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Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Subject:

Howe, George  Search this

Johnson, Philip C.  Search this

Goldwater, Robert John  Search this

McCormick, Thomas J.  Search this

Kaufmann, Edgar  Search this

Berman, Leonid  Search this

Doesburg, Theo van  Search this

Berenson, Bernard  Search this

Berman, Eugene  Search this

Francis, Henry Sayles  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr.  Search this

Gill, Brendan  Search this

Erffa, Helmut von  Search this

Spark, Victor D. (Victor David)  Search this

Oud, J. J. P. (Jacobus Johannes Pieter)  Search this

Soby, James Thrall  Search this

Smith, Peter van der Meulen  Search this

Smith, E. Baldwin (Earl Baldwin)  Search this

Vanderbilt, Paul  Search this

Thomson, Virgil  Search this

Summerson, John Newenham, Sir  Search this

Sterner, Harold  Search this

Porter, Kingsley  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel  Search this

Pevsner, Nikolaus  Search this

Panofsky, Erwin  Search this

Sizer, Theodore  Search this

Scully, Vincent Joseph  Search this

Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.)  Search this

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph)  Search this

Kirstein, Lincoln  Search this

Washburn, Gordon B. (Gordon Bailey)  Search this

Wittkower, Rudolf  Search this

Wright, Frank Lloyd  Search this

Mumford, Lewis  Search this

Abbott, Jere  Search this

Austin, Arthur Everett  Search this

Type:

Writings

Photographs

Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Architecture & Design  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9728

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212014

AAA_collcode_hitchenp

Theme:

Architecture & Design

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212014

Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Subject:

Soane, John, Sir  Search this

Summerson, John Newenham, Sir  Search this

Stroud, Dorothy  Search this

Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock letters to Dorothy Stroud and John N. Summerson, 1946-1949. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Architecture -- Great Britain  Search this

Architecture, Victorian -- Great Britain.  Search this

Theme:

Architecture & Design  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6315

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)224548

AAA_collcode_hitchenl

Theme:

Architecture & Design

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_224548

Interviewee:

Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Clark, Stephen C. (Stephen Carlton), b. 1882  Search this

D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968  Search this

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005  Search this

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979  Search this

Extent:

69 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1974 February 22-May 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Margaret Scolari Barr conducted 1974 February 22-1974 May 13, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

The interview primarily concerns her husband, Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr., the director of the Museum of Modern Art, but also touches upon her childhood in Italy, her educational background, and teaching at Vassar. She discusses her husband's career with the Museum of Modern Art, including his travel and entertaining for the museum, borrowing works of art, installing exhibitions, his work methods and published writings, the Rescue Committee for European Artists in World War II, and the 1958 fire at the Museum of Modern Art. She describes Alfred Barr's firing from the Museum of Modern Art in 1943. She recalls Steven Clark, Rene D'Harnoncourt, Henry Russell Hitchcock, Philip Cortelyou Johnson, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Margaret Scolari Barr (1901-1987) was married to Alfred Barr, the director of the Museum of Modern Art and lived in New York. Mrs. Barr taught at Vassar (Italian) and the Spence School (art history), wrote several books, and translated others. She worked closely with her husband, on numerous of his projects.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 46 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and others.

Occupation:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.barr74

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92e8fe286-46d4-43e5-9785-b195597b3cea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-barr74

Creator:

Prior, Harris King, 1911-1975  Search this

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Subject:

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. School of Art  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1954 Apr 27

Citation:

Harris King Prior. Harris King Prior, Utica, N.Y. letter to Henry Russell Hitchcock, Northampton, Mass., 1954 Apr 27. Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

School buildings  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)12002

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Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_12002

Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991  Search this

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1971 January 6

Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Russell Lynes. Interview with Henry-Russell Hitchcock, 1971 January 6. Russell Lynes papers, 1930-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)16020

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Russell Lynes papers, 1930-1986

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_16020

Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Names:

Abbott, Jere  Search this

Austin, Arthur Everett, 1900-1957  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972  Search this

