Frank Jewett Mather Papers, 1906-1948

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Mather, Frank Jewett (1868-1953)

Collector:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Title:

Frank Jewett Mather Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rn301139g

Dates:

1906-1948

Size:

3 boxes and 28 items

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-3

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists primarily of correspondence of the American educator, art critic, and museum director Frank Jewett Mather (1868-1953).

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of letters received by Mather during the years he was a professor in the art and archaeology department at Princeton (1910-1933) and the first director of the Museum of Historic Art (1922-1946), now the Princeton University Art Museum. Correspondents include such colleagues and friends as John Truslow Adams, Irving Babbitt, Bernard Berenson, Van Wyck Brooks, Royal Cortissoz, Arthur Hazard Dakin, Henry Holt, Clare Leighton, Allan Marquand, Paul Elmer More, Lewis Mumford, and Hans Tietze. The collection includes a unique war item, a letter sent by Mather to Bernard Berenson in England in 1941 that was intercepted and returned by German censors. Also present are copies of "A Private Life," the unpublished autobiography of Mather's father, Frank Jewett Mather (1835-1929), and a few photographs of Mather.

Additions to the collection include correspondence between Mather and Abris and David Silberman (1828-1848) of E. and A. Silberman Galleries in New York City regarding acquiring artwork for the Art Museum, and a manuscript essay on Herman Melville.

The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: AMsS = autograph manuscript signed and TMsS = typed manuscript signed.

Collection Creator Biography:

Mather

Frank Jewett Mather (1868-1953) was an American art critic and professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University.

Collection History

Acquisition:

The manuscripts about Herman Melville were a gift of Frank Jewett Mather in Septmeber 1946 .

Custodial History

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Ran Tao in 2004. Finding aid written by Ran Tao in 2004.

Biography written by Alyxandra Cullen, '09.

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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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