The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Letters, diaries, printed matter and miscellany.
Reels N19-N21: General and family correspondence, a few testimonials, broadsides, diary pages, and miscellany. Correspondence relates to Durand's engraving business, painting commissions, tour of Europe in 1840-1841, cholera epidemic in New York, 1831-1832, his presidency of the National Academy of Design, 1848-1862, and family matters. Among the correspondents are Peter Maverick, Michael Pekenino, Carey & Lea, Luman Reed, Thomas Cole, and others.
Reel N25: Three letters to Durand, 1825-1835, one each from Thomas Sully, Thomas Doughty, and George Jones.
Citation:
Asher Brown Durand papers, 1812-1883. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N19-N21 and N25 (frames 1141-1144) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Reel N25: Letters are typescripts.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Painter; Albany, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001