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Francis Patrick Garvan papers

Archives of American Art

Taylor, Henry H. Correspondence
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Object Details

sova.aaa.garvfran
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw967eba50b-af71-403b-9e9a-2174313ce9b6
Creator
Garvan, Mabel Brady
Garvan, Francis P. (Francis Patrick), 1875-1937
Names
American Art Association
Garvan Collection (Yale University)
Macbeth Gallery
O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries
Parke-Bernet Galleries
Yale University -- Art collections
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933
Day, George Parmly, 1876-1959
Ensko, Robert
Halsey, R. T. Haines (Richard Townley Haines), 1865-1942
Jones, E. Alfred (Edward Alfred), 1872-1943
Keough, Andrew, 1869-1953
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941
Phillips, John Marshall, 1905-1953
Occupation
Collectors -- New York (State) -- New York
Topic
Decorative arts
Decorative arts -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
Art -- Collectors and collecting
Provenance
Donated 1981 by Anthony N. B. Garvan and Phil Hoyt for the estate of Mabel Brady Garvan.
Creator
Garvan, Mabel Brady
Garvan, Francis P. (Francis Patrick), 1875-1937
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Summary
The papers of art collector Francis Patrick Garvan measure 44.9 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1953, with one document from 1867. The papers provide extensive documentation on the Garvan collection which included rare books, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, and furniture. The majority of the collection consists of inventory records that give descriptive information regarding each piece in the collection; in many cases the files also include a photograph of the object. Also found are correspondence and subject files; auction records for sales at the American Art Association, Parke-Bernet Galleries, and Plaza Art Galleries; loan records; estate records; and a small amount of printed material, writings, and photographs. Approximately half of the Garvan papers were created posthumously by Mabel Brady Garvan and the managers of Garvan's estate.
Biographical / Historical
Francis Patrick Garvan (1875-1937) and his wife Mabel Brady Garvan were art collectors in the 1920s and 1930s, specializing in decorative arts and furniture. Professionally, Garvan was a lawyer who spent the majority of his career serving as President of the Chemical Foundation, to which he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson. He maintained relationships with many prominent museums and galleries including the American Art Association, the Anderson Galleries, the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Over the course of his life, Garvan had amassed a collection of thousands of decorative and fine art objects. During his final years, Garvan arranged for the majority of his art collection to be donated to Yale University, his alma mater.
Extent
44.9 Linear feet
Date
1912-1953
1867
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.garvfran
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Citation
Francis Patrick Garvan papers, 1867, 1912-1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 8 series. Missing Title Series 1: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1912-1942, 1953 (11.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-12, 46) Series 2: Auction Records, circa 1930s-1949 (1.75 linear feet; Boxes 12-13) Series 3: Loan Records, 1919-1948 (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 14-16, 46) Series 4: Estate Records, 1929-1951 (0.75 linear feet; Box 17, 45) Series 5: Inventory, 1928-1949 (26.0 linear feet; Boxes 17-43) Series 6: Printed Materials, 1867, 1926-1949 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 43-44, 46) Series 7: Writings, 1930s (0.3 linear feet; Box 44) Series 8: Photographic Materials, 1930s-1940s (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 44-45, 47)
Processing Information
This collection processed to a minimal level and a finding aid created by Dominique Luster in 2014.
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.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Scope and Contents
The papers of art collector Francis Patrick Garvan measure 44.9 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1953, with one document from 1867. The papers provide extensive documentation on the Garvan collection which included rare books, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, and furniture. The majority of the collection consists of inventory records that give descriptive information regarding each piece in the collection; in many cases the files also include a photograph of the object. Also found are correspondence and subject files; auction records for sales at the American Art Association, Parke-Bernet Galleries, and Plaza Art Galleries; loan records; estate records; and a small amount of printed material, writings, and photographs. Approximately half of the Garvan papers were created posthumously by Mabel Brady Garvan and the managers of Garvan's estate. Notable correspondence is with antique, art and rare book dealers, museums, curators, conservators, Garvan's employees, George Parmly Day, Andrew Keough, and John Marshall Phillips of Yale University regarding the 1930 gift of the [Mabel Brady] Garvan Collection to Yale, as well as the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., Francis Bigelow, Robert Ensko, Richard T. Haines Halsey, E. Alfred Jones, Fiske Kimball, William Macbeth, Inc., Wallace Nutting, Richard W. Symonds, and others.
Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
AAA.garvfran
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AAA.garvfran
AAA
Record ID
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  • Inventory Cards, 221-240 Chests of Drawers

  • Maggs Bros.

  • Inventory Cards, Staffordshire

  • Inventory Files, Print Catalogues "D"

  • Boulton & Paul Ltd.

  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

  • Inventory Files, Mantels

  • Parke-Bernet Galleries

  • Inventory Cards, English Pottery 251-300

  • Inventory Cards, China

  • Catalogues, Sportsman's Miscellany

  • Kelleher, William H.

  • Bland, Harry M.

  • Inventory Cards, English Pottery 801-850

  • Yale-Miscellaneous

  • Goldsmith & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.

  • Catalogues, Oil Paintings

  • Catalogues, American & English Furniture

  • Inventory Files, Views "N"

  • Inventory Files, Print Catalogues "I"

  • Sales Records

  • Champion & Wilton

  • Charles Scribner's Sons

  • Hodges, Fidges, & Co. Ltd.


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