Fox, William Henry, 1858-1952

Correspondence regarding Capart's work as Advisory Curator of Egyptology, including offer of position and acceptance.

Correspondence regarding Capart's work as Advisory Curator of Egyptology, including regarding first visit to Brooklyn; Charles Edwin Wilbour diaries. Typescript: "An American Egyptologist." Essay describing new section of Museum devoted to the Egyptian collection. Resume: L. Speleers.

Correspondence regarding Capart's work as Advisory Curator of Egyptology, including progress report. Lists of objects for purchase. Memos, including regarding agenda; agreement with Museum; publishing the Wilbour diaries.

Correspondence regarding Capart's work as Advisory Curator of Egyptology, including regarding activities in Egypt. Lists, including objects recommended for purchase; objects purchased; objects received; Wilbour Fund expenditures. Synopsis of Capart's reports.

Correspondence regarding photograph of Titian painting.

Correspondence regarding collection; letters of Leonard Woods (1860), Franklin Jenlez (1849), Bowdoin College, George Henry Hall, Harry Rogin, Nathan Cummings (1863) regarding Titian's "Danae." Histories. Clippings. Bowdoin College exhibition catalog (1895). Illustrated notes. List of books. Illustration.

Correspondence with Mrs. W.B. Kellett and Helen L. Watkinson regarding J.F. Cropsey painting; possible purchase. Receipt.

Correspondence and memos, including regarding proposed elimination of clerk position; W.H. Fox memoirs.

Correspondence, including with former Director William H. Fox and Mrs Fox regarding his pension and donations of objects to the museum; with Encyclopedia Britannica regarding request of photographs; with the Museum of Modern Art, the Architectural League of New York, the Toledo Museum of Art, The Berkshire Museum regarding exhibitions; with Philip Kappel on the museum and his work.