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Dungeness

Creator:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Landscape architect:
J. C. Ferguson Co.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Georgia -- Cumberland Island
United States of America -- Georgia -- Camden County -- Cumberland Island
Date:
1898
General:
Built c. 1898. Burned.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Summer  Search this
Mansions  Search this
Overthrow (gates)  Search this
Driveways  Search this
Entrances  Search this
Palms  Search this
Piers  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item GA126001
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Georgia / GA126: Cumberland Island -- Dungeness
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6186409e2-1fa3-4b6b-86f2-2e62956b7e9c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24028

Summit -- Summit Free Public Library

Former landowners:
Bonnel Family  Search this
Philanthropist:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Architect:
Lyall, Earl Harvey  Search this
Provenance:
The Summit Garden Club  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Summit Free Public Library (Summit, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and other information.
General:
Summit, New Jersey's first library opened on New England Avenue in 1891. The facility was run by the Summit Library Association, a private, nonprofit organization created by a group of Summit residents who felt the town needed a library. The library did not put books on loan to residents for free. Instead, those interested in borrowing had to pay a subscription fee. It was in 1911 that the city's first free public library opened. The building was constructed on land donated by the Bonnel family and funded by the estate of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The Summit Library is one of the 36 Carnegie libraries in New Jersey. In 1964, a new library was constructed at 75 Maple Street and the domed building was torn down. By 1996, it was determined that additional space was needed and a capital campaign for funding was initiated, which raised $1.3 million from activities including a community production of "The Music Man." Construction on the addition began in October 1997 and was completed in March 1999.
The lantern slides feature beautification efforts for the Summit Free Public Library.
Persons associated with the property include the Bonnel Family (former landowners, -1910s?); Andrew Carnegie (philanthropist, 1910s); Earl Harvey Hall (architect, 1910s-?).
Related Materials:
Summit Free Public Library related holdings consist of 1 folder (8 lantern slides)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- New Jersey -- Summit  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NJ660
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New Jersey
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69d7d4dae-7547-48a3-a7fb-64b69786023a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref20270

American Art Association Records

Creator:
American Art Association  Search this
Names:
American Watercolor Society  Search this
Blakeslee Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Crocker, William H.  Search this
Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924  Search this
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this
Parsons, Alfred, 1847-1920  Search this
Extent:
27.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sales records
Photographs
Drawings
Prints
Sketches
Date:
circa 1853-1929
bulk 1885-1922
Summary:
The American Art Association records measure 27.8 linear feet and date from circa 1853-1929, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1885-1922. The records include auction and sales files, general financial and legal files, inventory and stock records, client files, printed materials, photographic materials, artwork, and the personal papers of founder Thomas Ellis Kirby.
Scope and Contents:
The American Art Association records measure 27.8 linear feet and date from circa 1853-1929, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1885-1922. The records include auction and sales files, general financial and legal files, inventory and stock records, client files, printed materials, photographic materials, artwork, and the scattered personal papers of founder Thomas Ellis Kirby.

Auction files contain a wide variety of materials regarding auction schedules, auctions, gallery sales, and estate sales. The files primarily contain correspondence, sales statements and ledgers, estate inventories and appraisals, and photographs. Of interest is a handwritten letter from Andrew Carnegie concerning the Second Prize Fund Exhibition.

Records of sales are documented in named files, sales ledgers, client account books, and Blakeslee Gallery sales ledgers. Files are found for specific art collections and estates. Sales ledgers list sales transactions of the Association by collection, department, genre, or named auction and provide the most detailed sales information, often noting title or subject, size, owner, lot number, date, purchaser, and price, and sometimes an index of artists. Other ledgers document consignment and exhibition sales, as well as sales conducted by other galleries or auction houses, both in the United States and in Europe. Exhibition sales documented include those of Alfred Parsons and Frank Millet in 1903, the American Watercolor Society in 1902, and the American Painters and Illustrators in 1905, and others. Client account books provide itemized costs accrued by individuals or estates over the course of a sale or purchase. Many of the ledgers contain name indexes.

