4. Special Collections

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Originally entering the Ingalls Library collection from about 1918 to around 1938, these postcards were probably collected about the same time and presumably by William M. Milliken. The postcards are divided into two series by museum. Paper indices in box 1.

Scope and Contents note This collection of the research notebooks of Arthur Mayger Hind was transferred to the archives from the Ingalls Library in 2010. The collection was purchased for the library at an unknown date although it is assumed after the death of Mr. Hind in 1957.The notebooks consist of the handwritten lectures, research, and observations of the Keeper of the Department of Prints at the British Museum. Many of the notebooks contain folded letters and scraps of paper containing notes and...

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This collection is a small group of photographs of artists by various photographers. Some folders contain multiple images. The group was apparently a gift to the library from James Porter. All rights are retained by the photographers. The Ingalls Library keeps clipping files on many of the artists listed. This is indicated by a "see also library clipping file" note in the file name.

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The images in this collection depict artworks by artists represented by the Bonfoey Gallery. Analog images are slides and the digital images came to the archives on CDs and DVDs as an accretion to the original collection in 2024. Artist information for the artists represented in the accretion was extracted from the Bonfoey Gallery website and individual artists websites where available in 2024.

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This small collection consists of postcards of Cleveland Museum of Art art objects, interior and exterior museum views, Wade park, and the city of Cleveland culled from other collections or sent to archives from the library. Accretions are added as received.

Scope and Contents note This collection of records came from the office of Henry Hawley, Curator of Later Western Art. The records probably came to the museum when Hollis French donated his large collection of silver to the museum in 1940. The collection consists of research materials for French's two books on silver, "A List of Early American Silversmiths and Their Marks" and "Jacob Hurd and His Sons Nathaniel and Benjamin, Silversmiths 1702-1781" (both of which can be found in the Ingalls Library). The types of...

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Three linocuts by students at Karamu House, c. 1940.

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This small collection contains application forms dating from 1919 to 1952 along with a membership ledger from the 1940s and 1950s. Although not all club members are represented, It is useful for the study of the arts and artists in Cleveland in the 20th century and complements the small collection of records from the Cleveland Society of Artists, a rival arts club.

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The collection comprises over 730 cubic feet and includes research materials the Kovels amassed over decades to support their work. It includes clipping files, newsletters and journals, monographs, auction sales catalogs, and examples of fake artworks. The bulk of the collection, comprising over 560 cubic feet, is made up of monographs from the Kovel’s extensive research library.

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The Brudno collection consists of autographed photographs of performers who participated in the Cleveland Concert Course managed by Mollie Brudno and sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The images have been digitized and are available online at digitalarchives.clevelandart.org.