Correspondence of James Laver, 1899-1975, art critic

Reference code(s): GB 0247 MS Laver
Title: Correspondence of James Laver, 1899-1975, art critic
Date(s): 1881-1975
Extent and medium of the unit of description: 0.9 metres
Physical characteristics and technical requirements: There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material
Repository: Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
Name of creator(s): James Laver (art critic : 1899-1975)
Level of Description: fonds
Language of material: eng
Published by: Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department, 13 June 2002

Administrative/Biographical History

James Laver was born in Liverpool, England, in 1899 and was educated at the Liverpool Institute and New College Oxford. He was Keeper in the Departments of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and of Paintings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. He wrote widely on art and costume. He died in 1975.

Scope and Content

  • Over 1000 letters from artists such as Georges Braque, John Piper, Eric Gill and Edward Hopper, 1881-1975
  • Correspondence and notes relating to the artist James Whistler (1834-1903), 1925-1969

System of Arrangement

The material is arranged into two series: correspondence from artists arranged alphabetically by sender and correspondence and notes relating to James Whistler

Administrative Information

Archival History

Unknown

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchase : Sotheby's : 1981 : ACCN 4417. Purchased with help form the Local Museums Purchase Fund

Purchase : 1982 : ACCN 4496

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0247 procedures

Accruals

None expected

Access Conditions

Open

Copyright / Conditions governing reproduction

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Head of Special Collections

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Language of material

English

Existence and location of copies

No known copies

Further Information

Finding Aids

Item level descriptions are available via the department's online manuscripts catalogue available at http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/ searching by the call number MS Laver or MS Laver X for Whistler related material

Typescript catalogue including abstracts of the entire correspondence available in the searchroom

Existence and location of originals

This material is original

Related Units of Description

GB 0247 MS Whistler: Papers of James McNeill Whistler

Publication note

No known publications using this material

Notes

Date(s) of Description

Compiled by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 15 March 2002

No alterations made to date