General financial and legal files primarily consist of cash and expense ledgers documenting daily, monthly, and yearly costs and expenses related to the production of auction and sales catalogs, costs associated with leasing spaces and equipment, shipping and crating, employee sales commissions, art department expenses, book department expenses, and other costs. Legal files contain scattered forms and contractual documents, as well as correspondence and documents related to two lawsuits.

Inventory and stock records document the Association's inventory through a series of stock books and inventory cards that include sales and provenance information.

Client files consist of cards divided into clients interested in art and clients interested in books. They also include some information on specific client sales and purchases. Also found are numerous client address books. Printed materials include auction catalogs, clippings, and newspapers.

Photographs depict works of art and materials sold and collected. Of interest is a collection of cabinet photographs of French artists collected when the American Art Association was actively involved in the auction sales of thousands of paintings by French artists. Also found are four photo albums depicting auction items for a 1907 auction, prepared for the American Art Association by William H. Crocker. Several unsigned prints, sketches, and drawings are found in the artwork series.

Thomas Ellis Kirby's scattered personal papers include an address book, scattered family and biographical materials, correspondence with clients and associates, writings and speeches, legal material, auction records, and photographs.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 9 series. Folder titles have been retained from the original records, and occasionally devised for clarity.

Missing Title

Series 1: Auctions, circa 1885-1922 (1.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, BV23-24)

Series 2: Sales, circa 1884-1923 (8.1 linear feet; Boxes 2-6, 20-21, BV25-39)

Series 3: General Financial and Legal Files, circa 1883-1923 (9.3 linear feet; Boxes 6-11, BV40-62)

Series 4: Inventory and Stock Records, circa 1887-circa 1922 (0.8 linear feet; Box 11, BV63-65)

Series 5: Client Files, circa 1895-circa 1922 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 11-13)

Series 6: Printed Materials, circa 1853-1923 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 13-14, 21)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1885-circa 1922 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 14-15, 21-22)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1888-circa 1900 (0.1 linear feet; Boxes 15, 22)

Series 9: Thomas Ellis Kirby Personal Papers, circa 1861-1929 (3.6 linear feet; Boxes 15-19)
Biographical / Historical:
The American Art Association was an art gallery and auction house based in New York City, New York, formed in 1883 by James F. Sutton, R. Austin Robertson, and Thomas E. Kirby. It was the first auction house in the United States.

The Association was founded to promote American art and exhibit the work of American artists in its American Art Galleries in New York City. In its first year of operation, the Association exhibited Thomas B. Clarke's collection of American paintings as a benefit for the National Academy of Design. After the successful management of the public sale of the George I. Seney art collection in 1885, with Thomas E. Kirby as auctioneer, the Association continued conducting auctions and managing estate sales. Austin Robertson died in 1892 and Sutton became a special partner in 1895. In 1912 Kirby's son, Gustavus T. Kirby, joined the Association as a general partner and later also acquired Sutton's interest and became a full partner. The Association was sold in 1923 to Cortlandt Field Bishop, and merged with the Anderson Auction Company to form the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc, in 1929. The firm was taken over by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., in 1938.
Provenance:
A portion of the American Art Association records were donated in 1968 by Thomas Ellis Kirby's daughter, Mrs. Thomas B. Waller. The remaining records were donated by the American Antiquarian Society in 1978 and 1993.
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.
Topic:
Art -- Economic aspects  Search this
Art galleries, Commercial -- Economic aspects  Search this
Art, French  Search this
Art auctions  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Artists -- France -- Photographs  Search this
Artists -- United States  Search this
Function:
Arts organizations -- New York (State)
Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
Auction houses -- New York (State)
Genre/Form:
Sales records
Photographs
Drawings
Prints
Sketches
Citation:
American Art Association Records, circa 1853-1929, bulk circa 1885-1922. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.amerarta
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American Art Association Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw939050007-8b8b-4880-adc9-5f8df25c792d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-amerarta
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Howard Russell Butler papers

Creator:
Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934  Search this
Names:
American Fine Arts Society  Search this
National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this
Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925  Search this
Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919  Search this
Extent:
3 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1874-1936
Scope and Contents:
The papers of Howard Russell Butler measure 3.0 linear feet on 7 microfilm reels and date from 1874 to 1936. The collection includes writings, journals, organizational papers, correspondence, biographical information, printed matter, art works, and diaries.

