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Series 1: Biographical Material , 1915-2003

0.6 Linear feet

Box 1, 14, and OV 18

Biographical material includes a variety of primary sources as well as detailed research into Hildreth Meière's life and work by Louise Meière Dunn, daughter of Hildreth Meière. Documents include an autobiographical narrative written by Meière, numerous awards and certificates, a calligraphic drawing that was a gift from Harry Zee Hoffman, genealogical research, a legal brief concerning Meière's marriage, passports, membership cards, U.S. Navy service records from World War I, a school transcript, and wedding dress designs and samples from a Paris designer. Extensive writings and research by Louise Meière Dunn thoroughly document Meière's life and career through correspondence, documentation of archival holdings regarding Meière's commissions held by other institutions, and biographical writings.

Series 2: Correspondence , 1901-2011, bulk 1916-1961

3 Linear feet

Boxes 1-4, RD 19

Correspondence includes three groups of correspondence: personal, travel, and business. In addition to letters to and from Hildreth Meière, each group of correspondence also has a set of indexes, summaries, and/or transcripts prepared by Louise Meière Dunn. Some of the indexes, summaries and transcripts are digital. The indexes to the personal correspondence are particularly detailed, with many letters partially or fully transcribed.

Personal correspondence is between Hildreth Meière and family members and close friends, and is arranged by correspondent name. Hildreth Meière's letters to family written between 1906 and 1924 are arranged at the beginning of the series, along with their detailed indexes. Letters from Meière's mother, Marie "Min" Hildreth Meière (MHM) from 1916 to 1924, and two letters from her father, Ernest Meière follow. A single letter from HM to her classmates dated 1911 is followed by extensive letters to friend Katherine Harvey, which are heavily illustrated by Meière, including a lengthy scroll on Japanese rice paper containing an illustrated letter. Correspondence is also found with Louise Harmon, her sister Lloyd in California in the 1940s, and an extensive set of letters from Meière to her daughter Louise, from 1940 to 1961. Additional personal correspondents include Nancy Basinger, Ethel Howe, Narcissa Thorne, and Clare Winthrop. Original documents are often annotated with circled numbers written in pencil which correspond to the numbers in the index. These numbers begin a new sequence for each year.

Travel correspondence is also personal in nature, and is largely comprised of letters to family from Hildreth Meière while traveling abroad. Most files contain a listing of their contents prepared by the donor. One 1934 letter from Munich describes Adolf Hitler's appearance at a performance Meière attended in Oberammergau, Bavaria, and includes a complete transcript.

Business correspondence contains letters to and from Meière regarding lectures, commissions, professional organizations, schools, competitions, and projects. Correspondence is with architects, designers, fabricators, potential clients, and teachers. Where a correspondent is associated with a particular project, that project is noted in parentheses. A subject index to the business correspondence prepared by Louise Meière Dunn is found at the beginning of the grouping. Subjects include correspondence regarding schools, newspapers and periodicals, Architects, World's fair, Commissions, and Ships.

Personal correspondence is arranged by correspondent. Travel correspondence is arranged chronologically. Business correspondence is arranged by correspondent, or in some cases, by project. Where indexes, summaries, or transcripts exist, they are arranged immediately before the materials to which they refer. There is significant crossover between personal and travel correspondence, but they are arranged separately to facilitate use of the prepared indexes. Additional correspondence concerning the Spanish civil war relief effort and organizing activities during WWII is found in series 4, Civilian War Relief Records.

