These photographs were taken on Robert Sterling Clark's 1908-09 expedition to the Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces of China. The originals reside in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
American Red Cross; British Bloodstock Agency; Cooperstown Village Club & Library; Gardner, Mountain & Co.; M. Knoedler & Co.; Williams College; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Ali, Hazrat, d. 1909; Astor, John Jay; Baker, Auval; Baxter,...
This series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence and represents a wide spectrum of RSC’s financial, personal, and social life, as well as his interests in collecting art, horse breeding, and politics.
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby thanks Clark for the most recent payment and laments his expenses, along with the poor exchange rate. Sowerby tells Clark he's been laid up with arthritis for...
Clark Estates; Singer Sewing Machine Company; James F. Drake, Inc.; Sherry-Lehmann, Inc.; Parke-Bernet Galleries; M. Knoedler & Co.; Galerie Durand-Ruel; Tiffany and Company; Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.); Paul Drey Gallery; National...
This series contains RSC's diaries from 1923 through 1949. The entries recount his daily life in New York City, Cooperstown, Virginia, and Paris.
Bernard Quaritch (Firm); British Bloodstock Agency; Equitable Trust Company (Wilmington, Del.); George D. Smith Book Co.; James F. Drake, Inc.; Kentucky Association; Ritz-Carlton Hotels (Firm); Tiffany and Company Clark, Francine, d. 1960; Clark,...
This series contains financial records, including bills and receipts, check registers, and bank statements.
British Bloodstock Agency Clark, Francine, d. 1960; Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State); Horse racing; Horses; Horses -- Breeding; Porcelain; Porcelain Collectors and collecting; Race horses; Silver servers;...
The Images series consists primarily of images derived from stereodrome (Taxiphote) negatives: the negatives themselves; black-and-white glass slides; and prints in various sizes. Other materials include a film; miscellaneous snapshots and studio...
Bankers Trust Company (New York, N.Y.); Conseil interprofessionnel du vin de Bordeaux; Daily Racing Form, Inc.; Italy (Kingdom, 1805-1814); United States. Bureau of Animal Industry; United States. Committee on Public Information About, Edmond,...
The personal reading library of Robert Sterling Clark includes collected works of fiction and history with significant subject development in cookery and horses.
H.V. Allen & Co.; Berry Bros. & Rudd; Brooks Brothers (Firm); Browning Firearms Company; G. & J. Cary; Crouch & Fitzgerald; Dent; Dr. Auzoux; Duveen Brothers; F.E. Brandis, Sons & Co.; Galle; Gaumont (Firm); George Philip & Son; Gerrard and Company...
These items range from a set of andirons presumably used by the Clarks to RSC’s military uniforms. Items related to RSC’s horse breeding and scientific exploration are included, as are decorative objects.
