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Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1905-1983

1.2 Linear feet

Box 1-2, OV 28

This series includes W.G. Constable's curriculum vitae, club memberships, and personal, educational, and military records, including passports, university exams and degrees, and a hair sample. The series also includes obituaries and three memorial essays written by friends and family; five address books; daily appointment books dating from 1930-1968; and financial records related to personal business travels.

Materials are arranged by document type.

The bulk of this series has been scanned. Routine financial receipts have not been scanned.

Description	Container	Select
Club Memberships, A-D, circa 1930-1970	1 1	Select: Club Memberships, A-D, circa 1930-1970
Club Memberships, D-O, circa 1930-1950	1 2	Select: Club Memberships, D-O, circa 1930-1950
Club Memberships, P-So, circa 1930-1950	1 3	Select: Club Memberships, P-So, circa 1930-1950
Club Memberships, Sp-Z, circa 1930-1950	1 4	Select: Club Memberships, Sp-Z, circa 1930-1950
Curriculum Vitae, circa 1950-1960	1 5	Select: Curriculum Vitae, circa 1950-1960
Employment Records, 1920-1965	1 6	Select: Employment Records, 1920-1965
Essay, "Tribute to W.G. Constable" by Walter Muir Whitehall, circa 1976	1 7	Select: Essay, "Tribute to W.G. Constable" by Walter Muir Whitehall, circa 1976
Essay, "W.G. Constable" by Gardner Cox, circa 1976	1 8	Select: Essay, "W.G. Constable" by Gardner Cox, circa 1976
Essay, "W.G. Constable" by Giles Constable, 1980	1 9	Select: Essay, "W.G. Constable" by Giles Constable, 1980
Examinations, Bar (Law), 1914 Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 1.	1 10	Select: Examinations, Bar (Law), 1914 Scope and Contents Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 1.
Examinations, University, 1905-1910	1 11	Select: Examinations, University, 1905-1910
Hair Sample, 1980	1 12	Select: Hair Sample, 1980
Memorandum of Agreement (Contracts), 1927-1953	1 13	Select: Memorandum of Agreement (Contracts), 1927-1953
Military Service Documents, 1916-1919 Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 1.	1 14	Select: Military Service Documents, 1916-1919 Scope and Contents Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 1.
Obituary, 1976	1 15	Select: Obituary, 1976
Passports, 1933-1972	1 16	Select: Passports, 1933-1972
University Degrees, 1952-1953	1 17	Select: University Degrees, 1952-1953
Address Book, Great Britain, circa 1930-1960	1 18	Select: Address Book, Great Britain, circa 1930-1960
Address Book, Great Britain, circa 1930-1960	1 19	Select: Address Book, Great Britain, circa 1930-1960
Address Book, Europe, circa 1930-1960	1 20	Select: Address Book, Europe, circa 1930-1960
Address Book, North America, circa 1930-1960	1 21	Select: Address Book, North America, circa 1930-1960
Address Book, North America, circa 1940-1960	1 22	Select: Address Book, North America, circa 1940-1960
Address Memorandum, circa 1930-1960	1 23	Select: Address Memorandum, circa 1930-1960
Appointment Books, 1930-1935	1 24	Select: Appointment Books, 1930-1935
Appointment Books, 1936-1940	1 25	Select: Appointment Books, 1936-1940
Appointment Books, 1941-1944	1 26	Select: Appointment Books, 1941-1944
Appointment Books, 1945-1948	1 27	Select: Appointment Books, 1945-1948
Appointment Books, 1949-1952	1 28	Select: Appointment Books, 1949-1952
Appointment Books, 1953-1956	1 29	Select: Appointment Books, 1953-1956
Appointment Books, 1957-1960	1 30	Select: Appointment Books, 1957-1960
Appointment Books, 1961-1964	1 31	Select: Appointment Books, 1961-1964
Appointment Books, 1965-1968	1 32	Select: Appointment Books, 1965-1968
Expense Books, 1906-1958	2 1	Select: Expense Books, 1906-1958
Financial Records, circa 1930-1960	2 2	Select: Financial Records, circa 1930-1960
Financial Records, 1936-1939	2 3	Select: Financial Records, 1936-1939
Financial Records, 1940-1944	2 4	Select: Financial Records, 1940-1944
Financial Records, 1945-1949	2 5	Select: Financial Records, 1945-1949
Financial Records, 1950-1954	2 6	Select: Financial Records, 1950-1954
Financial Records, 1956-1959	2 7	Select: Financial Records, 1956-1959
Financial Records, 1960-1965	2 8	Select: Financial Records, 1960-1965
Financial Records, 1977-1983	2 9	Select: Financial Records, 1977-1983
Oversize Legal Examination Certificate scanned with Box 1, Folder 10, 1914	28 1	Select: Oversize Legal Examination Certificate scanned with Box 1, Folder 10, 1914
Oversize Military Certificate scanned with Box 1, Folder 14, 1915	28 1	Select: Oversize Military Certificate scanned with Box 1, Folder 14, 1915

Series 2: Correspondence, 1906-1981

6.2 Linear feet

Box 2-8, OV 28-29

Correspondence is primarily with Constable's friends and business associates discussing personal research projects, professional and committee related work, and letters of condolences.

The series is arranged as 4 subseries:

2.1: General, 1906-1975
2.2: Committees, 1924-1976
2.3: Condolences, 1976-1979
2.4: J.G. Links, 1964-1981

The bulk of this series has been scanned. Negatives and slides of artwork have not been scanned.

