The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Stewart Treviranus, Hamish

Title: Stewart-Treviranus Associates papers

Dates: 1959-2006

Call No.: Col. 884

Acc. No.: 11x31

Quantity: 29 boxes, one folder, x-rays

Location: 23 B-C, map case 2, drawer 5

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Hamish Henry Alexander Stewart Treviranus was a horseman and an art conservator working in the Washington, D.C., area. He was raised in Scotland. He received a certificate in engineering drawing from the Burnley School of Science in Lancashire, a BA in art history and a diploma in organic chemistry from the University of Manchester, an MFA degree from Edinburgh University, and his conservation training at New York University and the Brooklyn Museum. He studied under Sheldon Keck and received early training from Russell Quandt.

Mr. Treviranus was a member of the International Institute for Conservation, the American Institute for Conservation, and the Washington Conservation Guild. He served on the National Conservation Advisory Council and the Advisory Commission to Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle sponsored by UNESCO, consulting on the conservation of temple murals. As a conservator, he worked on paintings and murals, including a number of WPA murals found in post offices. He was head of Stewart-Treviranus Associates, a firm which conserved and cleaned paintings and murals and in which a number of conservators and technicians received training.

Mr. Treviranus served in the British military. He competed in equestrian events at the 1952 Summer Olympics, representing Canada, and continued his interest in horsemanship for many years. He promoted eventing in the United States, and taught the cross-country portion of that sport. He was a member of the St. Andrew’s Society and enjoyed Scottish country dancing. He was also an artist. He died in 2008.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The bulk of the collection is treatment reports and photographs. Stewart Treviranus Associates treated and cleaned a number of murals, particularly in post offices, but also in other government buildings. He also cleaned and conserved paintings for a number of private clients. The files include a very little information about his work for UNESCO in Sri Lanka. There is some correspondence (most correspondence is filed with the treatment reports), a little information about Stewart Treviranus’ training, some information about artists, and other items of interest and use to Stewart Treviranus.

ORGANIZATION

The files are arranged in 3 groups: general files, treatment files, and photographs and slides. Some photos are also found in the treatment files. Treatment files are arranged alphabetically, A-Z, but in two groups: smaller files (more than one client per folder) and larger files (only one client per folder). Some photographs and slides are arranged by name of owner of the work, and some photos are arranged by number. It is not known, however, what the number sequence signifies.

Originally, many of the pre-1990 treatment files were arranged by client name, and the post-1990 files were arranged by year. However, as some clients were in both groups, it was decided to arrange all treatment files by client name.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Gift of Ann (Mrs. Hamish) Stewart Treviranus.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Art conservation.

Art restorers.

Mural painting and decoration, American.

Paintings – Conservation and restoration.

Post office buildings.

Public art - United States.

Public buildings - United States.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 23 B-C, map case 2, drawer 5

Series I: General Files

Box 1: general files

Folder 1: Art by Stewart-Treviranus

Folder 2: Art historical correspondence, 1960’s-1980s

Folder 3: Canvasmakers’ dies

Folder 4: Chemical inventories, 1970s, and chemical mixtures

[for Treviranus’ work]

Folder 5: Correspondence

Folder 6: Correspondence: Sothebys

Folder 7: Curriculum vitae, advertisements, articles about Treviranus

Folder 8: Dealers: correspondence

Folder 9: Frogmore House (England)

Folder 10: Lami, Eugene [artist]

Box 2: general files

Folder 1: Lectures and lecture notes

Folder 2: New York University class notes, 1959

Folder 3: Notebook

Folder 4: Notes about conservation techniques

Folder 5: Paper conservation

Folder 6: Peale, Charles Willson: research file on his “William Pitt”

Folder 7: St. Andrews Society

Folder 8: Scottish museums

Folder 9: Treatment forms

Folder 10: Troye, Edward [artist]

Folder 11: UNESCO: Cultural Triangle project, Sri Lanka

Folder 12: United States General Services Administration (GSA)

[see also treatment files]

Folder 13: Watkins, Judith

Folder 14: Workshops

Series II: Treatment reports

Box 3: Treatment reports:

Folders 1-6: A-F

[surnames of clients are written on folders]

Box 4: Treatment reports:

Folders 1-6: G-Ma

[surnames of clients are written on folders]

Box 5: Treatment reports:

Folders 1-6: Mc-Z

[surnames of clients are written on folders]

Folder 7: Behrendt

Box 6: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: Berkovitz

Folder 2: Bethany College

Folder 3: Bogley

Folder 4: Brodnax

Folder 5: Burton

Folder 6: Clendenin

Folder 7: Club of Colonial Dames (Washington, DC)

Folder 8: Cook, M. G.

Folder 9: Cooke, J. K.

Folder 10: Darlington

Box 7: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: De Matteis Gallery

Folder 2: Fazzari

Folder 3: Firestone

Folder 4: Fleischmann

Folder 5: Fund for Fine Arts (F.F.A.)

Folder 6: Georgetown Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)

Folder 7: Gorman

Folder 8: Greenan, T.

Folder 9: Harms

Folder 10: Italian Embassy, 1970s

Folder 11: Johnston collection

Folder 12: Kentucky Department of Parks

Box 8: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: Lewis Collection (Virginia)

Folder 2: Marin-Price Galleries

Folder 3: McLucas

Folder 4: National Geographic Society

Folder 5: Osuna Gallery

Folder 6: Owen

Folder 7: Pepco project

Folder 8: Purcell

Folder 9: Rutherfoord

Folder 10: St. Anne’s Church (Toronto, Canada)

Box 9: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: Saleaudo House

Folder 2: Saul, B. F.

Folder 3: The Sporting Gallery, Inc./A.U.

