Object Details
- Creator
- Rathbone, Perry Townsend, 1911-2000
- Subject
- Wittmann, Otto
- Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff
- Stout, George L. (George Leslie)
- Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane)
- Howe, Thomas Carr
- Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold
- Gonzalez, Xavier
- Willard, Marian
- Swarzenski, Hanns
- Valentin, Curt
- Sabersky, Jane
- Beckmann, Max
- Moore, Lamont
- Parkhurst, Charles
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Allied Forces
- Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.
- City Art Museum of St. Louis
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- United States
- Physical Description
- 4.3 Linear feet, 5 boxes, 1 OV
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as 6 series. Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1930-1982 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1940-1985 (1.1 linear feet; Box 1-2) Series 3: Writings, 1929-1967 (0.8 linear feet; Box 2) Series 4: Professional Files, 1938-1984 (2 linear feet; Box 2-4, OV 6) Series 5: Printed Materials, 1954-1975 (0.2 linear feet; Box 4-5, OV 6) Series 6: Photographs, 1936-1972 (0.1 linear feet; Box 5)
- Access Note / Rights
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Summary
- The papers of museum director Perry Townsend Rathbone measure 4.3 linear feet and date from 1929 to 1985. The papers document Rathbone's career as museum director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and his later work with Christie's New York office. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence with friends and colleagues, writings, professional and project files, printed materials, and photographs, mostly of exhibitions.
- Citation
- Perry Townsend Rathbone papers, 1929-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Funding
- Processing of this collection was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
- Use Note
- 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.
- Related Materials
- The Archives of American Art also holds an oral history interview of Perry Townsend Rathbone conducted in 1975-1976 by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art's oral history program.
- Biography Note
- Perry Townsend Rathbone (1911-2000) was a prominent museum director who worked primarily in Boston and New York City. He was an early supporter of German Expressionism in America.
- Language Note
- The bulk of the collection is in English. Other languages include Arabic, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, most of which are in the travel records.
- Provenance
- Perry Townsend Rathbone donated his paper to the Archives of American Art in 1977 and 1988.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)8353
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210525
- AAA_collcode_rathperr
- Type
- Transcripts
- Photographs
- Interviews
- Theme
- Lives of American Artists
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Museum directors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Record ID
- AAADCD_coll_210525
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