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Creator:

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Extent:

1 Volume

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Date:

1891

Scope and Contents:

Robert Henri diary, August 29 to September 27, 1891, about his travels in Europe. Henri writes about his visit to Venice and Chioggia, Italy, his train ride from Venice to Etaples, France, and his boat ride from Etaples en route to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Some entries include illustrations. Among other topics, Henri comments on sketches by [Italico] Brass, visiting artists in Etaples including American painters [Allen] Tucker, [Curtis] Williamson and [George Henry] Taggart, and British painter [Joseph Milner] Kite.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Henri (1865-1929) was a painter and instructor in New York, N.Y.

Related Materials:

The Robert Henri papers, 1857-1958, are at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Of the material at Yale, twenty-six diaries, dating from 1880 to 1928, as well as some writings, scrapbooks, printed material, and miscellany dating from 1880 to 1954, are available on microfilm reels 885-887 through the Archives of American Art. A Robert Henri diary, May to November 1880, is located at the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and available on microfilm reel 1645 through the Archives of American Art.

Provenance:

The diary was purchased in 1991 from Weschler's Auction House in Washington, D.C. with funds from the Joseph Coudon VII Memorial Fund, established by Katherine H. Coudon in memory of her son.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Identifier:

AAA.henrirob

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9830d358c-7366-4b70-a320-7fedd5cf6068

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-henrirob

Creator:

Young, J. W.  Search this

Names:

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Couse, E. Irving (Eanger Irving), 1866-1936  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Nichols, Hobart, 1869-1962  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1907-1944

Scope and Contents:

Thirty-one letters, 1907-1944, received by Young, from Frank W. Benson, E. Irving Couse, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Hobart Nichols and Frederick Church, regarding the disposition of paintings and their activities as artists.

Biographical / Historical:

Art dealer; Chicago, Illinois.

Provenance:

Donated 1965 by Leroy Ireland, an art historian.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.younj

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d072e4fb-ec98-490d-a13f-1c7bb142ca8a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-younj

Creator:

Horn, Charles C., 1889-1957  Search this

Names:

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1927

Scope and Contents:

A 2-page typed letter from Robert Henri in Ireland to Horn, 1927, advising him to study with George Luks or John Sloan, commenting on children as painting subjects, reminding him that the "best...designs are extremely simple," and recommending that he read Henri's book, The Art Spirit.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles C. Horn was an art instructor at the School of Art and Design of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, for 33 years, retiring in 1954.

Provenance:

Stanley Witmeyer received the letter after serving as executor of Horn's estate.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Identifier:

AAA.hornchar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw947fcf9a8-f7a5-4416-a6d3-156fefb336c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hornchar

Creator:

McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965  Search this

Names:

American Art Research Council  Search this

Barnard College -- Faculty  Search this

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

United States. Farm Security Administration  Search this

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this

Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919  Search this

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Kleinholz, Frank, 1901-  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932  Search this

Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Weegee, 1899-1968  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

Extent:

45 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Drawings

Photographs

Place:

New York N.Y. -- Pictorial works -- Photographs

Date:

1838-1995

bulk 1920-1960

Summary:

The papers of art critic, writer, and historian Elizabeth McCausland measure 45 linear feet and date from 1838 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1960. The collection provides a vast accumulation of research data on various artists and aspects of American art, especially the early American modernists and the Federal Arts Projects. Papers include McCausland's extensive research and writing files, particularly on Marsden Hartley, E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, and Alfred H. Maurer. McCausland's correspondence with artists includes a substantial amount with Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz. Her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs is well-documented within the collection. Also found are general writings, subject files, files relating to exhibitions, teaching, and committees, photographs, art work, personal papers, and printed material. Additional McCausland material donated later from the estate of Berenice Abbott include biographical materials, project files, writings, and printed materials.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of art critic, writer, and historian Elizabeth McCausland measure approximately 45 linear feet and date from 1838 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1995. The collection provides a vast accumulation of data on various artists and aspects of American art, especially the early American modernists and the Federal Arts Projects. Papers include McCausland's extensive research and writing files, particularly on Marsden Hartley, E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, and Alfred H. Maurer. McCausland's correspondence with artists includes a substantial amount with Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz. Her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs is well-documented within the collection. Also found are general writings, subject files, files relating to exhibitions, teaching, and committees, photographs, art work, personal papers, and printed material. Additional McCausland material from the estate of Berenice Abbott include biographical materials, project files, writings, and printed materials.

McCausland's personal papers consist of appointment books and engagement calendars, scrapbooks, student papers, works printed on her private press, financial records, biographical material, and scattered memorabilia, which together document other aspects of her life apart from her work. Correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters along with enclosures, dating from McCausland's time as a journalist for The Springfield Republican in the 1920s and 1930s to her time as a freelance writer, art critic, and historian (1940s-1960s) and mostly concerning professional matters. Also included is a substantial amount of correspondence with artists, particularly Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz, and some personal correspondence with her mother. General writings consists primarily of copies of McCausland's speeches and lectures on various art topics in addition to her early poems (dating from the 1930s) and scattered essays and articles.

The most extensive part of the collection is comprised of McCausland's research and writing files pertaining to large research and curatorial projects, such as ones on the artists Alfred H. Maurer and Marsden Hartley (which was begun by the American Art Research Council and subsequently taken over by McCausland), and one for the American Processional exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery in 1950. A wide variety of smaller projects are also well-documented in the series Other Research and Writing Files, including ones on E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs. Numerous other artists and art topics are covered as well, such as Arthur Dove, Robert Henri, Jacob Lawrence, Charles Hawthorne, film, and photography. Files for her book Careers in Art (1950), her many speaking and lecture engagements, and editing work are also found in this series. Files consist primarily of correspondence, notes, research material, manuscripts, bibliographies, photographs of works of art, completed research forms for works of art, card index files, and printed material.

Also found are subject files containing printed material, scattered notes and correspondence, and photographs, which may have been used for reference and/or collected in the course of McCausland's research activities; files relating to various exhibitions organized by McCausland from 1939 to 1944, including ones of silk screen prints and modern photography; files relating to courses on art history taught by McCausland, especially the one she taught at Barnard College in 1956; and files stemming from her participation in various art organizations and committees, especially during the time period just before and during the Second World War.

Printed material consists primarily of clippings and tear sheets of McCausland's newspaper articles and columns, which document her contributions to The Springfield Republican from 1923 to 1946, in addition to scattered exhibition catalogs, announcements, books, and miscellaneous publications. Photographs include ones of various artists and works of art, ones from the Farm Security Administration, and ones by photographers, such as Berenice Abbott (including ones from the Federal Art Project book, Changing New York), Barbara Morgan, Weegee, and Edward Weston, among others. Photographs, sometimes annotated or including notes, are scattered throughout her research files. Also included are photographs of McCausland, dating from her childhood. Art work found in the collection includes drawings, prints, and watercolors that were either given to McCausland by the artist or collected by her in the course of her work as an art critic and historian.