Description	Container	Select
Personal Correspondence		Select: Personal Correspondence
Hildreth Meière's Letters to Family (1916-1924)		Select: Hildreth Meière's Letters to Family (1916-1924)
Indexer's Notes, 2001, 1993-1995	1 32	Select: Indexer's Notes, 2001, 1993-1995
Index, Glossary, and Chronology, 1994-1995	1 33	Select: Index, Glossary, and Chronology, 1994-1995
Index (1916-1918), 1993-1995	1 34	Select: Index (1916-1918), 1993-1995
Index (1919-1922), 1993-1995	1 35	Select: Index (1919-1922), 1993-1995
Index (1923), 1993-1995	1 36	Select: Index (1923), 1993-1995
Index (1924), 1993-1995	1 37	Select: Index (1924), 1993-1995
Letters, 1901-1916 Not indexed	1 38	Select: Letters, 1901-1916 Scope and Contents Not indexed
Letters, 1916 January-February	1 39	Select: Letters, 1916 January-February
Letters, 1916 March-May	1 40	Select: Letters, 1916 March-May
Letters, 1916 May-June	1 41	Select: Letters, 1916 May-June
Letters, 1916 June-July	1 42	Select: Letters, 1916 June-July
Letters, 1916 July-September	1 43	Select: Letters, 1916 July-September
Letters, 1916 September-November	1 44	Select: Letters, 1916 September-November
Letters, 1916 November-December	1 45	Select: Letters, 1916 November-December
Letters, 1916 December	1 46	Select: Letters, 1916 December
Letters, 1917 January-February	1 47	Select: Letters, 1917 January-February
Letters, 1917 March-September	1 48	Select: Letters, 1917 March-September
Letters, 1917 September-December	1 49	Select: Letters, 1917 September-December
Letters, 1918 January-February	1 50	Select: Letters, 1918 January-February
Letters, 1918 March-May	1 51	Select: Letters, 1918 March-May
Letters, 1918 May-July	1 52	Select: Letters, 1918 May-July
Letters, 1918 July-November	1 53	Select: Letters, 1918 July-November
Letters, 1919 March-July	1 54	Select: Letters, 1919 March-July
Letters, 1919 July-December	1 55	Select: Letters, 1919 July-December
Letters, 1920 January-February	1 56	Select: Letters, 1920 January-February
Letters, 1920 February-May	1 57	Select: Letters, 1920 February-May
Letters, 1920 October-December	1 58	Select: Letters, 1920 October-December
Letters, 1921 January-December	1 59	Select: Letters, 1921 January-December
Letters, 1922 January-April Contains un-indexed letter	1 60	Select: Letters, 1922 January-April Scope and Contents Contains un-indexed letter
Letters, 1922 April-December	1 61	Select: Letters, 1922 April-December
Letters, 1923 January-April	1 62	Select: Letters, 1923 January-April
Letters, 1923 April-August	1 63	Select: Letters, 1923 April-August
Letters, 1923 September-November	1 64	Select: Letters, 1923 September-November
Letters, 1923 November-December	1 65	Select: Letters, 1923 November-December
Letters, 1924 January-July	1 65	Select: Letters, 1924 January-July
Personal Correspondence		Select: Personal Correspondence
Marie H. Meière (mother) Letters to Hildreth Meière (1916-1924)		Select: Marie H. Meière (mother) Letters to Hildreth Meière (1916-1924)
Transcripts and Chronologies, Digital Documents, 2008-2010 0.005 Gigabytes 65 computer files	ER01	Select: Transcripts and Chronologies, Digital Documents, 2008-2010 0.005 Gigabytes65 computer files
Letters, 1916 January-May	2 2	Select: Letters, 1916 January-May
Letters, 1916 May-September	2 3	Select: Letters, 1916 May-September
Letters, 1916 October-December	2 4	Select: Letters, 1916 October-December
Letters, 1917	2 5	Select: Letters, 1917
Letters, 1918 January-May	2 6	Select: Letters, 1918 January-May
Letters, 1918 June-December	2 7	Select: Letters, 1918 June-December
Letters, 1919 January-May	2 8	Select: Letters, 1919 January-May
Letters, 1919 June-December	2 9	Select: Letters, 1919 June-December
Letters, 1920 January-April	2 10	Select: Letters, 1920 January-April
Letters, 1920 May-December	2 11	Select: Letters, 1920 May-December
Letters, 1921 January-March	2 12	Select: Letters, 1921 January-March
Letters, 1921 March -June	2 13	Select: Letters, 1921 March -June
Letters, 1921 July-December	2 14	Select: Letters, 1921 July-December
Letters, 1922 January-March	2 15	Select: Letters, 1922 January-March
Letters, 1922 April-June	2 16	Select: Letters, 1922 April-June
Letters, 1922 July-December	2 17	Select: Letters, 1922 July-December
Letters, 1923 January-February	2 18	Select: Letters, 1923 January-February
Letters, 1923 March-April	2 19	Select: Letters, 1923 March-April
Letters, 1923 May-June	2 20	Select: Letters, 1923 May-June
Letters, 1923 July-August	2 21	Select: Letters, 1923 July-August
Letters, 1923 September-October	2 22	Select: Letters, 1923 September-October
Letters, 1923 November-December	2 23	Select: Letters, 1923 November-December
Letters, 1924 January-February	2 24	Select: Letters, 1924 January-February
Letters, 1924 March	2 25	Select: Letters, 1924 March
Letters, 1924 April	2 26	Select: Letters, 1924 April
Letters, 1924 May	2 27	Select: Letters, 1924 May
Letters, 1924 June-July	2 28	Select: Letters, 1924 June-July
Ernst Meière (father) Letters to Hildreth Meière, 1931, circa 1924	2 29	Select: Ernst Meière (father) Letters to Hildreth Meière, 1931, circa 1924
Hildreth Meière Letter to Classmates, circa 1911	2 30	Select: Hildreth Meière Letter to Classmates, circa 1911
Hildreth Meière Letters to Katherine Harvey		Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Katherine Harvey
Letters, circa 1910	2 31	Select: Letters, circa 1910
Letters, 1910 Illustrated letters in sketchbook	2 32	Select: Letters, 1910 Illustrated letters in sketchbook
Letters, 1911 September-October	2 33	Select: Letters, 1911 September-October
Letters, 1911 November-December	2 34	Select: Letters, 1911 November-December
Letters, 1912 January-February	2 35	Select: Letters, 1912 January-February
Letters, 1912 March-April	2 36	Select: Letters, 1912 March-April
Letters, 1912 May-June	2 37	Select: Letters, 1912 May-June
Letters, 1913-1915 Includes illustrated letter written on scroll, circa 75 inches long. Oversized illustrated letter housed in RD 18	2 38	Select: Letters, 1913-1915 Includes illustrated letter written on scroll, circa 75 inches long. Scope and Contents Oversized illustrated letter housed in RD 18
Louise Harmon Letter to Marie H. Meière, 1920 April 14	2 39	Select: Louise Harmon Letter to Marie H. Meière, 1920 April 14
Louise Harmon Letter to Hildreth Meière, 1938	2 40	Select: Louise Harmon Letter to Hildreth Meière, 1938
Hildreth Meière Letters to Anne (Nancy) Basinger, circa 1946-1961 Includes letters of condolence from Basinger	2 41	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Anne (Nancy) Basinger, circa 1946-1961 Scope and Contents Includes letters of condolence from Basinger
Hildreth Meière Letters to Lloyd Meière Bowers (sister) and Other California Family, 1941-1942, 2011 Includes partial transcripts	2 42	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Lloyd Meière Bowers (sister) and Other California Family, 1941-1942, 2011 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Personal Correspondence		Select: Personal Correspondence
Lloyd Meière Bowers Letters to Hildreth Meière, 1940-1943 Includes born-digital records, see ER02	3 1-2	Select: Lloyd Meière Bowers Letters to Hildreth Meière, 1940-1943 Includes born-digital records, see ER02
Lloyd Meière Bowers Letters to Hildreth Meière (circa 1940-1943), Digital Documents, 2011 0.014 Gigabytes 4 computer files	ER02	Select: Lloyd Meière Bowers Letters to Hildreth Meière (circa 1940-1943), Digital Documents, 2011 0.014 Gigabytes4 computer files
Hildreth Meière Letters to Louise Meière (daughter)		Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Louise Meière (daughter)
Letters, 1940-1944, 2011 Includes partial transcripts	3 3	Select: Letters, 1940-1944, 2011 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Letters, 2011, 1940 Includes partial transcripts	3 4	Select: Letters, 2011, 1940 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Letters, 2011, 1941-1942 Includes partial transcripts	3 5	Select: Letters, 2011, 1941-1942 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Letters, 2011, 1943 Includes partial transcripts	3 6	Select: Letters, 2011, 1943 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Letters, 2011, 1944 Includes partial transcripts	3 7	Select: Letters, 2011, 1944 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Letters, 1947 December, 2011 Includes partial transcripts	3 8	Select: Letters, 1947 December, 2011 Scope and Contents Includes partial transcripts
Partial Transcripts (1948), circa 2012	3 9	Select: Partial Transcripts (1948), circa 2012
Letters, 1948 May-August	3 10	Select: Letters, 1948 May-August
Letters, 1948 September-December	3 11	Select: Letters, 1948 September-December
Partial Transcripts (1949), 2011	3 12	Select: Partial Transcripts (1949), 2011
Letters, 1949 January-September	3 13	Select: Letters, 1949 January-September
Letters, 1949 October-December	3 14	Select: Letters, 1949 October-December
Partial Transcripts (1950-1951), 2011	3 15	Select: Partial Transcripts (1950-1951), 2011
Letters, 1950-1951	3 16	Select: Letters, 1950-1951
Partial Transcripts (1953), 2011	3 17	Select: Partial Transcripts (1953), 2011
Letters, 1953	3 18	Select: Letters, 1953
Partial Transcripts (1954), 2011	3 19	Select: Partial Transcripts (1954), 2011
Letters, 1954	3 20	Select: Letters, 1954
Partial Transcrpits (1955), circa 2011	3 21	Select: Partial Transcrpits (1955), circa 2011
Letters, 1955	3 22	Select: Letters, 1955
Partial Transcripts (1956-1957), 2012	3 23	Select: Partial Transcripts (1956-1957), 2012
Letters, 1956-1957 Contains detailed itinerary for travel to Mexico	3 24	Select: Letters, 1956-1957 Scope and Contents Contains detailed itinerary for travel to Mexico
Partial Transcripts (1958), 2012	3 25	Select: Partial Transcripts (1958), 2012
Letters, 1958	3 26	Select: Letters, 1958
Partial Transcripts (1960-1961), 2011	3 27	Select: Partial Transcripts (1960-1961), 2011
Letters, 1960-1961	3 28	Select: Letters, 1960-1961
Letters of Condolence to Louise Meière Dunn, 1961	3 29	Select: Letters of Condolence to Louise Meière Dunn, 1961
Letters to Hildreth Meière from Various Correspondents, circa 1929-1940	3 30	Select: Letters to Hildreth Meière from Various Correspondents, circa 1929-1940
