Monroe Wheeler Papers
in The Museum of Modern Art Archives

Overview of the Collection

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Series I. General Correspondence

Series I contains business and personal communication between Monroe Wheeler and Museum staff, heads of cultural institutions, museums, government agencies, corporations, publishers, private collectors, artists and artist representatives. This series comprises in equal measure material regarding Monroe Wheeler's work with business clients outside of the Museum and with Museum programming departments and trustee committees. Arranged in alphabetical order, the files were organized into this series by their general subject-oriented content. Folder titles reflect correspondent, company name or the subject or content of the material. At times folders with similar subject matters have been collapsed, and original folder titles have been retained except where noted. Some folders have subject headings indicating the division of Wheeler's responsibilities: program departments, exhibitions, or publications. The type of materials found in this series include letters, draft documents, handwritten notes, pamphlets, brochures, reports and other supplemental material. Third party correspondence has not been removed.

Correspondence with the Container Corporation of America.

Correspondence with the publisher regarding a publication about MoMA.

Includes list of collectors and collections.

Prospectus for fabric fair at the Museum in conjunction with a fabrics magazine.

Internal memos, letters, announcements, brochures, and entry forms regarding the AIGA Fifty Books of the Year competition and exhibition.

Internal memos, letters, announcements, brochures, and entry forms regarding the AIGA Fifty Books of the Year competition and exhibition.

Combination of two folders formerly titled "Art Director's Annual" and "Art in Advertising."

Correspondence from the Attorney General regarding fraud in the art community.

Correspondence regarding participation in various national and international book fairs and exhibitions sponsored mainly by publishers and book distributors.

Correspondence with Emanuel Hahn, co-founder of Sculptors' Society of Canada.

List of oil paintings in private collections in New York.

Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure.

Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure.

Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure.

Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure, incl. the finished product.

Correspondence with AHB, NAR, Henry Church and his lawyer regarding donations to the museum.

An assortment of newspaper and magazine clippings found loose during processing of the material. Articles refer to Museum exhibitions, activities or advertising. Includes June 1964 Apollo profile of MW with approving note from AHB.

Includes invitation card.

Includes brochure for 5th Annual Conference.

Correspondence regarding the sale and acquisition of pieces in the collection.

Formerly titled Departments, Collections--Museum

Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on the Museum Collections on October 6, 1948 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

Clippings praising and correspondence thanking and congratulating the Museum staff and MW for exhibitions and general work in the field.

Correspondence between MW, Dorothy C. Miller, Porter A. McCray and Jean de Menil regarding circulating Picasso exhibition.

View PDF of folder I.33

Brief correspondence regarding financial contributions to the Museum, including 1 TLS Harry N. Abrams-MW (11/23/1957).

Memos requesting passes for MW's guests.

Correspondence regarding book distribution in England.

Correspondence regarding mainly exhibitions and publications, mostly with Philip Johnson and Peter Blake. Includes various press releases and clippings.

Material added to this folder in 2023.

Memos regarding budgets and schedules for exhibitions and correspondence regarding logistics of exhibitions. Incl Circulating Exhibitions brochure, 1943-44.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Exhibition Committee on April 16, 1946 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

Five year program proposal report written by Porter McCray.

Brief correspondence with RDH regarding publication of staff list in the Bulletin.

Draft of history of the docent service and general correspondence about them.

Correspondence mainly between Victor D'Amico and MW. Includes two internal publications regarding the educational projects from 1937-1941.

Correspondence with Iris Barry and others regarding film at MoMA.

Contains internal memos between Bernard Karpel and MW regarding library operations and visual display equipment.

Correspondence.

Correspondence, incl. examples of membership solicitations.

Monthly membership reports circulated to staff and Membership Committee Report to the Trustees annual meetings.

Monthly membership reports circulated to staff and Membership Committee Report to the Trustees annual meetings.

Correspondence, includes examples of membership solicitations.

Internal memos to and from James Thrall Soby and James Johnson Sweeney. 1 TLS Andrew Ritchie-MW (06/22/1955), 1 TL MW-Albert Skira (06/07/1966)

Correspondence from MW to Steichen and Szarkowski and others outside the museum regarding the department and exhibitions.

Memos, correspondence, letters of application and resumes. Includes Szarkowski's resume and correspondence between MW and Szarkowski.

Radio broadcast transcript of MW interview, press releases and correspondence regarding publicity and the appointment of Betty Chamberlain as Publicity Director.

Includes unsigned copy of contract and a press release regarding the publishing department of MoMA.

Correspondence with the Libreria de Cristal regarding book distribution.

Meeting minutes of the planning committee for the new center, statement on photography by Szarkowski, and bound copy of 1961 proposal of purpose of center. Includes memos and correspondence.

Budget sheets regarding exhibitions program budget and individual exhibitions, includes internal correspondence and supplemental documents such as lists.

Material submitted to the committee for approval.

List of 1951 committee members and correspondence regarding meetings.

Correspondence with institutions and organizations abroad proposing exhibitions or asking for loans for international shows.

Handwritten lists and lists circulated in memos of exhibitions from 1929 to 1955. Includes a list of proposed exhibitions and by whom from 1943.

Mostly internal memos with Captain Edward Steichen and other staff regarding the Department of Photography, exhibitions, and the photograph collection. Includes a press release and notes from the advisory committee.

Original folder title: Photography Gallery Exhibitions

Minutes of the Meeting of the Exectuive Committee on April 9, 1947 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

Drafts with handwritten notes of tentative schedules in all galleries. Drafts of spreadsheets of the exhibition schedule in all galleries for 1965. Including schedule of Whitney Museum of American Art.

Correspondence and clippings regarding contemporary techniques in displaying material.

Correspondence regarding the 1958 fire at the Museum, including letters of sympathy from the public. Includes fact sheet about the event.

Restricted material removed: Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees on May 22, 1958.

2 TLS Wallace Stevens-MW (01/08/1951), 1 TLS Marianne Moore-MW (n.d.). Telegram from T.S. Eliot-MW. Outgoing correspondence to Carl Sandburg, Eliot, Stevens and Moore.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Coordination Committee on July 25, 1950 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

List of lot number, price and purchaser at the auction. Includes TL (generic form) from MW to Jean Arp, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Isabelle Rouault asking for artwork contributions.

Correspondence regarding individual and corporate gifts given to aid in specific parts, programs or galleries of the museum.

Correspondence, internal and external, regarding fundraising for the Edward Steichen Photography Center. Includes prospectus for the center.

Reports, charts, facts and lists made for the Committee in preparation for fund raising for the thirtieth anniversary of the Museum.

Reports and budget sheets of various committees involved in the Thirtieth Anniversary Drive, such as Buildings, Subscriptions, and Campaign. Includes recommendation report from consultant, report on gifts to the Museum, and reports from the Steering Committee.

Correspondence, mostly with publishers, regarding contributions to the Thirtieth Anniversary Fund.

Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection [MoMA Exh. #679a, February 1-March 4, 1961]
Birds and Beasts From The Museum of Modern Art [MoMA Exh. #676b, December 3, 1960-January 8, 1961]
Letter from MW to Roland Balay confirming exhibition #679a at their gallery. Includes press release regarding the benefit exhibition at Knoedler & Co., Inc. and press release of works pledged to the Museum by Soby. Also includes pamphlet of exhibition #676b.

Drafts of a prospectus and of pamphlets for solicitations for corporate fund raising for the thirtieth anniversary.

Correspondence regarding donations to mostly foreign institutions.

Internal memos regarding exhibitions and receptions to be held during conference.

Correspondence between Lawrence Gowing, MW and RDH regarding the publication of Gowing's Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings, includes revisions of manuscript material.

Correspondence from the editor of the international magazine.

Correspondence and original prints of Hamilton's sketches.

Correspondence regarding renewal of copyright and other business.

2 ALS Marsden Hartley--MW (01/10/1940, 07/1942), 1 TLS Marsden Hartley--MW (09/27/1942).

Correspondence about Hasting's work on Christian Berard, including an article from Magazine of Art, February 1949, regarding Berard.

Includes many letters written on handmade paper made by Howell, an artist and papermaker.

Receipts from business travel and membership dues for other institutions as well as correspondence. Includes two certificates of appreciation for MW's donation to MoMA for two different projects.

Correspondence with MW and contacts in India and Sri Lanka or connected to India or Sri Lanka in the United States. Copy of Trustee Report by MW about modern and ancient art, music, books, museums and textiles seen while in India. Photographs of MoMA book presentation ceremony at the Colombo National Museum.

Clippings about the exhibition in India, and two letters to the Indian consulate regarding other business.

Clippings and correspondence regarding Satyajit Ray's second film "Aparajita" (The Story of Apu and Durga); draft of synopsis of film "Pather Panchali" (The Road), Ray's first film. Correspondence covers entire process of acquisitioning the second film from India, including retrieval from Customs and having it subtitled and distributed. 7 ALS Satyajit Ray--MW (03/23/1954, 05/22/1954, 10/14/1954, 03/16/1955, 04/11/1955, 06/15/1955, 07/24/1955, 09/17/1955).

Tentative notes regarding a department of industrial arts. List of book recommendations.

Mixture of memos regarding staff holidays, the Museum's Thursday evening hours, parking, history of admission charges, the loading platform and a comparative operating statement for incoming and outgoing expenses.

Formerly called The Institute of Modern Art. Some correspondence and notes regarding the state of museums and modern art in Boston, including a published statement entitled "'Modern Art' and the American Public" by the Institute.

Includes announcements, invitation, program and catalogue of the Institute's exhibition on modern art.

Correspondence with Allard-Bescharelle, insurance agents in France, and Huntington T. Block, insurance agent in Washington, D.C.

Brief correspondence with the ILGWU, including pamphlets and brochures.

Correspondence regarding international exhibitions and programming.

Correspondence regarding the lecture series, member lists, and annual reports from 1954 to 1965.

TMs by Monroe Wheeler and letter of comments from H.W. Kent.

Letters, memos, and brochures regarding lectures at MoMA and the institutions in the Northeast.

Letters, memos, and brochures regarding the development of the lecture program at MoMA, including proposals from presenters.

Includes photos of work and original drawings in letters.

Discussion regarding an article in this magazine about the Museum.

Correspondence regarding collections, buying art and exhibitions.

Includes press release announcing Mayer's promotion to Curator of Department of Photography.

Correspondence between AHB and Roland L. Redmond, on which Wheeler was copied, regarding the relationship between the two museums and their collections. Includes the joint statement, known as the Three Museum Agreement, dated September 22, 1947.

Correspondence and notes on a shipment of Miró paintings from Portugal to New York. Copies of a letter to Miró and Pierre Matisse from MW, as well as correspondence concerning insurance rates and customs protocol. Telegram from MW to Miró, and handwritten note from Valentine Dudensing quoting Miró on the loan of these paintings to MoMA.

Loose material, such as handwritten notes to and from Monroe Wheeler and brochures for lectures and shows outside of the Museum, found during processing of the material. Includes original signed and inscribed print by Burton Wasserman.

Correspondence regarding requests for temporary loans and meeting minutes of the Program Committee of the International Council.

Reports and written laws and by-laws of the Museum covering topics from social security to the care and management of the collection. Organization chart from 1946, bound report on departments and programs at MoMA, and Personnel Policy and Procedure book from 1951.

Restricted material removed: Museum policies and minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Corporation on November 13, 1947.

Proposal for audio archive, and minutes from the Art Music Committee (1941). Includes some correspondence.

Handwritten notes and correspondence with contacts in Bali, Thailand, India, Japan and Australia regarding the museum, exhibitions and its publishing program. Includes installation photographs of a museum in Bali and articles about MW's visits.

Correspondence and draft of MW's submission on behalf of MoMA for the 1949 Edition of Penrose Annual's review of graphic arts.

Preliminary list of the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.

Correspondence between MW and Frances Pernas while she was his assistant.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

Postcards and letters from artists, publishers, collectors and friends, both inside and outside of the institution. A few congratulation letters on his retirement. ALS AHB-MW (08/07/1952), ALS Jacques-Christian Freyburger-MW (04/29/1967) with original drawings, ALS Calder-MW (10/26/1961),(03/18/1966) with original drawings, ALS Margaret Carnegie-MW (n.d.), 2 ALS Henri Cartier-Bresson-MW (05/19/1962, 06/04/1960), Jean Cocteau-MW (04/24/1961), ALS Joseph Cornell-MW (11/14/1966), ANS Joan Miró-MW (11/30/1965), Henry Moore-MW (11/19/1975), 3 JTS-MW (05/09/1960, 11/12/1960, 04/15/1966), Kate Steichen-MW (08/09/1966). Black and white photograph of MW and others (in Germany), portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Correspondence regarding fund raising.

Portraits and snapshots of Monroe Wheeler.

Correspondence, schedules and memos regarding Ansel Adam's work with the museum. TLS Ansel Adams-MW (06/01/1945),(09/19/1945) discussing completion of portraits of MW and Glenway Wescott.

Draft and typed lists of Picasso material at the Museum, books illustrated by Picasso, and recipients of cloth catalogue from a Picasso exhibit.

Clipping and memo regarding use of plastics in art and design.

Correspondence about making slides of three-dimensional objects.

Memos regarding zinc blocks for postcards; 2 exhibition catalogs in Spanish, with prints of his work inserted.

Correspondence regarding book and mailing rates.

Correspondence questioning potential donation of Mrs. Syma Busiel.

Catalogues from other museums about private collections, letters from MW regarding private collections, and memos and announcements regarding advisory committee visits to local private collections.

Pamphlets and press releases about the Museum or programs run by the Museum, copy of President Roosevelt's speech marking the opening of the Museum, copy of "A Statement on Modern Art" by modern art museums in Boston and New York, page proofs of Museum biography with handwritten notes, drafts of various biographical writings about the Museum, draft of a "Factbook for Friends of the Museum," clippings, and an answered questionaire from the International Council of Museums (in French).

