List of the Archives’ holdings

The following is a list of collections held by the MoMA Archives.

If the desired collection is known, researchers may click on a collection’s title to access its finding aid. Finding aids serve to assist the researcher in requesting items from the collection by providing a summary of a collection’s history and arrangement, information about its creator, and an inventory of its contents.

To search across all finding aids for a specific name, term, or phrase, use the search box below.

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Administrative Records and Papers

• Jere Abbott Drawings, 1930-1932

• Victor D’Amico Papers, 1926–2011

• Annual Reports, 1931–1940

• Department of Architecture and Design Charette Materials

• Archives Pamphlet Files, 1929–Present

• Art Lending Service and Art Advisory Service Records, 1948–1996

• Art Lending Service Index to Penthouse Exhibitions (1955-1981) and Members’ Dining Room Exhibitions (1984-1986)

• Art of the Young Child Panels

• Richard Brown Baker Diary Excerpts, 1952–1960

• Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers, 1891–1982

• Margaret Scolari Barr Papers, 1883-1989

• Alan R. Blackburn, Jr. Papers, 1934–1935

• Lillie P. Bliss Scrapbook, 1920–1930

• Riva Castleman Papers, 1976–1993

• The History of MoMA by Betty Chamberlain, 1953–1954

• Leslie Cheek, Jr. Papers, 1981–1994

• Department of Circulating Exhibitions Records, 1931–1991

• Collectors Records, 1929–1987

• Contemporary Arts Council Annual Reports, 1986–1998

• Dance Archives, 1940–1949

• Marcel Duchamp Lectures, 1974

• Early Ledger Books, 1929–1936

• Early Museum History: Administrative Records, 1930–1963

• Department of Education Records, 1967–1982

• Film Exhibition Files, 1936–1990

• Jane Fluegel Papers, 1967–1981

• A. Conger Goodyear Scrapbooks, 1929–1939

• Department of Graphics Records, 1959–1995

• Richard Griffith Papers, 1931–1965

• Guestbook, 1929–1943

• René d’Harnoncourt Papers, 1930–1968

• Thomas B. Hess-Willem de Kooning Papers, 1951–1967

• John B. Hightower Papers, 1968–1972

• International Council and International Program Records Subseries I.A: ICE-F Exhibition Files

• International Council and International Program Records Subseries I.B: International Program SP-ICE Exhibition Files, through Series VI: International Council Administrative Records

• Jasper Johns Drawings

• Elaine Johnson Papers, 1960–1979

• Philip Johnson Papers, 1930–1996

• Betsy Jones Papers, 1924–2014

• Junior Council Records, 1949–1986

• Lincoln Kirstein Correspondence and Notes

• William S. Lieberman Papers, 1939–1979

• Bates Lowry Papers, 1965–1969

• Grace M. Mayer Papers, 1929–1995

• John McAndrew Garden Plans

• Kynaston McShine Papers, 1968-2004

• Dorothy C. Miller Papers, 1929–1981

• Miscellaneous Awards, 1979–Present

• MoMA PS1 Archives Series I: Curatorial and Exhibition Records

• MoMA PS1 Archives Series II and III: Press and Publications Records

• MoMA PS1 Archives Series IV through IX: Studio Program, the Director’s Office, Development, Administration, and Other Records

• MoMA PS1 Exhibition Documentation Index

• MoMA Retail, Publications, and Other Sales Catalogs, 1934–Present

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1929–1959

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1960–1969

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1970–1979

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1980–1989

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1990–1994

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1995–1997

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 1998–2000

• The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, 2001–2014

• Museum-Related Photographs, 1949–Present

• Beaumont Newhall Papers, 1934–1957

• Frank O’Hara Papers, 1956–1968

• Oral Histories, 1987–Present

• Original Charters, 1929

• Department of Painting and Sculpture Artists Records, 1935–1972

• Photographic Archive, 1929–Present

• Margaret Potter Papers, 1968–1971

• Press Office (Public Information / Communications) Records, 1927-2010

• Private Collection Card File

• Strikes by MoMA Union (PASTA) and Protests by Outside Groups, 1968–2001

• Reports and Pamphlets, 1929–Present

• John Rewald Matisse Correspondence, 1950–1951

• Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Albums, 1929–1940

• Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Print Collection Inventory

• Rona Roob Papers, 1906-2013

• Jane Sabersky Papers, 1950–1970

• Paul Sachs Correspondence, 1926–1952

• Ellen Schwartz Harris Papers, 1989–1992

• William C. Seitz Papers, 1958–1961

• Mary and William Sisler Papers, 1962–1984

• Department of Publications Collection on Proposed David Smith Monograph

• James Thrall Soby Papers, 1930–1979

• Sound Recordings, 1939–Present

• Edward Steichen Archive, 1880s–1996

• James Johnson Sweeney Papers

• Video Recordings, 1961–Present

• Monroe Wheeler Papers, 1923–1985
  
  

