Dorothy Tyler papers
name: label: Creator
content: Tyler, Dorothy
label: Names
content: Charles Freer House
label: Names
content: Merrill-Palmer School
label: Names
content: Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Study and teaching -- Michgan -- Detroit
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1964 by Tyler.
creator: label: Creator
content: Tyler, Dorothy
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; Detroit, Michigan. The Charles Freer House became the Merrill-Palmer School in 1921. Freer was a collector of Far Eastern art. In accordance with Freer's wishes, the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C. was opend in 1923 to house his collection. It is a branch of the Smithsonian Institution.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tyledoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Photographs by Buford Pickens: are photocopies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Photographs by Buford Pickens: originals in the possession of Buford Pickens.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, correspondence, notes, and printed material relating to the Charles Freer House designed by Wilson Eyre in Detroit, Michigan, compiled in preparation for Tyler's booklet on the house. Also included is some related material on James McNeill Whistler who was commissioned to paint a room in the house, Colonel Frank Hecker, and Detroit architecture in general.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 439 AND SCANNED One photograph of Robert Cremean, which was previously part of Photos of Artists I and has subsequently been scanned and returned to the Tyler papers.