Additional material belonging to Elizabeth McCausland and donated by the estate of Berenice Abbott includes biographical material; business and personal correspondence; professional project files and writings, including drafts and research materials related to the book projects Art in America, Conversations with March, and Frank Kleinholz; and printed materials, including reprints of critical essays and articles by McCausland.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 15 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1838, 1920-1951 (Boxes 1-2, 34; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1923-1960 (Boxes 2-5; 2.9 linear feet)

Series 3: General Writings, circa 1930-1954 (Boxes 5-6; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 4: Alfred H. Maurer, 1851-1951, bulk 1948-1950 (Boxes 6-9; 3.7 linear feet)

Series 5: American Processional, 1949-1951 (Boxes 10-11; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 6: Marsden Hartley, 1900-1964, bulk 1944-1964 (Boxes 11-21, OV 37; 10 linear feet)

Series 7: Other Research and Writing Files, 1896, 1926-1958 (Boxes 21-25, 31; 4.6 linear feet)

Series 8: Subject Files, 1927-1954 (Boxes 25-26; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 9: Other Exhibition Files, 1939-1941, 1944 (Box 26; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 10: Teaching Files, 1939-1965 (Box 27; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 11: Committee Files, 1936-1960 (Box 27; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 12: Printed Material, 1923-1953 (Boxes 28-32, 34, OV 38, BV 44-47; 4.6 linear feet)

Series 13: Photographs, circa 1905-1950 (Boxes 32-36, OV 37; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 14: Art Work, 1887-1942 (Boxes 33-34, OV 39-43; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 15: Elizabeth McCausland Material from the Estate of Berenice Abbott, 1920-1995 (Boxes 48-53; 5.4 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Elizabeth McCausland, the art critic and writer, was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1899. She attended Smith College, receiving her Bachelor's degree in 1920 and her Master's in 1922. Beginning in 1923, she worked as a general reporter for The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts). After several years, she began to review art exhibitions and soon became an established art critic. In the course of her work, she began to develop friendships with artists, such as Alfred Stieglitz and Arthur Dove. During these early years, she also wrote poetry and designed and printed limited edition publications on her private press.

McCausland moved to New York in 1935, but continued to contribute a weekly art column to The Springfield Republican until it suspended publication in 1946. From the mid-1930s on, she worked primarily as a freelance writer and art critic, contributing articles to publications such as Parnassas, The New Republic, and Magazine of Art. In the latter part of her career, her writings focused more on art history and special studies on artists.

In the late-1930s, McCausland collaborated with the photographer Berenice Abbott on the Federal Art Project book, Changing New York, for which she provided the text to Abbott's now-famous photographs of New York City neighborhoods, architecture, and street scenes. She studied and wrote about photography, including numerous articles on the photographer Lewis Hine (of whose work she organized a retrospective exhibition at the Riverside Museum in 1939), and was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Photography in 1944.

McCausland went on to organize other exhibitions, including a show of contemporary work, "The World of Today" (Berkshire Museum, 1939), shows of silk screen prints (Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, March 1940 and New York State Museum, Summer 1940), and a photography show, "Photography Today" (A.C.A. Gallery, 1944). In the late 1930s, she embarked upon a study of "the status of the artist in America from colonial times to the present, with especial attention to the relation between art and patronage," which continued over twenty years (and was never completed) and for which she received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1943.

In addition to her other writing, during the 1940s, McCausland carried out studies on the artists, E. L. Henry and George Inness, which resulted in exhibitions at the New York State Museum in 1942 and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in 1946, respectively and publications (a report on Henry and a book on Inness). From 1948 to 1949, she carried out an extensive study of the painter, Alfred H. Maurer, organizing an exhibition, "A. H. Maurer: 1868-1932," which showed at the Walker Art Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1949, and publishing the biography, A. H. Maurer, in 1951. In 1950, she worked as a special consultant on the American Processional exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery and as editor of the accompanying book. Shortly thereafter, she began a study of Marsden Hartley for a monograph, which was published in 1952, and she helped organize the Hartley exhibition at the University of Minnesota that same year. She continued the Hartley study on larger scale for a planned biography and catalogue raisonne; although she continued to work on it off and on for the next decade, the project was never completed.

McCausland published other books, including Careers in the Arts (1951), and undertook other research and consulting projects, such as photo-editing Carl Sandburg's Poems of the Midwest (1946), conducting surveys of art and advertising for an article in Magazine of Art and of art education for Cooper Union Art School, and contributing yearly articles on art to various encyclopedias. At different times throughout her career, she supplemented her income by taking teaching positions. She taught courses on art history at Sarah Lawrence College from 1942 to 1944 and at Barnard College in 1956, as well as courses at the Design Laboratory (1939) and the New School for Social Research (1946). She also gave numerous lectures and speeches on various art topics, and regularly participated in conferences and symposiums. Towards the end of her career, she was publishing less, but was still involved in many projects, most notably the Hartley study.

McCausland was a tireless promoter of the arts, and often an advocate for artists. Even though her work was well-known among certain art circles, she never received the recognition as a writer that she deserved. Nor was she ever able to free herself from the pressure of writing for a living. Continually suffering from poor health, she died on May 14, 1965.

Related Material:

Related material found in the Archives includes a sound recording from a symposium on Marsden Hartley, of which McCausland was a participant, held at the Portland Museum of Art in 1961. The Frank Kleinholz papers contain a recorded interview of McCausland done in 1944-1945 for radio station WNYC. Some of McCausland's correspondence is found in the G. Alan Chidsey papers; Chidsey served as a trustee of the Marsden Hartley estate.

Separated Material:

Material separated from the collection includes some issues of Camera Work (Vol. 30, 47, 49/50), which were combined with other issues in an artificial collection created by the Archives at some earlier point.

Provenance:

Elizabeth McCausland donated the bulk of her papers in several installments from 1956 to 1961. An unknown donor, perhaps her literary executor, donated additional papers sometime after her death in 1965. It appears that McCausland originally donated her research files on Marsden Hartley, measuring 10 linear feet, to the Whitney Museum, who then lent them to the Archives for microfilming in 1966, and donated them sometime thereafter. McCausland originally donated files of newspaper clippings and offprints of her articles to the The New York Public Library, who gave them to the Archives in 1968. Additional McCausland material from the estate of Berenice Abbott was donated to the Archives in 2009.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Women art critics  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art -- History -- Study and teaching  Search this

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Function:

Arts organizations

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Drawings

Photographs

Citation:

Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.mccaeliz

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Elizabeth McCausland papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cebe32f8-0180-44bb-a2a8-8ed061f173c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mccaeliz

Creator:

Teichert, Minerva Kohlhepp, 1888-1976  Search this

Names:

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Extent:

13 Items ((on a partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1915-1926

Scope and Contents:

Ten letters (1915) from Teichert to her parents describe her life as a student at the Art Students League in New York. She discusses her finances, clothing, classes and instructors. She also mentions her employment as a painter of animals, the exhibition of her work at Newport and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's gallery, and lectures on women's suffrage by orators including "Katherine" [Carrie] Chapman Catt. Three letters (1916-1926) from Robert Henri describe his work in Santa Fe, discuss the mixing of paint, advise Teichert on the sale of her Murillo paintings, and critique her work.

