Joseph Hirshhorn papers regarding the Elmer MacRae papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
label: Names
content: Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Armory Show 50th anniversary exhibition (1963 : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Association of American Painters and Sculptors (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Greenwich Historical Society (Greenwich, Conn.)
label: Names
content: Brown, Milton Wolf (Milton Wolf), 1911-1998
label: Names
content: MacRae, Elmer Livingston, 1875-1953
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn papers regarding the Elmer MacRae papers were gifted to the Archives of American Art in 2016 from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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content: Joseph Hirshhorn papers regarding the Elmer MacRae papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Joseph Hirshhorn papers regarding the Elmer MacRae papers measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2012, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960 to 1975. The papers relate to Joseph Hirshhorn's acquisition of the Elmer MacRae papers, as well as their subsequent use in the 50th anniversary exhibition of the Armory Show and for Milton Brown's book, The Story of the Armory Show. The collection includes correspondence, exhibition files, loan forms, rights and reproductions forms, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) was an art collector and founding donor of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Elmer Livingston MacRae was a painter and member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors (AAPS) who served as treasurer of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, also known as the 1913 Armory Show, which introduced modern European painting and sculpture to the American public. Hirshhorn acquired the Elmer MacRae papers from the Historical Society of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1961 because the collection contained documentation of the 1913 Armory Show.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-2012
label: Date
content: bulk 1960-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hirsjosm
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 2 series.

Series 1: Acquisition of Elmer MacRae papers, 1959-2000 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Armory Show Retrospective Exhibitions and Publications, 1962-2012 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Rihoko Ueno in 2017.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Joseph Hirshhorn papers regarding the Elmer MacRae papers measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2012, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960 to 1975. The papers relate to Joseph Hirshhorn's acquisition of the Elmer MacRae papers, as well as their subsequent use in 50th anniversary exhibitions of the Armory Show and for Milton Brown's book, The Story of the Armory Show. The collection includes correspondence, exhibition files, loan forms, rights and reproductions forms, and photographs.

The first series relates to documentation of the acquisition of the Elmer MacRae papers from the Historical Society in Greenwich, Connecticut, multiple copies of an item level inventory of the collection, and correspondence with researchers.

The Armory Show retrospective exhibitions and publications files consist of correspondence, photograph reproductions requests, and photographs.  As the title suggests, the material in this series relates to later exhibitions on the Armory Show such as the 50th Anniversary celebration in New York, as well as Milton Brown's book The Story of the Armory Show. There are also loan requests for artifacts from the Armory Show for display in other exhibitions.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Walt Kuhn, Walt Kuhn family papers and Armory Show records as well as Elmer Livingston MacRae papers on the Association of American Painters and Sculptors.