musicians, etc. |
1962-65 |
| VI.35 | Department of State State Department press releases on cultural exchange. |
1962-63 |
| VI.36 | American Iron and Steel Institute Sculpture Competition Correspondence about the sculpture competition organized by the steel industry to commemorate the second century of steel
making in the United States. |
1964-65 |
| VI.37 | William Zorach Fountain Correspondence about the gift of a fountain to the City of Bath, Maine, by William Zorach. |
1960 |
| VI.38 | Freedom from Hunger Campaign Brief correspondence about possibility of a Freedom from Hunger exhibition similar to the Museums Family of Man exhibition. Printed material. |
1964 |
| VI.39 | Look Magazine Article on Indian Art Text of a brief article on Indian Art and the photographs which accompanied it in Look magazine. RDH is mentioned in the article and helped in its preparation. |
1963 |
| VI.40 | Postal Rates Correspondence about proposed postal rate increases. |
1961 |
| VI.41 | Equitable Life Assurance Society Correspondence. |
1961-62; 1965 |
| VI.42 | Department of State - Educational and Cultural Affairs RDH correspondence with Max Isenbergh, about the possibility of government support for the Venice Biennale, and with Mr. Isenbergh and Lucius Battle about the selection of pictures from the Downtown Gallery to be loaned to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. |
1962 |
| VI.43 | The School of Paris Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition The School of Paris: Paintings from the FloRené May Schoenborn & Samuel A. Marx Collection which, following its showing in New York, went to Chicago, St. Louis, Mexico City, and San Francisco. |
1964-66 |
| VI.44 | The School of Paris Exhibition Photographs and newspaper clippings of the opening of the exhibition The School of Paris at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 7/2/66, which was attended by RDH and other members of the International Council. |
1966 |
| VI.45 | Japanese Show Voluminous correspondence about the possibility of an exhibition of Japanese art at MoMA, and an exhibition of American art in Japan. Correspondents include Waldo Rasmussen, RDH, William S. Lieberman, and Porter McCray. Reports on the second United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange, 10/16-22/63. |
1961-64 |
| VI.46 | International Circulating Exhibitions Correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| VI.47 | Orangerie Exhibition Correspondence, summary of first meeting of selection committee for exhibition of 19th century French paintings in U.S. collections
to be held in the Orangerie, Paris, in early 1955 (11/23/54). The exhibition was shown under the title
De David a Toulouse-Lautrec, 4/21-7/3/55. |
1954 |
| VI.48 | Orangerie Exhibition Correspondence. |
1954 |
| VI.49 | Orangerie Exhibition Extensive correspondence, press release giving names of exhibition committee members and other details about the exhibition (1/19/55). |
1955 |
| VI.50 | Orangerie Exhibition Correspondence. |
1955 |
| VI.51 | Belgrade Exhibition Correspondence about the International Programs exhibition Modern Art in the United States held in Belgrade (7/6-8/6/56). |
1956 |
| VI.52 | Proposed American Indian Exhibition in Europe Correspondence. |
1955-56 |
| VI.53 | Avalon Foundation - International Program Correspondence and material relating to a request for a grant from the Avalon Foundation. |
1958 |
| VI.54 | Barcelona Exhibition Correspondence about an exhibition, Modern Art in the United States - Selections from the Collections of The Museum of Modern Art presented at the III Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte, Barcelona 9/24-10/24/55. |
1955-56 |
| VI.55 | Design Show in India Correspondence about the design exhibition in India, and about American participation in the 3rd International Contemporary Art Exhibition, sponsored by the All-India Fine Arts Society, which was organized by MoMA. |
1956-59 |
| VI.56 | The Hague Exhibition Copy of foreword to catalogue of exhibition, Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of The Museum of Modern Art, by RDH. Copy letter Porter McCray - Earle Balch, Cultural Affairs Officer, USIS, (3/7/56) about press reaction to the opening of the exhibition. |
1956 |
| VI.57 | Industrial Design Show - Japan Correspondence about the exhibition 20th Century Design in Europe and America: Selections from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, held in Japan in early 1957. |
1956-58 |
| VI.58 | Italian Art Brief correspondence and project proposal for an exhibition of 20th century art from American collections. |
1958-59 |
| VI.59 | Watercolor Show - France Correspondence about an exhibition, Recent American Watercolors, shown in Paris and other French cities. |
1956 |
| VI.60 | International Council - Ad Hoc Committee Correspondence and minutes of meetings. |
1956 |
| VI.61 | Frankfurt Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition
Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, held in Frankfurt. |
1955-56 |
| VI.62 | Munch Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition at MoMA of graphic work by Edvard Munch on loan from Oslo. (2/5/-3/3/57). |
1956-57 |
| VI.63 | American Room, UNESCO headquarters, Paris Correspondence about the painting to be hung in the UNESCO building, Paris. |
1958 |
| VI.64 | Latin American Architecture Exhibition, Panama Correspondence about the proposed showing of the exhibition Latin American Architecture Since 1945 in Panama. |
1958 |
| VI.65 | Madrid Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition The New American Painting shown at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid (7/16-8/15/58), and about RDHs visit to Madrid for the exhibition opening. |
1958-59 |
| VI.66 | Tate Gallery Correspondence about the exhibition Modern Art in the United States: Selection from the Collections of The Museum of Modern Art shown at the Tate Gallery. |
1955-57 |
| VI.67 | Musée Rodin Correspondence about American participation in an international sculpture exhibition to be shown in the garden of the Musée Rodin. |
1955-56 |
| VI.68 | Vienna Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition Modern Art in the United States shown at the Vienna Secession. RDH gave an introductory lecture on the exhibition in German (5/10/56). |
1956 |
| VI.69 | Zurich Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition Modern Art in the United States shown in Zurich. |
1955 |
| VI.70 | International Council Brochure Drafts of International Council brochure. |
1956-57 |
| VI.71 | MoMA International Activities Report on International Activities of The Museum of Modern Art, 1952-56. |
1952-56 |
| VI.72 | International Council of The Museum of Modern Art 1953-54 Minutes of meetings, interoffice correspondence about the formation of the International Council. |
1953-54 |
| VI.73 | Family of Man Exhibition in Moscow Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VI.74 | Brussels Universal & International Exhibition, 1958 (Worlds Fair) Correspondence, minutes of meetings of Fine Arts Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission for the Brussels Universal & International Exhibition, 1958. |
1957-58 |
| VI.75 | Brussels Universal & International Exhibition, 1958 (Worlds Fair) Press release from the office of the United States Commissioner General to the Brussels Worlds Fair - 1958 (1/22/58). Blueprints and plans of the U.S. Pavilion at the Fair. |
1958 |
| VI.76 | Program Committee Meeting Agenda, project proposals for the Program Committee meeting (5/19/58). |
1957-58 |
| VI.77 | International Council - General Correspondence. |
1958 |
| VI.78 | International Council - General Correspondence, press releases. |
1957 |
| VI.79 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1956 |
| VI.80 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1955 |
| VI.81 | French Drawing Exhibition Correspondence about the exhibition French Drawings from American Collections shown at the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam (7/30/58-9/28/58) and the Orangerie, Paris (10/24/58-1/2/59). |
1958-61 |
| VI.82 | Muse National dArt Moderne, Paris Correspondence about the exhibition American Art of the Twentieth Century, shown at the Musée National dArt Moderne as part of the Salut a la France (4/2/55-5/15/55). |
1954-55 |
| VI.83 | Muse National dArt Moderne, Paris Correspondence about the exhibition American Art of the Twentieth Century, information (in French) about Salut a la France and MoMA, and a motion picture scenario of Salut a la France. |
1955 |
| VI.84 | Proposed Exhibition at the Grand Palais, Paris Correspondence about a proposed exhibition on building techniques to be held at the Grand Palais, Paris. |
1954-58 |
| VI.85 | Committee for International Cultural Exchange Correspondence, reports. |
1960-61 |
| VI.86 | Biennale de Paris 1963 Correspondence about the 3rd Paris Biennale, which RDH participated in. |
1961-63 |
| VI.87 | Biennale de Paris 1959 Correspondence about the 1st Paris Biennale. |
1959 |
| VI.88 | International Council - General Correspondence. |
1965-68 |
| VI.89 | International Study Center Contribution by the Joseph G. Mayer Foundation to the Lillie P. Bliss International Study Center. |
1968 |
| VI.90 | International Program Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VI.91 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1958-59 |
| VI.92 | International Program - Pollock (sic) Paintings Correspondence about disputed ownership of two paintings by Jackson Pollock. Survey of press reaction to the exhibition Jackson Pollock: 1912-1956 shown at the 4th São Paulo Bienal and on tour to several cities in Europe. |
1958-59 |
| VI.93 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1960-61 |
| VI.94 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1961-64 |
| VI.95 | Battersea Park Project Correspondence about the exhibition of American sculpture in Battersea Park, London, in summer 1963. |
1962-63 |
| VI.96 | Latin American Program Correspondence. |
1962-64 |
| VI.97 | Art in Embassies Project Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1958-64 |
| VI.98 | Art in Embassies Project Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1961-62 |
| VI.99 | Art in Embassies Project Minutes of meetings, list of works of art loaned to American embassies throughout the world. |
1961 |
| VI.100 | International Program Correspondence, informal review of the activities of the International Program, 10/54-11/55. |
1954-55 |
| VI.101 | International Council Symposium, May 1955 Correspondence about the symposium held at the end of the International Councils first annual conference, 5/12/55. Copy of the proceedings of the symposium including addresses by George Kennan, Aline Saarinen, and Ahmed Bokhari. |
1955 |
| VI.102 | International Program - Office Space Memos from Porter McCray to RDH about office space needed for his staff. |
1959 |
| VI.103 | International Program Lists of international circulating exhibitions, 1957-61. |
1957-61 |
| VI.104 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings, list of circulating exhibitions, 1963-64. |
1960-64 |
| VI.105 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of the Council 8th annual meeting, 11/10-11/11/64, and report on meeting of the Council Program Committee, 10/22/64. |
1964 |
| VI.106 | International Council - General Correspondence. |
1963 |
| VI.107 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of spring meeting, Houston, 5/3-5/4/63. |
1963 |
| VI.108 | International Council - General Minutes of meetings. |
1963 |
| VI.109 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1961-63 |
| VI.110 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1962 |
| VI.111 | International Council - General Minutes of the spring meeting, 5/1/62. List of international circulating exhibitions. |
1962 |
| VI.112 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1961 |
| VI.113 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1960-61 |
| VI.114 | International Council - General Correspondence, copy of Council by-laws and proposed amendments to the by-laws, press releases. |
1960-61 |
| VI.115 | International Council - General Correspondence, minutes of spring meeting, 4/29/65. |
1965 |
| VI.116 | International Council - General Minutes of meetings. |
1967 |
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Series VII: Correspondence with outside organizations 1940s-1968 |
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This series encompasses René d'Harnoncourt's correspondence with outside organizations, both in his capacity as Director of the Museum, and in some cases, as with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, as a continuation of responsibilities and connections made before his association with MoMA. In many cases, d'Harnoncourt was a director or member of the Board of Trustees of these other organizations. Included in the series is d'Harnoncourt correspondence with the American Association of Museums, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Craftsmans Council, the American Federation of Arts, the Association of Art Museum Directors, the Brearley School (which was attended by his daughter, Anne), the Center for Inter-American Relations, the Century Club, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Association of American Indian Affairs, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, the Municipal Art Society, the Museum of Primitive Art, the Museum Council of New York City, the National Book Committee, the National Council on the Arts, the New York State Association of Museums, the New York Worlds Fair 1964-65 Corporation, UNESCO and the International Concil of Museums (ICOM), the United States Air Force Academy, and the John Hay Whitney Foundation. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| VII.1 | Academy of American Poets Brief correspondence and information about the Academy of American Poets, of which RDH agreed to be listed as a sponsor. |
1963 |
| VII.2 | Albany - Project for the South Mall Correspondence; photographs. |
1965-68 |
| VII.3 | American Association of Museums Correspondence, reports, information on meetings of the Association. |
1960-64 |
| VII.4 | American Association of Museums Correspondence, reports, information on meetings of the Association. |
1958-59 |
| VII.5 | American Association of Museums Correspondence, reports, information on meetings of the Association. |
1956-57 |
| VII.6 | American Association of Museums Correspondence, reports, information on meetings of the Association. |
1950-51 |
| VII.7 | American Civil Liberties Union Minutes of Censorship Committee meetings. |
1960-61 |
| VII.8 | American Civil Liberties Union Correspondence, minutes of Censorship Panel meetings. |
1956-57 |
| VII.9 | American Council on Education Correspondence, minutes of meetings of Committee on Leaders and Specialists of which RDH was a member. |
1959-62 |
| VII.10 | American Council of Learned Societies Report on a program for a national organization devoted to the advancement of the humanistic studies (American Council of Learned Societies). |
1956-57 |
| VII.11 | American Council of Learned Societies Correspondence; report on a conference on Living in Industrial Civilization, which was attended by RDH. |
1950-51 |
| VII.12 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1967-68 |
| VII.13 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1967-68 |
| VII.14 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1965-66 |
| VII.15 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1965-66 |
| VII.16 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.17 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.18 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1958-59 |
| VII.19 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1956-57 |
| VII.20 | American Craftsmens Council Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the American Craftsmens Council, and some correspondence related to the meetings. |
1954-55 |
| VII.21 | American Craftsmens Educational Council Correspondence and minutes of trustees meetings. |
1952-53 |
| VII.22 | American Craftsmens Educational Council Correspondence, reports, and minutes of trustees meetings. |
1946-51 |
| VII.23 | American Craftsmens Educational Council Correspondence, reports, and minutes of trustees meetings. |
1946-51 |
| VII.24 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of trustees meetings; correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| VII.25 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of trustees meetings; correspondence. |
1960-64 |
| VII.26 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of trustees meetings, correspondence. |
1960-64 |
| VII.27 | American Federation of Arts 1963 Convention Correspondence about AFA convention held in Fort Worth, Texas (5/22 - 5/24/63). |
1962-63 |
| VII.28 | American Federation of Arts 50th Anniversary - 1959 Correspondence about the awards made as part of the AFAs 50th Anniversary celebration. |
1958-59 |
| VII.29 | American Federation of Arts Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.30 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee. Some correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.31 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of meetings, correspondence, material on AFA 1957 Convention. |
1956-57 |
| VII.32 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of meetings, correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| VII.33 | American Federation of Arts Minutes of meetings, correspondence. |
1954-55 |
| VII.34 | American Federation of Arts Correspondence, minutes of trustees meetings. |
1950-51 |
| VII.35 | American Federation of Arts
Magazine of Art Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings of editorial board of the Magazine of Art. |
1950-51 |
| VII.36 | American Studies Association Membership letter and note that dues have been sent. |
1958-59 |
| VII.37 | University of the Andes Foundation Correspondence, minutes of meetings of members and directors. |
1963-64 |
| VII.38 | University of the Andes Foundation Correspondence; statement about University of the Andes; list of members of the board of directors. |
1958-59 |
| VII.39 | Artist Tenants Association Correspondence, notices about the association, minutes of meeting of the association with art organizations, 5/21/64. |
1964 |
| VII.40 | Artists Equity Association Correspondence. Resolutions passed at the Third Woodstock Art Conference, 9/1- 9/2/50. |
1949-51 |
| VII.41 | Association of Art Museum Directors Minutes of the annual meetings of AAMD, correspondence. |
1965-67 |
| VII.42 | Association of Art Museum Directors Minutes of meetings, correspondence. |
1960-61 |
| VII.43 | Association of Art Museum Directors Minutes of meetings, correspondence. |
1960-62 |
| VII.44 | Association of Art Museum Directors Minutes of meetings, correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.45 | Association of Art Museum Directors Reports on the 37th and 39th sessions of AAMD. |
1955-57 |
| VII.46 | Association of Art Museum Directors Reports on the 31st and 32nd sessions of AAMD. |
1949-51 |
| VII.47 | The Brearley School Correspondence, minutes of trustees meetings. |
1960-67 |
| VII.48 | The Brearley School Correspondence, minutes of trustees meetings. |
1958-59 |
| VII.49 | The Brearley School Minutes of trustees meetings, financial statements. |
1955-57 |
| VII.50 | The Brearley School Correspondence, minutes of trustees meetings. |
1952-55 |
| VII.51 | Amon Carter Museum of Western Art RDH correspondence with Mitchell Wilder, director of the Amon Carter Museum, newspaper clippings. |
1965-68 |
| VII.52 | Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Agendas for trustees meetings. |
1965-67 |
| VII.53 | Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Proposed budgets, financial statement. |
1965-68 |
| VII.54 | Amon Carter Museum of Western Art RDH correspondence with Mitchell Wilder, director of the Amon Carter Museum, and with Mrs. J. Lee Johnson III (Ruth), daughter of Amon Carter, and chairman of the board of the Museum. Newspaper clippings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.55 | Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Agendas and minutes of trustees meetings. |
1961-64 |
| VII.56 | Center for Inter-American Relations Correspondence. Newspaper clippings about the opening of the Center at 680 Park Avenue, New York on September 18, 1967. List
of board of directors. |
1967-68 |
| VII.57 | Center for Inter-American Relations General statement of the purpose and program of the Center, its history, structure, and by-laws, minutes of meetings, material on programs to be organized by the Center, and on its library. |
1967-68 |
| VII.58 | Center for Inter-American Relations Correspondence and plans for the Center. |
1966 |
| VII.59 | Century Club Correspondence about prospective members of the Century Association. |
1963-68 |
| VII.60 | Century Club Correspondence. |
1960-64 |
