User:Hhthomas/Working page Met internship

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Hi everyone!

Improved Articles[edit]

Louisine Havemeyer and Henry O. Havemeyer

  • Resources:Included hyperlink to Splendid legacy, the freely available digitized copy of a Met publication drawing on the Havemeyer Family Papers, in already created reference to this work on the page Louisine Havemeyer. Also, to correct the typo that currently reads "Haveymeyer" in this reference.
    • By all means! These are great suggestions - good place to start! WilliamDigiCol (talk) 19:39, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
  • References:Added "in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives." to established external links to archival resources on the Louisine Havemeyer and Henry Osborne Havemeyer pages. This is intended to place the resources in context, match the style of other external resources links on Wikipedia, and reflect the Met's preferred citation for use of archival materials. In doing this, I would remove the separate link to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from Henry Osborne Havemeyer's page to avoid duplication.
  • References:Added a link directly to the correspondence (in ContentDM) between Mary Cassatt and the Havemeyers to the Henry Osborne Havemeyer page, referring to the Background section of this page. I would place the reference after the sentence ending with "guided by artist Mary Cassat." This section lacks any references to support the statements made, and the Met's correspondence demonstrates her role as an advisor through primary sources. The link would be phrased as Correspondence, 1901-1920, Boxes 1-3, The Havemeyer Family Papers relating to Art Collecting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    • In addition to adding a link to the correspondence, you may want to add a bit to the article itself, fleshing out the bit about her being an advisor. WilliamDigiCol (talk) 19:39, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

James Rorimer

Joseph Breck

  • Body of article: Distinguished between Joseph Breck the businessman and bulb merchant and Joseph Breck the curator.

Seamen's Church Institute of Newport

  • Reference: Following "The building contains an ornately painted chapel" add "(the work of muralist Durr Friedley [1])", creating a reference to the MMA's finding aid for the Durr Friedley Records.
  • Clarification edit: Remove "Freedly, Durr" from the infobox as an architect, and add "| muralist= Friedley, Durr" to the infobox. This will clarify his association with the Institute, attribute his work, and correct the spelling of his name.
    • Yes. WilliamDigiCol (talk) 19:41, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
      • Added the reference to the body, but the NRHP infobox does not allow for a muralist or painter designation as I could see. Instead, changed the infobox to read "| architect= Frederic Rhinelander King
        Durr Friedley (muralist)" Hhthomas (talk) 20:10, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Harry F. Sinclair House

  • Reference: Following "When Fletcher died in 1917, he left the house and his art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art", insert a footnote reference to "Correspondence with Edward Robinson, 1917, Box 5, Folder 6, in the Durr Friedley Records (1906-1918), The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives."
  • External links: Include link to http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/Durr_Friedley_records_b1717476.pdf as Finding aid for the Durr Friedley Records, 1906-1918 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. These papers document Fletcher's bequest to the Museum.
    • I think you should definitely add the reference, but I think the external link might be a bit of a stretch. You can include the link to the finding at in the reference, which should be sufficient. WilliamDigiCol (talk) 19:45, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
      • Agreed - created reference with link. Hhthomas (talk) 20:16, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Théodore Duret

  • Body of post : Added "He also served as collecting advisor and buying agent for American art collector Louisine Havemeyer.[2]" This article is a stub which requested expansion.
  • External links: Added "*The Havemeyer Family Papers relating to Art Collecting in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Theodore Duret acted as an art collecting advisor and buying agent for the Havemeyer family. This archival collection includes original letters from Duret to Louisine Havemeyer and to Duret from Paul Rosenberg.
    • It's best to keep external links fairly brief. If you are going to add this much content, you may try to find a way of integrating it into the actual article itself. WilliamDigiCol (talk) 15:59, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
      • For this external link, I modeled my entry on that of the link to the Havemeyer papers on the Mary Cassatt page. I think it was designed this way to justify its inclusion, but I could change it to just the link and then add a sentence to the article with something like "Duret also served as an art collecting advisor and buying agent, as evidenced by correspondence with American art collector Louisine Havemeyer." Hhthomas (talk) 20:41, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Henry Gurdon Marquand

