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Creator:

Jaccaci, Augusto Floriano, 1857-1930  Search this

Names:

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Sickert, Bernard, 1862-1932  Search this

Extent:

7.2 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1889-1935

bulk 1904-1914

Summary:

The papers of art historican August Jaccaci measure 7.2 linear feet and date from 1889 to 1935, with the bulk of the material dating from 1904 to 1914. The collection documents Jaccaci's work as an art historian, writer, and editor, primarily during the period he researched, compiled, and published his book Noteworthy Paintings in Private American Collections. More than one-half of the collection consists of extensive correspondence to and from many notable artists, collectors, and art historians, including John La Farge, Kenyon Cox, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Bernard Sickert concerning the research and publication of the book. The papers also house legal files, writings and notes, art collection research files, and photographs of artwork.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of art historican August Jaccaci measure 7.2 linear feet and date from 1889 to 1935, with the bulk of the material dating from 1904 to 1914. The collection documents Jaccaci's work as an art historian, writer, and editor, primarily during the period he researched, compiled, and published his book Noteworthy Paintings in Private American Collections. More than one-half of the collection consists of extensive correspondence to and from many notable artists, collectors, and art historians, including John La Farge, Kenyon Cox, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Bernard Sickert concerning the research and publication of the book. The papers also house legal files, writings and notes, art collection research files, and photographs of artwork.

Correspondents include art historians, critic, artists, and art collectors, as well as publishers, photographers, printers, and agents. These letters discuss the research of famous American art collections, writing of essays for the book, and the book production and publication. There is extensive correspondence with his co-editor John La Farge, and with his employee Carl Snyder who was working in Europe. Other correspondence is with magazines, art associations, academic institutions, and French service organizations. Also included is a small amount of personal correspondence with friends and colleagues.

Legal files include contracts and legal agreements for the August F. Jaccaci Company, as well as legal agreements with John La Farge concerning the research and publication of their joint book. Writings and notes include Jaccaci's lists and notes pertaining to the Noteworthy Paintings project, as well as other miscellaneous notes. Also found are writings by John La Farge that include drafts of a book, lectures, and notes about his artwork. Writings by others in this series also include draft essays by many art historians for Jaccaci's book. For the Noteworthy Paintings project, Jaccaci created numerous research files for American art collections and collectors that would be included. These research files include lists of works of art, essays and other notes about the collection written by prominent art historians. Photographs are of works of art supporting the research files. Also found in this collection are photographs of and notes about New England stencil designs. It is unclear what the connection is between Jaccaci and the stencil designs.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 5 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1895-1929, undated (Box 1-5; 4.2 linear feet)

Series 2: Legal Files, 1895-1911, undated (Box 5; 4 folders)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1903-1914, undated (Box 5; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 4: Art Collection Research Files, 1889, 1892, 1903-1914, undated (Box 5-7; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 5: Photographs, 1904-1912, 1928-1935, undated (Box 7-8; 0.4 linear feet)

Due to re-processing, the order of the collection varies slightly from the order of the collection on microfilm. References to the microfilm reel numbers have been added for researcher access.

Biographical Note:

August Florian Jaccaci was born in Fontainebleau, France in 1856. After traveling extensively in various countries including Mexico and Cuba, he settled in the United States in the early 1880s. He worked briefly as an artist in the Midwest, creating murals on commission, including a mural in the Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jaccaci then moved to New York City and worked as art editor for Century magazine. Besides serving as art editor, he also wrote several articles and executed illustrations for the magazine. On the recommendation of artist Will H. Low he became art editor of McClure's magazine at its founding in 1896. A year later he wrote the book on his travels entitled, On the trail of Don Quixote: being a record of rambles in the ancient province of La Mancha [sic]. He left McClure's in 1902 and in 1903 began working on a major multi-volume book entitled Noteworthy Paintings in Private American Collections. Jaccaci envisioned a 15 volume set with essays about American art collections written by distinguished art historians. Though Jaccaci knew many writers, art critics, and artists through his magazine work, he was not a well-known art historian and asked artist John La Farge to be the co-editor of the book. La Farge's reputation provided access to major American collections of artwork. The publishing company Merrill and Baker was to publish the work, but it went bankrupt in 1904. Jaccaci then bought their property for his project and called it the August F. Jaccaci Co. The first volume was published in 1909, and John La Farge died in 1910. Though Jaccaci continued working on the next volume, the project failed in 1912. Besides working on this project, Jaccaci also served as editor of the "Art in America" section of Burlington Magazine from 1907 to 1910.

