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Creator:
Beal, Rebecca J.  Search this
Subject:
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim  Search this
Eichholtz, Jacob  Search this
Poor, Henry Varnum  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
7.6 Linear feet, (on 11 microfilm reels)
Access Note / Rights:
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.
Summary:
Research material on Jacob Eichholtz; and letters.
REELS 3668-3678: Beal's research papers for her book on her great grandfather, painter, Jacob Eichholtz. Arranged in subject files and include research notes; correspondence; printed material; typescripts of the text; and two exhibition catalogs. Also includes photographs and negatives of portraits and paintings by Eichholtz; and publications (including the one Beal wrote) on Pennsylvania art and artists.
REEL 1079: 34 letters from Charles Burchfield and 6 letters from Henry Varnum Poor to Beal.
Citation:
Rebecca Beal papers, 1949-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 1079 and 3668-3678 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Related Materials:
Documents of Rebecca J. Beal are also located at LancasterHistory.
Biography Note:
Art historian, patron; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jacob Eichholtz was a 19th century painter. Beal is his great granddaughter. She wrote a book about him, JACOB EICHHOLTZ, 1776-1842: PORTRAIT PAINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, published in 1969.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1976 and 1988 by Rebecca J. Beal.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women art historians  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7149
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209283
AAA_collcode_bealrebe
Theme:
Women
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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