Biographical Material
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938
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- George Grey Barnard papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet (Boxes 1 and 15)
- Date
- circa 1888-1955
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.barngeor, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- George Grey Barnard papers, circa 1860-1969, bulk 1880-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Biographical materials are arranged alphabetically according to material type and then chronologically within the files.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- This series has been scanned in its entirety.
- Scope and Contents note
- This series records George Grey Barnard's personal biography, family genealogy, friends, and associations. Files contain address books; biographical notes written for reference resources such as Who's Who, National Social Blue Book, Cyclopedia of American Biography; family genealogies and family histories; legal documents such as George Grey Barnard's and his wife Edna's last will and testament, and the sale of land to Metropolitan Museum of Art; a diploma belonging to his father Rev. Joseph Barnard; ephemera including membership cards; and a set of unidentified hand prints. Lists of "prospects" include individuals whom Barnard identified as likely clients for his own sculpture, for the medieval art and artifacts that he sold to prominent museums and collectors, or for those likely to offer to contribute financial assistance to aid in the completion of his war memorial, Rainbow Arch. There is also a select list of his funeral attendees and miscellaneous additional data about "the Monastary" (Abbaye).
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510132231-1503510132254-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0