Guide to the Rodin Sculpture Garden Records
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0448
Creator:
Elsen, Albert Edward, 1927-
Creator:
Stanford University. Dept. of Art.
Title: Rodin sculpture garden records
Dates: 1980-1991
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, memoranda, proposals, plans, publicity
materials, photographs, articles, and other records pertaining to the B. Gerald Cantor
Rodin Sculpture Garden. Includes correspondence with the garden's designer Robert
Mittelstadt and the personal log of Albert Elsen. An addition to the records (accession
2005-178) includes drafts of the text for the catalog to the Rodin collection, 1988-91
and undated; miscellaneous correspondence, 1985-91; and slides of Rodin works, some of
which are copies of old photographs of works in Rodin's studio
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Albert Elsen, 1991, and transfer from art library, 2005.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Cite As
Rodin Sculpture Garden Records (SC0448). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Through the generosity of B. Gerald Cantor, an outdoor sculpture garden containing works
by Auguste Rodin was dedicated at Stanford University in May of 1985. Albert Elsen,
professor of art, is curator of the Rodin Collection at Stanford.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, memoranda, proposals, plans, publicity materials, photographs, articles,
and other records pertaining to the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden. Includes
correspondence with the garden's designer Robert Mittelstadt and the personal log of
Albert Elsen. An addition to the records (accession 2005-178) includes drafts of the
text for the catalog to the Rodin collection, 1988-91 and undated; miscellaneous
correspondence, 1985-91; and slides of Rodin works, some of which are copies of old
photographs of works in Rodin's studio
Access Terms
Cantor, B. Gerald, 1916-1996
Elsen, Albert Edward, 1927-
Mittelstadt, Robert.
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917--Exhibitions.
Stanford University. Dept. of Art
--Faculty.
B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden (Stanford
University).
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 9
C.F.A Fundraiser - Lights
Box 1, Folder 20
Documentary History, 1980-81
Box 1, Folder 21
Documentary History, 1982
Box 2, Folder 1
Documentary History, 1983
Box 2, Folder 2
Documentary History, 1984
Box 2, Folder 3
Documentary History, 1985
Box 2, Folder 4
Documentary History, 1986
Box 2, Folder 5
Documentary History, 1987
Box 3, Folder 4
Garden Plan-Final, annotated by AB
Box 4, Folder 1
Lists - Corporations and Foundations
Box 4, Folder 3
Middlestadt, Robert; Architect
Box 4, Folder 13
Press Kit with Photographs
Box 6, Folder 2
Photographs: Installation of the Gates of Hell, 1984
Box 6, Folder 3
Photographs: Sculpture Garden
Box 7
Personal Log of Albert Elsen
Additional Records Accession ARCH-2005-178
Box 1, Folder 1
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: front matter
Box 1, Folder 2
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: patriotic figures
Box 1, Folder 3
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: studies for monument to Burghers of
Calais
Box 1, Folder 4
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: Gates of Hell and their
offspring
Box 1, Folder 5
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: artists and writers
Box 1, Folder 6
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: Balzac essay
Box 1, Folder 7
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: studies for monuments to
Balzac
Box 1, Folder 8
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: small figures
Box 1, Folder 9
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: partial figures and hands
Box 1, Folder 10
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: portraits and symbolic head
Box 1, Folder 11
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: miscellaneous
Box 1, Folder 12
Rodin catalog, loose items from notebook
Box 1, Folder 13
Auction catalog pages of Rodin works
Box 2, Folder 1
Contents of computer disks
Box 2
Computer floppy disks (5") [2 plastic boxes]
Box 2
Slides of Rodin works, some copied from old photographs of his
studio
