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The Barnes Foundation Completes Grant Project
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
The Barnes Foundation's Archives and Library Department has recently completed a major processing project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The 2004 grant of $95,397 provided funding for a full-time processing archivist and for supplies and technical assistance to re-house, arrange, and create finding aids and catalogue records for early records of the Barnes Foundation and its founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes.
Records processed as part of this project included Barnes Foundation administrative correspondence from 1952 to 1960, and draft manuscripts and related materials for the six books on art theory and pedagogy written by Dr. Barnes: The Art in Painting, Art and Education, The French Primitives and Their Forms, The Art of Renoir, The Art of Cézanne, and The Art of Henri-Matisse. Financial records, including account books, checks and check stubs, tax records, and receipts and invoices, are currently being processed by Project Archivist Adrienne Pruitt, whose position has been made permanent through funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
A major goal of the project was to create, and make available to the public, MARC records and EAD finding aids for each collection. As processing for each group of records was completed, Ms. Pruitt produced MARC records, which have been submitted to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. She also created EAD finding aids for the collections, which are described and linked (http://www.barnesfoundation.org/des_collections.html) as well as indexed (http://www.barnesfoundation.org/finding_aids_index.html) on the Barnes's archives Web pages.
Dr. Albert C. Barnes established the Barnes Foundation in 1922 to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts. The Barnes continues to fulfill its mission through educational classes and programs. The art and aesthetics program uses the Barnes's world-renowned art collection to encourage discussion and critical problem-solving skills. The Foundation's Arboretum School, established by Laura Leggett Barnes in 1940, continues to offer courses and workshops in the botanical sciences, horticultural practices, and garden aesthetics and design. Students learn in the twelve-acre arboretum, which features world-class collections of ferns, stewartia, magnolias, and lilacs.
The Archives and Library Department preserves, catalogues, and provides reference services for approximately 2,500 linear feet of archival records; more than 5,000 volumes in the Foundation's circulating library of art and horticulture books; and a collection of more than 1,000 rare books, periodicals, and exhibition and auction catalogues. The archival collection documents the activities of the Barnes Foundation and its community, and provides information about the personal and professional lives of Dr. Albert C. Barnes and Laura Leggett Barnes. The archives also contain acquisition information related to the art collection and documentation for the history of the living collections in the arboretum. For more information on the Barnes Foundation's Archives and Library, please visit: http://www.barnesfoundation.org/archivesandlibrary.html.
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Katy Rawdon-Faucett
Archivist and Librarian
The Barnes Foundation
300 North Latch's Lane
Merion, PA 19066-1759
Ph: (610) 667-0290 ext. 1048
Fax: (610) 664-4026
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