Gilding the Gilded Age: Interior Decoration Tastes & Trends in New York

City

Dr. Catherine Larkin, Long Island University Alexandra Janvey, Long Island University

Victoria Pilato, Frick Art Reference Library

ACRL Arts Section Virtual Discussion Forum January 29, 2014

A collaboration between The Frick Collection and The William Randolph Hearst Archive at LIU Post

The Project

Phase I: Documenting the Gilded Age: New York City Exhibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century

Omeka Exhibit: http://gildedage.omeka.net/

Phase III of the METRO digitization grant funded project Documenting the Gilded Age

Phase II: Documenting the Gilded Age: New York City Exhibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century

Omeka Exhibit: http://gildedage2.omeka.net/

Digitize a group of late 19th and early 20th century New York auction house catalogues held at the Frick Art Reference Library

and the William Randolph Hearst Archive at LIU Post

Goals

• Increase access to these unique items

• Reach new audiences

• Preserve items

• Further enhance collections through the creation of an online exhibition.

• Create a new and useful resource on the Gilded Age

Selection Process

Solomon Solis Carvalho 1856-1942

Extensive knowledge of publishing

Leaves Joseph Pulitzer’s employ to become Hearst’s Editor in Chief

A member of Hearst’s inner circle for three decades

His collection was described as “especially ornate and magnificent”

Stanford White 1853-1906

American Architect of the Gilded Age, interior decorator, artist and art collector

James “Diamond Jim” Buchanan Brady 1856-1917

Immortalized in the folklore of the Gilded Age

Financier

Philanthropist

Art collector

Planning our site:

• Used Omeka.net

• Content

• Themes

• Plugins

• Collections

Omeka Exhibition

http://gildedage3.omeka.net/

Challenges

• Estimating amount that could be digitized

• Contributing records to the Internet Archive and Getty Research Portal

• Need for tighter timeline

• Better communication

Thank You!Questions or comments?

Dr. Catherine Larkin: Catherine.Larkin@liu.eduDepartment Head, Digital Initiatives & Art Image

LibraryLong Island University / LIU Post Campus

Alexandra Janvey: Alexandra.Janvey@liu.eduLibrary Assistant, Digital Initiatives & Art Image

LibraryLong Island University / LIU Post Campus

Victoria Pilato: Victoria.Pilato@gmail.comProject Coordinator, Frick Art Reference Library