Berman, Leonid, 1896-1976  Search this

Doesburg, Theo van, 1883-1931  Search this

Erffa, Helmut von, 1900-1979  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this

Francis, Henry Sayles, 1902-1994  Search this

Gill, Brendan, 1914-1997  Search this

Goldwater, Robert John, 1907-1973  Search this

Howe, George, 1886-1955  Search this

Johnson, Philip C.  Search this

Kaufmann, Edgar, 1910-  Search this

Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-  Search this

McCormick, Thomas J.  Search this

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990  Search this

Oud, J. J. P. (Jacobus Johannes Pieter), 1890-1963  Search this

Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968  Search this

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983  Search this

Porter, Kingsley  Search this

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965  Search this

Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953  Search this

Scully, Vincent Joseph, 1920-  Search this

Sizer, Theodore, 1892-1967  Search this

Smith, E. Baldwin (Earl Baldwin), 1888-1956  Search this

Smith, Peter van der Meulen  Search this

Soby, James Thrall, 1906-  Search this

Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991  Search this

Sterner, Harold  Search this

Summerson, John Newenham, Sir, 1904-  Search this

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-  Search this

Vanderbilt, Paul  Search this

Washburn, Gordon B. (Gordon Bailey), 1904-1983  Search this

Wittkower, Rudolf  Search this

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959  Search this

Extent:

24.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Writings

Photographs

Date:

1919-1987

Summary:

The papers of architectural historian, author, critic, teacher, and museum director, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, date from 1919-1987 and measure 24.8 linear feet. Almost all of the collection is comprised of Hitchcock's correspondence files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Letters are from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators, and family and friends. Also found are two feet of writings by Hitchcock and others, scattered biographical information, printed material, and photographs of Hitchcock and architecture.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of architectural historian, author, critic, teacher, and museum director, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, date from 1919-1987 and measure 24.8 linear feet. Almost all of the collection is comprised of Hitchcock's correspondence files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Letters are from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators, and family and friends. Also found are two feet of writings by Hitchcock and others, scattered biographical information, miscellaneous records, printed material, and photographs of Hitchcock and architecture.

Among the biographical documents are Hitchcock's birth certificate, passport, and wills. Awards, citations, honorary degrees and commendations are from the University of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan University, the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Victorian Society in America.

Chronological name and subject files consist mostly of correspondence and printed material along with a small number of photographs. They include personal and professional correspondence and subject files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. The correspondence includes large numbers of letters from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators. Also included are students, friends, relatives, publishers, and representatives of organizations and institutions. Among those of note are: Jere Abbott, Everett A. (Chick) Austin, Alfred H. Barr, Bernard Berenson, Eugene Berman, Leonid Berman, Lyonel Feininger, Henry (Harry) Sayles Francis, Brendan Gill, Robert Goldwater, George Howe, Philip C. Johnson, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Lincoln Kirstein, Thomas J. McCormick, Lewis Mumford, J.J.P. Oud, Erwin Panofsky, Nikolaus Pevsner, Kingsley Porter, Paul J. Sachs, R. M. Schindler, Vincent Scully, Jr., Theodore Sizer, E. Baldwin Smith, Peter van der Meulen Smith, James Soby, Victor Spark, Harold Sterner, John Summerson, Virgil Thomson, Paul Vanderbilt, Theo Van Doesburg, Helmut von Erffa, Gordon Washburn, Rudolf Wittkower, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Writings by Hitchcock consist of manuscripts and drafts of numerous published and unpublished articles, book chapters, and his masters thesis. Other writings by Hitchcock include lecture notes and texts, book reviews, notes, outlines, photo lists, and a bibliography. Among the other authors represented in this series are John Coolidge and Sir Wilfred Green.

Miscellaneous records consist of the alien registration card of Hitchcock's friend Peter van der Meulen Smith, architectural drawings by Hitchcock, book contracts, and a small number of receipts and invoices.

