Alfred Hamilton Barr papers
name: label: Creator
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Foundation for Arts, Religion and Culture
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987
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content: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
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content: Catlin, Stanton L. (Stanton Loomis)
label: Names
content: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
label: Names
content: Gray, Camilla
label: Names
content: Hightower, John Brantley, 1933-
label: Names
content: Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954
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content: Penrose, Roland, Sir
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content: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
label: Names
content: Soby, James Thrall, 1906-1979
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Cubism
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content: Art, Abstract
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content: Art, Russian
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Museum of Modern Art was responsible for the selection, organization and arrangement of the papers microfilmed. Five series were not microfilmed, including Matisse (6 ft.), Picasso (7 ft.), Russian culture (6 ft.), family letters (2 ft.), and education (2 ft.).
creator: label: Creator
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
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content: Alfred Hamilton Barr papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr. (1902-1981) was an art historian, curator, and museum director in New York, New York. He became the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in 1929.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 61 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1915-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barralfr
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 2164-2199, 3145-3160 and 3259-3266 available at Archives of American Art offices, the Museum of Modern Art Archives, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A microfilm inventory prepared by the Archives of American Art and an inventory for record groups 5-10 compiled by the Museum of Modern Art is available in all Archives of American Art offices and at the Museum of Modern Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Alfred Hamilton Barr papers contain files kept during Barr's tenure at the Museum of Modern Art, including personal and professional correspondence with museum officials, curators, writers, historians, critics, art associations, foundations, magazines, artists, and collectors; files on staff, exhibitions, and MoMA publications and collections; files on abstract art, cubism, and futurism, some related to Barr's book Cubism and Abstract Art (1936); files on the Foundation for Arts, religion and Culture (ARC), Barr's travels, lectures, speeches, exhibitions, publications, political controversies, and artists and collections in the USSR; writings, including travel notebooks regarding his trip to Russia (1959), visits with Pablo Picasso (1956), and Henri Matisse (1952); exhibition catalogs, clippings, and printed material; and photographs. Also included are material collected by Barr's wife, Margaret Scolari Barr, including Alfred Barr's obituaries, A Memorial Tribute (1981), an invitation and guest list to the memorial service, and condolence letters; and photocopies of autograph letters (circa 1920s-1970s), from the Barr's collection sold to Arthur A. Cohen in 1975.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art holds the oral history interview with Margaret Scolari Barr relating to Alfred H. Barr, 1974 February 22-May 13. The Museum of Modern Art Archives holds the Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers