Finding Aid for the Edith A. Standen Papers, 1906-1998

 

 

Summary Information

Repository National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20565 

archives@nga.gov

Title Edith A. Standen Papers 

Identifier SC.020

Creator Standen, Edith Appleton, 1905-1998

 

Date 1906-1998

Extent 10 cubic feet (25 boxes); approximately 415 digital files

Abstract This collection documents the life of Edith A. Standen from the age of 

sixteen until her death in 1998. The bulk of the material consists of personal 

daily diaries that she kept from 1921 until her death. The collection also 

includes papers relating to her service in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), 

and as an officer with the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) 

Section of the United States Military Government in Germany immediately 

after World War II. Papers include diaries, articles and newspaper clippings, 

correspondence, exhibition catalogues, and photographs. 

Biographical Note

 

February 21, 1905 Born, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1926 Received B.A. with honors in English, Somerville College, Oxford University, 

England

1928 Immigrated to the United States of America

Began work with The Society for the Preservation of New England 

Antiquities (founded by her uncle, William Sumner Appleton)

Completed Paul Sachs’s museum course at the Fogg Museum of Art, 

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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Volunteered in the photographic collection at the Fogg Art Museum, 

Harvard University

1929 - 1942 Secretary to the Widener Collection at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, 

Pennsylvania, eventually overseeing the transfer of the collection to the 

National Gallery of Art, Washington

circa 1942 - 1943 Became a United States citizen and joined the Women's Army Corps; 

stationed with the Air Force in Ohio 

June 1945 Sent to Europe as a captain with the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives 

(MFAA) Section of the United States Military Government in Germany

August 1946 – Director and Officer-in-Charge, Central Collecting Point, Wiesbaden, 

August 1947 Germany

September 1947 Returned to the United States

1949 - 1970 Curator of Textiles, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1970 - 1988 Consultant, Metropolitan Museum of Art

1988 Awarded the Honor Award for lifetime achievement by the Women's 

Caucus for Art (WCA)

July 1998 Died, New York, New York

Scope and Content

 

This collection consists primarily of diaries written by Edith Appleton Standen beginning in 1921, 

when she was 16 years old, and ending in 1998, the year of her death at age 92. The diaries

document her activities as the secretary for the Widener Collection, her work in the Women's 

Army Corps (WAC) and as a captain in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) Section 

of the United States Military Government, as well as her general involvement in the art world 

during her years as Curator of Textiles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Standen often placed 

loose items that she wished to save between diary pages for security. These items have been 

removed from the diaries and placed in separate folders.

The collection reflects Standen's military service, particularly her assignment as officer-in-charge 

of the Central Collecting Point, Wiesbaden, from August 1946 through August 1947. During this 

period, she was responsible for overseeing the recovery, protection, and return of looted works of 

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art. On November 7, 1945, Standen signed the Wiesbaden Manifesto, a document opposing the

military decision to transport 202 German-owned paintings to the National Gallery of Art, 

Washington, for safekeeping. The materials in these files include official military records, personal 

correspondence and essays, catalogues for art exhibitions held at Wiesbaden and other collecting 

points, and various other publications.

There are also four small files relating to Standen's position as secretary to the Widener

Collection at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and her role in overseeing transfer of the 

collection to the National Gallery of Art, Washington in 1942. These files consist of

correspondence, essays, and an annotated catalogue of the collection. 

Additionally, this collection contains files relating to Standen's involvement in various study tour

groups and historical preservation societies in her later years. These materials primarily consist of

pamphlets, maps, and lists of tour participants. 

Of special interest are approximately 500 photographs from Standen's diaries and files which

document her life, and the work of the MFAA.

Arrangement 

Materials are arranged in the following series: 

Series 1 Diaries, 1921-1998

Series 2 Widener Collection Materials, 1906, 1931-1966

Series 3 War-Related Subject Files, 1937-1990

Series 4 War-Related Art Exhibition Catalogues,1939-1951

Series 5 Other Publications, 1945-1994

Series 6 Historic Preservation Activities, 1951-1971

Series 7 Photographs, 1930–1998

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research by appointment under 

the conditions of the National Gallery of Art Archives 

Access Policy. For all inquiries or to schedule an 

appointment, please contact archives@nga.gov.

Preferred Citation National Gallery of Art Archives. Edith A. Standen Papers.