| VII.61 | Century Club Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.62 | Century Club Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Committee on Exhibitions of the Century Association. |
1955-57 |
| VII.63 | Century Club Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Committee on Exhibitions of the Century Association. |
1954-55 |
| VII.64 | Century Club Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Committee on Exhibitions of the Century Association. |
1952-53 |
| VII.65 | Century Club Photographs and correspondence, some of it about exhibitions at the Century Club organized by RDH, minutes of meetings of
the Committee on Exhibitions of the Century Association. |
1947-51 |
| VII.66 | Century Club Correspondence, some of it about exhibitions at the Century Club organized by RDH, minutes of meetings of the Committee on Exhibitions of the Century Association. |
1947-51 |
| VII.67 | Century 21 Exposition - Seattle Correspondence, minutes of meeting of subcommittee on the People Division of the Century 21 Exposition (1/17/59), brochure on the Exposition. |
1958-62 |
| VII.68 | College Art Association Correspondence, notices about meetings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.69 | College Art Association Correspondence, notices about meetings. |
1958-59 |
| VII.70 | College Art Association Correspondence, notices about meetings. |
1955-57 |
| VII.71 | Columbia University - Advisory Council of the Department of Art History and Archaeology Correspondence, minutes of advisory council meetings, reports. |
1965-68 |
| VII.72 | Columbia University - Advisory Council of the Department of Art History and Archaeology Correspondence, minutes of advisory council meetings, reports. |
1960-64 |
| VII.73 | Columbia University - Advisory Council of the Department of Art History and Archaeology Correspondence, minutes of advisory council meetings, reports. |
1960-64 |
| VII.74 | Columbia University - Art Center Correspondence and brochure on a proposed art center. |
1959 |
| VII.75 | Columbia University - Art Scholarship Benefit Correspondence and other material on a benefit exhibition for the scholarship fund of the Department of Fine Arts and Archaeology to be held at the Knoedler Gallery 10/13-11/8/59. |
1959 |
| VII.76 | Cooper Union Museum Correspondence about the proposed dispersal of the collection of the Cooper Union Museum. |
1963 |
| VII.77 | Council on Foreign Relations Correspondence, notices about meetings. |
1952-64 |
| VII.78 | Committee to Rescue Italian Art Announcement and other material about two fellowships to be awarded by CRIA, the Committee to Rescue Italian Art founded after the floods in Florence and Venice in November 1966. |
1966-70 |
| VII.79 | Dartmouth College - Hopkins Center, Crafts Advisory Group Correspondence and other material on the Crafts Advisory Group, of which RDH was a member. |
1962-65 |
| VII.80 | Drawing Society, Inc. Correspondence. |
1960-63 |
| VII.81 | Economic Cooperation Administration, Washington Correspondence between RDH, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., and Robert R. Mullen Director, Office of Information, and Donald W. Dresden, Chief, Special Media Branch, Economic Cooperation Administration about an exhibition showing American design in home furnishings and related fields to be shown in the principal cities of Europe. |
1950-51 |
| VII.82 | Empire State Music Festival, Inc. Correspondence between RDH and Frank Forest, president, Empire State Music Festival. Newspaper clippings and other material on the festival. |
1959-63 |
| VII.83 | Everson Museum, Syracuse, N.Y. 1 TLS Rodman Rockefeller - RDH (11/29/67) enclosing I.M. Pei drawings of the Everson Museum. |
1967 |
| VII.84 | Finch College Museum of Art Catalogs of exhibitions sent in relation to an application for employment at MoMA. |
1966 |
| VII.85 | Ford Foundation Correspondence relating to attempt to get financial help from the Ford Foundation for the exhibition,
The Family of Man, and other exhibitions. Ford Foundation annual reports. |
1950-52 |
| VII.86 | France-America Society Correspondence. Annual booklets for members. |
1959-65 |
| VII.87 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, copies of Bills, copies of the Congressional Record. |
1955-56 |
| VII.88 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, copies of Bills, copies of the Congressional Record. |
1955-56 |
| VII.89 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, copies of Bills, copies of the Congressional Record. |
1955-56 |
| VII.90 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, copies of Bills, copies of the Congressional Record. |
1955-56 |
| VII.91 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, copies of Bills, copies of the Congressional Record, reports. |
1954-55 |
| VII.92 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, etc. |
1954-55 |
| VII.93 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, etc. |
1954-55 |
| VII.94 | Committee on Government and Art Correspondence, report on proposed UNESCO program. |
1951-52 |
| VII.95 | Glen Canyon Dam Project - Colorado River, Arizona RDH correspondence with John DeWitt and others at the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, about selecting an Indian sculptor to create a work suitable for space near the dam. Photographs of the dam. |
1965-66 |
| VII.96 | Grand Coulee Dam Project - Columbia River, Washington RDH correspondence with John DeWitt and others at the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, about the Grand
Coulee Dam Powerplant project. Correspondence about RDHs agreeing to serve again on the Bureau of Reclamations board of artistic
consultants. |
1966-68 |
| VII.97 | Glen Canyon Dam and Grand Coulee Dam Projects Photographs, preliminary design studies. |
1967-68 |
| VII.98 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RDH references for applicants seeking Guggenheim Fellowships. |
1962-66 |
| VII.99 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RDH references for applicants seeking Guggenheim Fellowships. |
1952-59 |
| VII.100 | Hanover Institute Correspondence with the Hanover Institute, which was conducting research on the nature of perception. Hanover Institute publications. |
1946-48 |
| VII.101 | International Council of Museums - ICOM Correspondence, reports. |
1948-51 |
| VII.102 | International Council of Museums - ICOM Correspondence, reports. |
1948-51 |
| VII.103 | International Council of Museums - ICOM Report on 4th general conference of ICOM (7/2 - 7/9/56) (In French) and correspondence regarding the MoMA fire of 1958. Material added to this folder in 2025. |
1956-1958 |
| VII.104 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1967-68 |
| VII.105 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1965-66 |
| VII.106 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.107 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.108 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1958-59 |
| VII.109 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1957 |
| VII.110 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1956 |
| VII.111 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1956 |
| VII.112 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1955 |
| VII.113 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1954-55 |
| VII.114 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1950-51 |
| VII.115 | Association on American Indian Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1940s |
| VII.116 | Center for Arts of Indian America Correspondence, newspaper clippings. |
1965-68 |
| VII.117 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, material on exhibitions. |
1967-68 |
| VII.118 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, material on exhibitions. |
1965-66 |
| VII.119 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, material on exhibitions. |
1965-66 |
| VII.120 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, material on exhibitions. |
1965-66 |
| VII.121 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, material on exhibitions. |
1963-64 |
| VII.122 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, material on exhibitions. |
1963-64 |
| VII.123 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence. |
1960-62 |
| VII.124 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Reports. |
1961-62 |
| VII.125 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence. |
1960-62 |
| VII.126 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, reports, material on exhibitions. |
1960 |
| VII.127 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.128 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence. |
1958 |
| VII.129 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1955-57 |
| VII.130 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1955-57 |
| VII.131 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, reports. |
1954-55 |
| VII.132 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, reports. |
1953-54 |
| VII.133 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence. |
1950-52 |
| VII.134 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
195051 |
| VII.135 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence. |
1947-48 |
| VII.136 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board - Alaska Correspondence, reports. |
1945-50 |
| VII.137 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Collection of reports and documents concerning the activities of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, 1936-43. |
1943 |
| VII.138 | Institute of Ethnic Affairs Correspondence, minutes of meetings, news letters. |
1945-50 |
| VII.139 | Institute of International Education Correspondence, reports. |
1960-68 |
| VII.140 | Institute of International Education Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.141 | Institute of International Education Correspondence, reports. |
1955-57 |
| VII.142 | Institute of International Education Correspondence, letters of recommendation, reports on Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other awards available. |
1950-52 |
| VII.143 | Institute of Inter-American Affairs Correspondence, photographs, and reports on RDHs trip to several countries in South America in 1953 to evaluate the state of crafts production (manual industry). |
1953 |
| VII.144 | Laboratory of Anthropology Correspondence, minutes of meetings, newsletters. |
1944-47 |
| VII.145 | LaGuardia Memorial Correspondence. |
1963-64 |
| VII.146 | Lincoln Center Correspondence. |
1965-66 |
| VII.147 | Lincoln Center Correspondence and other material on the planning and construction of Lincoln Center. |
1960-64 |
| VII.148 | Lincoln Center Correspondence and other material on the planning and construction of Lincoln Center. |
1960-64 |
| VII.149 | Lincoln Center Correspondence and other material on the planning and construction of Lincoln Center. |
1958-59 |
| VII.150 | Mead Atlanta Project Correspondence with the Mead Packaging corporation in Atlanta about their annual Painting of the Year competition. |
1961-64 |
| VII.151 | Metropolitan Educational Television Association Memo (8/8/61) and court order (5/2/61) noting the demise of META. |
1961 |
| VII.152 | Metropolitan Educational Television Association Some correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1957-59 |
| VII.153 | Metropolitan Educational Television Association Some correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1957 |
| VII.154 | Metropolitan Educational Television Association Some correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1956 |
| VII.155 | Metropolitan Educational Television Association Some correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1955-56 |
| VII.156 | Metropolitan Educational Television Association Some correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1954-55 |
| VII.157 | Municipal Art Society Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1967 |
| VII.158 | Municipal Art Society Correspondence, list of members. |
1965-66 |
| VII.159 | Municipal Art Society Minutes of meetings. |
1965-66 |
| VII.160 | Municipal Art Society Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1964 |
| VII.161 | Museum of African Art Correspondence, material on the museum, and on a book on African art in American collections by Warren Robbins, the museums founder and director. |
1964-66 |
| VII.162 | Museum of Primitive Art Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1965-67 |
| VII.163 | Museum of Primitive Art Correspondence about the Museum of Primitive Art exhibition which was held at the Whitney Museum. |
1966 |
| VII.164 | Museum of Primitive Art Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1962-64 |
| VII.165 | Museum of Primitive Art Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1954-61 |
| VII.166 | Museum of Primitive Art Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1956-57 |
| VII.167 | Museum of Primitive Art - Zenith Radio Corporation RDH correspondence with the president of Zenith Radio Corporation following a Time magazine article on the Museum of Primitive Art. |
1954 |
| VII.168 | Museum of Primitive Art Photographs. |
1947 |
| VII.169 | Museum of Primitive Art Elsing Collection photographs and brochure. |
1960 |
| VII.170 | Museum of Primitive Art Photograph of Andean rug. |
1955 |
| VII.171 | Museum of Primitive Art Drawing by RDH. |
(n.d.) |
| VII.172 | Museums Council of New York City Minutes of meetings, calendars of press and private previews of new exhibitions. |
1960-61 |
| VII.173 | Museums Council of New York City Correspondence, notices about meetings, list of comparative attendance at New York City museums, schedules of events. |
1957-59 |
| VII.174 | Museums Council of New York City Correspondence, minutes of meetings, schedules of events. |
1955-57 |
| VII.175 | Museums Council of New York City Correspondence, schedules of events. |
1954 |
| VII.176 | National Book Committee Minutes of meetings, press releases |
1965 |
| VII.177 | National Book Committee Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1960-64 |
| VII.178 | National Book Committee Minutes of meetings. |
1958-59 |
| VII.179 | National Book Committee Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1955-57 |
| VII.180 | National Book Committee Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1954 |
| VII.181 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, June 1968 Correspondence. |
1968 |
| VII.182 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, June 1968 Agenda. |
1968 |
| VII.183 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, April 1968 Agenda. |
1968 |
| VII.184 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, Nov. 1967 Agenda. |
1967 |
| VII.185 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, Nov. 1967 Correspondence, reports on grants. |
1967 |
| VII.186 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, May, 1967 Reports on grants. |
1967 |
| VII.187 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, Dec. 1966 Correspondence, reports on grants. |
1966 |
| VII.188 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, August, 1966 Agenda. |
1966 |
| VII.189 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, August 1966 Correspondence, reports on grants. |
1966 |
| VII.190 | National Council on Arts Meeting, May 1966, 1966 | Agenda. |
| VII.191 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, Feb.1966 Agenda. |
1966 |
| VII.192 | National Council on the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1967-68 |
| VII.193 | National Council on the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1967-68 |
| VII.194 | National Council on the Arts Grant requests A - L |
1966-67 |
| VII.195 | National Council on the Arts Grant requests M - Z |
1966-67 |
| VII.196 | National Council on the Arts Correspondence and other material on Title III Workshop held in Albany by New York State Museum and Science Service on 10/20/66 for the museum profession. |
1966 |
| VII.197 | National Council on the Arts - Amon Carter Museum Grant Correspondence, grant proposal. |
1966 |
| VII.198 | National Council on the Arts - National Endowment for the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1966 |
| VII.199 | National Council on the Arts - National Endowment for the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1966 |
| VII.200 | National Council on the Arts - National Endowment for the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1966 |
| VII.201 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, Nov. 1965 Agenda and meeting schedule, reports. |
1965 |
| VII.202 | National Council on the Arts Congressional Record. |
1965 |
| VII.203 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, June 1965 Agenda, reports. |
1965 |
| VII.204 | National Council on the Arts Meeting, April 1965 Agenda for the first meeting of the National Council on the Arts held in Washington, D.C., 4/9-4/10/65. |
1965 |
| VII.205 | National Council on the Arts Correspondence. |
1964-65 |
| VII.206 | National Council on the Arts Correspondence, reports. |
1964-65 |
| VII.207 | National Council on the Arts and Government Correspondence. |
1962-64 |
| VII.208 | National Council on the Arts and Government Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1961-64 |
| VII.209 | Presidents Advisory Council on the Arts Reports, press releases. |
1963 |
| VII.210 | National Council for U.S. Art Correspondence, press releases, reports. |
1954-59 |
| VII.211 | Netherlands Information Bureau RDH correspondence with the Netherlands Information Bureau about a collection of objects from Surinam which were on loan to MoMA. |
1944 |
| VII.212 | Netherlands Information Bureau Photographs of the objects from Surinam. |
1944 |
| VII.213 | Netherlands Information Bureau Draft of article on Surinam with captions on some objects. |
1944 |
| VII.214 | Committee for the Beautification of the City of New York Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1965-66 |
| VII.215 | Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of New York Correspondence, report. |
1964-65 |
| VII.216 | New York City Planning Commission Symposium Correspondence about, and copies of papers given, at a symposium entitled The Future by Design sponsored by the New York City Planning Commission and held in the Museums auditorium, 10/15-10/16/64. |
1964 |
| VII.217 | New York City Housing Authority Advisory Council on the Arts Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1960-63 |
| VII.218 | New York City Affairs Committee Correspondence, report. |
1954 |
| VII.219 | New York City Summer Art Festival Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1956 |
| VII.220 | New York State Association of Museums Correspondence. |
1960-63 |
| VII.221 | New York State Association of Museums Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1960-63 |
| VII.222 | New York State Association of Museums Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1960-63 |
| VII.223 | New York State Education Department Commissioners Committee on Museum Resources Correspondence. |
1960-61 |
| VII.224 | New York State Education Department Commissioners Committee on Museum Resources Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1960-61 |
| VII.225 | New York State Reports and brochures on the State University of New York and the New York State Museum and Science Service. |
1958-60 |
| VII.226 | New York Worlds Fair 1964-65 Corporation Correspondence, reports. |
1959-66 |
| VII.227 | New York Worlds Fair 1964-65 Corporation Correspondence, reports. |
1960-65 |
| VII.228 | UNESCO Correspondence. |
1960-64 |
| VII.229 | UNESCO - 7th National Conference Correspondence, programs for the 7th National Conference of the U.S. Commission for UNESCO held at Denver 9/29-10/2/59. |
1959 |
| VII.230 | UNESCO Correspondence, reports. |
1958-59 |
| VII.231 | UNESCO Correspondence, reports. |
1955-57 |
| VII.232 | UNESCO Correspondence, reports. |
1955-57 |
| VII.233 | UNESCO Correspondence, reports. |
1953-54 |
| VII.234 | UNESCO Correspondence, reports. |
1952-53 |
| VII.235 | UNESCO Reports. |
1952-53 |
| VII.236 | UNESCO - Arts and Letters Division Correspondence. |
1947-51 |
| VII.237 | UNESCO - 3rd National Conference Correspondence about the 3rd National Conference of the U.S. Commission for UNESCO which was held in New York City 1/27-1/31/52. |
1951-52 |
| VII.238 | UNESCO - 3rd National Conference Correspondence about the 3rd National Conference of the U.S. Commission for UNESCO which was held in New York City 1/27-1/31/52. |
1951-52 |
| VII.239 | UNESCO - 3rd National Conference Correspondence about the 3rd National Conference of the U.S. Commission for UNESCO which was held in New York City 1/27-1/31/52. |
1951-52 |
| VII.240 | UNESCO - 3rd National Conference Correspondence, minutes of meetings. |
1951-52 |
| VII.241 | UNESCO - 3rd National Conference Correspondence, proposals, store venues, participating museums, publicity and installation photographs for the exhibition, World on View |
1951-52 |
| VII.242 | UNESCO Correspondence. |
1948-51 |
| VII.243 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1950-52 |
