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81.	Records of Edwin Alfred Grenville Manton	Manton, Edwin Alfred Grenville; Salander, Lawrence B.; Parris, Leslie; Serota, Nicholas.; Thomson, David...	Born January 22 1909 in Essex, England, 20 miles from Constable's birth place, Edwin "Jim" / "Jimmy" Alfred Grenville Manton grew up and was educated in Britain. In 1933 he joined the fledgling American International Underwriter group in New York as a casualty underwriter. He rose through the company to become Vice President in 1938, President between 1942 and 1969, Chairman between 1969 and 1975 and Senior Advisor from 1975 until his death in October 2005. He was a lifelong collector of British art, notably Constable. In 1988 he established the American Fund for the Tate Gallery with an endowment of $6.5 million. He made further gifts in 1992 and 1997, totaling tens of millions of dollars, towards the centenary development and other projects at Tate Britain. He was knighted in 1994. In June 2007 the Manton Foundation donated a significant collection of British paintings, oil sketches, watercolors, and other works on paper by J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Gainsborough to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The Foundation also contributed $50 million to endow the Clark's Research and Academic Program. This series contains records relating to objects which do not belong to that gift to the Clark; much of the content is correspondence of one sort or another. This series is a small subsection of Manton's extant records and since the content was drawn from a larger collection of documents and was compiled and assembled in piecemeal fashion, the materials are loosely arranged. Some folders contain clusters of correspondence with an individual or institution or refer to an object. The records include: correspondence with art dealers, especially Oscar and Peter Johnson, Ackerman and Johnson, Leger Galleries, Spink and Sons, Spink-Leger, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries; correspondence with art historians, notably Leslie Parris who worked with and for Manton to produce a catalogue of Manton's Constable collection; correspondence with other people involved with the project to produce a catalogue of Manton's Constable collection; correspondence (a few letters) with Sir Nicholas Serota and other officials and directors at the (then) Tate Gallery; correspondence with several national art galleries about potential loans for public art exhibitions (Yale Center for British Art, National Gallery, London, National Gallery, Washington); color slides and photographs of objects which, for the most part, Manton decided not to purchase; invoices and receipts from art dealers for objects which Manton purchased; correspondence with the Art Loss Register and Kroll Associates, a private investigation company which attempted to recover Manton's lost art; correspondence with security consultants and insurers; letters of thanks which Manton received from the recipients of his Constable catalogue; page proofs for the Constable catalogue; page proofs from the Constable supplement catalogue; newspapers and newspaper clippings relating to Constable and his work and to repatriated works of art taken by the Nazis; AIG brochures; records of art works for insurance purposes; correspondence with the Salmagundi Club concerning an exhibit of John Constable works belonging to Manton.

82.	Records of John H. Brooks	Brooks, John H.; Banks, Talcott; Brandt, Mortimer; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goodwillie, Eugene W.; Hamilton,...	This series includes three group of records created by John H. Brooks was employed by the museum beginning in 1968 as the assistant, and later associate, director. He retired in 2001 but continued as a part time consultant through 2007 running the docent summer school and Friends of the Clark travel programs.; The first group of records Brooks consists of carbon copies of John H. Brooks's outgoing business correspondence from 1968-1977. They are mostly short letters and there are rarely replies or earlier correspondence from the recipients. The content of this correspondence primarily deals with planning and organizing events at the Clark, confirming school group visits, confirming flight and hotel reservations for visiting lecturers, and arranging meetings between staff members.; The second group contains ten folders of inventories from the early 1970's of silver, prints, drawings, paintings, etc which were found in Storage A at a later date.; The final group of records contains 44 folders transferred to the archives by Brooks in April 2008. These records span 1968-2001 and concern a wide variety of departments in which Brooks worked. They include records of the education program, members' trips, public events at the Clark, departmental reports prepared by Brooks, and a variety of attendance records and statistics.

83.	Records of the Curator of Paintings, 1957-1989	Cass, David B.; Murphy, Alexandra; Brooke, David S.; Jones, Moira; Neff, John Hallmark; Broido, Lucy;...	This series contains two distinct groups of material. The first is the combined files of David Cass, curator of paintings from 1973-1985 and Alexandra (Alixe) Murphy, his successor from 1985-1988. The second is a series of files about the paintings collection from an unidentified source from the 1950s and 1960s.; In the first group Cass's material is roughly separated from Murphy's but all of the files were apparently in Murphy's possession during her tenure as curator of paintings and they are intermingled in places. There are also some files from Moira Jones, curatorial/registrarial secretary, and John Hallmark Neff, assistant curator. These files contain correspondence, memoranda, and research materials about the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute's collection, acquisitions, conservation work, loans, and exhibitions. There are also files on departmental matters such as staffing and budgets.; The second group of material dates from the 1950s and 1960s and the creator is not identified but the files clearly relate to the paintings collection. The records primarily consist of exhibit label planning including handwritten notes, typed drafts of the labels, and photographs of the artwork being described. The records also include news clippings about the museum and drafts of exhibit catalogues.

