The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Letters, 1879-1918, of Adelaide Deming: She writes to Victor Hugo, 1879, requesting an autographed photo of him; the reply from his secretary includes the photo. Booker T. Washington requests a painting for the Tuskegee Institute, and in a second note acknowledges a drawing which she sent. Other letters are from Julia Marlowe Sothern, Hamilton Holt, William Beebe, and Helen Woodrow Bones.
Citation:
Adelaide Deming letters, 1879-1918. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 865(frames 1-28) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Conn. after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Adelaide Deming, born in Litchfield, Conn., was a mural and landscape painter.
Language Note:
The correspondence with Victo Hugo is in French.
Provenance:
Litchfield Historical Society lent the Adelaide Deming letters in addition to the Anson Dickinson sketchbook and sketches, which have been described separately.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