| VII.244 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1950-52 |
| VII.245 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1950-51 |
| VII.246 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1950-51 |
| VII.247 | UNESCO Draft analysis of cultural program and budget. |
1951 |
| VII.248 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Reports. |
1950 |
| VII.249 | UNESCO - U. S. National Commission Correspondence, reports. |
1946-50 |
| VII.250 | UNESCO and ICOM Correspondence, programs. |
1947-50 |
| VII.251 | UNESCO and ICOM Correspondence, reports. |
1946-50 |
| VII.252 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1950-51 |
| VII.253 | UNESCO - U.S. National Commission Minutes of meetings, reports. |
1950-51 |
| VII.254 | UNESCO and ICOM Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1946-50 |
| VII.255 | UNESCO and ICOM Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports. |
1946-50 |
| VII.256 | UNESCO and ICOM Correspondence. |
1946-48 |
| VII.257 | UNESCO and ICOM Correspondence. |
1946-49 |
| VII.258 | UNESCO Correspondence, some from people seeking jobs with UNESCO. |
1946-48 |
| VII.259 | UNESCO Reports. |
1946 |
| VII.260 | UNESCO Reports. |
1947 |
| VII.261 | United States Air Force Academy Letter and Certificate. |
1966 |
| VII.262 | United States Air Force Academy Correspondence. |
1960-63 |
| VII.263 | United States Air Force Academy Correspondence, photographs. |
1960 |
| VII.264 | United States Air Force Academy Correspondence. |
1958-59 |
| VII.265 | John Hay Whitney Collection Correspondence and lists of museums to which RDH mailed catalogues of the John Hay Whitney Collection shown at the Tate Gallery. |
1962 |
| VII.266 | John Hay Whitney Foundation Correspondence, reports, press releases about the fellowships awarded by the Foundation - RDH was a member of the Committee of Award. . |
1956-65 |
| VII.267 | John Hay Whitney Foundation Correspondence, reports, press releases about the fellowships awarded by the Foundation. Photographs. |
1956-65 |
| VII.268 | John Hay Whitney Foundation Correspondence, reports, press releases about the fellowships awarded by the Foundation. |
1955-56 |
| VII.269 | John Hay Whitney Foundation Correspondence, reports, press releases about the fellowships awarded by the Foundation. |
1954-55 |
| VII.270 | John Hay Whitney Foundation Correspondence, reports, press releases about the fellowships awarded by the Foundation. |
1952-53 |
| VII.271 | John Hay Whitney Foundation Correspondence, report. |
1950-51 |
| VII.272 | Williamsburg International Assembly, June 1961 Correspondence about the Williamsburg International Assembly, a conference for foreign students held annually in Colonial
Williamsburg. |
1961 |
| VII.273 | Outside Organizations - Addenda RDH correspondence with the German Diplomatic Mission, Washington, D.C., the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, Mount Holyoke College, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. |
1952-54 |
| VII.274 | Appropriation Bill Hearings before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 84th Congress, 1st Session |
1956 |
| VII.275 | Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for 1967 Hearings before a subcommittee on the Committee of Appropriations, House of Representatives, 89th Congress, 2nd Session |
1967 |
| VII.276 | New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1966-67 | 1966-76 |
| VII.277 | RDH - National Council on the Arts Factbook, May 1966 Binder with sheets giving a review of art activities in each state. |
1966 |
| VII.278 | Aid to Fine Arts Hearing before the select Sub-committee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 87th Congress, 1st Session |
1961 |
| VII.279 | National Arts and Humanities Foundations Hearings before the special sub-committee on Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, 87th Congress |
1965 |
| VII.280 | Congressional Record Proceedings and debates of the 88th Congress, 2nd Session |
1964 |
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Series VIII: Exhibitions Arranged and Directed by d'Harnoncourt 1941-1968 |
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This series contains correspondence and other material - including copies of drawings made in preparation for exhibitions - about some of the exhibitions arranged and directed by d'Harnoncourt. Over half of the correspondence in the series is about the exhibition, Ancient Arts of the Andes [MoMA Exh. #550, Jan. 25 - March 21,1954]. Other exhibitions for which there is correspondence and related material are the 1941 Indian Art of the United States exhibition, [MoMA Exh. #123, Jan. 22 - April 27, 1941], The Sculpture of Picasso [MoMA Exh. #841, Oct. 11, 1967 - Jan. 1, 1968], Seurat Paintings and Drawings [MoMA Exh. # 629, March 24 - April, 1958 and May 1 - April 15, 1958], Steichen the Photographer [MoMA Exh.# 682, March 28 - May 30, 1961], and Timeless Aspects of Modern Art [MoMA Exh. #393, Nov. 16, 1948 - Jan. 23, 1949]. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| VIII.1 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Budget Memos about budget matters, lists of expenses. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.2 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Participating Museums Correspondence relating to showing the exhibition at participating museums, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the San Francisco Palace of Legion of Honor. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.3 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Registrar Registrars office correspondence, loan forms and receipts, exhibition list. RDH and Dorothy Dudley correspondence about loans. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.4 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Packing and Shipping Packing and shipping instructions checklist. |
1954 |
| VIII.5 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Photographs | Photographs. |
| VIII.6 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Exhibition Book RDH correspondence with Gertrud Mellon. |
1953 |
| VIII.7 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Exhibition Book RDH correspondence with Wendell Bennett about the book on the exhibition, and with Hope Bennett after Wendell Bennetts death. |
1952-1954 |
| VIII.8 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Exhibition Book Draft typescript of the book, Ancient Arts of the Andes, by Wendell Bennett. |
1953 |
| VIII.9 | Ancient Arts of the Andes RDH correspondence related to the Andes exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.10 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Preliminary Work Preliminary work on the exhibition - memos, rough drawings, lists. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.11 | Ancient Arts of the Andes RDH correspondence with other museums which were hoping to show the exhibition; also letters thanking staff members who had done extra work for the exhibition. |
1954 |
| VIII.12 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Minneapolis Institute of Arts RDH, MW, and Dorothy Dudley correspondence with Russell Plimpton, director, and Richard Davis, senior curator, of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts about the exhibition, which was shown in Minneapolis April 21-June 13, 1954. RDH spoke at the members opening on April 20. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.13 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - California Palace of the Legion of Honor RDH and Charles Keppel correspondence with Thomas C. Howe, Jr., director, and Jermayne MacAgy, assistant director, of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, where the exhibition was shown July 23-September 19, 1954. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.14 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Costa, Dr. Joseph RDH correspondence with Dr. Joseph Costa, lender to the exhibition. |
1954 |
| VIII.15 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Cranbrook Academy Museum RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with Eva Ingersoll Gatling and others at the Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art about loans to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.16 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Lothrop, Samuel RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with Samuel Lothrop about loans to the exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.17 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Martin, Alastair RDH correspondence with Alastair Martin about a loan to the exhibition. |
1952 |
| VIII.18 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts RDH correspondence with F. Cleveland Morgan, president, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, about loans to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.19 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Museo de las Americas, Prado RDH correspondence with Robert Barton, assistant cultural attaché, American Embassy, Madrid, and others about a proposed loan to the exhibition by the Museo de las Americas, Madrid. |
1953-54; 1956 |
| VIII.20 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Brooklyn Museum RDH correspondence with Charles Nagel, director, and Frederick Pleasants, curator of primitive art, Brooklyn Museum, about loans to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.21 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Fisch, Olga Anhalzer Correspondence with Mrs. Fisch, a lender to the exhibition. |
1954 |
| VIII.22 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Larco Hoyle, Rafael RDH correspondence with Rafael Larco Hoyle, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.23 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Mayrock, Norbert RDH correspondence with Norbert Mayrock, lender to the exhibition. (In German) |
1953-55 |
| VIII.24 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc. (Panagra) RDH correspondence with Louis Garcia, public relations director of Panagra which helped with the transportation of items lent by people in South America. Scripts of WQXR radio commercials broadcast by Panagra advertising the Andes exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.25 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Heeramaneck, Nasli RDH letter to Nasli Heeramaneck, lender to the exhibition (10/28/54). |
1954 |
| VIII.26 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian RDH correspondence with George Heye and E.K. Burnett, assistant director of the Heye Foundation. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.27 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Publicity Correspondence, copies of programs, press clippings. |
n.d. |
| VIII.28 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Cleveland Museum of Art RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with William Milliken, director, and others at the Cleveland Museum of Art, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.29 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Bliss, Robert Woods RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with Robert Woods Bliss, lender to the exhibition. Mr. Blisss collection was at the time on loan to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
n.d. |
| VIII.30 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich RDH and others correspondence with the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich, lender to the exhibition. (Partly in German) |
1953-55 |
| VIII.31 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - American Museum of Natural History RDH correspondence with Dr. Harry Shapiro, chairman, dept. of anthropology, and Junius Bird, associate curator of archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.32 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Rockefeller, Nelson A. RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with NAR - lender to the exhibition - and with people in his office. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.33 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Simkhovitch, Vladimir Brief RDH correspondence with Vladimir Simkhovitch about his collection. |
1954 |
| VIII.34 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Speyer, Darthea RDH correspondence with Darthea Speyer, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.35 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Strong, William Duncan RDH letters to William Duncan Strong, Columbia University, lender to the exhibition. |
1954 |
| VIII.36 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Calderon, Augusto RDH correspondence with Augusto Alvarez Calderon who helped with arrangements for the exhibition in Lima - particularly relating to objects lent by Rafael Larco Hoyle. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.37 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Ambassador Fernando Berckemeyer RDH correspondence with Ambassador Fernando Berckemeyer, Peruvian ambassador to the U.S., who helped with official arrangements for the exhibition in Peru. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.38 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Opening Some correspondence, lists of guests at dinners held on opening night, 1/26/54. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.39 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Chicago Natural History Museum RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with Colonel Clifford Gregg, director, and Donald Collier, Chicago Natural History Museum, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.40 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Art Institute of Chicago RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with Daniel Catton Rich, director, Alan Sawyer and Meyric Rogers of the Art Institute of Chicago about loans to the exhibition from the collection of Dr. Hans Gaffron. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.41 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. Brief correspondence about Peruvian textiles lent by the Textile Museum. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.42 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - University of Pennsylvania Museum RDH, Mildred Constantine, and Dorothy Dudley correspondence with Alfred Kidder II, associate director, and others at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.43 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Wise, John Correspondence with John Wise Ltd., lender to the exhibition. Two textiles lent by John Wise were on permanent loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art. |
1953-54 |
| VIII.44 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Peabody Museum, Harvard University RDH and Mildred Constantine correspondence with Dr. Joseph Brew, director, Dr. Samuel Lothrop, and others at the Peabody Museum, lender to the exhibition. |
1953-55 |
| VIII.45 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Public Response Letters to RDH about the Andes exhibition. |
1954 |
| VIII.46 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Label Preparations Andes exhibition labels and notes. |
1954 |
| VIII.47 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Label Preparations Notes for label preparation. |
1954 |
| VIII.48 | Ancient Arts of the Andes - Exhibition Book RDH correspondence and notes about the book accompanying the Andes exhibition. Drafts of introduction written by RDH. |
1953 |
| VIII.49 | Indian Art of the United States Material on the Indian Art exhibition which was shown at MoMA from Jan. 22 - April 27, 1941, and afterwards became a circulating
exhibition. |
1941 |
| VIII.50 | Indian Art of the United States Material on the Indian Art exhibition. Photographs of some of the objects in the exhibition. |
1941 |
| VIII.51 | The Sculpture of Picasso - Labels and wall text Correspondence and notes for the preparation of labels for the exhibition of Picassos sculpture, Oct.11, 1967-Jan. 1, 1968. Copies of labels and wall text. |
1967 |
| VIII.52 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of drawings by RDH. |
1967 |
| VIII.53 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of drawings by RDH. |
1967 |
| VIII.54 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of drawings by RDH. |
1967 |
| VIII.55 | The Sculpture of Picasso Two memos from RDH to Alicia Legg about the installation of the exhibition. Copies of drawings by RDH. |
1967 |
| VIII.56 | The Sculpture of Picasso Labels and written information about the installation of the exhibition. |
1967 |
| VIII.57 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of obsolete floor plans. |
1967 |
| VIII.58 | The Sculpture of Picasso Floor plans. |
1967 |
| VIII.59 | The Sculpture of Picasso Floor plans. |
1967 |
| VIII.60 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings - Lenders, Foreign RDH correspondence with foreign lenders to the Seurat exhibition which was shown from Mar. 24-Apr.15, 1958 and from May 1-11, 1958. Many of the letters are to lenders following the fire on April 15. |
1958 |
| VIII.61 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings Inter-office memos about loans for the exhibition. |
1958 |
| VIII.62 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings - Lenders, Domestic RDH correspondence with lenders to the Seurat exhibition in the U.S. Many of the letters are to lenders following the fire on April 15, 1958 |
1958 |
| VIII.63 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings - Lenders, Domestic RDH correspondence with lenders to the Seurat exhibition in the U.S. Copies of loan receipts. |
1958 |
| VIII.64 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings - Opening RDH correspondence about the preview and dinners on the opening night of the exhibition, March 24, 1958. |
1958 |
| VIII.65 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings Plan of first installation of the Seurat exhibition. |
1958 |
| VIII.66 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings RDH correspondence with Daniel Catton Rich, director, Art Institute of Chicago, about the Seurat exhibition, which was co-sponsored by the Art Institute and shown there before coming to New York. Dorothy Dudley correspondence with Margaret Bush, registrar, Art Institute of Chicago. Press releases. |
1957-58 |
| VIII.67 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings Copies of lists of lenders who were sent cables following the fire on April 15, 1958. |
1958 |
| VIII.68 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings - Reinstallation Photographs and wall labels of the reinstallation of the Seurat exhibition after the fire. |
1958 |
| VIII.69 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings - Reinstallation RDH original plan and drawings for the reinstallation of the Seurat exhibition after the fire. Press releases. |
1958 |
| VIII.70 | Steichen the Photographer Includes RDH, MW, Edward Steichen, and Grace Mayer correspondence about the exhibition, Steichen the Photographer, March 28-May 30,1961. |
1959-61 |
| VIII.71 | Timeless Aspects of Modern Art Photographs of objects in the Walter C. Baker Collection of Greek and Roman Art, some of which were used in the exhibition, Timeless Aspects of Modern Art, shown Nov. 16-Jan. 23, 1949. List of objects in the Baker Collection. Four photographs from John Wise, Ltd. |
1949 |
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Series IX: Art of Installation 1930-1974 |
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The material in this series relates to a book that d'Harnoncourt was working on at the time of his death on the subject of his exhibition installation. It includes many of the original drawings that he used both in preparation for an exhibition, and during the actual installation. After d'Harnoncourt's death, Mordechai Omer worked on the project, but the book was never published. Also included is the manuscript of Omers text for the book, and memos about the progress of the project. |
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Subseries A: MoMA exhibitions at MoMA |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| IX.A.1 | Indian Art of the United States Copies of photographs of the exhibition shown at MoMA Jan. 22-April 27, 1941. Black and white slides of individual objects shown in the exhibition. |
1941 |
| IX.A.2* | Indian Art of the United States RDHs preliminary sketches of plans and elevations (used as basis of key plans and elevations drawn by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board). Oversize, see flat file. |
n.d. |
| IX.A.3 | Road to Victory Copy photograph of model of the exhibition. |
1942 |
| IX.A.4 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of maps of the areas covered in the exhibition. |
1946 |
| IX.A.5 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: Solomon Islands. |
1946 |
| IX.A.6 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of installations, including sections on New Ireland, Polynesia: Fiji; Polynesia: Easter Island, New Zealand, Micronesia. |
