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Call Number:
S022
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Title(s):
Series I. Correspondence
Date:
1962 2019
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I. Correspondence
Provenance:
Gift of John Baskett, 2019.
Conditions Governing Access:
Access to Series I folder 1, Paul Mellon correspondence with Basil Taylor, is restricted. Access to series VII, Paul Mellon's funeral and obituaries, requires permission. Please contact the Yale Center for British Art Archives for more information.
Scope and Content:
Series I primarily contains correspondence between John Baskett and Paul Mellon regarding the purchase of art for Mellon’s collection. Also included is some correspondence between Baskett and various assistants, curators, and librarians at Mellon's Oak Spring residence. There is also a folder of reproduced correspondence between Baskett, Mellon, and Basil Taylor from the 1960s.
Arrangement:
Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Subject Terms:
Art dealers
Art, British
Associated People/Groups:
Mellon, Paul
Mellon, Rachel Lambert
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Taylor, Basil
Yale Center for British Art
Finding Aid Title:
John Baskett papers
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11403.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2999967
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2999967?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1