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Catalog Data

Collection Creator:
Tremaine, Emily Hall, 1908-1987  Search this
Extent:
0.8 Linear feet (Boxes 8, 10-11)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1890-1997
Scope and Contents:
Photographic material includes portraits of Tremaine's parents, and of Tremaine as a child, with her sister, as a young woman, and in wedding photographs with her first husband, Maximilian von Romberg. There are photos of the Hall family home in Butte, Montana, photographs of the Brunninghausen home and estate designed for Emily and Maximilian von Rombergs by Santa Barbara architect Lutah Maria Riggs, and photographs of the von Rombergs with friends including Clark Gable, Ruth and Walter Pidgeon, and Jeanne and Juan Reynal. There is also a folder of circa 1990 contact sheets and copies of negatives from photographs of friends and activities taken by Maximilian von Romberg in the 1930s. One folder includes photos of the von Rombergs working on the society magazine Aperitif. There are three photos of Emily Hall Tremaine taken after her marriage to Burton Tremaine, negatives of their Madison, Connecticut home and their New York apartment taken by Adam Bartos, and photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed designs for a resort at Meteor Crater, Arizona, commissioned by Burton Tremaine. Also found are photos of works of art in the Tremaine collection from two photograph albums. The bulk of the photographs are annotated with artist name, title of work, medium, size, and an alphanumeric identifier.
Arrangement:
Materials are arranged by subject. Photos of artwork in the Tremaine collection were removed from two albums and their original order, alphabetically by artists and by alphanumeric codes, was maintained.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Emily Hall Tremaine papers, circa 1890-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.trememil, Series 8
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Emily Hall Tremaine papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw995d016e7-1885-404f-bbd0-b262ec84fc33
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-trememil-ref19