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

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

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