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William Henry Holmes artists' files

Creator:
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this
Names:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Washington Water Color Club (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Brooke, Richard Norris, 1847-1920  Search this
Closson, William Baxter Palmer, 1848-1926  Search this
Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953  Search this
Johnston, Reuben Le Grand, 1850-1914  Search this
La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this
Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this
Messer, Edmund Clarence, 1842-1919  Search this
Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926  Search this
Moser, James Henry, 1854-1913  Search this
Nichols, Hobart, 1869-1962  Search this
Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961  Search this
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this
Ream, Vinnie, 1847-1914  Search this
Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953  Search this
Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940  Search this
Weller, Carl F., 1853-1920  Search this
Weyl, Max, 1837-1914  Search this
Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948  Search this
Zolnay, George Julian, 1862 or 1863-1949  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Sketches
Place:
Museum directors -- Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1879-1955
Summary:
The artists' files of William Henry Holmes, curator and director of the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in Washington, D.C., measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1879 to 1955. The artists' files consist mostly of correspondence, but also include a few photographs, artwork in the form of sketches, and printed material. There is also one file relating to Holmes' affiliation with the Washington Water Color Club.
Scope and Contents:
The artists' files of William Henry Holmes, curator and director of the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in Washington, D.C., measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1879 to 1955. The artists' files consist mostly of correspondence, but also include a few photographs, artwork in the form of sketches, and printed material. There is also one file relating to Holmes' affiliation with the Washington Water Color Club.

Notable artists represented in the files include R.N. Brooke, William B. P. Closson, James Earle Fraser, Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Reuben Le Grand Johnston, John LaFarge, Gari Melchers, Thomas Moran, Henry Moser, Hobart Nichols, Violet Oakley, Joseph Pennell, Joseph Henry Sharp, Mary Vaux Walcott, Carl F. Weller, Max Weyl, Irving R. Wiles and George Julian Zolnay.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as 1 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Artists' Files, 1879-1955 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)
Biographical / Historical:
William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was a curator, museum director, artist, scientific illustrator, archaeologist, geologist, and anthropologist. He served in various positions in the Smithsonian Institution, and finally as director of the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) from 1920-1932.

Holmes was born in Harrison County, Ohio in 1846. In 1870, he graduated from McNeely Normal School in Ohio and, after a short time of teaching at that school, moved to Washington, D.C. in 1871 to study art under Theodore Kaufmann. Thanks to his artistic skills, he was soon hired by Smithsonian paleontologist Francis B. Meek to do scientific drawings. In 1872, Holmes joined the geological survey of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, as an artist and topographer of the survey of Yellowstone National Park and surrounding area, and other regions in the west. In 1879, Holmes went to work for the newly founded U.S. Geological Survey. There he worked as a geologist and chief of scientific illustration. In addition to art and geology, his interests and expertise expanded into archaeology and anthropology.

Holmes worked as chief curator at the Field Columbian Museum (now the Field Museum of Natural History) in Chicago before returning to the Smithsonian in 1897, where he served as curator of anthropology and chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology. In 1910, he became chairman of the Division of Anthropology. In 1920, Holmes became director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Gallery of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum), a position he held until 1932. William Henry Holmes died one year later.
Related Materials:
Collections about William Henry Holmes are also located at other Smithsonian Institution archival units, including the National Anthropological Archives and Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Provenance:
These files were transferred from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art Library (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) to the Archives of American Art in two installments in 1981 and 1992.
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.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Artists -- United States  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Sketches
Citation:
William Henry Holmes artists' files, 1879-1955. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.holmwill
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William Henry Holmes artists' files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e867ac2f-e649-4c60-9522-38f9479a0754
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-holmwill
Online Media:

Pocahontas, [photomechanical print]

Artist:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Photographic firm:
Detroit Publishing Co.  Search this
Subject:
Pocahontas  Search this
Physical description:
1 photomechanical print : black and white
Type:
Photomechanical prints
Date:
Copyright 1912
Topic:
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Dress--Historic--Seventeenth Century Dress  Search this
Image number:
LOC LC000318
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_137485

Wilson, Woodrow [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1910
Image number:
JUL J0019590
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_19590

Portrait of Richard Norris Brooke (1847-1920)

Creator:
United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this
Subject:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints; 7 x 5;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1900
Circa 1900s
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
Artists  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27A_004]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_403562
Online Media:

General John C. Pemberton, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Pemberton, John C  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Vicksburg National Military Park 3201 Clay Street, Box 349 Vicksburg Mississippi 39180 Accession Number: 74
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Military--General  Search this
Control number:
IAP 56940867
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_67275

Record of work : serving to some extent as a history of my professional life and as a means of tracing pictures and studies painted and disposed of, especially since my departure for Paris in 1878

Author:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Physical description:
[7], 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1967
1918
1918?]
Call number:
N40.1.B864 A1 1918a
N40.1.B864 A1 1918a
Restrictions & Rights:
Written permission for use of material must be secured.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_384130

Record of work [microform] : serving to some extent as a history of my professional life and as a means of tracing pictures and studies painted and disposed of, especially since my departure for Paris in 1878

Author:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Physical description:
[7], 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Microforms
Date:
1967
1918
1918?]
Call number:
mfm 1202
Restrictions & Rights:
Written permission for use of material must be secured.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_384866

Sarah Robb Tyler, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Tyler, Sarah Robb  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Portrait female--Bust  Search this
Control number:
IAP 72930034
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_164734

William J. Duane, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Duane, William J  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
United States Treasury Department Washington District of Columbia
Date:
Before 1893
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61640014
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_103684

Cedar Run, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1892
Topic:
Landscape--River--Cedar Run  Search this
Control number:
IAP 72930004
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_164704

Fighting Cock, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1880
Topic:
Animal--Bird--Chicken  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 72930154
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_164854

Stephen Decatur, Commodore, USN, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Decatur, Stephen  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Army and Navy Club 901 17th Street Washington District of Columbia 20006
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Control number:
IAP 64610009
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_289425

Thomas MacDonough, Admiral, USN, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Macdonough, Thomas  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Army and Navy Club 901 17th Street Washington District of Columbia 20006
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Control number:
IAP 64610008
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_289424

Henry A. Wise, Capt (1842-1918), (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Wise, Henry A  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Virginia Military Institute Lexington Virginia 24450
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 55140054
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_63449

William Henry Payne (1830-1904), (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Subject:
Payne, William Henry  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Virginia Historical Society 428 North Boulevard, P. O. Box 7311 Richmond Virginia 23221
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 55730324
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_65415

Negro Boy, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920 (attributed to)  Search this
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Phillip & Michelle Babcock 2262 Germantown Rd., South Germantown Memphis Tennessee 38138
Date:
Ca. 1890
Topic:
Figure male--Child  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80040468
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_174084

Landscape, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 72930190
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_164890

A Pastoral Visit, Virginia, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565
Date:
1881
Topic:
Figure group--Family  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Eating & Drinking  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this
Object--Musical Instrument--Banjo  Search this
Animal--Cat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08260248
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_40320

Dutch Interior, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Adam A. Weschler & Son Washington District of Columbia 20004
Topic:
Architecture interior--Domestic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 62170588
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_106370

Untitled, (painting)

Painter:
Brooke, Richard Norris 1847-1920  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Undetermined  Search this
Control number:
IAP 62440333
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_110628

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