By Andrew Maloney, under the direction of Eve Griffin, Curator of Fine Arts, 2015; Unidentified Boston Public Library Librarian.
Collection Overview
Title: Joseph Coletti Papers, 1919-1973
Creator: Joseph Coletti, 1898-1973
Extent: 75.0 Linear Feet
Arrangement: The Joseph Coletti Papers were donated to the library in 1973, and arranged in the original order in which they were received, and kept by Joseph Coletti. In 1984-85, the collection was inventoried, and described by Boston Public Library librarians Stanley Moss and Robert Brown. In years since, the Papers have been reorganized, possibly more than once, and by 2015 were found to be foldered throughly by subject, and arranged alphabetically by folder name. In late 2015, under the direction of Eve Griffin, Curator of Fine Arts, archival intern Andrew Maloney reorganized the collection once more into 25 boxes separated into eight series, itemized the photographic prints within the collection which had been left untouched since donation, and wrote a DACS-compliant finding aid for the Papers.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1973
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
Joseph A. Coletti was a sculptor active in Boston from the 1920s to the early 1970s. He was known for his religious sculpture, public monuments, portrait busts, and medals. Working first as an apprentice to sculptor John Evans and then as an assistant to painter John Singer Sargent, Coletti attended Harvard University (1919-1923) and studied sculpture at the American Academy in Rome. Coletti opened his studio in Boston in 1926 after traveling throughout Europe honing his craft. Much of his work was commissioned by public or private institutions, or by private individuals. His collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, photographs of artwork, and assorted ephemera.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Joseph A. Coletti (1898-1973) was a sculptor active in Boston from the 1920s through the early 1970s. He was known for his religious sculpture, public monuments, portrait busts, and medals. Working first as an apprentice to sculptor John Evans and then as an assistant to painter John Singer Sargent, Coletti attended Harvard University (1919-1923) and studied sculpture at the American Academy in Rome. Coletti opened his studio in Boston in 1926 after traveling throughout Europe honing his craft. Much of his work was commissioned by public or private institutions, or by private individuals.
The Joseph A. Coletti Papers (1919-1973) consist of drawings, photographs, personal memorabilia, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection includes visual material: sketches drawings, and photographs of Coletti’s work. The collection charts the arc of Coletti’s career from his beginning as an assistant to Boston painter John Singer Sargent to his maturity as a sculptor, with particular richness in the period of his education at Harvard (1919-1923) and travel in Europe (1923-1926). The range of Coletti’s work is represented in his papers, from the fanciful to the utilitarian. The records of Coletti’s commission's document his continuing relationship with Harvard, as he designed panes for Memorial Chapel, a memorial plaque for the Countway Medical Library, as well as various other sculptural projects. Coletti’s methods and techniques are documented in the many sketches that make up the collection, in which he developed designs for medals, panels, and fountains, as well as other commissions. The extent of the photography throughout the collection points to Coletti’s use of the media as a supplementary format in his sculpture. Many of Coletti's commissions required close collaboration with architects; the many sketches of architectural designs with Coletti’s annotations on placement reveal his interest in achieving harmony between his design and its architectural surroundings. Finally, the assemblage of visual source material, apparently a lifelong collection, shows Coletti’s continuing interest in past and current works of art as sources of inspiration.
The collection is made up of 25 boxes separated into eight series: Personal Documents and Biographical Materials, Personal Correspondence, Professional Documents and Correspondence, Academic Notes and Reference Materials, Lectures and Writings, Photographic Materials, Artwork, and Oversized Materials.
Series 1: Personal Documents and Biographical Materials (1919-1973)
This Series is comprised of papers collected by Coletti and pertaining to his personal life. These files contain biographical materials, documents of will and estate, tax and financial records, investment records, social security records, medical receipts, credit cards, and club and society membership documents. Ephemera collected by Coletti has also been filed here and include postcards, articles, newspaper clippings, and event programs. The included biographical materials consist of an autobiographical sketch of Joseph Coletti written to aid in the authorship and publication of an article about Coletti’s career. This sketch is in both typed and handwritten drafts, and includes information beginning from Coletti's birth and extending to 1945. Subjects range from biographical milestones to an index of his work to date, with focus on information relevant to Coletti’s career. This series also contains a small amount of correspondence concerning the publication of the aforementioned article.
Series 2: Personal Correspondence (1923-1973)
This Series includes correspondence between Coletti and others pertaining to all subjects besides professional dealings. These files include communications between Coletti and family members, friends, and colleagues, on subjects including intimate family issues, casual socialization, award ceremonies, and the like. This series is mostly comprised of handwritten letters, typed letters, and postcards, but also contains various other papers relevant to the contained communications.
Series 3: Professional Documents and Correspondence (1926-1974)
This Series is comprised of communications and related papers concerning Joseph Coletti’s professional work. The majority of this series pertains to the commissioning of Coletti for sculpture, including both correspondence with commissioners, and other professionals needed for the casting and construction of Coletti’s artworks. Related receipts and contracts resulting from these interactions, professional contacts, papers from his time heading the Massachusetts Art Commission, and other professional ephemera have also been filed here.
Series 4: Academic Notes and Reference Materials (1922-1953)
This Series includes notes taken by Coletti on artworks and artists, notes taken by Coletti during art history lectures at Harvard University, books used in Colletti’s courses at Harvard, photographs of rubbings Coletti took of varying reliefs, and notes authored by others for Coletti’s benefit.
Series 5: Lectures and Writings (1961-1975)
This Series contains lectures, speeches, and articles authored by Coletti. Within these works Coletti discusses art history and theories of sculpture, gives context to his own works, reviews books, and authors encyclopedia articles.
Series 6: Photographic Materials (1920-1967):
This Series includes photographic prints and negatives sorted into subseries by these formats. The primary subject of these photographs is Coletti’s own work, including his medals, religious works, memorials and portraits, classical sculpture, and his sculptures at the St. George Chapel, Newport, RI, as well as at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD. Photographs from these latter two locations have been filed together, as they were while stored by Coletti himself. Other photographic subjects encompass Joseph Coletti, his family and friends, references used during Coletti’s artistic work, unidentified photographs, and a group of slides collected by Coletti.
Series 7: Artwork (1921-1971):
This Series includes sketches and architectural drawings by Joseph Coletti in sketchbooks, and on drafting paper, as well as Joseph Coletti’s collection of medals. The subjects of Coletti’s drawings include medals and sculptures designed by Coletti, as well as sketches he drew while studying at the American Academy in Rome as a Sachs fellow (1924). The medals in this series were in most cases designed by Coletti. Some were sculpted by others. A small number of the medals in this collection were awarded to Coletti.
Series 8: Oversized materials:
This Series includes oversized photographic prints and architectural drawings. These prints and drawings are almost entirely of Coletti’s work. Items in this series have been arranged within other series, but stored separately from the rest of the collection in Room 430 in the Boston Public Library Arts Department.
Biographical Note
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-0f48a072-a4bf-c8bc-15d7-1f0f7f787467"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Joseph Coletti (1898-1973) was born November 5, 1898 in Italy. At the age of two, his family emigrated to the United States, and settled in Quincy, MA, whereupon he spent his youth. Throughout his primary education, Coletti exhibited an aptitude for art, eventually studying the subject at both the Massachusetts Art School, and Harvard University. In 1919 he began his formal education as a sculptor, entering Harvard College, and graduating with the class of 1923. Post-graduation, Coletti was awarded two defining fellowships which furthered his learning, the Travelling Fellowship in Fine Arts by the Fogg Art Museum in 1923, and the Sachs Fellowship in Fine Arts by Harvard University in 1924. As a Sachs fellow, Coletti studied sculpture at the American Academy in Rome until he returned to Massachusetts in 1925, where only a year later he was commissioned by John Nicholas Brown to sculpt a number of works for St. George’s Chapel, St. George's School, newport, RI. This commision proved to be the first of many prolific works by Coletti which have been represented in exhibitions worldwide, including at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, 1930; the New York Museum of Modern Art, 1933; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1940; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1940; the New York World's Fair, 1940; and permanently at the National Gallery of Modern Art in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy, 1959. Throughout his career, Coletti demonstrated a keen understanding of both classical and medieval art, harkening back to these forms in subject and medium, while retaining originality within his work. It is this synergy of old and new that has defined his works.</span></span>
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. The Boston Public Library does not hold copyright on the material in this collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright.
When reproducing material from this collection please include the credit line "Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/ Arts Department."
Physical Access Note:
The Coletti Papers include a number of architectural drawings and glass negatives. Some material may not be accessible due to condition.
Acquisition Source:
Donation, 1973.
Acquisition Method:
Collection donated to the Boston Public Library Fine Arts Archive after Coletti's death.
Processing Information:
The Papers were processed minimally in 1984-85 by BPL librarians Stanley Moss and Robert Brown. The Collection was fully arranged in 2015 by Fine Arts Intern Andrew Maloney under the supervision of Eve Griffin, Curator of Fine Arts.
Finding Aid Revision History:
The basic scope and content of the Joseph Coletti Papers was written sometime between 1984 and 2015. The author of this original abbrieviated finding aid is unclear. A full finding aid was written by archival intern Andrew Maloney in 2015 under the supervision of Eve Griffin, Curator of Fine Arts.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Personal Documents and Biographical Materials

- This Series is comprised of papers collected by Coletti and pertaining to his personal life. These files contain biographical materials, documents of will and estate, tax and financial records, investment records, social security records, medical receipts, credit cards, and club and society membership documents. Ephemera collected by Coletti has also been filed here and include postcards, articles, newspaper clippings, and event programs. The included biographical materials consist of an autobiographical sketch of Joseph Coletti written to aid in the authorship and publication of an article about Coletti’s career. This sketch contains both typed and handwritten drafts of the sketch, and includes information beginning at his birth and extending to 1945. Subjects range from biographical milestones to an index of his work to date, with focus on information relevant to Coletti’s career. This series also contains a small amount of correspondence concerning the publication of the aforementioned article.
- Box 1

- Folder 1: Archibald Cary Coolidge Memorial, D.U.

- Folder 2: Biographical Material, 1966

- Folder 3: Biographical Material, 1966

- Folder 4: Biographical Material, 1966

- Folder 5: Biographical Sketch of Coletti, 1945

- Folder 6: Chandler Post Memorial Fellowship, D.U.

- Folder 7: Chandler Post Memorial Fellowship, D.U.

- Folder 8: Chandler Post Memorial Fellowship, D.U.

- Folder 9: Chandler Post Memorial Fellowship, D.U.

- Folder 10: Chandler Post Memorial Fellowship, D.U.

- Folder 12: Coat of Arms, 60-63

- Folder 13: Coletti - Last Will, 60-63

- Folder 14: Coletti, Carroll - Estate, 60-63

- Folder 15: Coletti, Carroll - Estate, 1935

- Folder 16: Coletti, Carroll - Estate, 1947

- Folder 17: Coletti, Carroll - Estate, 1957

- Folder 18: Coletti, Carroll - Estate, 1961

- Folder 19: Coletti, Carroll - Income Tax Returns, 1957

- Folder 20: Coletti, Dan - Documents, 1959

- Folder 21: Coletti, Jeff - Will, 1957

- Folder 22: Coetti, Miriam - Trust, 1968

- Folder 23: Credit Cards, circa. 1950s

- Folder 24: Financial Records - Bank Books, 1921

- Folder 25: Financial Records - Bank Books, 1972

- Folder 26: Financial Records - Bank Books, 1935

- Folder 27: Financial Records - Bank Books, 1969-73

- Folder 28: Financial Records - Bank Books, 1970

- Folder 29: Financial Records - Check Books, 1960

- Folder 30: Financial Records - Check Books, 1971

- Folder 31: Financial Records - Miscellaneous, circa. 1960

- Folder 32: Financial Records - Miscellaneous, circa. 1971

- Folder 33: Financial Records - Miscellaneous, circa. 1970

- Folder 34: Financial Records - Miscellaneous, circa. 1955

- Folder 35: Financial Records - Miscellaneous, circa. 1942

- Folder 36: Financial Records, 1934-35

- Folder 37: Financial Records, 1934-35

- Folder 38: Financial Records, 1934-35

- Folder 39: Financial Records, 1934-35

- Folder 40: Financial Records, 1934-35

- Box 2

- Item 1: Box 2: Financial Records 1936-43

- Box 3

- Item 1: Box 3: Financial Records - 1944-51

- Box 4

- Item 1: Box 4: Financial Records, 1952-65

- Box 5

- Item 1: Box 5: Financial Records - 1966-73

- Box 6

- Folder 1: Income Tax - Contributions and Tax Deductables, Paid Bills, 1970

- Folder 2: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 3: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 4: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 5: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 6: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 7: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 8: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 9: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 10: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 11: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 12: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 13: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 14: Income Tax Returns, 1959-71

- Folder 16: Income Tax Returns - State and Federal, 1935-38

- Folder 17: Insurance, 1928

- Folder 18-19: Insurance Policies - Auto, Furniture and Apparell, 1962-72

- Folder 20: Insurance Receipts and Policies, 1935

- Folder 22: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1958

- Folder 23: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1954

- Folder 24: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1952

- Folder 25: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1951

- Folder 26: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1957

- Folder 27: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1954

- Folder 28: Investments - Carroll Coletti, circa. 1953

- Folder 29: L'Eco, circa. 1951

- Folder 30: L'Eco - Constitution, 1928

- Folder 31: Massachusetts General Hospital - Phillip's House, circa. 1972

- Folder 32: Massachusetts Medical Service - Medicare, circa. 1972

- Folder 33: Medical Receipts, circa. 1972

- Folder 34: Membership to Various Clubs, circa. 1969

- Folder 35: Miscellaneous, circa. 1955

- Folder 36: Miscellaneous, D.U.

- Folder 37: Miscellaneous, D. U.

- Folder 38: Miscellaneous

- Folder 39: N.R.A, 1935

- Folder 40: National Register of Prominent Americans, 1961

- Folder 41: National Sculpture Society, 1965

- Folder 42: National Sculpture Society, 1958

- Folder 43: National Sculpture Society, circa. 1951

- Folder 44: National Sculpture Society, circa. 1973

- Folder 45: Newspaper Articles and Reproductions, circa. 1961

- Folder 46: Newspaper Articles and Reproductions, circa. 1959

- Folder 47: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 48: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 49: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 50: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 51: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 52: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 53: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 54: Newsclippings - 1928-1949

- Folder 55: Passport and Papers - Domenico Coletti, 1913

- Folder 56: Passport Information, D.U.

