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COLLECTION Identifier: SC 22

Papers of Dan Paul, 1943-1944, undated

Overview

Class notebooks of Dan Paul (Harvard, '46) from a year-long art class (Fine Arts 1D, 1943-1944) and supplementary materials related to the class.

Dates

  • Creation: 1943-1944, n.d.

Conditions on Access:

Unrestricted

Conditions on Use:

Copyright: The donor has transferred any copyright held in these papers to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Harvard Art Museums Archives before publishing quotations from any material in the collection.

Copying: Papers may be copied in accordance with the Harvard Art Museums Archives' usual procedures.

Extent

.5 linear feet (1 file box)

Two notebooks contain lecture notes from a Harvard University art class, Fine Arts 1D, which covered the history of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting from "the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day" and was taken by Paul in 1943-1944. Some supplementary documents are included with the notebooks: exam question booklets, "blue books" containing exam essays, handouts, index cards, torn pages from books, advertisement cards, and an exterior picture of the Church of the Madeleine, Paris, France. Some of the advertising cards were used by Paul as ink blotters. Items found loose in the notebooks were placed in folders based on paper size and subject; and foldered according to the notebook from which they came.

Biography:

Dan Paul received the B.A. from Harvard College in 1946. Paul was a well-known First Amendment and environmental lawyer in Florida. Some of his clients include the Miami Herald Publishing Company, New York Times Company, National Broadcasting Company, and Wall Street Journal. In the 1960s, he represented the National Audubon Society to prevent construction of a jetport in the Everglades. He died at his home in Miami, Florida, on January 24, 2010 at the age of 85.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated by Dan Paul in November 2009.

General note

Names
  1. Dan Paul (Daniel S.), 1924-2010
  2. Eglise de la Madeleine (Paris, France)
  3. Harvard University–Students

General note

Subjects
  1. Advertising
  2. Art--History
  3. Art--Study and teaching--20th Century
  4. Art--Study and teaching--Massachusetts
  5. Art students
  6. Harvard University--History--20th Century

General note

Form/Genre Terms
  1. Exam question sheets
  2. Exam answer booklets
  3. Index cards
  4. Lecture notes
  5. Notebooks

Processing Information:

The collection was processed in May 2012 by Salma Sabreen Hussain with assistance from Susan von Salis.

Title
Papers of Dan Paul (SC 22), 1943-1944, undated: A Guide
Author
Harvard Art Museums Archives
Language of description
eng
EAD ID
art00030

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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