Guide to the Department Of Fine Arts Records,
1922-1959

Collection Number: 14-14-818

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
C. Roosevelt
Date completed:
January 1996
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, June 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Department of Fine Arts records, 1922-1959.
Collection Number:
14-14-818
Creator:
Cornell University. Dept. of Fine Arts.
Quantity:
3.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, minutes, accounts, inventories, archaeological notes, programs, and printed material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, minutes, accounts, inventories, archaeological notes, programs, and printed material; department chairman was Frederick O. Waage. Organizations represented include the American Numismatic Society, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the College Art Association of America. Major correspondents include Cornelius William De Kiewiet, and Deane W. Malott.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, minutes, accounts, inventories, archaeological notes, programs, and printed material; department chairman was Frederick O. Waage. Organizations represented include the American Numismatic Society, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the College Art Association of America. Major correspondents include Cornelius William De Kiewiet, and Deane W. Malott.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Dept. of Fine Arts.
De Kiewiet, C. W. (Cornelius William), 1902-
Malott, Deane W. (Deane Waldo), 1898-
Waage, Frederick Oswin, 1906-1985
American Numismatic Society.
Archaeological Institute of America.
College Art Association of America.

Subjects:
Art history--Study and teaching.
Archaeology--Study and teaching.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Department of Fine Arts records, #14-14-818. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
ca. 1935-1953
Assorted correspondences
 Box 1
Organizations:
  • Arizona Anthropological Association
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • American Numismatic Society
  • American Association of Museums
  • American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece
  • Art Trading Company
  • Archeological Institute of America
  • Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity
  • Oriental Institute
Correspondents include:
  • Vicky Athanassiou
  • Richard Aldrich, Wesleyan College
  • Robert J. Braidwood, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
ca. 1935-1953
Assorted correspondences; accounts; minutes
 Box 2
Organizations:
  • Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity
  • College Art Association
  • Oriental Institute
Correspondents include:
  • Robert Caldwell
  • Rhys Carpenter
  • Howard Comfort
  • N.C. Debevoise
  • C.W. deKiewiet
ca. 1937-1956
Assorted correspondences; notes re: publication of Antioch IV; department purchases of coins and casts
Box 3
Organizations:
  • Ethnographic Board (National Research Council)
  • George Banta Publishing Company
Correspondents include:
  • Hetty Goldman
  • Various of Cornell faculty and administration
ca. 1936-1956
Assorted correspondences
 Box 4
Organizations:
  • DeWitt Historical Society
  • Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity
  • Princeton University
  • American Numismatic Society
Correspondents include:
  • Rufus Morey, Princeton University
ca. 1935-1956
Assorted correspondences
 Box 5
Organizations:
  • American Numismatic Society
  • Oriental Institute
  • Cornell University
Correspondents include:
  • Dean R.M. Ogden, Cornell University
  • Dean Paul M. O'Leary, Cornell University
  • Ruth L. Schurman, editorial assistant of the Oriental Institute
  • Hans Henning von der Osten, Oriental Institute
  • Doris Fessler, Oriental Institute
ca. 1933-1956
Assorted correspondences; notes on publication of Antioch IV; list of Antioch notebooks sent to R. Stillwell at Princeton
Box 6
Organizations:
  • Princeton University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Raymond & Raymond Galleries, New York
  • Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity
Correspondents include:
  • G.M.A. Richter re: publication of Antioch lamps
  • D.M. Robinson, Johns Hopkins University
  • Richard Stillwell, Princeton University
  • Baldwin E. Smith, Princeton University
ca. 1935-1955
Assorted correspondences
 Box 7
Organizations:
  • Harvard University
  • Princeton University
  • American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece
  • Strategic Services Office
Correspondents include:
  • Catherine Udall, Harvard University
  • R.F.S. Starr, Princeton University
  • Paul Underwood
  • Homer Thompson
  • R.S. Young
1956-1959
Accounts and receipts: Fine Arts Department
 Box 8
1940-1948
Accounts and receipts: Archaeology Department
 Box 8
1948-1959
Accounts and receipts: Archaeology Department
 Box 9
1940-1956
Accounts and receipts: Fine Arts Department
 Box 10
1939-1940
Research grant
 Box 10
Requisition note pad
 Box 10
1956-1957
Payroll folder
 Box 10
1931-1947
Accounts
 Box 11
  • Fine Arts
  • Archaeology
  • Archaeological Appropriation
  • Museum maintenance
Archaeology study/research notes on monument inscriptions from Attica, Greece.
Box 12
Most have corresponding C.I.A. ( Corpus Inscriptionum Atticarum) references. Also notes on progression of Old Attic letter forms (pre-403 B.C.).