Finding Aids

You can use our finding aids to build a list of materials that you would like to consult when scheduling a research appointment. Please take note of the collection name, folder title, and date for each file that you would like to use, and email this information, along with your research appointment request to our Reference department.

Please note that our finding aids are not linked to digitized copies of our documents. Our finding aids are meant to assist in using original copies of the material, by appointment only, at the Barnes Foundation’s Parkway campus.

Presidents’ Files — Albert C. Barnes Correspondence

Central File Correspondence

Directors of the Arboretum — Laura Leggett Barnes

Directors of the Arboretum — Joseph Lapsley Wilson

Directors of the Arboretum — John Milton Fogg

The Barnes Foundation Financial Records

Early Education Records

Blueprints and Landscape Architecture Plans

Audiovisual Materials Collection

Photograph Collection

Sound Recording Collection

Art & Education Manuscripts