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Creator: | Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988 | |
Title: | Monroe Wheeler Papers | |
Inclusive Dates: | 1923-1985 | |
Bulk Dates: | 1940s-1960s | |
Quantity: | 29.5 linear feet 52 5" manuscript boxes, 4 3x5 file card boxes, 1 4x6 card file box, 1 3x12 flat box, 2 3x16 flat boxes |
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Abstract: | The administrative papers of Monroe Wheeler, former Director of Exhibitions and Publications at The Museum of Modern Art. Includes business communication, personal correspondence, post-retirement material and documents relating to Wheeler's work outside of the Museum. |
Arrangement |
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This collection is organized into eight series created during processing of the material. The Monroe Wheeler papers came to the Museum Archives at various stages over a period of ten years in no discernable order. Alphabetical order was imposed on a folder level across the collection with the exception of the pre-existing chronological files. Changes in folder titles provide greater description of the folder contents, but efforts to preserve original folder titles have been made and at times the original folder title is indicated. | ||
The eight series are as follows: | ||
Series I. General Correspondence |
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Series II. Exhibition and Publication Correspondence |
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Series III. Rights and Reproductions Correspondence |
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Series IV. Correspondence Files A-Z |
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Series V. Chronological Files 1960-1966 |
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Series VI. Committee Minutes, Binders, and Budget Reports |
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Series VII. Outside Affiliations and Post-Retirement Material |
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Series VIII. Non-Manuscript Material Subseries VIII.A. Invitation Binders Subseries VIII.B. Exhibition Research Material Subseries VIII.C. Advertising Scrapbook Subseries VIII.D. Anthology of Modern Art Subseries VIII.E. Card Catalogue |
Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) was born in Evanston, Illinois. In the 1920s, before his long and active career at the Museum,
Wheeler worked and lived in France, co-founding the publishing firm Harrison of Paris. Wheeler credits this period of his
life as his introduction to the artist communities he would continue to associate with for the remainder of his career. This
period also strengthened his skills and knowledge of producing and printing high-quality publications, which foreshadowed
his long career as a publisher of fine books on art at the Museum. He began his work with the Museum in 1935 as a member of
the Library Committee and director of
Ignatz Wiemeler, Modern Bookbinder [MoMA Exh. #42b, September 30-October 24, 1935]. In 1938 he was appointed Director of Membership, and by 1939, he became
the Director of Publications. In 1940, he became the first Director of Exhibitions. Wheeler was elected a Trustee of the Museum
in 1944, and afterwards he became a member of the Executive Committee, the Exhibitions Program Committee, and the Coordination
Committee. In 1948, Wheeler continued to run the Exhibitions and Publications department while overseeing the management of
all of the Museum's operating outreach programs, including education, traveling (or circulating) exhibitions, and the library.
During the period between 1940-1967, Wheeler managed much of the logistics of the circulating exhibitions program and developed
a strong publications program. Aside from his management of Museum programs, Wheeler is well known for directing museum exhibitions
such as
Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators [MoMA Exh. #47, April 27-September 2, 1936] and
Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966]. Under his direction the Museum produced over 300 books, both monographs and exhibition
catalogues, which were distributed internationally, and in the process won acclaim for the high quality of visual art books
with regard to scholarship, layout, design, and color reproductions. Wheeler authored many of the works published by the Museum,
including monographs about Soutine and Rouault, which complimented museum exhibitions on the artists.
As a staff member of the Museum and as a trusted source of knowledge about art, Wheeler maintained a very visible profile
within the greater national and international museum and art community. During World War II, he served as Chairman of the
Committee on Publications for the Office of Inter-American Affairs under Nelson A. Rockefeller. In 1969, he accompanied NAR
on an official U.S. appointed tour of Latin America as a Cultural Advisor. As a part of the International Program and under
the auspices of the International Council, in 1965 Wheeler directed
Cézanne to Miró [ICE-F-111].
Wheeler was appointed an Honorary Trustee of the Museum in 1965 and a Counsellor to the Trustees upon his retirement from
the Museum in 1967. He continued to maintain ties to the Museum by working with the International Council and participating
in a number of committees, including Prints and Illustrated Books, Photography, Drawings and Exhibitions. Affiliations outside
of the Museum include serving as a Trustee and First Vice President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
a Trustee of the Katherine Anne Porter Foundation, a Trustee of the Ben Shahn Foundation, a member of the Council of the Grolier
Club, and President of the International Graphic Arts Society. He played an active role in the American Institute of Graphic
Arts as well. Monroe Wheeler died in 1988 in New York City.
The Monroe Wheeler Papers reflect the administrative work of Wheeler as Director of the Department of Publications and Exhibitions and a member of multiple internal Museum committees. The material ranges from 1938 to 1987, though the bulk of the collection dates from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. The material represents the daily business operations conducted by Wheeler, including organizing traveling exhibitions, producing and distributing publications, managing rights and reproductions of works of art, and keeping business contacts with local collectors, artists, gallery owners, and national and international cultural organizations. Correspondents include museum staff, artists, curators and directors of museums and cultural institutions, publishers, graphic designers, business leaders, private collectors, and the general public. A significant portion of the material also reflects Wheeler's management of the Museum's educational and cultural programming and his participation on many Museum committees while serving as Director of Program Departments.
Series I. General Correspondence
This series contains material pertaining to a specific subject matter regarding both internal and external Museum business. The bulk of the correspondents include Museum staff, but other correspondents include artists, gallery owners, graphic designers, and heads of museums and cultural institutions. The type of material that can be found in this series include letters, memos, reports, schedules, ledger sheets, lists, clippings, pamphlets or brochures. Some files have a generous amount of material with a wide date range representing an ongoing discussion or business relationship, while others contain a single letter with an outgoing reply.
Series II. Exhibition and Publication Correspondence
Series II contains material grouped by a single exhibition or a single publication. The files maintain their original (or close to original) title and contain information regarding the organization of the exhibition or the production of the publication. Also included in this series are proposed exhibitions and unpublished books. All exhibitions have been cross-referenced by their MoMA exhibition number and all published books include the date of publication and the author. In following with the original order of the material, all catalogue publications are listed separately from their corresponding exhibition, unless otherwise noted.
Series III. Rights and Reproductions Correspondence
The material in this series pertains to the reproduction of specific works of art for MoMA publications and for permissions to reproduce works of art outside of the Museum. Correspondents include reproduction companies, gallery owners, art dealers, private collectors, professors, publishing houses, publishers of journals, teachers and scholars. Some files contain a generous amount of information while others contain a single letter. The strength of this series is the correspondence regarding color reproduction and publication.
Series IV. Correspondence Files A-Z
Series IV has been reunited to form a complete alphabetical run. The files 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 rarely appears. Original letters, both handwritten and typed, often accompany the reply. The material within each folder has been filed by last name of the correspondent or by subject matter.
Series V. Chronological Files 1960-1966
This series contains carbon copies of all outgoing letters written or dictated by Wheeler or a former secretary, Frances Keech. The correspondence reflects business communication with insurance companies, art collectors and dealers, art institutes, artists, and other business contacts outside of the museum. The files are arranged chronologically by year.
Series VI. Committee Minutes, Binders and Budget Reports.
This series represents Wheeler's managerial work as Director of Program Departments at the Museum. The material in this series includes a Program Committee binder, budget reports, and minutes of the Staff Program Committee.
Series VII. Outside Affiliations and Post-Retirement
Series VII contains correspondence and other material resulting from 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 A. 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.
Series VIII. Non-Manuscript Material
This series contains two manuscript boxes of invitations to MoMA and non-MoMA openings and events, research materials gathered by Wheeler for the exhibition Turner: Imagination and Reality [MoMA Exh. #794, March 23-June 19, 1966], one scrapbook containing public relations material produced by Wheeler prior to his work at MoMA, pages proofs of a manuscript, and 4 card file boxes of works of art and artists.
The records are open for research and contain few restricted materials.
The Monore Wheeler 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 Museum Archivist.
