For Participating Institutions
Rudolf Berliner and D. Graeme Keith
records (23.3.4.1)
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email: risdarchives@risd.edu
Inventory
Series I. Correspondence
The Correspondence series, 1913-1960, documents loans, exhibitions, research, purchases, potential gifts and acquisitions, rough drafts of reports and talks, and the Museum Committee. Correspondents include donors, institutions, Museum employees, professional colleagues, and family members. Photographs, illustrations, receipts, inventories, letters, and reports document Berliner's trips to Europe and his health issues, the Edith Wetmore Room, the Lucy T. Aldrich Collection of Staffordshire Pottery, Cooper Union, and Berliner and Keith's interaction with Museum employees, trustees, donors, galleries, and other institutions. There is correspondence from Berliner's son Michael Bever, Directors Gordon Washburn, Roberta Alford, and John Maxon, and curator Eleanor Fayerweather (1958-1960) and Acting Curator Elizabeth T. Casey (1958). Berliner's correspondence is indexed. See Series V.
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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A - Miscellaneous
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1946-1951 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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A - Miscellaneous
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1953-1959 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Abegg, Werner and Margaret
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1946-1951 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Aldrich, Lucy T. and Winthrop
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1947-1950 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Art Institute of Chicago
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1951-1953 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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B - Miscellaneous
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1946-1952 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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B - Miscellaneous
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1953-1960 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Benisovich, Michel
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1947-1951 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Berliner, Rudolf
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1946-1949 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Berliner, Rudolf
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1951-1955 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
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1947-1954 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Brooklyn Museum
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1946-1958 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Burg, Mrs. Margaret
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1950-1952 |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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C - Miscellaneous
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1947-1953 |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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C - Miscellaneous
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1953-1959 |
Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Cooper Union Museum
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1947-1957 |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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D - Miscellaneous
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1946-1952 |
Box 1, Folder 18 |
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D - Miscellaneous
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1953-1960 |
Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Delmar, Emil
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1946 |
Box 1, Folder 20 |
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E - Miscellaneous
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1941-1949 |
Box 1, Folder 21 |
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E - Miscellaneous
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1957-1960 |
Box 1, Folder 22 |
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F - Miscellaneous
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1946-1951 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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F - Miscellaneous
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1954-1960 |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Fogg Museum of Art - Harvard
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1950-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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de Frey, A. C.
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1950-1951 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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G - Miscellaneous
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1946-1951 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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G - Miscellaneous
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1952-1959 |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Garbaty, Eugene L.
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1951-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Greenleaf, Richard
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1951-1953 |
Box 2, Folder 8 |
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H - Miscellaneous
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1946-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 9 |
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H - Miscellaneous
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1952-1959 |
Box 2, Folder 10 |
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Hyde, James H.
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1951-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 11 |
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I - Miscellaneous
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1946-1951 |
Box 2, Folder 12 |
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I - Miscellaneous
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1957-1959 |
Box 2, Folder 13 |
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Ikle, Fred C.
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1949-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 14 |
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J - Miscellaneous
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1948-1951 |
Box 2, Folder 15 |
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J - Miscellaneous
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1952-1959 |
Box 2, Folder 16 |
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K - Miscellaneous
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1946-1954 |
Box 2, Folder 17 |
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K - Miscellaneous
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1953-1960 |
Box 2, Folder 18 |
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L - Miscellaneous
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1946-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 19 |
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L - Miscellaneous
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1953-1959 |
Box 2, Folder 20 |
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Lewandowsky, George
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1947-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 21 |
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Los Angeles County Museum
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1954-1955 |
Box 2, Folder 22 |
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M - Miscellaneous
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1946-1952 |
Box 2, Folder 23 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1947-1954 |
Box 2, Folder 24 |
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de Micheaux, Robert
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1954 |
Box 2, Folder 25 |
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Mooney, Kit
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1947-1948 |
Box 2, Folder 26 |
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N - Miscellaneous
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1947-1949 |
Box 2, Folder 27 |
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O - Miscellaneous
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1948-1950 |
Box 2, Folder 28 |
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O - Miscellaneous
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1954-1958 |
Box 2, Folder 29 |
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P - Miscellaneous
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1947-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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R - Miscellaneous
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1947-1951 |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Rough Drafts
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circa 1950-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 3 |
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S - Miscellaneous
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1947-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Sharpe, Mrs. and Mrs. Henry D., Ellen
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1913, 1947-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Syz, Dr. Hans
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1949 |
Box 3, Folder 6 |
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T - Miscellaneous
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1947-1948 |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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T - Miscellaneous
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1956-1958 |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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Textile Museum, Washington D.C.
