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INVENTORY OF THE DAVID PIPER PAPERS RELATING TO BRITISH
MUSEUMS AND ART INSTITUTIONS, 1916-1990
960020
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Title: David Piper papers relating to British museums
and art institutions
Date (inclusive): 1916-1990
Collection number: 960020
Creator:
Piper, David
Extent:
ca. 3 linear ft.
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA
90049-1688
Abstract: British museum director, art historian, and novelist (1918-1990). These papers reflect Piper's tenure as director of the National
Portrait Gallery (1964-1967), the Fitzwilliam Museum (1967-1973), and the Ashmolean Museum (1973-1985), as well as his position
on various boards and institutions. The collection consists of letters, notes, essays, reports, clippings, and some single
journal issues and promotional material concerning the arts in Britain.
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Language: Collection material in English
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David Piper Papers Relating to British
Museums and Art Institutions, 1916-1990, Getty Research Institute, Research
Library, Accession no. 960020.
Acquired in 1996.
British museum director, art historian, and novelist (1918-1990).
Scope and Content of Collection
The David Piper Papers relate to Piper's tenure as director of the
National Portrait Gallery (1964-1967), the Fitzwilliam Museum (1967-1973), and
the Ashmolean Museum (1973-1985), as well as his position on various boards and
institutions, such as the Royal Fine Art Commission and the Leeds Castle
Foundation. The papers consist of letters, notes, essays, reports, clippings,
and some single journal issues and promotional material concerning the arts in
Britain. Incorporated are the miscellaneous papers of Isherwood Kay, Keeper at
the National Gallery from 1933-1938. Dating mostly from 1924-1938, these papers
include correspondence with members of the art world, including Collins Baker,
Kenneth Clark, Charles Holmes, Ellis Waterhouse, Martin Davies, and others, as
well as additional ephemera and a small collection of art postcards. Piper's
literary manuscripts are not included.
Arrangement
Organized in five series:
I.
Correspondence, ca. 1916-1989
;
II. Notes
and writings, ca. 1928-1989
;
III.
Ephemera, ca. 1925-1989
;
IV.
Clippings, ca. 1926-1990
;
V. Art
postcards
.