Eugene Carroll papers
name: label: Creator
content: Carroll, Eugene A.
label: Names
content: Gourevitch, Jacqueline
label: Names
content: Marcus, Marcia, 1928-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie
label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2018 by the Eugene Carroll estate via David R. Stack, executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carroll, Eugene A.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Eugene Carroll papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of art history professor and collector Eugene Carroll (1931-2016) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1955-2015. The collection documents Carroll's interest in particular artists as a historian, a collector, and in a few instances, a friend. Carrol maintained a decades-long correspondence with artists Jacqueline Gourevitch and Marcia Marcus, and dozens of letters, postcards, and photographs in the artists files document those relationships. The collection contains a few published audiovisual CDs and DVDs and one sound cassette pertaining to the artists. Scant material relates to Carroll's tenure at Vassar College, and no material is found regarding Carroll's chief research interest, Rosso Fiorentino.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eugene Carroll (1931-2016) was a collector and an art history professor at Vassar College from 1965-1999. He was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 1958 and received a PhD from Harvard University in 1964. In 1987, Carroll curated an exhibition on Rosso Fiorentino at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955-2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carreuge
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: Artists Files, 1955-2015 (Boxes 1-3; 1.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Subject Files, 1955-2010 (Box 3; 0.2 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of art history teacher and collector Eugene Carroll (1931-2016) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1955-2015. The collection documents Carroll's interest in particular artists as a historian, a collector, and in a few instances, a friend. Carrol maintained a decades-long correspondence with artists Jacqueline Gourevitch and Marcia Marcus, and dozens of letters, postcards, and photographs in the artists files document those relationships. The collection contains a few published audiovisual CDs and DVDs and one sound cassette pertaining to the artists. Scant material relates to Carroll's tenure at Vassar College, and no material is found regarding Carroll's chief research interest, Rosso Fiorentino.