- Folder 57: Post Cards, D.U.

- Box 7

- Folder 1: Programs, 1949-69

- Folder 2: Programs, 1949-69

- Folder 3: Programs, 1949-69

- Folder 4: Programs, 1949-69

- Folder 5: Rivas-Micoud, D.U.

- Folder 6: St. Botolph Club, 1941

- Folder 7: St. Theresa Statue - Dedication, 1965

- Folder 8: Social Security Act - Returns, 1952

- Folder 9: Taxes - 1929

- Folder 10: Tax Return - 1947 Examination

- Folder 11: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60

- Folder 12: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60

- Folder 13: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60

- Folder 14: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60

- Folder 15: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60

- Folder 16: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60

- Folder 17: Testimonial Dinner - 3/20/60 - Newsclippings

- Folder 18: Toomey Bill, circa. 1965

- Folder 19: Toomey Bill, circa. 1965

- Folder 20: Toomey Bill, circa. 1965

- Folder 21: Toomey Bill, circa. 1965

- Folder 22: Toomey Bill, circa. 1965

- Folder 23: Toomey Bill - Correspondence, circa. 1965

- Folder 24: Toomey Bill - Editorials, circa. 1965

- Box 23

- Item 1: Box 23: Magazines, Newsclipping Albums, etc. Articles by or about, Coletti.

- Box 25

- Item 1: Box 25: "The Sculpture of Joseph Coletti," 1968.

- Contains a copy of "The Sculpture of Joseph Coletti," 1968, inscribed by Coletti for the BPL. The inscription reads: "Inscribed for the Boston Public Library where my career as a sculptor began as assistant to Jon Singer Sargent. Joseph A. Coletti, February 19, 1968."
- Series 2: Personal Correspondence

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series includes correspondence between Coletti and others pertaining to all subjects besides professional dealings. These files include communications between Coletti and family members, friends, and colleagues, on subjects including intimate family issues, casual socialization, award ceremonies, and the like. This series is mostly comprised of handwritten letters, typed letters, and postcards, but also contains various other papers relevant to the contained communications.
- Box 7

- Folder 25: Campbell, John Ray Jr.

- Folder 26: Carmichael, Leonard

- Folder 27: Christmas Cards

- Folder 28: Christmas Cards

- Folder 29: Christmas Cards

- Folder 30: Coletti, Jeff

- Folder 31: Coletti, Paul A.

- Folder 32: Coletti, Paul A. - Newsclippings

- Folder 33: Conn, Edwin Jr.

- Folder 34: Correspondence - Coletti

- Folder 35: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - Undated

- Folder 36: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 37: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 38: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 39: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 40: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 41: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 42: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 43: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 44: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 45: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 46: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 47: Correspondence - Donata Coletti - 1941-1952

- Folder 48: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - Undated

- Folder 49: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 50: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 51: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 52: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 53: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 54: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 55: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 56: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 57: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 58: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 59: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 60: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 61: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 62: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 63: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 64: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 65: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 66: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 67: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 68: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 69: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 70: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 71: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 72: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Folder 73: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti - 1942-1952

- Box 8

- Folder 1: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 2: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 3: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 4: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 5: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 6: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 7: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 8: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 9: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 10: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 11: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 12: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 13: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 14: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 15: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 16: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 17: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 18: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 19: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 20: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 21: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 22: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 23: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 24: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 25: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 26: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 27: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 28: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 29: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 30: Correspondence - Mimi Coletti, 1942-52

- Folder 31: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 32: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 33: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 34: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 35: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 36: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 37: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 38: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 39: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 40: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 41: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 42: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 43: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 44: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 45: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 46: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 47: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 48: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 49: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 50: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 51: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 52: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 53: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 54: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 55: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 56: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 57: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 58: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 59: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 60: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 61: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Box 9

- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 9: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 10: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 11: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 12: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 13: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 14: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 15: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 16: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 17: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 18: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 19: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 20: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 21: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 22: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 23: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 24: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 25: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 26: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 27: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 28: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 29: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 30: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 31: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 32: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 33: Correspondence, 1923-73

- Folder 34: Cotting, Charles, E., circa. 1968

- Folder 35: Father McGivney Memorial, 1926

- Folder 36: Geissbuhler, Elisabeth C., 1972

- Folder 37: Get Well Cards, circa. 1972

- Folder 38: Harvard University - Sachs Fellow, D.U.

- Folder 39: Hurd, Harry Elmore, circa. 1928

- Folder 40: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 41: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 42: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 43: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 44: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 45: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 46: Invitations, 1941-67

- Folder 47: King, Richard B. - Mother's Examination, 1930

- Folder 48: Lamb, Edward J., 1972

- Folder 49: Lane, K.W. (Weems, F. Carrington Mrs.), circa. 1946

- Folder 50: Mary N. Nichols Award Night, circa. 1963

- Folder 51: Montgomery, Robert, circa. 1969

- Folder 52: Morison, Samuel Eliot, circa. 1964

- Folder 53: Nelson, Harris J., circa. 1970

- Folder 54: Niver, Charles - Correspondence, 1956

- Folder 55: North Country School, 1943

- Folder 56: Nurseries - Cherry Hill - Thurlow, 1933

- Series 3: Professional Documents and Correspondence

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series is comprised of communications and related papers concerning Joseph Coletti’s professional work. The majority of this series pertains to the commissioning of Coletti for sculpture, including both correspondence with commissioners, and other professionals needed for the casting and construction of Coletti’s artworks. Related receipts and contracts resulting from these interactions, professional contacts, papers from his time heading the Massachusetts Art Commission, and other professional ephemera have also been filed here.
- Box 10

- Folder 1: Aberthaw Co., 1934

- Folder 2: Addresses, 1935

- Folder 3: Addresses, 1935

- Folder 4: Addresses, 1938-39

- Folder 5: Addresses - Given by Professor Sachs, D.U.

- Folder 6: Agreement - Troy-Coletti, 1935

- Folder 7: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1945

- Folder 8: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 9: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1962

- Folder 10: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 11: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1963

- Folder 12: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1953

- Folder 13: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1960

- Folder 14: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1954

- Folder 15: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1965

- Folder 16: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 17: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1963

- Folder 18: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1963

- Folder 19: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 20: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 21: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 22: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 23: Art Commission - Massachusetts, 1964

- Folder 24: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Appointment as Chairman, circa. 1964

- Folder 25: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Appointment as Chairman, circa. 1964

- Folder 26: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Business, circa. 1964

- Folder 27: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Business, circa. 1964

- Folder 28: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Business, circa. 1964

- Folder 29: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Business, circa. 1964

