Archives of American Art
William Mills Ivins papers
Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961
AAA.ivinwill
Archival Resource Key
20.5 Linear feet
1878-1964
The papers, 1878-1964 (20.5 linear feet) of museum curator, director, and art scholar William Mills Ivins (1881-1961) consist of correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and Ivins family papers. Ivins was Curator of Prints, 1916-1946, Assistant Director, 1933-1938, and Acting Director, 1938-1940 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence with art historians, art dealers, museum curators, print and book collectors, and artists concerning the history of print making, book design and illustration, print collectors and collecting, exhibitions, and museum administration. Also found are Ivins' published and unpublished writings and lectures, and notes. The collection contains some Ivins' family papers including family correspondence, genealogies, and photographs.
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Biographical Note
William Mills Ivins, Jr. (1881-1961), a lawyer, first became interested in collecting prints and illustrated books while an undergraduate at Harvard. He studied the history of printmaking through self-directed reading, by looking at prints in the major European libraries and museums, and tried his hand at many of the printmaking processes. While practicing law, he wrote articles and organized some small exhibitions of prints as early as 1908. In 1916, the Metropolitan Museum of Art appointed its first Curator of Prints to organize a Department of Prints and Drawings and to develop its small existing collection. Upon the recommendation of Paul J. Sachs who was unable to accept the position, Ivins was selected. He held the post until his retirement some thirty years later.
During his tenure as Curator of Prints, Ivins became one of the most highly-respected individuals in the profession. Under Ivins the collection grew in scope, size, and quality; he acquired materials by cultivating potential donors, and through systematic purchase of pieces not likely to come into the collection by bequest. The department's active exhibition schedule included some especially noteworthy shows, such as The Arts of the Book in 1924.
Ivins was knowledgeable and shared information by writing several books on prints and the history of printmaking, and by writing large numbers of articles for the educated layman. His articles often highlighted items in the permanent collection, and frequently appeared in the museum's Bulletin. He was interested in perspective, psychology of perception, aesthetics, mathematics and modern philosophy, and wrote on these topics, as well.
He was an accomplished speaker and was in much demand as a lecturer. Of particular note were his series on Illustrated Books of the Renaissance at the Morgan Library in 1936, and the 1950 Lowell Lectures (subsequently published under the title Prints and Visual Communication).
In addition to his curatorial duties, Ivins served as Assistant Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1933 and 1938, and was its Acting Director from 1938 until 1940. Francis Henry Taylor was appointed Director in 1940, and Ivins was named to the newly created post of Counselor; failure to attain the directorship was a bitter disappointment, which many attributed to his lack of tact and generally difficult disposition.
Ivins retired in 1946, and continued to write and publish until the mid-1950's. During this period he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Yale University (1946), made an honorary fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1946), named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1950), and invited to deliver the annual lectures at the Lowell Institute (1950). He died at the age of eighty in 1961, after several years of declining health.
Ivins' private collection of prints and illustrated books, which he had continued to amass through the 1930's, was partially dispersed during his lifetime through gifts to the Metropolitan Museum and to a number of university and special libraries. The portion remaining in his estate was sold at auction by Parke Bernet between 1962 and 1964.
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1881
born to William Mills Ivins and Emma Yard Ivins, Flatbush, N.Y.
1890-1893
attended King's School, Stamford, Conn.
1896
trip to South America with father
1897
graduation from St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
1901
graduation from Harvard (A.B.)
1901-1902
travelled in Europe with Paul Haviland, and studied economics at University of Munich
1902-1904
employed by The World's Work, writing articles on economic and artistic subjects
1907
graduation from Columbia School of Law
1907-1916
practiced law in New York City: Ivins, Wolff and Houget for New York Public Service Commission, 1907-1908; Strong and Cadwallader, 1908-1909; Cravath, Henderson, and der Gersdorff, 1909-1916
1908
arranged first exhibition of prints, Keppel & Co,
1910
marriage to Florence Wyman, an illustrator
1916
appointed first Curator of Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art
c. 1927-1935
served on editorial board of Metropolitan Museum Studies
1933-1938
Assistant Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1937
Morgan Library Lectures
1938
Honorary Curator of Prints and Drawings, Morgan Library
1938-1940
Acting Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Note: Mr. Ivins continued to act as Curator of Prints during periods when he was assigned other major administrative responsibilities at the museum)
1940
Counselor, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1946
Honorary Fellow, Metropolitan Museum of Art; retirement from Metropolitan Museum of Art; Honorary Doctorate, Yale University
1950
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Lowell Lectures (published in 1953 under the title Prints and Visual Communication)
1961
death
1962-1964
Ivins Collection of Prints and Illustrated Books sold at auction by Parke Bernet
1977-1983
William M. Ivins, Jr. Papers donated to the Archives of American Art by his daughter, Barbara Ivins
Scope and Content Note
The papers, 1878-1964 (20.5 linear feet) of museum curator, director, and art scholar William Mills Ivins (1881-1961) consist of personal and professional correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and Ivins family papers. Ivins was Curator of Prints, 1916-1946, Assistant Director, 1933-1938, and Acting Director, 1938-1940 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence with art historians, art dealers, museum curators, print and book collectors, and artists concerning the history of print making, book design and illustration, print collectors and collecting, exhibitions, and museum administration. Correspondence files appear to be complete, and correspondence is of substantive content. Also found are Ivins' published and unpublished writings and lectures, and notes. Of particular interest are the letters from Bernard Berenson, Paul J. Sachs, and Theodore Sizer, each of whom corresponded with Ivins freqently over extended periods about both personal and professional and matters.
Ivins' family papers include family correspondence, genealogies, and photographs. The papers of Ivin's wife, illustrator Florence Wyman Ivins (1881-1948), and the correspondence of several other relatives, can be found here augmented by family photographs.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into 7 series. The contents and organization are noted in the individual series descriptions.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Professional and Personal Papers, circa 1908-1961 (Boxes 1-8; 6.5 linear ft.)
- Series 2: Writings, circa 1910-1960 (Boxes 8-12; 4.9 linear ft.)
- Series 3: Publications, 1896-1958 (Boxes 13-14; 2.0 linear ft.)
- Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1915, undated (Box 15; 1.0 linear ft.)
- Series 5: Ivins Family Papers, 1878-1964, undated (Boxes 16-20; 4.5 linear ft.)
- Series 6: Photographs, circa 1890-1940 (Boxes 20-21; 1.5 linear ft.)
- Series 7: Oversized Material, 1897-1950 (1 OV folder)
Provenance
The William Mills Ivins, Jr., papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by his daughter, Barbara Ivins, in several installments between 1977 and 1983.
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Preferred Citation
William Mills Ivins papers, 1878-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Cathy Stover in 1988. The finding aid was modified during EAD conversion by Stephanie Ashley in 2002. Additional work on the collection was completed by intern Carrol Park in 2012.
Illustrators
Aesthetics
Art museums
Book collectors and collecting
Museum directors
Perspective
Designers
Museums -- Acquisitions
Art historians
Prints -- History
Etching -- History
Engraving -- History
Medicine and art -- History
Illustrated books -- History
Museum curators
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956
Ivins, William Mills, 1851-1915
Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965
Ruzicka, Rudolph, 1883-
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957
Pierpont Morgan Library
Webster, Herman A. (Herman Armour), 1878-1970
Sizer, Theodore, 1892-1967
Simonson, Lee, 1888-
Sarton, George, 1884-1956
Winter, Carl, 1906 Jan. 10-
Wind, Edgar, 1900-
Käsebier, Gertrude, 1852-1934
Ames, Winslow
Arensberg, Walter, 1878-1954
Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
Century Association (New York, N.Y.)