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. | ||
Subjects: | ||
Art Museums -- Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | ||
Art Museums -- Publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | ||
Color printing -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Archives | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Employees -- Biography -- Sources | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions -- History -- Sources | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Publishing -- History -- Sources | ||
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988 -- Archives | ||
Document Types: | ||
Business records | ||
Correspondence | ||
Personal papers |
For related material at the Museum Archives, see the Department of Circulating Exhibitions Records. For related material outside of the Museum Archives, see the Monroe Wheeler Papers and the Glenway Wescott Papers at Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
9 linear feet of material was separated from the collection. This material was not a product of the work performed by Monroe Wheeler as a staff member of the Museum or post-dates Wheeler's tenure as a staff member of the Museum.
Published citations should take the following form:
Long version: Monroe Wheeler Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Short version: MW, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY.
The Monroe Wheeler Papers were accessioned into the Museum Archives from staff offices and institutional storage. See Accruals note below.
Processing of the collection was underwritten by a gift of the International Council in honor of Margaret McDermott and a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Materials are generally in good condition. Some pages may have minor tears on edges. All materials have been rehoused in archival folders. News clippings and acidic printed material has been photocopied and discarded in some cases or isolated by acid-free paper or Mylar in others.
The Monroe Wheeler papers were not accessioned as an organic whole. In the early 1990s, the Museum Archives received an unspecified amount of records from the warehouse. In 1993, five more boxes came to the Archives from the Director's Office, and another box from the warehouse. Handwritten Inventory Control Sheets and a folder index document the re-housing and contents of all of the material. The folder titles were copied directly from the original file to the acid-free folders and have since remained the folder titles; some folders were never titled, and it is indicated where folder titles were created during the transfer. Two notebooks regarding the Turner exhibit, a scrapbook representing Wheeler's work before he arrived at MoMA, and the file card boxes were donated by Anatole Pohorilinko in 1994. In 1996, two more boxes of manuscript material were delivered to the Archives. Processing and rehousing of the entire collection as a unique body of material occurred in 2007.
Explanation of Abbreviations
MoMA is The Museum of Modern Art.
ALS is an Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS is an Autograph Letter Signed.
ACS is an Autograph Card Signed.
TC is a Typed Card.
TCS is a Typed Card Signed.
TL is a Typed Letter.
TLS is a Typed Letter Signed.
n.d. stands for no date.
re: stands for regarding.
AHB stands for Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
JTS stands for James Thrall Soby.
JJS stands for James Johnson Sweeney.
NAR stands for Nelson A. Rockefeller.
MW stands for Monroe Wheeler.
Series I. General Correspondence |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
I.1 | Abstract Sculpture in Paper Correspondence with the Container Corporation of America. |
1946 |
I.2 | Amerbach Verlag Correspondence with the publisher regarding a publication about MoMA. |
1946 |
I.3 | American Artists in European Collections Includes list of collectors and collections. |
1961 |
I.4 | American Fabrics Project Prospectus for fabric fair at the Museum in conjunction with a fabrics magazine. |
1946 |
I.5 | American Institute of Graphic Arts Internal memos, letters, announcements, brochures, and entry forms regarding the AIGA Fifty Books of the Year competition and exhibition. |
1948-1951 |
I.6 | American Institute of Graphic Arts Internal memos, letters, announcements, brochures, and entry forms regarding the AIGA Fifty Books of the Year competition and exhibition. |
1963-1966 |
I.7 | Art Director's Club Combination of two folders formerly titled "Art Director's Annual" and "Art in Advertising." |
1946-1949 |
I.8 | Art Gallery of Toronto | 1947 |
I.9 | Art Institute of Chicago | 1947-1949 |
I.10 | Attendance Reports | 1947-1951 |
I.11 | Attorney General Correspondence from the Attorney General regarding fraud in the art community. |
1966 |
I.12 | Baltimore Museum of Art | 1947 |
I.13 | Bauer Type Foundry, Inc. | 1939 |
I.14 | Book Clubs | 1963 |
I.15 | Book Fairs and Exhibitions Correspondence regarding participation in various national and international book fairs and exhibitions sponsored mainly by publishers and book distributors. |
1961-1967 |
I.16 | Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN | 1948 |
I.17 | Cable, Susan | 1947-1949 |
I.18 | Canadian Art Correspondence with Emanuel Hahn, co-founder of Sculptors' Society of Canada. |
1941-1942 |
I.19 | Cézanne List of oil paintings in private collections in New York. |
1950 |
I.20 | Chanticleer Press | 1948 |
I.21 | Christmas Brochure Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure. |
1962 |
I.22 | Christmas Brochure Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure. |
1963 |
I.23 | Christmas Brochure Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure. |
1964 |
I.24 | Christmas Brochure Correspondence and forms regarding the production of the MoMA Christmas Brochure, incl. the finished product. |
1964-1965 |
I.25 | Church Fund Correspondence with AHB, NAR, Henry Church and his lawyer regarding donations to the museum. |
1943-1948 |
I.26 | City Art Museum of St. Louis | 1949 |
I.27 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | 1949 |
I.28 | Clippings 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. |
1948-1968 |
I.29 | Cocktail Party for Max Ernst Includes invitation card. |
1961 |
I.30 | Committee on Art Education Includes brochure for 5th Annual Conference. |
1947-1948 |
I.31 | Committee on the Museum Collections 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. |
1947-1950 |
I.32 | Congratulatory Letters and Articles Clippings praising and correspondence thanking and congratulating the Museum staff and MW for exhibitions and general work in the field. |
1939-1949 |
I.33 | Contemporary Arts Association of Houston, Inc. Correspondence between MW, Dorothy C. Miller, Porter A. McCray and Jean de Menil regarding circulating Picasso exhibition. |
1948 |
I.34 | Contemporary Lithographs, Ltd | 1940 |
I.35 | Contributions Brief correspondence regarding financial contributions to the Museum, including 1 TLS Harry N. Abrams-MW (11/23/1957). |
1955-1961 |
I.36 | Courtesy Passes Memos requesting passes for MW's guests. |
1960-1966 |
I.37 | Cripps, Isobel Correspondence regarding book distribution in England. |
1948-1949 |
I.38 | Departments: Architecture and Design 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. |
1943-1967 |
I.39 | Departments: Circulating Exhibitions 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. |
1944-1951 |
I.40 | Departments: Circulating Exhibitions Five year program proposal report written by Porter McCray. |
1960 |
I.41 | Departments: Director's Office Brief correspondence with RDH regarding publication of staff list in the Bulletin. |
1950 |
I.42 | Departments: Docents Draft of history of the docent service and general correspondence about them. |
1949-1958 |
I.43 | Departments: Education Correspondence mainly between Victor D'Amico and MW. Includes two internal publications regarding the educational projects from 1937-1941. |
1944-1951 |
I.44 | Departments: Film Library Correspondence with Iris Barry and others regarding film at MoMA. |
1939-1951 |
I.45 | Departments: Front Desk | 1946-1947 |
I.46 | Departments: Library Contains internal memos between Bernard Karpel and MW regarding library operations and visual display equipment. |
1944-1955 |
I.47 | Departments: Mail Room | 1950 |
I.48 | Departments: Membership, Corporate Correspondence. |
1949-1951 |
I.49 | Departments: Membership, General Correspondence, incl. examples of membership solicitations. |
1945-1951 |
I.50 | Departments: Membership, General Monthly membership reports circulated to staff and Membership Committee Report to the Trustees annual meetings. |
1955-1962 |
I.51 | Departments: Membership, General Monthly membership reports circulated to staff and Membership Committee Report to the Trustees annual meetings. |
1963-1966 |