2.1: General, 1906-1975

Correspondence includes letters to friends and business associates discussing personal scholarly research, book projects, museum conservation techniques, letters of inquiry and recommendation, general appraisel requests, and work done for Christie's and the Internal Revenue Service. Correspondents of note include Helen Frick, Duncan Phillips, and Paul Sachs.

Description	Container
A Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	2 10	Select: A Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Agnew, Doreen, 1963	2 11	Select: Agnew, Doreen, 1963
Alford, John, 1958-1969	2 12	Select: Alford, John, 1958-1969
American Federation of Arts, 1957-1973	2 13	Select: American Federation of Arts, 1957-1973
Ames, Winslow, 1958-1966	2 14	Select: Ames, Winslow, 1958-1966
Apollo Magazine, 1957-1968	2 15	Select: Apollo Magazine, 1957-1968
Art Gallery of Toronto, 1959-1965	2 16	Select: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1959-1965
Athenaeum, London, 1937-1975	2 17	Select: Athenaeum, London, 1937-1975
Ba-Bn Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	2 18	Select: Ba-Bn Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Bo-Bz Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	2 19	Select: Bo-Bz Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Bacon, T.W., 1940-1946	2 20	Select: Bacon, T.W., 1940-1946
Bacon, T.W., 1947-1950	2 21	Select: Bacon, T.W., 1947-1950
Baltimore Museum of Art, 1963-1968	2 22	Select: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1963-1968
Beacon Press, 1960-1962	2 23	Select: Beacon Press, 1960-1962
Beacon Press, 1963-1965	2 24	Select: Beacon Press, 1963-1965
Berger, Milton, 1959-1965	2 25	Select: Berger, Milton, 1959-1965
Bernard, Herbert C., 1965-1966	2 26	Select: Bernard, Herbert C., 1965-1966
Bolton, Guy, 1958-1959	2 27	Select: Bolton, Guy, 1958-1959
Bowdain College Museum of Art, 1963-1966	2 28	Select: Bowdain College Museum of Art, 1963-1966
Bradner, Leicester, 1949-1953	2 29	Select: Bradner, Leicester, 1949-1953
Brandt, Mortimer, 1955-1968	2 30	Select: Brandt, Mortimer, 1955-1968
British Council, 1965	2 31	Select: British Council, 1965
British Foreign Office, 1939	2 32	Select: British Foreign Office, 1939
Burlington Magazine, 1923-1969	2 33	Select: Burlington Magazine, 1923-1969
Butler, Beatrice, 1960	2 34	Select: Butler, Beatrice, 1960
C Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	2 35	Select: C Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Cambridgeshire Education Committee, 1935-1936	2 36	Select: Cambridgeshire Education Committee, 1935-1936
Canadian Art, 1964-1965	2 37	Select: Canadian Art, 1964-1965
Cannon, Foster, 1962-1964	2 38	Select: Cannon, Foster, 1962-1964
Centner, Charles W., 1962	2 39	Select: Centner, Charles W., 1962
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1945-1947	2 40	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1945-1947
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 January	2 41	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 January
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 February-March	2 42	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 February-March
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 April-July	2 43	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 April-July
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 August-December	2 44	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1958 August-December
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 January-February	2 45	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 January-February
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 March	2 46	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 March
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 April-May	2 47	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 April-May
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 June-July	3 1	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 June-July
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 August	3 2	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 August
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 September	3 3	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 September
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 October	3 4	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 October
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 November-December	3 5	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1959 November-December
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1960 January-March	3 6	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1960 January-March
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1960 April-December	3 7	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1960 April-December
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1961	3 8	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1961
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1962 January-July	3 9	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1962 January-July
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1962 August-December	3 10	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1962 August-December
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1963 January-July	3 11	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1963 January-July
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1963 August-December	3 12	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1963 August-December
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1964	3 13	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1964
Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1965-1967	3 14	Select: Christie's (Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd.), 1965-1967