Correspondence includes about 1700 letters concerning Butler's artwork, his interest in astronomy, support for the League of Nations and the World Court, his investigation of the Lincoln statue controversy, his management of the Andrew Carnegie house and property, and extensive correspondence about the various activities of the National Academy of Design and the American Fine Arts Society.

Also included are letters from Howard Russell Butler to family and friends, written from Princeton University, Cuba, Mexico, California, Colorado, and Europe; five diaries, 1876-1877; one drawing; and two oil sketches after a painting by Titian. It also includes a book of Butler's works, Howard Russell Butler, including an appreciation by F. Newlin Price, and an unpublished autobiography written from a journal kept by Butler.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 13 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1922 (Reel 0347)

Series 2: Correspondence and Exhibition Files, 1886-1933 (Reel 0347)

Series 3: Association Records, 1895-1932 (Reel 0347-Reel 0348)

Series 4: Project Files, circa 1918-1934 (Reel 0348-Reel 0349)

Series 5: Abraham Lincoln statue controversy, circa 1917-1922 (Reel 0349)

Series 6: Professional Files, 1903-1905 (Reel 0349)

Series 7: Book Projects, 1922-1931 (Reel 0349)

Series 8: Essay, undated (Reel 0349)

Series 9: Professional files, 1915-1920 (Reel 0349)

Series 10: Writings, circa 1936 (Reel 0089, Reel 0093)

Series 11: Letters, 1874-1907 (Reel 1189-Reel 1190)

Series 12: Diaries, 1876-1877 (Reel 1190)

Series 13: Artwork, circa 1888 (Reel 1190)
Biographical / Historical:
Howard Russell Butler (1856-1934) was a businessman, lawyer, and landscape painter from New York, NY. Butler was actively involved in many art associations, including founding the American Fine Arts Society. He was a National Academician of the National Academy of Design, and a member of the Architectural League and the Society of American Artists.
Separated Materials:
The Archives of American Art holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on reels 89 and 93. Loaned materials were returned to the donor after microfilming.
Provenance:
Donated and lent 1970-1975 by H. Russell Butler, Jr., Butler's son.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Landscape painting  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Function:
Arts organizations
Identifier:
AAA.butlhowa
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Howard Russell Butler papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98c778436-c85b-4ff9-b696-5b0f0bdd1779
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-butlhowa

Andrew Carnegie letters

Creator:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Names:
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this
Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this
Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this
Foster, Ben, 1852-1926  Search this
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934  Search this
Longfellow, Samuel, 1819-1892  Search this
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this
Salisbury, Frank O., 1874-1962  Search this
Extent:
16 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1884-1936
Scope and Contents:
Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Included are four from Edwin A. Abbey concerning the price of one of his paintings and accepting an invitation to visit, one from William M. Chase accepting an invitation, one from Ben Foster praising a portrait which Mr. Roche has painted of Mrs. Carnegie, two from F. D. Millet and two from Cass Gilbert accepting invitations, six from Frank O. Salisbury about a portrait Salisbury painted of Andrew Carnegie, one from Samuel Longfellow explaining that he mistakenly informed Carnegie that a watercolor was by Lord Elgin when in fact it was by Lord Dufferin, and one from George H. Boughton writing for a mutual friend.
Biographical / Historical:
Industrialist, philanthropist.
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.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.carnandr
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9253d2c95-57f5-4dce-b4db-d30d874c2d3a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-carnandr

John White Alexander papers

Creator:
Alexander, John White, 1856-1915  Search this
Names:
MacDowell Club of New York  Search this
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this
Alexander, Elizabeth A., d. 1947  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this
James, Henry, 1843-1916  Search this
La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this
Levy, Florence N. (Florence Nightingale), 1870-1947  Search this
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894  Search this
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903  Search this
Extent:
11.9 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Awards
Interviews
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Medals
Date:
1775-1968
bulk 1870-1915
Summary:
The papers of the painter, muralist, and illustrator John White Alexander measure 11.9 linear feet and date from 1775 to 1968, with the bulk of materials dating from 1870 to 1915. Papers document Alexander's artistic career and many connections to figures in the art world through biographical documentation, correspondence (some illustrated), writings, 14 sketchbooks, additonal artwork and loose sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, awards and medals, artifacts, and other records. Also found is a souvenir engraving of a Mark Twain self-portrait.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of the painter, muralist, and illustrator John White Alexander measure 11.9 linear feet and date from 1775 to 1968, with the bulk of materials dating from 1870 to 1915. Papers document Alexander's artistic career and many connections to figures in the art world through biographical documentation, correspondence (some illustrated), writings, 14 sketchbooks, additonal artwork and loose sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, awards and medals, artifacts, and other records. Also found is a souvenir engraving of a Mark Twain self-portrait.

Biographical Information includes multiple essays related to Alexander, his family, and others in his circle. Also found is an extensive oral history of Alexander's wife Elizabeth conducted in 1928. Correspondence includes letters written by Alexander to his family from New York and Europe at the start of his career, and later letters from fellow artists, art world leaders, and portrait sitters of Alexander's. Significant correspondents include Charles Dana Gibson, Florence Levy, Frederick Remington, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, John La Farge, Francis Davis Millet, and Andrew Carnegie. Correspondence includes some small sketches as enclosures and illustrated letters.

Certificates and records related to Alexander's career are found in Associations and Memberships, Legal and Financial Records, and Notes and Writings, which contain documentation of Alexander's paintings and exhibitions. Scattered documentation of Alexander's memberships in various arts association exists for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy in Rome, the National Academy of Design, the Onteora Club in New York, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany, the Ministère de L'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts, the Union Internationale des Beaux Arts et des Lettres, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Notes and Writings include speeches written by Alexander, short stories and essays written by his wife, and articles by various authors about Alexander. Extensive documentation of the planning and construction of the Alexander Memorial Studio by the MacDowell Club is found, along with other awards, medals, and memorial resolutions adopted by arts organizations after Alexander's death.

Artwork includes fourteen sketchbooks with sketches related to Alexander's commercial illustration and cartooning, murals, paintings, and travels. Dozens of loose drawings and sketches are also found, along with two volumes and several dozen loose reproductions of artwork, among which are found fine prints by named printmakers. Many sketches are also interspersed throughout the correspondence. Eight Scrapbooks contain mostly clippings, but also scattered letters, exhbition catalogs, announcements, invitations, and photographs related to Alexander's career between 1877 and 1915. Additional Exhibition Catalogs and later clippings, as well as clippings related to the career of his wife and other subjects, are found in Printed Materials.

Photographs include many portraits of Alexander taken by accomplished photographers such as Zaida Ben-Yusuf, Aimé Dupont, Curtis Bell, Elizabeth Buehrmann, and several signed Miss Huggins, who may have been Estelle Huntington Huggins, a New York painter and photographer. Portraits of others include Alexander's friends William Merritt Chase and Edward Austin Abbey. Also found are photographs of groups, juries, family, friends, and studios in New York, Paris, and New Jersey, and a handful of scenic photographs of Polling, Bavaria, where Alexander had an early studio. A large number of photographs of works of art are found, many with annotations. Among the photographs of murals are a small collection of snapshots of the Carnegie Institute murals in progress. Miscellaneous artifacts include a palette, several printing plates, and an inscribed souvenir engraving of a self-portrait caricature of Mark Twain.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 11 series. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Information, circa 1887-1968 (Box 1, OV 23; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1870-1942 (Box 1; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Associations and Memberships, circa 1897-1918 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 4: Legal and Financial Records, 1775, 1896-1923 (Box 1; 5 folders)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, circa 1875-1943 (Boxes 1-2; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Awards and Memorials, circa 1870-1944 (Box 2, OV 24; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1875-1915 (Boxes 2-3, 6, 14-16, OV 23; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, circa 1877-1915 (Boxes 17-22; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 9: Printed Materials, circa 1891-1945 (Boxes 3-4, OV 23; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, circa 1870-1915 (Boxes 4-8, MGP 1-2, OV 25-43, RD 44-45; 4.2 linear feet)