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1951 |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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U - Miscellaneous
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1948-1953 |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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U - Miscellaneous
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1952-1953 |
Box 3, Folder 11 |
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V - Miscellaneous
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1947-1949 |
Box 3, Folder 12 |
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W - Miscellaneous
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1946-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 13 |
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W - Miscellaneous
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1953-1958 |
Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Walters Art Gallery
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1947-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 15 |
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Weibel, Mrs. Adele
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1950-1951 |
Box 3, Folder 16 |
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Weinberger, Dr. Martin
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1947-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 17 |
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Westerfield, Mrs. Jason
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1947-1950 |
Box 3, Folder 18 |
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Wetmore, Miss. Edith
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1935-1949 |
Box 3, Folder 19 |
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Wetmore, Miss. Edith
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1935-1939, 1949-1951 |
Box 3, Folder 20 |
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Worcester Art Museum (Stout)
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1952 |
Box 3, Folder 21 |
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Y - Miscellaneous
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1947-1951 |
Box 3, Folder 22 |
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Y - Miscellaneous
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1954-1958 |
Box 3, Folder 23 |
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Z - Miscellaneous
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1957 |
Series II. Dealer correspondence
The Dealer correspondence, 1946-1960, contains letters, receipts and invoices for works of art, deaccession records, and shipping records. Letters may document loans, purchases, proposed acquisitions, research, costs of works of art, and deaccessions. The Gimbels - Deaccessions, 1947-1948, folder documents the work of the Committee on Disposal and contains lists of objects to be sold through Gimbel Brothers (NYC). Organized by department, the lists include the accession number, object description, acquisition (donor or purchase), and the expected price. The correspondence is indexed. See Series V.
Box 3, Folder 24 |
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A - Miscellaneous
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1951 |
Box 3, Folder 25 |
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Ars Antiqua
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1951 |
Box 3, Folder 26 |
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Avigdor, Moustapha
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1950 |
Box 3, Folder 27 |
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B - Miscellaneous
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1949-1955 |
Box 3, Folder 28 |
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Berges, S.
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1950-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 29 |
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Berry-Hill
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1947-1952 |
Box 3, Folder 30 |
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Blumpka, Leopold
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1946-1953 |
Box 4, Folder 1 |
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C - Miscellaneous
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1949-1954 |
Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Carlebach Gallery
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1950-1953 |
Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Connoisseur
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1947 |
Box 4, Folder 4 |
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D - Miscellaneous
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1951-1953 |
Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Drey, F. A.
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1951 |
Box 4, Folder 6 |
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G - Miscellaneous
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1951-1953 |
Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Gans, Edward
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1952-1953 |
Box 4, Folder 8 |
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Gimbels - Deaccessions
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1947-1948 |
Box 4, Folder 9 |
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Haus, C. A.
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1946-1952 |
Box 4, Folder 10 |
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J - Miscellaneous
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1952 |
Box 4, Folder 11 |
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K - Miscellaneous
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1951-1954 |
Box 4, Folder 12 |
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Kelekian, Dikran G.
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1950-1952 |
Box 4, Folder 13 |
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L - Miscellaneous
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1951-1956 |
Box 4, Folder 14 |
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Loewi, Adolph
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1953 |
Box 4, Folder 15 |
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M- Miscellaneous
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1946 |
Box 4, Folder 16 |
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Morley, Charles L.
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1947-1956 |
Box 4, Folder 17 |
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R - Miscellaneous
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1947-1951 |
Box 4, Folder 18 |
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S - Miscellaneous
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1947-1952 |
Box 4, Folder 19 |
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Sack, Israel
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1951-1953 |
Box 4, Folder 20 |
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Schaeffer Galleries
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1947 |
Box 4, Folder 21 |
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Schatzki, Walter
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1948 |
Box 4, Folder 22 |
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Schulman, Hans
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1947 |
Box 4, Folder 23 |
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Silberman Galleries
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1947-1952 |
Box 4, Folder 24 |
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Stora, R.
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1946-1952 |
Box 4, Folder 25 |
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T - Miscellaneous
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1951-1954 |
Box 4, Folder 26 |
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V - Miscellaneous
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1951-1952 |
Box 4, Folder 27 |
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W - Miscellaneous
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1951 |
Series III. Subject files
The Subject files include Museum Committee meeting records (1946-1960), inter-office memos (1946-1952), department reports (1946-1956), and sculpture photographs. The meeting records are primarily lists of gifts and rejected works with the curator's recommendation as well as a 1947 December 1 report of the future of the department written by Berliner. A separate file contains his 1948 February 26 report on the progress of the department. The exhibition records include correspondence, press releases, clippings, and ideas for future exhibitions. The inter-office memos from the Director and other staff document purchases, loans, budgets, travel, and staffing.
