Archives of American Art
Eugene Carroll papers
Carroll, Eugene A.
AAA.carreuge
Archival Resource Key
1.8 Linear feet
1955-2015
The papers of art history professor and collector Eugene Carroll (1931-2016) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1955-2015. The collection documents Carroll's interest in particular artists as a historian, a collector, and in a few instances, a friend. Carrol maintained a decades-long correspondence with artists Jacqueline Gourevitch and Marcia Marcus, and dozens of letters, postcards, and photographs in the artists files document those relationships. The collection contains a few published audiovisual CDs and DVDs and one sound cassette pertaining to the artists. Scant material relates to Carroll's tenure at Vassar College, and no material is found regarding Carroll's chief research interest, Rosso Fiorentino.
English
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Arrangement
The collection is arranged as two series.
- Series 1: Artists Files, 1955-2015 (Boxes 1-3; 1.6 linear feet)
- Series 2: Subject Files, 1955-2010 (Box 3; 0.2 linear feet)
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
Terms of Use
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2018 by the Eugene Carroll estate via David R. Stack, executor.
Preferred Citation
Eugene Carroll papers, 1955-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2018.
Scope and Contents
The papers of art history teacher and collector Eugene Carroll (1931-2016) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1955-2015. The collection documents Carroll's interest in particular artists as a historian, a collector, and in a few instances, a friend. Carrol maintained a decades-long correspondence with artists Jacqueline Gourevitch and Marcia Marcus, and dozens of letters, postcards, and photographs in the artists files document those relationships. The collection contains a few published audiovisual CDs and DVDs and one sound cassette pertaining to the artists. Scant material relates to Carroll's tenure at Vassar College, and no material is found regarding Carroll's chief research interest, Rosso Fiorentino.
Biographical / Historical
Eugene Carroll (1931-2016) was a collector and an art history professor at Vassar College from 1965-1999. He was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 1958 and received a PhD from Harvard University in 1964. In 1987, Carroll curated an exhibition on Rosso Fiorentino at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Art historians -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie
Collectors -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie
Sound recordings
Video recordings
Marcus, Marcia, 1928-
Gourevitch, Jacqueline
Artists Files
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1.6 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3
1955-2015
Scope and Contents
Artists files comprise the bulk of the collection and document artists of interest to Carroll as a historian, a collector, and in a few instances, a friend. Carrol maintained a decades-long correspondence with artists Jacqueline Gourevitch and Marcia Marcus, and dozens of letters, postcards, and photographs document those relationships. Carroll also commissioned portraits of himself from several artists, including Lennart Anderson and Andrew Raftery. Additional items consist of sales records and payment details, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, photographs and reproductions of artworks, some correspondence with artists, and additional third party correspondence. The series contains a few published audiovisual CDs and DVDs and one sound cassette pertaining to the artists.
Anderson, Lennart
Archival Resource Key
1978-2015
Includes 1 published DVD, Lennart Anderson: Seeing with Light
1
1
Charlap, Peter
Archival Resource Key
1982-2011
1
2-3
Chinn, Yuen Yuey
Archival Resource Key
1955
1
4
Churchill, Diane
Archival Resource Key
1981-1992
1
5
Cooper, Andrew
Archival Resource Key
2011
1
6
Dickinson, Edwin
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
1
7
Finkelpearl, Tom
Archival Resource Key
1985
1
8
Forman, Alice
Archival Resource Key
1983-1985
1
9
Gourevitch, Jacqueline
Archival Resource Key
1966-2005
1
10-12
Graves, Michael
Archival Resource Key
1972-2011
1
13
Greene, Ryan
Archival Resource Key
2004
1
14
Gropius, Walter
Archival Resource Key
2007-2009
Includes 1 published DVD, Conversations with Three Founding Partners of The Architects Collaborative
1
15
Guston, Philip
Archival Resource Key
1973
1
16
Hambleton, A.
Archival Resource Key
1977-1978
1
17
Krasner, Lee
Archival Resource Key
1981
1
18
Mangold, Sylvia
Archival Resource Key
2012
1
19
Marcus, Marcia
Archival Resource Key
1974-2010
1
20-22
Musho, Ted
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1996-2008
1
23
Mugnaini, Alberto
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1997
2008
1
24
Murphy, Catherine
Archival Resource Key
1983-2010
1
25-26
Norvell, Patsy
Archival Resource Key
1981
1
27
Raftery, Andrew
Archival Resource Key
1992-2010
1
28
Raftery, Andrew
Archival Resource Key
1992-2010
2
1
Roseman, Harry
Archival Resource Key
1979-2012
2
2-3
Ryan, Michael
Archival Resource Key
2002-2004
2
4
Ryan, Richard
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1982-2000
2
5
Sandback, Fred
Archival Resource Key
2010-2012
2
6
Sandback, Fred
Archival Resource Key
2010-2012
3
1
Von Baeyer, Emanuel
Archival Resource Key
2010
3
2
Willenbecher, John
Archival Resource Key
1964-2008
3
3
Wilson, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1973-2010
3
4
Wolff, Daniel
Archival Resource Key
1983-2012
Includes 1 published CD containing an audio recording by Wolff and 1 sound cassette.
3
5
Subject Files
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
0.2 Linear feet
Box 3
1955-2010
Scope and Contents
This small series contains a few folders arranged by subject, primarily pertaining to Carroll's art collection.
Art Conservation
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1985-2007
3
6
Ceramics, Rugs, Etcetera
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1970-2007
3
7
Hopi Pots
Archival Resource Key
2010
3
8
Minimalism
Archival Resource Key
2010
3
9
Postcard
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
3
10
Siege of Troy Painting
Archival Resource Key
1961
3
11
Vasari Donation
Archival Resource Key
2010
3
12