Includes press releases from 1960, 1964, and draft material from a 1948 meeting regarding the purpose and accomplishments of the Publications department.

Correspondence with Penguin Books, LTD in London and some correspondence with other British publishers.

Member lists, handwritten notes and memos regarding invitations to the cocktail party.

Correspondence from foreign governments and institutions regarding requests for complimentary copies of books or catalogues.

Correspondence from foreign governments and institutions regarding requests for complimentary copies of books or catalogues.

Correspondence regarding distribution with bookstores and foreign publishers. Includes photograph of MW at book event (perhaps in Italy), typed visitation cards and receipts from travels.

Formerly titled International Publications Program

Correspondence from outside the Museum offering books for publication, requests for catalogues, books, book exchanges, or discounts on books.

Correspondence from outside the Museum offering books for publication, requests for catalogues, books, book exchanges, or discounts on books.

Correspondence from outside of the Museum offering books for publication, requests for catalogues, books, book exchanges, or discounts on books.

MoMA publications brochures, "The Museum as Publisher" by Monroe Wheeler reprinted from Art in America, 1946, and memos regarding publications from the fiscal year 1945-1955.

List of proposed publications for 1967, draft lists of five-year publications program for 1959-1964, and draft of statement to be given to Program Committee.

Lists of publications produced by the Museum for sale and for members. Includes memos, draft lists, bibliographic notecards, and brochures of MoMA books from 1960, 1963, 1966.

Incoming and outgoing memos and letters with suggestions or offers of books or ideas for books to include in MoMA's publication program.

Incoming and outgoing memos and letters with suggestions or offers of books or ideas for books to include in MoMA's publication program.

Incoming and outgoing memos and letters regarding business with Penguin Books Ltd in London and Penguin Books Inc in New York. 2 TLS NAR-MW regarding Rivera mural at Rockefeller Center.

Correspondence regarding the use of MoMA color plates for publications, as well as some correspondence with foreign printers.

Correspondence regarding color reproduction, graphic reproduction and estimates for service. Some vendors' samples included.

Correspondence and clippings about printers and lithographers, and 1936 and 1938 catalogues from the Weyhe Gallery in New York.

Favorable excerpts from book reviews, memos and letters regarding receiving and reviewing complimentary copies of MoMA publications. Includes an undated promotion schedule and promotion photograph of MoMA books. Drafts of blurbs for catalogues and magazines.

Correspondence with direct mail advertisers.

Comparison reports and reports on sales.

Statements of commission and sales. Correspondence with and about salesmen.

Schedules for publications in preparation and tentative yearly schedules. Includes drafts of statements about publishing by MW.

One clipping and letters between MW and journalists asking for information for articles.

Transcript of radio interview regarding Twentieth Century Portraits [MoMA Exh. #209, December 9, 1942-January 24, 1943] and a transcript from interview with MW at WNCY.

List of guests for dinner with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on 05/25/1964.

Letters referring to a small print show of works brought back from Europe by S.W. Hayter, Esq.

Requests for recommendation letters from MW and letters written by MW on behalf of others.

Copies of Accession and Registrar's reports.

Annual reports from the Registrar, memos regarding new freight and shipping rates from abroad, drafts of "Manual for Museum Registrars", and "Proposals for Liberalizing Tariff Laws for Works of Art and Other Exhibition Material," both co-authored by Dorothy H. Dudly, Registrar at the Museum.

TLS and internal memos from NAR and his secretary Susan Cable to MW. Drafts of brochures and letterhead for outside organizations with which NAR was involved.

Includes 4 TLS from the artist to AHB or MW, in Spanish with translations. The Museum requested photographs of Ruiz's work for the Exhibitions Committee, which are included in the file. Ruiz not able to follow through with exhibition interest of Museum.

Correspondence with the Embassy of the U.S.S.R. and other affiliates of Russian art for a potential show in 1943 of graphic art and a show in the late 1940s of contemporary art.

Includes many gallery brochures and clippings regarding sculpture.

Includes article written by Sihare.

Correspondence regarding distribution, supply orders, book orders, and other general business with the publisher, which began exclusive trade distribution of MoMA books in 1946. Includes press release announcing the partnership. 1 TLS NAR-MW (09/21/1945) complimenting MW on accomplishments with the publishing program at the Museum, particularly with regard to the partnership with Simon & Schuster.

Correspondence with the publisher and Museum staff regarding publications produced by the publisher. Includes 1953 Spring Publications brochure.

Series of TLS between David Alfaro Siqueiros, MW, Lincoln Kirstein, and AHB regarding support of his work in Mexico and Cuba as well as an exhibition at the Museum.

Correspondence reflecting an effort to produce a book of artwork produced in Japanese internment camps.

Correspondence regarding a booklet containing stamps of artwork. Includes booklet published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Copies of letters to MW including lists regarding artists deserving of State Department grants.

Correspondence regarding space for storage in 25 West 53 Street.

Correspondence (copies) between O'Keeffe and NAR about the catalogue of the exhibitions held at the Museum in 1947. Includes outline of book by James Johnson Sweeney.

Includes press releases announcing newly formed television archive and brief correspondence regarding programs at the museum.

Letters thanking people for donations, and a press release announcing CBS Foundation pledge.

Internal memos regarding exhibitions and receptions to be held during conference.

Internal correspondence regarding personnel and administrative matters as well as queries from clients outside of the Museum. Some handwritten notes and some personal mail interspersed.

Correspondence regarding museum business, both internal and external. 2 photographs (possibly from Twentieth Century Italian Art [MoMA Exh. #413, June 28-September 18, 1949] opening). Certificate of Appreciation to NAR for gift of Rousseau's "The Dream" (11/12/1954) signed by JTS, memo from Barr to Rockefeller regarding emergency plans for atom bombing, copy of By-Laws of the Museum of Modern Art as amended Nov 8, 1951. Other correspondence TLS JJS-MW (06/07/1951), ALS Iris Barry-MW (12/19/1951), TLS Harry F. Guggenheim-MW (02/05/1952), TLS Samuel Marx-MW (07/28/1953), 2 ALS Paul Strand-MW (04/14/52, 05/15/1954), ALS Mrs. Edward Hopper-MW (11/17/1954), 2 TLS Alfred Kinsey-MW (05/17/1954, 10/08/1955).

Mostly correspondence with parties outside of the Museum. TL MW-Mr. and Mrs. Philip Guston (07/06/1960).

Mostly correspondence with parties outside of the Museum.

Correspondence and internal memos regarding Museum business. Includes press releases announcing programs, publications, and shows.

Correspondence and internal memos regarding publications, exhibitions, and works of art. TLS Philip Johnson-MW (05/02/1961), copy of letter from Carl Sandburg to MW regarding Steichen book (04/26/1961); brochure of 1961 Paris Biennial.

Mostly correspondence with parties outside of the Museum, with the originals attached to the handwritten or typed reply. TLS Carl Sandburg-MW (04/26/1961); TLS Bernarda Shahn-MW (12/05/1961).

