Goodyear Archival Collection: Images from Correspondence Folders

Included below are links to images associated with folders [1.1.48] through [5.1.2]. These files contain written materials such as Goodyear's correspondence and notes, in addition to images. A folder description is included to provide context for the images.

• [1.1.48] Lewis

  • 3 images of Italy, Venice, St. Mark's (date?)
  • 1 image of unidentified people (1901?)

  Folder summary: Correspondence with Emma Lewis re publications; architectural refinement research at Pisa; receiving certificate from Pisa engineer; research travels in Italy; Brooklyn lecture. Letter to Lewis from sister. Goodyear letter to Professor Hooper (BIAS) re details of Italian research trip (Brooklyn Institute survey of Italian medieval buildings). List of museum lectures on Greek art and civilization (1899–1900). Postcards: Italian sites. Articles: Yale Alumni Weekly articles, "Fire in Milan Exposition." Announcement of lectures on Egyptian art and civilization, architectural refinements, and history. Photographs. Some material undated. (1891–1901, n.d.)

• [1.1.66] Porter

  • 1 image of A. Kingsley Porter
  • 1 image of France, Pontorson, Notre Dame

  Folder summary: Correspondence with A. Kingsley Porter re Lombard architecture; architecture of Pontorson Church (Notre Dame); Statham; publications; architectural refinements in France; Report of Commission on the Pisa Tower; leaning campaniles in Italy; medieval architecture in Germany including Strassburg; Porter's European travel; Porter taking measurements for Goodyear. Notes. Photographs. Postcards. (1910)

• [2.1.29] Architects Society of Rome exhibition catalog

  • 1 image of Italy, Milan, St. Ambrogio
  • 1 image of Syria, Baalbek
  • 1 image of Turkey, Istanbul, Balaban Aga Masjid
  • 8 images of unidentified churches

  Folder summary: Typescript catalog of the Exhibit by the Architects Society of Rome of Brooklyn Museum photographs of architectural refinements. Includes 12 photographs of interiors/exteriors of buildings showing architectural refinements which may not be directly related to catalog. (1905)

• [2.1.34] Pisa article

  • 8 images of Italy, Pisa, Campanile (diagrams)
  • 13 images of Pisa Cathedral

  Folder summary: Article, diagrams, photos re Goodyear's work on architectural refinements, Pisa Cathedral & campanile. Reprint of American Architect article: "An Analysis of the Report of the Pisa Commission on the Leaning Tower." Diagrams, photographs used in Pisa article in Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences, 1911. Some material undated. (1910–1911, n.d.)

• [2.2.6] diary

  • 1 image of back of painting (ca. 1901)

  Folder summary: Bound volume: notes from survey trip to Italy including measurements & list of museum lectures for the 1901/02 season. Slide list. (1901)

• [3.1.16] casts

  • 13 images of plaster casts of classical sculpture

  Folder summary: Correspondence re casts, including V. Steffeusul (Royal Museum, Copenhagen) re Danish sculpture; Giuseppe Lelli; Campi Carlo, Milan; Eduardo Pierotti re Roman Sarcophagus; Otto Egger; Stefano Marsili, Rome, re bronzes. Price lists. Notes. Cyanotypes. Photographs. 1963 Registrar‘ office memo re file. (Includes French, Italian, German.) Some material undated. (1905–1912, n.d.)

• [3.2.1] correspondence

  • 4 images of Button Island
  • 1 image of Chinese screen

  Folder summary: Correspondence with Samuel P. Avery re acquiring, publicizing, exhibiting, describing the Avery collection (cloisonnes, vases); catalog. Correspondence with Ma Tsun Shin, J. Getz, Charles M. Cooper, Edward L. Morris re catalog. Correspondence with publishing & printing companies. Letter from C.K. Leang to J. Getz with Chinese poem. Letter from N. Sanborn re description of objects. Checklist. Typescripts re Avery collection. Clipping: Rich Cloisonnes on View. Notes. Photographs: Button Island, object. Some material undated. (1909–1911. n.d.)

• [3.2.4] correspondence

  • 1 image of Chinese inlaid stand and objects

  Folder summary: Correspondence with Samuel P. Avery re acquiring, exhibiting, shipping, publicizing cloisonne collection & wall vases; Bryn Athyn (Pitcairn, Cram); exhibition of cathedral photographs from war zone of Northern France; publishing architectural refinements book (Marshall Jones Co.). Letters: Avery to William H. Fox (Brooklyn Museum) re shipping collection; F.W. Kaldenberg (dealer) to Avery re cloisonne exhibition; Henry Tyrell (The World) re article on cloisonne collection for Christian Science Monitor, publishing architectural refinement cathedral photographs; A. Augustus Healy to Avery re cloisonne exhibition. Notes. Photograph: object. (1918)

• [3.2.8] notes.

  • 3 images of Chinese objects

  Folder summary: Draft notes: description of objects. Plates and photographs: objects in the Avery collection. (n.d.)

