Finding Aid for the Walter I. Farmer Papers, 1932-2000

Summary Information

Repository National Gallery of Art Archives

Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20565 

archives@nga.gov

Title Walter I. Farmer Papers 

Identifier SC.015 

Creator Farmer, Walter I., 1911-1997

Date 1932-2000 

Extent 7 cubic feet (18 boxes, oversize folder); approximately 45 digital files 

Abstract This collection documents the work of Walter I. Farmer, an officer with the 

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

Army during and immediately after World War II. Research files relating to 

art looting and restitution and biographical information also are included.

Papers include articles and newspaper clippings, audiovisual recordings, 

correspondence, exhibition catalogues, maps, photographs, and

publications. 

Biographical Note

July 7, 1911 Born, Alliance, Ohio

1930 Entered Columbia University, New York, New York

1931 Transferred to Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

1933 Studied art, architecture, and landscaping in England

1935 B.A. and Bachelor of Architecture, Miami University of Ohio

1936-1970 Lecturer, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

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February 19, 1942 Married Josselyn Liszniewska; divorced, 1946

1942 Joined the United States Army

1944-1946 Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer; Director and Officer-inCharge, Central Collecting Point, Wiesbaden, Germany

June 15, 1947 Married Renate W. Hobirk; divorced, 1966

1949-1967 Lecturer, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

1973 Awarded, Doctor of Humane Letters, Miami University

1995 Participant, Conference “The Spoils of War, World War II & Its

Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance & Recovery of Cultural Property,” 

BARD Center for Graduate Studies in Decorative Arts, New York

1996 Awarded Das Grosse Verdienstkreuz (German Special Service Cross)

Published "The Wiesbaden Manifesto of 7 November 1945" in

Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz

May 1997 Awarded Humanitarian Prize of the Year of the Grand Lodge of Ancient

Free and Accepted Masons of Germany

August 9, 1997 Died, Cincinnati, Ohio

2000 The Safekeepers: A Memoir of the Arts at the End of World War II. 

Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2000. His memoirs were published 

posthumously by his daughter, Margaret Farmer Planton.

Scope and Content

 

This collection documents the activities of Walter Ings Farmer as a Monuments, Fine Arts and 

Archives (MFAA) officer in Germany during and immediately after World War II. After leaving the 

military in 1946, Farmer returned to the United States and continued his career as an art historian 

and interior designer.

The papers in this collection consist of official documents and personal materials relating to 

Farmer’s work as a MFAA officer. Wartime materials include subject files, monthly reports and 

inventory lists, correspondence spanning the immediate postwar years though most of Farmer’s 

life, museum entry passes, wartime art exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings and

publications, including six issues of the short-lived journal The Spoils of War. Of special interest

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are approximately 1,330 photographs, loose and in two photograph albums, documenting works

of art held and redistributed from the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden, Germany. In his

later years, Farmer became interested in the study of confiscated art and its ramifications in the

museum and art world. Included are materials he compiled while conducting research for his

posthumously published book, The Safekeepers: A Memoir of the Arts at the End of World War

II. His subject files, audio recordings, and videotapes relating to art restitution are also included.

Arrangement 

Materials are arranged in the following series: 

Series 1 Wartime Subject Files, 1945-1949

Series 2 Correspondence with Individuals, 1946-1996

Series 3 Art Exhibition Catalogues, 1935-1951

Series 4 Other Publications, 1932-2000 

Series 5 Research Subject Files, 1945-1998

Series 6 Photographs, 1946-1996

Series 7 Audio Interviews, 1993-1994

Series 8 Videotapes Relating to Art Restitution, circa 1991-1996

Series 9 Maps of Europe, 1938-1944

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. Walter I. Farmer Papers. 

Rights Status In copyright

Rights Holder National Gallery of Art

Language English; German

Acquisition Information Gift of Margaret Farmer Planton, 2001 

Processing Information Arranged and described by archives staff, 2007.

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related 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 Wartime Subject Files, 1945-1949 [box 1] 

Arranged alphabetically by subject. These subject files concern Farmer's activities as an MFAA 

officer during World War II, including those at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point. Included 

are materials Farmer accumulated during the immediate postwar period relating to the 

controversy associated with sending 202 paintings from Berlin Museums to the National Gallery 

of Art for safekeeping in 1945. This series also contains materials relating to exhibitions of art held 

in Germany, including some at collecting points in the immediate postwar years, press coverage, 

notes and correspondence. Official monthly reports from 1945 to 1947 provide information on 

activities at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point. Inventory lists of works of art, as well as 

Farmer's letters to his first wife, Josselyn, written during his time at Wiesbaden, are also of note.

