Brooklyn Museum records
name: label: Creator
content: Brooklyn Museum
label: Names
content: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Albee, Grace
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Alps, Glen
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Ballinger, Maxil, 1914-
label: Names
content: Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
label: Names
content: Beny, Roloff
label: Names
content: Boyd, Fiske, 1895-1975
label: Names
content: Broner, Robert, 1922-
label: Names
content: Casarella, Edmond, 1920-1996
label: Names
content: Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
label: Names
content: Citron, Minna Wright, 1896-1991
label: Names
content: Conover, Robert F. (Robert Fremont), 1920-
label: Names
content: Day, Worden, 1916-1986
label: Names
content: Deshaies, Arthur
label: Names
content: Drewes, Werner, 1899-1985
label: Names
content: Fox, William Henry, 1858-1952
label: Names
content: Frasconi, Antonio
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content: Fuchs, Emil, 1866-1929
label: Names
content: Goldin, Leon, 1923-
label: Names
content: Gropper, William, 1897-1977
label: Names
content: Hart, George Overbury, 1868-1933
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Heller, Helen West, d. 1955
label: Names
content: Hoff, Margo
label: Names
content: Jones, John Paul, 1924-
label: Names
content: Kohn, Misch, 1916-
label: Names
content: Lachaise, Isabelle Nagle, d. 1957
label: Names
content: Lang, David, b. 1897
label: Names
content: Martinelli, Ezio, 1913-1980
label: Names
content: Moy, Seong
label: Names
content: Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
label: Names
content: Pierce, Danny, 1920-
label: Names
content: Pozzatti, Rudy, 1925-
label: Names
content: Sager, Peter
label: Names
content: Schanker, Louis, 1903-1981
label: Names
content: Schrag, Karl
label: Names
content: Suba, Susanne, 1913-
label: Names
content: Sykes, Maltby
label: Names
content: Takal, Peter, 1905-
label: Names
content: Von Wicht, John, 1888-1970
label: Names
content: Wald, Sylvia, 1915-2011
label: Names
content: Warsager, Hyman J., 1909-1974
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
label: Names
content: Yoshida, Tōshi, 1911-
label: Names
content: Zoellner, Richard
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Museum administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1964-1965 by Brooklyn Museum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brooklyn Museum
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Brooklyn Museum had its roots in the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, founded 1823. The Museum was formed in 1889.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items (reels of microfilm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1823-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.broomuse2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels BR1- BR25 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Brooklyn Museum.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A microfilm inventory for this collection is available at all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Included are extensive memoirs of William Henry Fox director of the museum for over 25 years; scattered records of the Brooklyn Institute, 1823-1873; catalogs for Brooklyn Museum exhibits (4 1/2 reels) and for exhibits held in various galleries and museums, primarily in N.Y. (14 reels); brief records of the Dept. of Painting and Sculpture primarily relating to Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington; records of the Dept. of Prints and Drawings, mainly regarding exhibitions, including correspondence, much of it with curator Una Johnson, correspondence with art dealers, files on artists, and statistics on exhibitions, 1936-1939; and records of the Registrar's office, 1933-1936, regarding the museum's involvement in the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, mainly the Graphic Arts Division.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dept. of Prints & Drawings artists files relate to: Grace Albee, Josef Albers, Glen Alps, Maxil Ballinger, Leonard Baskin, Wilfred Roloff Beny, Fiske Boyd, Robert Broner, Edmond Casarella, Minna Citron, Robert Conover, Worden Day, Arthur Deshaies, Werner Drewes, Antonio Frasconi, Leon Goldin, William Gropper, Stanley William Hayter, Helen West Heller, Margo Hoff, John Paul Jones, Misch Kohn, David Lang, Ezio Martinelli, Seong Moy, Danny Pierce, Rudolph Pozzatti, Peter Sager, Louis Schanker, Karl Schrag, Susanne Suba, Maltby Sykes, Peter Takal, John Von Wicht, Sylvia Wald, Hyman Warsager, Max Weber, Toshi Yoshida, Richard Zoellner, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Other correspondents of note (reels BR21-22) include John Taylor Arms, Mary Cassatt (1 letter, 1903), George Overbury "Pop" Hart, Mrs. Gaston Lachaise, Joseph Pennell (re Whistler), and a group from art dealers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are papers of and related to Austrian artist Emil Fuchs, including letters regarding commissions, a list of books and prints, and miscellany.