{"title":"The Christian Brinton Library and Archives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art","authors":"Kristen A. Regina","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2022.2105190","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This essay is a contextualization and survey of the library and archives of Christian Brinton (1870–1942), donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1941. A promised gift of 1,300 books and 1,000 pamphlets, there were also 550 objects including more than one hundred fifty paintings, seventy-five works on paper, sculpture, folk toys, costumes, and textiles. An internationally renowned art critic, curator, and lecturer, Brinton’s expertise ranged from American and European, to Central and Eastern European, Scandinavian, Russian, and Soviet modern art, all of which is reflected in his library. The archives contain documentation about his collections at the museum.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2022.2105190","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT This essay is a contextualization and survey of the library and archives of Christian Brinton (1870–1942), donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1941. A promised gift of 1,300 books and 1,000 pamphlets, there were also 550 objects including more than one hundred fifty paintings, seventy-five works on paper, sculpture, folk toys, costumes, and textiles. An internationally renowned art critic, curator, and lecturer, Brinton’s expertise ranged from American and European, to Central and Eastern European, Scandinavian, Russian, and Soviet modern art, all of which is reflected in his library. The archives contain documentation about his collections at the museum.
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Slavic & East European Information Resources (SEEIR) serves as a focal point for the international exchange of information in the field of Slavic and East European librarianship. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, the journal contains original research, technical developments and other news about the field, and reviews of books and electronic media. It is designed to keep professionals up-to-date with efforts around the world to preserve and expand access to material from and about these countries. This journal emphasizes practical and current information, but it does not neglect other relevant topics.