Printed material consists of articles about, by, or mentioning Henry-Russell Hitchcock, along with advertisements for his books, and postcards of architectural subjects.

Photographs are of architecture, art work, events, people, places, and miscellaneous subjects; also included are color slides, negatives, and transparencies. Architectural subjects include the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Gaudi, as well as interior and exterior views of buildings identified only by location. Photographs of people include Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Chick Austin and Ernestine Carter, Alexander Dorner, Tammy Grimes, Lincoln Kirstein, the Steinway family, and Edgar Tafel. Events recorded include the Society of Architectural Historians at the Newport Casino, Hitchcock receiving honorary degrees at the University of Glasgow and Wesleyan University, and a high tea sponsored by the Victorian Society in America. Family houses and views of Greece are among the photographs of places. Miscellaneous subjects include exhibition installations and family heirlooms.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 6 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Information, 1922-1984 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 2: Chronological Name and Subject Files, 1919-1987 (Boxes 1-22; 21.9 linear ft.)

Series 3: Writings, 1922-circa 1978 (Boxes 23-24; 2.0 linear ft.)

Series 4: Miscellaneous Records, 1928-1977 (Box 25; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1922-1984 (Boxes 25-26; 0.4 linear ft.)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1926-1979 (Box 26; 0.3 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock, considered the "father" of modern architectural historiography, played a major role in bringing modern architecture to the United States. As an eminent professor for more than forty years, Hitchcock trained and influenced several generations of scholars and critics. He combined a love of architecture with criticism and scholarship to produce a large number of distinguished monographs and articles on a broad range of styles and periods.

Born in Boston in 1903, Henry-Russell Hitchcock was the son of Mayflower descendants. At Harvard University, he studied medieval history with A. Kingsly Porter as his mentor and completed the undergraduate curriculum in three years. Hitchcock spent his senior year studying architecture, graduated in 1924, and stayed to study for a master's degree, which was awarded in 1927. During his years at Harvard, he wrote for Hound and Horn and knew Alfred Barr, T. S. Eliot, Philip Johnson, Lincoln Kirstein, Virgil Thomson, and others who became leaders in the modernist movement.

Henry-Russell Hitchcock's teaching career began when he was appointed an assistant professor at Vassar College for the academic year 1927-28. In 1929, he joined the faculty of Wesleyan University, where he remained for two decades before moving to Smith College in 1949. During his tenures at Wesleyan and Smith, his services as a visiting lecturer were employed on many occasions by Cambridge University, Connecticut College, Harvard University, the Institute of Fine Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Yale University. Upon retiring from Smith College in 1968, Hitchcock moved to New York City and taught briefly at Columbia University, the Institute of Fine Arts, and the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst.

Best known as a proponent of modernism, Hitchcock wrote more than two dozen books about a wide range of styles and periods, and most are considered standard works on their subjects. His first, Modern Architecture: Romanticism and Reintegration, appeared in 1929 and was the first book on the subject to be published in English; his final book, German Renaissance Architecture, was published in 1981.

Henry-Russell Hitchcock served as director of the Smith College Museum between 1949 and 1955. In addition, he was curator of several exhibitions, the first and most important of which was Modern Architecture: International Exhibition, organized in collaboration with Philip C. Johnson and held at the Museum of Modern Art. Their book, The International Style: Architecture Since 1922, was published in 1932 in conjunction with the exhibition.

During World War II, Hitchcock's civilian service included working as director of the U. S. Navy's Photographic Library and writing Pratt and Whitney aircraft engine manuals.

Henry-Russell Hitchcock was an active member of many professional associations. He served as president of the Society of Architectural Historians from 1952 to 1954. In addition, he was a founding member of The Victorian Society in Great Britain, and between 1969 and 1974 was president of its sister organization, The Victorian Society in America.