Ivins, Emma Yard, 1857-1940
Ivins, Barbara
Ivins, Katherine
Ivins, Florence Wyman, 1881-1948
Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950
Friedländer, Max J., 1867-1958
Holmes, Margaret Ivins, 1882-1954
Grolier Club
Constable, W. G. (William George), 1887-1976
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948
Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934
Boas, George, 1891-
Carrington, Fitz Roy, 1869-1954
Professional and Personal Papers
Series 1
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circa 1908-1961
(Boxes 1-8; 6.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
This series contains the personal and professional correspondence of William M. Ivins, Jr., consisting mainly of letters addressed to Ivins, with copies of his replies amounting to about five percent of the total. Correspondence with relatives can be found with the Ivins Family Papers.
Of particular interest are the letters of Bernard Berenson, Paul J. Sachs, and Theodore Sizer, each of whom correspondend with Ivins frequently over extended periods; their letters pertain to both professional and personal matters. Very few copies of Ivins' letters to them are contained in the collection; however, Ivins' letters to Sizer (approximately 110 items, dated 1926-1959) are in the collection of Yale University Library.
Also included are letters of condolence upon the death of his wife, Florence Wyman Ivins, in 1948, and correspondence and receipts from print dealers and booksellers concerning purchases for Ivins' personal collection.
Arrangement note
This series is organized into three subseries: - 1.1: Correspondence, A-Z, circa 1908-1961
- 1.2: Metropolitan Museum of Art, General Office Files and Correspondence, circa 1919-1947
- 1.3: Correspondence With Publishers, 1932-1958
Correspondence, A-Z
1.1
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circa 1908-1961
Arrangement note
The correspondence is arranged alphabetically, usually by the author's name rather than the institution or firm represented. There are a very small number of files titled by subject (e.g., "Woodbury, Conn. property") included in the alphabetical sequence. The correspondents listed below are represented by at least ten letters each, with a separate folder for each individual. All others are in general files for each letter of the alphabet, with selected correspondents noted.
Correspondence, A
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1
1-2
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(including Elmer Adler)
Alford, Roberta Fansler
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1933-1959
1
3
Alford, Roberta Fansler
Ames, Adelbert, Jr.
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1940-1947
1
4
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(about physiology of vision and psychology of perception)
Ames, Winslow
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1947-1958
1
5
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(about WMI writings, particularly Art and Geometry; family news; announcement of departure from Springfield Art Museum)
Arensberg, Walter
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1909-1930
1
6
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(recommending Marcel Duchamp and Walter Pach as assistants in Print Department; symbolism in "The Melancholia"; WMI's reminiscences of Arensberg [classmate, Harvard, 1090], in response to a request from Fiske Kimball)
Arms, John Taylor
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1930-1948
1
7
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(tribute on the occasion of WMI's retirement; invitations; letters about juries, Brooklyn Society of Etchers, and other organizations for printmakers)
Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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1911
1
8
Correspondence, B
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1
9-13
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(includes Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1937; Beal, Gifford. 1935)
Baerwald, Emil
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1917-1949
1
14
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(about print collecting and recent sales; comments on WMI writings; Max Friedlander)
Barlow, T. D.
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1927-1953
1
15
Scope and Contents note
(about print collecting and books)
Benson, John
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1952-1956
1
16
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1925-1926
1
17
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1927-1928
1
18
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1929
1
19
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1930
1
20
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1931
1
21
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1932
1
22
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1933
1
23
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1934
1
24
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1935
1
25
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1936-1939
1
26
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1946-1947
1
27
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1948-1949
1
28
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1950
1
29
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1951
1
30
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1952
1
31
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1953
1
32
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1954
1
33
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1955
1
34
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1956
1
35
Berenson, Bernard and Nicky
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1957-1961
1
36
Boas, George
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1
37-40
Born, Kay
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1956-1961
1
41-43
Brooks, Van Wyck, and Gladys
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1951-1959
1
44
Burroughs, Alan
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1934-1957
1
45
Burroughs, Bryson
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1922-1934
1
46
Scope and Contents note
(MMA news, including death of E. Robinson; family news; charicatures of Acting Director Reily and unknown)
Burroughs, Louise [Mrs. Bryson]
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1948-1961
1
47
Correspondence, C
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1
48-52
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(includes: Clarke, Kenneth, 1929; Cleland, Thomas; Cortissoz, Royal, 1916-1935)
Carrington, FitzRoy
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1908-1955
2
1
Scope and Contents note
(about print collecting; WMI writings for Print Collectors Quarterly Print Dept., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; recent books about prints; ts of article by FC, "Some Designs by Florence Wyman Ivins")
Century Association
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1934-1949
2
2
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(includes: Beal, Gifford; Tack, Augustus Vincent)
Champion, Librarie Ancienne
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1921-1927
2
3
Scope and Contents note
(correspondence, receipts and invoices regarding purchases by WMI for personal collection)
Chase, Beulah Dimmick, and Julian
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1946-1958
2
4
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle
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1921-1956
2
5
Scope and Contents note
(about WMI's writings; calligraphy; books and collecting; Fitzilliam Museum; news of mutual friends)
Cohn, Alfred E., and Aggie Lockwood (Mrs. Manus [daughter?])
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1920-1959
2
6-7
Scope and Contents note
(about art; philosophy; opinions of recently published books; comments on WMI's writings, particularly Art and Geometry; news of mutual friends; reports on health of AEC; also included are WMI's letters to AEC, removed from AEC's files and sent to WMI by the Executor of the estate)
Constable, William George
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1932-1961
2
8-9
Scope and Contents note
(about his own writings and speeches, and those of WMI; Bernard Berenson; collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; travels; fakes)
Correspondence, D
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2
10-12
Scope and Contents note
(includes: Davies, Arthur B. 1921; Dillyae, Blanche, 1908-1909; duBois, Guy Pene, undated; Duchamp, Marcel, 1926-1927)
Dana, John Cotton
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1917-1925
2
13
Scope and Contents note
(about organization of the Newark Public Library, recordkeeping, and curatorial practices)
DeForest, Robert W.
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1918-1930
2
14
Scope and Contents note
(about WMI writins; MMA administrative matters; invitations)
Dodgson, Campbell
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1918-1943
2
15
Scope and Contents note
(about Contemporary Art Society, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Print Collectors Quarterly)
Correspondence, E
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2
16
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(includes Easby, Dudley T, 1948-1958)
Elliott, Huger, and Elizabeth Shippen Green
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1927-1949
2
17
Emmett, Burton
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1921-1929
2
18
Erlich, Evelyn
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1948-1950
2
19
Correspondence, F
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2
20-21
Firuski, Maurice
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1953-1960
2
22
Scope and Contents note
(books offered and purchased for WMI collection at Housatonuc Bookshop, Salisbury, Conn.; some news of mutual friends)
Frankfurter, Felix
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1940-1960
2
23
Scope and Contents note
(about Bernard Berenson; news of mutual friends)
Frick Collection
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1939-1947
2
24
Scope and Contents note
(about WMI lectures there)
Friedlander, Max J.
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1927-1945
2
25
Fulton, John E.