1946 |
| IX.A.7 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of installations, including sections on Australia, Papuan Gulf, Dutch New Guinea, Huon Gulf. |
1946 |
| IX.A.8 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Australia. |
1946 |
| IX.A.9 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Britain. |
1946 |
| IX.A.10 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Guinea and Huon Gulf. |
1946 |
| IX.A.11 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Micronesia: Caroline Islands, and other islands. |
1946 |
| IX.A.12 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Caledonia. |
1946 |
| IX.A.13 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Hebrides. Also a scale drawing of objects from Melanesia: New Hebrides. |
1946 |
| IX.A.14 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Guinea, Papua and Papuan Gulf. |
1946 |
| IX.A.15 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of maps and cultural areas. |
1946 |
| IX.A.16 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original lists of major regions. |
1946 |
| IX.A.17 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of installations of several areas, including Easter Island, Hawaii, Fiji, Sepik River. |
1946 |
| IX.A.18 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Guinea, Sepik Area. |
1946 |
| IX.A.19 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea. |
1946 |
| IX.A.20 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Guinea, Massim Area. |
1946 |
| IX.A.21 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: Trobriand Islands. |
1946 |
| IX.A.22 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Polynesia: Fiji Islands. |
1946 |
| IX.A.23 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Polynesia: Central Polynesia. |
1946 |
| IX.A.24 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Polynesia: Marquesas Islands. |
1946 |
| IX.A.25 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Guinea, Torres Straits. |
1946 |
| IX.A.26 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Polynesia: New Zealand. |
1946 |
| IX.A.27 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Polynesia: Hawaii. |
1946 |
| IX.A.28 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Polynesia: Easter Island. |
1946 |
| IX.A.29 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: New Ireland. |
1946 |
| IX.A.30 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original drawings of individual pieces from Melanesia: Admiralty Islands. |
1946 |
| IX.A.31 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original floor plans of installations. |
1946 |
| IX.A.32 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original scale drawings of groups of objects. |
1946 |
| IX.A.33 | Arts of the South Seas RDH original scale drawings of groups of objects. |
1946 |
| IX.A.34 | Arts of the South Seas Production: lists of production orders including pedestals, colors for pedestals, installation devices, wall captions and maps. |
1946 |
| IX.A.35 | Arts of the South Seas Press releases about the exhibition. |
1946 |
| IX.A.36 | Arts of the South Seas Drafts of captions for the individual objects, including names of lenders. Wall labels and drafts of labels about the different areas. |
1946 |
| IX.A.37 | Arts of the South Seas Copies of installation photographs. |
1946 |
| IX.A.38 | Arts of the South Seas Copies of installation and event photographs. |
1946 |
| IX.A.39* | Arts of the South Seas Watercolor of installation. Oversize, see box 134. |
1946 |
| IX.A.40 | Arts of the South Seas Color slides of installations. NOTE: Because of their fragile condition, these items are not available for viewing. All slides have been individually catalogued and digitized; researchers may access these digital images on the MoMA Exhibition History pages or on MAID. Color print-outs of each slide have also been made and are included in the file. |
1946 |
| IX.A.41 | Arts of the South Seas Color slides of installations. NOTE: Because of their fragile condition, these items are not available for viewing. All slides have been individually catalogued and digitized; researchers may access these digital images on the MoMA Exhibition History pages or on MAID. Color print-outs of each slide have also been made and are included in the file. |
1946 |
| IX.A.42 | Arts of the South Seas Color slides of installations. NOTE: Because of their fragile condition, these items are not available for viewing. All slides have been individually catalogued and digitized; researchers may access these digital images on the MoMA Exhibition History pages or on MAID. Color print-outs of each slide have also been made and are included in the file. |
1946 |
| IX.A.43 | Arts of the South Seas Black and white slides of installations. |
1946 |
| IX.A.44 | Arts of the South Seas Black and white slides of installations. |
1946 |
| IX.A.45 | Arts of the South Seas Transparencies of installations. |
1946 |
| IX.A.46 | Henry Moore RDH original drawings of individual objects and installations. |
1947 |
| IX.A.47 | Henry Moore RDH original drawings of individual objects and installations. |
1947 |
| IX.A.48 | Henry Moore Copies of installation photographs. |
1947 |
| IX.A.49 | Gabo - Pevsner Copy memo Monawee Allen - Dorothy Dudley (9/24/47) of notes taken at Gabos studio. |
1948 |
| IX.A.50 | Gabo - Pevsner RDH original drawings of individual objects. |
1948 |
| IX.A.51 | Gabo - Pevsner RDH original drawings of installation views. |
1948 |
| IX.A.52 | Gabo - Pevsner Copies of installation photos. |
1948 |
| IX.A.53 | Elie Nadelman RDH original drawings of individual pieces. |
1948 |
| IX.A.54 | Elie Nadelman RDH original drawings of groupings. |
1948 |
| IX.A.55 | Elie Nadelman RDH original drawings of ground plan. |
1948 |
| IX.A.56 | Elie Nadelman RDH original drawings of theme panels. |
1948 |
| IX.A.57 | Elie Nadelman RDH original list of pedestals, and some drawings of pedestals. |
1948 |
| IX.A.58 | Elie Nadelman Copies of installation photos. Copy of preliminary list of works to be included in the exhibition. |
1948 |
| IX.A.59* | Elie Nadelman Floor plan - blue print of MoMA 3rd floor galleries. Oversize, see flat file. |
1948 |
| IX.A.60 | Timeless Aspects of Modern Art RDH original drawings of installations. |
1948-49 |
| IX.A.61 | Timeless Aspects of Modern Art Copies of installation photos. |
1948-49 |
| IX.A.62 | Timeless Aspects of Modern Art Floor plan, MoMA 1st floor, drawn by Jean Volkmer from RDH sketch. |
1948-49 |
| IX.A.63 | Timeless Aspects of Modern Art Analysis of the exhibition by Mordechai Omer. |
1948-49 |
| IX.A.64 | Modern Art in Your Life RDH original drawings of installations. |
1949 |
| IX.A.65 | Modern Art in Your Life RDH original drawings of ground plan, perspective views. |
1949 |
| IX.A.66 | Modern Art in Your Life Copies of installation photos, including photos of RDH taken during the installation of the exhibition. |
1949 |
| IX.A.67 | Modern Art in Your Life Analysis of the exhibition by Mordechai Omer. |
1949 |
| IX.A.68 | Ancient Arts of the Andes RDH original drawings of individual objects - preliminary list. |
1954 |
| IX.A.69 | Ancient Arts of the Andes RDH original drawings of individual objects - preliminary list. |
1954 |
| IX.A.70 | Ancient Arts of the Andes RDH original drawings of individual objects - preliminary list. |
1954 |
| IX.A.71 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Copies of installation photos. |
1954 |
| IX.A.72 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Copies of installation photos. |
1954 |
| IX.A.73 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Copies of installation photos. |
1954 |
| IX.A.74* | Ancient Arts of the Andes One plan of installation. Oversize, see flat file. |
1954 |
| IX.A.75 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Slides of individual objects. |
1954 |
| IX.A.76 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Slides of individual objects. |
1954 |
| IX.A.77 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Slides of individual objects. |
1954 |
| IX.A.78 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Color prints of individual objects. |
1954 |
| IX.A.79 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Negatives of individual objects. |
1954 |
| IX.A.80 | Ancient Arts of the Andes Transparencies of installations. |
1954 |
| IX.A.81 | Seurat Paintings and Drawings RDH original plan for distribution of paintings and drawings. Original drawings of installations. |
1958 |
| IX.A.82 | Jean Arp: A Retrospective RDH original drawings of installation plans. Also list with detailed information about pedestals. |
1958 |
| IX.A.83 | Jean Arp: A Retrospective RDH original drawings of individual objects. |
1958 |
| IX.A.84* | Jean Arp: A Retrospective Exhibit partition plan. Oversize, see flat file. |
1958 |
| IX.A.85* | Jean Arp: A Retrospective MoMA 3rd floor plan (Philip Johnson Associates). Oversize, see flat file. |
1958 |
| IX.A.86* | Jean Arp: A Retrospective Exhibit partition plan, ceiling troffer locations (Philip Johnson Associates). Oversize, see flat file. |
1958 |
| IX.A.87 | Jean Arp: A Retrospective Copies of photographs of RDH and Jean Arp from Life magazine (10/27/58). |
1958 |
| IX.A.88 | Jean Arp: A Retrospective Copies of checklists, photographs, and plans. |
1958 |
| IX.A.89 | Recent Sculpture USA RDH original drawings: scale drawings and plans. |
1959 |
| IX.A.90* | Recent Sculpture USA Original exhibit partition plan. Oversize, see flat file. |
1959 |
| IX.A.91 | Recent Sculpture USA Copies of installation photographs and plans. |
1959 |
| IX.A.92 | Recent Sculpture USA Copies of installation photographs from MoMA exhibition album. |
1959 |
| IX.A.93 | Steichen the Photographer RDH original installation drawings. |
1961 |
| IX.A.94 | Steichen the Photographer Installation photographs of the exhibition. |
1961 |
| IX.A.95* | Steichen the Photographer RDH sketch of floor plan and distribution of objects. Oversize, see flat file. |
1961 |
| IX.A.96 | Chagall - The Jerusalem Windows Copy photograph of the installation. |
1961-62 |
| IX.A.97 | Art of the Asmat - The Collection of Michael C. Rockefeller Press release (9/11/62) about the exhibition, which was shown in the MoMA Sculpture Garden under the auspices of the Museum of Primitive Art. |
1962 |
| IX.A.98 | Art of the Asmat Copy photographs of the exhibition and of the pavilion in which it was housed. |
1962 |
| IX.A.99 | Art of the Asmat Copy photographs of the installation. |
1962 |
| IX.A.100* | Art of the Asmat 8 plans. Oversize, see flat file. |
1962 |
| IX.A.101 | Rodin RDH original scale drawings of individual objects |
1963 |
| IX.A.102 | Rodin RDH original drawings of installations. |
1963 |
| IX.A.103 | Rodin Lists of pedestals. |
1963 |
| IX.A.104 | Rodin RDH original notes. |
1963 |
| IX.A.105 | Rodin Copy installation photos. |
1963 |
| IX.A.106* | Rodin RDH original sketch of ground plan and distribution of objects. Oversize, see flat file. |
1963 |
| IX.A.107 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Copy photographs of the installation of the Edward Steichen Photography Center. |
1966 |
| IX.A.108 | The Sculpture of Picasso RDH original drawings of individual objects. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.109 | The Sculpture of Picasso Floor plans. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.110 | The Sculpture of Picasso RDH original notes on cases and pedestals. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.111 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of RDH notes on cases and pedestals. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.112 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of installation photographs taken by George Cserna. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.113 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of installation photographs taken by George Cserna. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.114 | The Sculpture of Picasso RDH original drawings of installations. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.115 | The Sculpture of Picasso RDH original floor plans, and some copies. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.116 | The Sculpture of Picasso Photograph and slides of the posters outside the Museum. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.117 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copy drawings of individual objects. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.118 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copy drawings of installations. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.119 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copy drawings of installations. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.120 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copy drawings of installations |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.121 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copy drawings of individual objects. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.122 | The Sculpture of Picasso Copies of labels and written information. |
1967-68 |
| IX.A.123* | The Sculpture of Picasso Floor plans and distribution of objects. Oversize, see flat file. |
1967-68 |
Subseries B: MoMA exhibitions shown elsewhere |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| IX.B.1 | American Indian Art of the United States (Traveling Show) Material on the traveling exhibition, American Indian Art of the United States. |
Early 1940s |
| IX.B.2 | Paris -
12 American Painters and Sculptors Copies of installation photographs. |
1953 |
| IX.B.3 | Venice -
Biennale (ICE-F-23-54) U.S. Representation at the XXVII Biennale di Venezia, 1954, at which RDH was the U.S. Commissioner. |
1954 |
| IX.B.4 | Barcelona -
Modern Art in the United States (ICE-F-24-54) Exhibition at the Palacio de la Virreina and the Parque de la Ciuedala, Barcelona - III Bienal Hispanoamerica. |
1954 |
| IX.B.5 | Paris -
Modern Art in the United States (ICE-F-24-54) Exhibition at the Muse national dart moderne, Paris. |
1955 |
| IX.B.6 | Venice -
Biennale (ICE-F-67-61) Exhibition at the XXXI Biennale di Venezia. |
1962 |
| IX.B.7 | Paris -
Modern Sculpture USA Exhibition at the Musée Rodin, Paris. RDH original drawings of individual sculptures, and notes on pedestals. |
1965 |
| IX.B.8 | Paris -
Modern Sculpture USA Exhibition at the Musée Rodin, Paris. Photographs of installations, and copies of ground plans of the Musée Rodin. |
1965 |
| IX.B.9 | Paris -
Modern Sculpture USA Exhibition at the Musée Rodin, Paris. Transparencies of individual sculptures and installations. |
1965 |
| IX.B.10* | Paris -
Modern Sculpture USA Exhibition at the Musée Rodin, Paris. RDH original plans of the installation in the garden of the Musée Rodin. Oversize, see box 134. |
1965 |
| IX.B.11 | Mexico City -
School of Paris Schoenborn-Marx Collection (SP-ICE-35-65) Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings about the exhibition, La Escuela de Paris, at the Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City (7/2-8/16/66). RDH represented MoMA at the opening, and gave an address in Spanish. |
1966 |
Subseries C: Exhibitions not related to MoMA |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| IX.C.1 | Mexican Arts - Catalogues Catalogues of the exhibition, Mexican Arts, which was organized by RDH for the American Federation of Arts (1 in English, 1 in Spanish). The exhibition was circulated to 14 cities throughout the U.S. in 1930-32. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.2 | Mexican Arts Copy photographs of the exhibition, Mexican Arts, as it was installed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Oct./Nov. 1930. Copy of Carnegie Magazine with article, Exhibition of Mexican Arts, by RDH, published to coincide with the showing of the exhibition in Pittsburgh, 1/8-2/5/31. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.3 | Mexican Arts RDH original drawings of individual objects, installations, and floor plans. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.4 | Mexican Arts Copies of drawings of installations. Material added to this folder in 2024. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.5 | Mexican Arts Copies of photographs of installations. Material added to this folder in 2024. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.6 | Mexican Arts Photographs of Mexican paintings from the exhibition. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.7 | Mexican Arts Photographs of paintings and drawings from the exhibition. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.8 | Mexican Arts Floor plans of the exhibition. |
1930-32 |
| IX.C.9 | Indian Art in the United States and Alaska Material about the Indian Arts and Crafts Board exhibition shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco,
1939. |
1939 |
| IX.C.10 | Indian Art in the United States and Alaska Material about the Indian Arts and Crafts Board exhibition shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco,
1939. |
1939 |
| IX.C.11 | Indian Art in the United States and Alaska Material about the Indian Arts and Crafts Board exhibition shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco,
1939. |
1939 |
| IX.C.12 | Indian Art in the United States and Alaska Material about the Indian Arts and Crafts Board exhibition shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco,
1939. |
1939 |
| IX.C.13 | Indian Art in the United States and Alaska Photograph of installation The Navaho Shepherds taken at the MoMA exhibition in 1941. |
1941 |
| IX.C.14 | Arte Indigena de Norteamerica Material on the exhibition of Indian art of North America shown in Mexico City in 1945. |
1944-45 |
| IX.C.15 | Kykuit Installation of sculpture at Kykuit Gardens, Pocantico Hills (the Rockefeller Estate) by RDH, and his sketch for installation of Picassos Bathers, installed by NAR after RDHs death. |
1968 |
Subseries D: Typescripts of the book on the art of installation; memos about the book, which was never published. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| IX.D.1 | Mordechai Omer Book, 1968-74 | Typescript. |
| IX.D.2 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.3 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.4 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.5 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.6 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.7 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.8 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.9 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.10 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.11 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.12 | Mordechai Omer Book Typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.13 | Mordechai Omer Book Copy photographs of installations. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.14 | Mordechai Omer Book Copy photographs of installations. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.15 | Mordechai Omer Book Module for layout (and proposed dummy). |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.16 | Mordechai Omer Book Omers original list of illustrations. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.17 | Mordechai Omer Book Captions for illustrations. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.18 | Mordechai Omer Book Draft typescript. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.19 | Mordechai Omer Book List of RDH exhibitions used by Omer. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.20 | Mordechai Omer Book Plans of MoMA exhibition spaces. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.21 | Mordechai Omer Book Copy of Omers work edited by Helen Franc, accompanied by a memo from Franc to Richard Oldenburg and Carl Morse (1/18/74) explaining what she has done. |
1974 |
| IX.D.22 | Mordechai Omer Book Draft typescripts with Helen Franc memos. |
1974 |
| IX.D.23 | Mordechai Omer Book File of memos about the proposed book - and more copies of drafts. |
1968-74 |
| IX.D.24 | Exhibition at Museum of Primitive Art Galley copies of texts by Omer, edited by Ludwig Glaeser and Harriet Schoenholz, for the exhibition, René d'Harnoncourt: The Exhibitions of Primitive Art, held at the Museum of Primitive Art, 2/25 - 6/7/70. |
1970 |
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Series X: Sarah d'Harnoncourt Donation 1925-1970s |
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Most of the material in this series was in the possession of René d'Harnoncourt's wife, Sarah, when he died. In addition
to photographs, appointment books, passports and other travel documents, this series contains material from d'Harnoncourt's
life in Mexico and the United States before he became officially associated with the Museum. Included are copies of childrens
books he wrote and illustrated while he was in Mexico, and scripts of the national radio show he directed in the early 1930s.
There are also some correspondence files documenting speeches and talks given by d'Harnoncourt, and honors received by him.