Ethel Howe Letters to Hildreth Meière, circa 1930-1931	3 31	Select: Ethel Howe Letters to Hildreth Meière, circa 1930-1931
Narcissa Thorne Letters to Hildreth Meière, 1991, 1933-1937 Includes clippings	3 32	Select: Narcissa Thorne Letters to Hildreth Meière, 1991, 1933-1937 Scope and Contents Includes clippings
Clare Winthrop Letter to Hildreth Meière, 1937	3 33	Select: Clare Winthrop Letter to Hildreth Meière, 1937
Scans and Partial Transcripts of Correspondence 1948-1959, Digital Documents, 2014 0.019 Gigabytes 15 computer files	ER03	Select: Scans and Partial Transcripts of Correspondence 1948-1959, Digital Documents, 2014 0.019 Gigabytes15 computer files
Travel Correspondence		Select: Travel Correspondence
Hildreth Meière Letters from Paris, 1922	3 34	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters from Paris, 1922
Hildreth Meière Correspondence with Spanish Relatives, 1925-1926	3 35	Select: Hildreth Meière Correspondence with Spanish Relatives, 1925-1926
Hildreth Meière Letters from Italy, 1927	3 36	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters from Italy, 1927
Hildreth Meière Letters from Scandinavia and Paris, 1932	3 37	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters from Scandinavia and Paris, 1932
Hildreth Meière Letters from Turkey, Yugoslavia, and Paris, 1933	3 38	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters from Turkey, Yugoslavia, and Paris, 1933
Letters from Robert, Paris, 1932-1933	3 39	Select: Letters from Robert, Paris, 1932-1933
Hildreth Meière Letters from Germany, 1934 Includes a description of Meière's attendance at the Oberammergau passion play performance attended by Adolf Hitler in a letter of August 13, 1934, along with a transcription of the letter.	3 40	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters from Germany, 1934 Scope and Contents Includes a description of Meière's attendance at the Oberammergau passion play performance attended by Adolf Hitler in a letter of August 13, 1934, along with a transcription of the letter.
Hildreth Meière Correspondence with Spanish Contacts, 1935-1939	3 41	Select: Hildreth Meière Correspondence with Spanish Contacts, 1935-1939
Hildreth Meière Letters to Louise Harmon from Berlin, Poland, and Russia, 1936 Includes photographs	3 42	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Louise Harmon from Berlin, Poland, and Russia, 1936 Scope and Contents Includes photographs
Letters to Hildreth Meière in Poland and Russia from Louise Harmon and Others , 1936	3 43	Select: Letters to Hildreth Meière in Poland and Russia from Louise Harmon and Others , 1936
Hildreth Meière Letters to Malvina Hoffman from France , 1938	3 44	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Malvina Hoffman from France , 1938
Letter from Jimmy Clarke to Hildreth Meière from Warsaw, Poland, 1939 January 29	3 45	Select: Letter from Jimmy Clarke to Hildreth Meière from Warsaw, Poland, 1939 January 29
Hildreth Meière Letter to Louise Meière from Guatemala and Mexico, 1946	3 46	Select: Hildreth Meière Letter to Louise Meière from Guatemala and Mexico, 1946
Hildreth Meière Letters to Anne (Nancy) Basinger from South America, 1947	3 47	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Anne (Nancy) Basinger from South America, 1947
Hildreth Meière Letters to Anne (Nancy) Basinger from the U.K. and Scandinavia, 1951	3 48	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Anne (Nancy) Basinger from the U.K. and Scandinavia, 1951
Hildreth Meière Letters to Ellie from Uganda and Rome, 1953 March	3 49	Select: Hildreth Meière Letters to Ellie from Uganda and Rome, 1953 March
Letters of Introduction for Hildreth Meière's Grand Tour, 1952	3 50	Select: Letters of Introduction for Hildreth Meière's Grand Tour, 1952
Business Correspondence		Select: Business Correspondence
Subject Index to Business Correspondence, 1999-2000	3 51	Select: Subject Index to Business Correspondence, 1999-2000
A, 1933-1953 Includes letters from Berenice Abbott and Florence Allen.	3 52	Select: A, 1933-1953 Scope and Contents Includes letters from Berenice Abbott and Florence Allen.
Hartley Alexander, Scripps College, 1931-1940 Contains item list of letters	3 53	Select: Hartley Alexander, Scripps College, 1931-1940 Scope and Contents Contains item list of letters
American Academy in Rome, Letters of Recommendation, 1920-1921	3 54	Select: American Academy in Rome, Letters of Recommendation, 1920-1921
American Institute of Architects, 1955	3 55	Select: American Institute of Architects, 1955
Art Institute of Chicago, 1921-1922	3 56	Select: Art Institute of Chicago, 1921-1922
Art Students League, 1912-1916	3 57	Select: Art Students League, 1912-1916
B, 1921-1944	3 58	Select: B, 1921-1944
Bruno de Paoli and Co. (Huntington Seminary), 1943	3 59	Select: Bruno de Paoli and Co. (Huntington Seminary), 1943
C, 1938-1940	3 60	Select: C, 1938-1940
The Center Theatre, circa 1939	3 61	Select: The Center Theatre, circa 1939
Central Association of the Miraculous Medal (Mary Immaculate Seminary), 1938-1939 Also contains letters from R. Guastavino Company	3 62	Select: Central Association of the Miraculous Medal (Mary Immaculate Seminary), 1938-1939 Scope and Contents Also contains letters from R. Guastavino Company
Citizen's Committee for the Army and Navy, 1941-1944 See also series 4, Civilian War Service Records	3 63	Select: Citizen's Committee for the Army and Navy, 1941-1944 Scope and Contents See also series 4, Civilian War Service Records
G.H.A. Clowes (32nd General Hospital, Indianapolis), 1943	3 64	Select: G.H.A. Clowes (32nd General Hospital, Indianapolis), 1943
Committee for the Mass Meeting for America, 1939 Multiple correspondents. Includes a printed program and clippings.	3 65	Select: Committee for the Mass Meeting for America, 1939 Scope and Contents Multiple correspondents. Includes a printed program and clippings.
Cram and Ferguson (St. John's Church, Boston), 1936, 1925-1926	3 66	Select: Cram and Ferguson (St. John's Church, Boston), 1936, 1925-1926
Paul Phillippe Cret, 1935-1936	3 67	Select: Paul Phillippe Cret, 1935-1936
Business Correspondence		Select: Business Correspondence
D, 1928-1940	4 1	Select: D, 1928-1940
The Decorator's Club, 1940	4 2	Select: The Decorator's Club, 1940
Baron Dervaux, 1937	4 3	Select: Baron Dervaux, 1937
E, 1938	4 4	Select: E, 1938
John J. Early, 1936-1938	4 5	Select: John J. Early, 1936-1938
Helen Farnham (Illinois Bell Telephone Co.), 1938-1940	4 6	Select: Helen Farnham (Illinois Bell Telephone Co.), 1938-1940
Lynn Faucett, 1937-1938	4 7	Select: Lynn Faucett, 1937-1938
Fordham University Chapel, 1942 Multiple correspondents.	4 8	Select: Fordham University Chapel, 1942 Scope and Contents Multiple correspondents.
Fred Harvey Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, 1936-1937 Multiple correspondents.	4 9	Select: Fred Harvey Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, 1936-1937 Scope and Contents Multiple correspondents.
Emily Genauer, circa 1940	4 10	Select: Emily Genauer, circa 1940
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, 2000, 1921-1924 Contains item list of letters.	4 11	Select: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, 2000, 1921-1924 Scope and Contents Contains item list of letters.
H, 1926-1969	4 12	Select: H, 1926-1969
Inisfada, 1939	4 13	Select: Inisfada, 1939
Klimo, 1939	4 14	Select: Klimo, 1939
Liturgical Arts Society, Inc., 1939	4 15	Select: Liturgical Arts Society, Inc., 1939
George Lovatt, 1936	4 16	Select: George Lovatt, 1936
M, 1936-1939	4 17	Select: M, 1936-1939
Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, 1940	4 18	Select: Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, 1940
M.I.T School of Architecture, 1934-1935	4 19	Select: M.I.T School of Architecture, 1934-1935
Hildreth Meière, 1932-1943	4 20	Select: Hildreth Meière, 1932-1943
Francis A. Nelson (St. James Church, Upper Montclair, NJ), 1943	4 21	Select: Francis A. Nelson (St. James Church, Upper Montclair, NJ), 1943
New York Times, 1940 Contains typescript of poem Meière had published in the newspaper.	4 22	Select: New York Times, 1940 Scope and Contents Contains typescript of poem Meière had published in the newspaper.
Obrero Lans Museum, 1937	4 23	Select: Obrero Lans Museum, 1937
P-R, 1926-1939 Contains letter from Alfred E. Poor.	4 24	Select: P-R, 1926-1939 Scope and Contents Contains letter from Alfred E. Poor.
Rambusch Decorating Company, 1933-1950	4 25	Select: Rambusch Decorating Company, 1933-1950
Robert J. Reiley (Huntington Seminary), 1943, 1936	4 26	Select: Robert J. Reiley (Huntington Seminary), 1943, 1936
S-T, 1934-1957	4 27	Select: S-T, 1934-1957
Joseph Sanford Shanley (St. Charles Borromeo Church, Newark, NJ), 1936-1937	4 28	Select: Joseph Sanford Shanley (St. Charles Borromeo Church, Newark, NJ), 1936-1937
St. James Church (Montclair, NJ), 1943 See also Francis A. Nelson	4 29	Select: St. James Church (Montclair, NJ), 1943 Scope and Contents See also Francis A. Nelson
Smythe, Urqhart, and Marckwald, Inc. (S.S. United States), 1950-1951, 1939 See also series 6, Printed Material	4 30	Select: Smythe, Urqhart, and Marckwald, Inc. (S.S. United States), 1950-1951, 1939 Scope and Contents See also series 6, Printed Material
Lizzie Stuart, circa 1939-1940	4 31	Select: Lizzie Stuart, circa 1939-1940
U, 1943	4 32	Select: U, 1943
United States Navy, 1940-1942	4 33	Select: United States Navy, 1940-1942
United States Treasury Department (Ed Rowan), 1935	4 34	Select: United States Treasury Department (Ed Rowan), 1935
United States Treasury Department (Inslee Hopper), 1936	4 35	Select: United States Treasury Department (Inslee Hopper), 1936
F.R. Walker, 1936	4 36	Select: F.R. Walker, 1936
Wilfred Edwarts Anthony et al (St. Paul's Church, New Haven, CT), 1927	4 37	Select: Wilfred Edwarts Anthony et al (St. Paul's Church, New Haven, CT), 1927
Zantzinger and Borie, 1936	4 38	Select: Zantzinger and Borie, 1936
Oversized Illustrated Letter on Scroll From Box 2, Folder 38	RD 19	Select: Oversized Illustrated Letter on Scroll From Box 2, Folder 38

