Alexander Dorner papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dorner, Alexander, 1893-1957
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Rhode Island -- Providence
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- Rhode Island -- Providence
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972-1973 by Lydia Dorner, relative of Alexander Dorner.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dorner, Alexander, 1893-1957
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian. Dorner emigrated from Germany to the U.S. and became director of the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dornalex
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence about his naturalization as a U.S. citizen; clippings as director of the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design; R.I.S.D. Bulletins; Bennington College Quarterly; and exhibition articles.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Papers of Alexander Dorner, 1834-1985, are also located at the Harvard Art Museums Archives.