The Phillips Collection records
name: label: Creator
content: Phillips Collection
label: Names
content: Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
label: Names
content: Phillips, Marjorie, 1895-1985
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
label: Names
content: Tack, Augustus Vincent, 1870-1949
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was microfilmed in 1979 by the Archives of American Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: Phillips Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Phillips Collection (estab. 1921) is an art museum in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1921 by collector and art connoisseur, Duncan Phillips, and his wife, Marjorie, upon opening his home to the public. Collection consists primarily of 19th and 20th century European and American art. In 1960 the Goh Annex was added to the original 1897 Georgian Revival house to expand the museums's exhibition space. The Goh annex was renovated in 1989.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Washington (D.C.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 68 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.philcoll
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 1929-1994 available for use at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1890 and 1926 available at all AAA offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence files, arranged chronologically and alphabetically; gallery records; operational records; music program files; and exhibition files.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1929-1994: Correspondence, largely concerning the foundation, operation, and acquisitions of the museum; gallery records; music program files; and exhibition files.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1890: Correspondence with artist Augustus Vincent Tack.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1926: Correspondence with artists Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz.