Fox, William Henry, 1858-1952

Correspondence regarding import duty on foreign art works. Opinion, U.S. Customs Court, W.H. Fox, witness.

Letters regarding and during travels in Europe, including regarding Museum activities; visits. Letters regarding objects offered, including mantlepiece and doorways purchased from U. Bardini; Gothic room, Landesmuseum, Zurich; altarpiece; with K. Brauer regarding Jewish objects and altarpiece.

Principal respondent: Fox, William H. Correspondence regarding shipping; return of works; insurance; banking; exhibition fund; requests for photos. Accounts.

Portraits (photos).

Correspondence regarding broadcasts. Transcripts and drafts of lectures by P.N. Youtz, H.B. Tschudy, W.H. Fox and J.P. Marvel regarding architecture, European art scene, Brooklyn Museum collections, women artists, decorative art and American Federation of Arts.

Correspondence regarding Austrian Day at College Art Association's International Art Exposition; Austrian Children's Festival; Austria America Society; decorations awarded to Fox and E.C. Blum.

Correspondence, including regarding removal of Herbert Spinden books and papers. Memorial statement on death of former director William H. Fox, including memo by Mrs. William H. Good.

Correspondence, including letter of appointment, A.S. Cavallo, Curator of Decorative Arts; with John D. Cooney in Egypt; regarding Holland food relief; W.H. Fox memoirs; School of Research, Museum of New Mexico.

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.