Albert M. Bender papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941
label: Names
content: Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
label: Names
content: Adams, Virginia Best
label: Names
content: Bremer, Anne, 1872-1923
label: Names
content: Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970
label: Names
content: Bufano, Virginia
label: Names
content: Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951
label: Names
content: Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982
label: Names
content: Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
label: Names
content: Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957
label: Names
content: Kahlo, Frida
label: Names
content: Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-
label: Names
content: Leon, Judah
label: Names
content: Liebes, Dorothy
label: Names
content: Magnes, Beatrice L.
label: Names
content: Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
label: Names
content: Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947
label: Names
content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
label: Names
content: Partridge, Marian, d. 1940
label: Names
content: Partridge, Roi, 1888-1984
label: Names
content: Raphael, Johanna
label: Names
content: Raphael, Joseph, 1869-1950
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed with other art-related papers in Mills College Library, July 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert M. Bender (1866-1941) was an art collector and patron in San Francisco, California. He donated collections to several Bay Area institutions including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Mills College Art Museum, and the University of California Berkely Art Museum. Bender also served on the board of organizations such as the California Society of Etchers (now the California Society of Printmakers), California Historical Society, and the San Francisco Symphony.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels (675 items on 2 microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bendalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2293 and 2294 available at Archives of American Art offices, Mills College Library, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Mills College Library, Oakland, California.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Albert M. Bender papers contain single letters from Joseph Danysh, Maynard Dixon, Julia Morgan, and Georgia O'Keeffe; letters from Gelett Burgess, Judah Leon and Beatrice L. Magnes, Roi and Marian Partridge, Ralph Stackpole, Dorothy Wright Liebes, Oliver St. John Gogarty, and Ansel and Virginia Adams; correspondence with John Henry Nash; letters from Consuela Kanaga and her husband Barry McCarthy, with an album of her photos of Africa; and correspondence with Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano and Virginia Bufano, including financial and printed material. Also included are correspondence with Diego and Frieda Kahlo Rivera, including customs declarations, and photos; correspondence with Joseph and Johanna Raphael, including photos, and miscellany; and letters from Bender's cousin, Anne Bremer, as well as biographical material, writings, photos, sketches, and printed material.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Mills College L F.W. Olin Library, Special Collections Department holds the Albert M. Bender Papers, 1920-1941. Stanford University Department of Special Collections holds the Albert M. (Albert Maurice) Bender Papers, 1871-1948.