Series 11: Artifacts, circa 1899-1915 (Box 6, artifact cabinet; 0.4 linear feet)
Biographical / Historical:
John White Alexander was born in 1856 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. He was orphaned at age five and taken in by relatives of limited means. When Alexander left school and began working at a telegraph company, the company's vice-president, former civil war Colonel Edward Jay Allen, took an interest in his welfare. Allen became his legal guardian, brought him into the Allen household, and saw that he finished Pittsburgh High School. At eighteen, he moved to New York City and was hired by Harper and Brothers as an office boy in the art department. He was soon promoted to apprentice illustrator under staff artists such as Edwin A. Abbey and Charles Reinhart. During his time at Harpers, Alexander was sent out on assignment to illustrate events such as the Philadelphia Centennial celebration in 1876 and the Pittsburgh Railroad Strike in 1877, which erupted in violence.

Alexander carefully saved money from his illustration work and traveled to Europe in 1877 for further art training. He first enrolled in the Royal Art Academy of Munich, Germany, but soon moved to the village of Polling, where a colony of American artists was at its peak in the late 1870s. Alexander established a painting studio there and stayed for about a year. Despite his absence from the Munich Academy, he won the medal of the drawing class for 1878, the first of many honors. While in Polling, he became acquainted with J. Frank Currier, Frank Duveneck, William Merritt Chase, and other regular visitors to the colony. He later shared a studio and taught a painting class in Florence with Duveneck and traveled to Venice, where he met James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Alexander returned to New York in 1881 and resumed his commercial artwork for Harpers and Century. Harpers sent him down the Mississippi river to complete a series of sketches. He also began to receive commissions for portraits, and in the 1880s painted Charles Dewitt Bridgman, a daughter of one of the Harper brothers, Parke Godwin, Thurlow Weed, Walt Whitman, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alexander met his wife Elizabeth, whose maiden name was also Alexander, through her father, James W. Alexander, who was sometimes mistaken for the artist. Elizabeth and John White Alexander married in 1887 and had a son, James, in 1888.

Alexander and his family sailed for France in 1890, where they became a part of the lively literary and artistic scene in Paris at the time. Among their many contacts there were Puvis de Chavannes, Auguste Rodin, and Whistler, who arrived in Paris shortly thereafter. Alexander absorbed the new aesthetic ideas around him such as those of the symbolists and the decorative style of art nouveau. Critics often note how such ideas are reflected in his boldly composed paintings of women from this period, who titles drew attention to the sensual and natural elements of the paintings. His first exhibition in Paris was three paintings at the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in 1893, and by 1895 he has become a full member of the Société.

Independent and secession artist societies emerged throughout Europe during this period, and Alexander exhibited with several of them, including the Société Nouvelle in Paris, the Munich Secession, and the Vienna Secession. He was also elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Belgian Artists and the Royal Society of British Painters in London. His exhibited works sold well, and his influence began to be felt back in the United States. Andrew Carnegie and John Beatty of the Carnegie Institute consulted closely with Alexander in the planning and execution of the first Carnegie International Exhibitions. Alexander also became active in supporting younger American artists who wanted to exhibit in Europe, a stance which resulted in his resignation from the Society of American Artists in Paris, which he felt had become a barrier to younger artists. His promotion of American art became an central aspect of his career for the remainder of his life, most visibly through his presidency of the National Academy of Design from 1909 until shortly before his death in 1915. He also served frequently on juries for high-profile exhibitions, and was a trustee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and the national Institute of Arts and Letters. Around 1912, he helped to form the School Art League in New York, which provided art instruction to high school students.

