Main entry:

Rothschild, Ann Hatfield, 1903-1989.

Title & Author:

Ann Hatfield Rothschild collection, ca. 1940-1982.

Description:

0.3 linear m. of textual records and other material.

Notes:
Consists, as received, of 4 files labelled AHA Houses; Hatfield, Ann; Jobs List; Time, Inc.
Includes correspondence, legal documents, 63 b&w photographs, negatives, reprographic copies of typescript lists of Ann Hatfield Associates works, newspaper clippings, photocopies, etc. Also includes original copies of the following published leaflets: The town of tomorrow : World's Fair of 1940 in New York; Museum of Modern Art : views and plans of its new building including the galleries, outdoor sculpture garden, auditorium and membership penthouse; The Wheaton alumnae quarterly, vol. XIX, no. 4 (Aug. 1940). Some correspondence on David A. Hanks & Associates letterhead.

Biographical note:

Native of Weston, Mass.; died 1989 at age 86 ; founded Ann Hatfield Associates with Elsa Voelker in the 1930s; in 1942, her furniture designs took first prize at a contest sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art; helped design the interiors of several well-known New York City buildings including the International Arrivals Building at Kennedy International Airport and the Museum of Modern Art, as well as the Rockefeller Resort Hotels in the Virgin Islands and the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh; retired in 1979.

Subject:

Rothschild, Ann Hatfield, 1903-1989.
Ann Hatfield Associates.
Women interior designers.

Form/genre:

Fonds (collections)
Correspondence.
Negatives (photographs)
Newspaper articles.
Photocopies.
Photographic prints.

Added entries:

David A. Hanks & Associates.
Town of tomorrow. no. 9 The American bungalow.
Museum of Modern Art : views and plans of its new building including the galleries, outdoor sculpture garden, auditorium and membership penthouse.
Wheaton alumnae quarterly. Vol. XIX, no. 4 (Aug. 1940).

Holdings:

Location: Library main m fonds 266492
Call No.: BIB 198373
Status: Available