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1947-1948
2
26
Scope and Contents note
(about Vesalius)
Correspondence, G
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2
27-28
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(includes: Gabo, Miriam [Mrs. Naum], and Nina [daughter], 1942-1953; Gallatin, A. E., 1943-1947)
Ginsberg, Jekuthiel
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1942-1953
2
29
Scope and Contents note
(about WMI articles for Scripta Mathematica)
Greene, Belle da Costa
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1917-1947
2
30
Greene, Belle da Costa
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(about mutual friends; Bernard Berenson see also: Grolier Club Morgan Library)
Grolier Club
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1916-1959
2
31-34
Scope and Contents note
(arrangements for exhibitions and other club business; includes letters from Cassatt, Mary, 1919, 1924; Greene, Belle da Costa, 1921; Havemeyer, Mrs. H.O., 1919; Pennell, Joseph, 1918-1921; Woodbury, Charles H. C., 1921; Young, Mahonri. undated; miscellaneous printed matter, notes, drafts and catalog text)
Correspondence, H
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3
1-4
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(includes: Haviland, Paul, 1908; Hind, Arthur M., 1920-1953; Hopkinson, Charles, 1946-1952)
Harvard Club
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3
5
Harvard University
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3
6
Scope and Contents note
(includes Class of 1901; general)
Hauser, Walter
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1946-1956
3
7
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA staff)
Hofer, Philip
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1935-1950
3
8
Howard, Ros
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1945-1948
3
9
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(about Art and Geometry; psychology and physiology of perception; Bernard Berenson)
Howson, Roger
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1953-1956
3
10
Correspondence, I
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3
11
Iconophiles
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1926-1953
3
12
Correspondence, J
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3
13
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(includes: Janson, H. W)
Correspondence, K
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3
14-17
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(includes: Kepple, Frederick 1911-1913)
Kelley, Nicholas
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1920-1960
3
18
Kent, Henry W.
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1910-1948
3
19-20
Scope and Contents note
(comments on writings and speeches of WMI; MMA administration)
Correspondence, L
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3
21-22
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(includes: Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, 1930; Loewy, Raymond, 1934)
Lay, Charles Downing
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1926-1960
3
23
Scope and Contents note
(about C. Goodhue Memorial Exhibition; WMI's writings; calligraphy; news of mutual friends)
Lefferts, Helen Lambert
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1957-1958
3
24
Scope and Contents note
(about Daumier exhibition)
Library of Congress
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1945-1946
3
25
Lockwood, Will, and Louise
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1955-1960
3
26
Lowell Institute
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1949
3
27
Scope and Contents note
(regarding Annual Lectures)
Correspondence, M
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3
28-33
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(includes MacBride, Henry, 1929; Mielziner, Leo, and Ella F. 1917-1955)
McMahon, A. Philip
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1928-1947
3
34
Scope and Contents note
(about own writings and those of WMI)
Malloch, Archibald
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1932-1953
3
35
Scope and Contents note
(about Vesalian essays)
Mansfield, Howard, and Helen
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1917-1948
3
36
Scope and Contents note
(comments on WMI's writings; exhibitions and acquisitions of MMA; biographical notes on HM)
Mather, Frank Jewett
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1921-1946
3
37
Scope and Contents note
(lists of printmakers for his book; about WMI review of Gabriel book)
Mayor, A. Hyatt, and Virginia
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1940-1960
3
38
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA; writings of WMI)
Merriman, Daniel
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1947-1956
3
39
Scope and Contents note
(about Davenport College, Yale University)
Moe, Henry Allen
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1938-1955
3
40
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(about perspective and geometry; applicants for Guggenheim Fellowships)
Morgan, Junius Spencer
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3
41
Scope and Contents note
(about his collection and new acquisitions)
Morgan Library
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1922-1958
3
42
Scope and Contents note
(appointment of WMI as Honorary Curator of Prints and Drawings; acquisitions; invitations; see also: Greene, Belle da Costa)
Mosenthal & Sons Insurance
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3
43
Morison, Stanley
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1925-1934
3
44
Scope and Contents note
(about books and prints; printing; The Fleuron (journal of typography); news of mutual friends)
Munroe, Vernon
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1923-1957
4
1
Munson, Ida
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1960-1961
4
2
Correspondence, N
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4
3-5
Newlin, Alice
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1924
4
6
Correspondence, O
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4
7
Oppenheimer, Henry
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1919-1936
4
8
Osborne, William Church
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1925-1946
4
9
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA administration and policy; writings of WMI; WMI's recommendations for Bulletin)
Correspondence, P
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4
10-15
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(includes: Pach, Walter, 1921-1955; Phillips, Duncan, 1929-1930; Print Club of Cleveland, 1923-1945; Print Club (of Philadelphia Pa.), 1925-1926; Print Club of Rochester, 1931-1932; Print Collectors Quarterly, 1922-1924; Print Makers Society of California, 1921)
Panofsky, Erwin
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1932-1935
4
16
Pease, Murray
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1945-1950
4
17
Quartich, Bernard
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1918-1934
4
18
Scope and Contents note
(invoices and letters concerning purchases of books for WMI personal library)
Correspondence, R
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4
19-22
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(includes: Rorimer, James, 1934-1961; Rosenbach, A.S.W., 1931; Rosenberg, Jakob, 1927-1953)
Redmond, Rollin
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1944-1948
4
23
Riggs, Lawrason
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1933-1960
4
24
Robinson, Edward
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1917-1941
4
25
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA Print Dept.; other museum business, including loans and exhibitions; travels)
Rogers, Bruce
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1919-1956
4
26
Rollins, Carl Purington, and Margaret
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1931-1955
4
27
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(about WMI writings; samples of printing; and news of mutual friends)
Rosenthal, [Rabbi] Henry M.
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1945-1955
4
28-30
Rous, Peyton
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1945-1953
4
31
Ruzicka, Rudolph
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1917-1960
4
32
Scope and Contents note
(about his exhibitions; travels; printing; exhibition design; WMI's writings; news of mutual friends)
Correspondence, S
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4
33-39
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(includes Schniewind, Carl O., 1930-1946; Sheeler, Charles. undated; Spicer-Simson, Theodore, 1944; Stieglitz, Alfred, 1928-1929)
Sachs, Paul J., and Meta
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1910-1955
4
40-41
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(about Fogg Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquisitions; PJS lectures; WMI writings and lectures; prints and drawings on the market; travels)
Sarton, George
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1942-1951
4
42
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(about philosophy, ancient and modern; books; Isis (Review of the History and Philosophy of Science); WMI's writings)
Saunders, A.P.
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1942-1948
5
1
Savile Club
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1933-1954
5
2
Simkhovitch, Vladimir G.
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1918-1960
5
3
Scope and Contents note
(about art; history of ancient Greece; WMI's writings)
Simonson, Lee
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1929-1956
5
4
Scope and Contents note
(about books and reading; WMI's writings; teaching; opera set designs; news of mutual friends)
Singer, Charles Joseph
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1949-1954
5
5
Scope and Contents note
(WMI criticism of CS writings on Vesalius; books; anatomy; writings of WMI)
Sizer, Theodore
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1922-1960
5
6-9
Scope and Contents note
(WMI lectures to Cleveland Print Club; travels; news of mutual friends; exhibitions; Yale University Art Gallery; TS lectures and book on Trumbull)
Southold [Long Island] property
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1919
5
10
Stechert, G.E. & Co.
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1909-1929
5
11
Scope and Contents note
(invoices and letters regarding purchase of books for WMI library)
Stowaways
Archival Resource Key
1921-1933
5
12-13
Correspondence, T
Archival Resource Key
5
14-17
Taylor, Francis Henry
Archival Resource Key
1933-1948
5
18
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA business; WMI lectures)
Troxell, Janet
Archival Resource Key
1954-1959
5
19-20
Correspondence, U
Archival Resource Key
5
21
University of Chicago
Archival Resource Key
1932-1945
5
22
Scope and Contents note
(includes U.C. Press)
Correspondence, V
Archival Resource Key
5
23-24
Vasari Society
Archival Resource Key
1922-1933
5
25
Correspondence, W
Archival Resource Key
5
26-32
Scope and Contents note
(includes: Watrous, Harry W., 1925; Watson, Forbes, 1926)
Wallace, Ed
Archival Resource Key
1954-1958
5
33
Warburg, Felix M.
Archival Resource Key
1919-1935
5
34
Warburg, Felix M.
