Kimball, Katharine

Scope and Contents From the Series: Comprising the largest portion of the Fiske Kimball Records, this series clearly documents Kimball's extensive contact with the institutions, individuals, and businesses that collectively directed and promoted art and artists, and a public appreciation for both. Kimball cultivated a variety of correspondents, from dealers and donors to museums, educational institutions and professional organizations. Throughout the three decades documented, antiques and art dealers appear to be Kimball's...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries consists primarily of letters between members of the Kimball family, although a few folders of correspondence with Fiske's in-laws, the Goebels, are also included. Letters between Kimball and his parents, Edwin and Ellen Leore, comprise the bulk of the correspondence, covering a span of twenty years. These letters also offer the most detailed description of some of Kimball's earliest activities, professional and personal. His discussions of his European travels while a Sheldon...