Overview
Collection Information
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence about his naturalization as a U.S. citizen; clippings as director of the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design; R.I.S.D. Bulletins; Bennington College Quarterly; and exhibition articles.
Biographical/Historical Note
Art historian. Dorner emigrated from Germany to the U.S. and became director of the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Provenance
Donated 1972-1973 by Lydia Dorner, relative of Alexander Dorner.
Related Materials
Papers of Alexander Dorner, 1834-1985, are also located at the Harvard Art Museums Archives.
Language Note
English .