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Wendell Garrett
BA, MA, MA, DR
Adjunct Instructor

Department Affiliation

Arts Programs

Courses

American Culture, American Decorative Arts and Antiques / X03.9466
American Culture, American Decorative Arts and Antiques / ARTP1-CE9466

Educational Record

University of Califonia at Los Angeles, BA, 1954, History
University of Delaware, MA, 1957, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Harvard University , MA, 1960, American History
Muhlenberg College, DR, 1987, Honorary Doctor of Letters

Teaching Record

Vassar College, American Studies
Instructor 1975 - 1975
Sotheby's Institute, American Works of Art
Instructor 1990 - Present

Professional Record

The Adams Paper, Associate Editor, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1960 - 1966
Managing Editor, The Magazine Antiques, 1966 - 1972
Editor, The Magazine Antiques, 1972 - 1975
Editor and Publisher, The Magazine Antiques, 1975 - 1990
Senior Editor-at-Large, The Magazine Antiques, 1990 - Present
Senior Vice President, American Decorative Arts, Sotheby's New York, 1990 - 2005
Consultant, American Decorative Arts, Sotheby's New York, 2005 - 2009

Honors & Awards

Henry Francis du Pont Award
Winterthur Museum, 1994
American Dealers in Art and AntiquesAward of Merit
Philadelphia Antiques Show, 2004
Award for Excellence in the Arts
Appraisers Association of America, New York, 2007

Professional Societies

Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Elected Member, 1960 - Present
Club of Odd Volumes, Boston, Elected Member, 1960 - 1985
Massachusetts Historical Society, Elected Member, 1963 - Present
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Chairman of the Board , 1968 - 1993
American Antiquarium Society, Worcester, Elected Member, 1968 - Present
Grolier Club , Elected Member, 1970 - 1985
Hancock Shaker Village, Board of Trustees, 1972 - 1982
Decorative Arts Trust, Philadelphia, Honorary Chairman, 1982 - Present
New-York Historical Society, Board of Trustees, 1982 - 1988
Royal Oak Foundation , Secretary , 1985 - 2003

Publications

1, Thomas Jefferson Illuminated, 2009
1, The Legacy of John Adams, 2008
From Colonial Simplicity to the Modern Adventure , American Home, 2001
Editor, George Washington's Mount Vernon, 1998
Editor, Our Changing White House, 1994
1, Monticello and the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson, 1994
Puritan Simplicity to Georgian Grace, American Colonial, 1994
Classical Romanticism and Gilded Opulence , Victorian America , 1993
1, Classical America: The Federal Style and Beyond, 1992
1, Thomas Jefferson Redivivus , 1971
With Joseph T. Butler, The Arts in America: The Nineteenth Century, 1969
With Archibald Macleish, Reverend E.B. Hillard's Last Men of the Revolution, 1968
With L.H. Butterfield, The Earliest Diary of John Adams, 1966
With Walter Muir Whitehill, The Arts in Early American History, 1965
Volumes 1-2, with L.H. Butterfield, Adams Family Correspondence, 1963
With L.H. Butterfield, The Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, 1961
1, Apthorp House, 1760-1960, 1960
Forthcoming, James Madison: American Intellect, 0000