I.52 | Departments: Membership, Promotion Correspondence, includes examples of membership solicitations. |
1947-1951 |
I.53 | Departments: Painting and Sculpture 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) |
1944-1951 |
I.54 | Departments: Photography Correspondence from MW to Steichen and Szarkowski and others outside the museum regarding the department and exhibitions. |
1955-1967 |
I.55 | Departments: Photography, Director of: Candidates Memos, correspondence, letters of application and resumes. Includes Szarkowski's resume and correspondence between MW and Szarkowski. |
1960-1961 |
I.56 | Departments: Publicity Radio broadcast transcript of MW interview, press releases and correspondence regarding publicity and the appointment of Betty Chamberlain as Publicity Director. |
1947-1951 |
I.57 | Donation of Books: White House Library | 1963 |
I.58 | Double Day Contract Includes unsigned copy of contract and a press release regarding the publishing department of MoMA. |
1958-1959 |
I.59 | Dowling Competition | 1954 |
I.60 | Edicion Y Distribution Ibero Americana de Publicaciones S.A. Correspondence with the Libreria de Cristal regarding book distribution. |
1954 |
I.61 | The Edward Steichen Photography Center 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. |
1961-1962 |
I.62 | Exhibitions: Budget Estimates Budget sheets regarding exhibitions program budget and individual exhibitions, includes internal correspondence and supplemental documents such as lists. |
1948-1960 |
I.63 | Exhibitions: Committee Material submitted to the committee for approval. |
1944-1949 |
I.64 | Exhibitions: Committee List of 1951 committee members and correspondence regarding meetings. |
1950-1951 |
I.65 | Exhibitions: Contingency Fund | 1947 |
I.66 | Exhibitions: Inquiries and Shows from Abroad Correspondence with institutions and organizations abroad proposing exhibitions or asking for loans for international shows. |
1946-1951 |
I.67 | Exhibitions: List Handwritten lists and lists circulated in memos of exhibitions from 1929 to 1955. Includes a list of proposed exhibitions and by whom from 1943. |
1943, n.d. |
I.68 | Exhibitions: Photography 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. |
1944-1950 |
I.69 | Exhibitions: Schedule, 1950 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. |
1950-1951, 1965 |
I.70 | Exhibitions: Techniques Correspondence and clippings regarding contemporary techniques in displaying material. |
1947-1951 |
I.71 | Films on Art and Artists | |
I.72 | Fire 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. |
1958-1959 |
I.73 | Five Evenings With Modern Poets 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. |
1949-1951 |
I.74 | Frankfurt Book Fairs | 1961-1966 |
I.75 | French Film Festival | 1950 |
I.76 | Friends of Contemporary Art | n.d. |
I.77 | Fund Raising: Auction 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. |
1960 |
I.78 | Fund Raising: General Correspondence regarding individual and corporate gifts given to aid in specific parts, programs or galleries of the museum. |
1960-1966 |
I.79 | Fund Raising: Photography Center Correspondence, internal and external, regarding fundraising for the Edward Steichen Photography Center. Includes prospectus for the center. |
1961-1963 |
I.80 | Fund Raising: Thirtieth Anniversary Committee Reports, charts, facts and lists made for the Committee in preparation for fund raising for the thirtieth anniversary of the Museum. |
1958-1960 |
I.81 | Fund Raising: Thirtieth Anniversary Committees 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. |
1959-1963 |
I.82 | Fund Raising: Thirtieth Anniversary Correspondence Correspondence, mostly with publishers, regarding contributions to the Thirtieth Anniversary Fund. |
1959-1960 |
I.83 | Fund Raising: Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibitions Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection [MoMA Exh. #679a, February 1-March 4, 1961] |
1960-1961 |
I.84 | Fund Raising: Thirtieth Anniversary Prospectus Drafts of a prospectus and of pamphlets for solicitations for corporate fund raising for the thirtieth anniversary. |
1960 |
I.85 | Gifts of MoMA Books to Institutions Correspondence regarding donations to mostly foreign institutions. |
1957-1963 |
I.86 | Government Advisory Committee on International Book Programs Internal memos regarding exhibitions and receptions to be held during conference. |
1962-1963 |
I.87 | Gowing, Lawrence Correspondence between Lawrence Gowing, MW and RDH regarding the publication of Gowing's Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings, includes revisions of manuscript material. |
1965-1967 |
I.88 | Graphis Correspondence from the editor of the international magazine. |
1947 |
I.89 | Hamilton, Hugo O'Neill Correspondence and original prints of Hamilton's sketches. |
1958 |
I.90 | Harrison of Paris Press Correspondence regarding renewal of copyright and other business. |
1945-1950 |
I.91 | Hartley, Marsden 2 ALS Marsden Hartley--MW (01/10/1940, 07/1942), 1 TLS Marsden Hartley--MW (09/27/1942). |
1940-1942 |
I.92 | Hastings, Baird Correspondence about Hasting's work on Christian Berard, including an article from Magazine of Art, February 1949, regarding Berard. |
1949 |
I.93 | Howell, Douglass Includes many letters written on handmade paper made by Howell, an artist and papermaker. |
1948-1958 |
I.94 | Income Tax Deductions 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. |
1941-1943 |
I.95 | India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 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. |
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I.96 | India and
The Family of Man Clippings about the exhibition in India, and two letters to the Indian consulate regarding other business. |
1956-1958 |
I.97 | Indian Film and Satyajit Ray 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). |
1954-1957 |
I.98 | Industrial Art and Design Tentative notes regarding a department of industrial arts. List of book recommendations. |
n.d. |
I.99 | Information 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. |
1955-1957 |
I.100 | Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MASS 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. |
1947-1948 |
I.101 | Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Includes announcements, invitation, program and catalogue of the Institute's exhibition on modern art. |
1948 |
I.102 | Insurance Rates Correspondence with Allard-Bescharelle, insurance agents in France, and Huntington T. Block, insurance agent in Washington, D.C. |
1961-1964 |
I.103 | Italian Garden Sculpture | 1952 |
I.104 | International Graphics Art Society | 1960 |
I.105 | International Ladies Garment Workers Union Brief correspondence with the ILGWU, including pamphlets and brochures. |
1943 |
I.106 | International Program Correspondence regarding international exhibitions and programming. |
1956-1967 |
I.107 | Joseph Stella | 1950 |
I.108 | Junior Council Correspondence regarding the lecture series, member lists, and annual reports from 1954 to 1965. |
1954-1967 |
I.109 | Las Artes del Libro en Los Estado Unidos manuscript TMs by Monroe Wheeler and letter of comments from H.W. Kent. |
1942 |
I.110 | Lectures Letters, memos, and brochures regarding lectures at MoMA and the institutions in the Northeast. |
1938-1949 |
I.111 | Lectures Letters, memos, and brochures regarding the development of the lecture program at MoMA, including proposals from presenters. |
1943-1944 |
I.112 | Leiberman, William | 1938-1949 |
I.113 | Littlefield, William Includes photos of work and original drawings in letters. |
1939-1949 |
I.114 | Los Angeles County Museum | 1948 |
I.115 | Magazine of the Future Discussion regarding an article in this magazine about the Museum. |
1947-1948 |
I.116 | Marx, Samuel Correspondence regarding collections, buying art and exhibitions. |
1950-1951 |
I.117 | Mayer, Grace Includes press release announcing Mayer's promotion to Curator of Department of Photography. |
1962-1964 |
I.118 | Metropolitan Museum of Art 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. |
1947-1948 |
I.119 | Miró 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. |
1944-1945 |
I.120 | Miscellaneous 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. |
1948-1961 |
I.121 | Modern Institute of Art, Beverly Hills | 1948 |
I.122 | Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris | 1949 |
I.123 | Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo | 1948 |
I.124 | Museum of Non-Objective Painting | 1947 |
I.125 | Museum Business Correspondence regarding requests for temporary loans and meeting minutes of the Program Committee of the International Council. |
1967 |
I.126 | Museum Organization and Policy 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. |
1944-1951 |
I.127 | Music Committee Proposal for audio archive, and minutes from the Art Music Committee (1941). Includes some correspondence. |
