Pre-Columbian Collection

The Pre-Columbian Collection series contains photographs, negatives, correspondence, receipts, and printed materials regarding the Alberses’ collection of Pre-Columbian figurines and textiles. As the Alberses’ began to travel in Mexico, they became interested in Pre-Columbian figurines and textiles, eventually beginning to collect items during their travels and through galleries. They eventually gifted the collection to the Peabody Museum at Yale University. [See Series V: Subject Files]

Description

Folder

- Envelopes 1-8, index cards with photographs
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  38
  Folder
  —
- Correspondence regarding gift to Peabody Museum at
  Yale University
  Dates
  1970, 1975
  Box
  38
  Folder
  1
- André Emmerich Gallery (New York), correspondence
  price lists and invoice
  Dates
  1964–1965
  Box
  38
  Folder
  2
- Invoices from galleries for purchases
  Dates
  1959–1964
  Box
  38
  Folder
  3
- Ludwig Breitschneider (Munich), correspondence and postcards
  Dates
  1960–1961
  Box
  38
  Folder
  4
- Appraisal by Carroll Alton Means, correspondence lists and invoice
  Dates
  1966–1971
  Box
  38
  Folder
  5
- Correspondence regarding possible gifts to Peabody Museum
  at Harvard University
  Dates
  1975
  Box
  38
  Folder
  6
- Insurance valuations
  Dates
  1972
  Box
  38
  Folder
  7
- Inventory of Pre-Columbian textiles (includes letter from Sheila Hicks)
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  38
  Folder
  8
- Discovery Vol. 16 No. 2 1982–1983 “The Albers Collection of
  Ancient Mexican Art” by Michael D. Coe
  Dates
  1982–1983
  Box
  38
  Folder
  9
- Prints of negatives
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  38
  Folder
  10
- Photographs and negatives of collections with list (includes
  photograph of non-collection item)
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  38
  Folder
  11
- Negatives of Pre-Columbian and Mexican lace
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  38
  Folder
  12
- William Sacco photographs of the Albers' Pre-Columbian collection for Hudson Hills publication
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  38
  Folder
  13