Series 3: Writings , 1904-1960

1.3 Linear feet

Boxes 4-5

Writings include thirteen diaries spanning her childhood and later travels in the 1920s-1950s, essays and talks, poetry and translations of Spanish poetry by Meière, two novel length unpublished prose manuscripts, and travelogues. Early diaries include many enclosures, including photographs, drawings, calling cards, letters, and other keepsakes. A file of typescript memos and reports document Meière's involvement with the National Society of Mural Painters' Coordinating Committee during a turbulent period preceding the 1939 World's Fair. Essays and talks concern Meière's work on the 1939 New York World's Fair, with the NYC WPA Art Project, and reflections on women in art careers, mural painting, and ecclesiastical art. Meière's own poetry, as well as her translations of Spanish poets Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and others, are found in manuscript and typescript form. Enclosures found in an early handwritten volume of poetry called "Poems (so-called)" include a letter recounting the dissolution of her marriage in 1930. Two prose manuscripts include Battery Brown, written after the first World War, and a work Meière called her "Spanish Civil War Novella," which is largely non-fiction documenting her experience with the Spanish war relief effort and her political stance on the conflict.

Travelogues, handwritten and typewritten, are found for her trips to Constantinople and the Balkans, her trip to Russia in 1936, and her "Grand Tour" of 1952-1953, which began in Europe and Great Britain during Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, and moved through India, Indonesia, Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and ended in Taormina, Sicily. The Grand Tour is documented in a lengthy typescript travelogue. Also found is a short essay on the politics of the Arab Israeli conflict written after her trip to the Middle East in 1954.

Arrangement is alphabetical by type of material. Additional material on Spanish Civil War is found in Series 4, Civilian War Service Records, and additional material related to Meiere's travels is found in Series 2, Correspondence and Series 5, Travel Records.

Description	Container	Select
Coordinating Committee Report, National Society of Mural Painters, 1938	4 39	Select: Coordinating Committee Report, National Society of Mural Painters, 1938
Diaries		Select: Diaries
Diaries, 1904, 1903, 1906 3 volumes	4 40	Select: Diaries, 1904, 1903, 1906 3 volumes
Diary, 1906-1907	4 41	Select: Diary, 1906-1907
Diary, 1907-1911	4 42	Select: Diary, 1907-1911
Items Removed from Diary, 1907-1911	4 43	Select: Items Removed from Diary, 1907-1911
Diary, 1912-1915	4 45	Select: Diary, 1912-1915
Items Removed from Diary, 1912-1915	4 46	Select: Items Removed from Diary, 1912-1915
Europe, 1922	4 47	Select: Europe, 1922
Europe and Russia, 1936	4 48	Select: Europe and Russia, 1936
Spain, 1938	4 49	Select: Spain, 1938
Yucatan, Mexico, 1946	4 50	Select: Yucatan, Mexico, 1946
South America, 1947	4 51-53	Select: South America, 1947
Grand Tour, 1952-1953	4 54-55	Select: Grand Tour, 1952-1953
Items Removed from Diary, Grand Tour, 1953	4 56	Select: Items Removed from Diary, Grand Tour, 1953
Europe and Middle East, 1954-1955	4 57	Select: Europe and Middle East, 1954-1955
Essays and Talks		Select: Essays and Talks
11th Annual Friendship Dinner Press Release, 1937 November 16	4 58	Select: 11th Annual Friendship Dinner Press Release, 1937 November 16
Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart, circa 1957	4 59	Select: Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart, circa 1957
At the Launching of the U.S.S. Buchanan, 1941	4 60	Select: At the Launching of the U.S.S. Buchanan, 1941
"The Emancipation of Women", circa 1937	4 61	Select: "The Emancipation of Women", circa 1937
"The Lord is God", 1911	4 62	Select: "The Lord is God", 1911
New York City WPA Art Project, circa 1941	4 63	Select: New York City WPA Art Project, circa 1941
On the New York World's Fair from the Artist's Angle, circa 1939	4 64	Select: On the New York World's Fair from the Artist's Angle, circa 1939
On the New York World's Fair, circa 1939	4 65	Select: On the New York World's Fair, circa 1939
On the Temple of Religion, to the Carroll Club, circa 1940	4 66	Select: On the Temple of Religion, to the Carroll Club, circa 1940
Opportunities for Young Women in the Field of Art, 1934	4 67	Select: Opportunities for Young Women in the Field of Art, 1934
Pen and Brush Club, circa 1930-1960	4 68	Select: Pen and Brush Club, circa 1930-1960
Proceedings of the Conference of Women's Work and their Stake in Public Affairs, 1935	4 69	Select: Proceedings of the Conference of Women's Work and their Stake in Public Affairs, 1935
Rose Bay Association, Australia, 1952	4 70	Select: Rose Bay Association, Australia, 1952
Working for a World's Fair, circa 1939	4 71	Select: Working for a World's Fair, circa 1939
Letter Book, "The Letters to Elizabeth", circa 1910	5 1	Select: Letter Book, "The Letters to Elizabeth", circa 1910
Poetry		Select: Poetry
Poetry, circa 1905	5 2	Select: Poetry, circa 1905
"My Poems", 1907	5 3	Select: "My Poems", 1907
"Poems (So-called)", 1904-1911	5 4	Select: "Poems (So-called)", 1904-1911
Items Removed from "Poetry (So-called)", circa 1928-1930 Contains handwritten and typescript poems and letters, including a 1930 letter detailing the dissolution of her marriage.	5 5	Select: Items Removed from "Poetry (So-called)", circa 1928-1930 Scope and Contents Contains handwritten and typescript poems and letters, including a 1930 letter detailing the dissolution of her marriage.
Poetry, circa 1913-1940	5 6-7	Select: Poetry, circa 1913-1940
Poetry Translations, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, circa 1925 2 copies	5 8-11	Select: Poetry Translations, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, circa 1925 Scope and Contents 2 copies
Translations of Various Spanish Poets, circa 1925	5 12	Select: Translations of Various Spanish Poets, circa 1925
Prose		Select: Prose
"Battery Brown", circa 1920	5 13	Select: "Battery Brown", circa 1920
Spanish Civil War Novella, circa 1938 2 copies	5 14-18	Select: Spanish Civil War Novella, circa 1938 Scope and Contents 2 copies
School Paper on Architecture, circa 1911	5 19-20	Select: School Paper on Architecture, circa 1911
Travelogues		Select: Travelogues
Constantinople and the Balkans, 1933 Includes handwritten manuscript and typescript	5 21-24	Select: Constantinople and the Balkans, 1933 Includes handwritten manuscript and typescript
Russia, 1936	5 25	Select: Russia, 1936
Grand Tour, circa 1953	5 26-28	Select: Grand Tour, circa 1953
Middle East, 1954	5 29	Select: Middle East, 1954
Louise Meière UNICEF Work Notes, 1954	5 30	Select: Louise Meière UNICEF Work Notes, 1954

Series 4: Civilian War Service Records , 1938-2006, bulk 1938-1946

1.3 Linear feet

Boxes 5-6, 15, FC 28-30

Records of Meière's civilian war service document her efforts to aid Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and to organize artists to contribute to the World War II effort. Extensive correspondence exists for both periods, as well as notes, memoranda, flyers, and reports. Material related to the Spanish Civil War also includes a transcript of a radio appearance by Meière, photographs of war devastation provided to her by Juan F. de Cárdenas, who would become Spain's ambassador to the United States the following year, and three film reels (16mm) shot by Meière during a trip to Spain in 1938 as a guest of Franco's government that document damage to public art and architecture as well as refugees. Also found are records related to an organization that came to be known as the America Spanish Relief Fund, which Meière helped to found.

Records pertaining to World War II relief efforts include reports, correspondence, and other documentation of Meière's organizing and volunteer coordination of various artist organizations for the creation of public art at military facilities across the United States. Also found are records relating to an event, "Vive La France," organized to raise money for the benefit of French civilians affected by the war.

See also Series 1, Biographical Materials for records regarding Meière's service in the United States Navy in World War I and Business Correspondence in Series 2 for records related to the organization of the 1939 "Mass Meeting for America" featuring Martin Dies in which Meière participated, and for additional correspondence related to committees represented in this series. Photographic documentation of Meière's extensive murals and designs made for military sites around the United States is found in series 7, Photographs and Moving Images.

Motion picture films in this series have been digitized for research access.