Rights Status In copyright

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Language English; German; French

 

Acquisition Information Gift of Edith A. Standen, 1979; additional materials received

from Thomas Campbell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

2004. 

Processing Information Initially organized by National Gallery of Art Library staff 

before transfer to National Gallery of Art Archives, 1999. 

Arranged and described by archives staff, 2007.

Related Archival Materials National Gallery of Art Archives. Curatorial Records and 

Files - Widener Collection Files, 1929-1967. 

Resources Relating to World War II describes other WWIIrelated archival materials available at the National Gallery 

of Art.

The National Archives and Records Administration of the 

United States (NARA) holds official government records 

relating to the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts and 

Archives officers and the American Commission for the 

Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments 

in War Areas (Roberts Commission). 

Monuments Men Foundation Archives available at the 

National WWII Museum. 

 

Series Descriptions

Series 1 Diaries, 1921-1998 [boxes 1-15] 

Arranged chronologically. This series consists of 76 bound volumes written by Standen 

throughout the course of her life. Her diaries document her activities as secretary to the Widener

Collection, as a member of the Women's Army Corps, as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives 

(MFAA) officer, and as Curator in the Textiles Study Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as 

well as her private life. The diaries originally contained inserted documents and photographs 

which have been marked, removed, and filed separately in order of the corresponding diary entry. 

A file of items removed, which includes photocopies of any inserted photographs, has been 

created for each bound diary. The diaries and folders of related materials are in the same box and 

are organized to be consulted simultaneously. Original photographs are included in series 7.

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Series 2 Widener Collection Materials, 1906, 1931-1966 [box 16] 

Arranged chronologically. This series documents Standen's work as secretary to the Widener 

Collection. Materials include correspondence, an annotated catalogue and notes and essays

related to the collection.

Series 3 War-Related Subject Files, 1937-1990 [boxes 16-18] 

Arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of materials relating to Standen's service 

in the United States Military during and after World War II as a member of the Women's Army 

Corps (WAC), and the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) Section of the United States 

Military Government in Germany. They include official military reports, orders and 

correspondence, a copy of the Wiesbaden Manifesto, as well as Standen's personal

correspondence and writings. Of note are a lithograph, a cigarette case, and a box with 72 

photographs of works of art mounted on cards accompanied by a bound catalogue.

Series 4 War-Related Art Exhibition Catalogues, 1939-1951 [boxes 18-19] 

Arranged alphabetically by title. This series is composed of catalogues of art exhibitions on view 

during Standen's service in Germany. Many of these exhibitions were organized by Monuments, 

Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) officers at the Munich and Wiesbaden collecting points. These 

materials are predominantly in German, with some in English and French.

Series 5 Other Publications, 1945-1994 [boxes 19-21] 

Arranged alphabetically by author and title. This series consists of published articles, newspaper 

clippings, and Standen’s copy of The Rape of Europa by Lynn Nicholas.

Series 6 Historic Preservation Activities, 1951-1971 [box 22] 

Arranged alphabetically by subject. This series is comprised of materials relating to study tours, 

conferences, and historic preservation activities in which Standen engaged during the 1950s and

1960s. The materials include tourist pamphlets, maps, and lists of participants.

Series 7 Photographs, 1930–1998 [boxes 23-25] 

Arranged chronologically. This series consists of photographs removed from Standen's files of 

military records and from her diaries, many of which duplicate one another. (The source of each 

image is recorded in processing notes if needed.) The photographs primarily track her activities as 

an officer of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) Section, particularly the handling of 

looted works of art at the Central Collecting Point, Wiesbaden. The series also includes 

photographs relating to Standen's private life and family and her involvement in various art and 

museum study groups.For conservation purposesphotographic prints, negatives, and glass slides

are stored separately. 

Photographs in this series have been digitized and are available to researchers.