Scope and Contents note
(about acquisitions for FMW collection)
Webster, Herman A., and Mounette
Archival Resource Key
1910-1947
5
35
Scope and Contents note
(Folders 35-36 about travels; prints for sale in Europe; WMI's writings; exhibitions of HAW work in U.S.; German occupation of France)
Webster, Herman A., and Mounette
Archival Resource Key
circa 1948-circa 1959
5
36
Webster, Herman A., and Mounette
Weil, Ernst
Archival Resource Key
1932-1955
5
37
Scope and Contents note
(about WMI book purchases; see also: Tauber & Weil)
Wetmore, Edith
Archival Resource Key
1928-1956
5
38
Weyhe, E.
Archival Resource Key
1948-1959
5
39
Scope and Contents note
(about WMI book purchases)
Wilkinson, Charles
Archival Resource Key
1946-1961
5
40
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA staff; travels; news of mutual friends)
Wind, Edgar
Archival Resource Key
1945-1952
6
1
Scope and Contents note
(about Vesalius; translations; Greek art; aesthetics; his own writings and those of WMI; news of mutual friends)
Winlock, Herbert Eustis
Archival Resource Key
1931-1948
6
2
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA staff; MMA Egyptian expedition; acquisitions; MMA administration)
Winter, Carl
Archival Resource Key
1939-1943
6
3
Scope and Contents note
(about Elizabethan miniatures; World War II; book about Nicholas Hilliard; news of mutual friends)
Winternitz, Emanuel
Archival Resource Key
1945-1961
6
4
Scope and Contents note
(about MMA staff; MMA Musical Instrument Collection; news of mutual friends)
Woodbury, Conn. Property
Archival Resource Key
1941-1956
6
5
Woodhouse, Betty Burroughs
Archival Resource Key
1935-1959
6
6
Correspondence, Y
Archival Resource Key
6
7
Scope and Contents note
(includes Young, Art, undated)
Yale University
Archival Resource Key
1942-1958
6
8
Scope and Contents note
(includes Art GalleryConvocation, 1946; Elizabethan Club; Library; Y.U. Press; Yale Review)
Correspondence, Z
Archival Resource Key
6
9
Scope and Contents note
(includes Zigrosser, Carl, 1932-1959)
Correspondence, unknown and illegible
Archival Resource Key
6
10
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Correspondence and Office Files
1.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1919-1947
Scope and Contents note
The file on European travels contains letters of introduction to curators and collectors, miscellaneous notes, and expense records for museum business. Files on gifts and loans refer to those from WMI's personal collection to the museum. Metropolitan Museum Studies files include records of the Editorial board meetings, 1927-1936; circulation records, 1933; general records, 1931; Vol 4 and 5, 1933-1935; correspondence with and about contributors, including Burroughs, Alan, Cooke, Walter W.S., Cumont, Diamond, W., Dinsmore, William B., Frick, Colin G., Jacobsthal, Lewis, W.S., Morgan, John Hill, Panofsky, Erwin, Planiscig, L., Richter, Gisela A.M., Tietze, Hans, Updike, D.B., and Wehle, H; and rejected articles. Printed matter does not include exhibition catalogs from the museum.
Addresses
Archival Resource Key
6
11-13
Calendar
Archival Resource Key
1931
6
14
Employees' Association
Archival Resource Key
1937-1947
6
15
European Travels
Archival Resource Key
1919, 1922
6
16
Gifts
Archival Resource Key
1922-1946
6
17
Loans
Archival Resource Key
1923-1936
6
18
Miscellaneous Letters, Notes, etc.
Archival Resource Key
1923-1935
6
19
Pension
Archival Resource Key
6
20
Printed Material Issued by Metropolitan Museum
Archival Resource Key
6
21
Print Department
Archival Resource Key
6
22
Publications
Archival Resource Key
6
23
Restaurant Bills
Archival Resource Key
6
24
Durer Collection of Junius Spencer Morgan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1919
6
25-27
Metropolitan Museum Studies
Archival Resource Key
6
28-50
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
6
51
History of Metropolitan Museum of Art by Winifred E. Howe
Archival Resource Key
1905-1941
7
1
Scope and Contents note
(galley sheets annotated by WMI)
Correspondence with Publishers
1.3
Archival Resource Key
1932-1958
Arrangement note
This subseries relates to major publications and is filed by title in chronological order. Additional correspondence regarding Ivins' publications is included in the alphabetical sequence, usually filed under the name of editor, rather than publisher or periodical.
On the Rationalization of Sight, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1948
7
2
Three Vesalian Essays, University of Chicago and New York Academy of Medicine
Archival Resource Key
1932-1951
7
3-4
Art & Geometry, Harvard University Press and Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd.
Archival Resource Key
1945-1951
7
5-6
Prints and Visual Communication, Harvard University Press and Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd.
Archival Resource Key
1950-1958
7
7-8
What Makes a Masterpiece?, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1953-1954
8
1
Writings
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1960
(Boxes 8-12; 4.9 linear ft.)
Arrangement
As far as possible the records are arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents
This series consists of notes, drafts, manuscripts, and corrected gallery sheets for books, articles, reviews, lectures, etc., by William M. Ivins, Jr., both published and unpublished. Some are in notebooks spanning several years and covering a range of topics, in no apparent order within the volumes. Also included are autobiographical notes, circa 1925-1950's, and leaves from diaries dated 1919 and 1943-1945. Many are untitled and undated.
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1913
8
2
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1916
8
3
Articles
Archival Resource Key
1917
8
4
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1918
8
5
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1919
8
6
Articles and Lectures
Archival Resource Key
circa 1919
8
7
Diary
Archival Resource Key
1919
8
8
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1920
8
9
Notes
Archival Resource Key
1920
8
10
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1923
8
11
Daumier
Archival Resource Key
1923
8
12
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1924
8
13
Museum Aesthetics
Archival Resource Key
1924
8
14
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1925
8
15
Notes- Pling, Aesthetics Theory, Etc.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1925
8
16
Books and Prints
Archival Resource Key
1926
8
17
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1926
8
18
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1927
8
19
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1928
8
20
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1927-1932
8
21
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930
8
22
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
1930s
8
23
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1931
8
24
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1932
8
25
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1932
8
26
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1933
8
27
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1934
8
28
Bryson Burroughs
Archival Resource Key
1935
8
29
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1937
8
30
Morgan Library lectures, "Aspects of Renaissance Book Illustration"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937
8
31-35
Morgan Library lectures, "Aspects of Renaissance Book Illustration"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937
9
1-7
Morgan Library Lectures, Illustrated Books
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937
9
8
Morgan Library Lectures, Corrected Typescript
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937
9
9
Morgan Library Lectures, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937
9
10
"On the Rationalization of Sight"
Archival Resource Key
1938
9
11-12
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1939
9
13
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
1930s
9
14
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1941
9
15
"Free Thought in the Country"
Archival Resource Key
1943
9
16
"Peter Bruegel- Lables for Exhibitions"
Archival Resource Key
1943
9
17
"Mathematics and the Imagination"
Archival Resource Key
1945
10
1
"Art and Geometry"
Archival Resource Key
1946
10
2-3
Yale Convocation
Archival Resource Key
1946
10
4
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1946
10
5
"A Note on Ipseity"
Archival Resource Key
1947
10
6
"Manuscript Fallacies"
Archival Resource Key
1947
10
7-11
"Fakes"
Archival Resource Key
1947
10
12-13
"What About the Fabrica of Vesalius?"