Provenance:

The lenders, Laurie Eastwood and Robert Henri Teichert, are the children of Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art students -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.teicmine

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b8348b6f-6a29-477c-aed2-3c11fd206945

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-teicmine

Creator:

Story, Ala  Search this

Names:

American Academy of Arts and Letters  Search this

American British Art Center  Search this

University of California, Santa Barbara  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Clark, Kenneth, 1903-  Search this

Craske, John  Search this

D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Longden, Alfred A. (Alfred Appleby), d. 1954  Search this

Sterner, Harold  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Wilson, Mary F.  Search this

Extent:

2.5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 4 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1941-1970

Scope and Contents:

Primarily research material for exhibitions organized by Story at the American British Art Center and at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

REELS 601-602: Correspondence, photographs, catalogs and business records for five exhibitions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, including: William Merritt Chase (1964-1965), Surrealism - A State of Mind (1966), Five Centuries of Prints (1967), Max Weber (1968), and Trends in 20th Century Art (1970).

REEL 2086: Papers, 1943, relating to Charles Dana Gibson exhibition at the American British Art Center, NYC, including sketches by Gibson, letters from him, price lists, a catalog of the exhibit, and miscellany.

REEL 3977: Biographical notes, photographs of drawings and paintings and exhibition announcements used by Story for exhibitions on William Merritt Chase, Harold Sterner and John Craske while at the American British Art Center; three letters from Robert Henri to Mrs. William Kennedy Thompson and one letter from William Merritt Chase to Della F. Shull; photographs of Henri and Chase; receipts and checks regarding Chase; and records of the American British Art Center, including 6 sales books, two guestbooks, a petty cash book, exhibition catalogs, and photocopies of exhibition catalogs and clippings.

ADDITION: 16 items including correspondence, 1941-1951, and a printed ceremonial program, 1952, of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Correspondents include Alfred Barr, R.A. Beaes, M. Buller, Sir Kenneth Clark, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Alfred A. Longden, H. F. Perkins, and Mary F. Wilson.

Biographical / Historical:

Curator, museum director; New York, N.Y. and Santa Barbara, Calif. Born 1907. Died 1972.

Provenance:

Donated by Margaret Mallory, 1970-1984.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.

Topic:

Women museum curators  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Prints -- Exhibitions -- United States  Search this

Surrealism  Search this

Curators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Curators -- California -- Santa Barbara  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.storala

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90f8bca6e-217a-44d4-a365-236c0d38ded6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-storala

Creator:

Brinley, Putnam  Search this

Names:

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936  Search this

Brinley, Kathrine Sanger  Search this

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this

Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933  Search this

Erskine, John, 1879-1951  Search this

Euwer, Anthony  Search this

Gabay, Esperanza  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Meiere, M. Hildreth, d. 1961  Search this

Peixotto, Ernest, b. 1869  Search this

Troy, Hugh  Search this

Extent:

14.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Diaries

Photographs

Writings

Poetry

Date:

1879-1984

Summary:

The papers of painter and muralist Daniel Putnam Brinley and his wife, linguist and writer Kathrine Sanger Brinley, date from 1879 to 1984 and measure 14.3 linear feet. The Brinleys' careers and lives are documented in biographical materials, as well as extensive correspondence with one another, family, friends, art galleries, organizations, publishers, and others. Also found within the papers are writings by both, including 16 diaries (1 by Daniel Putnam Brinley and the rest by Kathrine), essays, manuscripts, typescripts, notes and notebooks, poetry, and various other writings. There are mural commission files, files for organizations of which the Brinleys were members, financial and legal records, exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material. Also found are photographs of the Brinleys, family, friends, travels, and artwork, and six sketchbooks and original artwork by Daniel Putnam Brinley.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter and muralist Daniel Putnam Brinley and his wife, linguist and writer Kathrine Sanger Brinley, date from 1879 to 1984 and measure 14.3 linear feet. The Brinleys' careers and lives are documented in biographical materials, as well as extensive correspondence with one another, family, friends, art galleries, organizations, publishers, and others. Also found within the papers are writings by both, including 16 diaries (1 by Daniel Putnam Brinley and the rest by Kathrine), essays, manuscripts, typescripts, notes and notebooks, poetry, and various other writings. There are mural commission files, files for organizations of which the Brinleys were members, financial and legal records, exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material. Also found are photographs of the Brinleys, family, friends, travels, and artwork, and six sketchbooks and original artwork by Daniel Putnam Brinley.

Biographical material consists of biographical sketches and professional summaries for both Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley, passports, personal mementos, award certificates, two radio interview transcripts, and military records documenting Daniel Putnam Brinley's service in the American Expeditionary Forces and the Camouflage Corps.

The papers contain extensive correspondence (4.6 linear feet) divided into family correspondence and general correspondence. Family correspondence includes letters between Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley and with their parents and siblings. General correspondence primarily includes the Brinley's personal correspondence with friends and extended family. These letters discuss travel, mutual acquaintances, social events, and general news. Also found is professional correspondence regarding the exhibition and commission of artwork by Daniel Putnam Brinley and the publication of writings by Kathrine Sanger Brinley. Also discussed in the letters are the Brinleys' participation in art, social, and religious organizations. Correspondence of note is with Edwin Blashfield, Edward Bruce, William A. Coffin, Charles H. Davis, John Erskine, Anthony Euwer, Esperanza Gabay, Robert Henri, Hildreth Meiere, Ernest Peixotto, and Hugh Troy.

Writings and notes are by Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley. Included among their writings are one diary by Daniel Putnam Brinley, 15 diaries by Kathrine Sanger Brinley, essays, notebooks and notes, manuscripts, and typescripts. Subjects of their writings include essays about religion, poetry, and autobiographical and travel essays. Also found among Daniel Putnam Brinley's writing are lecture notes, fictional stories and plays, essays about art, and historical research for his mural projects.

Mural commission files include correspondence, lists, contracts, financial agreements, notes, plans, sketches, and photographs for specific murals. There is extensive documentation on murals Brinley completed for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York and the Liberty War Memorial in Kansas City Missouri. Organization files document the Brinleys' participation in art and social organizations.

Scattered financial and legal records include receipts, account books, leases, estate and power of attorney documents, and records regarding their house and property in New Canaan, Connecticut. Printed material consists of published items documenting the careers, social activities and personal interest of the Brinleys, and includes books, exhibition catalogs and announcements, news clippings, newsletters, and items from their travels abroad.

Photographs depict Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley, individually and with family and friends, and include photographs of Daniel Putnam Brinley working on mural commissions. Also found are photographs of their travels, their homes, Daniel Putnam Brinley's artwork, and reference photographs for his murals. Artwork in this collection includes six of Daniel Putnam Brinley's sketchbooks, primarily from his travels in Europe and Canada, loose drawings and mural studies, drawings by Albert Sterner and Reinhold Palenske, and a lithograph by John Steuart Curry.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1879-1970s (Box 1, OV 16; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1879-1984 (Box 1-6; 4.6 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1895-1964 (Box 6-9; 3.3 linear feet)

Series 4: Commission Files, 1920-1979 (Box 9-10; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 5: Organization Files, 1909-1964 (Box 10-11; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 6: Financial and Legal Records, 1896-1965 (Box 11; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1895-1979 (Box 11-13, OV 16-17; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 8: Photographs, 1881-1971 (Box 13-14, OV 22; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 9: Artwork, 1891-1950s (Box 14-15, OVs 18-21; 0.9 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Daniel Putnam Brinley (1879-1963) was a muralist and painter in New York City and New Canaan, Connecticut. Brinley was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and studied from 1900 to 1902 at the Art Student's League under Kenyon Cox and John Henry Twachtman. Influenced by Twachtman, he became an impressionist landscape painter for a time. In 1904, he married his childhood friend, writer Kathrine Gordon Sanger (1877-1966). For the next four years they traveled throughout Europe and lived in Paris, where Brinley studied art independently and became a member of the modernist circle of painters.

In 1908 the Brinleys returned to the United States and Daniel established a studio in New York City. During this period his work was heavily influenced by the modernist movement, with flattened forms and a deeper hued palette. Brinley had his first one-man show at Madison Avenue Galleries in 1910, exhibited at Alfred Stieglitz's gallery at 291, and helped organized the 1913 Armory Show. He was also a founding member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors and the Grand Central Art Galleries. In 1914 the Brinleys built a home, Datchet House, in New Canaan, Connecticut, and spent part of each year there for the remainder of their lives.

In 1917 Daniel Putnam Brinley trained with the American Expeditionary Forces and went to France as the Director of Decoration for the Foyers Du Soldat (YMCA), remaining there until 1919. After returning to the United States he became a mural painter and received numerous commissions for memorials, office buildings, churches, and public spaces over the next forty years. Perhaps most notable of these commissions was the Liberty War Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, for which Brinley painted 24 decorative maps showing the history of World War I. He remained active in the art community as a member of the Architectural League of New York, the National Academy of Design, and the Silvermine Guild of Artists, among others.

Kathrine Sanger Brinley was a writer and linguist who worked in Europe, New York City, and Connecticut. She lived in Europe from 1904 to 1908 where she studied the arts and crafts of the middle ages and became an expert on English writing and language of the 14th century. She published articles and books on these subjects and during the 1920s had a successful career touring as a dramatic recitalist of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. From 1934 to 1938 the Brinley's spent their summers traveling throughout Canada, and Kathrine published four travel books which were illustrated by Daniel Putnam Brinley. Kathrine Sanger Brinley published and wrote professionally under the name Gordon Brinley.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Elizabeth Loder research material on Daniel Putnam Brinley, 1919-1990.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on reel 1427, including select family photographs. Loaned material was returned to the lender is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers were lent for microfilming by their niece, Elizabeth Loder, in 1978-1979. Loder subsequently donated all but select family photographs in 1991 and additional material in 1992.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- Connecticut -- New Canaan  Search this

Topic:

Muralists -- Connecticut -- New Canaan  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- United States  Search this

Authors -- Connecticut -- New Canaan  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Diaries

Photographs

Writings

Poetry

Citation:

Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.brindani

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw910789e3c-b6f2-426c-b586-2cb7d3b4c352

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-brindani

Creator:

Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953  Search this

Names:

Washington Park Studio  Search this

Bigelow, Poultney, b. 1855  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950  Search this

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945  Search this

Eddy, H. B.  Search this

Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938  Search this

Haggin, Ben Ali, 1882-1951  Search this

Hegan, Colonel  Search this

Henfold, Oliver  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939  Search this

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this

Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950  Search this

Nolan, Philip  Search this

Rains, Claude, 1889-1967  Search this

Sale, Chic  Search this

Scovel, Florence  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Warrick, Ruth  Search this

Wollcott, Alexander  Search this

Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957  Search this

Photographer:

Grove, William  Search this

Extent:

3.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Notes

Illustrated letters

Poems

Date:

1877-1958

Summary:

The collected papers of Everett Shinn measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1877 to 1958. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with friends and colleagues; personal business records; art work, including two sketchbooks of designs for Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre; notes and writings; eight scrapbooks; printed material; and numerous photographs of Shinn, his colleagues, and his work.

Scope and Contents note:

The collected papers of Everett Shinn measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1877 to 1958. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with friends and colleagues; personal business records; art work, including two sketchbooks of designs for Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre; notes and writings; eight scrapbooks; printed material; and numerous photographs of Shinn, his colleagues, and his work.

Biographical material includes miscellaneous biographical accounts and a membership certificate from the American Watercolor Society.

Correspondence consists of letters from Shinn's friends and colleagues, primarily from author Poultney Bigelow. There are also letters from decorator Elsie De Wolfe, dramatist Clyde Fitch, and artists Charles Dana Gibson, William Glackens, and George Luks, whose letters are illustrated. There are scattered letters from A. Stirling Calder, Theodore Dreiser, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, Julia Marlowe, Claude Rains, Ruth Warrick, Alexander Woollcott, and Mahonri Young.

Personal business records consist of two account books recording art work used in publications and loaned for exhibitions, and miscellaneous invoices.

Artwork consists of two sketchbooks of designs for the Stuyvesant Theatre murals and miscellaneous drawings by Shinn. Artwork by others, including H. B. Eddy, James Ben Ali Haggin, Colonel Hegan, Oliver Henfold, George Luks, and Philip Nolan, consist primarily of caricatures.

Notes and writings include a handwritten draft of Shinn's play Hazel Weston or More Sinned Against Than Usual, notes for a book on art, poems, and typescripts by Shinn including "Plush and Cut Glass," a book about George Luks.

Eight scrapbooks primarily contain clippings. Scrapbook 2 contains clippings, exhibition catalogs, a note from Stuart Benson, an illustrated postcard from Ed, and scattered photographs.

