Alphabetical Correspondence

Object Details

See more items in: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records; Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 2: Collectors Files / 2.4: Clarence H. Mackay Collection

Sponsor: Processing of the collection was funded by the Getty Grant Program; digitization of the collection was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Collection Citation: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement note: Material is arranged alphabetically by name of organization, collector, or client and, thereafter, chronologically. This series is scanned in entirety.

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Scope and Contents note: The letters in this subseries section primarily concern the announcement of the sale of the Clarence H. Mackay Collection. There are two folders of correspondence with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Stephen V. Grancsay, curator of arms and armor, regarding purchases from the Mackay Collection for the museum.