John Kenneth Byard papers
name: label: Creator
content: Byard, John Kenneth, 1886-1959
label: Names
content: Adler, A. M. (Abraham M), 1902-1985
label: Names
content: Flynt, Henry N. (Henry Needham), 1893-1970
label: Names
content: Hanan, Robert B.
label: Names
content: Jetté, Ellerton Marcel
label: Names
content: McClure, J. Reed
label: Names
content: Moore, Cornelius C., 1885-1970
label: Names
content: Wasserman, Otto M., 1901-
label: Names
content: Webb, Electra Havemeyer
topic: label: Occupation
content: Antique dealers -- Connecticut -- Norwalk
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1959-1961 by Mrs. John Kenneth Byard, widow of Byard.
creator: label: Creator
content: Byard, John Kenneth, 1886-1959
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art and antique dealer; Norwalk, Conn.. Byard graduated from Columbia Law School in 1911. Ill health prompted Byard to move to the country, where he made his interest in early American antiques into a business. The library at the Heritage Foundation in Deerfield, Massachusetts, bears his name.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,150 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.byarjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 102 and 103 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relating mainly to Byard's business as a dealer in American antique furniture. Included are correspondence, 1950-1960, with Henry N. Flynt, Robert B. Hanan, A. M. Adler (Hirschl & Adler), Ellerton M. Jette, Cornelius C. Moore, Dr. J. Reed McClure, Otto M. Wasserman, Electra Webb (Shelburne Museum), and others; a scrapbook, 1908; notes from lectures; an obituary notice; and letters to Mrs. Dorothy Byard after her husband's death.