Series 2 Correspondence with Individuals, 1946-1996 [boxes 2-3] 

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent’s last name. This series consists of Farmer's 

correspondence with various individuals concerning the work of MFAA officers, art looting and 

related issues. The correspondence began during the immediate post-war years and extended 

through the rest of his life.

Series 3 Art Exhibition Catalogues, 1935-1951 [box 4] 

Arranged alphabetically by title. This series contains catalogues of war-time art exhibitions in 

Germany and the United States.

Series 4 Other Publications, 1932-2000 [boxes 4-7] 

Arranged alphabetically by title. Included are military and German museum publications, 

exhibition catalogues, articles and newspaper clippings associated with Farmer's military service 

in Germany. These files include printed materials assembled by Farmer as he conducted research 

for his book The Safekeepers: A Memoir of the Arts at the End of World War II. Of interest are the 

five issues of the short-lived journal The Spoils of War. 

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Series 5 Research Subject Files, 1945-1998 [boxes 7-9] 

Arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of files assembled by Farmer on various 

subjects relating to Nazi art-looting and related controversies. The series also contains 

information about Farmer's military service and personal activities, including his awards and

medals.

Series 6 Photographs, 1946-1996 [boxes 10-16] 

Arranged alphabetically by subject. Photographs of Walter Farmer and the Wiesbaden Central 

Collecting Point and numbered photographs of works of art held there. Of interest are two 

photographic scrapbooks documenting the activities of the MFAA staff at Wiesbaden. Select

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

Series 7 Audio Interviews, 1993-1994 [box 17] 

Chronologically arranged interviews with Walter Farmer listed first, followed by chronologically 

arranged interviews with other individuals. These materials consist of audio cassette interviews 

conducted by Ruth K. Meyer, who prepared the first draft of Farmer's memoir The Safekeepers in 

1994. Meyer conducted interviews with Walter Farmer on several dates. She also recorded brief 

interviews with others, including Seymour J. Pomeranze and Edith Standen.

Series 8 Videotapes Relating to Art Restitution, circa 1991-1996 [box 18] 

Arranged alphabetically by title. Included are seven videotapes about looted art.

Series 9 Maps of Europe, 1938-1944 [oversize folder] 

This series consists of oversize maps and plans documenting Paris and Germany at the

time of World War II. 

 

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Series 1 Wartime Subject Files, 1945-1949

Box 1

1-1 Address lists of Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives officers, undated

1-2 Berlin Paintings - background information, 1945-1946, undated

1-3 Berlin Paintings - correspondence, 1945

1-4 Berlin Paintings - protest, 1945, 1949, undated

Berlin Paintings - receipt of custody list of German-owned works of art designated for shipment to the

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1945

2 copies.

1-5

Berlin Paintings - telegram regarding the decision to ship the 202 German-owned paintings to the

United States for safe keeping, undated

2 copies.

1-6

1-7 Concert program, Walter Gieseking piano recital, 9 August 1945

Diary 1945-1946, and summary transcript edited by Margaret Farmer Planton

2 copies.

1-8

1-9 Exhibition of German-Owned Old Masters - correspondence and checklist, 1946

Inventory list of art taken from the Flaktower, 1946

3 copies.

1-10

1-11 Inventory list of works of art, 1945

Letters to wife, Josselyn, 1945-1946

Includes summary extracts.

1-12

1-13 Press releases and speech, 1946

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Purchases of works of art in France during the occupation by and on behalf of German dealers and

officials (The Schenker Papers, part 2)

2 copies.