84.	Records of the Education Department	Clark, Sharon; Cassin, Michael; Ando, Tadao, 1941-; Raffeld, David; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute;...	This series contains the records of the Education Department from 1993-2004. These records relate to tours and educational programing for the museum, the docent program and docent summer school, and departmental business. The events records primarily concern school tours and contain correspondence with teachers, copies of tour information, and evaluations. Other events represented in the collection include weekend workshops, family days, and teacher training sessions. There are also copies of slide presentations which were sent to schools who could not visit the Clark. The material on the docent program includes lists of docents and their schedules, docent evaluations, a VHS program developed by the Clark titled A Decent Docent Doesn't Do, and course materials for docent training sessions. The departmental files contain records of general departmental business such as reports, financial records, grant applications, general correspondence, monthly planners of the departmental schedule, thank you cards sent by school groups, and resumes from candidates for employment.

85.	Records of the Librarian	Rinehart, Michael; Roeper, Susan, 1957-; Gibson, Sally (Sarah S.); Wees, J. Dustin, 1944-; Sterling and...	This series contains records from the office of the Librarian at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The Office of the Librarian was first held by Michael Rinehart from 1966-1987, then by Sally Gibson from 1987-1997, and by Susan Roeper from 1997-present. Each librarian used and added to the files of his or her predecessor and consequently these files are a mix of material from Rinehart, Gibson, and Roeper. This series contains correspondence with other libraries and institutions, library budgets from 1992-1996, staff meeting records, policy handbooks and guidelines, research and reports on library projects and committees, and the records of several patron satisfaction surveys.

86.	Records of the Office of the Comptroller, 1971-1984	Riorden, Virginia L.; Kershaw, Joseph A.; Highet, Keith; Geniesse, Robert J.; Sterling and Francine Clark...	This series contains the records of the Comptroller's Office from 1971 to 1984, spanning the tenures of Virginia Riorden, comptroller from 1980-1990, and her predecessor, Joseph A. Kershaw. The Kershaw records primarily contain correspondence and forms regarding insurance policies for staff and works of art. The Riorden files contain memos and correspondence regarding preparation and administration of the museum budget, staff benefits, and wages.

87.	Records of the Sales Desk, 1955-1971	Collins, William J.; Flynn, Mildred; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Art museums; Museum stores;...	This series primarily contains correspondence to and from the museum's sales desk from 1957-1962. At this early point in the museum's history, the sales desk handled a variety of museum issues later associated with other departments such as the museum shop, the library, and the public education department. Correspondence topics represented in these files include bills paid, brochure and catalogue requests, slide loans and reproductions, visitor suggestions, group tours, lost and found items, and general inquiries about the hours and operation of the museum. Much of the correspondence is addressed to or from Mildred Flynn, the sales supervisor. There is also a seemingly unrelated file containing a legal document naming the executors of Francine Clark's will in 1960.

88.	Records Relating to Robert Sterling Clark's Book Collection	Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Rare books; Williamstown...	This material consists of various appraisals and inventories of Robert Sterling Clark's book collection, as well as some correspondence.

89.	Records Relating to the Sixth Annual Tour for Foreign Museum Professionals	Woods, J. T. (Jack Tunstall), 1925-; Legrand, Francine-Claire; Glover,Richard (Richard Gilchrist), b....	These materials relate to a visit by foreign museum professionals to Williamstown and the Clark in 1965. Organized by the American Association of Museums in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, a number of delegates from Australia, the U.S.S.R., Ecuador, and other countries were received in Williamstown by a number of people from the Clark, Williams College, and other cultural institutions in the Berkshires. They had formal banquets at the Springs, the Williams Inn, and the 1896 House, and viewed the Clark's collection. The visit took place May 15-17. This collection includes menus from the banquets, tourism materials that were assembled for the visitors, and biographical information on participants.

