Business letters

Abstract The Records and Papers of David Brooke, director of the Clark from 1977 to 1994, include business files and correspondence related to the administration of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; exhibition records; correspondence and notes concerning potential loans, acquisitions, and dealers; institutional records; Clark and Williams College programs, events, and courses; and Brooke's personal research about Robert Sterling Clark and the Clark Family. The collection also includes...

Scope and Contents Note The collection comprises the records of the Campus Expansion Project and associated Clark offices. The records document building expansion projects at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute from 1956 to 2017 (bulk dates), with a significant focus on the Tadao Ando designed expansion begun in 2001, in addition to building renovations, code compliance updates, and documentation pertaining to the original construction of all campus buildings. Documentation can include architectural...

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The Correspondence of Robert Sterling Clark contains both incoming and outgoing communication and represents a wide spectrum of RSC’s financial, personal, and social life, as well as his interests in collecting art, horse breeding, and politics.

Abstract This collection contains records of the Director's Office from 1952-1977. The collection is comprised of correspondence concerning publicity, acquisitions, staff hiring, construction, and expansion of the museum to and from the Director of the museum. The correspondence includes local subjects like the Town of Williamstown and the Williams Inn; various members of the Board of Trustees; museums such as the Smithsonian; galleries such as Wildenstein & Co.; private companies related to...

Abstract The Papers of Sir Edwin Alfred Grenville Manton, 1927-2007, is comprised of documents related to the Manton's family and business interests, as well as artworks surveyed for Manton’s private art collection. Papers within this collection include correspondence with art dealers and art historians, color slides and photographs of objects; invoices and receipts from art dealers; correspondence with security consultants and insurers; newspapers and newspaper clippings relating to John Constable...