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R. Sturgis Ingersoll papers relating to Henry McCarter

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Creator:
Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), b. 1891  Search this
Names:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this
Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951  Search this
Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this
Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968  Search this
Borie, Adolphe, 1877-1934  Search this
Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948  Search this
Crane, Alexander  Search this
Cullen, Charles  Search this
Davis, Bernard  Search this
Garber, Daniel, 1880-  Search this
Hall, William Weeks, 1894-1958  Search this
Herman, Leorna Owsky  Search this
Ingersoll, Anna Warren, 1887-1980  Search this
Kendall, William Sergeant, 1869-1938  Search this
McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942  Search this
Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this
Rattner, Abraham  Search this
Roosevelt, Nicholas Guy, 1883?-1965  Search this
Walsh, Lorna Gill  Search this
Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972  Search this
Extent:
0.6 Linear feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1896-1944
bulk 1930-1943
Scope and Contents:
Material compiled by R. Sturgis Ingersoll preparatory to his biography of Henry McCarter (never completed), primarily Ingersoll's correspondence with McCarter's friends and associates, and McCarter's correspondence collected by Ingersoll.
Included are Ingersoll's correspondence requesting information and documents relating to McCarter; correspondence and clippings regarding the Henry McCarter Memorial Exhibition held at the J.B. Neumann Gallery, New York, N.Y. and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1943; and documents regarding McCarter's estate, 1943, 1944. Among the correspondents are Francis and Katherine Biddle, Mrs. Adolphe Borie (Edith), Alexander Crane, Royal Cortissoz, Charles Cullen, Bernard Davis, Daniel Garber, William Weeks Hall, Mrs. William Sergeant Kendall (Christine Herter), Joanna McCarter (McCarter's neice), Abraham Rattner, Lorna Gill Walsh, Franklin C. Watkins, and others.
McCarter's correspondence is with Albert C. Barnes, Cecilia Beaux, Francis and Katherine Biddle, Adolphe and Edith Borie, Bernard Davis, Lenora Owsley Herman, Anna Warren Ingersoll, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, William Sergeant Kendall, Nicholas Roosevelt, and others. Also included are a manuscript fragment by McCarter about individual expression and the "stifling' traditions of academic training, undated; Hannah Rile Weiman's handwritten notes of a lecture by McCarter at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1920 or 28; sketches by McCarter; 12 photographs of McCarter and others, ca. 1930; and clippings.
Biographical / Historical:
Ingersoll was a lawyer, art collector, and President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; McCarter a Philadelphia painter.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1994 by Mr. Perry Benson, Ingersoll's grandson.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Topic:
Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.ingershm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98d856d23-7a25-4444-9d2e-af4b28023cd2
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-ingershm