Clyde Huntley Burroughs Explained

Clyde Huntley Burroughs (February 17, 1882 – October 5, 1973)^[1] was a museum director from Vassar, Michigan.^[2]

Biography

He began work at the Detroit Museum of Art (predecessor to the Detroit Institute of Arts) in 1901 as assistant to museum director Armand H. Griffith and was officially conferred in 1904.^[3] Clyde Burroughs became acting director of the museum in 1913 and then assistant director to Charles Moore (city planner) from 1914 to 1917. He was director in his own right between 1917 and 1924. In 1924, Wilhelm Valentiner became director and Clyde Burroughs stayed at the museum as secretary and curator of American Art. He was also a charter member of the Scarab Club.^[4] He was chairman of the district committee for public works from 1933 to 1934, helping to find work for artists during the depression. He stayed on at the Detroit Institute of Arts as secretary until his retirement in 1946.

Eventually, he and his wife Edith settled in San Diego, California.

He passed away in San Diego, California in 1973 at the age of 91.^[5]

Selected works

Burroughs as author or co-author:

• Book: A Guide to the Collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit . 1927. (with Wilhelm Valentiner)
• Book: Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit . 1930. (with Wiliam Heil)
• Burroughs. Clyde H.. 1910 . An Unusual Collection of Pictures by M. J. Iwill . Fine Arts Journal . 23 . 6 . 329–337 . 23916200. August 21, 2022.
• Burroughs. Clyde H.. 1927 . The New Home of the Detroit Institute of Arts . The American Magazine of Art . 18 . 10 . 544–554 . 23930344. August 21, 2022.
• Burroughs. Clyde H.. 1929 . Portraits by John Neagle and Samuel F.B. Morse . Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit . 10 . 8 . 104–06 . 10.1086/BULLDETINST41501326. 41501326. 192784567. August 21, 2022.

See also

• Detroit Institute of Arts
• Scarab Club
• Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner
• Charles Moore (city planner)

External links

• A portrait of Clyde Burroughs by John Stephens Coppin, held by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
• List of records kept in Detroit Institute of Arts library.
• Interview held by The American Art Archives, Oral history interview conducted by E.P. Richardson in 1956.
• Interview held by The American Art Archives, Oral history interview conducted by William E. Woolfenden in 1961.

Notes and References

1. News: . October 6, 1973 . C.H. Burroughs, Ex-Director of Art Institute, Dies . subscription. Detroit Free Press .
2. Book: Marquis . Albert Nelson.. Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.. A.N. Marquis & Company. 1920. Chicago. 430.
3. . 1904 . Museum Notes . Bulletin of the Detroit Museum of Arts . 1 . 3 . 4 . 10.1086/BULLDETMUSART41934016 . free .
4. Web site: Inside the Scarab Club . . The Free Library . August 20, 2022.
5. News: . October 6, 1973 . C.H. Burroughs, Ex-Director of Art Institute, Dies . subscription. Detroit Free Press .