Scope and Contents
This subseries includes glass and print negatives of historical images of the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s collections, exhibitions, and buildings. Folders 147-160 contain glass negatives of plaster casts in Adolphus Busch Hall, some of which are damaged (prints made November 2001 and placed in object files). Folders 161-223 contain “archival” building photographs that are mostly undated, some of which are missing. Folders 224-257 include materials, some damaged, that were originally housed in a box titled "Old Busch Photos negatives + checklist, sorted 1981." Folders 161-257 previously may have been filed according to a numbering system that is captured in the folder title.
Dates
- Creation: 1819-2011
Language of Materials
Collection materials are mostly in German and English, but also include some materials in Swedish, Dutch, and Italian.
Conditions on Access:
Access: Unrestricted
Extent
41 linear feet (19 file boxes, 1 half file box, 6 record cartons, 19 12x15 folio boxes, 6 13x18 folio boxes, 2 4x10.75 slide boxes)Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Art Museums Archives Repository
The Harvard Art Museums Archives is the official repository for institutional records and historical documents in all formats relating to the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 1895 to the present. Its collections include papers of individuals and groups associated with the museums' history, including records of past exhibitions, architectural plans, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia, as well as correspondence with collectors, gallery owners, museum professionals, and artists throughout the twentieth century. Its holdings also document the formation of the museums' collections and its mission as a teaching institution.
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