The records of Jacques Seligmann & Co. are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Citation:
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Processing of the collection was funded by the Getty Grant Program; digitization of the collection was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
REEL 674: 655 letters; a diary-sketchbook (April 1959, France); notes and writings such as anecdotes and stories; copies of 2 unpublished works; exhibition mailing lists, catalogs and announcements; 15 photographs of Rosenberg's work; pamphlets on Jewish resettlement; and clippings. Among the correspondents are Roland Redmond and others concerning Rosenberg's "Nine Open Letters to the Metropolitan Museum," Mitchell Kennerley, and Lawrence Lebduska.
UNMICROFILMED: 1 v., "New Pictures & the New Gallery, 1923," with a forward by Rosenberg.
REEL 1817 (fr. 1063-1064): One photograph of Harvard art professor, Paul Sachs, which was previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists II and has subsequently been scanned and returned to the Rosenberg papers.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, patron, lawyer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1970.
Provenance:
Donated 1960 by James N. Rosenberg. Photograph on reel 1817 microfilmed in 1980 as part of AAA's Photographs of Artists-Collection Two.
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:
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
The Egyptian Expedition, 1916-17 The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [N. de Garis Davies]
Author:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 http://viaf.org/viaf/152548414 Search this
Davies, Norman de Garis 1865-1941 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87808584 http://viaf.org/viaf/42201519 Search this
The Egyptian Expedition, 1916-1919 The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [Ambrose Lansing, Norman de Garis Davies, Hugh G. Evelyn White]
Author:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 http://viaf.org/viaf/152548414 Search this
Davies, Norman de Garis 1865-1941 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87808584 http://viaf.org/viaf/42201519 Search this
Evelyn-White, Hugh G (Hugh Gerard) 1884-1924 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88014906 http://viaf.org/viaf/97802621 Search this
Lansing, Ambrose http://viaf.org/viaf/93526296 Search this
Subject:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00633801 Search this
The Egyptian Expedition for MCMXX-MCMXXI The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [A.C. Mace ... et al.]
Title:
Egyptian Expedition, 1920-1921
Author:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 http://viaf.org/viaf/152548414 Search this
Mace, A. C (Arthur Cruttenden) 1874-1928 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88011863 http://viaf.org/viaf/45106080 Search this
Subject:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00633801 Search this
The Egyptian Expedition for MCMXXI-MCMXXII The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [A.C. Mace, H.E. Winlock, N. de Garis Davies]
Title:
Egyptian Expedition, 1921-1922
Author:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 http://viaf.org/viaf/152548414 Search this
Davies, Norman de Garis 1865-1941 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87808584 http://viaf.org/viaf/42201519 Search this
Mace, A. C (Arthur Cruttenden) 1874-1928 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88011863 http://viaf.org/viaf/45106080 Search this
Winlock, Herbert E. 1884-1950 http://viaf.org/viaf/64365687 Search this
Subject:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074010 Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Egyptian Expedition http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00633801 Search this
Notes on prints; being the text of labels prepared for a special exhibition of prints from the museum collection, by William M. Ivins, Jr., curator of the Department of Prints
Author:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Search this
5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
0.4 Linear feet (Addition)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1815-1980
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence; scrapbooks and diaries; writings; photographs; medals; passport; engagement calendars; and printed material.
REEL 1344: Letters, 1931-1977, from John Taylor Arms, George Biddle, Mario Bacchelli, Ralston Crawford, Joseph Hirsch, Norman Kent, Leon Kroll, Ezra Pound, Maxfield Parrish, Emilio Sanchez, Barbara and Katherine Ivins, and others. Also included is a photograph of a 1961 poster exhibition, a lecture announcement and Mayor's lecture schedule, writings, and miscellany.
REEL 2322: Ten volumes, 1917-1927, composed while traveling and studying, mostly in Europe. Six volumes contain postcards of architecture and art, a few photos, and typescripts and transcripts of letters to Mayor's grandmother "Minn" [Andella Hyatt], and to "Aunt Anna" [Anna Hyatt Huntington]. He writes about his studies, daily activities, friends, and others, including Bernhard Berenson at i Tatti. Three volumes are diaries written while in Florence, Italy, 1924-1925, Europe, 1925, and Egypt, 1927; and one volume contains reminiscenses of Leon Kroll and Maurice Sachs.
REEL 2336: 20 letters from Mayor to his wife from Spain, 1959, and Europe, 1966; an annotated, 99-page manuscript by Mayor, "The Mutations of Greece"; a travel diary, 1927; and a copy of MAGAZINE OF ART, 1952, with an article by Mayor, "Writing and Painting in China."
UNMICROFILMED: Papers, 1815-1980, including: a passport, 1949-1953; engagement calendars, 1966-1979; personal and business correspondence, 1911-1979; letters to Eliza Cadwell Blackwell (Mayor) from Francis Blackwell, 1815-1819; photographs of Mayor, his family and others, and negatives; published and unpublished writings by Mayor including handwritten notes, typescripts of lectures, galley proofs and newsletters containing articles by Mayor; 3 medals awarded to Francis Blackwell Mayor, 1852-1855; A. Hyatt Mayor's degree from Princeton, 1922, and a citation from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971; printed material concerning Mayor's aunt, Anna Hyatt Huntington, catalogs, clippings; and miscellany.
Among the photos are: 4 cased daguerreotypes, 1 cased ambrotype, and 11 tintypes, including one taken by Moffett & Sheldon, Newark, N.J., 2 possibly of Alfred G. Mayor, ca. 1868, 1 of Alfred G. Mayor, ca. 1880, and 2 of Joseph Henry Mayor, ca. May 26, 1880.
ADDITION: Manuscripts and writings.
Biographical / Historical:
A. Hyatt Mayor (1901-1980) was a museum curator, art historian, and writer, from New York, N.Y. Former curator of prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Related Materials:
A. Hyatt Mayor papers also at Syracuse University.
Provenance:
Material on reel 1344 was lent for microfilming 1977-1978 by A. Hyatt Mayor; a portion was subsequently donated 1980-1981 by Virginia Mayor, his widow, along with additional (unmicrofilmed) material. Material on reels 2322 & 2336 lent for microfilming 1981 by Martha Smith, Mayor's daughter. An additional group of manuscripts and writings was received in 1985 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which had borrowed the material from Mrs. Mayor and returned it to AAA at her request.
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 -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