Series 5: Travel Records , 1933-1958

12.8 Linear feet

Boxes 6-10, 15, OV 18, FC 31-111

Travel Records include notes, printed material, slides, and motion picture film related to Meiere's many trips abroad between 1936 and 1958, throughout Europe, South and Central America, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.

Travel records are arranged in three subseries. Additional records related to Meiere's travel are found throughout the collection.

5.1: Travel Notes and Printed Material, 1936-1955
5.2: Slides, 1946-1958
5.3: Motion Picture Film, 1933-1958

Description	Container
5.1: Travel Notes and Printed Material, 1936-1955 Travel notes and printed material include notes about travel destinations, which may have been made to carry out talks illustrated by the slides and films in this series. Printed materials include brochures, clippings, itineraries, and maps from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, India, Indonesia, the Soviet Union, and Thailand.
Notes, circa 1950-1955	6 9	Select: Notes, circa 1950-1955
Africa		Select: Africa
Brochures, circa 1953	6 10-11	Select: Brochures, circa 1953
Clippings, 1954 Oversized Clippings in Box 15	6 12	Select: Clippings, 1954 Scope and Contents Oversized Clippings in Box 15
Itinerary and Notes, 1953	6 13	Select: Itinerary and Notes, 1953
Maps, circa 1953 Oversized maps in OV 18	6 14-15	Select: Maps, circa 1953 Scope and Contents Oversized maps in OV 18
Australia and New Zealand		Select: Australia and New Zealand
Brochures, circa 1952	6 16	Select: Brochures, circa 1952
Clipping, circa 1952	6 17	Select: Clipping, circa 1952
Itineraries and Maps, circa 1952	6 18	Select: Itineraries and Maps, circa 1952
Finland, Brochure, 1936	6 19	Select: Finland, Brochure, 1936
India		Select: India
Brochures, circa 1952	6 20-21	Select: Brochures, circa 1952
Clippings, 1953--1954 Oversized clippings in Box 15	6 22	Select: Clippings, 1953--1954 Scope and Contents Oversized clippings in Box 15
Itinerary, 1952	6 23	Select: Itinerary, 1952
Maps, circa 1952 Oversized maps in OV 18	6 24	Select: Maps, circa 1952 Scope and Contents Oversized maps in OV 18
Indonesia, Maps and Clipping, circa 1952 Oversized maps in OV 18	6 25	Select: Indonesia, Maps and Clipping, circa 1952 Scope and Contents Oversized maps in OV 18
Soviet Union		Select: Soviet Union
Brochures, circa 1936	6 26-27	Select: Brochures, circa 1936
Maps, circa 1936	6 28	Select: Maps, circa 1936
Thailand		Select: Thailand
Brochures and Maps, circa 1952 Oversized map in OV 18	6 29	Select: Brochures and Maps, circa 1952 Scope and Contents Oversized map in OV 18
Clippings, 1954	6 30	Select: Clippings, 1954
Oversized Clippings from Box 6, Folders 12 and 22	15	Select: Oversized Clippings from Box 6, Folders 12 and 22
Oversized Maps from Box 6, Folders 14, 24, and 29	OV 18	Select: Oversized Maps from Box 6, Folders 14, 24, and 29
5.2: Slides, 1946-1958 Slides in this series were taken during travels by Hildreth Meière and her daughter Louise Meière Dunn from the 1940s through the 1950s. Architecture, murals, and mosaics are highly represented in the images, and some landscape, local scenes, and personal photos are also found. Approximately one-half of the slides are from a lengthy trip Meière refers to in her writings as the "Grand Tour," which began in Australia and New Zealand, and continued to Bali, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand; India; Sub-Saharan Africa; Italy; Great Britain; and France. While in England, they witnessed the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Other trips represented in travel slides include Mexico and Guatemala in 1946, South America in 1947, Italy in 1949-1950, Scandinavia in 1951, Middle Eastern countries referred to as the "Holy Land" trip in 1954, and Belgium in 1958, specifically to see the Belgian Fair of that year. Also found are a large set of slides of Italian Mosaics filed with slides from Italy. These and other identified sets appear to have been assembled for slide talks given by Louise and Hildreth Meière. There are no identifications on the slides themselves. Some sets of slides correspond to slide lists of subjects depicted but there are no comprehensive lists of subjects. Handwritten notes with general information about locations and artworks depicted are also found with some sets of slides, and may have been used in travel talks given by Hildreth and/or Louise Meière Dunn.
Description	Container
General Notes, circa 1950-1955	6 31	Select: General Notes, circa 1950-1955
Africa Locations depicted include Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Rhodesia, Belgian Congo, and Uganda.		Select: Africa Scope and Contents Locations depicted include Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Rhodesia, Belgian Congo, and Uganda.
Slide List for Set 1, 1952-1953	6 32	Select: Slide List for Set 1, 1952-1953
Set 1, 1952-1953 3 slide boxes	6 33-35	Select: Set 1, 1952-1953 3 slide boxes
Set 2, 1952-1953 Contains slide list	6 36	Select: Set 2, 1952-1953 Scope and Contents Contains slide list
Set 3, 1952-1953	6 37	Select: Set 3, 1952-1953
Belgium, 1958	6 38	Select: Belgium, 1958
England		Select: England
England, circa 1953	7 1	Select: England, circa 1953
Oxford, circa 1953	7 2	Select: Oxford, circa 1953
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, 1953	7 3	Select: Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, 1953
Europe, Unidentified, circa 1950 Note in file indicates subjects include England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Austria.	7 4	Select: Europe, Unidentified, circa 1950 Scope and Contents Note in file indicates subjects include England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Austria.
France and Italy, Unidentified, circa 1950	7 5	Select: France and Italy, Unidentified, circa 1950
Guatemala, circa 1946	7 6	Select: Guatemala, circa 1946
Holy Land Locations depicted include Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Syria		Select: Holy Land Scope and Contents Locations depicted include Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Syria
Notes for Set 1, circa 1954	7 7-8	Select: Notes for Set 1, circa 1954
Set 1 5 slide boxes	7 9-13	Select: Set 1 5 slide boxes
Set 2		Select: Set 2
Greece, circa 1954	7 14-15	Select: Greece, circa 1954
Greece, Mosaics, circa 1954	7 16	Select: Greece, Mosaics, circa 1954
Istanbul, Turkey, circa 1954	7 17	Select: Istanbul, Turkey, circa 1954
Istanbul, Turkey, Mosaics, circa 1954	7 18	Select: Istanbul, Turkey, Mosaics, circa 1954
Cyprus, circa 1954	7 19	Select: Cyprus, circa 1954
Beirut Cedars, Lebanon, circa 1954	7 20	Select: Beirut Cedars, Lebanon, circa 1954
Baalbek, Lebanon, circa 1954	7 21	Select: Baalbek, Lebanon, circa 1954
Damascus, Syria, circa 1954	7 22	Select: Damascus, Syria, circa 1954
Egypt, circa 1954	7 23	Select: Egypt, circa 1954
Israel, circa 1954	7 24	Select: Israel, circa 1954
Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1954	7 25	Select: Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1954
Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Israel, circa 1954	7 26	Select: Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Israel, circa 1954
Unidentified, circa 1954	7 27	Select: Unidentified, circa 1954
India		Select: India
Slide Lists and Notes, circa 1952	7 28	Select: Slide Lists and Notes, circa 1952
Set 1, circa 1952 3 slide boxes	7 29-31	Select: Set 1, circa 1952 3 slide boxes
India, Set 2, circa 1952	8 1	Select: India, Set 2, circa 1952
Indonesia, Bali		Select: Indonesia, Bali
Slide Lists and Notes, circa 1952	8 2	Select: Slide Lists and Notes, circa 1952
Set 1, circa 1952 2 slide boxes	8 3-4	Select: Set 1, circa 1952 2 slide boxes
Set 2, circa 1952	8 5	Select: Set 2, circa 1952
Italy		Select: Italy
Set 1, 1949-1950 3 slide boxes	8 6-8	Select: Set 1, 1949-1950 3 slide boxes
Set 2, Sicily, Taormina, 1953	8 9	Select: Set 2, Sicily, Taormina, 1953
Set 3, 1957-1960	8 10-11	Select: Set 3, 1957-1960
Italian Mosaics		Select: Italian Mosaics
Slide List for Set 1, circa 1949-1950	8 12	Select: Slide List for Set 1, circa 1949-1950
Set 1, circa 1949-1950 2 slide boxes	8 13-14	Select: Set 1, circa 1949-1950 2 slide boxes
Set 2, circa 1949-1960	8 15	Select: Set 2, circa 1949-1960
Mexico		Select: Mexico
Set 1, 1946 3 slide boxes Subjects depicted include UNAM Mosaics, Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Puebla, Guadalajara, and the Diego Rivera and Rufino Tomayo murals.	9 1-3	Select: Set 1, 1946 3 slide boxes Scope and Contents Subjects depicted include UNAM Mosaics, Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Puebla, Guadalajara, and the Diego Rivera and Rufino Tomayo murals.
Set 2, 1946	9 4	Select: Set 2, 1946
New Zealand and Australia		Select: New Zealand and Australia
Slide Lists and Notes, circa 1952	9 5	Select: Slide Lists and Notes, circa 1952
Set 1, New Zealand, circa 1952 2 slide boxes	9 6-7	Select: Set 1, New Zealand, circa 1952 2 slide boxes
Set 2, New Zealand and Australia, circa 1952 Subjects depicted include Oxford and the Franz Josef Glacier, Ball Glacier, and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.	9 8-9	Select: Set 2, New Zealand and Australia, circa 1952 Scope and Contents Subjects depicted include Oxford and the Franz Josef Glacier, Ball Glacier, and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
Scandinavia		Select: Scandinavia
Set 1, circa 1951 Subject depicted is Sweden.	9 10	Select: Set 1, circa 1951 Scope and Contents Subject depicted is Sweden.
Set 2, circa 1951 Subjects depicted include Denmark, Holland, Sweden, and may also include Italy among unidentified slides.	9 11-17	Select: Set 2, circa 1951 Scope and Contents Subjects depicted include Denmark, Holland, Sweden, and may also include Italy among unidentified slides.
South America		Select: South America