Additional printed material is primarily comprised of clippings, but there are also exhibition announcements and catalogs for Shinn, reproductions of art work, booklets, and miscellaneous printed material. Rare programs for plays written by Shinn list cast members, including Wilfred Buckland, Edith Glackens, William J. Glackens, James Ben Ali Haggin, Robert Henri, J. E. Laub, Thomas Newell Metcalf, James M. Preston, Florence Scovel Shinn, and John Sloan.

Numerous photographs are found within the collection and depict Shinn as a boy, in various Philadelphia newspaper offices, in costume for stage performances, at the easel, and with colleagues, including Robert Henri and John Sloan. Photographs of colleagues also include author Poultney Bigelow, decorator Elsie De Wolfe, portrait painter James Ben Ali Haggin, actress Julia Marlowe, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts classmates William Glackens and Florence Scovel. There are also photographs of Shinn's residences, exhibition installations, set designs and stagings of plays, murals, and other art work.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical material, 1953 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1899-1952 (Box 1, 4; 61 folders)

Series 3: Personal business records, 1898-1928 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 4: Artwork, 1893-1928 (Box 1, 4, OV 6; 10 folders)

Series 5: Notes and writings, 1922-1951 (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1898-1952 (Box 1, 2, 4, BV 5; 21 folders)

Series 7: Printed material, 1894-1958 (Box 2, 4; 21 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, 1877-1950 (Box 2-4, OV 7; 1.3 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

Everett Shinn (1876-1953) was a painter, muralist, illustrator, and theatrical scene designer who worked primarily in New York City. Shinn was a member of "The Eight," a group of painters known for their realistic portrayal of American urban life.

Everett Shinn was born on November 6, 1876 in Woodstown, New Jersey, the son of Isaiah and Josephine Ransley Shinn. He attended Quaker schools until 1890 when he went to the Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia, studying engineering and industrial design until 1893.

Shinn enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1893 and 1897. During this time he was hired as an artist-reporter for the Philadelphia Press, the Inquirer, and the Ledger. He also forged his friendships with painters George Luks, John Sloan, William J. Glackens, and Robert Henri, all future members of "The Eight."

Shinn moved to New York City in 1897 and quickly found employment as an illustrator for the newspaper The World. In 1898, he married Florence Scovel, the first of his four wives. In 1900, he traveled to England and France, and was later employed by Harper's Weekly. Shinn befriended decorator Elsie De Wolf and architect Stanford White, and designed and executed murals for the homes of their clients. Shinn created eighteen mural panels for David Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre that opened in 1907, and murals for the Council Room of the Trenton, New Jersey City Hall in 1911. His most notable murals were created for the Oak Room of New York's Plaza Hotel in the 1940s.

In 1908, Shinn participated in the seminal group exhibition of "The Eight" at Macbeth Gallery. In 1911, he was included in the Exhibition of Independent Artists, and was invited to send works to the International Exhibition of Modern Art, better known as the Armory Show, in 1913, but for an unknown reason, declined. Shinn exhibited regularly and his works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.

Throughout his career Shinn was fascinated by the theater and the act of performance, which he made the subject of many of his works. He also wrote, directed, and performed in his own plays. Between 1917 and 1920, Shinn worked as an art director for Sam Goldwin at Goldwyn Pictures. He also worked for Inspiration Pictures from 1920 to 1923, and for William Randolph Hearst at Cosmopolitan Pictures in 1923. He divorced Florence Scovel in 1912, and married Corinne Baldwin in 1913, with whom he had two children, Janet and Davidson. He divorced again in 1921, married Gertrude Chase in 1924, and divorced again in 1932. In 1933, Shinn married his fourth wife, Paula Downing; they divorced in 1942.

From 1935 to 1939, he covered a murder trial for the Boston Traveler, exhibited his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and won a prize for watercolor at an exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute. In the 1940s Shinn participated in exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and at the American-British Art Center. In 1949, Shinn was made an Academician of the National Academy of Design, and in 1951, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Everett Shinn died on May 1, 1953 in New York City.

Related Archival Materials note:

Additional Everett Shinn papers are available at the Helen Farr Sloan Library, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.

Provenance:

The bulk of the Everett Shinn collection was acquired via purchase from art dealer Thurston Thatcher between 1958-1964. Art collector Howard Lipman donated additional material in 1962. Five negatives of Shinn's work were donated in 1969 by Dr. Milton Luria, an acquaintance of Shinn's son, Davidson. The photograph of Everett Shinn, John Sloan, and Robert Henri was donated on an unknown date by an unidentified donor. The handwritten draft of Shinn's play Hazel Weston or More Sinned Against Than Usual was acquired via auction purchase in 2011.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Stage designers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Notes

Illustrated letters

Poems

Citation:

Everett Shinn collection, 1877-1958. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.shinever

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Everett Shinn collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f92a7552-6818-49a7-919a-d0e2245ed8b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shinever

Creator:

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1911 Feb. 8

Scope and Contents:

One letter to Mrs. Jesse C. Green, sending her his autograph.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.henrrobl

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9231ff377-2dc7-40c2-ac8d-744e0eb73c29

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-henrrobl

Creator:

Williams, Mildred, b. 1892  Search this

Names:

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this

Extent:

3 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1922-1925

Scope and Contents:

Three letters to Williams from her teachers, George Luks and Robert Henri. Luks, writing on Sept 3, 1922 and May 27, 1925, commends her for taking a studio, notes he has returned from Maine with 15 canvasses, and congratulates her on her New York show in 1925. Henri, writing on April 25, 1923, is pleased with her plan to study in France, comments on its value to her, and notes he will return there for a year despite a 10-year absence.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, portrait painter, lithographer; Rockport, Maine.

Provenance:

Donated 1967 by Williams.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- Maine -- Rockport  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American -- Maine -- Rockport  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.willmild

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9df107229-85f0-4494-abeb-6aee85f4115b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-willmild

Creator:

Coleman, Glenn O., 1887-1932  Search this

Names:

Coleman, Glenn O., 1887-1932  Search this

Coleman, Grace  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Extent:

1 Volume ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Scrapbooks

Date:

1907-1943

Scope and Contents:

A scrapbook, and two photographs.

REEL 438: A scrapbook containing obituaries, clippings, and miscellany, personal photographs, and photographs of paintings by Coleman, 7 letters to Coleman, including 2 from Robert Henri, and 7 letters to Coleman's wife, Grace Coleman.

Two photographs of Glenn and Grace Coleman, ca. 1920. Photographer(s) unknown.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, lithographer; New York, N.Y. Coleman was one of the first Independents.