Mostly letters received from parties outside the Museum. TL MW-Bruno Munari (06/07/1965).

Mostly letters received from parties outside the Museum. TLS John de Menil-MW (03/01/1967); TLS Xavier Fourçade-MW, includes TL Fourçade-Mark Rothko (11/11/1966); TLS Pierre Matisse-MW (02/26/1966); TLS Lawrence Gowing-MW (08/09/1966) regarding Frank O'Hara's death. Correspondence with Albert Skira.

View PDF of folder I.206

View PDF of folder I.207

Correspondence and documents relating to the National Conference on UNESCO in Philadelphia.

View PDF of folder I.208

Includes a U.S.O. National Unity pin.

Correspondence with the company and Newell-Emmett Company (in advertising) regarding the purchase of a manuscript on the history of photography written by Nancy Newhall in order to settle an earlier advanced royalty payment made to U.S. Camera by the Museum.

Correspondence regarding production of the German edition of Built in U.S.A. 1932-1944.

Correspondence and memos regarding luncheons and cocktail parties in honor of special guests and foreign representatives.

Correspondence regarding use of paper in MoMA publications.

Correspondence, and press releases regarding partnerships between MoMA and the Whitney.

Correspondence about the embosograf machine.

Correspondence regarding participation in the Fair, including preliminary exhibition report.

Internal correspondence between Victor D'Amico and MW. Includes photograph requisitions, press releases, and installation photographs.

Series II. Exhibition and Publication Correspondence

Series II contains files specific to individual exhibitions or publications and is arranged in alphabetical order by title of the exhibition or publication. Some files contain information regarding a proposed exhibition or a book that was never published by the Museum. For books, the date of publication follows the title and the author is named in the description. For exhibitions, the MoMA exhibition number and exhibition dates have been cross-referenced in the description.

A proposed exhibition. Includes a program from the exhibition on modern art and advertising at the Art Institute of Chicago.

[MoMA Exh. #261, September 26-November 12, 1944]
TLS from MW to the editor of LittleBrown and Co. regarding Lincoln Kirstein's catalogue from the exhibition shown at both the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and MoMA.

Correspondence, possibly describing the initial idea for American Paintings from the Museum Collection.

Correspondence regarding a proposed book on the subject.

By E.B. Mock. Correspondence between MW and the American Bridge Company, United States Steel Corporation, Philip L. Goodwin, Architect, and Elizabeth (E.B.) Mock.

By Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Proposed reprint by Philip Johnson.

Correspondence regarding a proposed book.

Outline of Design for Use [MoMA Exh. #258b. May 24-October 22, 1944].

A project not created by the Museum. Written response (via phone) from Douglas MacAgy to MW regarding potential exhibition, and copy of clipping about failure to mount the show.

Two memos regarding installation of an unspecified exhibition in the Guest House.

A book proposed by Iris Barry that was originally published by MoMA as a catalogue for the film program in 1945.

Correspondence regarding the book published by Viking Press. MoMA arranged to participate in pre-publication distribution of the book. Includes dust jacket and page proofs.

[MoMA Exh. #611, December 19, 1956-February 3, 1957]
Correspondence tracking the transition from the Balthus-Pollock exhibition to the solo exhibition of Balthus held in 1957.

Working title, possibly published by Thames & Hudson Publishers Inc. Includes estimates and specifications.

[MoMA Exh. #376, May 10-September 6, 1948]
Correspondence regarding loans for the exhibition.

Correspondence with the Fritz Henle about photographs for the book. Includes a suggested outline for Iris Barry.

A proposed retrospective of the artist's work, possibly the origins of the 1954 Brâncuși exhibition at the museum. Includes letter from JTS to MW detailing JTS's meeting with Brâncuși.

Proposals to print a 5th edition of the book. Includes correspondence with Philip L. Goodwin.

[MoMA Exh. #615, February 27-April 28, 1957]
Correspondence and budget sheets regarding the exhibition.

By Andrew C. Ritchie.

Correspondence regarding interest from American ambassador in Italy in doing a show of contemporary American painters in Italy.

Exhibition proposal and survey report on topic developed by the Art Institute of Chicago.

Correspondence between MW and JTS. Includes royalty report from Simon and Schuster, Inc. and drafts of press release.

Correspondence detailing the proposed exhibit of the Institute's experiments on the eye and artists' perception. Includes report written and initialed by AHB about visit to institute in 1946. Also, bound manuscript (thesis, perhaps) by Professor Earl C. Kelley of Wayne University in cooperation with the Dartmouth Eye Institute titled "Reality and Education" about reality and sensation.

Correspondence with JJS, Philip Johnson and Frederick Kiesler regarding having an exhibition like the original in Amsterdam.

Proposal for an exhibition of Dutch artists after the war.

[MoMA Exh. #533, March 3-April 12, 1953]
Correspondence regarding the showing of the collection at the National Gallery. Includes work schedule for show at MoMA.

[MoMA Exh. #450, June 30-August 12, 1950]
Includes correspondence regarding the exhibition with Dorothy H. Dudley (Registrar), Frederick B. Deknatel, Erling Christophersen (Cultural Attache of Norwegian Embassy), Philip L. Goodwin, Johan H. Langaard, James Plaut (Director, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston), Ernest Rathenau, Astri Strömsted (Mrs. Alf J. Strömsted). 1 TL MW-NAR (07/6/1946).

[MoMA Exh. #447, May 17-October 29, 1950]
Estimates and approval for exhibition.

Letters and memos regarding interest in a wider expressionist exhibition after the Munch show. Includes handwritten list of artists for inclusion by MW.

[MoMA Exh. #569, January 24-May 8, 1955]
Correspondence, mainly with the Economic Cooperation Administration, an office of the U.S. government, regarding an exhibition on human rights and liberties.

By Edward Steichen. Correspondence with Simon & Schuster, the distributor, and sales reports from Maco Magazine Corporation, the publisher. Topics cover issues with accounting and distribution. Also includes correspondence with Canadian television company, CBS.

[MoMA Exh. #440, March 21-June 11, 1950]
Correspondence with Henry McIlhenny regarding use of a mural commissioned by McIlhenny for the exhibition. 1 TLS Lincoln Kirstein-AHB (01/03/1949) with reply from MW.

[MoMA Exh. #403, March 29-June 12, 1949]

Entire folder restricted: Loan correspondence.

This folder was added in 2023.

[MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]
TLS Andrew Ritchie-MW (10/06/1952); Isabelle Rouault-MW (10/06/1952). Correspondence with contributors to 1953 exhibit, handwritten notes and drafts of Rouault's chronology. Program from Wildstein Gallery show.

[MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]
Extensive correspondence between Isabelle Rouault and MW. Other correspondence regarding the show at the Cleveland Museum of Art and interest in sending it to Japan.

[MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]
Letters written to collectors requesting specifications of Rouault holdings for upkeep of records. Some loan request letters and clippings regarding exhibition.

[MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]
Lender list, checklist, and loan receipts. Including loan request letters and return letters with some minimal incoming correspondence from lenders.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

[MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]
Letters of gratitude for extensions of loans for exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum and in Japan. Extensive correspondence between MW and LACM's Chief Curator Marvin C. Ross. List of lenders name's and addresses, including checklist.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

[MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]
Plates and photostats of Rouault works from private collections. Including handwritten list of things "To Be Ordered from Girou."

[MoMA Exh. #494, November 27, 1951-January 27, 1952] Catalogue by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. Includes correspondence organizing exhibition and discussion about the type of catalogue to accompany it.

2 letters regarding potential writers for a book on this topic.

Letters from outside the Museum suggesting a show of modern Greek art.

Correspondence regarding Museum's search for funding to publishing a book on Walter Gropius.

Correspondence regarding need for book and proposed costs.

View PDF of folder II.44

Includes proposal and possible budget.

[MoMA Exh. #492, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952]
Correspondence regarding the extension of this exhibition to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Restricted material removed: Loan correspondence.

[MoMA Exh. #803, July 19-September 25, 1966]
Letters of thanks to lenders with request to sign return of delivery receipts. Includes two installation photographs. TL MW-Jean Matisse (04/29/1966) regarding loans and purpose of the show.

By John Rewald.

Includes TLS Paul Sachs-AHB regarding a publication with Harvard University Press.

Correspondence regarding Iris Barry's presumably unpublished book.

By Beaumont Newhall. Correspondence with Beaumont Newhall and publishers and Eastman Kodak Company regarding the publication of the work. Includes typescript of Ch. 4, a press release from Eastman Kodak.

View PDF of folder II.51

By C. J. Martin and Victor D'Amico.

By J. H. Duncan and Victor D'Amico.

Includes typescript. Never published.

By Frederick H. Douglas and Rene d'Harnoncourt. Includes pamphlet for the book.

[MoMA Exh. #540, September 8-November 15, 1953]

Correspondence with manufacturers of the exhibition catalogue of the James Thrall Soby Collection. Includes color plate proofs.

By James Johnson Sweeny. Interest in doing a reprint. Unsigned copies of letters to Miró from MW.

By James Thrall Soby. Correspondence regarding the book written for the 1959 MoMA exhibition, as well as some discussion of loans for the exhibition and color prints.

By H. McBride, M. Hartley and E.M. Benson. Correspondence regarding efforts to reprint the book.

[MoMA Exh. #696, October 8-December 4, 1961]
Loan agreement forms and loan receipts. Some correspondence including requests for loans made by MW and addressed invitations (unsent and blank). Also, correspondence with Pierre Matisse, Lucien and Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet. TLS Joseph Pulitzer-AHB, including copy of response by MW.

[MoMA Exh. #696, October 8-December 4, 1961]
Wall labels, general correspondence regarding loans, card from Beatrice Glass including notes, handwritten notes from MW regarding phone conversation with Pierre Matisse.

[MoMA Exh. #696, October 8-December 4, 1961]
Correspondence with Matisse, Lefebvre-Foinet and others regarding shipment of paintings for exhibition. Letters of gratitude from those attending the opening, many from directors of other major museums. Photographs from installation of painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Correspondence regarding potential for book about airspace in Latin America.

Memos from AHB regarding a reprint.

By James Johnson Sweeney. Correspondence between MW, JTS and Carl Schniewind of the Art Institute of Chicago regarding prints and works to be used in the book.

[MoMA Exh. #607, October 3-December 2, 1956]
Correspondence by Andrew C. Ritchie regarding the 1956 exhibition on which MW was copied.

By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Mostly correspondence between Albert R. Leventhal of Simon & Schuster and MW regarding the publication of the book. Includes a compilation of excerpts of favorable reviews.

By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Correspondence with publishers from Europe and Japan interested in or in production of foreign editions. Ledger worksheets and handwritten notes on production costs.

By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Includes mostly internal memos regarding production of book, draft of Matisse biographies in list form (author unknown), and correction insert for the book.

By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Correspondence concerning the creation of color plates for the book.

By Georges Rouault. Correspondence regarding the publication of this English language edition by Trianon Press (or the Grey Falcon Press), to be distributed by The Museum of Modern Art. Includes draft of agreement between the publisher and MoMA.

By Georges Rouault. Correspondence regarding the reprint of the 1952 English edition of the book by another publisher.

Memos written by MW about the concept for this proposed exhibit.

Correspondence regarding the possibility of hosting this show from France. Eventually declined by MoMA.

An excerpt from the Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee on September 11, 1947 was removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

Outline proposal for potential exhibition. General correspondence with glass companies discussing possibility of show. Some internal memos about the same.

[MoMA Exh. #474, April 10-June 10, 1951]
[MoMA Exh. #462, October 31, 1950-January 7, 1951]
Correspondence with the Cleveland Museum of Art, co-sponsor of these exhibits, and internal memos regarding budgets and private collections containing paintings by the artists.

By James Thrall Soby.

By F.B. Deknatel. Signed letter of agreement with Chanticleer Press, printer of the book, and other correspondence regarding the production of the book, including an initialed memo from AHB with comments on the illustrations in the book.

Outline proposal and typescript of a information booklet on the museum by JTS. Presumably not published.

Suggestion for show on theater art, includes William Thompson's portfolio album of black and white photographs representing his show on stage sets and costume design.

Correspondence regarding publication of the catalogue accompanying the traveling exhibition of the Klee Foundation collection.

Correspondence regarding the possibility of a show displaying modern packaging design.

A proposed exhibit. Includes media such as published articles, photographs, and magazine clippings of designs found in nature.

[MoMA Exh. #619, May 4-August 25, 1957 (first floor and auditorium)] [MoMA Exh. #619, May 22-September 8, 1957 (third floor)]
Correspondence regarding insurance costs and estimates for this exhibition, including travel of exhibition to Chicago.

[MoMA Exh. #79, September 28-November 18, 1938]
Typed drafts of lecture about Georges Rouault (author unknown) referring to pieces in the exhibition. Typed notecards referring to slides in lecture. Handwritten notes by MW about labels and placement of works in the exhibition. Includes clippings and press release.

By Edgar Kaufman.

Correspondence regarding manufacture of catalogue for Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953]. Memos regarding reprint of Georges Rouault: Paintings and Prints by James Thrall Soby, first published in conjunction with the exhibition Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #284, April 4-June 3, 1945].

[MoMA Exh. #558, May 18-August 1, 1954]
1 TLS Samuel A. Marx-MW (07/02/1954), multiple exchanges between MW and William M. Milliken of the Cleveland Museum of Art, a co-sponsor of the exhibit, and one letter between Curt Valentin and Andrew Carnduff Ritchie. Includes photographs of Lipchitz works.

1 ALS Andrew Carnduff Ritchie-MW (09/26/1951). Other correspondence with Thames & Hudson Publishers, Inc.

[MoMA Exh. #536, April 28-September 7, 1953]
Includes estimates and communication with other museums interested in hosting the exhibition.

By Monroe Wheeler. TMs of the book with handwritten notes by MW and others, draft of untitled work on Soutine's way of painting, and press release for Chaim Soutine exhibition included.

