Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of Dutch paintings. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders. Photograph labels use the superseded terminology, Painting - Holland
The Dwight / Edgewood Project is a non-profit organization that brings children together with Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre artists to create theater. This collection documents the activities of the project from 1995-2008 through photographs, scripts, programs, and administrative papers.
Collection of 1,803 briefly labeled 35 mm color slides taken in the 1950s-1970s on travels to the Mediterranean, Latin America, and in the United States. Mostly architectural photography, but also many market and street scenes in rural areas of Latin America.
Collection of 35mm unlabeled slides, 35mm negatives, black and white photographs, and architect's plans, elevations and diagrams concerning the construction and restoration of 18th and 19th century domestic architecture related to the publication Edward P. Friedland, Antique houses: Their construction and restoration, 1990. According to the date stamped on some slides, some material was acquired in the mid-1970's. Most of the material is unlabeled and packed according to broad groupings. Material was received from the donor with limited identifying information. Most of the material covers the following buildings: Dennis Kane House, Rocky hill (moved to Preston), CT, Elisha Perkins House, Plainfield, CT., John Palmer House, Lisbon, CT, John Bishop House, Lisbon, CT, buildings in Wethersfield, CT, Essex, CT.
Slides of monuments and scenary on travels to Mexico, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece. Photographer is Eugene M. Waith, emeritus Professor of English Literature at Yale University. No identification on the slides. Minimal identification supplied by accompanying lists.
High quality fine arts reproductions, including many drawings, produced by the Société de Reproductions de Dessins Anciens et Modernes, 107, Rue de Rivoli, Paris; several items produced by Edition Art Vivant; some items of unknown origin.
The papers document Faber Birren's career as an authority on color, particularly during the years 1968-1989. They focus on his scholarship and his endowment of the Birren Collection.
The collection consists of plates, scrapbooks, and dress pattern catalogs, depicting European and American fashion, costume, and national dress primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries.