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Algonquin legends / Charles G. Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 379 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Folklore
Place:
New England
Date:
1992
1884
Topic:
Algonquian mythology  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_589896

Selected art related letters from Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Society Collection

Creator:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania  Search this
Names:
Carey & Hart  Search this
Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this
Abbey, Mary Gertrude, d. 1931  Search this
Alexander, Archibald, 1772-1851  Search this
Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this
Bayley, Frank W.  Search this
Beale, Pennel  Search this
Belcher, Wm. (William)  Search this
Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this
Brodhead, Col  Search this
Burrell, B.  Search this
Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845  Search this
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879  Search this
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Ceracchi, Giuseppe, 1751-1801  Search this
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889  Search this
Cheney, John, 1801-1885  Search this
Clarke, Miss  Search this
Claypoole, James, Sr., 1720-1796  Search this
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834  Search this
Cox, James, 1751-1834  Search this
Curren, Mr  Search this
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this
Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808  Search this
Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824  Search this
Donnehue, Humphrey  Search this
Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, ca. 1736-1784  Search this
Duane, William J. (William John), 1780-1865  Search this
Dunlap, William, 1766-1839  Search this
Eliot, S.  Search this
Elliott, James B.  Search this
Elwyn, Langdon, Mrs.  Search this
Fielding, Mantle, 1865-1941  Search this
Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861  Search this
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this
Gillingham, Harrold E. (Harrold Edgar), 1864-1954  Search this
Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852  Search this
Harding, George, 1882-1959  Search this
Hayes, Charles P.  Search this
Hollingsworth, Levi, 1739-1824  Search this
Hosack, David, 1769-1835  Search this
Howell, Mr.  Search this
Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this
Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this
Jackson, William  Search this
Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893  Search this
Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921  Search this
Kimball, Henry H. (Henry Hastings), b. 1835  Search this
Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889  Search this
Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891  Search this
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903  Search this
Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger), 1813-1886  Search this
Livermore, George, 1809-1865  Search this
Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this
Madison, James, 1751-1836  Search this
Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887  Search this
Martin, John Hill, 1823-1906  Search this
McAllister, John A.  Search this
McMurtrie, James, fl. 1843-1864  Search this
Monaghan, James  Search this
Montgomery, John C., Mrs.  Search this
Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917  Search this
Murray, J.  Search this
Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960  Search this
Nathans, Isabella  Search this
Nathans, Rebecca  Search this
Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this
Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864  Search this
Ogden, C. S.  Search this
Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this
Paca, John  Search this
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809  Search this
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this
Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870  Search this
Peale, James, 1789-1876  Search this
Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902  Search this
Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this
Penrose, Clement B. (Clement Biddle), 1832-1911  Search this
Piggot, Robert, 1795-1887  Search this
Randolph, Benjamin, 1737 or 8-1791  Search this
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this
Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905  Search this
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796  Search this
Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this
Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this
Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this
Rush, William, 1756-1833  Search this
Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852  Search this
Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this
Schoff, Stephen Alonzo, 1818-1904  Search this
Schreiner, Jacob  Search this
Shrigley, James, 1814-1891  Search this
Smith, Russell, 1812-1896  Search this
Snowden, James Ross  Search this
Snyder, W. D.  Search this
Somerville, Dr.  Search this
Stanbridge, J. C.  Search this
Stephens, Charles H., 1855?-1931  Search this
Stone, Frederick D. (Frederick Dawson), 1841-1897  Search this
Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this
Syng, Philip, 1703-1789  Search this
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927  Search this
Troth, Henry, 1794-1842  Search this
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this
Vaux, Mr  Search this
Ward, Townsend, 1817?-1885  Search this
Wells, William Hill, 1769-1829  Search this
Wharton, Geo. M. (George Mifflin), 1808-1870  Search this
Wharton, Mr  Search this
Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862  Search this
Williams, Henry, 1828-1893  Search this
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867  Search this
Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813  Search this
Woodside, John Archibald, 1781-1852  Search this
Wright, Patience Lovell, 1725-1786  Search this
Wylie, Samuel B. (Samuel Brown), 1773-1852  Search this
Extent:
2 Reels (ca. 150 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Reels
Date:
1760-1935
Scope and Contents:
Letters, mainly from artists, and documents selected from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's miscellaneous manuscript collection (Society Collection). Letters are to various people; 46 of them are to Townsend Ward and a few are to John A. McAllister, photographer. Many of the letters refer to paintings, portraits, commissions, and awards.
Writers of letters include: Edwin Austin Abbey, Mary Gertrude Abbey, F.W. Bayley, Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Joseph Ceracchi, John Gadsby Chapman, John Cheney, James Claypool, James Cox, F.O.C. Darley, Joseph Delaplaine, Humphrey Donnehue, William Dunlap, Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere, S. Eliot, Charles Fevret De Saint-Memin, Charles Dana Gibson, Harold Edgar Gillingham, Horatio Greenough, George Harding, Levi Hollingsworth, William Morris Hunt, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Horatio Gates Jones, James Reid Lambdin, Will Hicok Low, Edward Dalton Marchant, William Henry Moody, John Neagle, Albert Newsam, Bass Otis, Thomas Paine, Charles Willson Peale, Franklin Peale, James Peale, Jr., Mary Jane Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Titian Ramsay Peale, Joseph Pennell, Clement Penrose, Robert Piggot, Thomas Buchanan Read, William Trost Richards, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Peter Frederick Rothermel, William Rush, John Sartain, Stephen Alonzo Schooff (to Townsend Ward), Russell Smith, Charles H. Stephens, Thomas Sully, Philip Syng, John Vanderlyn, N.P. Willis, Alexander Wilson and Patience Wright.
Among the recipients of letters are Archibald Alexander, David S. Brown, William Belcher, Col. Brodhead, B. Burrell, Carey & Hart, Edward L. Carey, Henry C. Carey, Miss Clarke, Mr. Curren, Joseph Delaplaine, John Dickinson, Dr. Dickson, William Dillwyn, William Duane, James B. Elliott, Mrs. Langdon Elwyn, Mantle(?) Fielding, John W. Francis, Charles P. Hayes, David Hosack, Mr. Howell, Major William Jackson, Horatio Gates Jones, John W. Jordan, H.H. Kjmball, C.G. Leland, Joseph Leidy, J.B. Lippincott, George Livermore, James Madison, J. Hill Martin, John McAllister, James McMurtrie, James Monaghan, J. Murray, Albert Cook Myers, Rebecca and Isabella Nathans, John Neagle, C.S. Ogden, John Paca, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, David Rittenhouse, Albert Rosenthal, John Sartain, Jacob Schreiner, James Shrigley, James Ross Snowden, W.D. Snyder, Dr. Sommerville, J.C. Stanbridge, F.D. Stone, Henry Troth, Mr. Vaux, Townsend Ward, William Hill Wells, G.M. Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Henry J. Williams, and Samuel B. Wylie.
Other items include a sonnet of S.T. Coleridge by Washington Allston; business card of Pennel Beale; catalog of medals and coins of silver in the possession of Hon. John Smith compiled by Du Simitière, 1772; printed address by Mrs. John C. Montgomery soliciting donations for the repair of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, destroyed by fire, 1845; William Morris Hunt's admission ticket to Peale's Museum, 1836, stating his height and weight; description of objects on display at the Peale Museum, 1820; a photograph and business card of Benjamin Randolph; invitations and notes to Gilbert Stuart; typescript by Frank H. Taylor on lithography, 1923; subscription book for engravings of paintings by John Trumbull; and a page from John Archibald Woodside's daybook, 1802-1803.
Provenance:
Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- United States  Search this
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.histsopa
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e77b943a-266e-4a06-a6b8-eaf8b5c4139d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-histsopa