90.	Registrar's Office Records of Image Reproduction Rights	Asher, Martha; McSweeny, Mary Ann; Morgan, Fiona; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Art museums;...	This series contains correspondence between the registrar's office and publishers requesting permission to reproduce images of artwork from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute's collection between 1958 and 1995.

91.	Research and Academic Program Event Files	Holly, Michael Ann; Ledbury, Mark (Andrew Mark); Westermann, MariÃ«t; Sterling and Francine Clark Art...	This series contains event files and other records from the Research and Academic program. The files include programs, brochures, lists of participants, budgets, and planning correspondence from colloquia, symposia and other conferences organized by the Clark. These are, by and large, the unweeded records of the department prior to the implementation of Records Management at the Clark.

92.	Research and Academic Program Event Records	Holly, Michael Ann; Ledbury, Mark (Andrew Mark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum; Association...	The Clark's Research and Academic Program organizes a number of different types of scholarly programming. Colloquia are small, semi-private gatherings of researchers for the purpose of discussing topics of mutual interest. Clark / Getty workshops take place twice yearly and explore contemporary cultural concerns and their effects on the practice of art history. Symposia bring together scholars and other experts to discuss a topic, theme, or artist's work in the context of international panels and debate within a public forum. Conferences provide a larger scale international forum for the discussion of issues raised by the study, presentation, and exploration of art. Papers presented at Clark conferences are published by Yale University Press in the Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series. Conferences and symposia are public events, while colloquia are closed and by invitation only. RAP Director Michael Ann Holly served as chair and treasurer of The Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH) from 2001 through 2006 and some records relating to her service are also included in this series.

93.	Research and Academic Program Fellows' Evaluations	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Art museums; Williamstown (Mass.); Correspondence	This series contains end-of-residency evaluations filled out by visiting fellows of the Research and Academic Program and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

94.	Specifications Manuals for the Service, Museum, and Manton Buildings	Perry, Daniel, d. 2002; Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994; Meyer, Strong & Jones Inc.; George A. Fuller Company;...	This collection contains specification manuals for three buildings on the Clark campus: the service building, designed by Daniel Perry and built in the 1960s; the museum building, designed by Daniel Perry and completed in 1955; and the Manton building, designed by Pietro Belluschi and the Architects Collaborative and completed in 1973. The manuals detail all aspects of construction, including materials, HVAC systems, plumbing, etc.

95.	Stone Hill Center Opening Scissors and Ribbon	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Art museums; Williamstown (Mass.); Realia	This series contains the scissors and ribbon used at the grand opening of the Stone Hill center on June 22, 2008. The ribbon is cut into sections and the date and location are engraved on the scissors.

96.	The Architects Collaborative Records of the Manton Research Center	Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994; Fletcher, Norman; Hayes, John; Wyman, John; Rodriques, Juan; Richards,...	This series consists of four binders / albums assembled by the Architects Collaborative in relation to their work on the Clark's 1973 Manton Research Center, at the time referred to simply as the '73 building or the red granite building. The first is a brown binder titled General Documents and Technical Specifications for Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. It is 9.25 x 11.5 x 2.25 inches and seems to be more complete than any of the spec manuals held by the Clark's Facilities department. There are two black proposal binders, one measuring 10.75 x 14.5 x 2 and the other measuring 12.5 x 14.5 x 1.75. They contain copies of drawings and sketches for the proposed building, photographs of models, schematic design descriptions, site plans, and information about the Clark and the existing Museum building. Finally, there is a thin spiral-bound notebook measuring 9.25 x 11.5 x .75 that is a portfolio of descriptive data for the 1976 AIA Honor Awards Program.; The Architects Collaborative was formed in 1945 by Walter Gropius. The Clark's building was designed by Pietro Belluschi in collaboration with TAC.

97.	Visitors Registers	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Art museums; Williamstown, MA; Registers (Lists)	In this series are five identical bound red books embossed with the words, Visitors Register. Each book measures 11 inches wide, 8 ½ inches tall, and 5/8 inches deep. The first one spans the dates March 25, 1977 through August 2, 1978; the second, August 9, 1978 through October 3, 1979; the third, October 3, 1979 through September 7, 1980; the fourth, September 17, 1980 through June 8, 1981; and the fifth, July 10, 1981 through October 4, 1981. In the registers, museum visitors have recorded the date and time of their visit, their name, their address, and remarks about the museum.

98.	Volunteer Handbooks ,	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown (Mass.) Art museums	These handbooks are given to volunteers at the Clark to assist them with providing information to visitors. They are updated each year and include sections on visitor services, the collection, the history of the museum, and the Clark family.

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