Richard Brown Baker papers
name: label: Creator
content: Baker, Richard Brown
label: Names
content: Cole, Alphaeus Philemon, 1876-1988
label: Names
content: Freeman, Marion Baker, 1909-1962
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels D105, 1045 and 1754-1755 lent for microfilming 1962-1980 by Baker. He donated the Cole letters on reel 3482 in 1963, and material on reels 132 and 2786, and tapes, in 1971.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baker, Richard Brown
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collector; New York, N.Y; b. 1912; d. Jan. 22, 2002 at age 89.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet ((ca. 560 items partially microfilmed on 7 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bakerich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D105, 132, 1045, 1754-1755, 2786, and 3482 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels D105, 1045 and 1754-1755: Originals returned to Baker after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily material relating to Baker's contemporary art collection. Also included are taped excerpts from journals, and 3 family letters from Alphaeus P. Cole.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1754-1755: Files on 27 exhibitions of contemporary art, 1959-1979, selected from Baker's collection, containing correspondence with curators, press releases, clippings, diary excerpts, catalogs, and photographs of exhibition installations.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 132: Exhibition catalogs, 1964-1969, tour itineraries for the collection; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1045: A card file on Baker's collection, arranged by artist, listing title, size, material, provenance, and exhibition history; and an acquisition book for the collection, arranged by numbers corresponding to the date acquired, 1941-1976.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2786: Four letters, 1961-1963, to Baker including one about a proposed article by James Fitzsimmons on Baker for ART INTERNATIONAL and typescripts of two lectures delivered by Baker at Drew University on February 18, 1962 and Wellesley College on May 6, 1963.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D105: Five catalogs, two clippings, one manuscript and typescript "Notes on the Development of My Collection."
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3482: Letters, 1948-1949, from portrait painter Alphaeus P. Cole to Baker's father, Harvey Baker, and his sister, Marion Baker Freeman, Providence, R.I., regarding a portrait by Cole of Freeman, commissioned by Harvey Baker through Grand Central Galleries.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: 44 untranscribed tapes (5") containing excerpts from Baker's journals, 1963; and one folder of photographs of Baker and exhibition installations of his collections.