A. Hyatt Mayor papers
name: label: Creator
content: Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Moffett & Sheldon
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content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Bacchelli, Mario
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content: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
label: Names
content: Biddle, George, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978
label: Names
content: Hirsch, Joseph, 1910-1981
label: Names
content: Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973
label: Names
content: Ivins, Barbara
label: Names
content: Ivins, Katherine
label: Names
content: Kent, Norman, 1903-1972
label: Names
content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
label: Names
content: Mayor, Alfred G.
label: Names
content: Mayor, Joseph Henry
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content: Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
label: Names
content: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
label: Names
content: Sachs, Maurice, 1906-1945
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content: Sanchez, Emilio, 1921-1999
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- History
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1344 was lent for microfilming 1977-1978 by A. Hyatt Mayor; a portion was subsequently donated 1980-1981 by Virginia Mayor, his widow, along with additional (unmicrofilmed) material. Material on reels 2322 & 2336 lent for microfilming 1981 by Martha Smith, Mayor's daughter. An additional group of manuscripts and writings was received in 1985 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which had borrowed the material from Mrs. Mayor and returned it to AAA at her request.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: A. Hyatt Mayor (1901-1980) was a museum curator, art historian, and writer, from New York, N.Y. Former curator of prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1815-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mayoa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1344, 2322, & 2336 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1344 (part): Originals returned to Virginia Mayor after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 2322 & 2336: Originals returned to Martha Smith after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; scrapbooks and diaries; writings; photographs; medals; passport; engagement calendars; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1344: Letters, 1931-1977, from John Taylor Arms, George Biddle, Mario Bacchelli, Ralston Crawford, Joseph Hirsch, Norman Kent, Leon Kroll, Ezra Pound, Maxfield Parrish, Emilio Sanchez, Barbara and Katherine Ivins, and others. Also included is a photograph of a 1961 poster exhibition, a lecture announcement and Mayor's lecture schedule, writings, and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2322: Ten volumes, 1917-1927, composed while traveling and studying, mostly in Europe. Six volumes contain postcards of architecture and art, a few photos, and typescripts and transcripts of letters to Mayor's grandmother "Minn" [Andella Hyatt], and to "Aunt Anna" [Anna Hyatt Huntington]. He writes about his studies, daily activities, friends, and others, including Bernhard Berenson at i Tatti. Three volumes are diaries written while in Florence, Italy, 1924-1925, Europe, 1925, and Egypt, 1927; and one volume contains reminiscenses of Leon Kroll and Maurice Sachs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2336: 20 letters from Mayor to his wife from Spain, 1959, and Europe, 1966; an annotated, 99-page manuscript by Mayor, "The Mutations of Greece"; a travel diary, 1927; and a copy of MAGAZINE OF ART, 1952, with an article by Mayor, "Writing and Painting in China."
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Papers, 1815-1980, including: a passport, 1949-1953; engagement calendars, 1966-1979; personal and business correspondence, 1911-1979; letters to Eliza Cadwell Blackwell (Mayor) from Francis Blackwell, 1815-1819; photographs of Mayor, his family and others, and negatives; published and unpublished writings by Mayor including handwritten notes, typescripts of lectures, galley proofs and newsletters containing articles by Mayor; 3 medals awarded to Francis Blackwell Mayor, 1852-1855; A. Hyatt Mayor's degree from Princeton, 1922, and a citation from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971; printed material concerning Mayor's aunt, Anna Hyatt Huntington, catalogs, clippings; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Among the photos are: 4 cased daguerreotypes, 1 cased ambrotype, and 11 tintypes, including one taken by Moffett & Sheldon, Newark, N.J., 2 possibly of Alfred G. Mayor, ca. 1868, 1 of Alfred G. Mayor, ca. 1880, and 2 of Joseph Henry Mayor, ca. May 26, 1880.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Manuscripts and writings.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: A. Hyatt Mayor Papers, 1904-1946, are located at Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center.