Provenance:

Material on reel 428 lent for microfilming by Grace Coleman, Glenn O. Coleman's widow, and Marion Sanger, Mrs. Coleman's niece. They donated the two photographs in 1973.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Lithographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.coleglen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96dc61b35-23d1-4b06-bbfb-96ab3987d449

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-coleglen

Creator:

Ryerson, Margery  Search this

Names:

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Extent:

0.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1790

1902-1965

circa 1900

Summary:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and educator Margery Ryerson measure 0.7 linear feet and date from circa 1790, circa 1900, and 1902-1965. The collection comprises scattered documentation of Ryerson's career through biographical material, correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, and writings, and a small amount of artwork by others dating from circa 1790.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and educator Margery Ryerson measure 0.7 linear feet and date from circa 1790, circa 1900, and 1902-1965. The collection comprises scattered documentation of Ryerson's career through biographical material, correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, and writings, and a small amount of artwork by others dating from circa 1790.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Margery Ryerson (1886 – 1989) was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, educator, and writer active in New York City, New York. She studied at the Art Students League under Robert Henri.

Ryerson was born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1886 and graduated from Vassar College in 1909. After graduation she spent time at the Cape School of Art to study with Charles Hawthorne. Later, she moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League where she was inspired by the teachings of Robert Henri. She edited and compiled student remembrances, letters, and notes for Henri's The Art Spirit (1924).

Ryerson spent most of her career in New York City, teaching art to those living in settlement homes and featuring many of the children living there as subjects of her work. She painted many portraits of children and soldiers after World War II.

Margery Ryerson died in New York City in 1989.

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Margery Austen Ryerson, in October 1960 and August 1967.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Women painters  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Margery Ryerson papers, circa 1790, circa 1900, 1902-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received federal support from the Collections Care Initiative Fund, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and the National Collections Program

Identifier:

AAA.ryermarg

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93c6a2687-4211-4993-a7e6-cf2e75049ca0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ryermarg

Creator:

Schofield, Walter Elmer, 1867-1944  Search this

Names:

Carnegie Institute  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Alexander, John White, 1856-1915  Search this

Anshutz, Thomas Pollock, 1851-1912  Search this

Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry), 1870-1937  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

Caro-Delvaille, Henry, 1876-1928  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947  Search this

East, Alfred, Sir, 1849-1913  Search this

Forbes, Stanhope Alexander, 1857-1947  Search this

Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Lathrop, William Langson, 1859-1938  Search this

Lever, Hayley, 1876-1958  Search this

Oberteuffer, Karl A. (Karl Amiard), 1908-1958  Search this

Olsson, Julius, 1864-1942  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Shannon, Charles Hazelwood, 1863-1937  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Symons, George Gardner, 1861-1930  Search this

Taylor, Henry Fitch, 1853-1925  Search this

Trask, John E. D., 1871-1926  Search this

Young, Charles Morris, 1869-1964  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1885-1974

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes, printed material and photographs document the career of landscape painter Walter Elmer Schofield.

REEL D71: Letters, 1923-1961, are from museums concerning the exhibition or collection of Schofield's work, from his son to the Archives of American Art concerning the acquisition of Schofield's papers, and a letter and biographical sketch from British sculptor Helen Stuart Weir. Photographs, ca. 1890-1937, are of Schofield, including one at a silvermine in Mexico, and 4 with the Royal Artillery and Royal Fusiliers. One shows Schofield with fellow artists John White Alexander, William Merritt Chase, and Sir Alfred East. There are also photographs of Schofield's residence in Suffolk, England, gallery installations, and art works. Business records, 1888-1921, include discharge papers from the San Antonio Rifles, and 3 leases. Printed material, 1902-1945, includes clippings, an exhibition catalog, a membership list for the National Academy of Design, 1902, and a program for a memorial service for Schofield.

REEL 5043: Biographical material, 1904-1945, includes a biographical sketch, an award certificate from the Carnegie Institute, and a death certificate. Correspondence, 1892-1974, consists primarily of letters between Schofield and his wife during his sojourns in America. Schofield's letters describe his activities including participation in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and on Carnegie Institute juries, and mention his colleagues including Thomas Anshutz, Alexander Stirling Calder, Henry Caro-Delvaille, Paul Dougherty, Charles Grafly, Robert Henri, William Lathrop, Julius Olsson, Edward Redfield, John Singer Sargent, Charles Shannon, John Sloan, Gardner Symons, Henry Fitch Taylor, John Trask, and Charles Morris Young. There are also one to three letters each from Hugh Henry Breckenridge, Stanhope Forbes, Hayley Lever, and Karl Oberteuffer.

Business records, 1903-1937, include receipts for art supplies, the shipment of household goods, financial records for the sale of Reen Cottage,and for an exhibition at Stendahl Art Galleries, and a contract of ownership for the Delph Spinning Company. Notes consist of lecture notes "Art Noon Club Objectives" and a stanza from "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold. Printed material, 1901-1945, consists of clippings, 2 exhibition catalogs, and a reproduction of a wood-engraving of Otley Church. Photographs, 1887-1940, are of Schofield, his wife and sons, members of Schofield's class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, classes taught by Schofield, members of his military units, his residences in Suffolk and Cornwall, England, gallery installations, and works of art.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter. Born Philadelphia, Pa., Schofield studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and, in 1890, at the Academie Julian. After marrying Murielle Redmayne in 1897, he established his residence in England, making frequent trips to the United States to conduct his art-related business. He was primarily known as a landscape and marine painter.

Provenance:

Material on reel D71 donated 1961 by Sydney Schofield, Walter Schofield's son. Material on reel 5043 donated by Mrs. S.E. Schofield through the Brandywine River Museum, 1986.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Impressionism (Art)  Search this

Painting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.schowalt

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw934368c4f-c13b-4ed5-a997-61cb7dbe7360

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-schowalt

Creator:

Brauner, Olaf M., 1869-1947  Search this

Names:

Cornell University -- Faculty  Search this

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915  Search this

Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916  Search this

Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Carlson, John F., 1874-1945  Search this

Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974  Search this

Davey, Randall, 1887-1964  Search this

Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947  Search this

Garber, Daniel, 1880-  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953  Search this

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962  Search this

Hubbell, Henry Salem, 1870-1938  Search this

Johansen, John C. (John Christen), 1876-1964  Search this

Kendall, William Sergeant, 1869-1938  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940  Search this

Macbeth, William, 1851-1917  Search this

Mason, William, 1829-1908  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925  Search this

Ochtman, Leonard, 1854-1934  Search this

Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917  Search this

Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Ritschel, William, 1864-1949  Search this

Sargent, Walter, b. 1868  Search this

Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962  Search this

Spencer, Robert, 1879-1931  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Walker, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1857-1936  Search this

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this

Waugh, Frederick Judd, 1861-1940  Search this

Extent:

200 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1895-1938

Scope and Contents:

Letters to Brauner, mainly from artists invited to participate in exhibitions arranged by Brauner at Cornell University. Prominent correspondents include: Giffford Beal, George Bellows, Frank Benson, Karl Bitter, Edith Burroughs, Emil Carlson, John Carlson, Charles Caffin, Arthur Crisp, Randall Davey, Paul Dougherty, Daniel Garber, Lillian Genth, William Glackens, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Charles Hopkinson, Henry Hubbell, John Johansen, William Sargent Kendall; Leon Kroll, Jonas Lie, William Macbeth, William Mason, Gari Melchers, Willard Metcalf, Leonard Ochtman, Bela Lyon Pratt, Maurice Prendergast, A. Phimister Proctor, Edward Redfield, William Ritschel, Walter Sargent, Eugene Speicher, Robert Spencer, D. W. Tryon, C. Howard Walker, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Judd Waugh, and others.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical:

Olaf Brauner (1869-1947) was a portrait painter, occasional sculptor, and first professor of art at Cornell University.