• [3.2.13] cloisonne catalog

  • 1 image of glass case with cloisonne objects

  Folder summary: Correspondence with Samuel P. Avery re submission of typescript: "Private Catalog of Chinese Cloisonne & Bronzes" compiled by John Getz. Plates and photograph: objects. (1913)

• [3.2.16] catalog vases

  • 1 image of Chinese wall vase

  Folder summary: Typescript: catalog of collection of hanging wall vases. Notes. Plates and photograph: objects. (1918)

• [4.1.2] Exhibits relating to Architectural Refinements, II

  • 6 images of England, Chester, St. John's

  Folder summary: Scrapbook (indexed). Articles & clippings re architectural refinements survey expeditions; results of survey in Northern France, Germany, Constantinople; lectures; publications; St. Mark's (Venice); Notre-Dame (Paris); Yale University honorary degree; honor from Architects Society of Rome; Boston Public Library exhibition. Lecture announcements. Photographs of St. John's at Chester. Goodyear research fund expenses. Correspondence with George Coffey re lecture, Grammar of the Lotus; C.E. Norton; Francesco Saccardo (St. Mark's); Richard Norton; A.W. Greely; John LaFarge; John Beverley Robinson; Emma Lewis re contributions; Hugh B. Rooper re refinements in French church, Greek refinements; Henry von Geymuller re Pisa, application to Carnegie Institution; Samuel P. Avery; B. Perrin; Charles Hastings; William R. Ware re Carnegie Institution; A. Augustus Healy; J.S. Billings; H.W. Desmond; Daniel C. Gilman re Carnegie Institution; Robert Hobart; G.A.T. Middleton; C.J. MacCarthy; Arthur Hill re refinements in St. Johns at Chester; Oscar Montelius re the lotus; A.B. Meyer. (4/1903-10/1904)

• [4.1.3] Exhibits relating to Architectural Refinements, III

  • 1 image of Italy, Maderno, Church
  • 1 image of 5 unidentified people at dock near ship

  Folder summary: Scrapbook (indexed). Reviews. Articles & clippings re results of architectural refinements survey in France, Germany, Constantinople; Notre-Dame (Paris); St. John's at Chester; church at Maderno; condition of St. Mark's (Venice); exhibitions; publications; lectures; honors; Charles Goodyear. Correspondence with M.E. Cannizzaro re exhibition & publications; Hugh Rooper re church at Maderno; President of Carnegie Institution; Auguste Choisy re lotus & refinements; Camille Enlart; Manfredo Manfredi; Luigi Marangoni (St. Mark'); F.W. Deas; Bernhard Berenson; Emma Lewis re contributions; Alfred Melani; John LaFarge; H.D. Croly re Charles Goodyear; C.E. Norton. Photograph: (possibly) church at Maderno. Postcards: European churches. (10/1904–6/1905)

• [4.1.4] Exhibits relating to Architectural Refinements, IV

  • 1 image of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery

  Folder summary: Scrapbook (indexed). Articles & clippings re restoration of St. Mark's; exhibitions (Rome, Edinburgh); architectural refinements theories; Edinburgh lecture; election to Edinburgh Architectural Association. Edinburgh exhibition proposal, poster, invitations, catalog proposal & review. Correspondence with Venetian International Art Congress re Goodyear election; Bernhard Berenson; G.L. Heins; L. Ingleby Wood (Edinburgh Architectural Association); Camille Enlart; Wendell P. Garrison; Egerton Swartwout; Henry de Geymuller; Russell Sturgis; C.E. Norton; Auguste Choisy; Alfredo Melani; H.W. Desmond. Photograph: Edinburgh Architectural Association building. Postcards. (7/1905–1/1906)

• [4.1.9] Goodyear personal, including Exhibits Relating to Architectural Refinements, IX

  • 1 image of Italy, Bologna, Chiostro Dei Celestini
  • 1 image of Italy, Pavia, San Michele
  • 1 image of U.S., New Haven, Yale University exhibition room

  Folder summary: Scrapbook (indexed). Bulk dates: 1913—1917. Clippings re Goodyea's death & legacy. Biographical notes. Schedule & invitation: Dublin exhibition & lectures (including plates). Announcement: lectures. Invitation: Yale exhibition. Catalog: Brooklyn Museum refinements exhibition. Programs. Goodyear notes on American Federation of Arts lecture by Cram (Bryn Athyn). Notice of wife's death. Publishers promotion: Porter & Goodyear's books. Correspondence & supplementary materials re applications to Metropolitan Museum & Carnegie Institution. Poem by Rosalie Goodyear. Book reviews (e.g. Greek Refinements, Renaissance and Modern Art). Articles & clippings re Dublin lectures & exhibition; Egypt tour; Pisa tower; St. John's at Chester; refinements in Dublin cathedrals; refinements theory; destruction & restoration of French cathedrals; Amiens; modern application of refinements including New Church in Newport (Ireland), Bryn Athyn, M.I.T. building, Telephone & Telegraph building in New York; suicide of friends in Italy; refinements exhibition at Yale School of Fine Arts; honors; childrens photo contest; controversial art at Brooklyn Museum; destruction of churches during war; Brooklyn Museum collections & exhibitions (e.g. Zuloaga); Childrein's Museum; W.S. Conrow's Goodyear portrait; Mary Katherine & Nelson Goodyear obituaries. Articles by Goodyear. Correspondence with Northover & George Day re reek Refinements' Henry Browne (Classical Association of Ireland) re lectures & exhibition; LaFarge & Hamlin re American Institute of Architects report on Goodyear's theories; Mahaffy; Reginald Bromfield; Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland re honorary membership; Cass Gilbert; Architectural League of New York re meeting; William C. Hazlett; Edwin H. Denby (MacDowell Club); R.M. Butler re refinements in Newport church (Ireland); W.H. Crocker; Cram re Toronto Cathedral; W.W. Bosworth; Henry Tyrell (The World) re Zuloaga. Photographs: installation of refinement photographs; refinements in churches. (12/1905–1907)

• [5.1.2] memorial

  • 1 image of Wilford Conrow painting of Goodyear

  Folder summary: Drafts and published Brooklyn Museum Quarterly memorial article: "William Henry Goodyear, M.A. An Appreciation" by Wilford S. Conrow. Print of Conrow's portrait of Goodyear. Genealogical notes. (1923)