1941-1942 |
I.128 | Notes on Trips 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. |
1956-1959 |
I.129 | Penrose Annual Correspondence and draft of MW's submission on behalf of MoMA for the 1949 Edition of Penrose Annual's review of graphic arts. |
1949 |
I.130 | Permanent Collection Preliminary list of the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. |
1940 |
I.131 | Pernas, Frances Correspondence between MW and Frances Pernas while she was his assistant. Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence. |
1945-1950 |
I.132 | Personal Mail 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. |
1952-1975 |
I.133 | Philadelphia Museum of Art Correspondence regarding fund raising. |
1948 |
I.134 | Photographs Portraits and snapshots of Monroe Wheeler. |
1948, 1959, 1981 |
I.135 | Photography Courses, Ansel Adams 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. |
1945 |
I.136 | Picasso Material Draft and typed lists of Picasso material at the Museum, books illustrated by Picasso, and recipients of cloth catalogue from a Picasso exhibit. |
n.d. |
I.137 | Picasso Insurance | 1967 |
I.138 | Plastics Clipping and memo regarding use of plastics in art and design. |
1944-1945 |
I.139 | Polaroid Corporation Correspondence about making slides of three-dimensional objects. |
1943-1945 |
I.140 | Posada, Jose Guadalupe Memos regarding zinc blocks for postcards; 2 exhibition catalogs in Spanish, with prints of his work inserted. |
1942-1947 |
I.141 | Posters | 1967 |
I.142 | Postmaster General Correspondence regarding book and mailing rates. |
1939-1944 |
I.143 | Potential Bequests Correspondence questioning potential donation of Mrs. Syma Busiel. |
1959 |
I.144 | Prehistoric Art | 1948-949 |
I.145 | Private Collections 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. |
1943-1951 |
I.146 | Promotional Material for the Museum 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). |
1947-1948 |
I.147 | Proposed Lobby Plan | 1956 |
I.148 | Publications: Background Information Includes press releases from 1960, 1964, and draft material from a 1948 meeting regarding the purpose and accomplishments of the Publications department. |
1948-1964 |
I.149 | Publications: British Distribution Correspondence with Penguin Books, LTD in London and some correspondence with other British publishers. |
1948-1953 |
I.150 | Publications: Cocktail Party Member lists, handwritten notes and memos regarding invitations to the cocktail party. |
1960 |
I.151 | Publications: Foreign Countries, Complimentary Copies Correspondence from foreign governments and institutions regarding requests for complimentary copies of books or catalogues. |
1952-1956 |
I.152 | Publications: Foreign Countries, Complimentary Copies Correspondence from foreign governments and institutions regarding requests for complimentary copies of books or catalogues. |
1954-1958 |
I.153 | Publications: Foreign Publishers, Distribution 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 |
1947-1954 |
I.154 | Publications: General Correspondence from outside the Museum offering books for publication, requests for catalogues, books, book exchanges, or discounts on books. |
1949-1951 |
I.155 | Publications: General Correspondence from outside the Museum offering books for publication, requests for catalogues, books, book exchanges, or discounts on books. |
1953 |
I.156 | Publications: General Correspondence from outside of the Museum offering books for publication, requests for catalogues, books, book exchanges, or discounts on books. |
1956 |
I.157 | Publications: General 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. |
1944-1955 |
I.158 | Publications: General 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. |
1959, 1967 |
I.159 | Publications: Lists 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. |
1947-1966 |
I.160 | Publications: Offers for Publication Incoming and outgoing memos and letters with suggestions or offers of books or ideas for books to include in MoMA's publication program. |
1949-1952 |
I.161 | Publications: Offers for Publication Incoming and outgoing memos and letters with suggestions or offers of books or ideas for books to include in MoMA's publication program. |
1953-1956 |
I.162 | Publications: Penguin Books Ltd and Penguin Books Inc 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. |
1944-1947 |
I.163 | Publications: Plates Correspondence regarding the use of MoMA color plates for publications, as well as some correspondence with foreign printers. |
1949-1953 |
I.164 | Publications: Printers Correspondence regarding color reproduction, graphic reproduction and estimates for service. Some vendors' samples included. |
1945-1950 |
I.165 | Publications: Prints Correspondence and clippings about printers and lithographers, and 1936 and 1938 catalogues from the Weyhe Gallery in New York. |
1936-1941 |
I.166 | Publications: Promotion and Advertising 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. |
1947-1966 |
I.167 | Publications: Promotion With Direct Mail Correspondence with direct mail advertisers. |
1964-1968 |
I.168 | Publications: Royalties | 1947-1960 |
I.169 | Publications: Sales Comparison reports and reports on sales. |
1940-1951 |
I.170 | Publications: Salesmen Statements of commission and sales. Correspondence with and about salesmen. |
1938-1941, 1964 |
I.171 | Publications: Schedules Schedules for publications in preparation and tentative yearly schedules. Includes drafts of statements about publishing by MW. |
1943-1953 |
I.172 | Publicity One clipping and letters between MW and journalists asking for information for articles. |
1956-1966 |
I.173 | Radio Broadcast 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. |
1941-1942 |
I.174 | Re-Opening of the Museum List of guests for dinner with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on 05/25/1964. |
1963 |
I.175 | Recent European Prints Letters referring to a small print show of works brought back from Europe by S.W. Hayter, Esq. |
1947 |
I.176 | Recommendations Requests for recommendation letters from MW and letters written by MW on behalf of others. |
1941-1943 |
I.177 | Registrar Copies of Accession and Registrar's reports. |
1951-1955 |
I.178 | Registrar 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. |
1953-1960 |
I.179 | Rhode Island School of Design | 1948 |
I.180 | Rockefeller, Nelson A. 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. |
1938-1950 |
I.181 | Ruiz, Antonio 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. |
1943-1946 |
I.182 | Russian Graphic and Contemporary Art 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. |
1943-1947 |
I.183 | Sculptors Includes many gallery brochures and clippings regarding sculpture. |
1940 |
I.184 | Seven Arts Books Society | 1951-1953 |
I.185 | Sihare, Laxmi Includes article written by Sihare. |
1967-1968 |
I.186 | Simon & Schuster 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. |
1945-1948 |
I.187 | Simon & Schuster Correspondence with the publisher and Museum staff regarding publications produced by the publisher. Includes 1953 Spring Publications brochure. |
1945-1952 |
I.188 | Siqueiros, David Alfaro 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. |
1943-1947 |
I.189 | Society of Japanese Studies Correspondence reflecting an effort to produce a book of artwork produced in Japanese internment camps. |
1948 |
I.190 | Stamps: Art Correspondence regarding a booklet containing stamps of artwork. Includes booklet published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
1950-1951 |
I.191 | State Department Grants Copies of letters to MW including lists regarding artists deserving of State Department grants. |
1958 |
I.192 | Storage Space Correspondence regarding space for storage in 25 West 53 Street. |
1956-1957 |
I.193 | Steiglitz Catalogue 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. |
1946-1948 |
I.194 | Tate Gallery, London | 1948 |
I.195 | Television Includes press releases announcing newly formed television archive and brief correspondence regarding programs at the museum. |
1954-1967 |
I.196 | Thirtieth Anniversary Fund Drive Letters thanking people for donations, and a press release announcing CBS Foundation pledge. |
1960-1964 |
I.197 | Twentieth International Conference for the History of Art Internal memos regarding exhibitions and receptions to be held during conference. |
1960-1961 |
I.198 | Unidentified Correspondence 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. |
1941-1949, bulk 1947-1948 |
I.199 | Unidentified Correspondence 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). |
1950-1959, bulk 1951-1953 |
I.200 | Unidentified Correspondence Mostly correspondence with parties outside of the Museum. TL MW-Mr. and Mrs. Philip Guston (07/06/1960). |
1960 |
I.201 | Unidentified Correspondence Mostly correspondence with parties outside of the Museum. |