City of Auckland Art Gallery, 1958-1968	3 15	Select: City of Auckland Art Gallery, 1958-1968
College Art Association of America, 1957-1963	3 16	Select: College Art Association of America, 1957-1963
Courtould Institute of Art, 1930-1931	3 17	Select: Courtould Institute of Art, 1930-1931
Courtould Institute of Art, 1932-1959	3 18	Select: Courtould Institute of Art, 1932-1959
D Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	3 19	Select: D Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
De Beer Fine Art Ltd., 1966	3 20	Select: De Beer Fine Art Ltd., 1966
Dedham Vale Society, 1965-1966	3 21	Select: Dedham Vale Society, 1965-1966
Detroit City of Fine Arts, 1961-1969	3 22	Select: Detroit City of Fine Arts, 1961-1969
Drysdale, Susan, 1965-1966	3 23	Select: Drysdale, Susan, 1965-1966
Duncan, Louis G., 1959-1960	3 24	Select: Duncan, Louis G., 1959-1960
E Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	3 25	Select: E Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Eastman Kodak Company, 1961	3 26	Select: Eastman Kodak Company, 1961
F Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	3 27	Select: F Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Fitzwilliam Museum, 1937, 1956	3 28	Select: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1937, 1956
Fogg Art Museum (Coolidge, John), 1957-1967	3 29	Select: Fogg Art Museum (Coolidge, John), 1957-1967
French and Company, 1960-1964	3 30	Select: French and Company, 1960-1964
Frick, Helen C., 1947-1962	3 31	Select: Frick, Helen C., 1947-1962
Funke, Mary-Louise, 1966-1969	3 32	Select: Funke, Mary-Louise, 1966-1969
G Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	3 33	Select: G Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Gainsborough's House Society, 1964-1965	3 34	Select: Gainsborough's House Society, 1964-1965
Gallery of Modern Art (Ames, Winslow), 1959-1961	3 35	Select: Gallery of Modern Art (Ames, Winslow), 1959-1961
Gillick, Mary, 1965	3 36	Select: Gillick, Mary, 1965
Gluck, Helen, 1956-1961	3 37	Select: Gluck, Helen, 1956-1961
Gluck, Helen, 1962-1963	3 38	Select: Gluck, Helen, 1962-1963
Gluck, Helen, 1964-1969	3 39	Select: Gluck, Helen, 1964-1969
Goldsmith's Hall, 1958-1962	3 40	Select: Goldsmith's Hall, 1958-1962
Green, John, 1958	3 41	Select: Green, John, 1958
Greene, B.M., 1958-1969	3 42	Select: Greene, B.M., 1958-1969
H Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	3 43	Select: H Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Handford, Hubert E., 1958-1960	3 44	Select: Handford, Hubert E., 1958-1960
Harris, Paul S., 1967-1971	3 45	Select: Harris, Paul S., 1967-1971
Harvard University, 1940-1957	3 46	Select: Harvard University, 1940-1957
Hayes, John, 1960-1961	3 47	Select: Hayes, John, 1960-1961
Hemp, W.J., 1958-1963	3 48	Select: Hemp, W.J., 1958-1963
Houghton, G.F., 1967-1968	3 49	Select: Houghton, G.F., 1967-1968
Howard Young Galleries, Inc., 1956	3 50	Select: Howard Young Galleries, Inc., 1956
Hutton, Edward, 1961-1969	3 51	Select: Hutton, Edward, 1961-1969
I Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	3 52	Select: I Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1966-1969	3 53	Select: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1966-1969
Ivins, William, 1944-1950	3 54	Select: Ivins, William, 1944-1950
Ivins, William, 1951-1958	3 55	Select: Ivins, William, 1951-1958
Ivins, Barbara, 1961-1963	3 56	Select: Ivins, Barbara, 1961-1963
J Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 1	Select: J Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1961	4 2	Select: J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1961
K Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 3	Select: K Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Keck, Caroline, 1961-1968	4 4	Select: Keck, Caroline, 1961-1968
Korchnoy, E.A., 1963	4 5	Select: Korchnoy, E.A., 1963
Korf, K. Frank, 1968-1969	4 6	Select: Korf, K. Frank, 1968-1969
L Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 7	Select: L Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Leggatt Brothers, 1963	4 8	Select: Leggatt Brothers, 1963
Leverhulme Research Fellowships, 1937-1938	4 9	Select: Leverhulme Research Fellowships, 1937-1938
Lewis, Lesley, 1966-1968	4 10	Select: Lewis, Lesley, 1966-1968
Links, J.G., 1969	4 11	Select: Links, J.G., 1969
Little and Ives Co., 1964-1965	4 12	Select: Little and Ives Co., 1964-1965
M Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 13	Select: M Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Malden Public Library, 1962	4 14	Select: Malden Public Library, 1962
Marconi, Bohdan, 1960-1965	4 15	Select: Marconi, Bohdan, 1960-1965
Martin, Mrs. Vincent, 1959-1960	4 16	Select: Martin, Mrs. Vincent, 1959-1960
McCormick, Thomas J., 1962	4 17	Select: McCormick, Thomas J., 1962
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942-1968	4 18	Select: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942-1968
Mitchell, John, 1958-1968	4 19	Select: Mitchell, John, 1958-1968
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1959-1963	4 20	Select: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1959-1963
Muensterberg, Helene, 1965-1967	4 21	Select: Muensterberg, Helene, 1965-1967
Mugar, Stephen P., 1958-1959	4 22	Select: Mugar, Stephen P., 1958-1959
Muller, Robert, 1958-1959	4 23	Select: Muller, Robert, 1958-1959
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1959-1974	4 24	Select: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1959-1974
N Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 25	Select: N Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
National Buildings Record, London (Godfrey, Walter), 1941-1942	4 26	Select: National Buildings Record, London (Godfrey, Walter), 1941-1942
National Gallery, London, 1929-1968	4 27	Select: National Gallery, London, 1929-1968