View PDF of folder II.93

Internal correspondence about the Steichen book. TMs of Forward to book with handwritten notes by MW, TMs of essay on Steichen by Carl Sandburg with handwritten notes, handwritten research notes (by Grace Mayer).

Correspondence regarding color reproduction of Tchelitchew's Head of Gold for a proposed revision of the monograph by JTS for an upcoming exhibition about the artist. Book not published and show never mounted. TLS Lincoln Kirstein-MW (01/23/1952) regarding Tchelitchew and Kirsten's ideas about a new movement in contemporary art.

Correspondence regarding publication of the books, poster advertisement, and press release for the series.

[MoMA Exh. #598, March 21-May 6, 1956]
Correspondence regarding the 1956 exhibition and book. Includes checklist.

[MoMA Exh. #616, March 6-April 7, 1957]
Correspondence with travel agents and companies regarding contributions to exhibition.

[MoMA Exh. #106, May 15-September 30, 1940]

By James Thrall Soby and Alfred H. Barr, Jr. A catalogue for the exhibition by the same name [MoMA Exh. #413, June 28-September 18, 1949]. List of lenders, internal memos discussing the honorary committee for exhibition, production of the color plates and text for the publication. Correspondents include Romeo Toninelli and JTS.

View PDF of folder II.100

[MoMA Exh. #336, November 26, 1946-January 26, 1947]
Brief correspondence with Eliot Noyes regarding the checklist or potential catalogue for the exhibition.

By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Correspondence regarding location of plates for a reprint. Never reprinted.

[MoMA Exh. #555, April 6-June 6, 1954]

By Lincoln Kirstein. Brief correspondence regarding a reprinting.

Proposed exhibition. Includes budget estimates and preliminary plan.

By Edgar Kaufman. TMs with handwritten comments by various people.

Not published.

By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. 2 ALS AHB-MW (08/31/1946) (05/1952), memos AHB-MW, some initialed by AHB. Correspondence mainly post publication, regarding translation and reprints.

Next book intended but not published in "What is?" series. Correspondence regarding fundraising for publication.

Interest at this time but not published.

By James Thrall Soby.

Series III. Rights and Reproductions Correspondence

This series contains correspondence regarding permissions to reproduce or obtain reproduction rights to a works of art in the Museum collection. A significant portion of the correspondence contains discussions of the color reproduction process from the 1940s to the 1960s. Folders may be titled by the work of art being reproduced, by graphics or printing company, or by correspondent. The correspondents include printers, gallery owners, art dealers and representatives, private collectors, professors, publishing houses, publishers of journals, teachers, scholars and businesses. The files from the 1940s and 1950s contain the original letter and the typed reply. After 1959, Pearl L. Moeller, then Supervisor of Rights and Reproductions, replied to many of the reproduction requests, on which Monroe Wheeler was carbon copied. Other files contain samples, plates, brochures and material about the process of color reproduction.

A major printer used for color reproduction of the Museum's permanent collection.

Maker of color reproductions, formerly called Gartner and Bender.

Publisher and producer of color reproductions.

[MoMA Exh. #697, November 19, 1961-Jan 3, 1962]
Correspondence regarding the production of the poster by printing company Mourlout Frères for the exhibition.

Correspondence with D. Snowden, Esq., Chief of Industrial Division of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources in Ottawa Canada regarding the use of work by Eskimo artists Iyola and Niviaksiak for the Christmas card.

Examples of Christmas cards sent from MW to NAR as choices for upcoming museum designs. Original cards and prints sent from or made by various artists, including Bruno Munari, Joseph Cornell, Ben Shahn, Francisco Otta, and Alexander Calder.

Internal correspondence about production of and letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1958 Christmas Card gift card set or catalogue. Organized by the Junior Council.

Series of letters between MW and Bruno Munari regarding production of his work on the cards. 1 TLS Henri Matisse-MW (05/31/1954) in French granting permission to reproduce the lithograph Virgin and Child. Copies of letters sent to Matisse from 1952 regarding the first reproduction of the work for a Christmas card. TLS from Henry Moore regarding a drawing for the 1953 Christmas card.

Correspondence regarding the production of the 1958 Christmas card.

Correspondence about production of and letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1961 Christmas Card gift card set or catalogue. Organized by the Junior Council. Includes many samples of cards from various people and companies. Copy of correspondence to Pierre Matisse and Marc Chagall.

Correspondence about production of and letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1962 Christmas Card gift card set or catalogue. TLS Alejandro Otero-MW (09/11/1962). Organized by the Junior Council.

Internal correspondence about production of and letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1963 Christmas Card gift card set or catalogue. Organized by the Junior Council.

Internal correspondence about production of and letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1964 Christmas Card gift card set or catalogue. Organized by the Junior Council.

Letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1965 Christmas Card gift card set and catalogue. Organized by the Junior Council.

Printer of color reproductions.

Includes list of color plates from 1954. Correspondence discussing possibility of cataloguing color plates.

Swiss printer of color reproductions.

Correspondence from MW to Duchamp and Villon regarding the reproduction of a Villon engraving based on the Duchamp painting by the above title.

German publisher.

Printer of color reproductions.

[MoMA Exh. #569, January 24-May 8, 1955]
Copies of letters asking for reproductions of photographs used in the exhibition.

[Note: In addition to the supplemental information provided, this description applies to folders III.25 through III.37.] Incoming and outgoing correspondence requesting permissions to reproduce or use a color reproduction from the collection. Occasional requests to reproduce text from MoMA publications. Correspondents include reproduction and printing companies, Museum staff, individual clients, museums and cultural institutions, businesses, colleges and universities.

Includes policy and procedures for royalties and the reproduction and borrowing process, as decided upon by the Association of Art Museum Directors. Also includes a spreadsheet of a summary of charges for various forms of reproduction at ten national museums. TL with drafts from MW to Pablo Picasso regarding color reproduction of his works, in French with translation.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee, July 24, 1946 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

TLS Harry Abrams-MW (06/08/1950) thanking MW for permission to reproduce Van Gogh's The Starry Night. Correspondence with Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. of the Addison Gallery regarding the report on reproduction rights from the Association of Art Museum Directors.

1 TLS Alexander Archipenko-MW (09/28/1953) regarding a formal contract for reproduction rights of his work.

1 TLS Isabelle Rouault-MW (11/20/1954) regarding extra copies of reproductions of her father's recent paintings.

2 TLS John Rothenstein (Tate Gallery)-MW (12/21/1954, 01/26/1955) seeking advice regarding permissions and copyright of works of art. Series of letter between Francis G. Mayer (Art Color Slides, Inc) and Samuel Marx regarding reproduction of works of art in Marx's collection. 4 ALS Peter Blume-MW ( 04/18/1955, 06/12/1955, 06/28/1955, 02/07/1956) regarding royalties for reproductions.

1 TLS Alexander Archipenko-MW (09/12/1956). 1 TLS Theodore Roszak-MW (02/10/1955).

1 TLS Arthur Jaffé-MW (08/20/1957).

Correspondence regarding reproduction of works by Mondrian.