In 1914 August Jaccaci went to Europe on art related business. With the start of World War I, he decided to stay in France and pursue philanthropic work. He founded the Society for Protection of Children of the Frontier, and established a children's hospital, receiving many honors for his service. He died in Neuf-De-Grasse, France in 1930.

Provenance:

The August Jaccaci papers were purchased by the Archives of American Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1957 and microfilmed shortly after receipt.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy. Use of materials not available on microfilm requires an appointment.

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:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

August Jaccaci papers, 1889-1935. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.jaccaugu

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August Jaccaci papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97692c28d-c0b5-4714-a10d-cbb2b7e728fc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-jaccaugu

Photographer:

Frankel, Felice  Search this

Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Fenway Court (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Landscape architect:

Sears, Charles  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Massachusetts -- Boston

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston

Date:

[1980?]

General:

Copyright.

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:

Climbing plants  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item MA058010

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts / MA058: Boston -- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d6b84261-51e3-4f34-85ed-546742e8d347

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17764

Photographer:

Frankel, Felice  Search this

Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Fenway Court (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Landscape architect:

Sears, Charles  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Massachusetts -- Boston

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston

Date:

[1980?]

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:

Parterres  Search this

Arcades (Architecture)  Search this

Flower arrangement  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item MA058011

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts / MA058: Boston -- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb61c6d0ee4-d8d9-46a1-8763-14b8477e80ca

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17765

Photographer:

Frankel, Felice  Search this

Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Fenway Court (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Landscape architect:

Sears, Charles  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Massachusetts -- Boston

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston

Date:

[1980?]

General:

Copyright.

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:

Arcades (Architecture)  Search this

Relief  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item MA058009

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts / MA058: Boston -- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6cd8afc7b-7992-4101-ba35-f8a886ce1a84

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref17763

Interviewee:

Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889-1978  Search this

Interviewer:

Barrie, Dennis  Search this

Names:

Cleveland Museum of Art  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Morgan, J. Pierpont, 1837-1913 (John Pierpont)  Search this

Seligmann, Jacques, 1858-1923  Search this

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958  Search this

Extent:

106 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1974 Dec. 27-1976 Mar. 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of William Milliken conducted 1974 Dec. 27-1976 Mar. 13, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. Milliken speaks of his family background and history; his childhood; his education, and studies at Princeton; his first position as Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum; his involvement with the Frick and the Cooper Union Museum; his appointment to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1919, and becoming its director in 1930. He recalls William R. Valentiner, Jacques Seligmann, Isabella Stewart Gardner, J.P. Morgan, Henry Frick and others.

Biographical / Historical:

William Milliken (1889-1978) was a museum director from Cleveland, Ohio. He was the director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930-1958.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 45 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Museum curators -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews  Search this

Museum directors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.millik74

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw998cdcaf0-9fcc-4ef1-922d-801f35d6a0dd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-millik74

Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Names:

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Extent:

1 Reel (ca. 400 items (on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1887-1924

Scope and Contents:

Letters from Isabella Stewart Gardner to Berenson and his wife, Mary.

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian, critic, collector, and teacher; Florence, Italy. First name often spelled Bernhard. Was "discovered" by Isabella Stewart Gardner immediately after his graduation from Harvard. As a patron of the fine arts, Gardner financed Berenson's travels in Italy to collect Italian Renaissance art for the Venetian palazzo she re-created in Boston. Berenson bought Villa I Tatti, his home in Florence, before the Second World War. During the war he and his wife and his personal secretary were exiles in the villa for several years. He lived there until his death where upon he bequeathed it to Harvard University.