  • Early life and Career and philanthropy: Added content with references to finding aid and an MMA bulletin.
  • Added See also section including other resources used in finding aid.
  • Added links to Wikipedia pages on Richard Morris Hunt (architect) and Woman with a Water Jug (significant Marquand gift to Museum).
  • Career and philanthropy: Added that Marquand was a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools, including hyperlink to MMAS article and reference to MMAS finding aid.
  • References: Added cultural offices succession box for his position as President of the MMA, including link to List of Presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and preceding and succeeding presidents.

Woman with a Water Jug

  • Provenance: Added a reference to the Marquand finding aid to support the existing section. The finding aid contains information about the provenance of the painting, donated to the Museum by Marquand.

Richard Morris Hunt

  • Life and career: Added a reference to the Marquand finding aid to support existing 'Life and Career' section. The finding aid also contains information about Hunt's design for the Museum's eastern facade in the context of Marquand's support for the architect.
  • External links: Added link to the Sargent portrait of Marquand in the Met's online collection.

Frank Munsey

  • Body of article: Added a reference to the J. Kenneth Loughry records finding aid to support the information provided about Munsey's bequest to the Museum. Munsey beqeauthed a large estate to the museum, prat of which included real estate developed as an investment during Loughry's tenure with the Museum. Loughry worked as Assistant Treasurer and then Treasurer of the Museum. Expanded this section of the article with information from the Loughry finding aid.

Munsey Park, New York

  • Body of article: Added a reference to the J. Kenneth Loughry records finding aid to support the information provided about the development of this planned community as a real estate investment of the Museum. Expanded this section with information provided in the Loughry finding aid.

James Parker

John Taylor Johnston

  • References: Changed link to Watson library's collection record to the link for the Johnston Collection finding aid. Added cultural offices succession box for his position as President of the MMA, including link to List of Presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and preceding and succeeding presidents.
  • <Early years and personal life: Added "Johnston was an active diarist, recording details of his travels through Europe and the United States as well as significant personal and world events, including his wedding excursion, trips with his family, a visit to Richmond, Virginia in 1865 after the surrender of the Confederate Army, and a trip West on the newly-built Union Pacific Railroad." with reference to Johnston finding aid.
  • Career and philanthropy: Created this section with information from the Johnston finding aid. Cited finding aid.
  • Death and legacy: Created this section with information from the Johnston finding aid. Cited finding aid and his New York Times obituary.

Etruscan terracotta warriors

Charles Fergus Binns

Gisela Richter

  • List of publications: Added Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gisela M.A. Richter, with a report on structure and technique by Charles F. Binns. Papers (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)), no. 6, 1937.
  • Added other publications by Richter available from the MMA Digital Collections.

Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun

  • The Treasures of Tutankhamun (1972–1981): Added the following with a link to the finding aid for the Irving MacManuc Records related to "Treasures of Tutankhamun" exhibition, 1975-1979.: "The Metropolitan's exhibition was designed to recreate for visitors the drama of the 1922 discovery of the treasure-filled tomb. Included along with original objects excavated from the tomb were reprints from glass-plate negatives in the Metropolitan’s collection of the expedition photographer Harry Burton's photographs documenting the excavation's discoveries step by step."

Thomas Hoving

Dwight D. Eisenhower

  • Other honors: Noted that Eisenhower was named an Honorary Fellow for life in recognition of his efforts to recover stolen art in WWII, citing the finding aid for the Met's 75th anniversary.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art (original building)

Jules Bache

George Dupont Pratt

Edward Harkness

François de Cuvilliés

  • Notes: Added hyperlink to article on Preston Remington.

Pierre-Philippe Thomire

  • Notes: Added hyperlink to article on Preston Remington.

Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Notable alumni: Added "Richard F. Bach (1909) - curator of industrial arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" with reference to Bach finding aid and hyperlink to Bach's Wikipedia article.

John LaFarge

  • Biography: Added "In 1892, LaFarge was brought on as an instructor with the Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools to provide vocational training to students in New York City." with hyperlink to Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools article and a reference to the MMAS Wikipedia article.

Alastair Martin

  • Body of article: Added reference to press release in the Digital Collections following "Martin was also an art collector and the holder of the Guennol Collection."

John Ruhl (sculptor)

John Pierpont Morgan

George Blumenthal (banker)

William Church Osborn

C. Douglas Dillon

William B. Macomber, Jr.

William H. Luers

Roswell Gilpatric

  • Other activities: Noted that in addition to serving as trustee and vice chairman of the Met, Gilpatric also served as the chairman of the Centennial committee. Added link to The Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial article and reference to the Trescher finding aid.

Brooke Astor

Arthur K. Watson

  • Life and career: Added "Watson was a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, serving as a trustee of the Museum (referencing MMA press release in Digital Collections) and as a member of the Museum's Centennial committee. (referencing Trescher finding aid)

David Ogilvy (businessman)

  • Life with WPP and afterward (1989–1999): Noted that Ogilvy served on the Centennial committee, linking to the Centennial article and citing the Trescher finding aid.

Frank Stanton (executive)

  • Philanthropy: Noted that Stanton served on the Centennial committee, linking to the Centennial WP article and citing the Trescher finding aid.

Marietta Peabody Tree

  • Later life: Noted that Tree served on the Centennial committee, linking to the Centennial WP article and citing the Trescher finding aid.

Jayne Wrightsman

  • Body of article: Noted that Wrightsman served on the Centennial committee, linking to the Centennial WP article and citing the Trescher finding aid. Noted her role as a donor and trustee, citing the Guide to the Wrightsman Galleries.

Henry Geldzahler

  • Early life and career: Added information about the exhibit "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970" and its role in the centennial, citing the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Leonard Bernstein

  • Other music: Added hyperlinks to articles on the Museum and Centennial regarding Bernstein's composition for the centennial. Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Aaron Copland

  • 1950s and 1960s: Added hyperlinks to articles on the Museum and Centennial regarding Copland's composition for the occasion. Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Walter Piston

  • Band and brass ensemble: Added hyperlinks to articles on the Museum and Centennial to information about Piston's composition for the occasion, Ceremonial Fanfare. Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

William Schuman

  • Works: Band: Added hyperlinks to articles on the Museum and Centennial to information about Schuman's composition for the occasion, "Anniversary Fanfare." Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Virgil Thompson

  • Biography: Added hyperlinks to articles on the Museum and Centennial to information about Thompson's composition for the centennial. Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Calvin Tomkins

  • Bibliography: Added "published in celebration of the MMA centennial" with hyperlink to Centennial article. Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

New York City Center

  • Early History: Home for the Performing Arts: Added information about co-sponsorship of "Cinematique at the Museum" with hyperlink to Centennial article. Cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Cinémathèque Française

  • Tributes: Added paragraph about “Cinémathèque at the Metropolitan Museum” exhibition, linking to Centennial (and co-sponsor New York City Center) articles and citing the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Henri Langlois

  • Later life: Added paragraph about Langlois' contribution to the centennial exhibition, "Cinémathèque at the Museum" linking to Centennial (and co-sponsor New York City Center) articles and citing the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Kenneth Clark

  • Clark the broadcaster: Added information about Clark's narration of TV program "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries," linking to Centennial article and citing the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Aline B. Saarinen

  • Television: Added that Saarinen prepared a one hour NBC program in celebration of the centennial, including hyperlink to Centennial article and citing the Trescher papers.

Frank Stella

  • Work: Late 1960s and early 1970s: Added that Stella was commissioned to create a logo for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial. Added hyperlink to Centennial article and cited the finding aid for the Trescher papers.

Frederick Ruckstull

  • Life and career: Added information about his teaching appointment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools, including link to Schools article and citing the Schools finding aid.

