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Edwin Coupland Shaw papers, 1864-1937

Catalog Data

Creator:
Shaw, Edwin Coupland, 1863-1941  Search this
Subject:
Barrie, Erwin S.  Search this
Batts, J. E.  Search this
Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll)  Search this
Benson, Frank Weston  Search this
Blakelock, Ralph Albert  Search this
Carlsen, Emil  Search this
Chase, William Merritt  Search this
Cole, Timothy  Search this
Daingerfield, Elliott  Search this
Dallin, Cyrus E. (Cyrus Edwin)  Search this
Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold)  Search this
Davis, Warren  Search this
Derujinsky, Gleb W., 1888-1975  Search this
Dewey, Charles M.  Search this
Dewing, Thomas Wilmer  Search this
Dougherty, Paul  Search this
Dunbar, Thomas Whipple  Search this
Duveneck, Frank  Search this
Eaton, Charles Warren  Search this
Frieseke, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl)  Search this
Fuller, George  Search this
Genth, Lillian Mathilde  Search this
Gerrity, Thomas F.  Search this
Hassam, Childe  Search this
Hatfield, D. H.  Search this
Hawthorne, Charles Webster  Search this
Hunt, William Morris  Search this
Inness, George  Search this
Johansen, John C. (John Christen)  Search this
Konti, Isidore  Search this
La Farge, John  Search this
Lathrop, William Langson  Search this
MacMonnies, Frederick William  Search this
MacNeil, Hermon Atkins  Search this
Metcalf, Willard Leroy  Search this
Milch, Albert  Search this
Minns, Hervey W.  Search this
Montross, N. E. (Newman E)  Search this
Murphy, Hermann Dudley  Search this
Murphy, John Francis  Search this
Price, F. Newlin (Frederic Newlin)  Search this
Proctor, Alexander Phimister  Search this
Purdy, W. Frank  Search this
Ranger, Henry Ward  Search this
Ritschel, William  Search this
Russell, T. H. (Thomas H)  Search this
Russman, Felix  Search this
Ryder, Albert Pinkham  Search this
Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf  Search this
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild  Search this
Shonnard, Eugenie Frederica  Search this
Torrey, Elliot  Search this
Tryon, Dwight William  Search this
Turner, Helen Maria  Search this
Twachtman, John Henry  Search this
Vedder, Elihu  Search this
Vonnoh, Bessie Potter  Search this
Vonnoh, Robert William  Search this
Walker, Horatio  Search this
Weir, Julian Alden  Search this
Williams, Frederick Ballard  Search this
Wolf, Henry  Search this
Young, J. W.  Search this
Akron Art Institute  Search this
Carrig-Rohane Shop (Boston, Mass.)  Search this
E. and A. Milch  Search this
Ferargil Galleries  Search this
Gorham Company. Dept. of Sculpture (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Grand Central Art Galleries  Search this
Hatfield & Clark (Firm: Chicago, Ill.)  Search this
Howard Young Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
J.W. Young (Gallery)  Search this
M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this
Macbeth Gallery  Search this
Montross Gallery  Search this
R.C. & N.M. Vose (Firm)  Search this
Robert C. Vose Galleries  Search this
Thurber Art Galleries (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this
Thomas Whipple Dunbar Art Galleries (Milwaukee, Wis.)  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
3 Microfilm reels
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Correspondence with dealers, artists, museums, publishers, photography studios, and others regarding art purchases, loans, and Shaw's collection; and 16 v. of scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, and biographical information on artists. Much of the correspondence with artists relates to Shaw's requests for the information which was then used in the scrapbooks. Also included is one volume compiled in 1947 outlining the contents of the scrapbooks.
REELS 1124-1125: 16 vol. of scrapbooks, 1864-1930, relating to artists represented in Shaw's collection, containing letters, many from artists, photographs of artists and their work, biographical data, clippings and articles, and comments on their work; and 1 v., "Notes: Edwin C. Shaw Collection of Paintings," compiled in 1947, and annotated "Used at Women's Art League Meeting at Miss Shaw's in 1947 by Mrs. [Jane S.] Barnhardt, who compiled it, and then given to the Art Institute Library," containing an outline of the contents of the 16 v. of scrapbooks.
Artists represented in the scrapbooks include J. Carroll Beckwith, Frank W. Benson, Ralph Blakelock, Emil Carlsen, William Merritt Chase, Timothy Cole, Elliott Daingerfield, Cyrus B. Dallin, Charles Davis, Warren Davis, Gleb Derujinsky, Charles M. Dewey, Thomas W. Dewing, Paul Dougherty, Frank Duveneck, Charles Eaton, Frederick Frieseke, George Fuller, Lillian Genth, Childe Hassam, Charles Hawthorne, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, John Johansen, Isidore Konti, John La Farge, William Lathrop, Frederick MacMonnies, Hermon A. MacNeil, Willard Metcalf, Herman Dudley Murphy, J. Francis Murphy, A. Phimister Proctor, Henry Ward Ranger, William Ritschel, Felix Russmann, Albert P. Ryder, Eugenie F. Shonnard, Lars Gustaf Sellstedt, Elliot Torrey, Dwight Tryon, Helen M. Turner, John Twachtman, Elihu Vedder, Bessie P. Vonnoh, Robert Vonnoh, Horatio Walker, J. Alden Weir, Frederick Ballard Williams, Henry Wolf and "The Ten."
REEL 4597: Correspondence, ca. 1916-1941, concerning art acquisitions with dealers Erwin S. Barrie of Grand Central Art Galleries; Thomas Whipple Dunbar; Frederic Newlin Price and T.H. Russell of Ferargil Galleries; W. Frank Purdy of the Gorham Co. Dept. of Sculpture and later the School of American Sculpture; D.H. Hatfield of Hatfield & Clark; Thomas Gerrity of M. Knoedler & Co.; Robert Macbeth, Robert McIntyre and Henry Miller of the Macbeth Gallery; Albert Milch of E.& A. Milch, Inc.; Newman Montross of Montross Gallery; J.E. Batts of the Thurber Art Galleries; Robert C. Vose of R.C. & N.M. Vose and Vose Galleries, and their frame shop, Carrig-Rohane; Howard Young of Howard Young Galleries; and J.W. Young; correspondence with artists and/or their families requesting the artist's portrait, biographical information and background, including letters from Elliot Daingerfield, Charles Dewey, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John C. Johansen, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Hervey W. Minns, Hermann Dudley Murphy, A.P. Proctor, Eugenie Shonnard, Elliot Torrey, Dwight W. Tryon, Helen M. Turner, and Horatio Walker, and the families of J. Carroll Beckwith, George Inness, Lars Gustaf Sellstedt, John Henry Twachtman and J. Alden Weir; correspondence with the Dayton Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art regarding works lent for exhibition; with publisher Frederic Fairchild Sherman; with photography studios; and other miscellaneous correspondence.
Citation:
Edwin Coupland Shaw papers, 1864-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 1124-1125 and 4597 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the Akron Art Museum.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Art collector; Akron, Ohio. Shaw, a BF Goodrich executive and avid collector of post-Civil War American art, was one of the founders of the Akron Art Institute, now the Akron Art Museum.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1976 and 1992 by the Akron Art Museum. Shaw bequethed his art collection and papers to the Museum, then named the Akron Art Institute.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8467
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210643
AAA_collcode_shawedwi
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210643