Provenance:

Microfilm copy lent by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1974. AAA duplicated the microfilm for its own collections. Microfilm labeled Isabella Stewart Gardner papers.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art critics -- Italy  Search this

Art historians -- Italy  Search this

Topic:

Art, Renaissance -- Italy  Search this

Art patronage  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Italy  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.gardisas

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92860af1e-c355-42eb-aba8-974837373e01

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gardisas

Creator:

Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 (sculptor)  Search this

Names:

American Red Cross. Studio for Portrait Masks (Paris, France)  Search this

Aldrich, William  Search this

Fabbricotti, Gabriella  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Hammond, Natalie Hays, 1905-  Search this

Southwick, Jessie Eldridge  Search this

Extent:

4.26 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Date:

1881-1950

Summary:

The papers of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd measure 4.26 linear feet, date from 1881-1950, and document the career of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd. Found within the papers are biographical material, letters, diaries, financial material, notes and writings, art work, a file concerning the American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd measure 4.26 linear feet, date from 1881-1950, and document the career of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd. Found within the papers are biographical material, letters, diaries, financial material, notes and writings, art work, a file concerning the American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.

Biographical materials are scattered and include calling cards, biographical sketches notes, and certificates.

Correspondence includes letters written to Anna Coleman Ladd from various family members, friends, and colleagues. Notable correspodents include William Aldrich, Gabriella Fabbricotti, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Natalie Hays Hammond, and Jessie Eldridge Southwick.

Diaries are daily diaries dating from 1903-1905 and from 1911-1912. Each diary includes short descriptions of Ladd's days.

Financial materials include receipts, stock certificates, travel materials, lists, and an account book for Dr. Maynard Ladd.

Writings and notes consists of notebooks, lists of works of art, inventories, manuscripts by Ladd and by others.

Artworks include two sketchbooks, loose drawings, and a plaster relief by Ladd as well as several sketches by others.

American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks files include correspondence, writings, a scrapbook, printed materials, and photographs. Materials concern portrait masks used to disguise the disfigured faces of World War I veterans.

Scrapbooks consists of three scrapbooks containing photographs, printed materials, and writings.

Printed materials include clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for Ladd's works, books and booklets, and posters, some of which are French World War I propaganda.

Photographs include photographs of Anna Coleman Ladd with her works of art and in the studio, Dr. Maynard Ladd, friends, family, colleagues, and works of sculpture.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 10 series. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1910-1950 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1895-1937 (Box 1-2; 1.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Diaries, 1903-1912 (Box 2; 2 folders)

Series 4: Financial Material, 1899-1934 (Box 2; 6 folders)

Series 5: Writings and Notes, 1888-1949 (Box 2, 6, OV 7; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 6: Artwork, 1901-1928 (Box 2, 6, OV 7; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks File, 1914-1925 (Box 2-3, 6; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1900-1940 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1889-1942 (Box 3, 6, OV 7; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1881-1932 (Box 4-6, MGP 1; 0.8 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

Born in 1878 in Philadelphia to John and Mary Watts, Anna Coleman Ladd (née Watts) was educated in private schools and Europe. She also studied in America under Charles Grafly.

She moved to Boston in 1905 and married Boston pediatrician Maynard Ladd with whom she had two daughters, Gabriella May Ladd and Vernon Abbott Ladd . Working in her studio on Clarendon Street, Ladd became one of the city's most prolific sculptors, creating fountain pieces, portrait busts, memorials, and reliefs in addition to authoring two novels, Hieronymus Rides in 1912, and The Candid Adventurer in 1913.

Between 1907 and 1915, Ladd had solo exhibitions at the Gorham Gallery in New York, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia. She was also invited to exhibit her bronzes at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. In 1914 she executed a bronze statuette of Eleanora Duse for which the actress posed, and later completed portrait busts of Anna Pavlova and Ethel Barrimore.