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Series 1 Diaries, 1921-1998

Box 1

1-1 1921

1-2 1922

1-3 1927

1-4 1928

1-5 1929

1-6 1930

1-7 1931

1-8 1932

1-9 Items removed from 1928 diary

1-10 Items removed from 1930 diary

1-11 Items removed from 1931 diary

1-12 Items removed from 1932 diary (folder 1 of 2)

1-13 Items removed from 1932 diary (folder 2 of 2)

Box 2

2-1 1933

2-2 1934

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2-3 1935

2-4 Items removed from 1933 diary (folder 1 of 2)

2-5 Items removed from 1933 diary (folder 2 of 2)

2-6 Items removed from 1934 diary

2-7 Items removed from 1935 diary (folder 1 of 2)

2-8 Items removed from 1935 diary (folder 2 of 2)

Box 3

3-1 1936

3-2 1937

3-3 1938

3-4 Items removed from 1936 diary (folder 1 of 2)

3-5 Items removed from 1936 diary (folder 2 of 2)

3-6 Items removed from 1937 diary (folder 1 of 2)

3-7 Items removed from 1937 diary (folder 2 of 2)

3-8 Items removed from 1938 diary (folder 1 of 2)

3-9 Items removed from 1938 diary (folder 2 of 2)

Box 4

4-1 1939

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4-2 1940

4-3 Items removed from 1939 diary (folder 1 of 2)

4-4 Items removed from 1939 diary (folder 2 of 2)

4-5 Items removed from 1940 diary (folder 1 of 2)

4-6 Items removed from 1940 diary (folder 2 of 2)

Box 5

5-1 1941

5-2 1942

5-3 1943

5-4 1944

5-5 Items removed from 1941 diary (folder 1 of 2)

5-6 Items removed from 1941 diary (folder 2 of 2)

5-7 Items removed from 1942 diary (folder 1 of 2)

5-8 Items removed from 1942 diary (folder 2 of 2)

5-9 Items removed from 1943 diary

5-10 Items removed from 1944 diary

Box 6

6-1 20 August 1945 - 7 February 1946

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6-2 7 February - 1 August 1946

6-3 2 August 1946 - 5 March 1947

6-4 5 March - 8 June 1947

6-5 Items removed from 20 August 1945 - 7 February 1946 diary

6-6 Items removed from 7 February - 1 August 1946 diary

6-7 Items removed from 2 August 1946 - 5 March 1947 diary

Box 7

7-1 9 June - 30 August 1947

7-2 1948

7-3 1949

7-4 1950

7-5 1951

7-6 Items removed from 9 June - 30 August 1947 diary

7-7 Items removed from 1948 diary

7-8 Items removed from 1949 diary

7-9 Items removed from 1950 diary

7-10 Items removed from 1951 diary

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Box 8

8-1 1952

8-2 1953

8-3 1954

8-4 1955

8-5 1956

8-6 1957

8-7 Items removed from 1952 diary

8-8 Items removed from 1953 diary

8-9 Items removed from 1954 diary

8-10 Items removed from 1955 diary

8-11 Items removed from 1956 diary

8-12 Items removed from 1957 diary

Box 9

9-1 1958

9-2 1959

9-3 1960

9-4 1961

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9-5 1962

9-6 1963

9-7 1964

9-8 1965

9-9 Items removed from 1958 diary

9-10 Items removed from 1959 diary

9-11 Items removed from 1960 diary

9-12 Items removed from 1961 diary

9-13 Items removed from 1962 diary

9-14 Items removed from 1963 diary

9-15 Items removed from 1964 diary

9-16 Items removed from 1965 diary

Box 10

10-1 1966

10-2 1967

10-3 1968

10-4 1969

10-5 1970

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10-6 1971

10-7 1972

10-8 1973

10-9 Items removed from 1966 diary

10-10 Items removed from 1967 diary

10-11 Items removed from 1968 diary

10-12 Items removed from 1969 diary

10-13 Items removed from 1970 diary

10-14 Items removed from 1971 diary

10-15 Items removed from 1972 diary

10-16 Items removed from 1973 diary

Box 11

11-1 1974

11-2 1975

11-3 1976

11-4 1977

11-5 1978

11-6 1979

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11-7 1980

11-8 Items removed from 1974 diary

11-9 Items removed from 1975 diary

11-10 Items removed from 1976 diary

11-11 Items removed from 1977 diary

11-12 Items removed from 1978 diary

11-13 Items removed from 1979 diary

11-14 Items removed from 1980 diary

Box 12

12-1 1981

12-2 1982

12-3 1983

12-4 1984

12-5 1985

12-6 1986

12-7 Items removed from 1981 diary

12-8 Items removed from 1982 diary

12-9 Items removed from 1983 diary

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12-10 Items removed from 1984 diary