Correspondence with printer requesting rights to reproduce Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy and The Dream of Yadwiga.

Correspondence regarding printer's production of Picasso and Cézanne prints.

Correspondence regarding color reproductions of Manchester Valley by Pickett for the department store.

Correspondence with Andrew Révai, director of the gallery, regarding reproductions of works by Picasso.

Correspondence regarding unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted material in the Museum collection.

Includes memos, articles and copies of New York State laws regarding rights and reproduction.

Correspondence regarding the color reproduction process.

Includes the Museum's requirement list for permission to be granted to reproduce works of art and "Reproductions and Reproduction Rights for Museum-Owned Objects" by the Committee of Reproductions and Reproduction Rights of the Association of Art Museum Directors.

Triplicate copy of internal requests by MW for prints of artwork or for original artwork to be photographed by the staff photographer.

Correspondence with Rudolf Lesch Fine Arts, Inc. and other companies interested in selling works published or reproduced by the Museum.

Internal memos about sculpture reproductions and correspondence with Alfred Wolkenburg, maker of plaster casts for Museum. Includes press releases about sculpture replicas on sale at the Museum. 1 TL MW-Henri Matisse (11/20/1951) in French regarding reproduction of his sculptures.

Correspondence regarding production of color slides.

Proposal from Waldo Rasmussen regarding a new photographer for museum collections.

Correspondents include Richard Koch and Pearl L. Moeller, Supervisor of Rights and Reproductions. Includes drafts of the agreement with handwritten notes, letters from consultants (or outside counsel), and brochure of all slides produced for the Museum by Sandak.

Correspondents include Richard Koch and Pearl L. Moeller, Supervisor of Rights and Reproductions, and Benard Karpel, Librarian. Includes drafts of the agreement with handwritten notes, letters from consultants (or outside counsel), and brochure of all slides produced for the Museum by Sandak.

Correspondence regarding the production of various works in the Museum collection.

Correspondence with the Arts and Letters Division regarding the UNESCO catalogue of color reproductions, donations of illustrations and books to UNESCO. Includes a pamphlet of UNESCO's traveling print exhibition.

View PDF of folder III.61

Correspondence with the Arts and Letters Division regarding various projects.

Correspondence regarding Urban's reproduction of Cézanne, Miró, and Picasso paintings. 2 TSL Paul Rosenberg-MW (04/09/1945, 03/26/1946) in reference to the use and return of "The Three Musicians" loaned for reproduction.

Correspondence regarding a reproduction of Picasso's Guernica.

Series IV. Correspondence Files 1943-1951

The files in this series have been reunited to form a complete alphabetical run. They contain correspondence with affiliates outside of the Museum, including art collectors and dealers, art institutes, artists, universities, professors, museums and other business contacts. Internal correspondence appears rarely. Original letters, both handwritten and typed, often accompany the reply. Within the folders, material is organized by last name of the correspondent or occasionally by subject matter or institution, as originally ordered.

1 TLS Marc Chagall-MW (06/24/1948) offering two prints to the Museum, includes more TL in series of correspondence. 9 ALS Alexander Calder-MW, generally casual correspondence including some topics such as slide production and Christmas cards.

1 TL MW-E.M. Forster (10/06/1948).

Correspondents include Alfred Kinsey and Lincoln Kirstein.

Correspondents include J. Russel Lynes, Mrs. Samuel A. Lewisohn, William Littlefield.

Correspondents include Loren MacIver. Includes draft TMs of Marianne Moore's address to the Grolier Club (12/21/1948).

Correspondence includes letters to W. Somerset Maugham and ALS Marianne Moore (12/31/1943).

Correspondents include John S. Newberry and Beaumont Newhall.

View PDF of folder IV.17

Correspondence includes ALS from Jose Clemente Orozco.

Correspondents include Antoine Pevsner.

Correspondents include Daniel Catton Rich, Agnes Rindge, David Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller and Bernard Rudolfsky.

Correspondents include Eero Saarinen, Paul J. Sachs, Albert Skira, Edith Sitwell, and JTS.

Correspondents include JTS, Carmel Snow, and Frank Stanton.

Correspondents include Pavel Tchelitchew and Romeo Toninelli.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence with Pavel Tchelitchew.

Correspondents include Albert Urban.

Correspondents include Curt Valentin.

Correspondents include John Hay Whitney.

Correspondence includes series of letters between Ignatz Wiemeler and MW (ALS in German with English translations).

Correspondents include Christian Zervos and Luis de Zulueta.

Series V. Chronological Files 1960-1966

Series V contains a yellow carbon copy set of outgoing letters written or dictated by Monroe Wheeler. The content represents communication with artists, art collectors and dealers, heads of museums and cultural institutions, publishers, reproduction and printing companies, insurance companies, shipping companies, affiliates and other clients of the Museum. The files are arranged in chronological order by year divided into thirds. Single year files contain yellow carbon copies of request forms for complimentary copies of publications. [Note: Folders V.1-V.2 and V.21-V.23 are part of a blue carbon copy set and used to supplement material not found with the yellow copy set. For the year 1960, only the months May through December are present.]

Series VI. Committee Minutes, Binders and Budget Reports 1940-1960

Series VI contains committee binders and budget reports for exhibitions and the program departments at the Museum from 1950 to 1965. The material in this subseries was either previously bound or foldered in chronological order. Adherence to original grouping and chronological order has been maintained. All binder and folder titles have been preserved. The program departments include the Division Director, Exhibitions, Publications, Rights and Reproductions, Circulating Exhibitions, International Circulating Exhibitions (International Council), Library, Photography Lab, Public School Program, the Art Committee, and Gallery Talks. Budget Reports contain material for individual exhibitions. The Staff Program Committee Minutes can be found at the end of this series.

Contains exhibition schedules, exhibition lists, committee reports, project proposals, spreadsheets, committee member lists, draft reports, memos. Section titles include: MoMA Schedule Current, Program Committee, Procedure, 5-Year Schedule Exhibitions, 5-Year Schedule Publications.

Contains brochures, event schedules, lists, and memos. Section titles include: Lecture Program, Schedule U.S. Museums, and Schedule N.Y.C. Museums.

Contains handwritten notes, letters, lists, memos, and schedules. Section titles include: Proposed Exhibitions, and Memos.

Contains letters, memos, schedules, reports, and lists. Section title includes: Co-Sponsors.

Section titles include: Proposed Budget, Preliminary Exhibition Budget, Architecture and Design, Braque, Miró, Morandi, Chagall, Children's Carnival, Gaudi, German Art, Gris, Matta-Smith, Picasso, Seurat, Comparative Statement: Income-Expenses, Operating Statement 6 Months, Budget Reports, Membership Books, Budget Ending 6/30/58.

Section titles include: Budget as Approved, Final Exhibition Budget 1958-59, Preliminary Budget, Exhibition Schedule, Publications, Members Book Budget, Membership Budget, Xmas Cards, Four New Buildings, Design Collection, Arp, Miró, Recent Sculpture USA, Education Budget, De Kooning, Budget Report 6 Months.