1-14

1-15 United States Army service records, 1945-1946

United States Senate hearings on United States retention of certain German paintings - correspondence

and committee hearings, 1948

1-16

Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point histories, commendations and special passes, 1945-1946, 1991,

undated

1-17

1-18 Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point list of shipments - Edith Standen, 1945

1-19 Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point monthly reports, July-December 1945

1-20 Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point monthly reports, January-May 1946

1-21 Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point monthly reports, July-December 1946

1-22 Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point monthly reports, January-May 1947

1-23 Wiesbaden Manifesto, 1945

Series 2 Correspondence with Individuals, 1946-1996

Box 2

2-1 Berg, Peter, 1995-1996

2-2 Boas, George, 1946

2-3 Chamberlin, Brewster S., 1993

2-4 Creech, William, 1993

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2-5 Friemuth, Cay, 1988-1989, undated

2-6 German Museum Staff, 1947

2-7 Goldman, Klaus, 1987-1994

2-8 Goldman, Klaus, 1995, undated

2-9 Hancock, Walter, 1946, 1990-1996, undated

2-10 Hathaway, Calvin S., 1949

2-11 Heinrich, Thomas Allen, 1990-1993, undated

2-12 Herbst, Arnulf, 1985-1994, undated

2-13 Holzinger, Ernst, 1946, 1986

2-14 Honan, William H., 1990

2-15 Howe, Thomas Carr, 1946, 1949, 1958, 1990

2-16 Keller, Joseph, 1947

2-17 Kuhn, Charles S., 1946, 1977

2-18 Kuhnel-Kunze, Irene, 1946, 1984-1988

2-19 Kurtz, Michael J., 1988

2-20 La Farge, L. Bancel, circa 1945, 1948, 1989

2-21 Leistra, Josefine, 1996

2-22 Letters from Regiment, 1944-1946, undated

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Lindsay, Kenneth C., 1945-1996

Digitized version(s) available for select materials.

2-23

2-24 Meyer, Ruth Krueger, 1993-1994

2-25 Moore, Lamont, 1946

2-26 Myers, Denys Peter, 1991, 1994

Box 3

3-1 Nicholas, Lynn H., 1986-1994, undated

3-2 Parkhurst, Charles, 1952, 1984, undated

3-3 Pomeranze, Seymour J., 1946-1993, undated

3-4 Poste, Leslie I., 1947-1994, undated

3-5 Postwar Correspondence, 1946, 1949, undated

3-6 Rorimer, James S., 1945-1995

3-7 Seeler, Otto F., 1986-1993, undated

3-8 Skilton, John D., 1948-1950, 1976-1996, undated

3-9 Smidt, W., 1945

3-10 Smyth, Craig Hugh, 1945, 1995, undated

3-11 Standen, Edith A., 1956-1996

3-12 Watson, Peter, 1989-1994, undated

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3-13 Winks, Robin W., 1987-1988, 1990, undated

Series 3 Art Exhibition Catalogues, 1935-1951

Box 4

Christmas Pictures: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the Central Collecting Point 

(Landesmuseum) Wiesbaden, December 1946

2 copies in English, 2 copies in German.

4-1

Eighteenth Century Painting, Central Collecting Point Wiesbaden (Landesmuseum), September 

1947

1 copy in English, 1 copy in German.

4-2

Europäische Kleinkunst: Aus Deutschen Kirchenschätzen und Kunstkammern. Ausstellung im 

Landesmuseum, Wiesbaden, Sommer 1951

4-3

Europäische Landschaftsmalerei des 15. -19. Jahrhunderts. Ausstellung im Landesmuseum, 

Wiesbaden, 1951

4-4

Exhibition of German-Owned Old Masters: Ausstellung Alter Meister in Deutschem Besitz, 

Wiesbaden, Landesmuseum, February 1946

5 copies. Oversize poster stored separately.

4-5

German Painting of the Nineteenth Century: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the Central 

Collecting Point (Landesmuseum) Wiesbaden, April 1947

2 copies.

4-6

Italienische Malerei des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts: Eine Auswahl von Bildern aus der von der Stadt 

Wiesbaden und dem Nassauischen Kunstverein veranstalteten Ausstellung. Wiesbaden/Nassauiches.

Landesmuseum, Mai und Juni 1935

4-7

Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums: Exhibited in Cooperation with the Department of the Army of 

The United States of America, 1948-1949

4-8

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

(Landesmuseum) Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point - Wiesbaden (Landesmuseum), September 1946

3 copies.

4-9

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Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited at the Request of the Department of the Army. National

Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, March 17-April 18, 1948

2 copies.

4-10

Series 4 Other Publications, 1932-2000

Box 4

4-11 Archaeology. Volume 46: Number 6. November/December 1993

4-12 Articles and newspaper clippings - Berlin Paintings, 1945-1948

Articles and newspaper clippings - German art exhibitions, 1945-1946, undated

Oversize publications stored separately.