During his long and illustrious career, Henry-Russell Hitchcock won many awards and honors. Awards for Early Victorian Architecture in Britain and Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries were conferred by the Society of Architectural Historians (1955) and College Art Association (1960), respectively. Hitchcock received the Royal Society of Arts Medal for Best Lecture (1956) and its Benjamin Franklin Medal (1970), in addition to the American Institute of Architects' Architectural Critics' Medal (1970). Other awards include: National Institute of Arts and Letters Award (1956), American Council of Learned Societies Prize for Distinguished Accomplishment in Humanistic Scholarship (1961), Friends of Cast-Iron Architecture Certificate of Commendation (1978), the American Institute of Architects Award of Merit (1978), and Municipal Art Society Certificate of Merit (1978).

He received honorary degrees from Glasgow University and the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, and in 1979 from Wesleyan University. In Search of Modern Architecture: A Tribute to Henry-Russell Hitchcock, edited by Helen Searing, was published by The Architectural History Foundation in 1982.

Due to declining health, Henry-Russell Hitchcock lectured rarely and wrote little in the three years preceding his death from cancer. He died in New York City, February 19, 1987.

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds Henry-Russell Hitchcock letters to Dorothy Stroud and John N. Summerson, 1946-1949. Additional Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers (circa 8 linear feet) are in the Special Collections division of Wesleyan University Library.

Provenance:

Mosette Broderick, assistant to Hitchcock and his literary executor, donated the papers to the Archives of American Art in 1988.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Architectural historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Writings

Photographs

Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.hitchenp

See more items in:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cb624d3d-e380-4dcf-859e-da6a6a651b2c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hitchenp

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 38

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1932

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 2: Chronological Name and Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b45a629b-5b8e-4e11-9db5-089c968724b5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1096

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 36

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1948

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 2: Chronological Name and Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dce3e7ae-5e94-4843-b723-50f384444a70

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1176

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 10, Folder 28

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1961

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 2: Chronological Name and Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9489a9f28-09f5-4aca-a61c-fe76e9b34932

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1446

Creator:

Francis, Henry Sayles, 1902-1994  Search this

Names:

Cleveland Museum of Art  Search this

Abbott, Jere  Search this

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Kates, George N. (George Norbert), 1895-  Search this

Lugt, Frits, 1884-1970  Search this

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965  Search this

Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889-1978  Search this

Mongan, Agnes  Search this

Parsons, Harold Woodbury, 1883-1967  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Sommer, William, 1867-1949  Search this

Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico, 1726?-1804  Search this

Extent:

5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1924-1983]

Scope and Contents:

Biographical information, correspondence, subject files, notebooks, photographs, clippings, price lists concern Francis' work at the Cleveland Museum of Art, his friendship with George Kates, and his interest in painter William Sommer.

REELS 881-882: Primarily research material compiled by Francis and his wife Frances Merriman Francis for the Ten Thirty Gallery Sommer retrospective in 1946 and the Cleveland Museum of Art's William Sommer Memorial Exhibition, held November 1-December 10, 1950. Included are biographical material; correspondence of Henry Sayles Francis and other museum staff regarding Sommer, and copies and transcripts of Sommer's correspondence (including a few letters from Hart Crane); reminiscences of Sommer from friends and colleagues; exhibition catalogs; notebooks of information on Sommer's works; and a bibliography.