Provenance:

The donor, Erling Brauner, is Olaf Brauner's son.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Exhibitions  Search this

Function:

Art museums, University and college -- New York (State) -- Ithaca

Identifier:

AAA.brauolaf

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91cefe275-d9a4-4690-910d-57c29748a23d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-brauolaf

Creator:

Roberts, Mary Fanton, 1871-1956  Search this

Names:

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938  Search this

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929  Search this

Coburn, Charles Douville  Search this

Enters, Angna, 1907-  Search this

Fanton, Belle  Search this

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938  Search this

Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944  Search this

Haggin, Ben Ali, 1882-1951  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-  Search this

Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965  Search this

Osbourne, Lloyd, 1868-1947  Search this

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this

Rerikh, Nikolai Konstantinovich, 1874-1947  Search this

Roberts, Dorothy, 1906-  Search this

Roberts, Goodridge, 1904-  Search this

Roberts, William C.  Search this

Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Troubetzkoy, Pierre, 1864-1936  Search this

Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922  Search this

Extent:

3.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1880-1956

Summary:

The papers of art writer and editor Mary Fanton Roberts measure 3.8 linear feet and are dated 1880 to 1956. The bulk of this collection is Roberts' correspondence with numerous important artists, dancers, actors, writers, and musicians of the day. Also found are scattered biographical materials, family correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs and artwork.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of art writer and editor Mary Fanton Roberts measure 3.8 linear feet and are dated 1880 to 1956. The collection is comprised mainly of correspondence with family members, artists, dancers, actors, writers, musicians, and visual and performing arts organizations. Also found are scattered biographical materials, writings, printed material, photographs and artwork.

The collection contains a small amount of biographical material about Mary Fanton Roberts and her husband, William Carman Roberts, including his journal of a vacation with Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife. Personal Correspondence is with her husband and sister Belle Fanton, and with friends. Business and political correspondence documents her career as a magazine editor and writer, her participation in political organizations and events, her participation in radio talks, and her correspondence regarding war issues.

Art correspondence/subject files include correspondence with and collected materials on artists, photographers, art patrons, critics, and wives of artists, as well as arts organizations, museums, and schools. Correspondence of note is with George Gray Barnard, Gutzon Borglum, Ben Ali Haggin, Leon Kroll, Frederic Remington, W. Goodridge Roberts, Nicholas Roerich, Pierre Troubetzkoy, illustrator Oliver Herford, John Butler Yeats, and Ashcan school artists Robert Henri, John Sloan, and William Glackens, as well as many others. Dance and theatre correspondence/subject files include correspondence with actors, dancers, playwrights, patrons, organizations and theatres. Correspondence of note in this series is with Charles "Orlando" Coburn, Eva Le Gallienne, Angna Enters, and the "Duncan Dancers." Literary and music orrespondence/subject files include correspondence with authors, poets, critics, singers, publishers, and musicians, such as Bliss Carman, Yvette Guilbert, and Lloyd Osbourne. Additional material found in these subject files, other than letters, includes invitations, photographs, calling cards, artwork, news clippings, and printed material.

Writings by Roberts include an autobiographical essay about her youth and early career, guest lists and notes concerning hosted events, and typescripts of poems by her niece Dorothy Gostwick Roberts. Printed material is comprised of art exhibition catalogs, published articles and trade bulletins written by Roberts, and newsclippings. Photographs are of Roberts, her family, friends, and places she lived, and include autographed portraits given to her, primarily from actors and actresses. Also found are photographs taken by Nickolas Muray of art models. Scattered artwork in this collection includes several small drawings by unidentified artists, as well as a pencil portrait of Roberts by John Butler Yeats.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1906, 1912-1941, undated (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Personal Correspondence, 1902-1951, undated (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 3: Business and Political Correspondence, 1903-1959, undated (Box 1; 6 folders)

Series 4: Art Correspondence/Subject Files, 1898-1956, undated (Box 1-2; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 5: Dance and Theatre Correspondence/Subject Files, 1902-1953, undated (Box 2-3; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 6: Literary and Music Correspondence/Subject Files, 1900-1952, undated (Box 3; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 7: General Correspondence, 1898-1946, undated (Box 3-4; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 8: Writings, 1915-1926, 1952, undated (Box 4; 3 folders)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1899, 1909-1947, undated (Box 4-5; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1880-circa 1943, undated (Box 5; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 11: Artwork, 1906, undated (Box 5; 3 folders)

Biographical Note:

Mary Fanton Roberts was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1864. When she was a young girl her family moved to Deadwood, in the Montana territory, where her father had mining prospects. When she was old enough, she and her sister were sent back to New York to attend the Albany Female Academy. After finishing school, Roberts pursued journalism and became a staff writer for four years for the Herald Tribune, the Journal, and the Sun in New York. During her long career she was editor of Demorest Magazine, editor-in-chief of New Idea Woman's Magazine, managing editor of The Craftsman, and creator and editor of The Touchstone Magazine and Decorative Arts magazine. Her longest period at one publication was seventeen years as editor of Arts and Decoration. She often wrote articles on the topic of decorative arts and home decorating, and published two books, Inside 100 Homes, and 101 Ideas for Successful Interiors.

In 1906 she married William Carman Roberts, writer and editor of Literary Digest for thirty years. They lived in Manhattan and Waterford, Connecticut.

Roberts was very involved in the artistic, theatrical, and literary circles in New York City, and met and became friends with many young avant garde American artists, including Robert Henri and John Sloan. Through her husband she met many writers and poets, including Theodore Dreiser and Bliss Carman. Roberts was active in organizations such as the Women's City Club, Pen and Brush, and the MacDowell Society and also attended countless art openings, theater performances, and other social events. As an avid supporter of modern dance, she became friends with many performers, including Isadora Duncan and Angna Enters. After her husband's death in 1941, Roberts moved to the Chelsea Hotel, where she lived for the rest of her life. She maintained lifelong relationships with a wide circle of friends and continued to correspond with them and attend social events until her death in 1956 at the age of 92.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 1957 by Phoebe DuBois and Violet Organ.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Editors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Ashcan school of art  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1880-1956. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.robemary

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Mary Fanton Roberts papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ea19ad44-7788-4ec4-8cb4-d4b8ec49fde3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-robemary

Creator:

Chapellier Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Names:

Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953  Search this

Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948  Search this

Extent:

300 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Date:

1816-1972

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbook of Irving Wiles containing many original letters and sketches glued in place; sketchbook of Robert Henri with loose sketches and one notebook containing some original sketches, also photocopies of sketches already removed, names of pupils, dates and amounts paid; letters, many illustrated, to William Merritt Chase from Robert Blum; a sketchbook of John F. Kensett; a copy of a book, RIP VAN WINKLE, illustrated by Everett Shinn.