1960 |
I.202 | Unidentified Correspondence Correspondence and internal memos regarding Museum business. Includes press releases announcing programs, publications, and shows. |
1961 |
I.203 | Unidentified Correspondence 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. |
1961 |
I.204 | Unidentified Correspondence 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). |
1962-1964 |
I.205 | Unidentified Correspondence Mostly letters received from parties outside the Museum. TL MW-Bruno Munari (06/07/1965). |
1965 |
I.206 | Unidentified Correspondence 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. |
1966-1967 |
I.207 | United Nations Week | 1950 |
I.208 | United Nations Education Social and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) Correspondence and documents relating to the National Conference on UNESCO in Philadelphia. |
1947 |
I.209 | United Service Organizations Includes a U.S.O. National Unity pin. |
1941 |
I.210 | U.S. Camera 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. |
1947 |
I.211 | United States International Book Association (USIBA) Correspondence regarding production of the German edition of Built in U.S.A. 1932-1944. |
1945-1946 |
I.212 | Visitors Correspondence and memos regarding luncheons and cocktail parties in honor of special guests and foreign representatives. |
1955-1966 |
I.213 | War Production Board: Paper Quota Correspondence regarding use of paper in MoMA publications. |
1944-1945 |
I.214 | Whitney Museum Correspondence, and press releases regarding partnerships between MoMA and the Whitney. |
1948-1949 |
I.215 | Worchester Art Museum Correspondence about the embosograf machine. |
1948 |
I.216 | World's Fair Correspondence regarding participation in the Fair, including preliminary exhibition report. |
1962-1965 |
I.217 | Young People's Gallery Internal correspondence between Victor D'Amico and MW. Includes photograph requisitions, press releases, and installation photographs. |
1946-1949 |
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Series II. Exhibition and Publication Correspondence |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
II.1 | Advertising and the Artist A proposed exhibition. Includes a program from the exhibition on modern art and advertising at the Art Institute of Chicago. |
1944-1945 |
II.2 | American Battle Painting 1776-1918 [MoMA Exh. #261, September 26-November 12, 1944] |
1944 |
II.3 | American Group Show Correspondence, possibly describing the initial idea for American Paintings from the Museum Collection. |
1949 |
II.4 | Architecture in Italy Correspondence regarding a proposed book on the subject. |
1949 |
II.5 | The Architecture of Bridges (1949) 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. |
1947-1950 |
II.6 | The Architecture of H.H. Richardson (1936) By Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Proposed reprint by Philip Johnson. |
1947 |
II.7 | The Armory Show Book Correspondence regarding a proposed book. |
1946-1947 |
II.8 | Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibition Outline of Design for Use [MoMA Exh. #258b. May 24-October 22, 1944]. |
1944 |
II.9 | Art International: USA 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. |
1966 |
II.10 | Art Lending Service Two memos regarding installation of an unspecified exhibition in the Guest House. |
1957 |
II.11 | The Art of the Motion Picture: 1895-1941 (1945) A book proposed by Iris Barry that was originally published by MoMA as a catalogue for the film program in 1945. |
1949-1950 |
II.12 | The Artist in His Studio (1960) 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. |
1960 |
II.13 | Balthus [MoMA Exh. #611, December 19, 1956-February 3, 1957] |
1956-1957 |
II.14 | Birds and Animals in Art Working title, possibly published by Thames & Hudson Publishers Inc. Includes estimates and specifications. |
1949 |
II.15 | Pierre Bonnard [MoMA Exh. #376, May 10-September 6, 1948] |
1949 |
II.16 | Booklet on the Museum by Iris Barry Correspondence with the Fritz Henle about photographs for the book. Includes a suggested outline for Iris Barry. |
1945 |
II.17 | Brancusi 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. |
1946-1949 |
II.18 | Brazil Builds: Architecture New & Old (1943) Proposals to print a 5th edition of the book. Includes correspondence with Philip L. Goodwin. |
1947-1948 |
II.19 | Buildings for Business and Government [MoMA Exh. #615, February 27-April 28, 1957] |
1957 |
II.20 | Charles Demuth (1950) By Andrew C. Ritchie. |
1949-1950 |
II.21 | Contemporary American Painting Correspondence regarding interest from American ambassador in Italy in doing a show of contemporary American painters in Italy. |
1946 |
II.22 | Contemporary Italian Industrial Arts Exhibition proposal and survey report on topic developed by the Art Institute of Chicago. |
1949 |
II.23 | Contemporary Painters (1948) Correspondence between MW and JTS. Includes royalty report from Simon and Schuster, Inc. and drafts of press release. |
1947-1949 |
II.24 | Dartmouth Eye Institute 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. |
1946-1947 |
II.25 | De Stijl Correspondence with JJS, Philip Johnson and Frederick Kiesler regarding having an exhibition like the original in Amsterdam. |
1946-1947 |
II.26 | Dutch Art Proposal for an exhibition of Dutch artists after the war. |
1943 |
II.27 | Edward G. Robinson Collection [MoMA Exh. #533, March 3-April 12, 1953] |
1952-1953 |
II.28 | Edvard Munch [MoMA Exh. #450, June 30-August 12, 1950] |
1945-1950 |
II.29 | Exhibition House by Gregory Ain [MoMA Exh. #447, May 17-October 29, 1950] |
1949 |
II.30 | Expressionist Exhibition Letters and memos regarding interest in a wider expressionist exhibition after the Munch show. Includes handwritten list of artists for inclusion by MW. |
1943-1948 |
II.31 | The Family of Man [MoMA Exh. #569, January 24-May 8, 1955] |
1950 |
II.32 | The Family of Man (1955) 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. |
1955-1957 |
II.33 | Franklin Watkins [MoMA Exh. #440, March 21-June 11, 1950] |
1949-1950 |
II.34 | Georges Braque [MoMA Exh. #403, March 29-June 12, 1949] Entire folder restricted: Loan correspondence. This folder was added in 2023. |
1948-1949 |
II.35a | Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953] |
1951-1953 |
II.35b | Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953] |
1951-1953 |
II.36 | Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953] |
1951-1953 |
II.37 | Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953] Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence. |
1952-1953 |
II.38 | Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953] Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence. |
1952-1953 |
II.39 | Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #535, March 31-May 31, 1953] |
1953 |
II.40 | Good Design (1951) [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. |
1950-1951 |
II.41 | Graphic Design Textbook 2 letters regarding potential writers for a book on this topic. |
1950 |
II.42 | Greek Exhibition Letters from outside the Museum suggesting a show of modern Greek art. |
1949-1950 |
II.43 | Gropius Correspondence regarding Museum's search for funding to publishing a book on Walter Gropius. |
1949-1950 |
II.44 | Guide to Modern Architecture Correspondence regarding need for book and proposed costs. |
1948-1949 |
II.45 | Guide to U.S. Museums Includes proposal and possible budget. |
1951 |
II.46 | Henri Matisse [MoMA Exh. #492, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952] Restricted material removed: Loan correspondence. |
1951 |
II.47 | Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings [MoMA Exh. #803, July 19-September 25, 1966] |
1966 |
II.48 | The History of Impressionism (1946) By John Rewald. |
1948-1950 |
II.49 | The History of Modern Painting Includes TLS Paul Sachs-AHB regarding a publication with Harvard University Press. |
1944 |
II.50 | The History of the Motion Picture Correspondence regarding Iris Barry's presumably unpublished book. |
1948-1950 |
II.51 | The History of Photography (1949) 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. |
1944-1950 |
II.52 | How To Make Modern Jewelry (1949) By C. J. Martin and Victor D'Amico. |
1949-1950 |
II.53 | How To Make Pottery and Ceramic Sculpture (1947) By J. H. Duncan and Victor D'Amico. |
1946-1948 |
II.54 | How to Take a Photograph Includes typescript. Never published. |
1946-1947 |
II.55 | Indian Art of the United States (1941) By Frederick H. Douglas and Rene d'Harnoncourt. Includes pamphlet for the book. |
1949 |
II.56 | Jacques Villon: His Graphic Art [MoMA Exh. #540, September 8-November 15, 1953] |
1947-1953 |
II.57 | The James Thrall Soby Collection (1961) Correspondence with manufacturers of the exhibition catalogue of the James Thrall Soby Collection. Includes color plate proofs. |
1949 |