Paul Rosenberg (art dealer)


      • The rest of the above additions look good.WilliamDigiCol (talk) 19:07, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
New Articles[edit]

This section contains a list of new articles created through my project.
Joseph Breck (curator)

  • Created Wikipedia page on Joseph Breck (1885-1933). Breck served as head of the department of decorative arts and later as an assistant director of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, as well as a director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the first director (prior to completion) of the Cloisters museum. He attended Harvard University, was a prolific writer on several art-related subjects, was instrumental in the installation of J.P. Morgan donations, and is credited with the acquisition and display of some the the Met's first Art Deco and Art Nouveau objects. In addition to archival resources, this page would refer to his publications, a dictionary of art historians, the New York Times article about his death, and other sources. This page links to Wikipedia pages on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, the List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur, and James Rorimer (former directory of the Met and mentee of Breck). Breck is already referred to on the page of James Rorimer.

Joseph Breck (disambiguation)

  • Created Wikipedia page for "Joseph Breck (disambiguation)" to distinguish these two historical figures (merchant and curator) from one another (i.e. "Joseph Breck" may refer to...").

James Parker (art historian)

  • Created Wikipedia article on James Parker (1924-2001). Parker served as a curator in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department for many years, including curation of the Wrightsman Galleries.

Joseph V. Noble

  • Created Wikipedia article on Joseph V. Noble, a former administrator of the Metropolitan. Noble is famous for identifying several antiquities in the Metropolitan's collection as forgeries.

Preston Remington

  • Created Wikipedia article on Preston Remington, a former curator of Renaissance and Decorative arts at the Metropolitan. Remington published extensively during his time at the Museum and was the first head of the Renaissance and Post-Renaissance department at its inception.

Richard F. Bach

  • Created Wikipedia article on Richard F. Bach, former curator of industrial arts at the Museum. Bach supervised the Neighborhood Exhibitions program in the 1930s and 1940s and collaborated with industry to promote "good design."

Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools

  • Created Wikipedia article on the vocational design schools established by the Museum in the late 19th century. Employed prominent stained glass artist John LaFarge.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial

  • Created Wikipedia article on the events and initiatives surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Museum.

List of Presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Created Wikipedia article listing the presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, citing MMAA finding aids, MMA bulletin, and NYT articles. Linked to all Wikipedia articles about Presidents.

Tasks[edit]

Comments from all editors welcome
These are links I would like to add to improve various Wikipedia articles, or pages that have enough citable information and notability to be created. I have included some commentary on each link explaining why I think it should be added. I look forward to your comments and suggestions. Thanks!

Edits[edit]

75th Anniversary Announcement Luncheon

New Pages[edit]
  • History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: declutter the Met's article, place to put a lot of Digital Collections items. Maybe sections on how curatorial departments have changed, history of incorporation of Costume Institute, history of building(s), change in role of presidnet (see NYT article "Met Museum Vote Set on Dual Chiefs" Oct 6, 1977)
    • sounds like it would be a worthwhile project to me WilliamDigiCol (talk) 19:15, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
  • Dorothy Shaver: first female president of Lord and Taylor, involved in Met's 75th Anniversary, audio of her in the collection - possibly coordinated with 5th Ave. promotional window dressing?
    • She certainly warrants a WP article. Here's something that could be used as a reference.
  • John Ward Stimson: early director? "superintendent? Ran the Met Schools.
    • I don't believe he was ever the director. Here's a list of them List of Directors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Still, if you have information about him it sounds like it might be worthwhile creating a page about him.
      • The NYT articles are vague on his role, or possibly titles have changed over time - he's referred to as a "superintendent." Not sure if I have enough material to write a correct article.


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  1. ^ http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/Durr_Friedley_records_b1717476.pdf Finding aid for the Durr Friedley Records, 1906-1918 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives.
  2. ^ Finding aid for The Havemeyer Family Papers relating to Art Collecting.
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