In late 1917 in Paris, Ladd founded the American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks to provide cosmetic masks to be worn by men who had been badly disfigured in World War I. Her services earned her the Légion d'Honneur Crois de Chevalier and the Serbian Order of Saint Sava.

For many years, Ladd maintained a summer studio "Arden" at Beverly Farms in Manchester, Massachusetts. In 1923, she received an honorary degree of Master of Arts from Tufts College.

Anna Coleman Ladd died June 3, 1939 in Santa Barbara, California.

Provenance:

The Anna Coleman Ladd papers were donated in 1991 by William Terry on behalf of Robert Edwards, a friend of Anna Coleman Ladd.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:

Authors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Portrait sculpture  Search this

Architectural sculpture  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Anna Coleman Ladd papers, 1881-1950. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for processing in preparation for digitization, and for the digitization of this collection, was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.laddanna

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Anna Coleman Ladd papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91cb4fc5e-c01f-43e3-908b-b202a008717e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-laddanna

Creator:

Smith, Joseph Lindon, 1863-1950  Search this

Names:

Académie Julian  Search this

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir, 1836-1912  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

James, Henry, 1843-1916  Search this

Loring, Charles Greely, 1828-1902  Search this

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948  Search this

Ross, Denman Waldo, 1853-1935  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Smith, Corinna Lindon, 1876-  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Extent:

8.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Notebooks

Photographs

Prints

Interviews

Drafts (documents)

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Place:

Egypt -- Antiquities

Egypt -- description and travel

Date:

1647-1965

bulk 1873-1965

Summary:

The papers of Boston and New Hampshire painter Joseph Lindon Smith date from 1647-1965, with the bulk of papers dating from 1873-1965, and measure 8.8 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; letters from family members, artists, museums, and art patrons; seven diaries by Smith and two by his wife Corinna, personal business records, notes and writings, files concerning charitable theatrical productions, one sketchbook and other art work, a scrapbook, printed material, photographs, and sound recordings of radio interviews and a radio program on Smith.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Boston and New Hampshire painter Joseph Lindon Smith date from 1647-1965, with the bulk of papers dating from 1873-1965, and measure 8.8 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; letters from family members, artists, museums, and art patrons; seven diaries by Smith and two by his wife Corinna, personal business records, notes and writings, files concerning charitable theatrical productions, one sketchbook and other art work, a scrapbook, printed material, photographs, and sound recordings of radio interviews and a radio program on Smith.

Scattered biographical material consists of family history documents for the Smith and Putnam families, a Jenkes family tree, and passports for Joseph Lindon Smith and his family.

Over three linear feet of letters are from family members, artists including Cecilia Beaux, Frank Benson, George DeForest Brush, and Denman Ross, museum staff concerned with work in Egypt, and art patrons including Isabella Stewart Gardner, and individuals involved with Smith's charitable pageants. There are scattered letters from Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Henry James, Charles G. Loring, Paul Manship, General John J. Pershing, John Singer Sargent, and Abbott Handerson Thayer. Among the subjects discussed are student life at the Académie Julian, the Smiths' travels, and individuals known by Smith.

Seven diaries written by Joseph Lindon Smith document his ravels in Egypt, Persia, Europe, and New Mexico. Two diaries were written by Corinna Smith during her travels to Beiram and Egypt.

Personal business records business records include contracts, price lists, lists of securities, and miscellaneous receipts of the Smith and Putnam families, Joseph Lindon Smith, Corinna Smith, and their daughter Lois Smith.

Notes include engagement calendars, notebooks, lists of art work, lecture notes, minutes of meetings, notes on family history and on travel, and an autograph by Kit Carson. Writings include miscellaneous typescripts by the Smiths and others concerning travel, work in Egypt and elsewhere, and anecdotes about various friends and acquaintances. There are also three drafts of "Egypt - My Winter Home."

