Bryson Burroughs photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of America Art in 1983 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art via John K. Howat.
creator: label: Creator
content: Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934
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content: Bryson Burroughs photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Bryson Burroughs photographs of artwork measure 0.6 linear feet and date from circa 1935 and circa 1983. The collection consists of glass plate negatives and copy prints of artwork, primarily paintings, by Burroughs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: New York painter and museum curator Bryson Burroughs (1869-1934), studied at the Art Students League in New York and at the Académie Julian in Paris. Later, he became an associate, then a full member, of the National Academy of Design in New York. From 1909 to 1934 he was the Curator of Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A memorial exhibition for Burroughs was held at the museum in 1935.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1935
label: Date
content: circa 1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burrbrys
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.

Series 1: Bryson Burroughs Photographs, circa 1935, circa 1983 (0.43 linear feet; Box 1, MMs)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Copy prints of the glass plates were made at some point after donation of the collection. The glass plate negatives were re-housed in 2015 with a grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The collection was processed and a finding aid written by Stephanie Ashley in 2018.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Bryson Burroughs photographs of artwork measure 0.6 linear feet and date from circa 1935 and circa 1983. The collection consists of glass plate negatives and copy prints of artwork, primarily paintings, by Burroughs. The glass plates were possibly made for the memorial exhibition for Burroughs held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1935.