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Records of Outside Organizations and Individuals

• Vito Acconci Notebooks, 1969–1977

• Armory Show Material

• Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America Archive, 1983-1984

• Artists’ Letters and Manuscripts, 1928–1976

• Avalanche Magazine Archives, 1968–1976

• Richard Bellamy Papers, 1950–1999

• Joseph Beuys Eurasia Siberian Symphony (1963) Documentary Photographs

• Umberto Boccioni Correspondence with Vico Baer, 1911–1915

• David Bourdon Papers, 1952–1997

• Constantin Brancusi Correspondence and Research Material Collected by Sidney Geist, 1910–1968

• Trisha Brown Notebooks and Papers, 1962–2011

• Scott Burton Papers, 1939–1990

• James Lee Byars Correspondence

• Ludwig Charell Collection on Henri de Toulouse–Lautrec

• Chase Manhattan Art Collection Inventory, 1970

• Herman and Nicole Daled Papers, 1961–2011

• Katherine Dreier Papers, 1928–1929

• Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein Collection, 1900–1930

• Roger de la Fresnaye Research Photograph Collection, 1960–1969

• Naum Gabo Papers

• General Idea Ephemera, 1972-2007

• Timothy Greenfield-Sanders “Art World” Collection

• Harvard Society for Contemporary Art Scrapbooks, 1929–1933

• David Hoffman MoMA History Interviews, 1986

• Thilo Hoffmann Photographs from “30 SECONDS” at The Museum of Modern Art, 2008

• Vladimir Isdebsky Papers, 1900–1960

• Ray Johnson Correspondence to Robert Rauschenberg, 1952–1965

• Just Above Midtown Archives, 1974–1989

• Wassily Kandinsky Correspondence with William Grohmann, 1923–1943

• Frederick J. Kiesler Papers, 1937–1983

• Paul Klee Inventory Compiled by William Grohmann

• Werner H. Kramarsky Papers, 1977–2006

• Christian Marclay Vinyl Records, 2002-2015

• Hellmut Lehmann–Haupt Papers, 1933–1951

• Miscellaneous Documents from John Margolies, 1969–1974

• Robert Motherwell Scrapbooks, 1944–1978

• The Dedalus Foundation’s Robert Motherwell Recordings, 1972–2004

• The Dedalus Foundation’s Robert Motherwell Scrapbooks, 1944–2000

• Elie Nadelman: Letters on Cubism, 1922–1925

• J.B. Neumann Papers, 1914–1960

• Howardena Pindell Correspondence and Research Materials, 1977–1984

• Political Art Documentation/Distribution Archive, 1966–1994

• Donald Richie Papers, 1946–1969

• Gerhard Richter “October 18, 1977” Scrapbook, 1966–1996

• Hans Richter Archive, 1929–1974

• George Rickey Archive

• Léonce Rosenberg Papers: Correspondence Relating to Cubism, 1918–1932

• The Paul Rosenberg Archives, 1905–2000

• Morgan Russell Collection, 1913–1950

• Emilio Sanchez Drawings of The Museum of Modern Art’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, 1990s

• Joseph Schillinger Papers

• Carolee Schneemann Papers on Up to and Including Her Limits, 1974–2002

• Seth Siegelaub Papers, 1945–2011

• The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Archives

• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Lecture Archive, 1952–Present

• John Sloan Archives

• Something Else Press Records, 1966-1975

• Carla Stellweg Papers, 1979–1991

• Calvin Tomkins Papers, 1960–2006

• U.N.E.S.C.O Book

• Curt Valentin Papers, 1908-1956

• F. Valentine Dudensing Gallery Ledger Books

• Max Weber’s Cézanne Prints by Druet

• George Wittenborn, Inc. Papers, 1930–1975
  
  
  

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Unprocessed Records

• Gordon Bunshaft Papers

• International Study Center Records, 1960–1980

• Mark Lombardi Card Archive, ca. 1990–2000

• Department of Painting and Sculpture High and Low Ephemera

• William S. Rubin Papers, 1973–1997

• Department of Special Events Invitations, 1955–1979

• Theater Posters

• Department of Visitor Services Brochures, 1984–Present

Restricted Records

• Bank Books, 1934–1981

• Cashier’s Safe Records, 1929–1977

• Committee Minutes, 1931–1986

• Sue B. Dorn Papers: Department of Development and Public Affairs, 1987–1994

• General Counsel Documents

• Porter McCray Papers

• MoMA Archival Survey

• Trustee Minutes, 1929–Present