- Folder 30: Art Commission - Massachusetts - Business, 1964

- Box 11

- Folder 1: Baltimore Cathedral, 1965

- Folder 2: Baltimore Cathedral, 1956

- Folder 3: Baltimore Cathedral, 1958

- Folder 4: Baltimore Cathedral, 1958

- Folder 5: Baltimore Cathedral, 1958

- Folder 6: Baltimore Cathedral, 1959

- Folder 7: Bancroft School Medal, 1966

- Folder 8: Barberrys, 1971

- Folder 9: Bartlett (F.A.) Tree Expert Company, 1936

- Folder 10: Basky, Anton, 1936

- Folder 11: Bertolli Dinner, 1935

- Folder 12: Bertolli Invitation, 1958

- Folder 13: Bielli Granite Co., 1947

- Folder 14: Bills - Miscellaneous, 1906

- Folder 15: Bills - Paid, 1933

- Folder 16: Bills - Paid, circa. 1936

- Folder 17: Bills - Paid, circa. 1935

- Folder 18: Bills - Paid, circa. 1938

- Folder 19: Bills - Paid, 1958

- Folder 20: Bills - Paid, 1964

- Folder 21: Bird, Charles Sumner, circa. 1971

- Folder 22: Bird, Charles Sumner, circa. 1971

- Folder 23: Bird, Charles Sumner, circa. 1971

- Folder 24: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 1972

- Folder 25: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 1968

- Folder 26: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 1972

- Folder 27: Bohemian Club, 1968

- Folder 28: Bonugli Pellegrino - Plasterer, 1974

- Folder 29: Book Reviews, 1965

- Folder 30: Book Reviews, 1964

- Folder 31: Book Reviews, 1962

- Folder 32: Book Reviews, 1970

- Folder 33: Book Reviews, 1971

- Folder 34: Book Reviews, 1972

- Folder 35: Book Reviews - Newsclippings, D.U.

- Folder 36: Boston Company Inc., 1973

- Folder 37: Boston Gas Company, 1970

- Folder 38: Boston Globe Medal, 1967

- Folder 39: Boston Pops Orchestra - Dance Programme, 1949

- Folder 40: Boston Public Library - Trustees, Philip McNiff, 1965

- Folder 41: Boston Public Library - Trustees, Philip McNiff, 1965

- Folder 42: Boston Statuary Corporation, 1968

- Folder 43: Boston Statuary Corporation, 1972

- Folder 44: Boston Symphony Orchestra - 85th Anniversary, 1968

- Folder 45: Boston Symphony Orchestra - 85th Anniversary, 1970

- Folder 46: Bottenheim, John A.J., 1937

- Folder 47: Bowling Green State University - Thomas Davenport, Design - School of Art, 1936

- Folder 48: Bradford, Charles H., 1953

- Folder 49: Brooke, Edward W. - Attorney General, 1940

- Folder 50: Brookgreen Gardens, 1940

- Folder 51: Brookgreen Gardens, 1964

- Folder 52: Brown, Huntington, 1961

- Folder 53: Budworth, W.S. and Sons, 1962

- Folder 54: Bullard, Katherine C., 1972

- Folder 55: Callahan, William F. Jr., 1942

- Folder 56: Callahan, William F. Jr., D.U.

- Folder 57: Cambridgeport Problem Center, 1934

- Folder 58: Camouflage - Newsclippings, 1927

- Folder 59: Camouflage - Note Book, 1928

- Folder 60: Caproni Galleries, 1929

- Folder 61: Car Sale, 1951

- Folder 62: Cardarelli, Carmela, D.U.

- Folder 63: (Carey), Graham - Mantlepiece Translation, D.U.

- Folder 64: Casavan Carrara Marble Co., D.U.

- Folder 65: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1930

- Folder 66: Census Business - 1958

- Folder 67: Chatham Hall - Commencement, 1951

- Folder 68: Cemetery Certificate of Deed - Mt. Wallaston, 1933

- Folder 69: Churchill, Chester Library, 1926

- Folder 70: Cippolini, Benedict, 1965

- Folder 71: Clark, R. Richard - Annie Murphy Plaque, D.U.

- Box 12

- Folder 1: Coletti, Donald and Arthur - Receipts, 1962-65

- Folder 2: Coletti, Donald and Arthur - Receipts, 1962-65

- Folder 3: Coletti, Donald and Arthur - Receipts, 1962-65

- Folder 4: Coletti, Donald and Arthur - Receipts, 1962-65

- Folder 5: Commission of Fine Arts, 1929

- Folder 6: Connelly Brothers, 1933

- Folder 7: Contracts and Agreements, 1931

- Folder 8: Coolidge, A. Sprague (Dr.), 1945

- Folder 9: Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, 1931-32

- Folder 10: Copyright Rules, 1941

- Folder 11: Crane (Thomas) Public Library - Quincy, MA, 1938

- Folder 12: Cushing, George M. Jr., 1965

- Folder 13: Dante Society of America, 1969

- Folder 14: Deedy, H. - Memorial - State House, Boston, 1947

- Folder 15: DeGiacomo, James R., 1971

- Folder 16: DeGiacomo, William, 1964

- Folder 17: Dow Burton Cornelius Memorial, 1968

- Folder 18: Douglas, William, 1945

- Folder 19: Douglas, William - St. Thomas More House Chapel, 1937

- Folder 20: ETTL Studios, 1944

- Folder 21: Edgell, G. Harold - Walsh Memorial, 1949

- Folder 22: Edgell, G. Harold - Walsh Memorial Correspondence, 1951

- Folder 23: Edwards, Gen. - Memorial Commission Report, 1931

- Folder 24: Estimates and Proposals, 1949

- Folder 25: Estimates and Proposals, 1931

- Folder 26: Expenses, 1934

- Folder 27: Fairmount Park Art Association, 1948

- Folder 28: Father McGivney Memorial, 1955

- Folder 29: Ferrer, Irene M., 1940

- Folder 30: Fogg Art Museum, 1954

- Folder 31: Fogg Art Museum, 1953

- Folder 32: Fogg Art Museum, 1956

- Folder 33: Foundaries, 1969

- Folder 34: Franklin Mint, 1969

- Folder 35: Friedrich, Carl, J., 1928

- Folder 36: Friedrich, Carl, J., 1942

- Folder 37: Gagnon, Ferdinand - Memorial in Lafayette Park - Manchester, N.H., 1931

- Folder 38: Gagnon, Ferdinand - Memorial in Lafayette Park - Manchester, N.H., 1972

- Folder 39: Gardner, George Peabody - Kulp, Benjamin, 1972

- Folder 40: Gardner, George Peabody - Kulp, Benjamin, 1972

- Folder 41: Gardner, George Peabody - Kulp, Benjamin, 1946

- Folder 42: George C. Greener Memorial Building, 1946

- Folder 43: Gundersen, Trygve, 1949

- Folder 44: Hall, E.K.: Hall, R.D.: Drew, Sally: Hall, E.K. Jr. - Memorials Hanover, N.H., 1971

- Folder 45: Hall, E.K.: Hall, R.D.: Drew, Sally: Hall, E.K. Jr. - Memorials Hanover, N.H., 1971

- Folder 46: Hall E.K.: Hall, R.D.: Drew, Sally: Hall, E.K. Jr. - Memorials Hanover, N.H., 1970

- Folder 47: Hall, Louis, 1964

- Folder 48: Hammond, Franklin T. Jr., 1972

- Folder 49: Hammond, Mason - De Bosis Lectureship, 1964

- Folder 50: Hartney - Amalia Inc. - Arborists, circa. 1934

- Folder 51: Harvard Alumni Association Medal, 1950

- Folder 52: Harvard Alumni Medical Association - Dean George Packer Berry Bas-Relief for Countway Library, 1961

- Folder 53: Harvard Alumni Medical Association - Dean George Packer Berry Bas-Relief for Countway Library, 1972

- Folder 54: Harvard Class of 1923 - 50th Anniversary Report, 1971

- Folder 55: Harvard Musical Association, 1939

- Folder 56: Harvard War Memorial - Official Honor Roll, 1940

- Folder 57: Higgins, Frank M. co. Inc. - Linoleum Contracts, 1967

- Folder 58: Hornbeck, C. Sahler, 1966

- Folder 59: Howard, Charles P. - Bench, 1973

- Folder 60: Howard, Charles P. - Bench, 1970

- Folder 61: (E.F.) Hutton and Co. Inc., D.U.

