Description
These papers consist of notes, lectures, articles, and other sources Elsen compiled for the
art history courses he taught at Stanford; course readers; drafts of his published works;
transcripts of interviews he did with Bruce Beaseley, Kristina Branch, John Davis, Louis
Finkelstein, Leon Golub, Sue Gussow, Dimitri Hadzi, James Rosati, Miriam Schapiro, and
Kenneth Snelson; subject files on individual artists; and other miscellaneous files.
Background
Albert Elsen, scholar of modern sculpture who specialized in Rodin, was professor of art at
Stanford University from 1968 until his death in 1995. He was a pivotal figure in Stanford's
acquisition of outdoor sculpture and served as the curator of the Rodin collection.
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the
documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.