Alexander returned to the United States nearly every summer while based in Paris, and among his commissioned paintings were murals for the newly-constructed Library of Congress, completed around 1896. In 1901, the Alexanders returned to New York permanently. The demand for portraits continued, and he had his first solo exhibition at the Durand-Ruel Galleries in 1902. Around 1905 he received a commission for murals at the new Carnegie Institute building in Pittsburgh for the astounding sum of $175,000. He created 48 panels there through 1908. During this period, the Alexanders spent summers in Onteora, New York, where Alexander painted his well-known "Sunlight" paintings. There they became friends and collaborators with the actress Maude Adams, with Alexander designing lighting and stage sets, and Elizabeth Alexander designing costumes for Adams' productions such as Peter Pan, the Maid of Orleans, and Chanticleer. The couple became known for their "theatricals" or tableaux, staged at the MacDowell Club and elsewhere, and Elizabeth Alexander continued her design career when her husband died in 1915.

Alexander left several commissions unfinished upon his death at age 59, including murals in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Alexander held a memorial exhibition at Arden Galleries a few months after his death, and a larger memorial exhibition was held by the Carnegie Institute in 1916. Alexander won dozens of awards for artwork in his lifetime, including the Lippincott Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1899, the Gold Medal of Honor at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, the Gold Medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1901, and the Medal of the First Class at the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition in 1911. In 1923, the Alexander Memorial Studio was built at the MacDowell colony in New Hampshire to honor his memory.
Provenance:
Papers were donated in 1978 and 1981 by Irina Reed, Alexander's granddaughter and in 2017 by Elizabeth Reed, Alexander's great grandaughter.
Restrictions:
Use of the original papers requires an appointment. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and not served to researchers.
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.
Topic:
Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Works of art  Search this
Portrait painting -- 20th century  Search this
Portrait painting -- 19th century  Search this
Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Portrait painting, American  Search this
Genre/Form:
Awards
Interviews
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Medals
Citation:
John White Alexander papers, 1775-1968, bulk 1870-1915. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.alexjohn
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John White Alexander papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917c89625-97e2-4dce-a5e6-4cbf6627b78e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-alexjohn
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Andrew Carnegie, Wm. J. Bryan, J.J. Hill and John Mitchell at the White House. [Caption no. 10167 : stereoscopic photonegative,]

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Photographer:
Strohmeyer  Search this
Names:
United States. Department of Agriculture  Search this
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Hill, J. J.  Search this
Mitchell, John (President, United Mine Workers)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 7".)
Type:
Archival materials
Portraits
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1908
Local Numbers:
RSN 14725
General:
Company catalog card included.
Same as RSN 14726 and 23818.
Associated number: 113928.
Currently stored in box 3.1.37 [49].
Cancelled by scratching.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Politicians  Search this
Genre/Form:
Portraits -- Men
Photographs -- 1890-1920 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood Negatives / RSN Numbers 14716-14818
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e518ed15-4f22-41e5-bad9-425685302eee
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref11325

Andrew Carnegie, Wm. J. Bryan, J.J. Hill and John Mitchell at the White House. [Caption No. 10167 : stereoscopic photonegative,]

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Photographer:
Strohmeyer  Search this
Names:
United States. Department of Agriculture  Search this
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Hill, J. J.  Search this
Mitchell, John (President, United Mine Workers)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 7".)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1908
Local Numbers:
RSN 14726
General:
Company catalog card included.
Same as RSN 14725 and 23818.
Associated no.: 113928.
Currently stored in box 3.1.37 [49].
Cancelled by scratching.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Portraits -- 1900-1910  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1890-1920 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood Negatives / RSN Numbers 14716-14818
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep899412822-6d7f-4f77-b5af-5c3b5a4eb160
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref11326

Andrew Carnegie in the library of his home, New York City. [Active no. 8008 : stereo interpositive.]