Notes, circa 1947	10 1	Select: Notes, circa 1947
Slides, circa 1947 2 slide boxes Locations depicted in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.	10 2-3	Select: Slides, circa 1947 2 slide boxes Scope and Contents Locations depicted in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Spain, circa 1950	10 4	Select: Spain, circa 1950
Thailand		Select: Thailand
Lists and Notes, 1952	10 5	Select: Lists and Notes, 1952
Set 1, 1952 2 slide boxes	10 6-7	Select: Set 1, 1952 2 slide boxes
Set 2, 1952	10 8	Select: Set 2, 1952
5.3: Motion Picture Film, 1933-1958 Series contains 81 motion picture films shot by Hildreth Meiere while traveling between 1933 and 1958. Many of the same trips are represented in the footage as are shown in the slides in the collection, including the 1946 trip to Mexico and Guatemala, the 1947 trip to South America (Columbia, Ecuador, Peru), the 1949-1950 trip to Europe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Belgium, and Italy), the 1951 trip to Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden), the 1952-1953 "Grand Tour" (Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Ceylon, India, Rhodesia, Congo, South Africa, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, and France), the 1954 "Holy Land" trip (Egypt, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey), and the 1958 trip to Belgium. Unique to this series is documentation of earlier trips to Turkey (1933), Germany (1934), Europe (1936, Germany, Poland, Russia), and two shipboard films made on the S.S. America (1940) and on an Odyssey cruise (1938), which retraced the steps of Homer's Odyssey .
Description	Container
Notes, circa 1939-1955	10 9	Select: Notes, circa 1939-1955
Africa: South Africa, Rhodesia, Congo, 1953 4 Film reels 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 31-34.	10 10	Select: Africa: South Africa, Rhodesia, Congo, 1953 4 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 31-34.
Australia and New Zealand, 1952 3 Film reels 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 35-37.	10 11	Select: Australia and New Zealand, 1952 3 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 35-37.
Belgium, 1958 1 Film reel 16mm Footage of Expo 58 in Brussels. Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 38; See also "Europe; Holland, Belgium, France."	10 12	Select: Belgium, 1958 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Footage of Expo 58 in Brussels. Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 38; See also "Europe; Holland, Belgium, France."
Ceylon, 1952 2 Film reels 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 39-40	10 13	Select: Ceylon, 1952 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 39-40
Europe; Germany, Poland, Russia, 1936 1 Film reel 16mm Includes footage of the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 41	10 14	Select: Europe; Germany, Poland, Russia, 1936 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Includes footage of the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 41
Europe; France, Switzerland, Austria, 1949-1950 2 Film reels 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 42-43	10 15 1	Select: Europe; France, Switzerland, Austria, 1949-1950 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 42-43
Europe; Holland, Belgium, France, 1949-1950 1 Film reel 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 44	10 15 2	Select: Europe; Holland, Belgium, France, 1949-1950 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 44
France, 1953 1 Film reel 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 45	10 16	Select: France, 1953 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 45
Germany, 1934 2 Film reels Can label for reel 2 reads "1934 - poor - Bavaria - Oberammergau - frescoes" 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 46-47	10 17	Select: Germany, 1934 2 Film reelsCan label for reel 2 reads "1934 - poor - Bavaria - Oberammergau - frescoes"16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 46-47
Great Britain, circa 1938 1 Film reel 16mm Content is unidentified, but appears to be Ireland; film reel stored separately in film can numbered FC 48	10 18 1	Select: Great Britain, circa 1938 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Content is unidentified, but appears to be Ireland; film reel stored separately in film can numbered FC 48
Great Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland, 1953 7 Film reels 16mm First two reels contain footage of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ; film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 49-55	10 18 2	Select: Great Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland, 1953 7 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents First two reels contain footage of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ; film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 49-55
Holy Land	10 19	Select: Holy Land
Israel, Lebanon, Syria, 1954 3 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 56-58	10 19 1	Select: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, 1954 3 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 56-58
Egypt, 1954 2 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 59-60	10 19 2	Select: Egypt, 1954 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 59-60
Greece, 1954 1 Film reel 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 61	10 19 3	Select: Greece, 1954 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 61
Turkey, 1954 1 Film reel 16mm Film stored separately in film can numbered FC 62	10 19 4	Select: Turkey, 1954 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film can numbered FC 62
India, 1952 3 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 63-65	10 20	Select: India, 1952 3 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 63-65
India to Africa, 1952 1 Film reel 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 66	10 21	Select: India to Africa, 1952 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 66
Indonesia, 1952 3 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 67-69	10 22	Select: Indonesia, 1952 3 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 67-69
Italy	10 23	Select: Italy
Rome and Venice, 1949-1950 2 Film reels 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 70-71	10 23 1	Select: Rome and Venice, 1949-1950 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 70-71
Florence, Pisa, the Vatican, 1949-1950 4 Film reels 16mm Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 72-75	10 23 2	Select: Florence, Pisa, the Vatican, 1949-1950 4 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 72-75
Taormina, Sicily and Rome, 1953 2 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 76-77	10 24	Select: Taormina, Sicily and Rome, 1953 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 76-77
Guatemala and Chichen Itza, Mexico, 1946 5 Film reels original 16mm 5 Film reels duplicate film reels 16mm Original film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 78-82; duplicate film reels in film cans numbered FC 83-87	10 25 1	Select: Guatemala and Chichen Itza, Mexico, 1946 5 Film reelsoriginal16mm5 Film reelsduplicate film reels16mm Scope and Contents Original film reels stored separately in film cans numbered FC 78-82; duplicate film reels in film cans numbered FC 83-87
Mexico, 1946 7 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 88-94	10 25 2	Select: Mexico, 1946 7 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 88-94
Scandinavia, 1932 1 Film reel 16mm Film stored separately in film can numbered FC 95	10 26 1	Select: Scandinavia, 1932 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film can numbered FC 95
Scandinavia: Finland, Norway, Sweden 6 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 96-101	10 26 2	Select: Scandinavia: Finland, Norway, Sweden 6 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 96-101
South America: Colombia, Ecuacdor, Peru, 1947 4 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 102-105	10 27	Select: South America: Colombia, Ecuacdor, Peru, 1947 4 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 102-105
Thailand, 1952 2 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 106-107	10 28	Select: Thailand, 1952 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 106-107
Turkey, 1933 1 Film reel 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 108; see also "Holy Land" group for later footage of Turkey	10 29	Select: Turkey, 1933 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 108; see also "Holy Land" group for later footage of Turkey
Shipboard Films See also "India to Africa"	10 30	Select: Shipboard Films Scope and Contents See also "India to Africa"
S.S. America , 1940 2 Film reels 16mm Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 109-110	10 30 1	Select: S.S. America, 1940 2 Film reels16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film cans numbered FC 109-110
Odyssey Cruise, 1938 1 Film reel 16mm Film stored separately in film can numbered FC 111	10 30 2	Select: Odyssey Cruise, 1938 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Film stored separately in film can numbered FC 111
FIlm reels from Box 10, folders 10-30	FC 31 FC 32 FC 33 FC 34 FC 35 FC 36 FC 37 FC 38 FC 39 FC 40 FC 41 FC 42 FC 43 FC 44 FC 45 FC 46 FC 47 FC 48 FC 49 FC 50 FC 51 FC 52 FC 53 FC 54 FC 56 FC 57 FC 58 FC 59 FC 60 FC 61 FC 62 FC 55 FC 63 FC 64 FC 65 FC 66 FC 67 FC 68 FC 69 FC 70 FC 71 FC 72 FC 73 FC 74 FC 75 FC 76 FC 77 FC 78 FC 79 FC 80 FC 81 FC 82 FC 83 FC 84 FC 85 FC 86 FC 87 FC 88 FC 89 FC 90 FC 91 FC 92 FC 93 FC 94 FC 95 FC 96 FC 97 FC 98 FC 99 FC 100 FC 101 FC 102 FC 103 FC 104 FC 105 FC 106 FC 107 FC 108 FC 109 FC 110 FC 111	Select: FIlm reels from Box 10, folders 10-30

