American Defense Harvard Group
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Constable, W. G. (William George), 1887-1976
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content: W.G. Constable papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (Box 15)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.conswmgp, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Materials are arranged by document type and chronologically within each folder.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of this series has been scanned. Negatives and slides of artwork have not been scanned.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: American Defense Harvard Group includes materials related to Constable's advisory work in drafting and organizing lists of men with curatorial, museum conservation, or library/archives backgrounds to aid in the identification, protection, and restoration of cultural artifacts during World War II.  Correspondence with Ralph Perry, Paul Sachs, George Stout, and Hugh Hencken document the rationale for forming the Harvard Group, trace the formation of its goals and objectives, and includes many of the original lists that were generated and forwarded to the Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, also known as the Roberts Commission.  The series also includes the Harvard Group's manual Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Materials in the Field, committee minutes and reports, and clippings related to their work.