Topic:
FAMOUS MEN
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Local Numbers:
RSN 22269
General:
Currently stored in box 3.2.23 [213].
Same as RSN 22271
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dwellings -- New York  Search this
Libraries -- New York  Search this
Portraits -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 22208-22300
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8349bb5ab-6cc1-4251-bfc2-6bb219127237
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref20036

Andrew Carnegie in the library of his home, New York City. [Active no. 8008 : stereo interpositive.]

Topic:
PROMINENT MEN
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Local Numbers:
RSN 22271
General:
Currently stored in box 3.2.23 [213].
NOTE! IMAGE REVERSE REVERSE ON VIDEODISC! Same as RSN 22269.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dwellings -- New York  Search this
Libraries -- New York  Search this
Portraits -- Men -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 22208-22300
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8152f11bb-63d6-4f1a-8b1d-d130cfae82be
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref20038

[Andrew Carnegie portrait. Active no. 8009 : stereo interpositive.]

Topic:
PROMINENT MEN
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Portraits
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Local Numbers:
RSN 22272

AC0143-0022272 (AC scan number)
General:
Currently stored in box 3.2.23 [213].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dwellings -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Portraits -- Men
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 22208-22300
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f8f8ae14-1fe0-48bd-9579-c7412cc2878b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref20039

President Washington with some famous friends of the Institute--25th Anniversary Tuskegee. [Caption no. 8290 : stereoscopic interpositive.]

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Tuskegee Institute  Search this
Abbot, Lyman  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Eliot, Charles  Search this
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Stereoscopic photographs
Photographs
Place:
Alabama
Scope and Contents:
Shows President Eliot of Harvard, Rev. Lyman Abbot, Andrew Carnegie and others.
Local Numbers:
RSN 22539
General:
Similar to RSN 27762.
Associated number (company accession no.?) 90662.
Currently stored in box 3.2.24 [229].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Portraits, Group -- 1900-1910  Search this
Education  Search this
Genre/Form:
Stereoscopic photographs
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 22489-22586
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80ab09e04-82d7-4b74-ba46-0d76e275bdb0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref20306

Andrew Carnegie, Wm. J. Bryan, J.J. Hill and John Mitchell at the White House. [Active no. 10167 : stereo interpositive,]

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Photographer:
Strohmeyer  Search this
Names:
United States. Department of Agriculture  Search this
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925  Search this
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Hill, J. J.  Search this
Mitchell, John (President, United Mine Workers)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Portraits
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
1908
Local Numbers:
RSN 23818
General:
Currently stored in box 3.2.34 [211].
Similar to RSN 14725 and 14726
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Politicians  Search this
Portraits, Group -- 1900-1910  Search this
Genre/Form:
Portraits -- Men
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 23778-23879
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86c719731-e89e-4323-870b-f1ca1bb70483
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref21585

In the cosy library of Andrew Carnegie's own home, Fifth Avenue. 10730 interpositive

Topic:
NEW YORK CITY TOUR
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8")
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1910
Local Numbers:
RSN 24305
General:
[Apr 1910 CB MS] on envelope.
Currently stored in box 3.2.37 [136].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dwellings -- New York  Search this
Homes -- New York  Search this
Interior architecture  Search this
Libraries -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 24283-24379
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82c01f52f-2326-448b-9f2a-40c05c7ce5ef
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref22071

Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Former owner:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Photographer:
Buckler, James R.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Gardens  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
United States of America -- New York -- New York
Date:
04/02/1975
Varying Form:
Carnegie Mansion.
General:
Schoolhouse area. SI 4.2.75/ Office of Horticulture - P.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Spring  Search this
Aerial views  Search this
Walkways  Search this
Outdoor furniture  Search this
Picnic tables  Search this
Garden structures  Search this
Walls (building)  Search this
Benches  Search this
Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Gardens field collection.
Identifier:
AAG.SGF, Item NY417001
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens field collection
Smithsonian Gardens field collection / Gardens in the United States / New York / NY417: New York -- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6dcff0903-8413-4647-8fa1-2f3e70d25360
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-sgf-ref28748

Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Former owner:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Photographer:
Buckler, James R.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Gardens  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
United States of America -- New York -- New York
Date:
04/02/1975
Varying Form:
Carnegie Mansion.
General:
c 19 style. Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Spring  Search this
Conservatories  Search this
Fountains  Search this
Ironwork  Search this
Interior views  Search this
Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Gardens field collection.
Identifier:
AAG.SGF, Item NY417002
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens field collection
Smithsonian Gardens field collection / Gardens in the United States / New York / NY417: New York -- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb63ff9f42b-4ab4-49c5-988c-8ce1f39ecdfd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-sgf-ref28749

Cooper-Hewitt Museum: playhouse in winter.