Series 6: Printed Materials , 1913-1998

2.1 Linear feet

Boxes 10-12, 15, FC 112

Series contains clippings, exhibition catalogs, invitations, announcements, pamphlets, periodicals, an educational film, postcards of the 1934 passion play in Oberammergau attended by Meière, directories and publications of professional organizations to which Meière belonged, publications about commissioned works by Meière, and reproductions of works by Meière. Most of the periodicals and clippings contain some reference to Meière or a specific work by her, and several periodicals contain articles written by her. Many of the publications in this series date from after Meière's death, and were gathered by her daughter and grandaughter in the course of research into her works.

Periodicals are arranged by the title of the serial, with notes to indicate specific works addressed in the publication if appropriate. Publications regarding a single work or structure containing works by Meière are grouped together at the end of the series. See also Series 5, Travel Records, for printed materials related to Meière's travel. Additional printed material is found in Series 1, Biographical Material.

Description	Container	Select
Book, Santillana del Mar y Altamira , 1953	10 31	Select: Book, Santillana del Mar y Altamira, 1953
Clippings, circa 1920-1955	10 32	Select: Clippings, circa 1920-1955
Clippings, 1916-1921	10 32	Select: Clippings, 1916-1921
Clippings, 1922-1923	10 33	Select: Clippings, 1922-1923
Clippings, 1924-1925	10 34	Select: Clippings, 1924-1925
Clippings, 1926-1927	10 35	Select: Clippings, 1926-1927
Clippings, 1928	10 36	Select: Clippings, 1928
Clippings, 1929	10 37	Select: Clippings, 1929
Clippings, 1930-1931	10 38	Select: Clippings, 1930-1931
Clippings, 1932	10 39-40	Select: Clippings, 1932
Clippings, 1933	10 41	Select: Clippings, 1933
Clippings, 1934	10 42	Select: Clippings, 1934
Clippings, 1935	10 43	Select: Clippings, 1935
Clippings, 1936	10 44	Select: Clippings, 1936
Clippings, 1937-1938	11 1	Select: Clippings, 1937-1938
Clippings, 1939-1940	11 2	Select: Clippings, 1939-1940
Clippings, 1941-1942	11 3	Select: Clippings, 1941-1942
Clippings, 1943-1945	11 4	Select: Clippings, 1943-1945
Clippings, 1946-1951	11 5	Select: Clippings, 1946-1951
Clippings, 1952	11 6-7	Select: Clippings, 1952
Clippings, 1953-1958	11 8	Select: Clippings, 1953-1958
Clippings, 1959-1961	11 9	Select: Clippings, 1959-1961
Clippings, 1974-1981	11 10	Select: Clippings, 1974-1981
Clippings, 1982-1988	11 11	Select: Clippings, 1982-1988
Clippings, 1990-1998	11 12	Select: Clippings, 1990-1998
Exhibition Catalogs		Select: Exhibition Catalogs
Miniature Rooms by Narcissa Thorne, 1933-1941 6 bound volumes in 5 editions	11 13-15	Select: Miniature Rooms by Narcissa Thorne, 1933-1941 6 bound volumes in 5 editions
National Society of Mural Painters at the Brooklyn Museum, 1925	11 16	Select: National Society of Mural Painters at the Brooklyn Museum, 1925
American Art Deco Architecture at the Finch College Museum of Art, 1975	11 17	Select: American Art Deco Architecture at the Finch College Museum of Art, 1975
Invitations to Exhibitions, Talks, and Travel Lectures, 2000, 1932-1959 Contains an inventory prepared by the donor	11 18	Select: Invitations to Exhibitions, Talks, and Travel Lectures, 2000, 1932-1959 Scope and Contents Contains an inventory prepared by the donor
Menu and Wine List for Fred Harvey Restaurant with Murals by Hildreth Meière, circa 1937	11 19	Select: Menu and Wine List for Fred Harvey Restaurant with Murals by Hildreth Meière, circa 1937
Pamphlets, Ellen Dunlap Hopkins' "The Progress of Women", 1936	11 20	Select: Pamphlets, Ellen Dunlap Hopkins' "The Progress of Women", 1936
Periodicals		Select: Periodicals
American Architect , 1928 February 5 Oversized periodical in box 15	11 21	Select: American Architect, 1928 February 5 Scope and Contents Oversized periodical in box 15
The Architectural Forum , 1932 July and October	11 22	Select: The Architectural Forum, 1932 July and October
Architecture , 1924 October	11 23	Select: Architecture, 1924 October
Architecture , 1931 May and June Articles regarding 1 Wall Street and the Nebraska State Capitol	11 24	Select: Architecture, 1931 May and June Scope and Contents Articles regarding 1 Wall Street and the Nebraska State Capitol
Architecture U.S.S.R. , 1935	11 25	Select: Architecture U.S.S.R., 1935
Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Skoplje , 1927-1929	11 26	Select: Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Skoplje, 1927-1929
The Churchman , 1929 November 23 Article regarding St. Bartholomew's	11 27	Select: The Churchman, 1929 November 23 Scope and Contents Article regarding St. Bartholomew's
Fortune , 1935 July Oversized periodical in box 15	11 28	Select: Fortune, 1935 July Scope and Contents Oversized periodical in box 15
Harper's Bazaar , 1938 September 1 Article regarding 1939 New York World's Fair	11 29	Select: Harper's Bazaar, 1938 September 1 Scope and Contents Article regarding 1939 New York World's Fair
The Independent , 1937 July 4 Oversized periodical in box 15	11 30	Select: The Independent, 1937 July 4 Scope and Contents Oversized periodical in box 15
Independent woman , 1933 February Article regarding Rockefeller Center	11 31	Select: Independent woman, 1933 February Scope and Contents Article regarding Rockefeller Center
Interior Design and Decoration , 1940 September Article regarding the S.S. America	11 32	Select: Interior Design and Decoration, 1940 September Scope and Contents Article regarding the S.S. America
Jar-Ptitza (The Fire Bird), 1921	11 33	Select: Jar-Ptitza (The Fire Bird), 1921
Journal of the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart , 1940	11 34	Select: Journal of the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart, 1940
Journal of the American Institute of Architects , 1956 May	11 35	Select: Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 1956 May
Manhattanville College Publications, 1921-1961	11 36-37	Select: Manhattanville College Publications, 1921-1961
The Masses , 1913 Oversized periodical in box 15	11 38	Select: The Masses, 1913 Scope and Contents Oversized periodical in box 15
Metropolitan Museum Annual Report , 1990-1991	11 39	Select: Metropolitan Museum Annual Report, 1990-1991
Pencil Points , 1927 March	11 40	Select: Pencil Points, 1927 March
Pictorial Review , 1926 September Oversized periodical in box 15	11 41	Select: Pictorial Review, 1926 September Scope and Contents Oversized periodical in box 15
Shipyard Bulletin , 1951-1952 Articles concerning the S.S. United States	11 42	Select: Shipyard Bulletin, 1951-1952 Scope and Contents Articles concerning the S.S. United States
Soviet Travel , circa 1936	11 43	Select: Soviet Travel , circa 1936
Survey Graphic , 1928 October	11 44	Select: Survey Graphic, 1928 October
V.O.K.S. (Organe de la Société pour Relations Culturelles entre L'U.R.S.S. et l'Etranger) , 1930 April	11 45	Select: V.O.K.S. (Organe de la Société pour Relations Culturelles entre L'U.R.S.S. et l'Etranger), 1930 April
The Western Architect , 1927 April	11 46	Select: The Western Architect, 1927 April
Women's City Club Magazine (San Francisco), 1927-1939	11 47	Select: Women's City Club Magazine (San Francisco), 1927-1939
Port Jackson , Educational Film about Sydney, Australia, 1952 Film reel stored separately in film can numbered FC 112	12 1	Select: Port Jackson, Educational Film about Sydney, Australia, 1952 Scope and Contents Film reel stored separately in film can numbered FC 112
Postcards of Oberammergau Passion Play, 1934	12 2	Select: Postcards of Oberammergau Passion Play, 1934
Professional Organizations		Select: Professional Organizations
Architectural League of New York, Exhibition Catalog, 1930 Oversized publication in box 15	12 3	Select: Architectural League of New York, Exhibition Catalog, 1930 Scope and Contents Oversized publication in box 15
Architectural League of New York, Index of Exhibits, 1921-1933	12 4	Select: Architectural League of New York, Index of Exhibits, 1921-1933
Art Students League, Course Catalogs, 1928-1944	12 5	Select: Art Students League, Course Catalogs, 1928-1944
Cor Ardens By-Laws, circa 1921	12 6	Select: Cor Ardens By-Laws, circa 1921
National Society of Mural Painters, Directory, 1936	12 7	Select: National Society of Mural Painters, Directory, 1936
Publications Regarding Works by Hildreth Meière		Select: Publications Regarding Works by Hildreth Meière
Oscar S. Straus Memorial Volume, Memorial Tryptich, 1949	12 8	Select: Oscar S. Straus Memorial Volume, Memorial Tryptich, 1949
Church and Temple Brochures and Publications, 1988-1998	12 9	Select: Church and Temple Brochures and Publications, 1988-1998
Corporate Brochures and Newsletters, 1956-1985	12 10	Select: Corporate Brochures and Newsletters, 1956-1985
Cathedral of St. Louis, 1988-1994 Oversized publication in box 15	12 11	Select: Cathedral of St. Louis, 1988-1994 Scope and Contents Oversized publication in box 15
Maryland Cathedral, 1920 Oversized publication in box 15	12 12	Select: Maryland Cathedral, 1920 Scope and Contents Oversized publication in box 15
National Academy of Sciences, 1992	12 13	Select: National Academy of Sciences, 1992
Nebraska Capitol, 1926-1934, 1978, 1954	12 13-14	Select: Nebraska Capitol, 1926-1934, 1978, 1954
Rockefeller Center; Rockefeller Memorial Foundation, 1986-1994	12 15	Select: Rockefeller Center; Rockefeller Memorial Foundation, 1986-1994
S.S. United States, 1952	12 16	Select: S.S. United States, 1952
St. Michael's Monastery Church, 1936	12 17	Select: St. Michael's Monastery Church, 1936
Reproductions of Hildreth Meière Works, 1930-1996 Oversized printer's proofs in box 15	12 18	Select: Reproductions of Hildreth Meière Works, 1930-1996 Scope and Contents Oversized printer's proofs in box 15
Oversized Periodicals from Box 11, Folders 21, 28, 30, 38, and 41	15	Select: Oversized Periodicals from Box 11, Folders 21, 28, 30, 38, and 41
Oversized Professional Organization Publiation from Box 12, Folder 3	15	Select: Oversized Professional Organization Publiation from Box 12, Folder 3
Oversized Publications Regarding Works by Hildreth Meière from Box 12, Folders 11 and 12	15	Select: Oversized Publications Regarding Works by Hildreth Meière from Box 12, Folders 11 and 12
Oversized Reproductions of Hildreth Meière Works	15	Select: Oversized Reproductions of Hildreth Meière Works
Film Reel from Box 12, Folder 1	FC 112	Select: Film Reel from Box 12, Folder 1

