Box 159
Container
Contains 38 Results:
"Memorabilia, 1935-1945." Other papers, 1940-1945
File — Box: 159, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
1940-1945
"Memorabilia, 1945--." Correspondence, 1945-1954
File — Box: 159, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
1945-1954
"Memorabilia, 1945--." Clippings, 1946
File — Box: 159, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
1946
"Memorabilia, 1945--." Publisher's prospectus of Le Style Louis XV (translation of Creation of the Rococo), circa 1949
File — Box: 159, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
circa 1949
"Memorabilia, 1945--." Sanders, Henry A. "My Chief Benefactor." Reprinted from Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 56 (1950): 334-344. [re Kelsey, Francis W.], 1950
File — Box: 159, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
1950
"Memorabilia, 1945--." Program and invitation to the Philadelphia Award dinner, 1951
File — Box: 159, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
1951
Significant dates from engagement book and desk calendar [re 1924-1942]. Ms, undated
File — Box: 159, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
undated
Clippings re various events in Philadelphia area, incl. PMA activities, 1934, 1944-1951
File — Box: 159, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Based on the title he assigned to most of these files, Kimball apparently considered the material in this sub-subseries as documentation of the more memorable moments in his life. Based on the topics covered, those moments most often related to his writings as a scholar and his achievements as a museum director. As such, Kimball could have intended to use these documents, originally processed as a subsection of his personal papers, as reference material for a memoir. Correspondence from...
Dates:
1934, 1944-1951
Other titles, outlines, notes and various introductions. Ms, 1944-1946, undated
File — Box: 159, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Whether "The Golden Age of American Collecting" was Kimball's final choice for a book title is unclear. In a 1946 letter to Roger Butterfield, a writer for the Saturday Evening Post and Life Magazine, Kimball stated that he planned to write a book that would give the "full story of many matters" relating to art collections and museums. His tentative title was "The Art Racket," and he assumed it would be published posthumously. However, papers dated 1951 reveal his ideas for a work entitled...
Dates:
1944-1946, undated
Other titles. Correspondence re Library of Congress project, 1946
File — Box: 159, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Whether "The Golden Age of American Collecting" was Kimball's final choice for a book title is unclear. In a 1946 letter to Roger Butterfield, a writer for the Saturday Evening Post and Life Magazine, Kimball stated that he planned to write a book that would give the "full story of many matters" relating to art collections and museums. His tentative title was "The Art Racket," and he assumed it would be published posthumously. However, papers dated 1951 reveal his ideas for a work entitled...
Dates:
1946