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Applied and decorative arts photograph collection (medals-musical instruments)

 Collection
Call Number: VRC 6.2
Abstract:

Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of applied and decorative arts, predominantly European and American. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

Dates: circa1900-2005

Applied and decorative arts photograph collection (rugs-woodworking)

 Collection
Call Number: VRC 6.4
Abstract:

Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of applied and decorative arts, predominantly European and American. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

Dates: circa 1900-2005

Auto Immune Response

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 220
Abstract: Inkjet prints of photographic images created by Will Wilson for his series, Auto Immune Response (AIR), 2004-2021.In an artist's statement for the series, Wilson writes that it "takes as its subject the quixotic relationship between a post-apocalyptic Diné (Navajo) man and the devastatingly beautiful, but toxic environment he inhabits," and that "the series is an allegorical investigation of the extraordinarily rapid transformation of...
Dates: 2004-2021

Backhouse and Mounsey collection

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 13
Abstract:

The collection comprises etchings, lithographs, and drawings by Edward Backhouse, Edward Backhouse Mounsey, and other members of the Backhouse and Mounsey families of Darlington (County Durham) in the early 19th century.

Dates: 1819-1856

James Barry Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: LWL MSS 44
Abstract: The James Barry Papers contain correspondence and documents concerning Barry's financial affairs and artistic ventures, and his relationships with the Royal Academy and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. There are letters from his brothers Redmond and Patrick, and colleagues including the painters Peter Benazech and William Keable. The majority of the collection, however, concerns the Barry family's handling of his estate after his death, in particular his...
Dates: 1765-1884, bulk 1785-1810

William Beckford collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 102
Abstract:

The William Beckford Collection consists of correspondence, a few manuscripts, personal papers of Beckford family members, a 16mm motion picture film on Beckford with accompanying reel-to-reel soundtrack, and other papers relating to Beckford research and collections.

Dates: 1735-1967

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 39
Abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence from the artistic partners, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, to the art historian Kenneth Clark and his wife, Elizabeth “Jane” (née Martin).

Dates: ca. 1920-ca.1969

Robert Bogdan Disability Collection

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 61
Abstract:

The collection contains real photo postcards, commercial postcards, photographs, pamphlets and ephemera related to people with disabilities, mostly from the United States, collected by Professor Robert Bogdan, a pioneer in the teaching of disability studies.

Dates: 1820s-1990s, 1900-1940

Ken Campbell archive

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 25
Scope and Contents: The collection spans the years 1975-2003 and reveals Ken Campbell's creative process throughout his career as a book artist. The bulk of the collection contains Ken Campbell's artist book materials and separate prints which relate to several of his books. Proofs, extra sheets, letterpress forms, zinc etching plates, photographs, negatives and dummies document Campbell's creative process. The collection also includes materials about Campbell's unpublished book ...
Dates: 1975-2003

Chinese gaming counters

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 757
Abstract: This collection includes over three hundred discrete mother of pearl gaming counters handcrafted by artisans in China for use in scoring and bidding in card games in the West, circa 1700-circa 1840. The collection also includes a nearly complete set of gaming counters and an accompanying lacquer box made for William Andrew Dyer of London, England, circa 1810. Most of the gaming counters bear a coat of arms, crest, or monogram of a family or individual. Many of the gaming counters also depict...
Dates: circa 1700-circa 1840

Collection of Audio and Video Recordings on the Yale Center for British Art

 Collection
Call Number: A006
Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of audio and video material about the Yale Center for British Art that has been created by other entities. Highlights of the collection include media about the opening of the Center, documentaries from television and public radio related to the Center and its exhibitions, and the film “Something to Brighten up the Morning” about Paul Mellon's horse Mill Reef.

Dates: 1972-1999

Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 50
Abstract: The collection comprises 11 items of printed ephemera concerning the Cabaret Theatre Club and the Cave of the Golden Calf. The items include: a preliminary prospectus (April, 1912); a general program (May, 1912); a prospectus for the second season (September, 1912); a preliminary announcement of the performance season of the Intimate Theatre Society (late 1912?); a program for June 17, 1913, featuring a performance of Bastien und Bastienne; membership application forms for the Cabaret...
Dates: 1912-1914

Connecting the Dots: For a Just Transition

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 221
Abstract:

Inkjet prints of photographic images created by Will Wilson for his series, Connecting the Dots: For a Just Transition, 2019-2021.

In an artist's statement for the series, Wilson writes that it "intends to shape a platform for voices of resilience, Indigenous knowledge and restorative systems of remediation while bearing witness to a history of environmental damage and communal loss on the Navajo Nation."

Dates: 2019-2021

Constance Clement collection of Yale Center for British Art photographs and negatives

 Collection
Call Number: A002
Abstract: This collection is comprised of photographic material created between 1970-2011 and documents the formation, use, and renovations of the Yale Center for British Art. Originating from the office of Constance "Cecie" Clement, Deputy Director and head of building conservation for the YCBA, these photographs are primarily 8" x 10" black and white photographs and 35mm and 120mm film negatives and document the construction, building details, evelations, of the museum as well as events,...
Dates: 1971-2011

Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-150
Abstract:

A collection of 199 drawings and watercolors by Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Cheyenne, and Kiowa artists, much of it student work, collected by Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, wife of a superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School and an early art instructor of many of the artists.

Dates: 1917-1945

Dennistoun correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 56
Abstract:

Letters from various correspondents addressed to Dennistoun or to his wife, Isabella. Many are of a social nature. Letters from William Carnegie Northesk and William Stirling Maxwell concern art collecting.

Dates: 1785-1855

Dial/Scofield Thayer papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 34
Abstract: The papers document the life and activities of Scofield Thayer and the history of Dial Magazine under his ownership. They include the surviving Dial office files, with correspondence by Alyse Gregory, Marianne Moore, Gilbert Seldes, Kenneth Burke, and J. Sibley Watson; manuscripts, typescripts and corrected galleys of submissions to the magazine by authors including Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, George Santayana, William Butler Yeats, and Glenway Wescott; and advertising material....
Dates: 1879-1982, bulk 1920-1925

"The Doctor" by Sir Luke Fildes collection

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 69
Abstract: The collection consists of commercial reproductions of Sir Luke Fildes' painting "The Doctor." The painting, completed in 1891, depicts a seated physician attending an ill child in a modest cottage while her anxious parents wait in the background. It has been interpreted as representing the qualities of an ideal physician and has been widely reproduced in multiple formats for decorative and advertising purposes. Items in the collection include prints, advertisements, publications, stamps,...
Dates: circa 1891 - 2005

Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 101
Abstract: The Katherine S. Dreier portion of the collection contains correspondence between Dreier and artists and friends (including Constantin Alajalov, David Burli︠u︡k, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Man Ray, and Ted Shawn); and art-related organizations (including the Arts Club of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art).There is some correspondence regarding art purchases and the packaging and shipping of art, such as that...
Dates: 1818-1952, bulk 1920-1951

Duncan Robinson papers on Paul Mellon

 Collection
Call Number: S018
Abstract:

Collection material mostly pertains the life of Paul Mellon and his relationship with Duncan Robinson, with an emphasis on Mellon's personal interests in horse racing and sporting art.

Dates: 1930-2007