Series 7: Photographs and Moving Images , circa 1915-1966

5.8 Linear feet

Boxes 12-13, 16, 20-27, FC 17, FC 114-127

Photographs and digital photographs and moving images include personal photographs and home movies of Meière, family, and associates, and photographs and motion picture film of artworks by Meière and others. In addition to printed and digital photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies, this series contains 311 lantern slides, 201 glass negatives, 8 original film reels, and duplicates of those film reels on 8 film reels and 2 videocassettes (HDCAM).

Personal photographs include numerous portraits of Meière throughout her life, from her time in school to her time in the U. S. Navy during WWI, and later portraits taken by Peter A. Juley and Sons and Berenice Abbott. Other personal photographs are found with childhood friend Katherine Harvey in costume, as well as autographed theatrical photographs of actresses Marjorie Patterson and Margaret Anglin by Sarony and Charles Frohman. A motion picture film contains home movies shot in 1926 and 1940 in New York City on one film reel. Family slides of homes and family members are also found, along with photographs of Meière with personal and professional associates, including formal group photos of annual New York City Arts Commission dinners, Meière accepting her honorary doctorate at Manhattanville College, and Meière riding camels in Egypt.

Photographed artworks by Meière include snapshots of sketches for some of her earliest commissions from 1924, lantern slides and copy negatives of later commissions, lantern slides and glass negatives of a series of drawings Meière made of the 1934 performance of the passion play in Oberammergau, Germany, as well as murals in Oberammergau, motion picture film of Meière's and other artists' murals and sculptures at the 1939 New York World's Fair on 3 film reels, and motion picture film of the Municipal Center Frieze in Washington, DC on 1 film reel. Triptychs created by Meière during WWII, mainly for the Citizen's committee for the Army and Navy, are documented in a film documentary, "The Making of a Triptych," on 2 film reels, and in 25 color lantern slides and color transparencies. Numerous photographs of various commissions by Meière are also found.

Photographed artworks by others include a bust of Meière by James Drummond Herbert, slides of the Brussels Fair of 1958, slides of cave paintings in Italy, France, and Lebanon; a set of slides of Flemish paintings, and a large set of glass copy negatives and lantern slides of murals in Norway, possibly taken during Meière's 1932 trip to Scandinavia. A reel of film shot at the Paris Fair of 1937 is also found.

Glass plate copy negatives and lantern slides in this series are housed separately.

See also Series 5, Travel Records, for a very large series of slides and motion picture film, which includes images of mosaics, architecture, and international fairs. Additional photographs are also found in Series 1, Biographical Material, in the Dunns' research on Meière's Century of Progress Murals from the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934.

Digital copies of all the films in this series are available for research use. Duplicate projection film prints of 1939 New York World's Fair films and the film of the Municipal Center Frieze are also available for loan. Glass plate negatives have been digitized.

Series 8: Sketchbooks , 1911- circa 1922

0.4 Linear feet

Box 13

There are eight sketchbooks containing figure studies, landscapes, and notes. One undated volume contains mainly costume sketches and handwritten notes. One sketchbook contains scenes from Yosemite National Park from 1912. Three of the sketchbooks appear to be from a continuous period of travel in Europe in 1912 and 1913, with sketches from Italy, France, and England, many identified and dated. A sketchbook labeled "Art Students League" contains mainly theatrical and costume studies, some with actors and performances identified from 1912-1913. A Sketchbook labeled "Fort Mason, San Francisco" also contains theatrical studies and notes on art techniques. The latest sketchbook is labeled "Navy Dept." and contains portraits of Navy personnel, presumably from Meière's time in the service, and other figure studies. Also found are notes in another hand, transcribing identifications from within the sketchbooks' pages.

Additional drawings and ephemera found in the pages of the sketchbooks have been removed and filed alongside the sketchbook in which they were found. Additional drawings by Meière are found in the illustrated letters of Seres 2, Correspondence.

Description	Container	Select
Sketchbook, circa 1911-1922	13 16	Select: Sketchbook, circa 1911-1922
Yosemite, 1911-1912	13 17	Select: Yosemite, 1911-1912
Italy, 1911-1912	13 18	Select: Italy, 1911-1912
Italy, 1912	13 19	Select: Italy, 1912
Italy, France, and London, 1912	13 20	Select: Italy, France, and London, 1912
"Art Students League", 1912-1913	13 21	Select: "Art Students League", 1912-1913
"Fort Mason, San Francisco", 1913	13 22	Select: "Fort Mason, San Francisco", 1913
"Navy Department", circa 1918-1922	13 23	Select: "Navy Department", circa 1918-1922

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