Former owner:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Photographer:
Buckler, James R.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Gardens  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col., 35mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
United States of America -- New York -- New York
Date:
1974 Jan.
Varying Form:
Carnegie Mansion.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Children's playhouses  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Urban gardens  Search this
Snow  Search this
Fences  Search this
Benches  Search this
Winter  Search this
Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Gardens field collection.
Identifier:
AAG.SGF, Item NY417003
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens field collection
Smithsonian Gardens field collection / Gardens in the United States / New York / NY417: New York -- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb65158fc0a-5232-49c2-831b-a1702242a9db
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-sgf-ref28750

Cooper-Hewitt Museum: ladies sitting at park bench, drinking Tab soda; children playing in the background.

Former owner:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Photographer:
Buckler, James R.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Gardens  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col., 35mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
United States of America -- New York -- New York
Date:
1974 Jul.
Varying Form:
Carnegie Mansion.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Urban gardens  Search this
Picnic tables  Search this
Lawn chairs  Search this
Outdoor furniture  Search this
Chairs  Search this
Children  Search this
Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Gardens field collection.
Identifier:
AAG.SGF, Item NY417004
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens field collection
Smithsonian Gardens field collection / Gardens in the United States / New York / NY417: New York -- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb637b6086e-db09-4169-9942-fb8cfd1819bc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-sgf-ref28751

Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Former owner:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Photographer:
Buckler, James R.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Gardens  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col., 35mm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
United States of America -- New York -- New York
Date:
1974 Jul.
Varying Form:
Carnegie Mansion.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Urban gardens  Search this
Children  Search this
Parks  Search this
Museums  Search this
Buildings  Search this
Shrubs  Search this
Flowering trees  Search this
Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Gardens field collection.
Identifier:
AAG.SGF, Item NY417005
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens field collection
Smithsonian Gardens field collection / Gardens in the United States / New York / NY417: New York -- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6c6895e66-be39-4d27-a387-39e72b5a5101
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-sgf-ref28752

Lenox -- Shadow Brook

Former owner:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this
Shotter, Spencer P.  Search this
Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1838-1913  Search this
Architect:
Wilson, H. Neill  Search this
Landscape architect:
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903  Search this
Collection Collector:
Marchand, Richard  Search this
Extent:
7 Slides (photographs)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Postcards
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire County -- Lenox
Shadow Brook (Lenox, Massachusetts)
General:
001: "Shadow Brook" Residence of Mr. S. P. Shotter, Lenox, Mass. Pub. by L. H. Regnier. Postcard circa 1907-1915.

002: Shadowbrook - West Front, Lenox, Mass. Postcard circa 1915-1930.

003: "Shadow Brook" Residence of Mr. S. P. Shotter, Lenox, Mass. Postcard circa 1907-1915.

004: 4064. Shadowbrook, Anson Phelps Stokes Estate, Lenox, Mass. Handcolored. Postcard circa 1901-1906.

005: "Shadow Brook" - Residence of Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Lenox, Mass. Postcard circa 1917-1919.

006: Shadowbrook - Lenox, Mass. Postcard circa 1901-1915.

007: Shadowbrook, Anson Phelps Stokes Estate, Lenox, Mass. Handcolored. Made in Austria to Thos. E. Collin, Pittsfield, Mass. Postcard circa 1901-1906.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Lenox  Search this
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.
Identifier:
AAG.MAR, File MA198
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Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides)
Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides) / Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb693e72559-3d48-488c-a6f8-da2dcab69199
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-mar-ref1418

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