4-13

4-14 Decker, Andrew. "A Worldwide Treasure Hunt." ARTnews. Summer 1991

Department of the Army Field Manual: Field Service Regulations: Operations. Washington:

Department of the Army, September 1954

4-15

Department of the Army Field Manual: Staff Officers Field Manual: Staff Organization and 

Procedure. Washington: Department of the Army, 1954

4-16

Box 5

5-1 Du: Schweizerishe Monatsschrift. Nr. 9 (September 1946)

Farmer, Walter I. The Safekeepers: A Memoir of the Arts at the End of World War II. Berlin and

New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2000

5-2

Die Italienischen Gëmalde im Kaiser-Friedich- Museum. Irene Kunze. Berlin: Verlag Für

Kunstwissenschaft [undated]

5-3

5-4 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1991

5-5 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1992

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5-6 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1993

5-7 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1994

5-8 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1995

5-9 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1996

5-10 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1997

5-11 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1998

Box 6

6-1 General research articles and newspaper clippings, 1999

6-2 German articles and newspaper clippings, 1995

6-3 Germanisches Nationalmuseum: 84ster Jahresbericht, Nürnberg, 1938

6-4 Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Fünfündachtzigster Jahresbericht, Nürnberg, 1939

6-5 Goldmann, Klaus. "Der Schatz Priamos." Antike Welt 3 (1991)

Haines, Gerald K. "Who Gives a Damn About Medieval Walls." Prologue: The Journal of 

the National Archives 8:2. Summer 1976

6-6

Hammond, Mason. "The War and Art Treasures in Germany." College Art Journal 5:3 (March,

1946)

6-7

6-8 Janssen, Karl-Heinz von. "Dürer fur Deutschland." Die Zeit (September 1990)

Janssen, Karl-Heinz von. "Kunstraub! The Sacking of Germany." The Art Newspaper 5 (February

1991)

6-9

6-10 Jones, Stacy V. "Art for Hitler's Sake." Liberty (April 6, 1946)

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6-11 Kirstein, Lincoln. "The Quest of the Golden Lamb." Town and Country (September 1945)

6-12 Museums Journal no. 1 (August 1987)

6-13 Mut: Forum Für Kulter Politik und Geschichte no. 328 (December 1994)

The Officer's Guide: A Ready Reference on Customs and Correct Procedures which Pertain to 

Commissioned Officers of the Army of the United States, 9th Edition. Harrisburg, PA: The Military

Service Publisher Company, 1942

6-14

6-15 Plaut, James S. "Loot for the Master Race." The Atlantic Monthly (September 1946)

Poster - Hans Wagner. Wiesbaden: Galerie Hillesheimer Zeigt, 14 März - 8 April (reference 

copy)

Oversize poster stored separately.

6-16

6-17 Roelofsma, Derek Kinnane. "Europe's Search for its Missing Art." Insight (January 25, 1988)

Schönbusch Bei Aschaffenburg: Amtlicher Führer. 1932

2 copies.

6-18

6-19 The Spoils of War, no. 0 (July 5, 1995)

6-20 The Spoils of War, no. 1 (December 19, 1995)

Box 7

7-1 The Spoils of War, no. 2 (July 15, 1996)

7-2 The Spoils of War, no. 3 (December 1996)

7-3 The Spoils of War, no. 4 (August 1997)

7-4 The Spoils of War, no. 5 (June 1998)

Van Nortwick, William B. "Treasures of the Third Reich: An Art Historian's Wartime Memoirs"

Country Life (April 5, 1979)

7-5

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7-6 Wiesbaden Collecting Point articles and newspaper clippings, 1945-1946

7-7 Wiesbaden. (Wiesbaden: Stadtischen Kur Und Bäder Verwaltung)

Series 5 Research Subject Files, 1945-1998

Box 7

7-8 Addresses and notes

7-9 Amber Room, 1986-1994

7-10 "The Arabs and the Nazis Did It" by Walter I. Farmer. April 18, 1966 (typescript)

7-11 "German Art at the End of WWII" by Walter I. Farmer. 1963 (typescript)

7-12 Art and Nazism, 1969, 1995, undated

7-13 Austria, 1984-1996

Awards - Humanitarian Prize of the Year of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons

of Germany, 1996

7-14

Awards - Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the

German Special Service Cross, 1994-1996

7-15

7-16 Awards - letters of recommendation for the German Special Service Cross, 1994-1995

7-17 British Broadcasting Company - Spoils of War documentary, 1991, undated

7-18 Clay, Lucius D., 1990

Box 8

8-1 Crown of St. Stephen - "The Holy Crown of Hungary" by Patrick Joseph Kelleher, 1947

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8-2 Crown of St. Stephen - "The Hungarian Crown" by Kenneth Clement Eriksen Lindsay, 1947

8-3 Crown of St. Stephen - general, 1947-1998

Head of Nefertiti, 1991-1994, undated

Digitized version(s) available for select materials.