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1958-1969	4 28	Select: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1958-1969
Nichol, E.G., 1959	4 29	Select: Nichol, E.G., 1959
North Carolina Museum of Art, 1960-1964	4 30	Select: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1960-1964
O Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 31	Select: O Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Oxford University Press, 1954-1965	4 32	Select: Oxford University Press, 1954-1965
P Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 33	Select: P Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Pantzer, Kurt F., 1958-1964	4 34	Select: Pantzer, Kurt F., 1958-1964
Parsons, E., 1960-1964	4 35	Select: Parsons, E., 1960-1964
Phillips, Duncan, 1940-1964	4 36	Select: Phillips, Duncan, 1940-1964
Pignatti, Terisio, 1965	4 37	Select: Pignatti, Terisio, 1965
Pilkington, Vere, 1965-1968	4 38	Select: Pilkington, Vere, 1965-1968
Poole, E.E., 1960-1965	4 39	Select: Poole, E.E., 1960-1965
Pulitzer, Henry F., 1964-1967	4 40	Select: Pulitzer, Henry F., 1964-1967
Q-R Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 41	Select: Q-R Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
R. Sovrintendenza Alle Gallerie, 1946-1947	4 42	Select: R. Sovrintendenza Alle Gallerie, 1946-1947
Randall, Alec, 1959	4 43	Select: Randall, Alec, 1959
Rawlins, Ian, 1953-1962	4 44	Select: Rawlins, Ian, 1953-1962
Rizzi, Aldo, 1964-1967	4 45	Select: Rizzi, Aldo, 1964-1967
Rosenberg, James, 1959-1961	4 46	Select: Rosenberg, James, 1959-1961
Rowley, Joshua, 1964-1968	4 47	Select: Rowley, Joshua, 1964-1968
Sa-Sh Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 48	Select: Sa-Sh Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Si-Sz Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 49	Select: Si-Sz Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Sabin, Herbert H., 1968-1969	4 50	Select: Sabin, Herbert H., 1968-1969
Sachs, Paul, 1939-1965	4 51	Select: Sachs, Paul, 1939-1965
Sanborn, Ashton, 1945-1971	4 52	Select: Sanborn, Ashton, 1945-1971
Scrutton, Hugh, 1957-1963	4 53	Select: Scrutton, Hugh, 1957-1963
Sewter, A.C., 1958-1959	4 54	Select: Sewter, A.C., 1958-1959
Slade Professorship, University of Cambridge, 1934	4 55	Select: Slade Professorship, University of Cambridge, 1934
Slade Professorship, University of Cambridge, 1935-1937	4 56	Select: Slade Professorship, University of Cambridge, 1935-1937
Smart, Alastair, 1965-1968	4 57	Select: Smart, Alastair, 1965-1968
Smith College, 1947-1964	4 58	Select: Smith College, 1947-1964
Society of Antiquaries, 1942-1971	4 59	Select: Society of Antiquaries, 1942-1971
Society of Dilettanti, 1936-1950	4 60	Select: Society of Dilettanti, 1936-1950
Society of Painters in Tempura, 1959-1964	4 61	Select: Society of Painters in Tempura, 1959-1964
St. John's College, University of Cambridge, 1906-1911	4 62	Select: St. John's College, University of Cambridge, 1906-1911
Stockwell, David, 1963-1964	4 63	Select: Stockwell, David, 1963-1964
Sulgrave Manor Board, 1957-1959	4 64	Select: Sulgrave Manor Board, 1957-1959
T Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 65	Select: T Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Tavern Club of Boston, 1942-1957	4 66	Select: Tavern Club of Boston, 1942-1957
Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1960-1968	4 67	Select: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1960-1968
U Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	4 68	Select: U Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1964	4 69	Select: U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1964
U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1965	4 70	Select: U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1965
U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1966	4 71	Select: U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1966
University College London, 1955-1956	5 1	Select: University College London, 1955-1956
University of Auckland, 1965-1966	5 2	Select: University of Auckland, 1965-1966
University of New Brunswick, 1956	5 3	Select: University of New Brunswick, 1956
University Press Cambridge, 1937-1943	5 4	Select: University Press Cambridge, 1937-1943
V Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	5 5	Select: V Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Vasalle, Rudolph A., 1959	5 6	Select: Vasalle, Rudolph A., 1959
Vasalle, Rudolph A., 1960	5 7	Select: Vasalle, Rudolph A., 1960
Vassar College (McCormick, Thomas), 1964-1969	5 8	Select: Vassar College (McCormick, Thomas), 1964-1969
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1961-1964	5 9	Select: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1961-1964
W Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	5 10	Select: W Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Wadsworth Atheneum, 1960-1967	5 11	Select: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1960-1967
Wallace Collection, 1924-1968	5 12	Select: Wallace Collection, 1924-1968
Windsor Art Association, 1958	5 13	Select: Windsor Art Association, 1958
Winterthur Museum (Richardson, E.P. and Harris, Paul S.), 1965-1967	5 14	Select: Winterthur Museum (Richardson, E.P. and Harris, Paul S.), 1965-1967
Witt, John, 1963	5 15	Select: Witt, John, 1963
Y-Z Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960	5 16	Select: Y-Z Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1960
Unknown and Illegible, circa 1940-1960 Oversized material housed in OV 29.	5 17	Select: Unknown and Illegible, circa 1940-1960 Scope and Contents Oversized material housed in OV 29.
Oversize Cartoon, Unknown and Illegible scanned with Box 5, Folder 17, circa 1940-1960	OV 29	Select: Oversize Cartoon, Unknown and Illegible scanned with Box 5, Folder 17, circa 1940-1960