Folders 4-5: United States Department of Justice

Folder 6: United States Department of the Army

Folder 7: United States Department of the Navy [continues in next box]

Box 10: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: United States Department of the Navy [continued from previous box]

Folder 2: United States General Services Administration (GSA)

Folder 3: United States General Services Administration: Binghamton, New York, Federal Building

Folder 4: United States General Services Administration: Department of Labor

Folder 5: United States General Services Administration: Pittsburgh, Penn.

Folder 6: United States General Services Administration: Trenton, N.J.

Folder 7: United States Postal Service (U.S.P.S.)

Box 11: Treatment reports: United States Postal Service

Folder 1: United States Postal Service: Ambler, Penn.

Folder 2: United States Postal Service: Appalachia, Va.

Folder 3: United States Postal Service: Atlantic City, N.J.

Folder 4: United States Postal Service: Boyertown, Penn.

Folder 5: United States Postal Service: Christiansburg, Va.

Folder 6: United States Postal Service: Eden, N.C.

Folder 7: United States Postal Service: Elkton, Md.

Folder 8: United States Postal Service: Enfield, Conn.

Folder 9: United States Postal Service: Freedonia, N.Y.

Folder 10: United States Postal Service: Freehold, N.J.

Folder 11: United States Postal Service: Greenwich, Conn.

Folder 12: United States Postal Service: Harrisburg, Penn., branches

Folder 13: United States Postal Service: Kings Mountain, N.C.

Folder 14: United States Postal Service: Magnolia, Miss.

Folder 15: United States Postal Service: Mansfield, Mass.

Box 12: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: United States Postal Service: Marion, Va.

Folder 2: United States Postal Service: New Bern, N.C.

Folder 3: United States Postal Service: Petersburg, Va.

Folder 4: United States Postal Service: Philadelphia, Penn., branches

Folder 5: United States Postal Service: Quakertown, Penn.

Folder 6: United States Postal Service: Radford, Va.

Folder 7: United States Postal Service: Rome, N.Y.

Folder 8: United States Postal Service: Salem, W.Va. (no-go)

Folder 9: United States Postal Service: Savannah, Ga.

Folder 10: United States Postal Service: Silver Spring, Md.

Folder 11: USAA Insurance Co.

Folder 12: Valentino

Box 13: Treatment reports:

Folder 1: Virginia, Commonwealth of

Folder 2: Virginia: Senate

Folder 3: Virginia Historical Society

Folder 4: Virginia Military Institute (VMI)

Folder 5: Virginia Military Institute: “Battle of New Market”

Folder 6: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Folder 7: Winsor

Box 14: Treatment reports

Folder 1: Treatment reports: “dead”: 1980s-1990s

Folder 2: Treatment reports: “dead”: 1990s-2006

Folder 3: Treatments declined

Series III: Photographs, negatives, slides

Box 14: treatment albums; photos and negatives

Folder 4: Treatment Album, no. 1

Folder 5: Treatment Album, no. 2

Folder 6: Treatment Album, no. 3

Folder 7: Photos: conservators at work

Folder 8: Photos: personal

Folder 9: Photos: Prints and negatives: not identified

Folder 10: Negatives: identified

Box 15: Photographs and negatives

Folder 1: Photos: Prints: mostly unidentified or poorly identified (owners unknown)

Folder 2: Negatives: miscellaneous

Folders 3-4: Photos: contact sheets: Atlanta, T-0 through T-88 and negatives for contact sheets

Folder 5-6: Photos: prints by date, and negatives for these prints [few negatives have prints]

Folder 7: Photos: By owner: A

Box 16: Photographs: filed by owner name

Folders 1-5: Photos: by owner: B-D

Box 17: Photographs: filed by owner name

Folders 1-6: Photos: by owner: E-I

Box 18: Photographs: filed by owner name

Folders 1-5: Photos: by owner: J-M

Box 19: Photographs: filed by owner name

Folders 1-8: Photos: by owner: N-Sn

Box 20: Photographs: filed by owner name

Folders 1-3: Photos: by owner: So-U

Folder 4: Photos: by owner: United States, except U.S. G.S.A.

Folder 5: Photos: by owner: United States Postal Service

Folder 6: Photos: by owner: V

Folder 7: Photos: by owner: Virginia, commonwealth of

Folder 8: Photos: by owner: Virginia Historical Society

Box 21: Photographs: filed by owner name

Folders 1-2: Photos: by owner: W

Folder 3: Photos: by owner: Winsor

Folder 4: Photos: by owner: Yorktown

Box 22: slides

Slides, by owner, A-Powers

Box 23: slides

Slides, by owner, Prince-Z, plus U.S. Navy

Box 24: slides

Slides: U.S. Navy; and owner unknown

Box 25: slides

Slides: Conservation lecture

Slides from slide carousel

J. Wollaston portrait of Mann Page, III

Venice

Box 26: slides

Slides: techniques, problems, etc.

Belle Meade reproductions (Belle Meade Mansion, Nashville, Tenn.)

Napoleon wax medallion

Miscellaneous slides (mostly not identified)

Unidentified slides

Box 27: negatives

Negatives, arranged by owner’s name

Box 28: negatives

Negatives, arranged by number [don’t know to what the number refers, however]

On shelf:

X-rays of paintings

Box 29: (oversize files)

Folder 1: chart: “Swelling of a Paint Film (White Lead) in Different Solvents, Age 1 Year”

Folder 2: slide box indexes

[found in the slide boxes donated to Downs Collection, but these indexes did not correspond with the contents of those boxes]

Folders 3-4: photos of a mural, location not given

Folders 5-6: frame plates, with correspondence with Ruth Longden

Oversize folder, in map case

Two photos of mural in Kings Mountain, N.C. post office