Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Patrick J. Kelleher Papers
Kelleher, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph) (1917)
C0623
/repositories/5/resources/2996
6 boxes
circa 1939-1981
1960-1978
Patrick Kelleher was director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1960 to 1972. His papers consist of articles, notes, photographs, and printed matter from Kelleher about the Holy Crown of Hungary. There is a smaller selection of correspondence with artists and colleagues about the direction of the Art Museum.
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists, for the most part, of articles, notes, photographs, and printed matter prepared and collected by Kelleher concerning the Holy Crown of Hungary, which was returned to Hungary by the United States in 1978. Also present is correspondence (1958-1976) with various artists and associates covering, primarily, the period (1960-1972) Kelleher served as director of the Princeton University Art Museum.
Arrangement
Roughly organized into Holy Crown of Hungary material (boxes 1-4) and correspondence and lectures (box 5).
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Collection is open for research use.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Patrick J. Kelleher.
Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Patrick J. Kelleher Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Processing Information
Biography written by Alyxandra Cullen, '09.
Kelleher, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph) (1917)
Biographical / Historical
Patrick Joseph Kelleher, born in 1917, was the much-loved director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1960 to 1972. During World War II, Kelleher headed the Greater Hesse Division of the monuments, fine arts, and archives section of the United States Army's Office of Military Government for Germany, recovering and returning works of art in Europe. He was most notably in charge of the Holy Crown of Hungary during this time. Kelleher eventually moved to Princeton, where he supervised the first modern expansion of the University's Art Museum. He oversaw the construction and dedication of a new museum building in 1966, and served on the committee that oversaw the selection and installation of the Putnam Memorial Sculptures on campus. He passed away on June 16, 1985.
Bibliography
The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note: Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, via JSTOR.
Art objects, Byzantine.
Artists -- United States -- 20th century
Crowns.
Holy Crown of Hungary.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
Photographs, Original.
Correspondence
Art historians -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Princeton University. Art Museum
Holy Crown of Hungary: articles, notes, clippings, and printed matter by Kelleher and others/repositories/5/archival_objects/8479962 boxes1950-198112Holy Crown of Hungary: scrapbook pages of newspapers clippings, letters and photographs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8479971 box1950-19783Holy Crown of Hungary: color slides of Kelleher and others with the Crown Jewels of Hungary/repositories/5/archival_objects/8479981 boxdates not examined4Correspondence and Lectures/repositories/5/archival_objects/8479991 box1949-1979Miscellaneous correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480011 box1959-19725Various artists/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480021 box1960-19725Eugene Berman/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480031 box1949-19675Jules Schmidt/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480041 box1970s5re: Christian Berard/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480051 box1961-19695re: Jean-Marc Nattier/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480061 box1964-19655re: Neo-Romantic Exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480071 box1969-19705re: Two Hundred Years of American Artists in Italy Exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480081 box1975-19765"Church Space in Rome"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480091 boxundated5"Twentieth Century Italian Painting"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480101 boxundated5Diplomas, Awards, and Certificates/repositories/5/archival_objects/8480001 boxTube with rolled items.circa 1939-19506