II.58 | Joan Miró (1941) By James Johnson Sweeny. Interest in doing a reprint. Unsigned copies of letters to Miró from MW. |
1946 |
II.59 | Joan Miró (1959) 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. |
1958-1959 |
II.60 | John Marin (1936) By H. McBride, M. Hartley and E.M. Benson. Correspondence regarding efforts to reprint the book. |
1946 |
II.61 | The Last Works of Matisse: Large Cut Gouaches [MoMA Exh. #696, October 8-December 4, 1961] |
1961-1962 |
II.62 | The Last Works of Matisse: Large Cut Gouaches [MoMA Exh. #696, October 8-December 4, 1961] |
1961 |
II.63 | The Last Works of Matisse: Large Cut Gouaches [MoMA Exh. #696, October 8-December 4, 1961] |
1961-1962 |
II.64 | Latin American Air Transportation Correspondence regarding potential for book about airspace in Latin America. |
1942 |
II.65 | The Latin American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art(1943) Memos from AHB regarding a reprint. |
1945 |
II.66 | Marc Chagall (1946) 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. |
1945-1947 |
II.67 | Masters of British Painting 1800-1950 [MoMA Exh. #607, October 3-December 2, 1956] |
1954-1957 |
II.68 | Masters of Modern Art (1954) 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. |
1954-1955 |
II.69 | Masters of Modern Art (1954) 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. |
1954-1955 |
II.70 | Matisse: His Art and His Public (1951) 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. |
1949-1951 |
II.71 | Matisse: His Art and His Public (1951) By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Correspondence concerning the creation of color plates for the book. |
1954-1955 |
II.72 | Miserere (1952) 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. |
1949-1952 |
II.73 | Miserere (1963) By Georges Rouault. Correspondence regarding the reprint of the 1952 English edition of the book by another publisher. |
1961-1965 |
II.74 | Modern American Craftsmanship Memos written by MW about the concept for this proposed exhibit. |
1945 |
II.75 | Modern French Tapestries 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. |
1946-1947 |
II.76 | Modern Glass Outline proposal for potential exhibition. General correspondence with glass companies discussing possibility of show. Some internal memos about the same. |
1945 |
II.77 | Modigliani,
Chaim Soutine [MoMA Exh. #474, April 10-June 10, 1951] |
1949-1950 |
II.78 | Modigliani: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture (1951) By James Thrall Soby. |
1949-1950 |
II.79 | Munch (1950) 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. |
1949-1950 |
II.80 | Museum Booklet Outline proposal and typescript of a information booklet on the museum by JTS. Presumably not published. |
1958-1959 |
II.81 | Offer for Exhibition 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. |
1951 |
II.82 | Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by Paul Klee (1949) Correspondence regarding publication of the catalogue accompanying the traveling exhibition of the Klee Foundation collection. |
1948-1949 |
II.83 | Packaging Exhibition Correspondence regarding the possibility of a show displaying modern packaging design. |
1948-1949 |
II.84 | Photographic Forms in Science and Industry A proposed exhibit. Includes media such as published articles, photographs, and magazine clippings of designs found in nature. |
1938, 1948 |
II.85 | Picasso 75th Anniversary [MoMA Exh. #619, May 4-August 25, 1957 (first floor and auditorium)] [MoMA Exh. #619, May 22-September 8, 1957 (third floor)] |
1956-1957 |
II.86 | Postage Stamps | 1944 |
II.87 | The Prints of Georges Rouault [MoMA Exh. #79, September 28-November 18, 1938] |
1938 |
II.88 | Prize Designs for Modern Furniture (1950) By Edgar Kaufman. |
1950 |
II.89 | Rouault Retrospective (1953) 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]. |
1947-1953 |
II.90 | The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz [MoMA Exh. #558, May 18-August 1, 1954] |
1952-1955 |
II.91 | Sculpture of the 20th Century (1952) 1 ALS Andrew Carnduff Ritchie-MW (09/26/1951). Other correspondence with Thames & Hudson Publishers, Inc. |
1951-1953 |
II.92 | Sculpture of the XXth Century [MoMA Exh. #536, April 28-September 7, 1953] |
1951-1953 |
II.93 | Soutine (1950) 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. |
1950 |
II.94 | Steichen the Photographer (1961) 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). |
1961 |
II.95 | Tchelitchew 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. |
1947-1952 |
II.96 | Teaching Portfolio No. 1-4 (1949), (1950), (1954) Correspondence regarding publication of the books, poster advertisement, and press release for the series. |
1947-1952 |
II.97 | Toulouse-Lautrec [MoMA Exh. #598, March 21-May 6, 1956] |
1945 |
II.98 | Travel Posters [MoMA Exh. #616, March 6-April 7, 1957] |
1956-1957 |
II.99 | Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art [MoMA Exh. #106, May 15-September 30, 1940] |
1940 |
II.100 | Twentieth Century Italian Art (1949) 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. |
1948-1949 |
II.101 | Usefull Objects, 1946 [MoMA Exh. #336, November 26, 1946-January 26, 1947] |
1946 |
II.102 | Vincent van Gogh (1935) By Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Correspondence regarding location of plates for a reprint. Never reprinted. |
1947 |
II.103 | Vuillard [MoMA Exh. #555, April 6-June 6, 1954] |
1949-1954 |
II.104 | Walker Evans: American Photographs (1938) By Lincoln Kirstein. Brief correspondence regarding a reprinting. |
1947-1948 |
II.105 | War Memorials Exhibition Proposed exhibition. Includes budget estimates and preliminary plan. |
1945 |
II.106 | What is Modern Design? (1950) By Edgar Kaufman. TMs with handwritten comments by various people. |
1947-1952 |
II.107 | What is Modern Drawing? Not published. |
1944 |
II.108 | What is Modern Painting? (1943) 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. |
1946-1954 |
II.109 | What is Modern Photography? Next book intended but not published in "What is?" series. Correspondence regarding fundraising for publication. |
1951 |
II.110 | What is Modern Sculpture? Interest at this time but not published. |
1940-1945 |
II.111 | Yves Tanguy (1955) By James Thrall Soby. |
1955 |
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Series III. Rights and Reproductions Correspondence |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
III.1 | Arthur Jaffe Heliochrome Company A major printer used for color reproduction of the Museum's permanent collection. |
1939-1966, bulk 1940-1949 |
III.2 | Artifax Inc. Maker of color reproductions, formerly called Gartner and Bender. |
1948-1950 |
III.3 | Barton-Cotton, Inc. Publisher and producer of color reproductions. |
1957-1966 |
III.4 | Chagall-The Jerusalem Windows [MoMA Exh. #697, November 19, 1961-Jan 3, 1962] |
1961 |
III.5 | Christmas Cards: Eskimo Artists 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. |
1960-1964 |
III.6 | Christmas Cards: Examples 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. |
1950s |
III.7 | Christmas Cards: General 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. |
1952-1964 |
III.8 | Christmas Cards: 1949-1954 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. |
1949-1954 |
III.9 | Christmas Cards: 1958 Correspondence regarding the production of the 1958 Christmas card. |
1958 |
III.10 | Christmas Cards: 1959 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. |
1959-1960 |
III.11 | Christmas Cards: 1962 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. |
1962 |
III.12 | Christmas Cards: 1963 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. |
1963 |
III.13 | Christmas Cards: 1964 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. |
1964 |
III.14 | Christmas Cards: 1965 Letters to artists regarding their inclusion in the 1965 Christmas Card gift card set and catalogue. Organized by the Junior Council. |
1965 |
III.15 | Clarke & Sherwell Limited Printer of color reproductions. |
1962 |
III.16 | Color Plates Includes list of color plates from 1954. Correspondence discussing possibility of cataloguing color plates. |
1954-1966 |
III.17 | Compo Photocolor, Inc. | 1965 |
III.18 | Conzett & Huber Swiss printer of color reproductions. |
1949-1950 |
III.19 | Dessin Incorporated | 1948-1949 |
III.20 | Duchamp-Villon Reproduction,
The Bride Correspondence from MW to Duchamp and Villon regarding the reproduction of a Villon engraving based on the Duchamp painting by the above title. |
1949-1950 |
III.21 | Dumont-Schauberg German publisher. |
1959-1967 |
III.22 | Esther Gentle Printer of color reproductions. |
1947-1949 |
III.23 | Family of Man [MoMA Exh. #569, January 24-May 8, 1955] |
1961-1967 |
III.24 | Gemini G.E.L. | 1966 |
III.25 | General Correspondence [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. |
1939-1943 |
III.26 | General Correspondence 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. |