Archival Resource Key
1948
10
14-16
Book Review
Archival Resource Key
1948
10
17
"Some Disconnected Notes About Drawing"
Archival Resource Key
1948
10
18
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949
10
19
Book Review
Archival Resource Key
1949
10
20
"A Neglected Aspect of Early Print Making"
Archival Resource Key
1949
10
21
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
late 1940s
10
22
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1952
10
23
"Lefebvre Des Noettes"
Archival Resource Key
1952-1953
10
24-25
Lowell Lectures, "Prints and Visual Communications"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1953
10
26-30
Lowell Lectures, "Prints and Visual Communications"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1953
11
1-7
Lowell Lectures, "Record of Photography"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1953
11
8
Lowell Lectures, "Malraux La Psycholygie de l' Art"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1953
11
9-10
Lowell Lectures, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1953
11
11
"Masterpieces"
Archival Resource Key
1953
11
12-13
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
1954
11
14
"Prints- Technique and Expression"
Archival Resource Key
1954
11
15-16
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1952- circa 1956
11
17-18
Meditations
Archival Resource Key
1940s- 1950s
11
19
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa late 1950s
11
20
Autobiographical Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
circa 1925
11
21
Early Museum Period
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
22-25
Early Museum Period
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
1-4
Early Bulletin Articles
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
5
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
12
6-9
Articles, etc.
Archival Resource Key
late 1920s
12
10
Drafts of Published Writings #1
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
11
Miscellaneous from Woodbury Study
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949-1952
12
12
Geometrical Notes
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
13
Notes on Book Illustrations
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
14
"Perspective"
Archival Resource Key
1910-1960
12
15
Notes on American Prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
16
Notes on Early Etching
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
17
"Vesalius"
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
18
Notes
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undated
12
19
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
20
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
21-27
Publications
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
2 Linear feet
Boxes 13-14
1896-1958
Scope and Contents
This series contains an incomplete set of publications by Ivins including books, articles, lectures, exhibition catalogs, and reviews. Many are marked copies, corrected or otherwise annotated by the author. When available, reviews of books and exhibitions are filed with the corresponding volume. The first folder in the series contrains Ivin's first published work, consisting of letters written to his mother while in South America.
Arrangement
The publications are arranged in chronological order by date of publication, while later editions are reprints filed by date of first publication.
"A Trip Worth Describing, Letters from a Lad While Traveling," Monmouth Democrat [Freehold, N.J.]
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1896 December 3
13
1
"Catalogue of an Exhibition of Prints by Albrecht Durer, With an Introduction by William M. Ivins, Jr.," Frederick Keppel &Co.
Archival Resource Key
1917 November 5-31
13
2
Wood Engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka, Newark Public Library
Archival Resource Key
1917 March 5-31
13
3
Exhibition of Painter Etchings and Engravings of the XIX Century, Consisting Mainly of Loans From Private Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1917 April
13
4
The Wood Engravings of Rudolph Ruzicka, The Newark Museum Association
Archival Resource Key
1917
13
5
A Catalogue of Italian Renaissance Woodcuts, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1927
13
6
"Of Museums," The Arts, vol. III, no. 1
Archival Resource Key
1923 January
13
7
"Daumier- The Man of His Time," The Arts, vol. III, no. 2
Archival Resource Key
13
8
Loan Exhibition of the Italian Renaissance, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1923 May 7- September 9
13
9
"A History of Engraving and Etching, by Arthur M. Hind." Reviewed by Ivins in The Literary Review
Archival Resource Key
1935 July 21
13
10
"A Note on Claude Garamond, Punch- Cutter & Type- Founder," in Monotype, vol. 9, no. 6
Archival Resource Key
1923
13
11
A Guide to an Exhibition of The Arts of the Book, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1924 May 12- September 14
13
12
"Goya's Disasters of War," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XIX, no. 9
Archival Resource Key
1924 September
13
13
"A Gift of Prints," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XX, no. 8
Archival Resource Key
13
14
"Joseph Pennell," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXI, no. 11
Archival Resource Key
1925 August
13
15
Prints and Books, Informal Papers
Archival Resource Key
1926
13
16
"Photography and the 'Modern' Point of View, A Speculation in the History of Taste," Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. I, pt. 1
Archival Resource Key
1928
13
17
"A Note Apropos of Two Anniversaries," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXII, no. 1
Archival Resource Key
1928 January
13
18
"A Collection of English Trading Cards," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXIII, no. 2
Archival Resource Key
1928 February
13
19
"Beauty in the Architecture," The Arts, vol. XIV, no. 3
Archival Resource Key
1928 September
13
20
"Philbert de l'Orme's Premiere Tome de l'architecture," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXIV, no. 5
Archival Resource Key
1929 May
13
21
"Notes on Three Durer Woodblocks," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. II, pt. 1
Archival Resource Key
1929 November
13
22
"Kleiner's Residences Memorables," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXIV, no. 12
Archival Resource Key
1929 December 12
13
23
"Vasari's Lives," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1930
13
24
"Notes on Two Woodcuts of the Nuremberg School," Metropolitan Museum Studies, vol. II, pt 3
Archival Resource Key
1930 May
13
25
Notes on Prints, Being the Text of Labels Prepared for a Special Exhibition of Prints from the Museum Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1930
13
26
"French Eighteenth-Century Engravings," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXVI, no. 2
Archival Resource Key
1931 February
13
27
Daumier
Archival Resource Key
1931 March
13
28
"An Exhibition of Reproductive Prints," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXVI, no. 10
Archival Resource Key
1931 October
13
29
"Early Woodcuts," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXVII, no. 2
Archival Resource Key
1932 February
13
30
"Address at the Cooper Union, Tuesday, 25th of February 1932"
Archival Resource Key
1932 February 25
13
31
Hugh Thompson- His Art, His Letters, His Humor, and His Charm by M.H. Spielmann and Walter Jerrold, reviewed by Ivins in The Saturday Review of Literature, vol. IX, no. 1
Archival Resource Key
1932 July 23
13
32
"Artistic Aspects of Fifteenth-Century Printing," Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. XXVI
Archival Resource Key
1932
13
33
"An Undescribed Schongauer Trial Proof," Metropolitan Museum Studies, vol. IV, pt. 2
Archival Resource Key
1933 March
13
34
"Two Woodcuts of the Virgin," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXVII, no. 4
Archival Resource Key
1932 April
13
35
"A Woodblock by Brueghel," Metropolitan Museum Studies, vol. V, pt. 1
Archival Resource Key
1934 June
13
36
"On Education in a Museum," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXIX, no. 9
Archival Resource Key
1934 September
13
37
Bryson Burroughs, Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of his Works, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1935 March 25- May 5
13
38
Francisco Goya, His Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1936 January 27- March 8
13
39
"The Woodcuts to Vesalius," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXXI, no.7
Archival Resource Key
1936 July
13
40
"The Lovers by the Masters b x g. An Undescribed Early German Engraving," Metropolitan Museum Studies, vol. V pt. 2
Archival Resource Key
1936 September
13
41
"Goya's Giant," Metropolitan Museum Studies, vol. V, pt. 2
Archival Resource Key
1936 September
13
42
"Italian Renaissance Prints and Illustrated Books," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXXII, no. 12
Archival Resource Key
1937 December
13
43
"Italian Baroque Prints," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXXIII, no. 7
Archival Resource Key
1938 July
13
