Box 162
Container
Contains 32 Results:
"Buying from the Soviets." [PMA acquisition attempts, incl. Antoine Watteau's "Le Mezzetin." 1932]. Ms, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 1
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:
undated
Buying from the Soviets research. Notes and photograph, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 2
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:
undated
"Rockefeller Center." [Murals in RCA Building. circa 1933]. Ms, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 3
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:
undated
Rockefeller Center research. Clippings, 1933-1937, 1945-1951
File — Box: 162, Folder: 4
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:
1933-1937, 1945-1951
The Last Rivet: The story of Rockefeller Center. New York: Columbia University Press, 1940
File — Box: 162, Folder: 5
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:
1940
"The Federal Art Project." [1933-1938]. Ms., clippings and notes, 1943, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 6
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:
1943, undated
"Exploiting the Depression." [WPA projects at PMA. 1933-1943]. Ms, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 7
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:
undated
"Prints." [Development of PMA print department and collection. circa 1933-1943.] Ms., clippings and notes, 1943, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 8
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:
1943, undated
"Grandeurs and Miseries of Whitemarsh Hall." [Stotesbury, Edward T. 1937-1944]. Ms., Ts, undated
File — Box: 162, Folder: 9
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:
undated
Stotesbury research. Auction catalogs, 1941-1944
File — Box: 162, Folder: 10
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:
1941-1944