8-4

8-5 Hermitage, 1994-1995, undated

8-6 Iraq, 1991-1992, undated

Jawlensky art, 1956-1957, 1997, undated

Includes photographs.

8-7

8-8 Korea, 1990

8-9 Landesmuseum, 1994, undated

8-10 Lectures, 1945, 1987, 1991, undated

8-11 Loot, 1963-1992, undated

8-12 Polish church treasures, undated

8-13 Quedlinberg treasures, 1990-1996, undated

Box 9

9-1 Russia, 1981-1995, undated

9-2 Schliemann's gold, 1990-1996, undated

9-3 Sonderauftrag Linz, undated

Spoils of War - BARD conference, 1991-1997

Includes photographs.

9-4

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9-5 State Department, 1943, 1949, 1996, undated

9-6 Valland, Rose, 1981, undated

9-7 "Will Anything Survive?" by Walter I. Farmer. 1985 (typescript)

Series 6 Photographs, 1946-1996

Box 10

Farmer, Walter at Wiesbaden Collecting Point

In room containing Berlin National Museum treasures, circa 1946. 1 image. Digitized version(s) available.

10-1

Farmer, Walter receiving Das Grosse Verdienstkreuz award, February 9, 1996

2 images. Digitized version(s) available.

10-2

Photo album 1, cover

1 image.

10-3

Photo album 1, pages 1 - 10

34 images. Digitized version(s) available.

10-4

Photo album 1, pages 11 - 20

37 images.

10-5

Photo album 1, pages 21 - 30

30 images. Digitized version(s) available.

10-6

Photo album 1, pages 31 - 40

30 images.

10-7

Photo album 1, pages 41 - 56

54 images.

10-8

10-9 Photo album 1 (reference copy)

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Box 11

Photo album 2, pages 1 - 10

27 images.

11-1

Photo album 2, pages 11 - 20

33 images.

11-2

Photo album 2, pages 21 - 30

29 images.

11-3

Photo album 2, pages 31 - 40

30 images.

11-4

Photo album 2, pages 41 - 54

42 images.

11-5

11-6 Photo album 2 (reference copy)

Wiesbaden Collecting Point - exhibition installation, undated

11 images. Digitized version(s) available.

11-7

Wiesbaden Collecting Point - exhibition of German-owned old masters and other works of art

9 images. Publicity photographs with German captions glued on back, February 1946. Digitized version(s) available.

11-8

Wiesbaden Collecting Point - storage crates

2 images. Publicity photographs with German captions glued on back, February 1946. Digitized version(s) available.

11-9

Wiesbaden Collecting Point - storage rooms, circa 1946

4 images. Digitized version(s) available.

11-10

Wiesbaden Collecting Point - Wiesbaden Museum (postcard), circa 1946

1 image, 2 copies. Digitized version(s) available.

11-11

Works of Art - carpets Islamic Dept. Staate Museen Berlin

17 images.

11-12

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Works of Art - church - 190 000s and 192 000s

35 images.

11-13

Box 12

Works of Art - church - Wie 416-Wie 1370

73 images.

12-1

Works of Art - Guelph Treasure (folder 1 of 3)

35 images.

12-2

Works of Art - Guelph Treasure (folder 2 of 3)

71 images.

12-3

Works of Art - Guelph Treasure (folder 3 of 3)

37 images.

12-4

Works of Art - Hungarian crown jewels

55 images.

12-5

Box 13

Works of Art - Italian sculpture

50 images.

13-1

Works of Art - limoges

25 images.

13-2

Works of Art - Lippi

3 images.

13-3

Works of Art - Nefertiti

30 images.

13-4

Works of Art - Giovanni di Paolo

2 images.

13-5

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Works of Art - Polish church treasures - chalices

11 images.

13-6

Works of Art - Polish church treasures - monstrances

18 images.

13-7

Works of Art - Polish church treasures - paten

56 images.