2.2: Committees, 1924-1976

Correspondence includes letters, memoranda, and reports related to ongoing committee objectives, projects, and routine activities. This sub-series also includes correspondence, updates, and recommendations related to Constable's advisory work with the Art Gallery of Toronto, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, and the Watts Gallery.

2.3: Condolences, 1976-1979

Correspondence consists of letters and cards from friends and family sent to Constable's wife, Olivia, after Constable's death in 1976.

Description	Container
List of Correspondents, 1976	8 6	Select: List of Correspondents, 1976
A Miscellaneous, 1976	8 7	Select: A Miscellaneous, 1976
B Miscellaneous, 1976	8 8	Select: B Miscellaneous, 1976
C Miscellaneous, 1976	8 9	Select: C Miscellaneous, 1976
Constable, Olivia, 1976-1979	8 10	Select: Constable, Olivia, 1976-1979
D-E Miscellaneous, 1976	8 11	Select: D-E Miscellaneous, 1976
F-G Miscellaneous, 1976	8 12	Select: F-G Miscellaneous, 1976
H Miscellaneous, 1976	8 13	Select: H Miscellaneous, 1976
I-L Miscellaneous, 1976	8 14	Select: I-L Miscellaneous, 1976
M-N Miscellaneous, 1976	8 15	Select: M-N Miscellaneous, 1976
O-P Miscellaneous, 1976	8 16	Select: O-P Miscellaneous, 1976
Q-R Miscellaneous, 1976	8 17	Select: Q-R Miscellaneous, 1976
S Miscellaneous, 1976	8 18	Select: S Miscellaneous, 1976
T-Z Miscellaneous, 1976	8 19	Select: T-Z Miscellaneous, 1976

2.4: J.G. Links, 1964-1981

Correspondence is between J.G. Links and Constable regarding the first edition of Constable's

Canaletto

, as well as proposed edits and changes to the second edition of the book.

Description	Container
Canaletto Research, 1964-1969	8 20	Select: Canaletto Research, 1964-1969
Canaletto Research, 1970-1975	8 21	Select: Canaletto Research, 1970-1975
Canaletto Research, 1976-1981	8 22	Select: Canaletto Research, 1976-1981

Series 3: Lectures, 1909-1963

4.6 Linear feet

Box 8-12

Found here are over 170 drafts of Constable's lectures, and supporting notes and outlines. Topics range from surveys of 13th-20th century European and American art to museum conservation, ethics, art education, art collecting, and connoisseurship. There are numerous lectures on English and Italian painting, in addition to lectures on German, French, and American painting traditions. A handful of lectures on individual artists such as John Constable, Joseph Turner, Richard Wilson, Rubens, and Valasquez can also be found. The series also includes Constable's lecture notes from organized touring trips to Canada, Northern Europe, Scandanavia, and Poland.

Lectures are arranged in alpha order by title. Materials retain their original order within each folder.

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Series 4: Writings and Notes, 1910-1974

2 Linear feet

Box 13-14

Writings consist of Constable's published articles on art, exhibition catalog introductions, and articles submitted for the Encyclopedia of World Art. Essay drafts include writings and translations from Constable's early university years, in addition to later essays that touch on concerns of museum curatorship. The series also includes miscellaneous writing notes, bibliographies, and drafts and research material related to

Art Collecting in the United States

Art History and Connoisseurship

, and

The Painter's Workshop

Materials are arranged by document type and retain their original order within each folder.

The bulk of this series has been scanned. In some cases, publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages scanned. Negatives and slides of artwork have not been scanned.