Voodoo tales, as told among the Negroes of the Southwest; collected from original sources by Mary Alicia Owen; introduction by Charles Godfrey Leland; illustrated by Juliette A. Owen and Louis Wain

Author:
Owen, Mary Alicia 1858-1935  Search this
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 310 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Folklore
Religion
Place:
Missouri
Date:
1893
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Vodou  Search this
Call number:
GR103.O95
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_266490

Weaving ourselves into the land : Charles Godfrey Leland, "Indians," and the study of Native American religions / Thomas C. Parkhill

Author:
Parkhill, Thomas  Search this
Subject:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1997
C1997
Topic:
Religion  Search this
Algonquian mythology  Search this
Public opinion  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_724991

A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon and other irregular phraseology. Compiled and edited by Albert Barrère and Charles G. Leland

Author:
Barrère, Albert  Search this
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. 22 cm
Type:
Dictionaries
Date:
1889
1889-1890
Topic:
English language--Slang  Search this
Call number:
PE3721.B3X 1889
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_384659

Leather work. A practical manual for learners. By Charles G. Leland. With numerous illustrations and original designs by the author

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, [1], 96 p. incl. front., illus. 22 x 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1901
Topic:
Leatherwork  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Call number:
NK6200.L32X 1901
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_387782

The mythology, legends, and folk-lore of the Algonkins / by Charles G. Leland (Hans Breitmann)