- Folder 62: (Index) of Building Trades and Manufacturers of Building Materials and Decorations, 1972

- Folder 63: Instituo Brasil - Estados Unidos, 1969

- Box 13

- Folder 1: Italian Consul General - Statue of St. George, etc., circa. 1971

- Folder 2: Italian Consul General - Statue of St. George, etc., 1958

- Folder 3: Italian Consul General - Statue of St. George, etc. - Newsclippings, circa. 1971

- Folder 4: Johnson, Arthur C., 1959

- Folder 5: Lally, Francis J., 1963

- Folder 6: Lavanoux, Maurice - Liturgical Arts Society, 1943

- Folder 7: Leland and Larsen, 1941

- Folder 8: Leofanti, Gene, 1955

- Folder 9: Logan, Edward Lawrence, 1954

- Folder 10: Logan, Edward Lawrence, 1954

- Folder 11: Logan Statue, 1955

- Folder 12: Logan Statue, 1955

- Folder 13: Logan Statue, 1967

- Folder 14: Lowell State College, 1965

- Folder 15: McCarthy, Anne, I. - Memorial Plaque, 1959

- Folder 16: McGann, T.F. and Sons Co., 1972

- Folder 17: MacMillan Co. - NY., N.Y., 1972

- Folder 18: MacMillan Co. - NY., N.Y., D.U.

- Folder 19: MacMillan Co. - NY., N.Y., 1968

- Folder 20: MacMillan Co. - NY., N.Y., 1968

- Folder 21: MacMillan Co. - NY., N.Y., 1967

- Folder 22: MacMillan Co. - NY., N.Y., 1948

- Folder 23: Main, Charles T. Inc., 1931

- Folder 24: Mansfield, Massachusetts Post Office - Relief, 1972

- Folder 25: Marchetti Marble Co. Inc., 1972

- Folder 26: Marto, Joseph P. and Co., 1973

- Folder 27: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1965

- Folder 28: Medallic Art Company, 1957

- Folder 29: Medallic Art Company, 1941

- Folder 30: Medallic Art Company, D.U.

- Folder 31: Medallic Art Company, 1964

- Folder 32: Milles, Carl, 1944-45

- Folder 33: National Academy of Design, circa. 1967

- Folder 34: National Academy of Design, 1969

- Folder 35: National Commemorative Society, 1946

- Folder 36: National Humanities Faculty, 1947

- Folder 37: National Humanities Faculty, D.U.

- Folder 38: National Humanities Faculty, 1973

- Folder 39: New England All-College Conference on the Arts in America, 1971

- Folder 40: New England Conservatory of Music, 1964

- Folder 41: New England Conservatory of Music, 1966

- Folder 42: New England Conservatory of Music, 1966

- Folder 43: New England Conservatory of Music, 1961

- Folder 44: New England Conservatory of Music, 1963

- Folder 45: New England Conservatory of Music, 1939

- Folder 46: New England Conservatory of Music, 1972

- Folder 47: New York's World Fair - 1939

- Box 14

- Folder 1: Roman Bronze Work Inc., 1953

- Folder 2: Roman Bronze Work Inc., 1963

- Folder 3: Roman Bronze Work Inc., 1956

- Folder 4: Roman Bronze Work Inc., 1938

- Folder 5: Ruben, Adrian C., 1946

- Folder 6: St. Geoge's School - R.I., 1938

- Folder 7: Scoma, Mano - Sculptor's Service, 1926

- Folder 8: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, 1932

- Folder 9: Steuben Glass, 1945

- Folder 10: Stock -Sales and Purchases, 1951

- Folder 11: Studio - Lease, 1945

- Folder 12: Studio - Manchester - Contracts and Proposals, 1965

- Folder 13: Studio - Manchester - Contracts and Proposals, 1939

- Folder 14: Swift, John E. (Judge) - Father McGivney Memorial, 1939

- Folder 15: Swift, John E. (Judge) - Father McGivney Memorial, 1966

- Folder 16: Swift, John E. (Judge) - Father McGivney Memorial, 1957

- Folder 17: Swift, John E. (Judge) - Father McGivney Memorial, 1956

- Folder 18: Swift, John E. (Judge) - Father McGivney Memorial, 1953

- Folder 19: Terra Cotta, 1955

- Folder 20: Treasury Department Art Projects, 1930

- Folder 21: Tronche, J. G., 1935

- Folder 22: Walsh, David I. Memorial, 1931

- Folder 23: Walsh, David I. Memorial, 1954

- Folder 24: Walsh, David I. Memorial, 1953

- Folder 25: Walsh Statue - Contract, 1953

- Folder 26: Walsh Unveiling - Guest List, 1954

- Folder 27: Webster, K.G.T., D.U.

- Folder 28: Weems, F. Carrington, 1945

- Folder 29: Wellesley Administrative Building, 1949

- Folder 30: White (George R.) Fund, 1929

- Folder 31: Whitney, Edward S., 1942

- Folder 32: Whitney, Edward S., 1932

- Folder 33: Whitney, Edward S., 1933

- Folder 34: Whitney Museum, 1934

- Folder 35: WWI Memorial, 1938

- Series 4: Academic Notes and Reference Materials

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series includes notes taken by Coletti on artworks and artists, notes taken by Coletti during art history lectures at Harvard University, books used in Colletti’s courses at Harvard, photographs of rubbings Coletti took of varying reliefs, and notes authored by others for Coletti’s benefit.
- Box 14

- Folder 36: Art Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 37: Art Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 38: Art Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 39: Art Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 40: Art Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 41: Del Prado, D.U.

- Folder 42: Diary Notes, 1923

- Folder 43: Donatello - Lecture Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 44: Frick Collection Sculpture - Notes, circa. 1922

- When the Joseph Coletti Papers were fully arranged in 2015 this folder was found to be empty.
- Folder 45: History Lecture Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 46: History Lecture Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 47: History of Ancient Art - Notes 7A IC, circa. 1922

- Folder 48: History of European and American Sulpture - Notes, circa. 1922

- Folder 49: History of Modern Sculpture - Notes 5R, circa. 1922

- Folder 50: Kephisodotos - Notes, D.U.

- Folder 51: Michelangelo - Notes, D.U.

- Folder 52: Michelangelo - Notes, D.U.

- Folder 53: Michelangelo - Notes, 1953

- Folder 54: Notes and Quotations on Art, D.U.

- Folder 55: Notes and Quotations on Art, D.U.

- Folder 56: Notes and Quotations on Art, D.U.

- Folder 57: Rubbings Photographs, D.U.

- Folder 58: School Books, circa. 1922

- Folder 59: School Books, circa. 1922

- Folder 60: School Books, circa. 1922

- Folder 61: School Books, circa. 1922

- Folder 62: Smith, E. Baldwin - Iconography of St. Theodore, D.U.