Description	Container	Select
Articles, circa 1910-1960	13 1	Select: Articles, circa 1910-1960
Articles, 1914-1919	13 2	Select: Articles, 1914-1919
Articles, 1920-1922	13 3	Select: Articles, 1920-1922
Articles, 1923-1924	13 4	Select: Articles, 1923-1924
Articles, 1927-1928	13 5	Select: Articles, 1927-1928
Articles, 1929-1930	13 6	Select: Articles, 1929-1930
Articles, 1931-1934	13 7	Select: Articles, 1931-1934
Articles, 1935-1936	13 8	Select: Articles, 1935-1936
Articles, 1937-1938	13 9	Select: Articles, 1937-1938
Articles, 1939	13 10	Select: Articles, 1939
Articles, 1940-1941	13 11	Select: Articles, 1940-1941
Articles, 1942	13 12	Select: Articles, 1942
Articles, 1943-1944	13 13	Select: Articles, 1943-1944
Articles, 1945-1946	13 14	Select: Articles, 1945-1946
Articles, 1947-1949	13 15	Select: Articles, 1947-1949
Articles, 1950-1951	13 16	Select: Articles, 1950-1951
Articles, 1953	13 17	Select: Articles, 1953
Articles, 1954-1957	13 18	Select: Articles, 1954-1957
Articles, 1960-1962	13 19	Select: Articles, 1960-1962
Articles, 1963-1974	13 20	Select: Articles, 1963-1974
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, circa 1956-1966	13 21	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, circa 1956-1966
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1956-1957	13 22	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1956-1957
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1958	13 23	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1958
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1958	13 24	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1958
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1959	13 25	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1959
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1959	13 26	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1959
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1960-1962	13 27	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1960-1962
Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1963-1966	13 28	Select: Articles, Encyclopedia of World Art, 1963-1966
Booklets, 1930-1956	13 29	Select: Booklets, 1930-1956
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1958-1961	13 30	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1958-1961
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1962	13 31	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1962
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1962	13 32	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1962
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1963-1964	13 33	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (research), 1963-1964
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #1), 1958-1961	13 34	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #1), 1958-1961
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #2), 1958-1961	13 35	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #2), 1958-1961
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #3), 1958-1961	13 36	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #3), 1958-1961
Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #4), 1958-1961	13 37	Select: Book, Art Collecting in the United States (notes, #4), 1958-1961
Book, Art History and Connoisseurship, 1938	13 38	Select: Book, Art History and Connoisseurship, 1938
Book, Painter's Workshop (correspondence), 1947-1966	14 1	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (correspondence), 1947-1966
Book, Painter's Workshop (printer's draft), 1953	14 2	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (printer's draft), 1953
Book, Painter's Workshop (clippings), 1954	14 3	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (clippings), 1954
Book, Painter's Workshop (research, artists), 1947-1953	14 4	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (research, artists), 1947-1953
Book, Painter's Workshop (research, artist workshops), 1947-1953	14 5	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (research, artist workshops), 1947-1953
Book, Painter's Workshop (research, materials), 1947-1953	14 6	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (research, materials), 1947-1953
Book, Painter's Workshop (research, materials), 1947-1953	14 7	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (research, materials), 1947-1953
Book, Painter's Workshop (research, techniques), 1947-1953	14 8	Select: Book, Painter's Workshop (research, techniques), 1947-1953
Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (correspondence), 1933-1936	14 9	Select: Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (correspondence), 1933-1936
Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (International Conference), 1930-1931	14 10	Select: Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (International Conference), 1930-1931
Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (International Conference), 1933	14 11	Select: Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (International Conference), 1933
Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (final draft), 1933	14 12	Select: Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (final draft), 1933
Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (drafts), 1933	14 13	Select: Handbook on the Preservation of Paintings (drafts), 1933
Translation, "Relations with the German Art Group", circa 1905-1920	14 14	Select: Translation, "Relations with the German Art Group", circa 1905-1920
Translation, "The Problem of England", circa 1905-1920	14 15	Select: Translation, "The Problem of England", circa 1905-1920
Unpublished Essay, "Present Economic and Political Forces", 1910	14 16	Select: Unpublished Essay, "Present Economic and Political Forces", 1910
Unpublished Essay, "Present Economic and Political Forces", 1910	14 17	Select: Unpublished Essay, "Present Economic and Political Forces", 1910
Unpublished Essay, "State Intervention in Industrial Disputes", circa 1910-1920	14 18	Select: Unpublished Essay, "State Intervention in Industrial Disputes", circa 1910-1920
Unpublished Poem, 1946	14 19	Select: Unpublished Poem, 1946
Draft, "Cares of a Curator", circa 1920-1950	14 20	Select: Draft, "Cares of a Curator", circa 1920-1950
Draft, [Charitable Contributions to Museums], circa 1920-1950	14 21	Select: Draft, [Charitable Contributions to Museums], circa 1920-1950
Draft, "Eric Brown as I Knew Him", circa 1920-1950	14 22	Select: Draft, "Eric Brown as I Knew Him", circa 1920-1950
Draft, [Exhibition and Book Introduction], circa 1920-1950	14 23	Select: Draft, [Exhibition and Book Introduction], circa 1920-1950
Draft, "Gothic Art", circa 1920-1950	14 24	Select: Draft, "Gothic Art", circa 1920-1950
Draft, "Gothic Art", circa 1920-1950	14 25	Select: Draft, "Gothic Art", circa 1920-1950
Draft, "Gothic Art", circa 1920-1950	14 26	Select: Draft, "Gothic Art", circa 1920-1950
Draft, "Modern War", circa 1920-1950	14 27	Select: Draft, "Modern War", circa 1920-1950
Draft, "Veneitan Painting", circa 1920-1950	14 28	Select: Draft, "Veneitan Painting", circa 1920-1950
Exhibition Catalogs, 1930-1962	14 29	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, 1930-1962
Miscellaneous Writing Notes, circa 1920-1950	14 30	Select: Miscellaneous Writing Notes, circa 1920-1950
Miscellaneous Writing Notes, circa 1920-1950	14 31	Select: Miscellaneous Writing Notes, circa 1920-1950
Bibliographies, circa 1920-1950	14 32	Select: Bibliographies, circa 1920-1950
Bibliographies, circa 1920-1950	14 33	Select: Bibliographies, circa 1920-1950

Series 5: American Defense Harvard Group, 1942-1946

0.6 Linear feet

Box 15

American Defense Harvard Group includes materials related to Constable's advisory work in drafting and organizing lists of men with curatorial, museum conservation, or library/archives backgrounds to aid in the identification, protection, and restoration of cultural artifacts during World War II. Correspondence with Ralph Perry, Paul Sachs, George Stout, and Hugh Hencken document the rationale for forming the Harvard Group, trace the formation of its goals and objectives, and includes many of the original lists that were generated and forwarded to the Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, also known as the Roberts Commission. The series also includes the Harvard Group's manual

Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Materials in the Field

, committee minutes and reports, and clippings related to their work.

Materials are arranged by document type and chronologically within each folder.

The bulk of this series has been scanned. Negatives and slides of artwork have not been scanned.