In addition, the series contains articles and catalogue introductions written by d'Harnoncourt, and magazine and newspaper
articles about him, some of these following his death. Also in the series are some strictly personal items, a few dating from
d'Harnoncourt's early life in Austria. |
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Subseries A: Mexico 1925-1932 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.A.1 | Mexican Immigration Document Document (in Spanish) recording personal information about RDH on the occasion of his entry into Mexico as an immigrant (1/6/26). |
1926 |
| X.A.2 | Address and Appointment Notebook Notebook for parts of 1929 and 1930 containing, in addition to addresses and appointments, information on RDHs collecting
of objects to be used in the Mexican Arts exhibition. |
1929-30 |
| X.A.3 | Address and Appointment Notebook Notebook for part of 1930, apparently continuing where the 1929-1930 book left off. In addition to addresses and appointments,
contains information on RDHs collecting of objects to be used in the Mexican Arts exhibition. |
1930 |
| X.A.4 | Address and Appointment Notebook
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n.d. |
| X.A.5 | Mexican Sundays (Domingos Mexicanos) Mexican Sundays, a collection of reproductions of water color tableaus by Count René d'Harnoncourt, published by F.W. Davis,
Mexico City, with a preface by Howard S. Phillips. Late 1920s. |
Late 1920s. |
| X.A.6 | Photograph of Drawing by RDH Photograph of drawing by RDH done in the style of Covarrubias. |
1929 |
| X.A.7 | Mexican Folkways Magazine 1928 Article by RDH in Mexican Folkways Magazine, Pancho el Juguetero (Pancho the Toy Maker) (In Spanish and English) |
1928 |
| X.A.8 | Note to RDH from Diego Rivera Note in pencil to RDH from Diego Rivera (6/16/29). Envelope annotated by SDH. |
1929 |
| X.A.9 | Elizabeth Morrow Letter Letter from Elizabeth Morrow (then wife of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico) addressed to Mr. Davis and Count d'Harnoncourt thanking them for a gourd they had sent her. n.d. (1927-30) |
Late 1920s-1930 |
| X.A.10 | Mexican Folkways Magazine 1930 Article by RDH in Mexican Folkways Magazine, Las Artes Populares de México - An Appreciation of the Origin and Development of the Popular Arts. (In Spanish and English). |
1930 |
| X.A.11.a | The Painted Pig Copy of
The Painted Pig, book with text by Elizabeth Morrow, pictures by René d'Harnoncourt, published 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
1930 |
| X.A.11.b | The Painted Pig Copy of
The Painted Pig, book with text by Elizabeth Morrow, pictures by René d'Harnoncourt, published 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
1930 |
| X.A.12 | The Hole in the Wall Copy of
The Hole in the Wall by RDH, published 1931 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
1931; 1983 |
| X.A.13 | The Hole in the Wall Copy of
The Hole in the Wall by RDH, published 1931 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
1931; 1982 |
| X.A.14 | The Hole in the Wall - Review Review of The Hole in the Wall, Louisville, KY Courier Journal, 11/15/31. |
1931 |
| X.A.15 | Mexicana Copy of Mexicana - A Book of Pictures by RDH, published 1931 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
1931 |
| X.A.16* | Scrapbook of Clippings on RDHs Childrens Books Oversize scrapbook containing newspaper clippings about the childrens books by RDH - both those he wrote and illustrated, and those written by Elizabeth Morrow with illustrations by RDH. In fragile condition. Oversize, see box 135. |
1930-32 |
| X.A.17 | Mexican Clippings Folder containing miscellaneous newspaper clippings and other items from RDHs life in Mexico. |
1920s-1930 |
| X.A.18 | Sketch of Orozco Pencil caricature of the artist José Clemente Orozco done by RDH. This sketch was given to the Museum by Mr. David Chase, nephew of Mrs. Beulah Dimmick Chase, in July 2012. On the reverse, Mrs. Chase wrote "René d'Harnoncourt sketch of Oroxco [sic] given to me by the artist (BDC)." A further note by Mr. Chase states that the sketch was given to her by RDH after a major show of Mexican Art at the Met, where Mrs. Chase worked as editor of publications. |
1930s |
Subseries B: U.S. Before MoMA 1933-1944 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.B.1 | Art in America Radio Programs Typescripts of the radio programs directed by RDH in the 1930s. |
1934-35 |
| X.B.2 | Art in America Radio Programs Typescripts of the radio programs directed by RDH in the 1930s. |
1934-35 |
| X.B.3 | Art in America Radio Programs Typescripts of the radio programs directed by RDH in the 1930s. |
1934-35 |
| X.B.4 | Art in America Radio Programs Typescripts of the radio programs directed by RDH in the 1930s. |
1934-35 |
| X.B.5 | Art in America Radio Programs Typescripts of the radio programs directed by RDH in the 1930s. |
1934-35 |
| X.B.6* | Color Drawing by RDH Color drawing by RDH entitled Model Room, dated 2/23/38. Notes on verso by Sarah d'Harnoncourt. Oversize, see box 136. |
1938 |
| X.B.7 | Appointment Calendar Appointment calendar for 1938. |
1938 |
| X.B.8 | Appointment Calendars Appointment calendars for January, March, April, May, July 1940. |
1940 |
| X.B.9 | Appointment Calendars Appointment calendars, August-December, 1940. |
1940 |
| X.B.10 | Indian Arts and Crafts Board Report Indian Arts and Crafts Board report prepared by RDH for Inter-American Conference on Indian Life, Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico (4/14-24/40). |
1940 |
| X.B.11 | Appointment Calendars Appointment calendars, January-June, 1942. |
1942 |
| X.B.12 | Appointment Calendars Appointment calendars, July-December, 1942. |
1942 |
Subseries C: Years at MoMA 1944-1968 |
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1. Correspondence - speeches and honors |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.C.1.1 | Inter-American Institute Program of Inter-American Institute conference at which RDH was a speaker (10/14/44). |
1944 |
| X.C.1.2 | Inter-American Affairs Copy letter from NAR to RDH enclosing a certificate officially acknowledging RDHs services to the Office of Inter-American Affairs, 1940-1944. |
1946 |
| X.C.1.3 | The Museum of Modern Art 1 TLS John E. Abbott - RDH (11/22/46) telling RDH that he had been elected a Trustee of MoMA, to serve for a term to expire on June 30, 1949. |
1946 |
| X.C.1.4 | The Museum of Modern Art 1 TLS NAR - RDH (7/15/47) telling RDH that he has been appointed Chairman of the Coordination Committee. |
1947 |
| X.C.1.5 | UNESCO Copy of certificate from the Department of State (10/27/47) stating that RDH has been designated an Adviser on the U.S. Delegation to the 2nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO to be held at Mexico City, Nov. 6 - Dec. 3, 1947. |
1947 |
| X.C.1.6 | Cooper Union 90th Anniversary Program for Convocation in honor of the 90th Anniversary of the inauguration of the Cooper Union, at which RDH read the Citation for the award of the Peter Cooper Medal for the Advancement of Art given to Frank Lloyd Wright. (11/2/49) |
1949 |
| X.C.1.7 | RDH Speeches Copies of speeches made by RDH in the 1940s. |
1940s |
| X.C.1.8 | Correspondence about Speeches and Lectures General correspondence about RDH speeches and lectures, 1947-51. |
1947-51 |
| X.C.1.9 | Museum Collections Letter Certificate (11/13/47) signed by William A.M. Burden, Chairman, Committee on the Museum Collections thanking RDH for his gift of the drawing Head of a Child by Everardo Ramirez, 11/13/47. |
1947 |
| X.C.1.10 | American Federation of Arts Copy of speech given by RDH at the American Federation of Arts convention in Baltimore, (5/17/48,) and correspondence about it. |
1948 |
| X.C.1.11 | Association for Arts in Childhood Short article, Art as a Universal Language, by RDH, published in the quarterly publication of the Association for Arts in Childhood. Correspondence about the article. |
1948-49 |
| X.C.1.12 | The Museum of Modern Art Copy of letter AHB - William M. Milliken, director, Cleveland Museum of Art (2/24/49), nominating RDH to represent MoMA in the Association of Art Museum Directors. |
1949 |
| X.C.1.13 | Carleton College Correspondence and drafts of speech made by RDH at Dedication of Art Building, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, (10/14/49.) |
1949 |
| X.C.1.14 | UNESCO Letter from RDH to Peter Bellew, Editor, UNESCO publication (12/28/50), enclosing article, Art as Means of Communication: A Study of Indian Arts of the United States, together with contract to write the article. |
1950 |
| X.C.1.15 | Brearley School Correspondence and copy of remarks made at a Parents Panel held at the Brearley School. (Jan. / Feb.1951) |
1951 |
| X.C.1.16 | Fordham University Correspondence about a talk to be given at Fordham University by RDH on March 3, 1951. |
1951 |
| X.C.1.17 | Corning Conference Correspondence and other material on the Corning Conference, Living in Industrial Civilization, (sponsored by the Corning Glass Works) held May 17-19, 1951 in Corning, New York. RDH was a participant. |
1951 |
| X.C.1.18 | French Legion of Honor Copy correspondence between RDH, the French Ambassador and other French officials about RDH being named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, March and April, 1952. |
1952 |
| X.C.1.19 | University of Colorado Boulder Correspondence and other material on RDHs trip to the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he gave three lectures on modern art Feb. 4, 5, and 6, 1953. |
1952-53 |
| X.C.1.20 | American Anthropological Association Brief correspondence between RDH and Malcolm Collier, Assistant Editor of the American Anthropologist, about the possibility of RDH writing an article related to the Andes exhibition. |
1953-54 |
| X.C.1.21 | Dartmouth College Commencement program, June 12, 1955, at which RDH was given the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters by Dartmouth College. |
1955 |
| X.C.1.22 | Columbia University Commencement program, correspondence and other material on RDHs receiving the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Columbia University, June 3, 1958. |
1958 |
| X.C.1.23 | German Officers Cross Correspondence about the bestowal on RDH of The Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The honor was given to RDH and also to William Burden, president of MoMAs Board of Trustees, for their part in organizing the exhibition, German Art of the Twentieth Century, Oct. 2-Dec. 1957. |
1958 |
| X.C.1.24 | Letter from NAR to RDH 1 TLS NAR - RDH (2/25/60) in which he speaks of their friendship over the years. |
1960 |
| X.C.1.25 | Letter to RDH from President Kennedy 1 TLS President Kennedy - RDH (9/8/61) saying that he and Mrs. Kennedy had enjoyed going through the albums of letters from artists and writers who were invited to the Inauguration ceremonies, and that he was hopeful that this collaboration between government and the arts would continue and prosper. |
1961 |
| X.C.1.26 | Article on Nave Painting Article and drafts of article on nave painting by RDH, with a little correspondence. Nearly all in German. |
1961 |
| X.C.1.27 | American Federation of Arts Copy of address given by RDH at the 1963 convention of the American Federation of Arts, Fort Worth, Texas (5/23/63). |
1963 |
| X.C.1.28 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque Program for Dedication of the Fine Arts Center at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, (10/20/64) at which RDH received the honorary degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, together with the original degree certificate. |
1964 |
| X.C.1.29 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque Correspondence about the dedication of the Fine Arts Center. |
1964 |
| X.C.1.30 | Wisdom Encyclopedia Wisdom Award of Honor presented to RDH by Wisdom Magazine and The Wisdom Society, and correspondence about the award, 1965-66. |
1965-66 |
| X.C.1.31 | Citizenship-Constitution Day Photographs and captions listing those present at the 1966 Citizenship-Constitution Day, an annual observance at Federal Hall National Memorial, New York. RDH was one of a group of outstanding New Yorkers who had achieved success since their arrival as immigrants, and who each received a Citizenship Achievement Award scroll issued by the City of New York, and signed by Mayor John V. Lindsay. |
1966 |
| X.C.1.32 | Louis Kahn Dinner Draft of speech by RDH at opening dinner for exhibition, Louis I. Kahn, (4/26 - 5/30/66). |
1966 |
| X.C.1.33 | Letter to RDH from Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson 1 TLS Lady Bird Johnson - RDH (11/7/67) thanking RDH for sending her the catalogue of the Picasso exhibition, and saying that she and the President were delighted that RDH and his wife could be with them the other evening. |
1967 |
| X.C.1.34 | Lillie P. Bliss International Study Center Program for the Dedication of the Lillie P. Bliss International Study Center of The Museum of Modern Art, May 27, 1968. Press releases. |
1968 |
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2. Correspondence - travel |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.C.2.1 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items - itinerary, tickets - late 1940s-1950. |
1940s-1950 |
| X.C.2.2 | Travel Passports issued in the years 1948, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1966. |
1948-66 |
| X.C.2.3 | Travel International Certificates of Vaccination. |
1950s-1960s |
| X.C.2.4 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items - itineraries, tickets, bills, memos. |
1953 |
| X.C.2.5 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items - tickets, hotel bills. |
1954-55 |
| X.C.2.6 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items - itineraries, memos to RDH while he was away from his secretary, Joyce Miller. Some postcards to Joyce Miller from Sarah d'Harnoncourt, and from staff members. |
1954-55 |
| X.C.2.7 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items - bills, expense reports. |
1950s |
| X.C.2.8 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items - bills, tickets. Also some Requests for Publications memos related to travel books. |
1956-57 |
| X.C.2.9 | Travel Itineraries and correspondence about a d'Harnoncourt family trip to Europe, summer 1957. |
1957 |
| X.C.2.10 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items. |
1958-59 |
| X.C.2.11 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items. |
1958-66 |
| X.C.2.12 | Travel Miscellaneous travel items. |
1960-61 |
| X.C.2.13 | Travel Itineraries. |
1962 |
| X.C.2.14 | Travel Itineraries, other miscellaneous travel items. |
1964-65 |
| X.C.2.15 | Travel Itinerary, summer 1967. |
1967 |
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3. Appointment Calendars |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.C.3.1 | Appointment Calendar | 1946 |
| X.C.3.2 | Appointment Calendar | 1948 |
| X.C.3.3 | Appointment Calendar | 1952 |
| X.C.3.4 | Appointment Calendar Pocket size, loose leaf calendar. |
1952 |
| X.C.3.5 | Appointment Calendar | 1953 |
| X.C.3.6 | Appointment Calendar Pocket size, loose leaf calendar. |
1953 |
| X.C.3.7 | Appointment Calendar | 1954 |
| X.C.3.8 | Appointment Calendar Loose leaf calendar. |
1954 |
| X.C.3.9 | Appointment Calendar | 1955 |
| X.C.3.10 | Appointment Calendar Loose leaf calendar. |
1955 |
| X.C.3.11 | Appointment Calendar | 1956 |
| X.C.3.12 | Appointment Calendar Loose leaf calendar. |
1956 |
| X.C.3.13 | Appointment Calendar | 1957 |
| X.C.3.14 | Appointment Calendar Loose leaf calendar. |
1957 |
| X.C.3.15 | Appointment Calendar | 1958 |
| X.C.3.16 | Appointment Calendar Loose leaf calendar. |
1958 |
| X.C.3.17 | Appointment Calendar | 1959 |
| X.C.3.18 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Ellen MacKethan (RDHs assistant). |
1959 |
| X.C.3.19 | Appointment Calendar | 1960 |
| X.C.3.20 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Directors Office. |
1960 |
| X.C.3.21 | Appointment Calendar | 1961 |
| X.C.3.22 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Directors Office. |
1961 |
| X.C.3.23 | Appointment Calendar | 1962 |
| X.C.3.24 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Directors Office. |
1962 |
| X.C.3.25 | Appointment Calendar | 1963 |
| X.C.3.26 | Appointment Calendar | 1963 |
| X.C.3.27 | Appointment Calendar | 1964 |
| X.C.3.28 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Directors Office. |
1964 |
| X.C.3.29 | Appointment Calendar | 1965 |
| X.C.3.30 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Ellen MacKethan (RDHs assistant). |
1965 |
| X.C.3.31 | Appointment Calendar Loose leaf calendar with a few notes. |
1965 |
| X.C.3.32 | Appointment Calendar | 1966 |
| X.C.3.33 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Directors Office. |
1966 |
| X.C.3.34 | Appointment Calendar | 1967 |
| X.C.3.35 | Appointment Calendar | 1967 |
| X.C.3.36 | Appointment Calendar | 1968 |
| X.C.3.37 | Appointment Calendar Calendar marked Directors Office. |
1968 |
| X.C.3.38 | MoMA Interoffice Telephone Directory Telephone directory with handwritten additions. March 1968. |
1968 |
| X.C.3.39 | Addresses Box with addresses on index cards. |
n.d. |
| X.C.3.40 | Steno Note Books Ellen MacKethans Steno Note Books (2/1/61 and 1/24/68). |
1961; 1968 |
| X.C.3.41 | Steno Note Books Ellen MacKethans Steno Note Books (3/25/68 and 6/3/68). |
1968 |
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4. Articles by d'Harnoncourt (non-MoMA publications) |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.C.4.1 | Harpers Bazaar March 1946 Article by RDH, South Pacific Art World. |
1946 |
| X.C.4.2 | Le Bulletin du Centre dArt March 1946 Article by RDH, Definition du Surrealisme. (In French) |
1946 |
| X.C.4.3 | Magazine of Art Nov. 1948 Article by RDH, Challenge and Promise: Modern Art and Modern Society. |
1948 |
| X.C.4.4 | Museum:
A Quarterly Review published by UNESCO 1949 Article by RDH and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Museums and Industrial Arts. (In English and French) |
1949 |
| X.C.4.5 | University Museum Bulletin, University of Pennsylvania February 1952 issue called Fourteen Eyes in a Museum Storeroom included RDH as one of seven men, all active in the field of
modern art, chosen to select pieces from the University Museum storeroom to be exhibited in a Storeroom Show. RDH is shown
in a photograph with the first of his selections, a Sepik River wood sculpture from New Guinea. Included with this photograph
and with the photographs of the other two objects selected by RDH is a brief statement giving reasons for his choices. |
1952; 1955 |
| X.C.4.6 | Print March-April 1955, vol. IX, No. 4 Copy of article by RDH, Otomi Paper Dolls. |
1955 |
| X.C.4.7 | The Saturday Review The Saturday Review gave the editorial page of its 7/23/55 issue to RDH to reply to an editorial in the 6/18/55 issue by its editor-at-large, Francis Henry Taylor. RDH, whose piece was headed Europe Needs No Babying, disagreed with Mr. Taylors assumption that Europe is so devitalized that we need spare her sensibilities the shock of exposure to our art. |
1955 |
| X.C.4.8 | Facts Forum News June 1956 Modern Art and Freedom - piece by RDH written in response to article in February 1956 issue of Facts Forum News. |
1956 |
| X.C.4.9* | The New York Times Magazine 3/23/58 Article by RDH, Masterpieces by Seurat. Oversize, see box 136. |
1958 |
| X.C.4.10 | Art of Ancient Peru, Selected Works from the Collection Catalogue for Museum of Primitive Art exhibition, Art of Ancient Peru, Selected Works from the Collection, Spring 1958. Introduction by RDH. |
1958 |
| X.C.4.11 | LArt Indien aux tats-Unis Catalogue for exhibition sponsored by the Museum of Primitive Art, LArt Indien aux tats-Unis, which was held at the Centre Culturel Américain, Paris, Nov. 10 - Dec. 13, 1958. The exhibition was directed by RDH. |
1958 |
| X.C.4.12 | Art in America 1961 Article on Indian Art of the Americas, Before and After Columbus, by Frederick J. Dockstader, director of the Museum of the American Indian. RDH acted as consultant for the illustrations in the article. |
1961 |
| X.C.4.13 | Jewels for a Crown Foreword by RDH to the book, Jewels for a Crown, The Story of the Chagall Windows, by Miriam Freund, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1963. |
1963 |
| X.C.4.14 | The ART gallery 1964 Article by RDH, Who Sets the Trend? |
1964 |
| X.C.4.15* | The New York Times Magazine 4/24/64 Article by RDH, When Is Art Modern Art?. Oversize, see box 136. |
1964 |
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5. Articles about d'Harnoncourt |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.C.5.1* | Forma Revista de Arte Santiago, Chile, 1942 Article on the 1941 MoMA exhibition of North American Indian Art. (In Spanish) Oversize, see box 136. |
1942 |
| X.C.5.2 | The Architectural FORUM May 1946 Article about the installation of the exhibition, Arts of the South Seas. |
1946 |
| X.C.5.3 | The Art Bulletin Vol. XXVIII, June 1946 Review of the exhibition, Arts of the South Seas, by Gregory Bateson. |
1946 |
| X.C.5.4* | Life magazine, Nov.14, 1946 Article on the exhibition, Arts of the South Seas. Oversize, see box 136. |
1946 |
| X.C.5.5* | Arts of the South Seas Exhibition Newspaper and magazine clippings. Oversize, see box 136. |
1946 |
| X.C.5.6 | Arts of the South Seas Exhibition Newspaper and magazine clippings. |
1946 |
| X.C.5.7* | Arts of the South Seas Exhibition Newspaper clipping - P.M. (2/14/46.) Caricature of South Seas exhibition opening by Don Freeman. Oversize, see box 136. |
1946 |
| X.C.5.8* | Photograph of RDH, AHB, and William Burden on MoMAs Roof Unidentified page from a magazine - probably Life - with a photograph of RDH, AHB, and William Burden on MoMAs roof. Brief, but interesting caption giving information about the three men, and their work for MoMA. Oversize, see box 136. |
1946 or 1947 |
| X.C.5.9 | Japanese magazine review of
Timeless Aspects of Modern Art Exhibition Review of Timeless Aspects of Modern Art in Geijutsu-Shincho (a monthly review of fine arts, literature, music, plays, movies, radio etc.) |
1948-49 |