12-11 Items removed from 1985 diary

12-12 Items removed from 1986 diary

Box 13

13-1 1987

13-2 1988

13-3 1989

13-4 1990

13-5 1991

13-6 Items removed from 1987 diary

13-7 Items removed from 1988 diary

13-8 Items removed from 1989 diary

13-9 Items removed from 1990 diary

13-10 Items removed from 1991 diary

Box 14

14-1 1992

14-2 1993

14-3 1994

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14-4 1995

14-5 Items removed from 1992 diary

14-6 Items removed from 1993 diary

14-7 Items removed from 1994 diary

14-8 Items removed from 1995 diary

Box 15

15-1 1996

15-2 1997

15-3 1998

15-4 Items removed from 1996 diary

15-5 Items removed from 1997 diary

15-6 Items removed from 1998 diary

Series 2 Widener Collection Materials, 1906, 1931-1966

Box 16

Aims and Principles of the Construction and Management of Museums and Fine Art. Boston: Museum

of Fine Arts, 1906

16-1

16-2 Correspondence, 1946

16-3 Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931

16-4 Widener collection writings, 1965-1966

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Series 3 War Related Subject Files, 1937-1990

Box 16

Berlin State Museum's Department of Sculpture, circa 1947

Box with 72 photographs of works of art mounted on cards, with accompanying bound catalogue and personal note.

16-5

Bibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Erwerbungen, 1937-1943 (reference copy and fragile

original)

16-6

Box 17

17-1 Cigarette case, "US Occupation Zone, 1946"

17-2 Farmer, Walter I. "Will Anything Survive", undated

17-3 German Paintings in America, 14 January 1948-20 May 1948

17-4 Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives - correspondence, 1984-1990

17-5 Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives - list of officers, circa 1950

Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives - monthly consolidated field reports, Stuttgart, 1 February

1947-29 August 1947

17-6

Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives - Wiesbaden collecting point reports, 2 March 1946-4 December

1946

17-7

17-8 Originallithographie - Willi Baumeister, 1947

17-9 Radio scripts, 1946

Correspondence, 1946

Includes cards and postcards.

17-10

17-11 Correspondence, 1947

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17-12 Correspondence, 1948

17-13 Correspondence, 1949

17-14 Correspondence, 1965

17-15 Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives materials, 19 June 1945 - 31 December 1946

Box 18

18-1 Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives, 1947

18-2 Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives special orders and instructions, 6 June 1945 - 16 September 1947

18-3 Women's Army Coalition, 20 April 1943 - 2 June 1945

18-4 Women's Army Coalition, special orders and instructions, 3 June 1943 - 1 June 1945

18-5 Writings - essays, poem, and play, 1943-1945

18-6 Writings - essays, drafts and notes, 1947

18-7 Writings - "Return of the Snake" essay, 1949

18-8 Theater and concert programs and invitations, 1946-1947

18-9 Wiesbaden Manifesto, 13 October 1945- 11 May 1946

Series 4 War Related Art Exhibition Catalogues, 1939-1951

Box 18

18-10 30 Jahre Deutsche Bühnenbilder: Ausstellung des Theater Museums. München bis 6 August 1950

Das Antlitz der Romantik, Deutsche Künstlerbildnisse. Paul Ortwin Rave (reference copy and fragile

original), undated

18-11

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Der Blaue Reiter der weg von 1908-1914, München und die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts. Munich:

Haus der Kunst, 1949

18-12

Box 19

Les Chefs-d'Oeuvres des Collections Privées Françaises: Retrouvés en Allemagne par la Commission

de Recupération Artistique et les Services Alliés. Orangerie des Tuileries, Juin-Aout 1946

Includes two articles.

19-1

Deutschland Baut: Architektur Seit 1945. Edited by Stefan P. Munsing. Central Collecting Point

Munich, 21 July-25 August, 1949

19-2

19-3 Eighteenth Century Painting. Central Collecting Point Wiesbaden (Landesmuseum), September 1947

Exhibition of German Owned Old Masters: Ausstellung Alter Meister in Deutschen Besitz, Wiesbaden

Landesmuseum, February 1946

19-4

Grieschische Plastik und Kleinkunst, Ausstellung der Staatlichen Antikensammlungen. Central

Collecting Point Munich, May-June 1950

19-5

Gemälde und Plastiken Moderner Meister aus Deutschen Museen Auktion in Luzern. Galerie Fischer,

Luzern, am 30 Juni 1939

19-6

Der Holzschnitt: Aus den Beständen der Staatlichen Graphischen Sammlung München und

Privatbesitz. Munich, 1951

19-7

Katalog zur Ausstellung Meisterwerke vor 1600 nördlich der Alpen. Central Collecting Point

Wiesbaden, May-June 1946 (folder 1 of 5)

Draft catalogue, includes photographs.

19-8

Katalog zur Ausstellung Meisterwerke vor 1600 nördlich der Alpen. Central Collecting Point

Wiesbaden, May-June 1946 (folder 2 of 5)

19-9

Katalog zur Ausstellung Meisterwerke vor 1600 nördlich der Alpen. Central Collecting Point

Wiesbaden, May-June 1946 (folder 3 of 5)

19-10

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Katalog zur Ausstellung Meisterwerke vor 1600 nördlich der Alpen. Central Collecting Point

Wiesbaden, May-June 1946 (folder 4 of 5)

19-11

Katalog zur Ausstellung Meisterwerke vor 1600 nördlich der Alpen. Central Collecting Point

Wiesbaden, May-June 1946 (folder 5 of 5)

19-12

Kunstschaffen in Deutschland. Edited by Stefan P. Munsing. Central Collecting Point Munich,

June-July, 1949

2 copies.

19-13

Old Master Drawings: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the Central Collecting Point

(Landesmuseum) Wiesbaden. September 1946

19-14

Series 5 Other Publications, 1945-1994

Box 19

Adams, Major Edward E. Q.M.C. "Looted Art Treasures Go Back to France." The Quartermaster

Review (September-October 1946)

19-15

19-16 Albrecht Dürer: Das Marienlebe, 1947

19-17 Archives de la Tradition Basque, 12 Chansons d'Amour (unidentified music)

Art News (May 15-31, 1945)

Article concerning Merkers mine discovery.

19-18

"Back from the Salt Mines." Military Government Weekly Information Bulletin, no. 15. Office of the

Director, Office of Military Government (U.S. Zone), United States Forces European Theater, Reports

and Information Branch (3 November 1945)

19-19

Box 20

Bonner Berichte aus Mittel- und Ostdeutschland: Die Verluste der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlungen in

Mittel- und Ostdeutschland, 1943-1946. Bonn: Bundesministerium für gesamtdeutsche Fragen, 1954

20-1

20-2 College Art Journal, circa 1946

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20-3 College Art Journal, January 1946

20-4 College Art Journal, May 1946

20-5 Du, September 1946

20-6 Du, December 1946

20-7 Flanner, Janet. "Annals of Crime: The Beautiful Spoils." The New Yorker (February-March 1947)

20-8 Goldmann, Klaus. "Berliner Kulturschätze - unterwegs." Die Reise Nach Berlin (1987)

20-9 "Hvad Krigen Tok." Kunst Kultur 30 (Argang 1947)

20-10 Kubler, Arnold. Vincent Van Gogh: Ammerkungen zu einigen Bildern und Zeichnungen. 1946

Lang, Will. "The Case of the Distinguished Corpses: Desipite Secrecy, Reluctant Allies, Ruined

Castles, U.S. Army Finds 'Todesraum' for Four Famous Germans." Life (March 6, 1950)

20-11

20-12 Mathews, Herbert L. "Italian Art Under Shellfire." Harper's Magazine (May 1945)

20-13 McBride, Harry A. "Masterpieces on Tour." National Geographic (December 1948)

20-14 I Musei del Comune di Roma dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, circa 1950

20-15 "Museum ohne Besucher." Heute (April 1, 1946)

20-16 Newspaper clippings, 1946-1950, and undated

Box 21

Nicholas, Lynn H. The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the

Second World War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994

21-1

21-2 Our Kyiv Holy, Plundered, Ruined, Dishonoured: First Album of Sketches, 1946

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21-3 Roditi, Edouard. "The Destruction of the Berlin Museums." Magazine of Art (December 1949)

21-4 Russian publications, 1946

Standen, Edith. The Central Collecting Point, Wiesbaden: A Home for Displaced Works of Art, circa

1946

21-5

21-6 Der Standpunkt: Die Zeitschrift für di Gegenwart (24 December 1946)

Department of State. Division of Publications, Office of Public Affairs. "International Protection of

Works of Art and Historic Monuments" (reprinted from documents and state papers, June 1949)

Includes letter to Edith Standen from "Stewart," 4 September 1949.