44
On the Rationalization of Sight: With an Examination of Three Renaissance Texts on Perspective. Metropolitan Museum of Art Papers, No. 8
Archival Resource Key
1938
13
45
"Address given at the Opening of the Exhibition of Metropolitan Museum Printing held in the Pierpont Morgan Library on 24, October 1938"
Archival Resource Key
1939
13
46
"The Ketham of 1490," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. XXXVI, no. 2
Archival Resource Key
1939 February
13
47
"The Artist and the Fifteenth-Century Printer"
Archival Resource Key
1940
13
48
"The Art of Rembrandt," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 1
Archival Resource Key
1942 January
13
49
The Unseen Rembrandt by Ivins, reviewed by Jakob Rosenberg, College Art Journal, vol. I, no.4
Archival Resource Key
1942 May
13
50
"Rennaissance Books on Architecture," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1942 December
13
51
"Free Thought in the Country," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1943 February
14
1
"A Breugel Exhibition in the Print Galleries," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1943 March
14
2
"Ignorance, the End," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1943 Summer
14
3
"A Note on Girard Desargues," Scripta Mathematica
Archival Resource Key
1943 March
14
4
A Propos the Fabrica of Vesalius," Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Archival Resource Key
1943 December
14
5
How Prints Look
Archival Resource Key
1943
1958
14
6
"The Herbal of 'Pseudo- Apuleius'," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 1944
Archival Resource Key
1944 March
14
7
"Early Florentine Illustrated Books," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer 1944
Archival Resource Key
1944 Summer
14
8
"But It's Not a Cimabue!," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1944 December
14
9
"French XVI Century Prints," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 1945
Archival Resource Key
1945 June
14
10
"Goya," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1945 June
14
11
"In the Beginning was the Word," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1945 Summer
14
12
"The Art Museum Library," The Museum News, vol. 23, no. 8
Archival Resource Key
1954 October 15
14
13
"Preface to an American Philosophy of Art," by A. Phillip McMahon, reviewed by Ivins, Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945
14
14
"Tiresome and Baroque," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1946 February
14
15
"The Aix Lantern," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1946 March
14
16
"The 'Field' of Prints, Objects vs. Meanings," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1946 May
14
17
"The Dead Hand," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts Albright Gallery Notes, PSA [Photographic Society of America]
Archival Resource Key
1947 January
1946 June
1947 November
14
18
Address by William Ivins, Jr. in the Yale Art Gallery, Friday evening"
Archival Resource Key
1946 October 18
14
19
"The Dances of Death" Printed in Paris in 1490. A reproduction made from the copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, with an introduction by Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1946
14
20
Art & Geometry: A Study in Space Intuition
Archival Resource Key
1946
14
21
"A Few Fallacies About Art," Harper's
Archival Resource Key
1947 August
14
22
"More Fallacies About Art," Harper's
Archival Resource Key
1947 September
14
23
"A Note on Desargues' Theorum," Scripta Mathematica
Archival Resource Key
1947 September/ December
14
24
"Some Notes on Fakes," Magazine of Art
Archival Resource Key
1948 May
14
25
"A Note on Ipseity," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Archival Resource Key
1948 September
14
26
" A Neglected Aspect of Early Print-Making," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1948 October
14
27
"Leonardo da Vinci: Paragone. A Comparison of the Arts," by Irma A. Richter, reviewed by Ivins, Times Literary Supplement
Archival Resource Key
1949 June 10
14
28
"Some Disconnected Notes About Drawings," Harper's
Archival Resource Key
1949 December
14
29
Three Vesalian Essays to Accompany the Icones Anatomicae of 1934, with Samuel W. Lambert and Willy Wiegand
Archival Resource Key
1952
14
30
"'Symmetry' by Herman Weyl," Reviewed by Ivins, Magazine of Art
Archival Resource Key
1953 April
14
31
"Prints and Visual Communication"
Archival Resource Key
1953
14
32
"What Makes a Masterpiece?," 1953; Reprinted in Art Digest
Archival Resource Key
1954 March 15
14
33
"Prints: Technique and Expression"
Archival Resource Key
1954
14
34
Miscellaneous
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1915, undated
(Box 15; 1 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
This series consists mainly of printed matter (neither by nor about William M. Ivins, Jr.). Most are presentation copies of articles, and other appear to have been saved by Ivins for research purposes. These cover a wide variety of topics, including: book arts, history of medicine, history of science and technology, calligraphy, history of printmaking, psychology of perception, physiology of vision, philosophy, and the U.S. legal and judicial systems.
Additional miscellaneous materials include non-printed items relating to Ivins' personal life, such as banking records, receipts and invoices for personal purchases (excluding prints and books), drawings by Ivins, and notes and clippings regarding his legal career.
Miscellaneous Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
15
1-48
Clippings, Advertising Circulars, etc.
Archival Resource Key
15
49-50
Receipts and Invoices
Archival Resource Key
15
51
Banking Records
Archival Resource Key
15
52
Clippings and miscellaneous items regarding Ivins' legal career, including Barnes vs. Roosevelt
Archival Resource Key
1915
15
53-54
Ivins Family Papers
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1878-1964
(Boxes 16-20; 4.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
The Ivins Family Papers consist mainly of correspondence between relatives and friends of the Ivins, 1878-1964, and also include drawings, clippings, genealogies, and miscellaneous items.
Correspondence between William M. Ivins, Jr., and his mother, Emma Yard Ivins, is extensive and wide-ranging. Included are letters from boarding school, c. 1890-1897, with childhood memorabilia such as grade reports, homework papers, a silhouette, and printed programs from school concerts and athletic events. His letters written while an undergraduate at Harvard, 1897-1901, and during his European trip of 1901-1902, reflect a growing interest in art. During some periods, mother and son corresponded almost daily. He frequently wrote in detail about progress with work, news of the museum, opinions about art, and activities of friends and colleagues, as well as commenting on daily life at home.
Florence Wyman Ivins (Mrs. William M. Ivins) also wrote to her mother-in-law regularly, mainly family news which often included details of her husband's professional activities.
Arrangement note
The series is organized into eight subseries by individual: - 5.1: Genealogy, undated
- 5.2: William M. Ivins, Jr., circa 1893-1964
- 5.3: Barbara Ivins, circa 1923-1949
- 5.4: Emma Yard Ivins, 1878-1940
- 5.5: Florence Wyman Ivins, circa 1910-1948
- 5.6: Katharine Ivins, 1890s-1962
- 5.7: Margaret Ivins Holmes, 1890s-1954
- 5.8: Sarah Mills Ivins, 1890s-1910
- 5.9: William M. Ivins, Sr., 1885-1924
Arrangement note
Letters addressed to each particular person for whom a subseries exists are arranged alphabetically by sender and filed in chronological order within each name. Related clippings, estate papers, and miscellaneous items are filed with the papers of the person to whom they pertain. There are a few exceptions in this filing system: in cases where there is but one letter addressed to an individual, the item is filed with the papers of the sender, and the authorship clearly indicated in the description.
Genealogy
5.1
Archival Resource Key
undated
Scope and Contents
Genealogy, notes on family history, and clippings about Ivins/Mills/Perrine families, and Ivins/Yard/Swift families.
Ivins/Yard/Swift Familes
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
1
Ivins/Mills/Perrine Families
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
2
William M. Ivins, Jr.
5.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1893-1964
Scope and Contents note
Letters from relatives include those from Barbara Ivins [daughter]; Emma Yard Ivins [mother]; Florence Wyman Ivins [wife]; James Sterling Yard Ivins [brother]; Katharine Ivins [sister]; Margaret Ivins Holmes [sister]; Sarah Ivins [neice or cousin]; William M. Ivins, Sr., [father]; William T. Mills [grandfather]; Annie Perrine [cousin]; Loraine Wyman Painter [sister-in-law]; Walter C. Wyman [father-in-law]; and Addie Yard [grandmother].
Records concerning the estate of Ivins' estate include obituary, memorials and tributes; letters of condolence, A-Z (addressed to Barbara); and Ivins Collection of Prints and Illustrated Books, sales records and auction catalogs.
