Reminiscences of Roy R. Neuberger, 1977.

Biographical Note

Stockbroker, art collector

Scope and Contents

Childhood; education in New York, N.Y., New York University work in journalism; experiences as a buyer, 1922-25, B. Altman & Co.; cafe life, art studies in Europe, 1925-29; broker, Halle & Stieglitz, New York, N.Y., 1929-1940; formation of Neuberger and Berman, 1940; economic perspectives of Wall St., United States, 1920s-70s; financial workings, acquisition processes of United States museums; history, functions of American Federation of Arts, involvement since 1946, president 1957-67; development of personal art collection, 1938- , philosophy of acquisition, discussion of individual artists, works, loans, donations to museums, Neuberger Museum at Purchase, New York, trusteeship, Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Board of Directors, City Center of Music and Drama, New York, N.Y., 1957-74; historical overview of American art

Subjects

• Art, American.
• Art--Private collections.
• Art museums.
• Brokers--Interviews.
• Collectors and collecting--Interviews.
• Gellhorn, Kitty, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Neuberger, Roy R.--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Stock exchanges--United States.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980