| X.C.5.10* | Modern Art in Your Life One page from Look magazine article on "Museum First Nights" with photograph of RDH and NAR at opening of Modern Art in Your Life, 10/5/49. Oversize, see box 136. |
December 20, 1949 |
| X.C.5.11* | Wiener Kurier Dec. 1949 Article about the new director of New Yorks Museum of Modern Art being from Vienna. (In German.) Oversize, see box |
1949 |
| X.C.5.12 | Harpers Bazaar Sept. 1951 Article on RDH: Modern Museum Man, by Spencer Klaw. |
1951 |
| X.C.5.13* | Ultima Hora Rio de Janeiro Article about RDH representing North America at the Bienal, 10/20/51. (In Portuguese.) Oversize, see box 136. |
1951 |
| X.C.5.14 | Pacific Discovery Sept. - Oct. 1952 Review of book on Arts of the South Seas, published several years after the MoMA exhibition, Arts of the South Seas, in Pacific Discovery, A Journal of Nature and Man in the Pacific World. |
1951 |
| X.C.5.15 | Current Biography Biography of RDH in Current Biography, Whos News and Why, Sept. 1952, published by the H.W. Wilson Co., New York. |
1952 |
| X.C.5.16* | Art of the Andes Newspaper and magazine clippings. Oversize, see box 136. |
1954 |
| X.C.5.17 | Art of the Andes Newspaper and magazine clippings. |
1954 |
| X.C.5.18 | Artes de Mexico May and June 1954 Article by Miguel Covarrubias, El Arte de los mares del sur, in which he refers to the 1946 MoMA exhibition, Arts of the South Seas, on which he collaborated. |
1954 |
| X.C.5.19 | German publication Sept. 1955 Article in German: Hommage an das Museum of Modern Art in New York, by George Schmidt, with handwritten inscription to RDH by the author. |
1955 |
| X.C.5. 20* | La Estafeta Literaria Article about RDH and interview with him when he was in Madrid. (In Spanish) Oversize, see box 136. |
1958 |
| X.C.5.21* | Life Magazine Section entitled Zestful Americans Enjoy their New Leisure shows Celebrated People enjoying various activities. RDH is shown with his bicycle in New York City. Oversize, see box 136. |
1950s |
| X.C.5.22 | New Yorker May 7, 1960 Profile of RDH by Geoffrey Hellman. |
1960 |
| X.C.5.23 | New Yorker article correspondence Correspondence relating to the New Yorker Profile, 1958-60. |
1958-60 |
| X.C.5.24 | Art and Life in Old Peru: An Exhibition Catalogue of exhibition shown at American Museum of Natural History, Sept. 25, 1961, for state visit of Peruvian President. The catalogue by Junius Bird, curator of South American Archeology at the museum, was written after the event. Bird, who worked with RDH on MoMAs exhibition, Ancient Arts of the Andes, refers to that exhibition and the amount of time RDH spent collecting objects for it. |
1961 |
| X.C.5.25* | The New York Times May 26, 1964 Full page ad by Macys welcoming MoMA back after its expansion. Oversize, see box 136. |
1964 |
| X.C.5.26 | Newsweek June 1, 1964 Cover story: The New Museum of Modern Art - Directors Barr and d'Harnoncourt with pictures of AHB and RDH on the cover. |
1964 |
| X.C.5.27 | Art voices Summer 1965 Article on The First Meetings of the National Council on the Arts, by Daniel Millsaps, includes a full-page photograph of RDH. |
1965 |
| X.C.5.28 | The Atlantic Oct. 1967 Article: Picasso as Sculptor by Sir Roland Penrose. The article discusses the Picasso exhibition which opened at MoMA on Oct. 11, 1967. |
1967 |
| X.C.5.29 | Newsweek Oct. 16, 1967 Article: Picassos Hidden Treasure by David Shirey, about the Picasso exhibition at MoMA. |
1967 |
| X.C.5.30* | St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct. 22, 1967 Sunday magazine section cover story on Picasso exhibition. Includes photograph of RDH with Alicia Legg, associate curator of Painting and Sculpture, who assisted RDH with the installation of the exhibition, and Anne d'Harnoncourt, who had dropped in to see her father. Oversize, see box 136. |
1967 |
| X.C.5.31 | Picasso Exhibition - General Other material on the Picasso exhibition. |
1967 |
| X.C.5.32 | Vogue, Dec. 1967 Article with photographs of people at opening dinner for the Picasso exhibition. The photographs include one of RDH with Mrs. William S. Paley. |
1967 |
| X.C.5.33 | Clippings Newspaper clippings about the Picasso exhibition. |
1967 |
| X.C.5.34 | The New York Times, 6/27/1968 Article by Sanka Knox about RDHs retirement. |
1968 |
| X.C.5.35 | Photographs Photographs of RDH and others - personal. |
n.d. |
| X.C.5.36 | Photographs Photographs of RDH and others - MoMA related |
n.d. |
| X.C.5.37 | Clippings Miscellaneous newspaper clippings about RDH and MoMA. |
n.d. |
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6. Articles by d'Harnoncourt (MoMA publications) |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.C.6.1 | Modern Art in Your Life Catalogue of MoMA exhibition by Robert Goldwater, in collaboration with RDH. |
1949 |
| X.C.6.2 | The Museum of Modern Art - Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Program for MoMA 25th Anniversary celebration with introductory statement by RDH. |
1954 |
| X.C.6.3 | Edward Steichen, 75th Birthday Dinner Copy of booklet prepared on occasion of dinner given by MoMA Trustees to celebrate Steichens 75th birthday (3/25/54). RDH handwritten notes (n.d.) for speech made on occasion of Steichen being honored by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the country of his birth. Notice by Gene Thornton in Photography Section of New York Times (4/1/73) following Steichens death. |
1954 |
| X.C.6.4 | 15 Paintings by French Masters of the Nineteenth Century MoMA booklet containing reproductions of the 15 Paintings by French Masters of the Nineteenth Century lent by the Louvre and the Museums of Albi and Lyon for MoMA Exh. #572. Contains brief introduction by RDH, and Foreword by JTS. |
1955 |
| X.C.6.5 | Moderne Kunst aus USA Catalogues for the MoMA exhibition, Moderne Kunst aus USA, in Zurich and Switzerland. Foreword by RDH. |
1955 |
| X.C.6.6 | Modern Art in the United States Catalogue in Serbian for exhibition of modern art in USA. Foreword by RDH. |
1956 |
| X.C.6.7 | Modern Art in the United States Modern Art in the United States at the Tate Gallery, London, Jan. 5 - Feb. 12, 1956. Introduction by RDH. |
1956 |
| X.C.6.8 | Steichen the Photographer Two copies - one in English, one in Serbian - of Steichen the Photographer, with Introduction by RDH. MoMA 1961. |
1961 |
| X.C.6.9 | Josef Albers: Homage to the Square Catalogue for exhibition, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, organized by MoMAs International Council as part of an expanded program of exchange with Latin America. Introduction by RDH. |
1964 |
| X.C.6.10 | The Museum of Modern Art - A Pictorial Chronicle Short history of MoMA, reprinted from Art in America, Feb. 1964. Introduction by RDH. |
1964 |
| X.C.6.11 | États-Unis sculptures du xxe sicle Catalogue for exhibition, États-Unis sculptures du xxe sicle at the Musée Rodin, Paris. Introduction by RDH. |
1965 |
| X.C.6.12 | Fifteen Canadian Artists Catalogue for the exhibition, Fifteen Canadian Artists, organized by the Canadian Advisory Committee with the assistance of the Canada Council and circulated under the auspices of the International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Introduction by RDH. |
n.d. |
Subseries D: After d'Harnoncourt's Death 1968-1980s |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.D.1* | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/24/68 Cover article in the Sunday magazine section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Memorial at a Museum, about the Memorial for RDH in the MoMA Sculpture Garden. Oversize, see box 137. |
1968 |
| X.D.2 | MoMA Biennial Report 1967-69 Report includes tribute to RDH with a photograph and page of excerpts from speeches made at RDHs funeral on Long Island (8/15/68), and at the Memorial Service at MoMA (10/8/68). Also includes tribute to RDH in William Paleys Report of the President (10/1/69). |
1968-69 |
| X.D.3 | Time Magazine 5/16/69 Article on NARs art on display at three museums in New York includes two paragraphs on RDH |
1969 |
| X.D.4* | New York Times Magazine 5/18/69 Article Rocky as a Collector, by James R. Mellow, includes a photograph of RDH and NAR in 1950. Oversize, see box 137. |
1969 |
| X.D.5 | Catalogue of Exhibition - Institute of International Education Catalogue of exhibition organized by Institute of International Education, in cooperation with the American Federation of Arts. RDH was working on this exhibition with the president of the Institute at the time of his death, and the title page of the catalogue is inscribed An Exhibition in Memory of René d'Harnoncourt. Also included is a press clipping of a review of the exhibition by John Canaday. |
1969 |
| X.D.6 | Museum of Primitive Art Invitation to members preview of exhibition, René d'Harnoncourt, The Exhibitions of Primitive Art, 2/24/70. The exhibition was shown at the Museum of Primitive Art, 2/25 - 5/10/70. Two press releases are also included - one on the RDH exhibition, the other on an exhibition of gifts to the Museum of Primitive Art, which refers to an anonymous gift in memory of RDH. |
1970 |
| X.D.7 | Industrial Design April 1970 Article, The Museum of Primitive Art honors the late René d'Harnoncourt with a retrospective. |
1970 |
| X.D.8 | Craft Horizons May/June 1970 Review and general discussion of RDHs installations and exhibitions. |
1970 |
| X.D.9 | Letter to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from Dorothy Miller 1 TLS Dorothy Miller - Sarah d'Harnoncourt (6/2/70) enclosing copy of a letter from Louise Kain about an exhibition of Latin American art from MoMAs collection which was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where the exhibition was dedicated to RDH. The panel of photographs honoring RDH, which had been hung in MoMAs lobby following his death, was also sent to Louisville, and a copy of it was enclosed with Dorothy Millers letter to Mrs. d'Harnoncourt. |
1970 |
| X.D.10 | Vogue, May 1973 Article by Russell Lynes on AHB, with passage on RDH. |
1973 |
| X.D.11 | The New Yorker July 30, 1973 Review of Good Old Modern: An Intimate Portrait ofThe Museum of Modern Art, by Russell Lynes. |
1973 |
| X.D.12 | Dedication of MoMA Galleries in Honor of AHB and RDH Invitation by the President and Trustees of MoMA to the dedication of galleries in honor of AHB and RDH (5/13/75). Clipping of New York Times piece about the dedication by Grace Glueck. |
1975 |
| X.D.13 | American Picturebooks from Noahs Ark to The Beast Within Book by Barbara Bader on American childrens picturebooks, published by Macmillan, New York, 1976. Contains several passages on RDHs childrens books. |
1976 |
| X.D.14 | ARTnews. October 1979 Cover story, The Museum of Modern Art at 50, with nearly the entire magazine devoted to MoMA, includes 3 page article on RDH. |
1979 |
| X.D.15* | New York Times Magazine 1/24/82. Article by Hilton Kramer on the opening of the Michael C. Rockefeller wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2/3/82. Oversize, see box 137. |
1982 |
| X.D.16 | The Indian Arts & Crafts Board - An Aspect of New Deal Indian Policy Book by Robert Fay Schrader, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1983. A large portion of the book is about RDH. |
1983 |
Subseries E: Personal Material |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| X.E.1 | German Letter 1 TLS from Professor Dr. H. Strache (8/28/24) acknowledging and returning with RDH comments a report which RDH had sent him. The report was about the chemical composition of a variety of substances, such as coal, wood, and cellulose. A future meeting between Strache and RDH is suggested. (In German) |
1924 |
| X.E.2 | Notes about the Mexican Arts Exhibition Pencil notes by RDH about Mexican art objects, with notation as to which state the objects came from. Unfinished typescript in German of RDHs introduction to the Mexican Arts exhibition catalogue. |
1929-30 |
| X.E.3 | German Letter 1 TLS Director of the Art History Institute at the University of Graz - RDH, thanking RDH for presenting a lecture on Mexican art. The director states that the talk was enlightening to both the general public and to the institute staff who attended. He closes by wishing RDH much future success in his study and collecting of Mexican art. (In German) |
1932 |
| X.E.4 | German Letter Letter to RDH asking for money - and moral support - for the expansion of the Joanneum Museum in Graz. The letter and the accompanying document outline plans for the expansion, and describes the kinds of folk art, which - together with money - would make suitable donations. (In German) |
1933 |
| X.E.5 | George Clapp Vaillant Obituary by Wm. Duncan Strong of George Clapp Vaillant, 1901-1945, a friend of RDHs who wrote on Mayan history, and on the Aztecs of Mexico. |
1945 |
| X.E.6 | Letter about René d'Harnoncourt's Sister Letter from RDH to Czech government office about his sister being moved to a camp for the aged, sent in response to a letter in Czech informing RDH of the impending move. |
1946 |
| X.E.7 | Venice Biennale 1948 Copy of article, Biennale in Venice, by Fabian Linden. |
1948 |
| X.E.8 | Wiener Zeitung, 10/9/51 Biography of RDH in German from his time in Mexico to 1951. |
1951 |
| X.E.9 | René d'Harnoncourt's Personal Library List of MoMA publications (5/1/52) indicating which books were in RDHs personal library. |
1952 |
| X.E.10 | Police Department, New York City Letter from the New York City Police Department, together with form showing RDHs finger prints for both hands (8/18/53). |
1953 |
| X.E.11 | Alfred Wickenburg Catalogue for exhibition of works by Alfred Wickenburg held July - Sept. 1960 at the Joanneum, Graz. Wickenburg was prominent in the Graz art world in the 1920s, so it is probable that RDH knew his work. Book on Wickenburg by Trude Aldrian. |
1960 |
| X.E.12 | Key West Newspaper Clipping Clipping from Key West Citizen, 1964, headed Brand-New Resident Sold on Key West, describes in an informal manner the RDHs life on Key West. |
1964 |
| X.E.13 | René d'Harnoncourt Curriculum Vitae Copies of RDH curriculum vitae, the last revised in April 1968. Copies of RDHs signature. Also his Social Security and Medicare cards. |
1968 |
| X.E.14 | Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt Condolence letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt on RDHs death from Julian Huxley and his wife, Juliette (8/19/68). |
1968 |
| X.E.15 | Letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt Letters to Sarah d'Harnoncourt from Renate (RDHs sister), one with information about early art works by RDH, and the other containing information about the d'Harnoncourt family. Renate apologizes for not having more information on RDHs early life, but some of the papers she had possessed had been lost (4/13/69). |
1969 |
| X.E.16 | Seattle magazine, October 1969 Seattle magazine given to Sarah d'Harnoncourt by Isamu Noguchi. It contains an article about Noguchis sculpture Black Sun in which RDH is credited with being partly responsible for the sculpture being in Seattle. |
1969 |
| X.E.17 | Julian Huxley Obituary Obituary of Julian Huxley, The New York Times, (2/16/75). |
1975 |
| X.E.18 | Newspaper clipping about opening of Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clipping from The New York Times (8/28/77), about the opening of an Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a showcase for their traditional arts and crafts. RDH had worked to make this Center a reality. |
1977 |
| X.E.19 | Color Drawing by René d'Harnoncourt Color drawing by RDH of the letters KHG entwined. |
n.d. |
| X.E.20 | Notes by Sarah d'Harnoncourt Notes by Sarah d'Harnoncourt, including a list of books with inscriptions by the author to RDH. |
1971-72 |
| X.E.21 | Notes by Sarah d'Harnoncourt Notes by Sarah d'Harnoncourt on publications and articles relating to RDHs work with the Indian Arts & Crafts Board. |
n.d. |
| X.E.22 | Anne d'Harnoncourt Newspaper clippings about Anne d'Harnoncourt's appointment as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The New York Times (5/26/82), and the Philadelphia Inquirer (6/17/82). Both pieces refer to RDH. Part of letter to Anne d'Harnoncourt from Marga Barr (7/21/82), in which Mrs. Barr writes about RDH. |
1982 |
| X.E.23 | Mrs. Bliss Parkinson copy of d'Hoodles booklet Copy of d'Hoodles booklet inscribed to Mrs. Bliss Parkinson (Eliza), and donated by her to the RDH Archive. |
1968 |
| X.E.24 | Copies of d'Hoodles Booklet Three extra copies of d'Hoodles booklet. |
1968 |
| X.E.25* | Red Presentation Box,
Drawings and d'Hoodles Volumes I and II of Drawings and d'Hoodles in red presentation box. Oversize, see box 138. |
1968 |
| X.E.26* | Red Presentation Box,
Drawings and d'Hoodles Volumes III and IV of Drawings and d'Hoodles in red presentation box. Oversize, see box 139. |
1968 |
| X.E.27* | African Photos Photographs of African objects taken by Eliot Elisofon. Oversize, see box 137. |
1968 |
| X.E.28* | Awards and Honorary Degrees Certificates of awards and degrees, incl. corresp. |
n.d. |
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Series XI: Additional Materials Received from the Estate of Joseph Rishel and Others 1917-1993 |
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This series comprises files received from 2017 to 2024, long after the original records were opened to the public. The bulk
of the files were part of a bequest from the estate of Joseph Rishel (1940-2020), the husband of René d'Harnoncourt's daughter
Anne d'Harnoncourt (1943-2008). Files received from other sources are noted below. This series was added in 2024. |
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Subseries XI.A: Early Papers, 1920-1924 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| XI.A.1 | Manuscripts and Notes Original folder title: "RdH manuscript - Licht! - play, Die Fache/by Karl Kraws - RdH copy, notes by Sarah d'Harnoncourt" |
1920-1932 |
| XI.A.2 | Rainer Maria Rilke Booklet with a poem by RDH (1922); correspondence from Rainer Maria Rilke to RDH (March 9, 1921); and correspondence from
Walter Kaufman (March 2, 1960) regarding Rilke's book, Sämtliche Werke (Berlin: Insel-Verlag, 1956), which includes RDH's poem. |
1921-1922, 1960 |
Subseries XI.B: Papers from Years in Mexico, 1924-1932 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| XI.B.1 | Formal Portraits of RDH Original folder title: "Early Rd'H photo portraits" |
1920-1947 |
| XI.B.2 | Exhibition Plan, Clipping, and One Copy of RDH's Domingos Mexicanos (Mexico City: F. W. Davis, c. Late 1920s) (Edition 201/300) Original folder title: "René book draft" |
1920-1930 |
| XI.B.3 | Photograph and Clipping Photograph of an altar and clipping about Manuel Alvarez Bravo. |
1923-1992 |
| XI.B.4 | Manuscripts, 1 of 2 Original folder title: "RdH manuscripts - poems, stories, music, articles, in German, English, and Spanish" |
1924-1936, undated |
| XI.B.5 | Manuscripts, 2 of 2 Includes annotated drafts of "The Very Old Man of Patzcuaro" and "Intellectual Life in Graz" and a handwritten draft of "Mexican
Travel Diary." |
1924-1936, undated |
| XI.B.6* | Framed Drawing of RDH by Miguel Covarrubias | c. 1925-1929 |
| XI.B.7 | Napkin Sketch of RDH by Miguel Covarrubias Undated pencil drawing on a paper napkin with written caption, "RH by Miguel Cov." |
undated |
| XI.B.8* | Drawing of RDH by Matias Santoyo Includes envelope that reads: "Carleton Beals mentions Matias Santoyo briefly see inside re: Posada, Cov (+Santoyo). Connie bought from Victor (early 70s) gave to Eliza who gave it to Anne." Note inside envelope gives additional information on Beals' text. |
1929 |
| XI.B.9 | Photocopied Clippings Clippings regarding RDH's activities while he lived in Mexico. |
1925-1965 |
| XI.B.10 | Photographs and Correspondence Portraits of Miguel Covarrubias and other men. Correspondence from 1982 from Robert Schrader to Sarah d'Harnoncourt about a book on the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. |
1927-1940, 1982 |
| XI.B.11 | Frank Boas. Primitive Art (Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1927) One copy of the book. |
1927 |
| XI.B.12 | Drawings and Notes | 1928, undated |
| XI.B.13 | Mexican Arts Exhibition Photographs of, photocopies of RDH's writings about, and photocopies of correspondence regarding Mexican Arts exhibition organized for and circulated by The American Federation of Arts, which toured from 1930-1931 and was arranged
by RDH. Also includes The School Arts, vol. 31, no. 6, 1932 and Bulletin of the Pan American Union, October 1930. |
1928-1932 |
| XI.B.14 | Mexican Arts (New York: American Federation of Arts, 1930) One photocopy of the catalogue. |
1930 |
| XI.B.15 | Mexican Arts (New York: American Federation of Arts, 1930) and Correspondence One copy of the catalogue and correspondence regarding the exhibition. |
1930 |
| XI.B.16 | Mexican Arts Clippings Clippings regarding Mexican Arts exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
1930 |
| XI.B.17 | Mexican Folkways One copy of the periodical Mexican Folkways (1934) and covers of other issues (1928, 1935). Cover illustrations by Diego Rivera. |
1928-1935 |
| XI.B.18 | Mexican Folkways One copy of the periodical Mexican Folkways, vol. 8, no. 1, January-March 1933 and vol. 8, no. 2, April-June 1933. Cover illustrations by Diego Rivera. |
1933 |
| XI.B.19 | Mexican Folkways One copy of the periodical Mexican Folkways, August 1935. |
1935 |
| XI.B.20 | "RdH's miscellaneous writing re: Mexico" Photocopy of Mexican Arts (New York: American Federation of Arts, 1930); notes; excerpt from "The Word in Mexico" (1930); photocopy of "Return to Mexico"; photocopies of correspondence from RDH; manuscript of "Pancho the Toy Maker." |
1928-1930 |
| XI.B.21 | "Misc. RdH Papers and Drawings" Photocopy of RDH's bookplate; letter from RDH to Padilla; photocopies of RDH's article "Four Hundred Years of Mexican Art"; photocopy of RDH's introduction to The Daybooks of Edward Weston (Rochester, New York: George Eastman House, 1962); clippings; one copy of A Tribute for RDH's memorial service at MoMA; drafts of writing; sketches. |
1929-1968 |
| XI.B.22 | Negative Photostat of a Drawing by RDH Negative photostat of a drawing by RDH titled "Un Recuerdo de Mexico," dated 1929. The verso has extensive notations, which
detail the context in which this drawing was created for Homer and Mary Saint-Gaudens, as a souvenir of their travels in Mexico.