Description	Container	Select
A Miscellaneous, 1945	15 1	Select: A Miscellaneous, 1945
American Institute of Architects, 1943	15 2	Select: American Institute of Architects, 1943
American Museum of Natural History (Murphy, Robert C.), 1943-1944	15 3	Select: American Museum of Natural History (Murphy, Robert C.), 1943-1944
B Miscellaneous, 1943	15 4	Select: B Miscellaneous, 1943
British Embassy (Nicoll, Allardyce), 1943-1944	15 5	Select: British Embassy (Nicoll, Allardyce), 1943-1944
C Miscellaneous, 1943-1944	15 6	Select: C Miscellaneous, 1943-1944
Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, 1943 Robert's Commission established by President Roosevelt	15 7	Select: Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, 1943 Scope and Contents Robert's Commission established by President Roosevelt
Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, 1944	15 8	Select: Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, 1944
Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, 1945-1946	15 9	Select: Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe, 1945-1946
D-H Miscellaneous, 1943-1944	15 10	Select: D-H Miscellaneous, 1943-1944
Harvard University, American Defense Harvard Group (Perry, Ralph), 1943-1944	15 11	Select: Harvard University, American Defense Harvard Group (Perry, Ralph), 1943-1944
Harvard University, Fogg Museum of Art (Sachs, Paul and Stout, George), 1942-1943	15 12	Select: Harvard University, Fogg Museum of Art (Sachs, Paul and Stout, George), 1942-1943
Harvard University, Fogg Museum of Art (Sachs, Paul and Stout, George), 1944	15 13	Select: Harvard University, Fogg Museum of Art (Sachs, Paul and Stout, George), 1944
Harvard University, Fogg Museum of Art (Sachs, Paul and Stout, George), 1945-1946	15 14	Select: Harvard University, Fogg Museum of Art (Sachs, Paul and Stout, George), 1945-1946
Harvard University, Peabody Museum (Hencken, Hugh), 1943	15 15	Select: Harvard University, Peabody Museum (Hencken, Hugh), 1943
I-M Miscellaneous, 1943-1944	15 16	Select: I-M Miscellaneous, 1943-1944
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Pease, Murray), 1943-1944	15 17	Select: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Pease, Murray), 1943-1944
Ministry of Home Security, London (Webb, Geoffrey), 1944	15 18	Select: Ministry of Home Security, London (Webb, Geoffrey), 1944
N Miscellaneous, 1943	15 19	Select: N Miscellaneous, 1943
National Gallery, London (Clark, Kenneth), 1943-1944	15 20	Select: National Gallery, London (Clark, Kenneth), 1943-1944
National Resources Planning Board, Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources (Leland, Waldo), 1942-1943	15 21	Select: National Resources Planning Board, Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources (Leland, Waldo), 1942-1943
O-P Miscellaneous, 1943	15 22	Select: O-P Miscellaneous, 1943
Princeton University, 1943-1944	15 23	Select: Princeton University, 1943-1944
Q-R Miscellaneous, 1944-1945	15 24	Select: Q-R Miscellaneous, 1944-1945
Ross, Marvin C., 1944	15 25	Select: Ross, Marvin C., 1944
S-U Miscellaneous, 1943	15 26	Select: S-U Miscellaneous, 1943
Undset, Sigrid, 1943	15 27	Select: Undset, Sigrid, 1943
V Miscellaneous, 1943	15 28	Select: V Miscellaneous, 1943
Victoria and Albert Museum (Maclagan, Eric), 1943	15 29	Select: Victoria and Albert Museum (Maclagan, Eric), 1943
W-Z Miscellaneous, 1943	15 30	Select: W-Z Miscellaneous, 1943
Manual, Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Material in the Field (draft), 1943	15 31	Select: Manual, Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Material in the Field (draft), 1943
Manual, Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Material in the Field (Part I), 1943	15 32	Select: Manual, Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Material in the Field (Part I), 1943
Manual, Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Material in the Field (Part II), 1943	15 33	Select: Manual, Safeguarding and Conserving Cultural Material in the Field (Part II), 1943
Research Notes, 1942-1943	15 34	Select: Research Notes, 1942-1943
Committee Minutes and Reports, 1942	15 35	Select: Committee Minutes and Reports, 1942
Committee Minutes and Reports, 1943	15 36	Select: Committee Minutes and Reports, 1943
Committee Minutes and Reports, 1944	15 37	Select: Committee Minutes and Reports, 1944
Booklet, War-Time Storage in Wales from the National Gallery, London, 1946	15 38	Select: Booklet, War-Time Storage in Wales from the National Gallery, London, 1946
Clippings, circa 1942-1946	15 39	Select: Clippings, circa 1942-1946
Clippings, 1942	15 40	Select: Clippings, 1942
Clippings, 1943	15 41	Select: Clippings, 1943
Clippings, 1944	15 42	Select: Clippings, 1944
Clippings, 1945	15 43	Select: Clippings, 1945
Clippings, 1946	15 44	Select: Clippings, 1946

Series 6: Office of Military Government for Germany, 1947-1952

0.3 Linear feet

Box 15

Office of Military Government for Germany comprises of materials related to Constable's work surveying the state of German and Italian art institutions after World War II. Correspondence includes memoranda and fact sheets from the U.S. Army to Constable, letters arranging visits to and from German cultural institutions, and updates on the logistics of travel and salary. The series also includes a transcript of a radio interview with Constable in 1949, Constable's notebook "Visits in Germany" (1949), a copy of his report

Art and Reorientation: Status and Future of Museums and the Teaching of Art in Western Germany

, and additional notes, miscellanous reports, and printed material tangentially related to the project.

Materials are arranged by document type and chronologically within each folder.

The bulk of this series has been scanned. In some cases publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages scanned.

Series 7: Exhibitions, 1930-1969

1 Linear foot

Box 15-16, OV 29

Correspondence, notes, lists, research material, and reports document exhibitions organized by Constable prior to his employment at and after his retirement from the Boston Museum of Art. There is substanital correspondence related to the traveling Canaletto exhibition (1964) and to the tentatively titled Fakes and Forgeries exhibition, which was researched but not shown due to lack of funding.

Materials are arranged by exhibition title.

The bulk of this series has been scanned. In some cases exhibition catalogs and other publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages scanned.

