Roy R. Neuberger papers
name: label: Creator
content: Neuberger, Roy R.
label: Names
content: Africano, Nicholas, 1948-
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content: Ajay, Abe
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content: Austin, Darrel, 1907-
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content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
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content: Baldessari, John, 1931-
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content: Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
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content: Bearden, Romare (1911-1988)
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content: Brooks, James, 1906-1992
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content: Browne, Byron, 1907-1961
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content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
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content: Constant, George
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content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
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content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
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content: Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
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content: Gatch, Lee, 1902-1968
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content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
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content: Hurd, Peter, 1904-1984
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content: Kinigstein, Jonah, 1923-
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content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
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content: Kopman, Benjamin, b. 1887
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content: Lamis, Leroy, 1925-
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content: Laufman, Sidney, 1891-
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content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
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content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Levine, Les, 1935-
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content: Maccoy, Guy C., 1904-1981
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content: Magriel, Paul David, 1906-
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content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
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content: Moller, Hans, 1905-
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content: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
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content: Orr, Elliot, 1904-1997
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content: Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971
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content: Quirt, Walter, 1902-
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content: Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
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content: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
label: Names
content: Roth, Frank, 1936-
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content: Rothschild, Judith
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content: Schueler, Jon, 1916-
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content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
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content: Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
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content: Snyder, Joan, 1940-
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content: Sonfist, Alan
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content: Steinberg, Saul
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content: Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976
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content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
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content: Wight, Frederick Stallknecht, 1902-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art patronage -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Artists and patrons -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Artists' books
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: "Birthday books" on reels NSM 1 and 4588 lent for microfilming 1963 and 1992 by Neuberger. He donated the unmicrofilmed material in 1975 and 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Neuberger, Roy R.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collector, patron; New York, N.Y. Born 1903. A collector of primarily American art. President of the American Federation of the Arts, 1958-1968; a trustee and member of Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art; honorary trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; member of the executive committee of the Council of Friends, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; and many other positions and memberships. A large part of his private art collection was donated to the Neuberger Museum of Art at the State University of New York College at Purchase.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.neubroy
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel NSM 1 (fr. 1-64) and 4588 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels NSM 1 and 4588:: Originals returned to the lender, Roy R. Neuberger, after microfilming and are now open to researchers at the Neuberger Museum of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, printed material, photographs; and "birthday books" containing drawings and writings by artists sent to Neuberger on his 50th and 75th birthdays.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL NSM 1: A "Birthday Book," 1953, for Neuberger containing drawings, sketches and written birthday greetings from 38 artists, compiled by Mrs. Neuberger. Contributors include Alexander Calder, Byron Browne, George Constant, Adolph Gottlieb, Jack Levine, Lyonel Feininger, Lee Gatch, Benjamin Kopman, Jonah Kinigstein, Karl Knaths, William Baziotes, Peter Hurd, Walter Quirt, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, George L. K. Morris, Hans Moller, Guy Maccoy, Irene Rice Pereira, Max Weber, Stuart Davis, Charles Sheeler, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Darrel Austin, Philip Evergood, Saul Steinberg, Elliot Orr, and John Marin.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4588: A scrapbook containing illustrated birthday cards from artists sent to Neuberger on the occasion of his 75th birthday (1978). Included are cards from Nicolas Africano, Abe Ajay, John Baldessari, Romare Bearden, James Brooks, Les Levine, Judith Rothschild, Joan Snyder, and Alan Sonfist, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Material relating to Neuberger's activities as an art collector, patron, and trustee consisting of: clippings, exhibiton catalogs and announcements; photographs; and correspondence with Leroy Lamis, Sidney Laufman, Paul David Magriel, Larry Rivers, Frank Roth, Jon Rudolf Schueler, Hudson Walker and Frederick Stallknecht Wight.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Correspondence with artists and other prominent people including: Edward Albee, Alexander Calder, Merce Cunningham, Lyonel Feininger, Henry Geldzahler, Henry Moore, Gerald Ford, Robert F. Kennedy, John V. Lindsay, George McGovern and Nelson Rockefeller. Also included are a letter from Mr. and Mrs. John Walker relating to their trip to Europe to return the "Mona Lisa" to the Louvre in 1963; printed material relating to Nelson Rockefeller; and four lists of art related papers remaining with Neuberger.