21-7

Walker, John. "Europe's Looted Art." National Geographic Magazine (January 1946)

2 copies.

21-8

Series 6 Historic Preservation Activities, 1951-1971

Box 22

22-1 International Council of Museums Conference - list of participants, 1968

22-2 Jefferson County, West Virginia - pamphlets, circa 1951

National Trust for Historic Preservation tours - pamphlets, registration lists, and tour information,

1960-1962

22-3

22-4 New York tour of art handbook, 6 October 1957

22-5 Society of Architectural Historians tour, 21-24 August 1959 - tourist brochures and lists of participants

22-6 Study tour lists and guides, 1967-1971

Series 7 Photographs, 1930-1998 

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Box 23

Standen and family members, 1930-1939

Digitized version(s) available.

23-1

Standen, friends, and family, 1940-1943

Includes one small tintype. Digitized version(s) available.

23-2

Women's Army Coalition, 15 May 1943 and 12 June 1944

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) stored separately.

23-3

Women's Army Coalition - training program graduates, 14 July 1943 and 13 January 1944

Digitized version(s) available.

23-4

Standen with friends, 1943

Digitized version(s) available.

23-5

Schloss Braumfels, 22 November 1945

Digitized version(s) available.

23-6

Wiesbaden, 16 December 1945

Digitized version(s) available.

23-7

Berlin, 12 January 1946

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) stored separately.

23-8

Heilbronn shipment, 22 March 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-9

Wiesbaden with Hungarian crown regalia, 11 April 1946

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) stored separately.

23-10

Wiesbaden - packing French shipment, 17-24 April 1946

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) and glass slide(s) stored separately.

23-11

Wiesbaden, 28 April 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-12

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Wiesbaden, 3 May 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-13

Wiesbaden - exhibition installation, 4-7 May 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-14

Wiesbaden - second exhibition, Masterworks of Northern Art Before 1600, 12 May 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-15

Wiesbaden with French representatives and packing French shipment, 11-24 May 1946

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) and glass slide(s) stored separately.

23-16

Wiesbaden - loading British shipment, 3-4 June 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-17

Children, 7 June and 3 July 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-18

Wiesbaden - post and storage rooms, September 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-19

Wiesbaden, 4 December 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-20

Wiesbaden with Belgian, Czech, and Luxembourg representatives, 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-21

Wiesbaden, 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-22

Standen with colleagues in the countryside, 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-23

Wiesbaden with Lt. Baudouin, 1946

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) stored separately.

23-24

Wiesbaden - exhibition event, circa 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-25

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Wiesbaden - exhibition installation, circa 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-26

Unidentified, circa 1946

Digitized version(s) available.

23-27

Box 24

24-1 CCP (Central Collecting Point) - works of art, circa 1946

Stuttgart with French bronze cannon, 11-14 March 1947

Digitized version(s) available. Glass slide(s) stored separately.

24-2

Wedding, 5 April 1947

Digitized version(s) available.

24-3

Stuttgart with French bronze cannon, 16 April 1947

Digitized version(s) available. Negative(s) and glass slide(s) stored separately.

24-4

Wiesbaden with colleague checking art, 19 April 1947

Digitized version(s) available.

24-5

Friends, 23 and 28 April 1947

Digitized version(s) available.

24-6

Checking military swords, 17 June 1947

Digitized version(s) available.

24-7

Schwabisch Hall and Comburg, 25 June 1947

Digitized version(s) available.

24-8

Stuttgart, June 1947

Digitized version(s) available.

24-9

Friends and family, November 1947-1948

Digitized version(s) available.

24-10

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Friends and family, 1950-1959

Digitized version(s) available.

24-11

Standen with friends and study groups, 17 February-18 August 1962

Digitized version(s) available.

24-12

National Trust for Historic Preservation tours, circa 1962

Digitized version(s) available.

24-13

Standen with friends, family, and study groups, 5 October 1966-19 November 1976

Digitized version(s) available.

24-14

Standen with friends and tour groups, 3 July 1982-16 November 1989

Digitized version(s) available.

24-15

Standen with friends and tour groups, 1 June 1990-24 September 1997

Digitized version(s) available.

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