Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 Including material from The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland and donations from Edward F. Cone, 1995, and Nancy Ramage, Roger Hirschland, and Edward Hirschland, 2007 Finding aid prepared by Emily Rafferty This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit August 24, 2021 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art 2008. 10 Art Museum Drive Baltimore, MD, 21032 (443) 573-1778 [email protected] Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Claribel Cone and Etta Cone........................................................................................................................ 4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 5 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................6 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................7 Other Finding Aids........................................................................................................................................8 Bibliography...................................................................................................................................................8 Collection Inventory.................................................................................................................................... 10 Series 1. Correspondence...................................................................................................................... 10 Series 2. Personal Papers.....................................................................................................................561 Series 3. Publications and Lectures.....................................................................................................602 Series 4. Cone Collection....................................................................................................................621 Series 5. Photographs.......................................................................................................................... 735 Series 6. Subject Files......................................................................................................................... 968 - Page 2 - Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 Summary Information Repository Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art Creator Cone, Claribel, 1864-1929 Creator Cone, Etta Creator Cone, Frederic, 1878-1944 Title Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 Date [inclusive] 1885-1949 Extent 30.7 Linear feet ; 60 boxes; 9 postcard albums Language English Abstract The Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers measure 30.7 linear feet and date from 1885 to 1949. They document the lives and collections of the prominent Baltimore art collectors, Etta Cone and Claribel Cone, through their correspondence, personal papers, materials relating to their art collection, photographs, subject files and a significant group of postcards. Also included are a small number of papers from other members of the Cone family. Preferred Citation Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art - Page 3 - Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Biographical Timeline 1864 Claribel Cone born, November 14th. 1870 Etta Cone born, November 30th. 1871 Cone family moves to Baltimore and opens a wholesale grocery store. 1886 Claribel enrolls at the Woman’s Medical College in Baltimore. Claribel makes her first trip to Europe, a visit to Germany with her father. 1887 Etta graduates from Western Female High School. 1890 Claribel graduates from the Woman’s Medical College. 1892 Gertrude and Leo Stein move to Baltimore and meet Claribel and Etta. 1893 Claribel returns to Baltimore from Philadelphia where she did postgraduate work and a residency. 1895 Claribel begins a position as Lecturer on Hygiene at the Woman’s Medical College. 1898 Etta purchases five paintings by Theodore Robinson at an auction in New York. 1900 Claribel begins a position as President of the Woman’s Medical College. 1901 Etta travels to Europe for the first time with Hortense Guggenheimer and Harriet F. Clark. 1903 Claribel and Etta travel to Europe with Aimee Guggenheimer. 1904 Etta travels to Europe again and stays until 1907. 1905 Etta volunteers to type the manuscript of Three Lives for Gertrude Stein. - Page 4 - Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 Etta and Claribel attend the Paris Salon d’Automne with the Steins. The Steins purchase their first Matisse, Woman with a Hat. Etta purchases two works on paper from Picasso, her first purchases of his work. 1906 Etta purchases two drawings from Matisse, her first purchases of his work. Etta and Claribel travel around the world with their brother Moses and his wife Bertha. 1908 Moses Cone dies. 1914 Claribel begins living in Munich and doesn’t leave until 1921. 1922 Etta and Claribel begin purchasing works for their collection again, beginning with Matisse’s The Pewter Jug and Etretat, The Beach among others. 1925 Claribel purchases Cezanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Bibémus Quarry. 1926 Claribel purchases Blue Nude (“Souvenir de Biskra”) by Matisse at an auction in Paris. 1929 Claribel dies, September 20th. 1930 Matisse visits Etta in Baltimore. 1933 Etta purchases Matisse’s drawings for Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé. 1934 Etta publishes The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland: Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 1936 Etta purchases The Pink Nude by Matisse. 1944 Fred Cone dies, May 20th. 1949 Etta Cone dies, August 31st. Scope and Contents - Page 5 - Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 The Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers contain the correspondence, personal papers, publications and lectures, art collection-related papers, photographs, subject files and postcards of Claribel Cone and Etta Cone as well as other members of their family. They document the Cones’ lives and collections of artwork, spanning the years 1885 – 1949. The Papers are housed in 60 boxes and 9 postcard albums and consist of seven series: Correspondence, Personal Papers, Publications and Lectures, Cone Collection, Photographs, Subject Files, and Postcards. Four boxes contain Oversize, Restricted Fragile, and Oversize Restricted Fragile material. While the original arrangement of the Cone Papers is unknown, at the time they were microfilmed by The Archives of American Art in 1987, they were organized into two series, Correspondence and Memorabilia. This arrangement was modified in 2003 to the seven series listed above to better reflect the varied nature of the papers. New additions of material from various relatives in 1995 and 2007 have been integrated into the finding aid. In general, materials are arranged first in alphabetic order by subject or correspondent and further by date. Exceptions are noted below. In most cases where there are two or fewer items from a particular correspondent or about a particular subject, the items have been filed alphabetically in General files. Where there are three or more items, the person or subject is given its own folder. For example, in the Correspondence Series, the single letter from the Baltimore Symphony Association has been filed in the B – Ba – General folder, but the 52 letters from the Baltimore Museum of Art have been filed in folders titled Baltimore Museum of Art. Administrative Information Publication Information Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art 2008. Revision Description Revised to incorporate 1995 and 2007 additions in 2008. Title and provenance information revised in 2012. 2012. Restrictions The collection is open for research. Ownership and Copyright The Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers are the physical property of the Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the - Page 6 - Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers, Series 1-6 MS.1 public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult a Library staff member. Provenance Bequest of Etta Cone on her death in 1949 as part of The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland. Further donations of material were made in 1985, 1995 and 2001 by the Cones’ great-grandnephew, Edward F. Cone and great-grandniece Nancy Ramage, and great-grand nephews Edward Hirschland and Roger Hirschland in 2007. Donations incorporated into the Cone Papers also include Anonymous Gift in Memory of Robert and Marione Croxton, Ethel and Robert Berney, Mrs. Ralph A. Brunn, and Ferris Sands Hetherington. Processing Information Processed and microfilmed by the Archives of American Art in 1987. Reprocessed and rehoused by Emily Rafferty in 2004. Finding aid rewritten to include additions in 2008. Alternative Forms Avaialble Microfilm of Series 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 is available at