The original is likely in the Saint-Gaudens' estate. |
1929 |
| XI.B.23 | Correspondence from RDH to Sarah (Carr) d'Harnoncourt Mostly photocopies. |
1930s |
| XI.B.24 | Correspondence from RDH and Others to Sarah d'Harnoncourt Original folder title: "Rd'H Letters etc. from Mexico etc." |
1930s-1993 |
| XI.B.25 | RDH's Notebook Original folder title: "Notes RDH notebooks with sketches" |
c. 1930 |
| XI.B.26 | Elizabeth Morrow. The Painted Pig (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930) One copy of The Painted Pig, book with text by Elizabeth Morrow and drawings by RDH. |
1930 |
| XI.B.27 | "Mexican Travel Diary" Photocopies of RDH's "Mexican Travel Diary" and an illustration. |
undated |
| XI.B.28 | Pages from RDH's Hole in the Wall (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931) and Photocopy of RDH's "Mexican Travel Diary" Original folder title: "RdH Mex. Diary" |
c. 1931 |
| XI.B.29* | Drawings and manuscript for RDH's Mexicana: A Book of Pictures (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931)
Original folder title: "RdH Mex. Diary" |
c. 1931 |
| XI.B.30 | Reproduction Requests Correspondence regarding reproduction of drawings from Mexicana: A Book of Pictures (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931) and other books. |
1965 |
| XI.B.31 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1931 |
| XI.B.32 | Photographs of RDH and His Nephew, Phillipp d'Harnoncourt Two informal snapshots of RDH (one with his nephew), while visiting relatives in Graz, Austria. These photographs were donated to the MoMA Archives by René d'Harnoncourt's grandniece, Cecily Trapp, in 2018. |
c. 1932 |
| XI.B.33 | The School Arts Magazine The School Arts Magazine, vol. 31, no. 6, February 1932. Includes RDH's "Pancho the Toy Maker." |
1932 |
| XI.B.34 | Elizabeth Morrow. Casa Manana (Croton Falls, New York: Spiral Press, 1932) One copy with an inscription from Elizabeth Morrow to RDH and inserted notes. |
1932 |
Subseries XI.C: Papers from Years in U.S. Before MoMA, 1933-1943 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| XI.C.1 | Beast, Bird, and Fish Drawings Original drawings by RDH for Elizabeth Morrow, Beast, Bird, and Fish (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933). |
c. 1933 |
| XI.C.2 | Mock up of Beast, Bird, and Fish One mock up of Elizabeth Morrow, Beast, Bird, and Fish (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933), with drawings by RDH and music by Eberhard d'Harnoncourt. |
c. 1933 |
| XI.C.3 | Beast, Bird, and Fish One copy of Elizabeth Morrow, Beast, Bird, and Fish (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933), with drawings by RDH and music by Eberhard d'Harnoncourt. |
1933 |
| XI.C.4 | Beast, Bird, and Fish One copy of Elizabeth Morrow, Beast, Bird, and Fish (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933), with drawings by RDH and music by Eberhard d'Harnoncourt. This copy was purchased by the MoMA Archives in 2018, and contains an anonymous inscription. |
1933 |
| XI.C.5 | "1930s-1950s Art Publications" One copy of Georg Kaiser, Noli Me Tangere (Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1922); one copy of Miguel Covarrubias, El Arte "Olmeca" o de La Venta (Mexico City: Cuadernos Americanos, 1946); playbill for "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus"; folder of clippings of reviews of RDH's children's books from the early 1930s; one copy of the exhibition catalogue Ancient American Gold and Jade (Cincinnati: Taft Museum of Art, 1950); one copy of the exhibition catalogue Escultura Mexicana Antigua (Mexico City: Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1934). |
1922-1950 |
| XI.C.6 | "'34 RADIO PROGRAM" Notes about Art in America radio program, a weekly radio program directed by RDH. See also X.B.1-X.B.5 for more information on this radio program. |
c. 1934 |
| XI.C.7 | Three Americas Three Americas, vol. 1, no. 6, November 1935, and vol. 1, no. 5, October 1935. |
1935 |
| XI.C.8 | George C. Vaillant. Artists and Craftsmen in Ancient Central America (New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1935) One copy of the book. |
1935 |
| XI.C.9 | Notes, Correspondence, and "Notes on American Lacquer" | 1936, undated |
| XI.C.10 | Notes and Drawings Bookplate by RDH for Frederick "Federico" Davis, notes, and drawings by RDH. |
undated |
| XI.C.11 | Diaries, Photographs, and Notes Memo book from trip to Haiti (1940s?), appointment calendar from 1937, undated passport portraits, business cards and notes,
undated loose diary pages. |
1937-1940s, undated |
| XI.C.12 | La Coleccion Larrea (Valencia: Junta Central del Tesoro Artistico, 1938) One copy of the book. |
1938 |
| XI.C.13* | Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco One drawing by RDH of a room in the exhibition installed in "The Indian Court" of the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco; one brochure/map of Indian Cultures of the United States and Alaska; one poster that reads "American Indian Art". |
1939 |
| XI.C.14* | Installation Photograph by Philip Fein One installation photograph of Northwest Coast Art at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. This installation photograph was donated to the MoMA Archives by Joseph Rishel, Anne d'Harnoncourt's husband, in 2017. It was originally in RDH's possession. |
1939 |
| XI.C.15 | Address Books Original folder title: "address book connected with early Indian A+C Board work" |
undated |
| XI.C.16 | RDH's Speeches "Indian Arts and Crafts and Their Place in the Modern World," prepared for Inter-American Conference on Indian Life, at Patzcuaro,
Michoacan, Mexico, April 14-24, 1940. [3 copies] |
1940, 1963 |
| XI.C.17 | Photographs and Indian Art of the United States Assorted prints of biological subjects, Navaho silversmith of Arizona, Mexico, and more. One copy of Frederic H. Douglas and René d'Harnoncourt, Indian Art of the United States (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1941) with enclosed notes. |
1941, undated |
| XI.C.18 | Correspondence from RDH to Sarah d'Harnoncourt | 1941 |
| XI.C.19 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1941 |
| XI.C.20 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1943 |
| XI.C.21 | RDH's Appointment Calendar For additional Appointment Calendars from 1945-1968, see XI.D.93-XI.D.111. |
1943-1945 |
| XI.C.22 | Reports and Documents Concerning the Activities of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board (Washington, D.C.: The United States Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board, December 1, 1943) Two copies of the publication. |
1943 |
| XI.C.23 | Report on the Exposición de Pintura Contemporanea Norteamericana Report on the Exposición de Pintura Contemporanea Norteamericana, 1941, organized by the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, American Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and circulated by The Museum of Modern Art. Received through internal transfer. This folder was added in 2025. |
1941 |
| XI.C.24 | Bibliography of Articles and Papers on North American Indian Art United States Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board's Bibliography of Articles and Papers on North American Indian Art. Received through internal transfer. This folder was added in 2025. |
c. 1940 |
| XI.C.25 | The Visual Arts in Secondary Education by Victor d'Amico Received through internal transfer. This folder was added in 2025. |
1937 |
Subseries XI.D: Professional Records and Personal Papers from Years at MoMA, 1944-1968 |
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In 1981, files that were originally amongst d'Harnoncourt's papers at MoMA were given to the d'Harnoncourt family after being deemed personal in content by MoMA Library staff. The files returned to the Museum among the materials received from the estate of Joseph Rishel and now make up folders XI.D.1 to XI.D.9, originally labeled "File No. 27" to "File No. 34." This may also be the case for folders XI.D.42, XI.D.45-48, XI.D.52-54, XI.D.57-59, and others. Original and extensive folder labels from those files have been transcribed and included below, regardless of accuracy. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| XI.D.1 | "File No. 27 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Private Family Papers - Letters - Passports - Certificates - Diaries - Bios; From
M.OMA. (8/1981); N.B. Dates spanned these files #27-34 1930's-early 1950's," 1 of 2 Passports/identification cards (1933-46), marriage certificate (1933), will and testament (undated), and correspondence (1946-52, letters in German, English, French, mostly family related). |
1917-1952 |
| XI.D.2 | "File No. 27 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Private Family Papers - Letters - Passports - Certificates - Diaries - Bios; From
M.OMA. (8/1981); N.B. Dates spanned these files #27-34 1930's-early 1950's," 2 of 2 Correspondence (1946-52, letters in German, English, French, mostly family related) and clippings about RDH becoming director of MoMA (1949). |
1946-1952 |
| XI.D.3 | "File No. 28 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Awards, Honors; From MOMA (8/1981)" Correspondence and certificates of awards and honors, including: Department of State of the United States, Adviser on the United States Delegation to the Second Session of the General Conference of UNESCO, (1947); Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, War Service Certificate (1946); notification about being elected as a Trustee at The Museum of Modern Art (1946); Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France (1952); inclusion in Who's Who in America, Volume 26, 1950-51. |
1946-1952 |
| XI.D.4 | "File No. 29 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Book Contracts (Royalties), Drafts of Articles/Speeches, Civil Service Retirement
Data; From MOMA 8/1981" Contract for Mexican Picture Book (1930); correspondence regarding royalties for The Painted Pig, Mexicana; correspondence for the payment of a contribution to STUDIO; clippings; manuscripts about primitivism and surrealism; retirement funds paperwork. |
1930-1950 |
| XI.D.5 | "File No. 30 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Letters from Family, Friends, Requesting Help and Advice; From MOMA (8/1981)" Correspondence from family and friends asking for assistance. |
1946-1951 |
| XI.D.6 | "File No. 31 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Latin American Material, Original Pencil Drawings - (4 Leaves - Total); From MOMA
(8/1981)" Sketches, report on trip to Latin America (1944-1945), clippings, correspondence regarding trip, itinerary of trip. |
1944-1946 |
| XI.D.7 | "File No. 32 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Indian Affairs, Letters/Reports; From MOMA 8/1981" Notes and proposals related to the 1939 Indian Arts and Crafts Board's exhibition at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco; other writing, correspondence, and clippings relating to Native American art and Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Includes a handwritten report by Alice Marriott. |
1936-1949 |
| XI.D.8 | "File No. 33 René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; General Correspondence, Miscellany - Invitations; From MOMA (8/1981)" Correspondence, drawings, invitations. |
1944-1952 |
| XI.D.9 | "File No. 34 (Last) René d'Harnoncourt - Personal; Loan of Works of Art, Bills, Receipts - General - Telegrams, From MOMA
(8/1981)" Loan receipts and correspondence regarding RDH's private collection of artwork, personal correspondence, correspondence regarding publications to purchase, documentation of various expenses for work trips. |
1946-1952 |
| XI.D.10 | "RdH Correspondence" Notes and correspondence. Also includes drawings by Josefine d'Harnoncourt from 1915-1916. |
1915-1966 |
| XI.D.11 | Photographs of RDH and Others Thirteen snapshots and portraits of RDH and others engaged in various activities, including attending receptions and parties. One photocopy of a drawing by RDH titled "Silver Lake." |
1920-1956 |
| XI.D.12 | "RdH Miscellaneous" Notes, University of Pennsylvania's University Museum Bulletin vol. 18, no. 4 (1954), correspondence, photocopy of cover of Introduction to American Indian Art. |
1931-1954 |
| XI.D.13 | Photograph of RDH and The Manual Industries of Peru Snapshot of RDH at a market in Guatemala in 1936; one copy of The Manual Industries of Peru: Report on a Project of the Inter-American Development Commission, Washington, D.C., Conducted
by Truman E. Bailey (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946), and clipping about artist Luis Herrera Guevara. |
1936-1978 |
| XI.D.14 | "D'Harnoncourt Manual Industries Wage and Customs Laws", 1 of 2 Correspondence, brochures, press releases, reports, bulletins regarding the Department of Labor/Department of Manual Industries. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1939-1949 |
| XI.D.15 | "D'Harnoncourt Manual Industries Wage and Customs Laws", 2 of 2 Correspondence, brochures, press releases, reports, bulletins regarding the Department of Labor/Department of Manual Industries. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1939-1949 |
| XI.D.16 | Correspondence Passport, schedule of events in Fall 1962, personal correspondence, MoMA correspondence. Correspondence in English, Spanish,
and German. |
1942-1968 |
| XI.D.17 | Drawing Copy of RDH sketch, titled "Committee on Latin American Studies." |
1944 |
| XI.D.18 | "René d'Harnoncourt Manual Arts" Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports regarding Handicraft Development, Inc. and Department of Manual Industries. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1944-1948 |
| XI.D.19 | MoMA Correspondence Correspondence with Nelson A. Rockefeller, Luis de Zulueta (Indian Arts and Crafts Board), The Tool & Die Journal, Charles A. Thomson (Office of Public Information, Department of State), Sol Tax (University of Chicago), Craleton Sprague Smith, Pedro Rosaly, David H. Stevens (The Rockefeller Foundation). Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1944-1949 |
| XI.D.20 | Photographs RDH installing the exhibition, Arts of the South Seas at MoMA. |
1946 |
| XI.D.21 | Photographs of RDH CD labeled "Rd'H w/ African Masks" containing four JPGs of MAID image ARCH.2032. |
1946 |
| XI.D.22 | Portrait of RDH One portrait of RDH with a small wooden head shown in the exhibition Arts of the South Seas at MoMA. Print of MAID image ARCH.5285. |
c. 1946 |
| XI.D.23 | Keeping Up With Man Issues 20, 22, and 24 of Keeping Up With Man, published by the Laboratory of Anthropology (1946-47). |
1946-1947 |
| XI.D.24 | "D'Harnoncourt Coordination Committee" Correspondence, meeting minutes regarding the Coordination Committee. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1946-1948 |
| XI.D.25 | "American Federation of Arts Corres. 1946-50" Correspondence regarding AFA matters. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1946-1950 |
| XI.D.26 | "Paul Johnston File" Correspondence from, to, and regarding MoMA member Paul Johnston. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1946-1956 |
| XI.D.27 | Photographs and Clippings Postcard from RDH to Sarah, one copy of the exhibition catalogue, Richard Lippold: 1952-1962 (New York: Willard Gallery, 1962), clipping about Art of the South Seas, photo of RDH and Eleanor Roosevelt at the MoMA opening of The Family of Man, and clipping about RDH. |
1946-1963 |
| XI.D.28 | Report titled "The Museum of Modern Art Departments and Programs" One copy. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1947 |
| XI.D.29 | "American Federation of Arts printed material 1946-50" Correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes related to the AFA's Magazine of Art, exhibitions, and annual convention. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1947-1949 |
| XI.D.30 | "RdH - Monroe Wheeler and Adelbert Ames Room" Photographs, drawings, and correspondence from Monroe Wheeler to RDH regarding "Ames room" an optical illusion invented in 1946 by Adelbert Ames; copy of Studies in Human Behavior by Merle Lawrence (1949). |
1948-1949 |
| XI.D.31 | Photographs One print and one negative of Lucy Hodgson with her 1970s lithograph, Big Wall; one print of Henry Moore's 1948-49 sculpture, Family Group, installed at MoMA. |
undated |
| XI.D.32 | The American Federation of Arts, 1 of 2 Correspondence, press releases, memorandi, reports, meeting minutes, newsletters regarding The American Federation of Arts. Some papers may have belonged to Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1948-1952 |
| XI.D.33 | The American Federation of Arts, 2 of 2 Correspondence, press releases, memorandi, reports, meeting minutes, newsletters regarding The American Federation of Arts. Some papers may have belonged to Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1948-1952 |
