The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Search this
Credit Line:
The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler
Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design Branch Search this
Extent:
2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Serials (publications)
Date:
1864-1977
Descriptive Entry:
These materials were accumulated over time in the Library of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (CHM). Most were produced before the Cooper Union Museum was transferred to the
Smithsonian Institution in 1968, and some predate the establishment of the Museum itself in 1896. The publications include an incomplete series of Cooper Union annual reports
beginning with the fifth report published in 1864. The series ends with an excerpt from the Smithsonian Institution annual report for fiscal year 1969, in which the Cooper-Hewitt
Museum was first listed as a bureau of the Institution.
The materials also contain volumes one through three of the Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union; biographical information about significant
figures in the Museum's history; checklists, descriptions, and essays based on the Museum's collections; reports by the Director, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Council for
the Cooper Union Museum from 1907 to 1927; texts of talks given at the Museum; and histories of the Museum written by staff members.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 598, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch, Publications and Reports
Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union, vol. 1, no. 1 (winter 1934-35); vol. 3, nos.1-5 (Oct. 1961-Oct. 1963)
Container:
Box 3 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 598, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch, Publications and Reports
Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union, vol. 1, 1935-1945, bound compilation plus index
Container:
Box 3 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 598, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch, Publications and Reports
Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union, vol. 2, 1949-1958, bound compilation plus index
Container:
Box 3 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 598, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch, Publications and Reports
