Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Bernard and Mary Berenson papers
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Biblioteca Berenson, I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Collection Identifier: BER -8
Scope and Contents:
The papers contain for both Mary and Bernard Berenson biographical material, diaries, correspondence, and writings, both published and unpublished. There is also an extensive file of "Berensoniana," writings about Berenson and Villa I Tatti, but excluding reviews of publications. The papers are organized into seven series: I. Biographical, II. Collections, Villa I Tatti, and Harvard, III. Diaries, IV. Correspondence, V. Research and Writings, VI. Berensoniana, and VII. Photographs.
Correspondence between Byzantine Institute fund contributors and Edward Forbes, January 1957 - July 1958
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
The Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork records and papers
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Subgroup:
Administrative Records
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Correspondence
File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 184
Scope and Contents:
Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.
Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes and the Forbes family
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUGFP 139
Overview:
Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969) was director of the Fogg Art Museum and lecturer in art history at Harvard University, an accomplished artist, and a world traveler. These papers document the personal and professional life of Edward Waldo Forbes and the lives of members of the Forbes family.
Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005
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Harvard Art Museums Archives
Collection Identifier: HC 2
Overview:
These papers of Fogg Museum director Edward Waldo Forbes document his administration of the museum and a wide range of personal and professional activities and interests. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1944. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including a series of correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, reports, expedition field notes and journals, printed material, newspaper clippings, blueprints, meeting minutes, letters of recommendation,...
Teaching and Research Materials Collection, 1891-1968
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Harvard Art Museums Archives
Collection Identifier: HC 20
Overview:
The papers in this collection document Edward Waldo Forbes’s career as a professor of Fine Arts, Director of the Fogg Museum, and his research interests in the technical study of works of art. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1940. The papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes and outlines, assignment descriptions, visual materials for lectures, student work, recipes, technical notes, clippings, photographs, letters of introduction, paint samples, lists, invoices, and a few...
Exhibition Records of the Harvard Art Museums, 1905-2008
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Harvard Art Museums Archives
Collection Identifier: HC 6
Overview:
These records were created by museum staff in the course of planning and installing exhibitions. They pertain primarily to exhibitions held in the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, but they also include materials related to traveling or off-site exhibitions. The records date from 1905-2008 and include correspondence on a wide range of topics, exhibition proposals, photographic prints and negatives, object lists, loan forms, press releases, clippings,...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine, July 27-29, 1938
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives, approximately 1921-1979
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.07.27
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter dated July 27, 1938 and July 29, 1938 with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) tells her it is distressing news to hear about the illness and surgery of Robert Millikan. Mildred comments on Farrand's letter of July 12 and 14, 1938 on Helen Reid and prices for Nerines, and she lists questions and comments on Casa Dorinda. Mildred Bliss addresses Dumbarton Oaks building new wing and the landscape, seeking out consultation about trees from Van...
Records of the Boston Committee of Sauvegarde de l'art Français, 1925-1938
FOUND IN:
Harvard Art Museums Archives
Collection Identifier: SC 6
Overview:
This collection includes the meeting minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Boston Committee of Sauvegarde de l'art Français ("Protection of French Art") from the years 1925-1938. Also included are maps, floor plans, publicity and notes of the French town of Larressingle, which this committee raised money to purchase and restore.