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
24 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1887
1887?]
Topic:
Religion  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Call number:
E99.A349 L53 1887
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_500088

The alternate sex, or, The female intellect in man, and the masculine in woman [microform] / by Charles Godfrey Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 134 p. ; 20 cm
Type:
Microforms
Date:
1904
Topic:
Sex (Psychology)  Search this
Psychology  Search this
Call number:
mfm 3024
mfm3024
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_432538

Wood-carving for beginners / by Charles Godfrey Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
24, vii p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1880
[between 1880 and 1899]
Topic:
Wood-carving  Search this
Call number:
NK9704 . L537
NK9704. L537
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_409203

English-Gipsy songs. In Rommany, with metrical English translations. By Charles G. Leland, Professor E. H. Palmer, and Janet Tuckey

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Palmer, Edward Henry 1840-1882  Search this
Tuckey, Janet  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 276 p. 18 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Date:
1875
Topic:
Romanies  Search this
Romanies--Languages  Search this
Call number:
DX161.L4X 1875
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_355215

Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition, by Charles Godfrey Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 385 p. col. front., illus., plates. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Etruria
Date:
1892
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Superstition  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
GN549 .E8L35
DG223.L54X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_341976

Repoussé work or embossing on sheet brass / edited by Charles G. Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
12 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1883
Topic:
Repoussé work  Search this
Call number:
NK6530 .L53
NK6530.L53
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_85787

The iron worker and King Solomon / by Joseph Harrison ; with a memoir and an appendix

Author:
Harrison, Joseph 1810-1874  Search this
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell 1788-1879 Iron  Search this
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903 Blacksmith  Search this
Harrison, Joseph 1810-1874 Essay on the steam-boiler  Search this
Schuessele, Christian  Search this
American Railway Master Mechanics' Association  Search this
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Inscriber:
Harrison, Joseph 1810-1874 DSI  Search this
Engraver:
Sartain, John 1808-1897  Search this
Former owner:
Sartain, John 1808-1897 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Solomon King of Israel  Search this
United States Patent Office  Search this
Physical description:
viii, [4], 11-60, XXV, 74, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 23 cm
Type:
Poetry
Place:
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date:
1869
1871
1869 [i.e. 1870 or 1871]
19th century
Topic:
Blacksmiths  Search this
Iron and steel workers  Search this
American poetry  Search this
Steam-boilers, Water-tube  Search this
Steam-boiler explosions  Search this
Call number:
PS1819.H75 A6 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_772159

The English Gipsies and their language / by Charles G. Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 259 p. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Date:
1874
Topic:
Romanies  Search this
Romanies--Languages  Search this
English language--Slang  Search this
Call number:
DX213 .L53 1874
DX213.L53 1874
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_355134

A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant, embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon, and other irregular phraseology. Compiled and edited by Albert Barrère and Charles G. Leland. With a new introd. by Eric Partridge

Author:
Barrère, Albert  Search this
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. 23 cm
Type:
Dictionaries
Date:
1967
Topic:
English language--Slang  Search this
Call number:
PE3721 .B32X
PE3721.B32X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_15893

Woven fabrics : decoration, cleaning, and repair / by F. C. Lambert and Charles Godfrey Leland ; edited by H. Snowden Ward

Author:
Lambert, F. C (Frederick Charles)  Search this
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Ward, H. Snowden  Search this
Physical description:
24 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill., diagrs. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1840
1903
[between 1840 and 1903]
Topic:
Textile printing  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Call number:
TP930 .L22
TP930.L22
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_134397

The original Gypsies and their language / by Charles Godfrey Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
10 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1888
Topic:
Romanies--Origin  Search this
Romani language  Search this
Call number:
DX135 .L45 1888
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_697780

The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division : or, Three thousand miles in a railway car / by Charles Godfrey Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Subject:
Union Pacific Railroad  Search this
Physical description:
95 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1867
Topic:
Overland journeys to the Pacific  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F594 .L52X
F594.L52X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_117338

Miscellaneous minor arts, I : including the decoration of bone and horn, shells ... / by Charles Godfrey Leland and Aaron Briggs ; edited by H. Snowden Ward

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Briggs, Aaron  Search this
Ward, H. Snowden  Search this
Physical description:
24 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1840
1903
[between 1840 and 1903]
Topic:
Handicraft  Search this
Call number:
TT857 .L53
TT857.L53
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_134395

Elementary metal work : a practical manual for amateurs and for use in schools / by Charles Godfrey Leland

Author:
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 111 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1900
1985
[19--]
Topic:
Metal-work--Amateurs' manuals  Search this
Call number:
TT205 .L53
TT205.L53
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_267900

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