Box 4, Folder 28 |
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Committee Meetings
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1946-1947 |
Box 4, Folder 29 |
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Committee Meetings
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1948 |
Box 4, Folder 30 |
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Committee Meetings
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1954 |
Box 4, Folder 31 |
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Committee Meetings
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1955-1960 |
Box 4, Folder 32 |
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Exhibitions - General
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1945-1958 |
Box 4, Folder 33 |
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Exhibitions - Stieglitz (Worcester Show)
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1949 |
Box 5, Folder 1 |
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Exhibitions - Students
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1947-1949, 1955 |
Box 5, Folder 2 |
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Exhibitions - Textiles
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1947 |
Box 5, Folder 3 |
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Inter-Office
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1946-1947 |
Box 5, Folder 4 |
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Inter-Office
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1948 |
Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Inter-Office
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1949 |
Box 5, Folder 6 |
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Inter-Office
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1950 |
Box 5, Folder 7 |
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Inter-Office
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1951 |
Box 5, Folder 8 |
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Inter-Office
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1952 |
Box 5, Folder 9 |
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Miscellaneous Notes on Museum Objects
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undated |
Box 5, Folder 10 |
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Pending Disposal
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1948-1949 |
Box 5, Folder 11 |
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Progress Report
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1948 Feb 26 |
Box 5, Folder 12 |
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Reports - Quarterly - Dec. Arts
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1946-1948 |
Box 5, Folder 13 |
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Reports - Semi-annual - Dec. Arts
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1948-1956 |
Box 5, Folder 14 |
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Sculpture - Photographs
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circa 1952 |
Box 5, Folder 15 |
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Textile Firms
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1947 |
Series IV. Department files
The Department files is an artificial series comprised of records not found on the list of file cabinet contents (box 6, folder 23). The series includes correspondence, lists, photographs, and reports for the Rhode Island Treasures/Hobby Show (1939-1940), World of 1930s (1956) and Modern Interior Design (1957-1958) exhibitions, Rudolf Berliner's expenses for his 1952 trip to Europe, and the Wetmore Room donated to the Museum of Art by Edith Wetmore. Elizabeth T. Casey's correspondence (1930-1955) includes letters to Lucy T. Aldrich and accounts of Aldrich's loans to the Museum. Other records document routine administrative matters and gifts or metalwork (circa 1924-1939) and oriental art works (undated).
Box 5, Folder 16 |
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Basketry
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undated |
Box 5, Folder 17 |
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Casey, Elizabeth T. - Letters
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1930-1955 |
Box 5, Folder 18 |
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Equipment
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1949-1954 |
Box 5, Folder 19 |
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European Trip Expenses (Berliner)
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1952 |
Box 5, Folder 20 |
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Ledgers (partial)
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1950-1956 |
Box 5, Folder 21 |
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Library Books
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undated |
Box 5, Folder 22 |
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Manuscripts
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1953 |
Box 5, Folder 23 |
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Material for Card File
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undated |
Box 5, Folder 24 |
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Material Used for Textile Design Class
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undated |
Box 5, Folder 25 |
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Metalwork
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circa 1924-1939 |
Box 5, Folder 26 |
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Miscellaneous
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1946-195-? |
Box 5, Folder 27 |
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Modern Interior Design Exhibition
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1957-1958 |
Box 5, Folder 28 |
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Mounting Materials
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1950-1954 |
Box 6, Folder 1 |
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Museum Notes - Subscriptions
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1954-1956 |
Box 6, Folder 2 |
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Museum Registrar - Receipts for Potential Gifts
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1954 |
Box 6, Folder 3 |
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New England Craft Exhibition
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1954-1955 |
Box 6, Folder 4 |
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New York Trip
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1948 Oct 25 |
Box 6, Folder 5 |
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Oriental Objects
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undated |
Box 6, Folder 6 |
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Rhode Island Treasures / Hobby Show
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1939-1940 |
Box 6, Folder 7 |
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Textiles - Photographs
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1934-1935, 195- |
Box 6, Folder 8 |
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Vittoria Bust
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1955 |
Box 6, Folder 9 |
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Wetmore Room
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1947-1949, 1964 |
Box 6, Folder 10 |
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World of 1930s Exhibition
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1956 |
Series V. Indices
The Indices, 1947-1952, document incoming and outgoing correspondence chronologically. Each incoming letter has a number (for example, 47-112) and the responding outgoing letter has the same number. The indices list the number, date, correspondent, subject, and file location. The series includes an alphabetical index, 1947-1950, listing the correspondent and all corresponding letter numbers and separate alphabetical indices for 1951 and 1952. The is an accessions index, 1947-1949, listing by Museum Committee meeting date all accessions with number, description, price, dealer, gallery, or donor, and source of funds.
Box 6, Folder 11 |
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Indices
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1947-1948 Jan |
Box 6, Folder 12 |
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Indices
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1948 Jan-1949 Jan |
Box 6, Folder 13 |
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Indices
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1949 |
Box 6, Folder 14 |
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Indices
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1950 |
Box 6, Folder 15 |
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Indices - Alphabetical
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1947-1950 |
Box 6, Folder 16 |
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Indices
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1951 |
Box 6, Folder 17 |
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Indices
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1952 |
Box 6, Folder 18 |
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Visitors
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1947-1949 |
Box 6, Folder 19 |
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Museum Committee - Accessions
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1947-1949 |
Box 6, Folder 20 |
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Preliminary Accession Sheets
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1947 |
Box 6, Folder 21 |
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Theses Students
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1947-1948 |
Box 6, Folder 22 |
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Registrar Cards
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1946-1947 |
Box 6, Folder 23 |
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File Cabinet
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undated |