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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

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

Author:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell 1903-1987  Search this

Physical description:

viii, 427 pages : illustrations, map, plan ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Germany, Southern

Allemagne (Sud)

Allemagne

Southern Germany

Süddeutschland

Date:

1968

Topic:

Architecture, Rococo  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Architecture rococo  Search this

Architektur  Search this

Rokoko  Search this

Call number:

NA1066 .H5X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_17817

Creator:

Bunce, Eleanor Howland, 1905-  Search this

Names:

Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985  Search this

Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972  Search this

Berman, Leonid, 1896-1976  Search this

Blume, Peter, 1906-1992  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Claflin, Agnes Rindge, 1900-1977  Search this

Cunningham, Charles Crehore, 1910-1979  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-  Search this

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Marini, Marino, 1901-1980  Search this

Talcott, Dudley Vaill, b. 1899  Search this

Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955  Search this

Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957  Search this

Thurber, James, 1894-1961  Search this

Extent:

0.6 Linear feet ((750 items))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1935-1982

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence; subject files on Herbert and Joella Bayer, Eugene Berman, Leonid and Sylvia Berman, Peter and Ebie Blume, Alexander and Louise Calder, Agnes Rindge Claflin, Charles Cunningham, Peggy Guggenheim, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Marino and Marina Marini, Dudley Talcott, Yves and Kay Tanguy, Pavel Tchelichew, and James and Helen Thurber, containing greeting cards, letters, photographs and clippings (the files for Blume, Calder, and Tanguy contain letters or greeting cards illustrated by the artist) and eleven exhibition catalogs, mostly for exhibitions at the Curt Valentin Gallery, 1951-1954.

Biographical / Historical:

Eleanor Howland Bunce was the Executive Secretary to A. Everett Austin, Director of the Wadsworth Athenaeum and to Alfred Barr, Director of the Museum of Modern Art. During the course of her career, she became interested in and acquainted with many individuals involved in the visual arts. Died Feb. 22, 1999.

Provenance:

Donated 1984 by Eleanor Bunce.

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:

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Greeting cards  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.buncelea

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-buncelea

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

Topic:

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

Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-barr74

Creator:

Rutan, Charles H. (Charles Hercules), 1851-1914  Search this

Names:

Gambrill, Charles D. (Charles Dexter), 1832-1880  Search this

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909  Search this

Mead, William Rutherford, 1846-1928  Search this

Norcross, C. W.  Search this

Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886  Search this

White, Stanford, 1853-1906  Search this

Extent:

74 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1870-1973

Scope and Contents:

24 letters received, including 4 from Henry Hobson Richardson, 2 from Charles F. McKim, 1 each from Stanford White and William Rutherford Mead, others from C.W. Norcross and Charles D. Gambrill. 50 additional items include biographical information about Rutan, photographs and illustrations of architecture (many annotated by Henry-Russell Hitchcock), a list of buildings Rutan worked on, and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Architect; Boston, Mass. Started working as an architect with H.H. Richardson's firm, Gambril and Richardson, New York, in 1869. He moved with the firm to Boston, and upon Richardson's death in 1886 created the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, where he remained for the rest of his career.

Provenance:

Donated 1973 by Charles Strickland, grandson of Rutan.

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:

Architects -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.rutachar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rutachar

Creator:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Names:

Soane, John, Sir, 1753-1837  Search this

Stroud, Dorothy  Search this

Summerson, John Newenham, Sir, 1904-  Search this

Extent:

19 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1946-1949

Scope and Contents:

Three postcards and sixteen letters, 1946-1949, from Hitchcock to John N. Summerson and Dorothy Stroud, who were both on the staff of Sir John Soane's Museum in London. The letters record Hitchcock's impressions of Europe in the summer of 1946 while he was traveling in England to research his book, Early Victorian Architecture in Britain, and document the progress of his research and record his impressions of buildings, geography, food, and hotels. Later letters, when Hitchcock has returned to the United States discuss his own move from Wesleyan University to Smith College.

Biographical / Historical:

Architectural historian, critic, museum director, and influential teacher. Died 1987.

Provenance:

Donated 2000 by Dr. Gavin Stamp via Mosette Broderick, the executor of Henry-Russell Hitchcock's estate. Dr. Stamp, architecture professor at Glasgow School of Art, received them from the executors of the estate of Dorothy Stroud; he then turned them over to Broderick to place in the Archives.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Architectural historians  Search this

Topic:

Architecture -- Great Britain  Search this

Architecture, Victorian -- Great Britain.  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.hitchenl

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hitchenl

Creator:

Harvard University. Graduate School of Design  Search this

Names:

Beeby, Thomas H.  Search this

Bletter, Rosemarie Haag  Search this

Cobb, Henry Nichols, 1926-  Search this

Colquhoun, Alan, 1921-  Search this

Drexler, Arthur  Search this

Eisenman, Peter, 1932-  Search this

Forster, Kurt Walter  Search this

Handlin, David P.  Search this

Hewitt, William E., 1935-  Search this

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987  Search this

Levine, Neil  Search this

McCue, Gerald M., 1928-  Search this

Meier, Richard, 1934-  Search this

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990  Search this

Rudolph, Paul, 1918-  Search this

Rykwert, Joseph, 1926-  Search this

Searing, Helen  Search this

Sekler, Eduard F. (Eduard Franz)  Search this

Smithson, Peter, 1923-  Search this

Stern, Robert A. M.  Search this

Zevi, Bruno, 1918-2000  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (sound cassettes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Date:

1980 Apr. 16-17

Scope and Contents:

A symposium, "The International Style in Perspective," sponsored by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and held to commemorate the 1932 exhibit 'The International Style' held at the Museum of Modern Art. Speakers and panelists include architects, architectural historians and critics, among them: Thomas Hall Beeby, Rosemarie Bletter, Henry Cobb, Alan Colquhoun, Arthur Drexler, Peter D. Eisenman, Kurt Forster, David Handlin, William Hewitt, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Philip Cortelyou Johnson, Neil Levine, Gerald Mallon McCue, Richard Alan Meier, Lewis Mumford, Paul Marvin Rudolph, Joseph Rykwert, Helen Searing, Eduard Sekler, Peter Denham Smithson, Robert A. M. Stern and Bruno Zevi.

Provenance:

Donated 1982 by Harvard University.

Restrictions:

Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Architecture, Modern  Search this

International style (Architecture)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.harvuniv

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-harvuniv

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-franhenr

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

Topic:

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

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9728

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212014

AAA_collcode_hitchenp

Theme:

Architecture & Design

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212014

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:

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:

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Occupation:

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

Topic:

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

Authors -- 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

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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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

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1001

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.

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1002

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.

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 / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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.

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 / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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:

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 / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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.

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 / Clippings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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:

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

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

See more items in:

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hitchenp-ref1009