Larry Aldrich papers
name: label: Creator
content: Aldrich, Larry
label: Names
content: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, Conn.)
label: Names
content: Larry L. Aldrich Foundation, Inc.
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Whitney Museum of American Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons
label: Topic
content: Art patronage
label: Topic
content: Art -- Endowments
label: Topic
content: Art -- Private collections
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972-1973 by Larry Aldrich.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aldrich, Larry
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collector; New York, N.Y.; b. 1906; d. 2001
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State)
label: Function
content: Art Museums -- Connecticut
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 630 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.aldrlarr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1953-1973, with the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art regarding, among other topics, purchase funds established for each museum by the Larry L. Aldrich Foundation, Inc., including lists of works of art approved for acquisition, and invoices; correspondence regarding Aldrich's private collection, including purchase invoices and cancelled checks, shipping and loan paperwork, and information on works from the collection consigned for sale at auction in 1963; printed material and exhibition catalogs from the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1964-1971; and 9 photographs, including works from Aldrich's private collection (2 photographs), works acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (4 photographs), and 4 views of the Aldrich Museum.