1943-1951 |
III.27 | General Correspondence 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. |
1944-1951 |
III.28 | General Correspondence 1 TLS Alexander Archipenko-MW (09/28/1953) regarding a formal contract for reproduction rights of his work. |
1948-1954 |
III.29 | General Correspondence | 1952-1953 |
III.30 | General Correspondence 1 TLS Isabelle Rouault-MW (11/20/1954) regarding extra copies of reproductions of her father's recent paintings. |
1953-1955 |
III.31 | General Correspondence 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. |
1954-1955 |
III.32 | General Correspondence 1 TLS Alexander Archipenko-MW (09/12/1956). 1 TLS Theodore Roszak-MW (02/10/1955). |
1954-1957 |
III.33 | General Correspondence 1 TLS Arthur Jaffé-MW (08/20/1957). |
1955-1957 |
III.34 | General Correspondence | 1955-1957 |
III.35 | General Correspondence | 1956-1958 |
III.36 | General Correspondence | 1959-1966 |
III.37 | General Correspondence | 1961-1966 |
III.38 | Harrison Art Advertising | 1949-1950 |
III.39 | Ives, Norman Correspondence regarding reproduction of works by Mondrian. |
1966 |
III.40 | Kunstkreis Ag Luzern Correspondence with printer requesting rights to reproduce Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy and The Dream of Yadwiga. |
1966 |
III.41 | McGraw-Hill | 1963 |
III.42 | McKenzie, William | 1947-1948 |
III.43 | Minerva Reproduktioner Correspondence regarding printer's production of Picasso and Cézanne prints. |
1962-1966 |
III.44 | Montgomery Ward Correspondence regarding color reproductions of Manchester Valley by Pickett for the department store. |
1944-1945 |
III.45 | The Pallas Gallery Ltd. Correspondence with Andrew Révai, director of the gallery, regarding reproductions of works by Picasso. |
1960-1964 |
III.46 | Pirated Reproductions Correspondence regarding unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted material in the Museum collection. |
1962-1966 |
III.47 | Policy Includes memos, articles and copies of New York State laws regarding rights and reproduction. |
1963-1966 |
III.48 | Raymond and Raymond Correspondence regarding the color reproduction process. |
1940-1947 |
III.49 | Reproduction Promotion Committee | 1948-1949 |
III.50 | Reproduction Rights 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. |
1960-1962 |
III.51 | Requests for Photographs Triplicate copy of internal requests by MW for prints of artwork or for original artwork to be photographed by the staff photographer. |
1953-1966 |
III.52 | Requests Unanswered | 1962-1964 |
III.53 | Salesmen Correspondence with Rudolf Lesch Fine Arts, Inc. and other companies interested in selling works published or reproduced by the Museum. |
1939-1948 |
III.54 | Sculpture 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. |
1946-1951 |
III.55 | Shorewood Art Programs for Education | 1960-1967 |
III.56 | Slides: Color Correspondence regarding production of color slides. |
1955-1966 |
III.57 | Slides: Portable Gallery Press Proposal from Waldo Rasmussen regarding a new photographer for museum collections. |
1965 |
III.58 | Slides: Sandak Agreement 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. |
1959-1963 |
III.59 | Slides: Sandak Agreement 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. |
1963-1966 |
III.60 | The Twin Editions Correspondence regarding the production of various works in the Museum collection. |
1944-1949 |
III.61 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 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. |
1948-1949 |
III.62 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Correspondence with the Arts and Letters Division regarding various projects. |
1964-1966 |
III.63 | Urban, Albert 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. |
1944-1947 |
III.64 | VEB Verlag der Kunst Dresden Correspondence regarding a reproduction of Picasso's Guernica. |
1962-1966 |
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Series IV. Correspondence Files 1943-1951 |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
IV.1 | Correspondence A | 1943-1951 |
IV.2 | Correspondence B | 1943-1951 |
IV.3 | Correspondence B | 1943-1951 |
IV.4 | Correspondence C 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. |
1943-1951 |
IV.5 | Correspondence C | 1943-1951 |
IV.6 | Correspondence D | 1943-1951 |
IV.7 | Correspondence E | 1944-1950 |
IV.8 | Correspondence F 1 TL MW-E.M. Forster (10/06/1948). |
1943-1951 |
IV.9 | Correspondence G | 1944-1951 |
IV.10 | Correspondence H | 1943-1951 |
IV.11 | Correspondence I | 1944-1949 |
IV.12 | Correspondence J | 1943-1951 |
IV.13 | Correspondence K Correspondents include Alfred Kinsey and Lincoln Kirstein. |
1944-1950 |
IV.14 | Correspondence L Correspondents include J. Russel Lynes, Mrs. Samuel A. Lewisohn, William Littlefield. |
1944-1950 |
IV.15 | Correspondence M Correspondents include Loren MacIver. Includes draft TMs of Marianne Moore's address to the Grolier Club (12/21/1948). |
1944-1951 |
IV.16 | Correspondence M Correspondence includes letters to W. Somerset Maugham and ALS Marianne Moore (12/31/1943). |
1943-1951 |
IV.17 | Correspondence N Correspondents include John S. Newberry and Beaumont Newhall. |
1944-1951 |
IV.18 | Correspondence O Correspondence includes ALS from Jose Clemente Orozco. |
1944-1950 |
IV.19 | Correspondence P Correspondents include Antoine Pevsner. |
1943-1951 |
IV.20 | Correspondence Q | 1947-1948 |
IV.21 | Correspondence R Correspondents include Daniel Catton Rich, Agnes Rindge, David Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller and Bernard Rudolfsky. |
1944-1952 |
IV.22 | Correspondence S Correspondents include Eero Saarinen, Paul J. Sachs, Albert Skira, Edith Sitwell, and JTS. |
1944-1950 |
IV.23 | Correspondence S Correspondents include JTS, Carmel Snow, and Frank Stanton. |
1944-1950 |
IV.24 | Correspondence T Correspondents include Pavel Tchelitchew and Romeo Toninelli. Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence with Pavel Tchelitchew. |
1944-1951 |
IV.25 | Correspondence U Correspondents include Albert Urban. |
1944-1949 |
IV.26 | Correspondence V Correspondents include Curt Valentin. |
1944-1951 |
IV.27 | Correspondence W Correspondents include John Hay Whitney. |
1944-1951 |
IV.28 | Correspondence W Correspondence includes series of letters between Ignatz Wiemeler and MW (ALS in German with English translations). |
1944-1951 |
IV.29 | Correspondence X,Y,Z Correspondents include Christian Zervos and Luis de Zulueta. |
1944-1951 |
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Series V. Chronological Files 1960-1966 |
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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.] |
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Folder | Title | Date |
V.1 | Chronological File May to August 1960 | 1960 |
V.2 | Chronological File September to December 1960 | 1960 |
V.3 | Chronological File January to April 1961 | 1961 |
V.4 | Chronological File May to August 1961 | 1961 |
V.5 | Chronological File September to December 1961 | 1961 |
V.6 | Chronological File January to April 1962 | 1962 |
V.7 | Chronological File May to August 1962 | 1962 |
V.8 | Chronological File September to December 1962 | 1962 |
V.9 | Chronological File 1963 | 1963 |
V.10 | Chronological File January to April 1963 | 1963 |
V.11 | Chronological File May to August 1963 | 1963 |
V.12 | Chronological File September to December 1963 | 1963 |
V.13 | Chronological File 1964 | 1964 |
V.14 | Chronological File January to April 1964 | 1964 |
V.15 | Chronological File May to August 1964 | 1964 |
V.16 | Chronological File September to December 1964 | 1964 |
V.17 | Chronological File 1965 | 1965 |
V.18 | Chronological File January to April 1965 | 1965 |
V.19 | Chronological File May to August 1965 | 1965 |
V.20 | Chronological File September to December 1965 | 1965 |
V.21 | Chronological File January to April 1966 | 1966 |
V.22 | Chronological File May to August 1966 | 1966 |
V.23 | Chronological File September to December 1966 | 1966 |
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Series VI. Committee Minutes, Binders and Budget Reports 1940-1960 |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
VI.1 | Program Committee Binder 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. |
1960-1965 |
VI.2 | Program Committee Binder Contains brochures, event schedules, lists, and memos. Section titles include: Lecture Program, Schedule U.S. Museums, and Schedule N.Y.C. Museums. |
1962-1965 |
VI.3 | Program Committee Binder Contains handwritten notes, letters, lists, memos, and schedules. Section titles include: Proposed Exhibitions, and Memos. |
1960-1966 |
VI.4 | Program Committee Binder Contains letters, memos, schedules, reports, and lists. Section title includes: Co-Sponsors. |
1960-1966 |
VI.5 | Budget 1957-1958 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. |
1957-1958 |
