Elisabeth Commanday papers
name: label: Creator
content: Commanday, Elisabeth, 1890-1994
label: Names
content: Anrep, Alda
label: Names
content: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
label: Names
content: Berenson, Elizabeth
label: Names
content: Mariano, Nicky
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collectors
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1993 by Maurice Commanday, son of Elisabeth Commanday. Commanday corresponded with Berenson for nearly ten years. At his death in 1959, Berenson's companion Nicky Mariano returned to Commanday all of her letters, which she discarded, except for the earliest letter written in April 1949.
creator: label: Creator
content: Commanday, Elisabeth, 1890-1994
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elisabeth Commanday papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of art collector Elisabeth Commanday measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1949 to 1974. The collection relates to longtime friendships between Commanday and art historian Bernard Berenson, his sister Elizabeth Berenson, his companion Nicky Mariano, and Mariano's sister Baroness Alda von Anrep. The papers include correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collector Elisabeth (Betty) Krieger Commanday (1891-1994) lived in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts. She travelled throughout Europe and maintained a correspondence with art historian Bernard Berenson.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.commelis
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers were microfilmed on reel 5054 after receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 5054 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of art collector Elisabeth Commanday measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1949 to 1974. The collection relates to longtime friendships between Commanday and art historian Bernard Berenson, his sister Elizabeth Berenson, his companion Nicky Mariano and Mariano's sister Baroness Alda von Anrep. Found is correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material.