Wilbour, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1833-1896

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Correspondence regarding estate. List of valuations. Copy of will. Clipping.

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Principal respondent: Bothmer, Bernard V. Correspondence and memos regarding name change (Department of Egyptian and Classical Art); Mansoor Collection; office moves; visiting researchers and staff; Smithsonian Institution grants; projects; excavations; American Research Center in Egypt; Akhenaten exhibition. Letters from Bothmer during research trip. Reports on Wilbour Fellows (1964-1972); Wilbour monographs and publications (1966-1972).

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Principal respondent: Bothmer, Bernard V. Correspondence regarding Ad Hoc Committee of Governors; CBC television filming; ushabti purchase; contributions; purchases; Los Angeles County Museum of Art loans; Bothmer appointment as Keeper of Wilbour Collection; Westinghouse advertisement; J.L. Davis estate. Report, National Endowment for the Arts grant to catalog Greek and Roman antiquities.

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Principal respondent: Bothmer, Bernard V. Correspondence regarding Bothmer activities in Egypt, Cyprus; M.M. Craig collection sale; goldmithing study, including proposal; endowment; Wilbour Fellows.

Scope and Contents Principal respondent: Bothmer, Bernard V. Correspondence and memos regarding Wilbour fellows; investment of Wilbour Fund; Smithsonian Institution grants, including final reports; publications; Temple of Dendur; installations; Handbook; budget; statues of Yii and Senenmut; guidelines for purchases; ancient coins; Coptic excavation, Abu Fanah; International Fund for Monuments; loans; Mendes expedition; 'Ears of Wheat' research; Tutankhamen exhibition, Paris; Kevorkian projects; Heliopolis...

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Principal respondent: Cooney, John D. Correspondence and memos regarding employment of D. Hansen, consultant; Cooney resignation; New York University excavation; purchase of Greek stamnos fragments; sale of objects; history of TBM excavations and current plans; American Research Center in Egypt; Kevorkian estate; Mary Olcott bequest; M. Lowenthal objects; B.V. Bothmer sabbatical. Purchase authorizations. Wilbour Fund analysis, 1954-1962 (legal-size).

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Principal respondent: Cooney, John D. Correspondence and memos regarding gift of Coptic textiles, Pratt Institute; accessions; exchanges; legal opinions regarding Wilbour estate.

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Principal respondent: Capart, Jean. Correspondence regarding acquisitions; publication of Wilbour letters; Wilbour reinstallation, library, and New York Historical Society collection opening. Summary of work at Sesbis.

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Principal respondent: Riefstahl, Elizabeth. Notes on textiles, Bliss collection. Correspondence regarding donation by Riefstahl of 3 art works.

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Correspondence and legal opinions regarding restaurant; Wilbour Estate; Vollard editions; wage freeze.