Description	Container	Select
Art Owned by Alumni of Harvard Business School (1965), 1964-1965	15 62	Select: Art Owned by Alumni of Harvard Business School (1965), 1964-1965
Art Owned by Alumni of Harvard Business School (1965), 1965	15 63	Select: Art Owned by Alumni of Harvard Business School (1965), 1965
British Art (1934), 1933	15 64	Select: British Art (1934), 1933
"British Painting" (1938), 1938	16 1	Select: "British Painting" (1938), 1938
British Painting in the 18th Century (1957-1958), 1955-1956	16 2	Select: British Painting in the 18th Century (1957-1958), 1955-1956
British Painting in the 18th Century (1957-1958), 1957	16 3	Select: British Painting in the 18th Century (1957-1958), 1957
Canaletto (1964), 1962-1963	16 4	Select: Canaletto (1964), 1962-1963
Canaletto (1964), 1964	16 5	Select: Canaletto (1964), 1964
Canaletto (1964), 1964	16 6	Select: Canaletto (1964), 1964
Canaletto (1964), 1965	16 7	Select: Canaletto (1964), 1965
Fakes and Forgeries (correspondence), 1945	16 8	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (correspondence), 1945
Fakes and Forgeries (correspondence), 1946	16 9	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (correspondence), 1946
Fakes and Forgeries (correspondence), 1947	16 10	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (correspondence), 1947
Fakes and Forgeries (notes), 1946-1947	16 11	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (notes), 1946-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (notes), 1945-1947	16 12	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (notes), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (printed material), 1937-1953	16 13	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (printed material), 1937-1953
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, A-F), 1945-1947	16 14	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, A-F), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, G-H), 1945-1947	16 15	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, G-H), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, I), 1945-1947	16 16	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, I), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, J-M), 1945-1947	16 17	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, J-M), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, N-O), 1945-1947	16 18	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, N-O), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, P-S), 1945-1947	16 19	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, P-S), 1945-1947
Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, T-Z), 1945-1947	16 20	Select: Fakes and Forgeries (artworks, T-Z), 1945-1947
French Art, 1932	16 21	Select: French Art, 1932
French 19th Century Paintings, 1955	16 22	Select: French 19th Century Paintings, 1955
From Ricci to Tiepolo (1969), 1968-1969	16 23	Select: From Ricci to Tiepolo (1969), 1968-1969
Italian Art, 1930	16 24	Select: Italian Art, 1930
Mostra del Settecento a Roma (1959), 1958-1959	16 25	Select: Mostra del Settecento a Roma (1959), 1958-1959
Mostra del Settecento a Roma (1959), 1958-1959	16 26	Select: Mostra del Settecento a Roma (1959), 1958-1959
Omega Workshops, 1913-1920 (1964), 1964 Oversized material housed in OV 29.	16 27	Select: Omega Workshops, 1913-1920 (1964), 1964 Scope and Contents Oversized material housed in OV 29.
Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1964	16 28	Select: Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1964
Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1964	16 29	Select: Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1964
Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1965	16 30	Select: Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1965
Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1964-1965 Printed material.	16 31	Select: Romantic Era: French and British Paintings, 1750-1850 (1965), 1964-1965 Scope and Contents Printed material.
Sport and the Horse (1960), 1960	16 32	Select: Sport and the Horse (1960), 1960
I Vedutisti Veneziani del Settecento (1967), 1966-1967	16 33	Select: I Vedutisti Veneziani del Settecento (1967), 1966-1967
Oversize Announcements, Omega Workshops scanned with Box 16, Folder 27, 1964	OV 29	Select: Oversize Announcements, Omega Workshops scanned with Box 16, Folder 27, 1964

Series 8: Research Files, 1922-1976

7.5 Linear feet

Box 16-24, OV 28-29

Constable's research files contain notes, lists, correspondence, bibliographic reference cards, and printed and photographic reference material related to research on artists, conservation, collections, collecting, and other topics.

This series is arranged as 9 subseries:

8.1: Artists, 1925-1964
8.2: Artists, Canaletto, 1934-1976
8.3: Artists, Vedute Painters, 1922-1967
8.4: Museum Conservation, circa 1940-1960
8.5: Museums and Galleries, 1930-1965
8.6: Private Collections, 1930-1964
8.7: Public Collections, circa 1930-1960
8.8: Reference Cards, circa 1940-1960
8.9: Schools of Art, circa 1940-1960

The bulk of this series has been scanned. In some cases publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages scanned. Negatives and slides of artwork have not been scanned.

8.1: Artists, 1925-1964

Materials include notes, lists, correspondence, and printed and photographic reference material related to artists. Substantial material on Carlo Bonavia, John Constable, Thomas Patch, and Giovanni Pannini can be found in this subseries.

8.2: Artists, Canaletto, 1934-1976

Materials comprise Constable's book research on the Venetian painter Canaletto. This includes comprehensive lists of public and private collections containing Canaletto's artwork, correspondence regarding specific works of art, biographical research notes, and notes on artistic influences. Printed material and reference photographs of works of art are also found in this sub-series.

8.3: Artists, Vedute Painters, 1922-1967

Materials include notes, lists, correspondence, and printed and photographic reference material related to vedute/topographical painters and vedute school followers. Substantial material on Francesco Battaglioli, Luca Carlevaris, Francesco Guardi, Antonio Joli, Samuel Scott, and Francesco Tironi can be found in this subseries.

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W.G. Constable papers, 1905-1983, bulk 1920-1976

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