REELS 3838-3841: Biographical information; correspondence, arranged chronologically, with colleagues, friends, dealers, collectors, and others; and subject/correspondence files, arranged alphabetically, on colleagues, dealers, exhibitions, and various art topics; photographs of Francis, juries (Charles Sheeler is in one), Matisse in his studio, Somerset Maugham, Frits Lugt, and his wife; and clippings relating chiefly to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Subject/correspondence file titles include: Jere Abbott, Sir Geoffrey Agnew, Winslow Ames, Harry W. Anderson Collection, R. Kirk Askew, Bernard Berenson (ca. 50 letters received), John Bergschneider, Walter Blodgett, Rowland Burdon-Muller, David Carritt, Charles Chetham, Cleveland Museum of Art, John I. Coddington, Ralph Tracy Coe, Contini Collection, Cooper Union, Richard S. Davis, Robert Tyler Davis, Harold S. Ede, Ross Edman, Everett Fahy, Julia Feininger, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Howard C. Hollis, Charles Hopkinson, Michael Jaffeé, Harold Joachim, Lincoln Kirstein, Henry Adams LaFarge, Viktor Langen, Nicky Mariano, William Mathewson Milliken, Agnes Mongan, William Mostyn-Owen, Roger Hale Newton, Benedict Nicolson, Luisa Nicolson, Harold Woodbury Parsons, John Pope-Hennessy, Alan Priest, John Rewald, Marvin C. Ross, Henry Preston Rossiter, Paul Joseph Sachs, Meryle Secrest, Germain Seligman, Peter Shepherd, Theodore Sizer, William Sommer (exhibitions), Frederick A. Sweet, Daviel Varney Thompson, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Gertrude Underhill, Peter Vanderbilt, Langdon Warner, Nancy and William Wixom, and Richard H. Zinser.

UNMICROFILMED: Primarily letters from and material on George Norbert Kates, an authority on pre-communist China and Francis's lifetime friend and additional material on William Sommer. Kates material consists of ca. 1000 letters to Francis, ca. 1924-1984, concerning personal affairs, financial ventures, their research efforts and careers, and Kates's research on the 15th century Duchess Eleanor of Scotland. A significant number of letters from 1953 refer to Bernard Berenson and his art research and collection. Also included are a subject file on Kates' interest in Herman Hesse; and a file of Kates' research material on Duchess Eleanor of Scotland.

Unmicrofilmed Sommer material includes a letter from Sommer to C.P. Marsh, 1931; a Christmas card from Josephine and Theodor Braasch to Sommer; a page of writings by Sommer; photographs of Sommer and of a studio; several sketches and drawings; and printed material.

REEL 440 AND SCANNED One photograph of Sommer, microfilmed under Photos of Artists I, and scanned.

The remaining unfilmed material consists of Francis's notebooks (4 v.) primarily about the history of European paintings, drawings and prints, including notes about individual works of art; financial records, including price lists of European works of art, ca. 1930-1969, price list, insurance values and appraisals of two collections from the Cleveland Museum of Art, ca. 1923-1957; and minutes from two accessioning meetings at the Museum, 1930 and 1931.

Biographical / Historical:

Art museum curator; Cleveland, Ohio. Francis worked at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1927 to 1929, leaving for a position at the Fogg Museum as assistant to directors Edward Forbes and Paul Sachs. He returned to the Cleveland Museum in 1931, remaining there as Curator of Paintings and Prints until 1967.

Provenance:

Research material on William Sommer donated 1975 by Henry Sayles Francis; he donated the remainder in 1984.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art museum curators -- Ohio -- Cleveland  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Identifier:

AAA.franhenr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e9de6480-a3b2-4e0a-9322-f75a7474edcb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-franhenr

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1954-1982, undated

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9749d603b-1951-4a7b-8086-2b96af49f00d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1000

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1932

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Archives of American Art

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw921080ca9-cafc-4707-bf75-5a26ebbd80b4

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eda580cf-37fc-449e-8c24-d2b98c38aa0a

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1929-1984, undated

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a96e964a-0230-43e5-a21e-9919c6e03c23

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1003

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 8-10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1930-1980

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material / Clippings

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Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw965d752df-db05-449c-a058-b2c88bb01bab

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1004

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1967-1982

Collection Restrictions:

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92f4f54c7-c208-4327-a178-436bcca3470c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1005

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1941-1986

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99a6f870b-fdf8-49ed-b463-bed7beef8d75

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1006

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 25, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw969316e0f-4392-442e-ba78-dd9303b313b7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1007

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 26

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fc926f29-ef48-49ce-b5b4-be9a07c42209

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1008

Collection Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 26, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1955-1960, undated

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material / Miscellaneous Items

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f53fd189-1925-4c91-99c0-033b45a27e41

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1009