13-8

Works of Art - Polish church treasures - pewter and silver

25 images.

13-9

Box 14

Works of Art - Polish church treasures - reliquaries

38 images.

14-1

Works of Art - Prussian crown insignia

27 images.

14-2

Works of Art - Rembrandt

25 images.

14-3

Works of Art - Rubens

4 images.

14-4

Works of Art - tapestries

47 images.

14-5

Works of Art - Terborch

2 images.

14-6

Works of Art - Worms - donation Heylshof

10 images.

14-7

Works of Art - numbered photographs - 84 000 series (renaissance paintings)

17 images.

14-8

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Box 15

Works of Art - numbered photographs - 131 490 (altar)

1 image.

15-1

Works of Art - numbered photographs - 154 200-154 300 series (twentieth century paintings and

sculpture)

9 images.

15-2

Works of Art - numbered photographs - 190 000 and 190 900 series (Bosch painting and decorative

lock)

2 images.

15-3

Works of Art - numbered photographs - 192 000 series (church objects)

24 images.

15-4

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Wie 2-Wie 69

19 images.

15-5

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Wie 78-Wie 346

28 images.

15-6

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Wie 368-Wie 414

20 images.

15-7

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Wie 417-Wie 637

30 images.

15-8

Box 16

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Wie 638-Wie 903

37 images.

16-1

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Wie 905-Wie 1538

31 images.

16-2

Works of Art - numbered photographs - Various

33 images.

16-3

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Series 7 Audio Interviews, 1993-1994

Interview with Walter Farmer, 26 July 1993

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 2 August 1993

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 29 November 1993

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 2 December 1993

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 7 December 1993

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 13 December 1993

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 16 December 1993

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 7 and 12 February 1994

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 14 February 1994

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 21 February and 8 March 1994

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, 14 and 28 March and 18 April 1994

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Walter Farmer, undated

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Kenneth Lindsay, 16 August 1993

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Seymour J. Pomrenze, New York, NY, 11 November 1993

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Edith Standen, New York, NY, 17 February 1994

 Transcript and digitized recording available.

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Interview with Arnulf Herbst, Frankfurt, Germany, 28 April 1994

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Dora Schmidt, Munich, Germany, 30 April 1994

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Otto Seller, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1 May 1994

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Interview with Klaus Goldman, Berlin, Germany, 3 May 1994

Transcript and digitized recording available.

Klaus Goldman voice mail recording, 28 October 1994

Digitized recording available.

Series 8 Videotapes Relating to Art Restitution, circa 1991-1996

Box 18

Der Schatz des Priamos. Hamburg: DM Film and Television Production

(45 minutes; VHS)

18-1

Farmer GermanTV Interview. Danke, Mr. Farmer! SFB Productions, 1996

(14 minutes; VHS)

18-2

The Search for Stolen War Treasures. Edited version. Washington, DC

(30 minutes; VHS)

18-3

Spoils of War. Buffalo Pictures production for the BBC. 18 December 1991

(47 minutes; VHS)

18-4

The Story of the Holy Crown of St. Stephen (of Hungary). Cincinnati: Cincinnati Community Video in

Association with the American Hungarian Association of Cincinnati, 1993

(47 minutes; VHS)

18-5

Wie du Sieger Bilder Klauten. ZDF Productions. 1996

(30 minutes; VHS)

18-6

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Walter I. Farmer Papers

Series 9 Maps of Europe, 1938-1944

Central Europe sheet S2: Koblenz. AMS 1, first edition. Washington, DC: Army Map Service, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

Europe road map series: France. AMS 1, first edition. Washington, DC: Army Map Service, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

France: Paris. AMS 1, first edition. The War Office, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

France: Town plan of Le Havre. Second edition. Washington, DC: Army Map Service, 1943

Oversize, stored separately.

Germany and its approaches with international boundaries as of September 1, 1939. Washington, DC:

National Geographic Society, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

Germany sheet T3: Frankfurt. AMS 2, first edition. Washington, DC: Army Map Service, 1943

Oversize, stored separately.

Paris sheet NE. The War Office, reprinted by the 654th Engineers of the United States Army, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

Paris sheet SE. The War Office, reprinted by the 654th Engineers of the United States Army, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

Paris sheet SW. The War Office, reprinted by the 654th Engineers of the United States Army, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

Northwest France, 1944

Oversize, stored separately.

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