VI.6 | Budget 1958-1959 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. |
1958-1959 |
VI.7 | Budget 1958-1959 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. |
1959-1960 |
VI.8 | Budget 1960-1961 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. |
1960-1961 |
VI.9 | Budget 1961-1962 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. |
1961-1962 |
VI.10 | Program and Budget 1962-1963 Section titles include: Budget, Publications, Americans 1963, Bitter Years, 5 Photographers, Gorky, Ernst Haas, Le Corbusier, Nolde, Rodin-Rosso, Mark Tobey. |
1962-1963 |
VI.11 | Program and Budget 1963-1964 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. |
1963-1964 |
VI.12 | Program and Budget 1964-1965 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, |
1964-1965 |
VI.13 | Budget 1950-1951 [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). |
1950-1951 |
VI.14 | Budget 1951-1952 | 1951-1952 |
VI.15 | Budget 1952-1953 | 1952-1953 |
VI.16 | Budget 1953-1954 | 1953-1954 |
VI.17 | Budget 1954-1955 | 1954-1955 |
VI.18 | Budget 1955-1956 | 1955-1956 |
VI.19 | Budget 1956-1957 | 1956-1957 |
VI.20 | Budget 1957-1958 | 1957-1958 |
VI.21 | Budget 1959-1960 | 1959-1960 |
VI.22 | Budget 1960-1961 | 1960-1961 |
VI.23 | Budget 1961-1962 | 1961-1962 |
VI.24 | Budget 1962-1963 | 1962-1963 |
VI.25 | Budget 1963-1964 | 1963-1964 |
VI.26 | Budget 1964-1965 | 1964-1965 |
VI.27 | Budget 1965-1966 | 1965-1966 |
VI.28 | Budget 1967-1968 | 1967-1968 |
VI.29 | Staff Program Committee Minutes | 10/1964-01/1965 |
VI.30 | Staff Program Committee Minutes | 02/1965-09/1965 |
VI.31 | Staff Program Committee Minutes | 12/1965-09/1966 |
VI.32 | Staff Program Committee Minutes | 10/1966-11/1967 |
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Series VII. Outside Affiliations and Post-Retirement |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
VII.1 | Committee of Friends of MoMA Clippings and correspondence regarding the Committee's campaign against a tax reform bill concerning charitable contributions of works of art by artists. |
1969 |
VII.2 | General Correspondence 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. |
1970-1985 |
VII.3 | Harrison of Paris Press 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. |
1933-1939 |
VII.4 | Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Five weekly progress reports from the Washington office, plus other reports of weekly activities of other divisions of the office. |
1940-1942 |
VII.5 | Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Correspondence from MW representing the Publications Committee requesting suggestions of contemporary Latin American writers for publication. Replies included. |
1941 |
VII.6 | Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs General correspondence regarding the publication activities of the Office. |
1941-1943 |
VII.7 | Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Correspondence regarding the publication of a tourist guide to Latin American countries. |
1942-1943 |
VII.8 | Presidential Mission to Latin America 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. |
1969 |
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Series VIII. Non-Manuscript Material |
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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. |
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Subseries VIII.A. Invitation Binders |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
VIII.A.1 | Invitations | 1934-1941 |
VIII.A.2 | Invitations | 1942-1949 |
VIII.A.3 | Invitations | 1950-1952 |
VIII.A.4 | Invitations | 1953-1958 |
VIII.A.5 | Invitations | 1959-1966 |
VIII.A.6 | Invitations | 1967-1968 |
VIII.A.7 | Invitations | 1968-1971 |
VIII.A.8 | Art Advisory Service | 1968 |
VIII.A.9 | Committee on Art Education | n.d. |
VIII.A.10 | Concert Series | 1943 |
VIII.A.11 | Film | 1951-1968 |
VIII.A.12 | International Council | 1967 |
VIII.A.13 | Junior Council | 1968 |
VIII.A.14 | Lectures and Symposia | 1952-1967 |
VIII.A.15 | Membership | 1954-1970 |
VIII.A.16 | Miscellaneous | 1940s-1960s |
VIII.A.17 | MoMA Anniversary | 1940s-1950s |
VIII.A.18 | Photography | n.d. |
VIII.A.19 | Poetry Series | 1952-1953 |
VIII.A.20 | Publications | 1953, n.d. |
VIII.A.21 | Dr. Edith Sitwell | 1949-1950 |
VIII.A.22 | Non-Museum Exhibitions and Events | 1960-1972 |
Subseries VIII.B. Exhibition Research Material |
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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. |
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Box | Title | Date |
VIII.B.1 | Joseph Mallord William Turner: A Profile 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. |
n.d. |
VIII.B.2 | Index Cards 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. |
n.d. |
VIII.B.3 | Black and White Reproductions Black and white reproductions (8x10 and 4x6) of the Turner collection at the Tate Gallery. |
n.d. |
Subseries VIII.C. Advertising Scrapbook |
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A scrapbook containing advertisements collected, printed and written by Monroe Wheeler in the 1920s. |
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Box | Title | Date |
VIII.C | Advertising Scrapbook 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. |
1923-1924 |
Subseries VIII.D. Anthology of Modern Art |
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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. |
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Folder | Title | Date |
VIII.D.1 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Post Impressionism." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.2 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Impressionism." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.3 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Cubism." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.4 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Other Abstract." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.5 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Dada" and "Painting: Surrealism." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.6 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Objective," "Painting: American, 19th Century," and "Painting: American Early 20th Century." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.7 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: American Today" and "Painting: Mexican." |
n.d. |
VIII.D.8 | Anthology of Modern Art Section includes "Painting: Popular" and "Sculpture: Traditional." |
n.d. |
Subseries VIII.E. Card Catalogue |
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This series contains four boxes of index cards, formerly organized by four card file drawers. |
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Box | Title | Date |
VIII.E.1 | Card File Drawer 1 Untitled. Contains index cards of portrait artists and their subjects. Arranged alphabetically by artists and alphbetically by subject. |
n.d. |
VIII.E.2 | Card File Drawer 2 Titled "20th C. Portraits" and "Subjects." Contains index cards of portrait artists arranged alphabetically by artist. |
n.d. |
VIII.E.3 | Card File Drawer 3 Titled "Reproduction File" and "U. of Puerto Rico." Contains index cards of artists arranged chronologically by date of birth beginning in 1260. |
n.d. |
VIII.E.4 | Card File Drawer 4 Untitled. Contains index cards arranged by subject such as Architecture and Industrial Design, Large Color Reproductions, Painting and Sculpture, and General. |
n.d. |
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File numbers marked by an asterisk (*) indicate oversize material that has been separated to the end of the collection.
Researchers should include the asterisk when issuing a request for such material.
Series | Folder Range | Box |
I | 1-29 | 1 |
I | 30-42 | 2 |
I | 43-55 | 3 |
I | 56-70 | 4 |
I | 71-79 | 5 |
I | 80-92 | 6 |
I | 93-106 | 7 |
I | 107-117 | 8 |
I | 118-128 | 9 |
I | 129-147 | 10 |
I | 148-153 | 11 |
I | 154-160 | 12 |
I | 161-167 | 13 |
I | 168-178 | 14 |
I | 179-187 | 15 |
I | 188-199 | 16 |
I | 200-203 | 17 |
I | 204-217 | 18 |
II | 1-28 | 19 |
II | 29-36 | 20 |
II | 37-45 | 21 |
II | 46-60 | 22 |
II | 61-65 | 23 |
II | 66-74 | 24 |
II | 75-86 | 25 |
II | 87-97 | 26 |
II | 98-111 | 27 |
III | 1-10 | 28 |
III | 11-24 | 29 |
III | 25-29 | 30 |
III | 30-34 | 31 |
III | 35-46 | 32 |
III | 47-53 | 33 |
III | 54-59 | 34 |
III | 60-64 | 35 |
IV | 1-4 | 36 |
IV | 5-10 | 37 |
IV | 11-17 | 38 |
IV | 18-24 | 39 |
IV | 25-30 | 40 |
V | 1-5 | 41 |
V | 6-12 | 42 |
V | 13-18 | 43 |
V | 19-23 | 44 |
VI | 1-5 | 45 |
VI | 6-12 | 46 |
VI | 13-29 | 47 |
VI | 31-34 | 48 |
VII | 1-8 | 49 |
VIII.A | 1-7 | 50 |
VIII.A | 8-22 | 51 |
VIII.B | 1 | 52 |
VIII.B | 2 | 53 |
VIII.B | 3 | 54 |
VIII.C | 1 | 55 |
VIII.D | 1-8 | 56 |
VIII.E | 1 | 57 |
VIII.E | 2 | 58 |
VIII.E | 3 | 59 |
VIII.E | 4 | 60 |