Guide to the Rodin Sculpture Garden Records SC0448
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Rodin sculpture garden records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0448
Physical Description:
8.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1980-1991
Summary: Correspondence,
memoranda, proposals, plans, publicity materials, photographs, articles, and other records
pertaining to the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden. Includes correspondence with the
garden's designer Robert Mittelstadt and the personal log of Albert Elsen. An addition to
the records (accession 2005-178) includes drafts of the text for the catalog to the Rodin
collection, 1988-91 and undated; miscellaneous correspondence, 1985-91; and slides of Rodin
works, some of which are copies of old photographs of works in Rodin's studio
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
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Language of Material:
English .
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Albert Elsen, 1991, and transfer from art library, 2005.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Through the generosity of B. Gerald Cantor, an outdoor sculpture garden containing works by
Auguste Rodin was dedicated at Stanford University in May of 1985. Albert Elsen, professor
of art, is curator of the Rodin Collection at Stanford.
Cite As
Rodin Sculpture Garden Records (SC0448). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, memoranda, proposals, plans, publicity materials, photographs, articles,
and other records pertaining to the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden. Includes
correspondence with the garden's designer Robert Mittelstadt and the personal log of Albert
Elsen. An addition to the records (accession 2005-178) includes drafts of the text for the
catalog to the Rodin collection, 1988-91 and undated; miscellaneous correspondence, 1985-91;
and slides of Rodin works, some of which are copies of old photographs of works in Rodin's
studio
Ownership & Copyright
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be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden (Stanford
University)
Box 1, folder 9
C.F.A Fundraiser - Lights
Box 1, folder 20
Documentary History, 1980-81
Box 1, folder 21
Documentary History, 1982
Box 2, folder 1
Documentary History, 1983
Box 2, folder 2
Documentary History, 1984
Box 2, folder 3
Documentary History, 1985
Box 2, folder 4
Documentary History, 1986
Box 2, folder 5
Documentary History, 1987
Box 3, folder 4
Garden Plan-Final, annotated by AB
Box 4, folder 1
Lists - Corporations and Foundations
Box 4, folder 3
Middlestadt, Robert; Architect
Box 4, folder 13
Press Kit with Photographs
Box 6, folder 2
Photographs: Installation of the Gates of Hell, 1984
Box 6, folder 3
Photographs: Sculpture Garden
Box 7
Personal Log of Albert Elsen
Addenda, 2005-178 Accession ARCH-2005-178
Box 1, folder 1
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: front matter
Box 1, folder 2
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: patriotic figures
Box 1, folder 3
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: studies for monument to Burghers of
Calais
Box 1, folder 4
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: Gates of Hell and their offspring
Box 1, folder 5
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: artists and writers
Box 1, folder 6
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: Balzac essay
Box 1, folder 7
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: studies for monuments to Balzac
Box 1, folder 8
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: small figures
Box 1, folder 9
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: partial figures and hands
Box 1, folder 10
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: portraits and symbolic head
Box 1, folder 11
Rodin catalog, drafts of text: miscellaneous
Box 1, folder 12
Rodin catalog, loose items from notebook
Box 1, folder 13
Auction catalog pages of Rodin works
Box 2, folder 1
Contents of computer disks
Box 2
Computer floppy disks (5") [2 plastic boxes]
Box 2
Slides of Rodin works, some copied from old photographs of his
studio
Addenda, 1991-093 Accession ARCH-1991-093
Box 4
Cantor Sculpture Garden blueprints and drawings
1985
