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Isabella Stewart Gardner Papers

A finding aid

The Isabella Stewart Gardner papers span 1492–1924 and are arranged into sixteen series that document the life, interests and work of the art collector, patron and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924), who founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1900.

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  • Front Matter
  • Series 1: Personal Papers, 1792–1924
  • Series 2: Diaries, 1874–1924
  • Series 3: Travel Albums, 1867–1895 and undated
  • Series 4: Guest Books, 1893–1922
  • Series 5: Museum Work, 1897–1923 
  • Series 6: Correspondence
  • Series 7: Art Dealer Files
  • Series 8: Ephemera
  • Series 9: WWI Box
  • Series 10: Collected Letters and Manuscripts, 1492–1918
  • Series 11: Collected Gardner Family Papers, 1790–1866
  • Series 12: Collected Francis Marion Crawford Papers, 1855–1909
  • Series 13: Collected Matthew Stewart Prichard Papers, 1903–1927
  • Series 14: Photographs, 1856–1921
  • Series 15: Architectural Drawings, 1900–1915
  • Series 16: Financial Records, mid 19th century–20th century

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