- Box 24

- Item 1: Box 24: School Books from Harvard and Manuscript for book on Medieval Art

- Series 5: Lectures and Writings

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series contains lectures, speeches, and articles authored by Joseph Coletti. Within these works Coletti discusses art history and theories of sculpture, gives context to his own works, reviews books, and authors encyclopedia articles.
- Box 15

- Folder 1: Articles, 1961-75

- Folder 2: Articles - Angel, D.U.

- Folder 3: Articles - Boston Forum - Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1966

- Folder 4: Aspects of Sculpture, 1960

- Folder 5: Book Reviews, 1971

- Folder 6: Book Reviews, 1966

- Folder 7: Book Reviews, 1966

- Folder 8: Book Reviews, circa. 1964

- Folder 9: Book Reviews, circa. 1973

- Folder 10: Book Reviews, circa. 1969

- Folder 11: Book Reviews - Newsclippings, D.U.

- Folder 12: Cathedral of St. John the Divine - iconography, circa. 1967

- Folder 13: Encyclopedia Britannica Articles, D.U.

- Folder 14: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 15: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 16: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 17: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 18: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 19: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 20: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 21: Lectures, D.U.

- Folder 22: Lectures, D.U.

- Series 6: Photographic Materials

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series includes photographic prints and negatives sorted into subseries by these formats. The primary subject of these photographs is Coletti’s own work, including his medals, religious works, memorials and portraits, classical sculpture, and his sculptures at the St. George Chapel, Newport, RI, as well as at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD. Photographs from these latter two locations have been filed together, as they were while stored by Coletti himself. Other photographic subjects encompass Joseph Coletti, his family and friends, references used during Coletti’s artistic work, unidentified photographs, and a group of slides collected by Coletti.
- Sub-Series 1: Photographic Prints

- Box 16

- Folder 1: Original Label to Joseph Coletti's Photograph Collection

- The label which accompanied the photographic materials in the Joseph Coletti Papers upon donation.
- Folder 2: Medals, c. 1921-67

- Photographic prints of medals designed by Joseph Coletti.
- Item 1: Envelope: "Harvard University Advertising Award Medal" Prints, c. 1921

- Item 2: Envelope: "Harvard University School of Architecture Eugene Dodd Medal" Prints, c. 1924

- Item 3: Envelope: "Harvard Alumni Association Medal" Prints, c. 1940

- Item 4: Envelope: "Edward Kimball Hall Medal" Prints, c. 1951

- Item 5: Envelope: "Harvard Glee Club Medal" Prints, c. 1951

- Item 6: Envelope: "Boston Arts Festival Medal" Prints, c. 1956

- Item 7: Envelope: "Morison Medal" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 8: Envelope: "Catherine Crapo Bullard Medal" Prints, c. 1959

- Item 9: Envelope: "Paderewski centennial Medallion" Prints, c. 1960

- Item 10: Envelope: "Albert Schweitzer Medal" Prints, c. 1962

- Item 11: Envelope: "Society of Medalists Medal" Prints, c. 1963

- Item 12: Envelope: "Gage Medal" Prints, c. 1963

- Item 13: Envelope: "Dante Society of America Medal" Prints, c. 1965

- Item 14: Envelope: "Boston Tea Party Medal" Prints, c. 1967

- Item 15: Envelope: "Robert Cutler Medal" Prints, c. 1967

- Folder 3: Religious Works, c. 1925-62

- Photographic prints of works by Joseph Coletti incorporating religious themes.
- Item 1: Envelope: "Il Redentore" Prints, c. 1925

- Item 2: Envelope: "Virgo Purissima" Prints, c. 1925

- Item 3: Envelope: "St. George and the Dragon" Prints, c. 1926

- Item 4: Envelope: "St George and the Dragon" Prints, c. 1926

- Item 5: Envelope: "Virgin Annunciated" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 6: Envelope: "St. John the Evangelist" Prints, 1927

- Item 7: Envelope: "St. Nicholas" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 8: Envelope: "Virgin and Child" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 9: Envelope: "Christ" Prints, c. 1928

- Item 10: Envelope: "Annunciation" Prints, c. 1929

- Item 11: Envelope: "Virgin and Child" Prints, c. 1930

- Item 12: Envelope: "St. Anne Teaching the Virgin Child" Prints, c. 1933

- Item 13: Envelope: "Baptismal Font" Prints, c. 1962

- Item 14: Envelope: "Unknown Sculpture" Prints, D.U.

- Folder 4: Memorials and Portraits, c. 1927-65

- Photographic prints of portrait busts and memorials designed and sculpted by Joseph Coletti.
- Item 1: Envelope: "Portrait of John Nicholas Brown", c. 1927

- Item 2: Envelope: "Frances Burrage" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 3: Envelope: "Elizabeth Sachs", c. 1928

- Item 4: Envelope: "Baby Elizabeth Brown" Prints, c. 1928

- Item 5: Envelope: "Archibald Cary Coolidge Memorial", c. 1929

- Item 6: Envelope: "Judith Greenwood" Prints, c. 1929

- Item 7: Envelope: "Donata" Prints, c. 1932

- Item 8: Envelope: "Candelabrum" Prints, c. 1932

- Item 9: Envelope: "America" Prints, c. 1933

- Item 10: Envelope: "Alma Mater" Prints, c. 1933

- Item 11: Envelope: "Mimi" Prints, c. 1935

- Item 12: Envelope: "Farmers and Geese Mural" Prints, c. 1939

- Item 13: Envelope: "Riveters" Prints, c. 1940

- Item 14: Envelope: "Granite" Prints, c. 1940

- Item 15: Envelope: "Cranes" Prints, c. 1940

- Item 16: Envelope: "Timothy Ives" Prints, c. 1944

- Item 17: Envelope: "Liesel Friedrich" Prints, c. 1944

- Item 18: Envelope: "Mourning Victory", c. 1947

- Item 19: Envelope: "Anne Taylor" Prins, c. 1951

- Item 20: Envelope: "William Hickling Prescott Memorial" Prints, c. 1959

- Item 21: Envelope: "Jean DeGiacomo" Prints, c. 1960

- Item 22: Envelope: "The Reverend Henry B. Washburn Memorial" Prints, c. 1961

- Item 23: Envelope: "Angel Transporting a Soul" Prints, c. 1962

- Item 24: Envelope: "Dr. George Packer Berry Memorial" Prints, c. 1965

- Item 25: Envelope: "Edward Kimball Hall, Jr. Memorial" Prints, c. 1965

- Item 26: Envelope: "Honor Roll" Prints, D. U.

- Item 27: Envelope: "Ferdinand Gagnon Memorial" Prints, D.U.

- Item 28: Envelope: "Liesel Friederich Memorial" Prints, D.U.

- Item 29: Envelope: "Father McGiveny Memorial" Prints, D.U.

- Item 30: Envelope: Unknown Sculpture of a Man Prints, D.U.

- Folder 5: Classical Sculpture, c. 1920-67

- Photographic prints of artworks by Joseph Coletti in the style of classical sculpture. Usually including a strong Greco-Roman influence.
- Item 1: Envelope: "Pedimental Sculpture" Prints, c. 1920

- Item 2: Envelope: "Orpheus Mantel" Prints, c. 1929

- Item 3: Envelope: "Putto with Dolphin" Prints, c. 1931

- Item 4: Envelope: Colored Photographs with "Putto with Dolphin" in Bett Varkes' Florida Apartment, D.U.