Section titles include: Approved Budget, Publications Programme, 30th Anniversary, Tinguely, Sense of Abstraction, Americans 1959, Architecture and Design, Buckminster Fuller, Art Nouveau, Education, Monet, New Images of Man.

Section titles include: Budget 1960-1961, Publications Program, Architecture Design, Boccioni Drawings, Education-Carnival, Collage and Object, Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Futurism, Norbert Kricke, New Spanish Painting and Sculpture, New Talent XIV, Rothko, Steichen, Visionary Architecture, Library, Notes.

Section titles include: Exhibition Schedule, Budget 1961-1962, Publications Program, Architecture, Art of Assemblage, Callahan, Clergue, Dubuffet, Matisse Gouaches, Redon, et al, Roads..., Frank Lloyd Wright.

Section titles include: Budget, Publications, Americans 1963, Bitter Years, 5 Photographers, Gorky, Ernst Haas, Le Corbusier, Nolde, Rodin-Rosso, Mark Tobey.

Section titles include: Exhibition Schedule, Budget, Publications,Hofmann, Malevich, Photograph American Landscape, Photographer's Eye, Medardo Rosso, Stairs, U.S.A. Architecture, Children's Carnival.

Section titles include: Exhibition Schedule, Budget, Publications, Architecture Without Architects, Beckman, Bonnard, Glamour Photos, Andre Kertesz, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers, Paolozzi, Photographic Essay, Responsive Eye, Giacometti,

[Note: This description applies to Folders VI.13 through VI.28.] Previously foldered material including memos, lists, schedules, and balance sheets for curatorial departments, program departments and division director (also known as Director of Program Departments).

Series VII. Outside Affiliations and Post-Retirement

Series VII contains correspondence and other material resulting from Monroe Wheeler's affiliations outside of the Museum. This includes some material from his work as co-founder of the publisher Harrison of Paris Press, his work under Nelson A. Rockefeller in the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, and the 1969 Presidential Mission to Latin America with Nelson Rockefeller on which he served as a Cultural Advisor. This series also contains material pertaining to his work post-retirement as a Counselor to the Trustees.

Clippings and correspondence regarding the Committee's campaign against a tax reform bill concerning charitable contributions of works of art by artists.

General correspondence of Monroe Wheeler as a Counselor to the Trustees, often forwarded by or sent to Frances Keech. Includes letters regarding Wheeler's ongoing work with MoMA publications, appraisal forms and collection worksheets regarding gifts of works of art to the Museum by Shahn and Tchelitchew.

Minutes of the Meetings of the Photography Committee on December 13, 1979 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

Restricted material removed: Agendas and Acquisition Funds from meetings of the Photography Committee on February 8, 1978, May 14, 1981, October 15, 1981, December 17, 1981, and March 11, 1982.

Business records such as receipts, accounting sheets and correspondence pertaining to the distribution of books published by Harrison of Paris. Correspondence mainly with Simpkin Marshall, Limited, a London-based distributor.

Five weekly progress reports from the Washington office, plus other reports of weekly activities of other divisions of the office.

Correspondence from MW representing the Publications Committee requesting suggestions of contemporary Latin American writers for publication. Replies included.

General correspondence regarding the publication activities of the Office.

Correspondence regarding the publication of a tourist guide to Latin American countries.

Letters and schedules regarding the Mission to Latin America with then Governor of New York, Nelson A. Rockefeller. Includes preliminary reports on the trip by MW and a transcript of the news conference with NAR and President Nixon.

Series VIII. Non-Manuscript Material

Series VIII contains five series of non-manuscript material. Series VIII.A contains invitations to MoMA and non-MoMA events collected by Monroe Wheeler. Series VIII.B contains photographs, index cards and two binders of research material gathered by Monroe Wheeler in preparation for the exhibition Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966] and for publication of a monograph on Turner. Series VIII.C contains a scrapbook containing advertisements and brochures from Wheeler's printing and advertising work prior to his tenure at the Museum. Series VIII.D has page proofs from an unpublished manuscript entitled "Anthology of Modern Art," of which the author is unknown. And Series VIII.E contains card files of artists or portrait artists and their subjects.

Subseries VIII.A. Invitation Binders

Originally two binders: the first binder runs in chronological order, the second divided by subject. The contents of the binders have been placed in folders and, where appropriate, the subject headings transferred to folder titles.

Subseries VIII.B. Exhibition Research Material

The exhibition research material gathered by Monroe Wheeler in preparation for the exhibition Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966] consists of two hardcover binders (11.5 x 10), index cards of Turner's works of art and black and white photographs of the Turner collection at the Tate Gallery in London.

Two binders include Monroe Wheeler's handwritten notes and pasted block quotes of biographical information on Turner, divided into sections, presumably published as an article in 1966 titled "Turner: Painter of Air, Fire, and Water" in Look. Inserted handwritten and typed manuscript with handwritten edits.

Index cards of works of art by Turner with measurements and owner of artwork. Also, cards with references to Turner collections and catalogues. Roughly 300 cards.

Black and white reproductions (8x10 and 4x6) of the Turner collection at the Tate Gallery.

Subseries VIII.C. Advertising Scrapbook

A scrapbook containing advertisements collected, printed and written by Monroe Wheeler in the 1920s.

The scrapbook contains advertising brochures, magazine and newspaper clippings and adverts, inserts, invitations, and event programs produced or collected by Monroe Wheeler. These adverts were presumably written and printed on a freelance basis by Wheeler or as an employee of the companies. The companies include Central Manufacturing District Bank, Coal and Iron National Bank, and A.B. Dick Company, makers of the Mimeograph printing machine. Also includes letters to Monroe Wheeler and three cut-out articles written by Wheeler for a company newsletter.

Subseries VIII.D. Anthology of Modern Art

This series contains the page proofs of the plates for a book by this title. The author remains unknown and no mention of a work published by this title could be located. Includes title page, table of contents and introduction.

Section includes "Painting: Post Impressionism."

Section includes "Painting: Impressionism."

Section includes "Painting: Cubism."

Section includes "Painting: Other Abstract."

Section includes "Painting: Dada" and "Painting: Surrealism."

Section includes "Painting: Objective," "Painting: American, 19th Century," and "Painting: American Early 20th Century."

Section includes "Painting: American Today" and "Painting: Mexican."

Section includes "Painting: Popular" and "Sculpture: Traditional."

Subseries VIII.E. Card Catalogue

This series contains four boxes of index cards, formerly organized by four card file drawers.

Untitled. Contains index cards of portrait artists and their subjects. Arranged alphabetically by artists and alphbetically by subject.

Titled "20th C. Portraits" and "Subjects." Contains index cards of portrait artists arranged alphabetically by artist.

Titled "Reproduction File" and "U. of Puerto Rico." Contains index cards of artists arranged chronologically by date of birth beginning in 1260.

Untitled. Contains index cards arranged by subject such as Architecture and Industrial Design, Large Color Reproductions, Painting and Sculpture, and General.