Letters from Barbara Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1922-1956
undated
16
3
Letters from Emma Y. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
undated
circa 1893-1939
16
4-24
Letters about Emma Y. Ivins Headstone
Archival Resource Key
1940
16
25
Letters from Florence M. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
undated
1908-1941
16
26-37
Letters from James S.Y. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
undated
1897-1959
16
38
Letters from Katharine Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1909-1946
16
39-42
Letters from Katharine Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1947-1961
undated
17
1-15
Letters from Margaret [Holmes] Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1890s-1954
undated
17
16
Letters from Sarah Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1947-1958
17
17
Letters from William M. Ivins, Sr.
Archival Resource Key
1893-1915
17
18
Letters from William T. Mills
Archival Resource Key
1910
17
19
Letters from Annie Perrine
Archival Resource Key
1929-1932
17
20
Letters from Lorraine Wyman
Archival Resource Key
1922
17
21
Letters from Walter C. Wyman
Archival Resource Key
1916-1924
17
22
Letters from Addie Yard
Archival Resource Key
1898
17
23
Miscellaneous Greeting Cards
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
24
Obituaries and Letters of Condolences
Archival Resource Key
1961
17
25
Tributes, Memorials, and Related Materials
Archival Resource Key
circa 1964
17
26
Material Concerning the Estate of William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
1961-1964
17
27-30
Barbara Ivins
5.3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1923-1949
Scope and Contents note
Barbara Ivins (1913-), daughter of William M. Ivins, Jr., and Florence Wyman Ivins, was the donor of the William M. Ivins, Jr. Papers. She is sometimes addressed as Barbi, Bubbles, Bubsey. Letters found here include those from Florence Wyman Ivins [mother]; Katharine Ivins [aunt], undated; and William M. Ivins, Jr., [father].
Letters from Florence Wyman
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944
18
1
Letters from Katharine Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1923-1949
18
2
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1923-1949
18
3
Watercolors, Pencil Sketches, and Prints by Barbara Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1923-1949
18
4
Emma Yard Ivins
5.4
Archival Resource Key
1878-1940
Scope and Contents note
Emma Yard Ivins (1857-1940) was the mother of William M. Ivins, Jr. She was an amateur photographer whose work was exhibited at the turn of the century. She was active in the woman's suffrage movement from circa 1900 to 1915. She was sometimes addressed as Nem or Bammie.
Correspondence between William M. Ivins, Jr., and his mother, Emma Yard Ivins, is extensive and wide-ranging. Included are letters from boarding school, c. 1890-1897, with childhood memorabilia such as grade reports, homework papers, a silhouette, and printed programs from school concerts and athletic events. His letters written while an undergraduate at Harvard, 1897-1901, and during his European trip of 1901-1902, reflect a growing interest in art. During some periods, mother and son corresponded almost daily. He frequently wrote in detail about progress with work, news of the museum, opinions about art, and activities of friends and colleagues, as well as commenting on daily life at home.
Material relating to the woman's suffrage movement includes letters from Susan B. Anthony, with a photographic portrait and a printed silhouette. Also included are letters from Ida Husted Harper and Anna H. Shaw. In addition, there is miscellaneous printed matter and undated impressions of the suffrage movement in England by an author unknown.
Miscellaneous records include Christmas lists; constitution and by-laws of the Wednesday Afternoon Club, with lists of officers and programs since its establishment in 1888; a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation; and clippings about Emma Yard Ivins.
Letters from relatives include those from James S. Y. Ivins [son]; Katharine Ivins [daughter]; Margaret Ivins Holmes and Jonathan Holmes [daughter and grandson]; Sarah Mills Ivins [mother-in-law]; William M. Ivins, Jr. [son]; and William M. Ivins, Jr., and Florence Wyman Ivins [son and daughter-in-law].
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
1906-1935
18
5-6
Re: Financial Matters
Archival Resource Key
1920-1930
18
7
Letters from Susan B. Anthony
Archival Resource Key
1900-1906
18
8
Letters from Ida Harper
Archival Resource Key
1909
18
9
Letters from Anna H. Shaw
Archival Resource Key
1906-1915
18
10
Printed Material about Women's Suffrage Movement
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1906
18
11
Impressions of Suffrage Movement in England
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1906
18
12
Christmas Lists
Archival Resource Key
1900-1929
18
13
Wednesday Afternoon Club
Archival Resource Key
1917-1918
18
14
Certificate from Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Archival Resource Key
1922
18
15
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1921
1924
circa 1921-1924
18
16
Letters from James S.Y. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1897-1937
18
17
Letters from Katharine Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1917-1937
18
18
Letters from Margaret [Ivins] Holmes and Jonathon Holmes
Archival Resource Key
1909-1937
18
19
Letters from Sarah M. Ivins (mother-in-law)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
18
20
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
1889
circa 1880-1940
18
21
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from Boarding School (Stamford, Conn.)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1893
18
22-26
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from Boarding School (Concord, N.H.)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1893-1897
18
27-32
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from St. Paul's School- Reports and Event Programs
Archival Resource Key
1893-1894
18
33
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from Harvard
Archival Resource Key
circa 1897-1901
18
34-38
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from European trip
Archival Resource Key
1901-1902
18
39-40
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1903-1910
18
41
Letter from William and Florence W. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1910
18
42
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
1911-1913
18
43-45
Letters from William and Florence W. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1914-1924
18
46-59
Letters from William and Florence W.Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1925-1940
19
1-17
Letters from William M. Ivins, Sr.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1883-1915
19
18-20
Letter from James S. Yard
Archival Resource Key
1878
19
21
Florence Wyman Ivins
5.5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1948
Scope and Contents note
Florence Wyman Ivins was the wife of William M. Ivins, Jr., and an illustrator, primarily of children's books, and a painter of children's portraits. Many of her letters to family members are illustrated with pen and ink drawings or watercolors. She was addressed as Flossie of Flo.
Letters from family and friends include those from Emma Yard Ivins [mother-in-law]; Katharine Ivins [sister-in-law]; Sarah Ivins; William M. Ivins, Jr. [husband]; Margaret Orr; Margaret Wind; Helen and Herbert Winlock; Wyman Family [letters from FWI to her father and sister].
Artwork includes a sketchbook, Southold [L. I.], from the summer of 1922, containing watercolor and pencil sketches of local scenery, Barbara, WMI, Jr., Loraine Wyman, and Paderewski. Also found here are portraits of William M. Ivins, Jr, (2), Bruce Rogers, and Marion Stone; miscellaneous prints and drawings; Christmas and other greeting cards designed by FWI, circa 1910-1937, including a 1937 New Year's greeting, "A Parable of Artists and Art Critics" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by FWI with calligraphy by WMI, Jr.
Miscellaneous material includes notes about E.S. [Elizabeth Sears?]; a flyer advertising children's portraits by FWI, with snapshots of children [used for paintings?]; a marriage announcement and related clippings, 1910; and Wyman family obituaries, including FWI.
Writings include childhood reminiscences and principles of art instruction at Brearly School.
Letter to Wyman Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911- 1914
19
22
Letter from William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1917- circa 1928
19
23
Letter to H.E. Winlock
Archival Resource Key
1937
19
24
Letters from Family and Friends
Archival Resource Key
1940s
1910s
19
25
Southold [L.I.] Sketchbook
Archival Resource Key
1922
19
26
Portraits of William Ivins, Jr., Marion Stone, and Bruce Rogers
Archival Resource Key
1925
1938
1911
19
27
Miscellaneous Drawings and Prints
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1948
19
28
Special Occasion Cards Designed by Florence Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1937
19
29-30
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1948
19
31
Marriage Announcements and Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1910
19
32
Clippings of Wyman Family Obituaries
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911- circa 1948
19
33
Childhood Reminiscences
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1948
19
34
Principles of Art Instruction at the Brearly School
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1948
19
35
Katharine Ivins
5.6
Archival Resource Key
1890s-1962
Scope and Contents note
Katharine Ivins (circa 1888-) was the sister of William M.Ivins, Jr. A music teacher, she lived with mother in the Yard family home, in Freehold, N.J. She was addressed as Kate or Katti.
