The microfilmed Allen Memorial Art Museum records contain general correspondence (1931-1958); business correspondence of the director (1916-1958), curators (circa 1929-1967), correspondence with dealers (1941-1953); and files of Clarence Ward, Director from 1917 until 1950, much of which relate to lectures. Also included are exhibition data (1929-1963) including correspondence and lists; financial ledgers (1938-1955); material related to a bequest from Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (Mrs. F. F. Prentiss); and miscellany. The Charles F. Olney file which includes correspondence, a catalog of the Olney collection, a list of art objects and furniture in the collection, and an index to the material; a photograph file showing the interior and exterior of the Museum, the staff, classrooms, studio, and others; and files on artists including Joseph Cornell, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, and William T. Wiley are also present.
Biographical / Historical:
The Allen Memorial Art Museum (founded 1917) is an academic art museum at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. The museum's collection contains over 15,000 works of art.
Provenance:
Lent for microfiliming in 1973 by the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
115 letters to and from Ward, and 17 photographs and sketches of church interiors. The correspondence is with church ministers concerning the remodeling and building of churches in the Ohio cities of Radnor, Cuyahoga Falls, Sylvania, North Fairfield, Everett, Chardon, Tallmade, Peninsula, Chagrin Falls, West Richfield, Covington, and Applecreek, and in Benzonia, Mich.
Biographical / Historical:
Architectural historian; Oberlin, Ohio. Ward was a museum director and professor at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
Provenance:
Lent 1973 by Ward's son, F. Champion Ward.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Architectural historians -- Ohio -- Oberlin Search this
