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Creator:
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940  Search this
Sherman, Julia Munson, d. 1972  Search this
Photographer:
Waldo & Jewett (Firm: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Names:
Boardman, David Sherman  Search this
Bolton, Theodore, b. 1889  Search this
Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883-  Search this
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964  Search this
Earl, Ralph, 1751-1801  Search this
Groll, Albert Lorey, 1866-1952  Search this
Gutman, Walter, 1903-1986  Search this
Lipman, Jean, 1909-1998  Search this
Orr, Elliot, 1904-1997  Search this
Peale, James, 1749-1831  Search this
Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this
Extent:
5 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1874-1970
Scope and Contents:
Personal and business correspondence; biographical material; photographs of Elliot Orr and others, a daguerreotype of a drawing of Judge David Sherman Boardman of the Superior Court of Connecticut, 1853 by Waldo and Jewett; art work by Albert Lorey Groll, Elliot Orr, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Theodore Bolton, and others; notes; clippings and printed material; business records; correspondence regarding the Sherman's art collection; files containing writings, photographs, letters, and printed material regarding Ralph Earl, James Peale, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and other subjects of F.F. Sherman's writings and publications; manuscripts of articles written by Jean Lipman, Walter Gutman, Eliot Clark, and others; and ca. 100 books, pamphlets, catalogs and articles written, edited or published by the Shermans.
Included in the printed material are v.1-3, v.4 (nos.1 and 3) and v. 5 (no.1) of Sherman's "The Literary Miscellany," 1908-1912; "Art in America: An Illustrated Quarterly," v.1 (no.1), Jan. 1913; "Fine Art Publications" catalog, 1919-1922, 1925-1926, and 1932.
Biographical / Historical:
Art collectors, art critics, art historians, and private publishers; New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
Donated 1956-1972 by Julia Munson Sherman and the Munson Estate.
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.
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art publishing -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.sherfref
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw958e5c500-2b76-4382-9ff3-c369bad2957e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-sherfref