- Item 5: Envelope: "Repose" Prints, c. 1934

- Item 6: Envelope: "Night" Prints, c. 1934

- Item 7: Envelope: "Grief" Prints, c. 1934

- Item 8: Envelope: "Mask" Prints, c. 1936

- Item 9: Envelope: "Adolescent" Prints, c. 1937

- Item 10: Envelope: "Woman" Prints, c. 1939

- Item 11: Envelope: Sailfish and Dolphins Fountain" Prints, c. 1943

- Item 12: Envelope: "Propylaean Horses" Prints, c. 1960

- Item 13: Envelope: "Orheus Fountain" Prints, c. 1967

- Folder 6: St. George's Chapel, c. 1926-27

- Photographic prints of Joseph Coletti's work for St. George's Chapel, Newport, RI. This subseries was grouped as such because Coletti himself kept these prints filed together.
- Item 1: Envelope: "St. Christopher" Prints, c. 1926

- Item 2: Envelope: "St. George Slaying the Dragon" Prints, c. 1926

- Item 3: Envelope: "St. George Slaying the Dragon" - detail of boss Prints, c. 1926

- Item 4: Envelope: "Birds and Grapes" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 5: Envelope: "Flower Boss" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 6: Envelope: "Peacocks" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 7: Envelope: "Crown and Palms" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 8: Envelope: "Daniel in the Lion's Den" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 9: Envelope: "Jonah and the Whale" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 10: Envelope: "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 11: Envelope: "Four Rivers of Paradise" - River Tigris Prints, c. 1927

- Item 12: Envelope: "Four Rivers of Paradise" - River Euphrates Prints, c. 1927

- Item 13: Envelope: "Four Rivers of Paradise" - River Gihon Prints, c. 1927

- Item 14: Envelope: "Four Rivers of Paradise" - River Pison Prints, c. 1927

- Item 15: Envelope: "Four Rivers of Paradise" - perspective, c. 1927

- Item 16: Envelope: "Turret Tower" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 17: Envelope: "Ralph Adams Cram" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 18: Envelope: "Allen Nevins" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 19: Envelope: "Chester Brown" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 20: Envelope: "John Nicholas Brown" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 21: Envelope: "Reverend Dr. Peaslee" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 22: Envelope: "Stephen Cabot" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 23: Envelope: "Dolphins" Prints, c. 1927

- Folder 7: St. George's Chapel, c. 1927-28

- Item 1: Envelope: "Chimera" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 2: Envelope: "Trumpeting Angel" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 3: Envelope: "Singing Angel" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 4: Envelope: "St. John the Evangelist" Prints, c. 1927

- Item 5: Envelope: "St. Stephen" Prints, c. 1928

- Item 6: Envelope: "St. John the Baptist" Prints, c. 1928

- Item 7: Envelope: "St. John the Baptist" - detail Prints, c. 1928

- Item 8: Envelope: Unknown Sculpture #1 Prints, D.U.

- Item 9: Envelope: Unknown Sculpture #2 - Plant Life Prints, D.U.

- Item 10: Envelope: Unknown Sculpture #3 - Seashell Prints, D.U.

- Item 11: Envelope: Unknown Sculpture #4 - Unicorn, D.U.

- Item 12: Envelope: Unknown Sculpture #5 - Seahorse, D.U.

- Item 13: St. George's Cathedral - View From East End. Photograph taken by Paul J. Weber., D.U.

- Box 17

- Folder 1: Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD, 1957-59

- Photographic prints of Joseph Coletti's work for the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD. Photographs are sequenced as they were under Colettis care.
- Item 1: Envelope: "Coronation of Mary Our Queen" Prints, c. 1959

- Item 2: Envelope: "Nativity" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 3: Envelope: "The Assumption" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 4: Envelope: "The Raising of the Widow's Son" Prints, c. 1956

- Item 5: Envelope: "The Marriage in Cana" Prints, c. 1956

- Item 6: Envelope: "Nativity" Prints, c. 1958

- There are two reliefs in this series which are named "Nativity," and were completed the same year (1958). This envelope thus holds photographs of a different work than the second envelope in this folder.
- Item 7: Envelope: "Nativity" - Detail Prints, c. 1958

- Item 8: Envelope: "The Holy Family at Nazareth" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 9: Envelope: "Jesus is Tempted by Satan" Prints, c. 1957

- Item 10: Envelope: "Lazarus Is Raised from the Dead" Prints, c. 1957

- Item 11: Envelope: "The Ordination of William Matthews" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 12: Envelope: "A Bishop Confers the Sacrament of Confirmation" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 13: Envelope: "The Nativity of the Blessed Vigin Mary" Prints, c. 1957

- Item 14: Envelope: "The Last Supper" Prints, c. 1957

- Item 15: Envelope: "The Crucifixion on Mount Calvary" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 16: Envelope: "The Risen Savior Appears to Thomas and the Other Apostles" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 17: Envelope: "The Last Judgment" Prints, c. 1958

- Item 18: Photographs of Reliefs at Cathedral of Mary our Queen, D.U.

- Item 19: Large photographs of Baltimore Cathedral Works, D.U.

- Folder 2: Reference Photographs

- Item 1: Envelope: Photographs of Father McGivney, D.U.

- Item 2: Envelope: Photographs of Stephen P. Cabot, D.U.

- Item 3: Envelope: Photographs of Lt. William Callahan, Jr., D.U.

- Item 4: Envelope: Photographs of General Edward L. Logan., D.U.

- Item 5: Envelope: Photographs of R.H. Nevins, D.U.

- Item 6: Envelope: Photographs of Elizabeth Sachs, D.U.

- Item 7: Envelope: Photographs of David Ignacius Walsh, D.U.

- Item 8: Envelope: Photographs of Reverend Henry B. Washburn, D.U.

- Item 9: Envelope: Photographs of Elizabeth Wright, D.U.

- Item 10: Envelope: Photographs of People Used in Portraits for St. George's Chapel in Newport, D.U.

- Item 11: Envelope: Photographs of Unknown Woman, D.U.

- Item 12: Envelope marked 'Photographs of Henry Washburn No Good', D.U.

- Folder 3: Unidentified and Miscellaneous Works

- Item 1: Envelope Marked 'Photographs of Sargent Sketches', D.U.

- Item 2: Originial Envelope Marked 'Photographs of Sargent Sketches'

- Item 3: Envelope: Photographs of Drawings by Joseph Coletti, D.U.

- Item 4: Envelope: Photographs of Unidentified Works, D.U.

- Item 5: Envelope: Photograph of Unidenified Painting, D.U.

- Folder 4: Photographs of Joseph Coletti, Friends, and Family

- Item 1: Envelope: Photographs of Joseph Coletti and others in front of "St. George and the Dragon", D.U.

- Item 2: Envelope: Photographic of Ceremony Decorating Joseph Coletti Commendatore by Prime Minister of Italy, Boston College., February 21, 1971

- Item 3: Envelope: Photographs of Joseph Coletti at Knights of Columbus Memorial Unveiling, D.U.

- Item 4: Envelope: Photographs of Joseph Coletti Working, D.U.

- Item 5: Envelope: Joseph Coletti, Friends, and Family, D.U.

- Item 6: Envelope: Photographic Proofs of Portraits of Joseph Coletti, D.U.

- Item 7: Envelope: Photographs of Coletti with Governor Volpe, D.U.