Letters from relatives include those from Barbara Ivins [niece] Florence Wyman Ivins [sister-in-law]; Margaret Ivins Holmes [sister]; and William M. Ivins, Jr. [brother]. Writings include an essay [school homework], and a notebook, including childhood reminiscences with mention of mother's photography, schooling etc.
Letters from Barbara Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1926
1962
19
36
Letters from Florence W. Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1918-1947
19
37
Letters from Margaret Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s-1962
19
38
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s-1962
19
39-48
Letters from Friends and Business Letters
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s-1962
19
49
Miscellaneous Writings by Katharine Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s-1962
19
50
Notebook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s
19
51
Margaret Ivins Holmes
5.7
Archival Resource Key
1890s-1954
Scope and Contents note
Margaret Ivins Holmes, (1882-1954), sister of William M. Ivins, Jr., lived in Freehold, N.J. and ran an antique store there with her husband, William Holmes. She was addressed as Margie or Peggy. Letters from relatives include those from Florence W. Ivins [sister-in-law]; William M. Ivins, Jr. [brother]; and William M. Ivins, Sr. [father].
Letters from Relatives
Archival Resource Key
1890s-1954
19
52
Sarah Mills Ivins
5.8
Archival Resource Key
1890s-1910
Letters from Emma Yard Ivins [daughter-in-law], and William M. Ivins, Jr. [grandson]
Archival Resource Key
1890s-1910
19
53
William M. Ivins, Sr.
5.9
Archival Resource Key
1885-1924
Scope and Contents note
William M. Ivins, Sr., (1851-1915), father of William M. Ivins, Jr., was a lawyer and politician and was addressed as Will. He spent a great deal of time in Europe and South America as a corporate lawyer. In 1905, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City. Business correspondence includes a letter from Mme. Blavatsky, with clippings and photographic portrait. Letters from relatives include those from Emma Yard Ivins [wife]; Katharine Ivins [daughter]; Margaret Ivins Holmes [daughter]; Sarah Mills Ivins [mother]; William M. Ivins, Jr. [son]; Annie Perrine [cousin]; James S. Yard [father-in-law]. Miscellaneous material includes biographical notes; clippings by and about WMI Sr., including an obituary; and miscellaneous notes copied from an unidentified publication.
Business- Copies of William M. Ivins, Sr. Letters
Archival Resource Key
1897-1901
19
54
Blavotsky
Archival Resource Key
circa 1891-1924
19
55
Letters from Emma Ivins
Archival Resource Key
circa 1891
1924
1904
20
1
Letter from Katharine Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1901
20
2
Letter from Margaret Ivins
Archival Resource Key
1901
20
3
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from Boarding School
Archival Resource Key
1891-1897
20
4
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from Harvard
Archival Resource Key
1897-1901
20
5
Letters from William M. Ivins, Jr. from European Trip
Archival Resource Key
1901-1902
20
6
Letters from Relatives
Archival Resource Key
1885-1904
20
7
Biographical Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1891-1924
20
8
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1891-1924
20
9
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1891-1924
20
10
Estate Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1914-1924
20
11
Photographs
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1940
(Boxes 20-21; 1.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
In addition to portraits of family members this series includes interior and exterior views of homes, and pictures of friends and events.
Arrangement note
The series is organized into three subseries: - 6.1: Family Photographs, circa 1890-1905
- 6.2: Photographs of Architecture by WMI, Jr., circa 1930-1940
- 6.3: Miscellaneous Photographs, undated
Family Photographs
6.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
Scope and Contents note
The Ivins Family photographs represent many processes from tintypes to silver gelatin prints. A number were taken by accomplished amateur photographer Emma Yard Ivins of her children, circa 1890-1905; a few of her children are purported to be the work of Gertrude Kasebier (possibly an acquaintance of Emma Yard Ivins?).
Arrangement note
Family photographs folders are labelled with the name of an individual or family, and arranged alphabetically; within each folder, photographs are arranged in rough chronological order. Portraits of individuals are filed by name and group shots are filed by the name of the family; childhood pictures are filed under the parents' family. (For example, pictures of Emma Yard Ivins as a child are filed under the name Yard and any group shots she appears in will be found under the name James S. and Adaline Swift Yard Family; group shots of her after marriage are included with the pictures of the William M. Jr. and Emma Yard Ivins Family).
Photographs of William M. Ivins, Jr., and the Florence Wyman family include their New York City apartment, summer house in Westport, Conn., and their Woodbury, Conn. home in addition to photographs of them with friends Bryson Burroughs, Naum Gabo, Walter Hauser, A. Hyatt Mayor, Peyton Rous, Rudolph Ruzicka, Mahonri Young, and unidentified.
Ivins, Barbara (1913-)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
12-13
Ivins, Emma Yard (1857-1940)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
14-15
Scope and Contents note
(includes Yard Family home, Freehold, N.J.)
Ivins, Florence Wyman (1881-1948)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
16-18
Scope and Contents note
(includes photos of illustrations by FWI)
Ivins, Katharine (c. 1888-)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
19
Ivins, Margaret [Holmes] (1882-1954)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
20
Ivins, Sarah Mills (1832-1914)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
21
Ivins, William M., Jr. (1881-1961)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
22-23
Ivins, William M., Jr. and Florence Wyman Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
24-33
Ivins, William M., Sr. (1851-1915)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
34
Ivins, William M., Sr. and Emma Yard Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
35-37
Scope and Contents note
(including views of The Hut and The Breezes, Narragansett Pier, R.I.)
Mills, William T. (1811-)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
38
Wyman, Loraine (-1937)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
39
Yard, James Sterling (1826-1900) and Adaline Swift (1837-1912) Family (1826-1912)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
40
Yard, Mary Sterling (1805-1863)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
41
Unidentified People
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1905
20
42-43
Architecture Photographs
6.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
Scope and Contents note
Architecture photographs mainly consist of photographs of colonial architecture, apparently taken by William M. Ivins circa 1930-1940. These are unidentified, except for location, and arranged by state. Also included are a few scenes of Europe from the same period, featuring buildings.
Europe
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
20
44-45
Connecticut
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
20
46
Maryland
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
20
47
Massachussetts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
20
48
New Hampshire
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
1
New York
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
2
Pennsylvania
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
3
Rhode Island
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
4
South Carolina (Charleston)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
5-7
Vermont
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
8
Virginia
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
9
Unidentified locations [New England and elsewhere]
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1940
21
10-11
Miscellaneous Photographs
6.3
Archival Resource Key
undated
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous photographs include those used as illustrations for How Prints Look and pictures of the Alberti Model for On the Rationalization of Sight (which may have been used to illustrate other writings, as well). The subseries also includes additional subjects such as a view of the Swarthmore College campus [Barbara's alma mater] and painting conservation [Metropolitan Museum of Art?].
Illustrations for How Prints Look
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
12-15
Alberti Model, illustration for On the Rationalization of Sight
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
16
Miscellaneous Subjects
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
17
Oversize Material
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1897-1950
(1 OV folder)
St. Paul's School Diploma
Archival Resource Key
July 9, 1897
22
Harvard College Diploma
Archival Resource Key
June 27, 1901
22
Columbia College School of Law Diploma
Archival Resource Key
June 12, 1907
22
Yale University, Honorary Doctorate Diploma
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 14, 1946
22
St. Paul's School, achievement award
Archival Resource Key
July 9, 1897
22
Metropolitan Museum of Art, honorary fellow
Archival Resource Key
May 20, 1946
22
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow
Archival Resource Key
May 1, 1950
22
U.S. Passport
Archival Resource Key
September 24, 1901
22