Chavannes, Edouard, 1865-1918

Scope and Contents:

Contains correspondence in French to Warner and Alice Getty from 1914 to 1915 and a business card of Edouard Chavannes. Correspondence is mainly professional in nature; in some cases, letters discuss military service and World War I, as well as Chinese and Japanese artifacts, and photographs that were taken in China.

Overview: Langdon Warner (1881-1955) was a curator of Far Eastern Art at Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum from 1923 to 1950, and was an advisor to the United States military on Far Eastern shrines and art centers in World War II. The Langdon Warner personal archive documents Warner's career as a curator, art historian, and lecturer and illustrates his roles as an authority on Asian art and culture, especially on Japanese and Chinese art and culture. The collection provides a view of United...