| XI.D.34 | Proceedings of the Convocation Held in Honor of the 90th Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Cooper Union One copy. |
1949 |
| XI.D.35 | Max Beckmann's Portrait of René d'Harnoncourt Photograph of Max Beckmann's unfinished Portrait of René d'Harnoncourt, oil and pastel on canvas, now owned by the Berkeley Art Museum. |
c. 1949 |
| XI.D.36 | Frank Lloyd Wright and University of Pennsylvania Photocopy of writing about Frank Lloyd Wright and brochure for the University of Pennsylvania's centennial. |
1949, 1986 |
| XI.D.37 | Photographs of RDH and Others Photos of RDH at various MoMA and other art events. |
1940s-1950s |
| XI.D.38 | Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities (New York: Plantin Press, 1950) One copy of the book. |
1950 |
| XI.D.39 | "Indian Arts and Crafts Board 1952-53", 1 of 2 Meeting minutes, reports, memoranda, correspondence, meeting agendas, clippings, press releases, transcript of the "Hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on Proposed Regulations to Govern Indian Tribal Attorney Contracts" (1952). Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1950-1953 |
| XI.D.40 | "Indian Arts and Crafts Board 1952-53", 2 of 2 Transcript of the "Hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on Proposed Regulations to Govern Indian Tribal Attorney Contracts" (1952). Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1952 |
| XI.D.41* | Photographs of RDH Eight photos of RDH, including Columbia University honorary PhD degree ceremony (1958), clipping (1950), and other portraits. Most photos are labeled on the verso. |
1950-1967 |
| XI.D.42 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence in English and German (1950-1952), several issues of the periodical Wiener Salonblatt (1937). |
1937, 1950-1952 |
| XI.D.43 | Photographs One photo and one photocopy of Frederick Davis's garden in Cuernavaca. |
1951 |
| XI.D.44 | MoMA Correspondence | 1951-1968 |
| XI.D.45 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence in English and Spanish. |
1952 |
| XI.D.46 | Personal Correspondence Original folder title: "23 Examples of Rd'H's letters" |
1952-1953 |
| XI.D.47 | Personal Correspondence Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1952-1953 |
| XI.D.48 | Personal Correspondence Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1952-1954 |
| XI.D.49 | Personal Correspondence Original folder title: "info re books" |
1952-1958 |
| XI.D.50 | Personal Correspondence and Clippings Original folder title: "for S. Scrap Book" |
1952-1960 |
| XI.D.51 | Photographs of RDH and Others Thirty-one snapshots and portraits of RDH engaged in various activities, including judging competition entries, lecturing, traveling, and more. |
1953-1967, undated |
| XI.D.52 | Personal Correspondence Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1954 |
| XI.D.53 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence, invitations, and clippings in English and German. Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1954-1955 |
| XI.D.54 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence regarding his nephew. |
1954-1955 |
| XI.D.55 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence, regarding family assets. |
1954-1967 |
| XI.D.56 | Letter from Alexander Calder to RDH and Sarah d'Harnoncourt Original folder title: "R - 60th party" |
1955 |
| XI.D.57 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence to/from Joyce Miller (RDH's secretary), notes. Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1955 |
| XI.D.58 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence. Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1955 |
| XI.D.59 | Personal Correspondence Includes some MoMA correspondence. |
1955-1957 |
| XI.D.60 | MoMA Reports and Publications Annual Report (1966-67), Biennial Report (1967-69), A Pictorial Chronicle (1964), The Profile (1964), 32 Masterworks of Andean Art (1955). |
1955-1969 |
| XI.D.61 | "Gallery of Modern Art Huntington Hartford 1957/64" Correspondence with Carl J. Weinhardt at The Gallery of Modern Art, clippings, press releases, and correspondence regarding lawsuit against The Gallery of Modern Art. Transferred by MoMA's Director's Office. |
1956-1964 |
| XI.D.62 | Photographs of MoMA Openings One negative and two prints. |
1958 |
| XI.D.63 | Personal Correspondence Original folder title: "For S. address book" |
1958, 1960 |
| XI.D.64 | Correspondence Regarding Miguel Covarrubias Murals Correspondence with The American Museum of Natural History regarding their installation of Miguel Covarrubias' murals, The Pageant of the Pacific, from 1941 to 1953, which were originally exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco from 1939
to 1940. |
1958-1959 |
| XI.D.65 | "Photographs of MoMA Openings, Receptions, etc." Photographs of RDH, James Thrall Soby, Princess Margaret, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Edward Steichen, Philip Johnson, and others at MoMA events. |
1958-1966, undated |
| XI.D.66 | Donation Card for MoMA's 30th Anniversary Fundraising Drive One copy. |
1959 |
| XI.D.67 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence regarding the Denman Collection (William and Leslie Van Ness Denman's collection of Indigenous art),
which was deposited at the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in Washington and for which RDH was a trustee. |
1959-1967 |
| XI.D.68 | The New Yorker One copy of The New Yorker (May 7, 1960) with profile about RDH. |
1960 |
| XI.D.69 | "René d'Harnoncourt: Imperturbable Noble" Photocopied profile of RDH from The New Yorker (May 7, 1960). |
1960 |
| XI.D.70 | MoMA Correspondence Original folder title: "Musical - some to read from office" |
1960-1961 |
| XI.D.71 | 3" Audio Reel Labeled "red tape: for 17.5.1961; yellow tape 17.5.1960" |
1960-1961 |
| XI.D.72 | RDH's Drawings and Correspondence RDH's doodles and correspondence. Drawings were kept by Ellen Seipp MacKethan, who worked for RDH in the 60s; her son, John MacKethan, donated them to the MoMA Archives in 2022. |
1960-1968 |
| XI.D.73 | Negatives and Clipping | 1961, undated |
| XI.D.74 | Photographs and Correspondence Photographs of RDH and others at receptions; letter from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Bob Hart (replying to his letter in XI.D.77). |
1961-1962, 1993, undated |
| XI.D.75* | Drawing by Richard Lippold for RDH | 1962 |
| XI.D.76 | The Museum of Modern Art Builds One copy. |
1962 |
| XI.D.77 | Photographs and Correspondence Photos of Dwight and Elizabeth Morrow, RDH installing Hadzi sculpture at the Venice Biennale (1962), RDH and JFK at the White House (1962), and Picasso with others in a museum; letter from Bob Hart to Anne d'Harnoncourt. |
1962, undated |
| XI.D.78 | Certificates Jury duty certificate, certificate of USA citizenship, birth certificate, and notice of health insurance entitlement. Includes both originals and photocopies of each document. |
1963-1966 |
| XI.D.79 | The Museum of Modern Art: A Pictorial Chronicle (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1964) One copy. |
1964 |
| XI.D.80 | Vienna Today Vienna Today, vol. 2, 1964. |
1964 |
| XI.D.81 | Personal Correspondence Personal correspondence, in Spanish, German, and French. |
1964-1968 |
| XI.D.82 | Constant Companions (Houston: Art Department of The University of St. Thomas, 1964) One copy of the book. Includes frontispiece with doodle by RDH. |
1964 |
| XI.D.83 | Constant Companions (Houston: Art Department of The University of St. Thomas, 1964) One copy of the book. Includes frontispiece with doodle by RDH. |
1964 |
| XI.D.84 | Photographs The verso of one snapshot of a woman says "Mme Goldscheider Musée Rodin opening 1965"; the other is an unlabeled snapshot of a man and woman. |
1965, undated |
| XI.D.85 | Drawing and Correspondence Photocopies of a drawing and song by RDH, correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution. |
1966, undated |
| XI.D.86 | Correspondence Correspondence regarding documentary on Frida Kahlo, German article on the American Art Nouveau. |
1966, undated |
| XI.D.87 | Drawings by RDH Letter from Mary C. Schmid with enclosed drawings by RDH. Mary C. Schmid gave these drawings to Anne d'Harnoncourt in 1993. |
1966-1967, 1993 |
| XI.D.88 | Correspondence Correspondence from the International Institute of Iberian Colonial Art. |
1967-1968 |
| XI.D.89 | Cassette Tape Labeled "René d'Harnoncourt speaking on the installation of the Picasso show M.O.M.A. 2/24/70 2 minutes" |
c. 1968 |
| XI.D.90 | Cassette Tape and Slides Cassette tape labeled "Rene d'Harnoncourt speaking on the installation of the Picasso show M.O.M.A. 2/24/70 2 minutes" and
several slides of artwork in RDH's collection. |
c. 1968 |
| XI.D.91 | Outline of RDH's Proposed Book Two slides, outline of RDH's proposed book about installation (unrealized). |
c. 1968-74 |
| XI.D.92 | d'Hoodles (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968) One copy of the book. |
1968 |
| XI.D.93 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1945 |
| XI.D.94 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1947 |
| XI.D.95 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1948 |
| XI.D.96 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1950 |
| XI.D.97 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1951 |
| XI.D.98 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1952 |
| XI.D.99 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1953 |
| XI.D.100 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1954 |
| XI.D.101 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1955 |
| XI.D.102 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1956 |
| XI.D.103 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1957 |
| XI.D.104 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1958 |
| XI.D.105 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1962 |
| XI.D.106 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1963 |
| XI.D.107 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1964 |
| XI.D.108 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1965 |
| XI.D.109 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1966 |
| XI.D.110 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1967 |
| XI.D.111 | RDH's Appointment Calendar | 1968 |
Subseries XI.E: Family Papers from After d'Harnoncourt's Death, 1968-1993 |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| XI.E.1 | Program for A Tribute to RDH at MoMA Five copies. |
1968 |
| XI.E.2 | Publication for A Tribute to RDH at MoMA Two copies. |
1968 |
| XI.E.3 | The Museum of Primitive Art Correspondence, press release, and booklet regarding The Museum of Primitive Art, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art's acquisition of its collection. |
1968-1982 |
| XI.E.4 | Correspondence and Exhibition Catalogues Notes, the exhibition catalogue The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folk Art (New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1969), exhibition brochure for South of the Border at Yale (1993), correspondence from Yale, Rona Roob, The National Portrait Gallery, photocopies of writing by RDH. |
1969-1993 |
| XI.E.5 | Publications and Photograph The Century Association Year-Book (New York: The Century Association, 1972), MoMA (no. 12, Fall 1979), photograph of sculptures. |
1972-1979, undated |
| XI.E.6 | El Palacio Two copies of El Palacio, vol. 84, no. 4, Winter 1978. |
1978 |
| XI.E.7 | Sarah d'Harnoncourt's Notes re: RDH Archives Original folder title: "SdH Notes on RdH Archives" |
undated |
| XI.E.8 | Sarah d'Harnoncourt's Notes Notes and correspondence by Sarah d'Harnoncourt, regarding book on RDH's installations. |
1971 |
| XI.E.9 | Notes and Correspondence re: RDH Archives Notes and correspondence regarding donations to the MoMA Library. |
1972-1979 |
| XI.E.10 | RDH Archives Correspondence regarding RDH's archives in the MoMA Library. |
1978 |
| XI.E.11 | RDH Archives Correspondence regarding RDH's archives in the MoMA Library. |
1979-1981 |
| XI.E.12 | RDH Archives Photographs of artworks and installations, partial inventory of artwork in Sarah d'Harnoncourt's collection, clippings about
RDH, correspondence regarding the book about RDH's installations. |
1930-1976 |
| XI.E.13 | RDH Archives Correspondence and notes about archives given to MoMA Library. |
1982-1983 |
| XI.E.14 | RDH Archives List of RDH's papers loaned to Archives of American Art for microfilming. |
1983 |
| XI.E.15 | Notes on RDH Notecards written by Anne and Sarah d'Harnoncourt with recollections of various RDH activities. |
undated |
| XI.E.16 | "Dahl-Wolfe Portrait of RdH" Correspondence and prints of a portrait of RDH by Louise Dahl-Wolfe. |
1980 |
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File numbers marked by an asterisk (*) indicate oversize material that have been separated to the end of the collection.
Researchers should include the asterisk when issuing a request for such material.
| Box | Series | Folder |
| 1 | I | 1-27 |
| 2 | I | 28-49 |
| 3 | I | 50-69 |
| 4 | II | 1-10 |
| 5 | II | 11-25 |
| 6 | II | 26-34 |
| 7 | II | 35-39 |
| 8 | III | 1-5 |
| 9 | III | 6-12 |
| 10 | III | 13-20 |
| 11 | III | 21-25 |
| 12 | III | 26-30 |
| 13 | III | 31-36 |
| 14 | III | 37-42 |
| 15 | III | 43-48 |
| 16 | III | 49-56 |
| 17 | III | 57-62 |
| 18 | III | 63-69 |
| 19 | III | 70-77 |
| 20 | III | 78-83 |
| 21 | III | 84-89 |
| 22 | III | 90-95 |
| 23 | III | 96-102 |
| 24 | IV | 1-10 |
| 25 | IV | 11-21 |
| 26 | IV | 22-31 |
| 27 | IV | 32-38 |
| 28 | IV | 39-49 |
| 29 | IV | 50-66 |
| 30 | IV | 67-83 |
| 31 | IV | 84-100 |
| 32 | IV | 101-113 |
| 33 | IV | 114-123 |
| 34 | IV | 124-134 |
| 35 | IV | 135-147 |
| 36 | IV | 148-163 |
| 37 | IV | 164-186 |
| 38 | IV | 187-211 |
| 39 | IV | 212-231 |
| 40 | IV | 232-250 |
| 41 | IV | 251-263 |
| 42 | IV | 264-273 |
| 43 | IV | 274-285 |
| 44 | IV | 286-296 |
| 45 | IV | 297-307 |
| 46 | IV | 308-321 |
| 47 | IV | 322-330 |
| 48 | IV | 331-337 |
| 49 | V | 1-22 |
| 50 | V | 23-35 |
| 51 | V | 36-48 |
| 52 | VI | 1-8 |
| 53 | VI | 9-15 |
| 54 | VI | 16-26 |
| 55 | VI | 27-42 |
| 56 | VI | 43-48 |
| 57 | VI | 49-68 |
| 58 | VI | 69-79 |
| 59 | VI | 80-91 |
| 60 | VI | 92-98 |
| 61 | VI | 99-107 |
| 62 | VI | 108-116 |
| 63 | VII | 1-12 |
| 64 | VII | 13-16 |
| 65 | VII | 17-23 |
| 66 | VII | 24-30 |
| 67 | VII | 31-35 |
| 68 | VII | 36-44 |
| 69 | VII | 45-53 |
| 70 | VII | 54-57 |
| 71 | VII | 58-67 |
| 72 | VII | 68-77 |
| 73 | VII | 78-85 |
| 74 | VII | 86-91 |
| 75 | VII | 92-97 |
| 76 | VII | 98-104 |
| 77 | VII | 105-109 |
| 78 | VII | 110-114 |
| 79 | VII | 115-121 |
| 80 | VII | 122-128 |
| 81 | VII | 129-134 |
| 82 | VII | 135-142 |
| 83 | VII | 143-150 |
| 84 | VII | 151-158 |
| 85 | VII | 159-164 |
| 86 | VII | 165-174 |
| 87 | VII | 175-183 |
| 88 | VII | 184-189 |
| 89 | VII | 190-195 |
| 90 | VII | 196-200 |
| 91 | VII | 201-208 |
| 92 | VII | 209-221 |
| 93 | VII | 222-226 |
| 94 | VII | 227-235 |
| 95 | VII | 236-242 |
| 96 | VII | 243-249 |
| 97 | VII | 250-255 |
| 98 | VII | 256-262 |
| 99 | VII | 263-273 |
| 100 | VII | 274-277 |
| 101 | VII | 278-280 |
| 102 | VIII | 1-12 |
| 103 | VIII | 13-40 |
| 104 | VIII | 41-55 |
| 105 | VIII | 56-71 |
| 106 | IX.A | 1-23 |
| 107 | IX.A | 24-39, 43 |
| 108 | IX.A | 44-67 |
| 109 | IX.A | 68-88 |
| 110 | IX.A | 89-110 |
| 111 | IX.A | 111-123* |
| 112 | IX.B | 1-11 |
| 113 | IX.C | 1-15 |
| 114 | IX.D | 1-6 |
| 115 | IX.D | 7-14 |
| 116 | IX.D | 15-24 |
| 117 | X.A | 1-18 |
| 118 | X.B | 1-10 |
| 119 | X.B | 11-12 |
| X.C.1 | 1-23 | |
| 120 | X.C.1 | 24-34 |
| X.C.2 | 1-6 | |
| 121 | X.C.2 | 7-15 |
| X.C.3 | 1-6 | |
| 122 | X.C.3 | 7-11 |
| 123 | X.C.3 | 12-19 |
| 124 | X.C.3 | 20-28 |
| 125 | X.C.3 | 29-35 |
| 126 | X.C.3 | 36-38 |
| 127 | X.C.3 | 39 |
| 128 | X.C.3 | 40-41 |
| X.C.4 | 1-15* | |
| 129 | X.C.5 | 1*-34 |
| 130 | X.C.5 | 35-37 |
| X.C.6 | 1-12 | |
| 131 | X.D | 1*-13 |
| 132 | X.D | 14-16 |
| 133 | X.E | 1-28* |
| 134 | IX.A | 39* |
| IX.B | 10* | |
| XI.D | 75* | |
| 135 | X.A | 16* |
| 136 | X.B | 6* |
| X.C.4 | 9*, 15* | |
| X.C.5 | 1*, 4*, 5*, 7*, 8*, 10*, 11*, 13*, 16*, 20*, 21*, 25*, 30* | |
| 137 | X.D | 1*, 4*, 15* |
| X.E | 27* | |
| 138 | X.E | 25* |
| 139 | X.E | 26* |
| 140 | IX.A | 40-42 |
| 141 | XI.A | 1-2 |
| XI.B | 1-5, 7, 9-12 | |
| 142 | XI.B | 13-26 |
| 143 | XI.B | 27-28, 30-34 |
| XI.C | 1-4 | |
| 144 | XI.C | 5-12, 15-16 |
| 145a | XI.C | 17-23 |
| 145b | XI.C | 24-25 |
| XI.D | 1-2 | |
| 146 | XI.D | 3-13 |
| 147 | XI.D | 14-29 |
| 148 | XI.D | 30-40, 42-46 |
| 149 | XI.D | 47-64 |
| 150 | XI.D | 65-74, 76-86 |
| 151 | XI.D | 87-98 |
| 152 | XI.D | 99-111 |
| 153 | XI.E | 1-16 |
| 154 | XI.B | 6*, 8*, 29* |
| XI.C | 14* | |
| XI.D | 75* | |
| Flat File 1-3 | V | 27* |
| IX.A | 2*, 59*, 74*, 84*, 85*, 86*, 95*, 100*, 106*, 123* | |
| X.E | 28* | |
| XI.C | 13* |