Biographical / Historical:

Galleries founded in 1916 in Brussels and London; in 1923 in New York City. Active as of 1983. Chapellier Galleries collected primarily important American paintings 1840-1940, and represented virtually all significant American painters of the period in their collections. The Chapellier Galleries sometimes acted as sole agents for the works in artists' estates; the Robert Henri estate, a notable example.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1968 by the Chapellier Galleries.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Topic:

Muralists  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- England

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Art galleries, Commercial -- Belgium

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Chapellier Galleries collection of artists' papers. Owned by Chapellier Galleries. Microfilmed by the Archives of American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.chapgall

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94b3eae2b-b4f9-417e-947a-27b1d0c4fa1b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-chapgall

Creator:

Pickard, John, 1858-1937  Search this

Names:

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936  Search this

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Extent:

10 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1907-1916

Scope and Contents:

A letter from Pickard to many American artists requesting information from them for an art history course he was teaching at the University of Missouri in 1907 and replies from George de Forest Brush, Bryson Burroughs, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Dwight W. Tryon. Also included is a letter from Edwin H. Blashfield, 1916, and an article on Ryder.

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian and educator; Columbia, Missouri.

Provenance:

The donor, Allen S. Weller, is the director of the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois. He originally lent the collection for microfilming in 1973, and subsequently donated it to AAA in 1980.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art historians  Search this

Educators  Search this

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Citation:

John Pickard papers, 1907-1916. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.pickjohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b2a2fb81-cc5f-4aa6-8f60-3371a81bc779

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pickjohn

Creator:

Feld, Stuart P.  Search this

Names:

Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938  Search this

Boggs, William Brenton, 1809-1975  Search this

Farrer, Henry, 1843-1903  Search this

Gignoux, Régis François, 1816-1882  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813  Search this

Long, Robert Carey, 1810-1849  Search this

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this

Shirlaw, Walter, 1838-1909  Search this

Siroudy, A.  Search this

Sloan, Marianna, 1875-1954  Search this

Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902  Search this

Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1835-1954

Scope and Contents:

Twelve artist files (1835-1954) containing materials by William Boggs, Henry Farrer, Regis Gignoux, Augustus Kollner, Robert Carey Long, George Luks, Walter Shirlaw, Marianna Sloan, Lilly Martin Spencer, Edwin Whitefield, Daniel Huntington, and Oscar Bluemner. Most files contain drawings or watercolors. The Boggs file also contains notes about pigments; the Sloan file also contains a letter (1952) thanking Mr. Stone for flowers and 2 copies of Sloan's obituary; the Spencer file also contains a diploma awarded by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association to Spencer for a painting, "Power of Fashion," contributed to the exhibition of 1853, and a lithograph, "The Young Students," by A. Siroudy, 1858, after a painting by Spencer; and the Bluemner file contains primarily handwritten notes with only a few small sketches. Two photographs show Robert Henri's father, Robert Cozad, and his family, and Lyndhurst, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Provenance:

Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, 1975, 1981 and 1984.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.feldstua

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a02ad89c-8155-4738-a17d-9013dd365934

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-feldstua

Creator:

Los Angeles County Museum  Search this

Names:

Bartlett, Dana, 1878-1957  Search this

Borg, Carl Oscar, 1879-1947  Search this

Bryan, William Alanson, 1875-1942  Search this

Daggett, Frank Slater, 1855-1920  Search this

Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet ((104 items))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1917-1938

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence of Los Angeles County Museum directors William A. Bryan and Frank S. Daggett, and their assistants Louise Upton, Mary Marsh, and Helen Wood, with artists Andrew Dasburg, Robert Henri, Dana Bartlett, Guy Rose, Carl Oscar Borg and others. The letters relate to exhibitions, artists' visits, thank you and congratulatory notes, and specific paintings loaned or sold to the museum.

Provenance:

Donated in 1986 by Joseph Moure, and art historian and collector, who purchased the letters from a bookseller.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Artists -- United States  Search this

Function:

Art museums

Identifier:

AAA.losanm

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9183a9a6c-a211-4748-bd2e-d5da9465ec98

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-losanm

Creator:

Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946  Search this

Sterner, Marie, 1880-1953  Search this

Names:

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970  Search this

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Bigelow, Poultney, b. 1855  Search this

Bourdelle, Emile Antoine, 1861-1929  Search this

Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965  Search this

Collier, Constance, 1878-1955  Search this

Dewey, John, 1859-1952  Search this

Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934  Search this

Dunn, James Nicol  Search this

Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939  Search this

Ferguson, Elsie  Search this

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955  Search this

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935  Search this

Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943  Search this

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905  Search this

Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-  Search this

Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950  Search this

Merivale, Philip, 1886-1946  Search this

Mozkowski, Maurice  Search this

Nazimova, 1879-1945  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Pompelli, Raphael  Search this

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950  Search this

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917  Search this

Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937  Search this

Wilson, Francis Vaux, 1874-1938  Search this

Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926  Search this

Extent:

87 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1899-1945

Scope and Contents:

Letters to the Sterners, primarily regarding art and cultural matters.

Letters are from: John Barbirolli, George G. Barnard, Cecelia Beaux, George Bellows, Emile Bourdelle, Poultney Bigelow, Emma Calve, William M. Chase, Winston Churchill, Constance Collier, John Dewey, Gerald du Maurier, John Drew, James N. Dunn, Joseph Duveen, Elsie Ferguson, Arnold Genthe, Charles D. Gibson, Warren G. Harding, Charles W. Hawthorne, Robert Henri, Walter Hampden, Oliver Herford, Leslie Howard, Sir Henry Irving, Eva Le Gallienne, Julie Marlow, Philip Merivale, Maurice Mozkowski, Alla Nazimova, Joseph Pennell, Raphael Pompelli, Howard Pyle, Theodore Roosevelt, John S. Sargent, G. Bernard Shaw, Sir Herbert B. Tree, Mary A. Ward, J. Alden Weir, Edith Wharton, Francis Wilson, and Israel Zangwill.

Biographical / Historical:

Illustrator and painter; New York City. Sterner's wife, Marie, was an art dealer.

Provenance:

Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.steralbm

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ac638fd2-f3ba-45c7-965b-087ac4350c8a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-steralbm