- Item 8: Envelope: Photographs of Dedication Ceremonies of St. George, D.U.

- Item 9: Envelope: Photographs of Salem Memorial Ceremony, D.U.

- Folder 5: Unidentified and Miscellaneous Photographs

- Item 1: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Sculpture, D.U.

- Item 2: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Sculpture, D.U.

- Item 3: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Armor, D.U.

- Item 4: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Armor, D.U.

- Item 5: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Armor, D.U.

- Item 6: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Painted Portraits, D.U.

- Item 7: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Painted Portraits, D.U.

- Folder 6: Unidentfied and Miscellaneous Photographs

- Item 8: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Photographic Portraits, D.U.

- Item 9: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints - Landscapes, D.U.

- Item 10: Envelope: Unidentified Photographs/Prints, D.U.

- Item 11: Envelope: Photographs of Admiral Byrd sent to Joseph Coletti by the Admiral's wife, R. E. Byrd., D.U.

- Item 12: Envelope: Postcards of Michelangelo's "David"

- Item 13: Envelope: Postcards from Various Museums

- Item 14: Envelope: Photographs excluded from "The Sculpture of Joseph Coletti", D.U.

- Item 7: Photograph Album of Unidentified Works Not Sculpted by Joseph Coletti, D.U.

- Box 18

- Item 1: Box 18: Joseph Coletti's Collection of Slides

- Box 18 contains a number of slides kept by Coletti. Subjects of these slides include his artwork, as well as photographs from his personal life.
- Box 22

- Item 1: Box 22: Oversized Photographic Prints

- This box contains various oversized prints of Coletti's works and other subjects.
- Sub-Series 2: Photographic Negatives

- Box 17

- Folder 7: Medal Negatives

- Folder 8: Religious Works Negatives

- Folder 9: Memorials and Portraits Negatives

- Folder 10: St. George's Chapel, Newport, RI Negatives

- Folder 11: Cathedral of Mary our Queen, Baltimore, MD Negatives

- Folder 12: Negatives of Unidentified Photographs

- Box 19

- Item 1: Box 19: Glass Negatives

- This box contains numerous glass negatives, almost entirely which are photographs of Joseph Coletti's Work. A small number of these negatives were discarded as they were shattered beyond repair. The disposed negatives were duplicates of either other glass or film negatives contained within this collection.
- Box 20

- Item 1: Box 20: Glass Negatives

- This box contains numerous glass negatives, almost entirely which are photographs of Joseph Coletti's Work. A small number of these negatives were discarded as they were shattered beyond repair. The disposed negatives were duplicates of either other glass or film negatives contained within this collection.
- Series 7: Artwork

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series includes sketches and architectural drawings by Joseph Coletti in sketchbooks, and on drafting paper, as well as Joseph Coletti’s collection of medals. The subjects of Coletti’s drawings include medals and sculptures designed by Coletti, as well as sketches he drew while studying at the American Academy in Rome as a Sachs fellow (1924). The medals in this series were in many cases designed by Coletti. Some were sculpted by others. A small number of the medals in this collection were awarded to Coletti. In addition, some medals listed in the inventory of this collection were found missing when the collection was re-arranged in 2015. The missing medals include: one Catherine Bullard Medal; two separate sides of the Harvard Glee Club Medal; one Cardinal Spellman Medal; one Aphrodite Swift Runners Medal; one Dionyus Medal; and one The Noble and Greenough School Medal.
- Box 21

- Folder 1: Admiral Byrd Memorial - Architectural Drawings

- These drawings can be found in Oversized Materials in Folder 1.
- Folder 2: Gardner, George Peabody - Architectural Drawings

- These drawings can be found in Oversized Materials in Folder 1.
- Folder 3: Sachs Fellow - Drawings and Notes, 1924-25

- Folder 4: Society of Medalists - Medal Drawings

- Folder 5: Unidentified Architectural Drawings

- These drawings can be found in Oversized Materials, Folder 1.
- Folder 6: Unidentified Architectural Drawings

- These drawings can be found in Oversized Materials, Folder 1.
- Sub-Series 1: Medals by Coletti

- Box 22

- Item 1: Albert Schweitzer Medal - Medal and 2 Sides

- Item 2: Boston Fine Arts Medal (1)

- Item 3: Boston Globe Centennial Medal (2)

- Item 4: Boston Tea Party Silver Coin (2)

- Item 5: Dante Society of America Medal - Medal and 2 Sides

- Item 6: Edward K. Hall Medal - Vermont Academ Football Award (2)

- Item 7: Eugene Dodd Medal - Harvard School of Architecture (2)

- Item 8: Gage Medal - Bancroft School - Medal and 2 Sides

- Item 9: Harvard Advertising Award, Harvard Graduate School of Business (1)

- Item 10: Harvard Alumni Association Medal (1)

- Item 11: Harvard Glee Club Medal - Medal and 2 Sides

- Item 12: Paderewski Medal (1)

- Item 13: Robert Cutler Medal - Medal and 2 Sides

- Item 14: Samuel E. Morison Medal (2)

- Item 15: Society of Medalists Medal - Medal and 2 Sides

- Sub-Series 2: Medals by Others

- Box 22

- Item 1: Aesop's Morals by Edward Amateis (1)

- Item 2: American Abundance by Albert L'Aessle (1)

- Item 3: Appreciation Coin (1971 Eisenhower Dollar) Awarded by Republican National Committee (1)

- Item 4: Arctic/Antarctic by Erwin F. Springweiler (1)

- Item 5: Augustus Saint Gaudens - Sculptors Dinner of the Medallic Art by Unknown Artist(1)

- Item 6: Boston Tercenenary Fine Arts Medal by Unknown Artist (2)

- Item 7: Conservation Medal by G.K. Lathrop (1)

- Item 8: Hopi Indian Medal by Unknown Artist (1)

- Item 9: Whatsoever Man Soweth by Lee Lawrie (1)

- Item 10: Medallic Art Company 50th Anniversary Medal by Unknown Artist (1)

- Item 11: National Sculpture Society Medal #1 by Unknown Artist (1)

- Item 12: National Sculpture Society Medal #2 by Unknown Artist (1)

- Item 13: The Noble and Greenough School Medal by Unknown Artist (1)

- Item 14: Plaster Medal inscribed, "Let Not Him Who Seeks Ease Until He Finds..." by Unknown Artist, one sided (1)

- Item 15: Pro Family by Joseph E. Renier (1)

- Item 16: Republica Italiana (Awarded to Coletti) (2)

- Item 17: St. Patrick's Day Commemorative Medal and Cachet by Gabriel Hayes (1), 1972

- Item 18: Medal inscribed "Steady" by Unkown Artist (1)

- Item 19: Medal inscribed "Cartas Christi Urget Nos" by Unkown Artist (1)

- Item 20: Unidentified Cufflink

- Item 21: Victory of Man and Nature Over the Powers of Destruction by Walter Hancock (1)

- Item 22: Washington Board of Trade Medal - One Side Only by Unknown Artist (2)

- Series 8: Oversized Materials

- <p dir="ltr"> This Series includes oversized photographic prints and architectural drawings. These prints and drawings are almost entirely of Coletti’s work.
- Folder 1: Oversized Drawings

- This folder contains oversized drawings from the Artwork series that have been placed in a long drawer (marked "2015.001 Oversized Mats") in Room 430 of the Fine Arts Archive.