Theatrical production files concern plays, pageants, and masques written and/or produced by the Smiths. Many of the performances were benefits, dedication or anniversary celebrations, such as a pageant given at Fenway Court in honor of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a pageant at the dedication of a memorial to Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the centenary celebration of the founding of Amherst, Massachusetts.

Art work includes a sketchbook with extensive notes, a painting, drawings by Joseph Lindon Smith, and prints by other artists.

A scrapbook contains clippings and an exhibition catalog from the St. Botolph Club. Additional printed material includes clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases, programs, booklets, brochures, and books by others.

Photographs are of Smith, his family, friends including classmates from the Académie Julian, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Abbott Handerson Thayer, exhibition installations, military camp sites from World War I, travel scenes, and art work by Smith.

Audio recordings consist of four sound disc recordings of interviews for WKNE Radio, Keene, New Hampshire, with Corinna Smith and Barry Faulkner talking about Smith, and a program about Smith and his book Tombs, Temples, and Ancient Art.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1711-1948 (Box 1, 10; 5 folders)

Series 2: Letters, 1768-1965 (Box 1-4, OV 11; 3.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Diaries, 1904-1949 (Box 4; 11 folders)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1647-1959 (Box 4, 10; 11 folders)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, 1783-1963 (Box 4-6; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 6: Theatrical Production Files, 1897-1950 (Box 6-7, 10; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Art Works, 1932-1943 (Box 8, 10; 8 folders)

Series 8: Scrapbook, 1888-1901 (Box 8; 1 folder)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1723-1963 (Box 8, OV 11; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1884-1956 (Box 8-10; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 11: Audio Recordings, 1956 (Box 9-10; 2 folders)

All material is arranged chronologically except for the writings by others and travel photographs that are arranged alphabetically.

Biographical Note:

Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) of Boston, Massachusetts and Dublin, New Hampshire, was a painter primarily known for his ability to meticulously depict the murals and tomb sculpture of Egypt and other ancient cultures.

Joseph Lindon Smith was born on October 11, 1863 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of wholesale lumberman Henry Francis Smith and Emma Greenleaf Smith, a cousin of John Greenleaf Whittier.

From 1880 to 1882, Smith studied drawing and painting at the Art School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts under Frederic Crowninshield and Otto Grundman. Accompanied by his friend, Frank Benson, he attended the Académie Julian and studied under William Bouguereau, Gustave Boulanger, and Jules Lefebvre from 1883 to 1885.

Upon his return to Boston, Smith established a studio as a portrait and landscape painter, attracting the attention of Denman Ross, a professor of History of Fine Arts at Harvard University. In the early 1890s Smith and Ross began to travel extensively and Smith became interested in ancient civilizations of Mexico, China, and Southeast Asia. In 1892, during a trip to Italy, Smith befriended Isabella Stewart Gardner, for whom he copied famous paintings, and occasionally acted as agent in purchasing art work.

Making his first trip to Egypt in 1898, Smith became enthralled with the art work of the ancient civilization and devoted himself to painting copies of the tomb sculptures and murals for educational uses in museums and other public institutions. In 1899, he married Corinna Haven Putnam and the couple spent much of their married life traveling between the United States and the Middle East, especially Egypt. From 1910 to 1939, Smith was a member of the Joint Expedition of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University directed by Dr. George A. Reisner.

For fifty years, Smith was also sought out as a writer and producer of plays and theatrical pageants, fetes, and masques primarily staged for various charitable fund-raising events.

Joseph Lindon Smith died on October 18, 1950 in Dublin, New Hampshire.

Related Material:

The papers of Smith's wife, Corinna Putnam Smith, are available at The Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Provenance:

The Joseph Lindon Smith papers were donated by Jessie T. Hale, Smith's granddaughter, in 1977 and 1978.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:

Painters -- New Hampshire -- Dublin  Search this

Topic:

Historical drama  Search this

Community theater  Search this

Art, Egyptian  Search this

Art, Ancient  Search this

Art, Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notebooks

Photographs

Prints

Interviews

Drafts (documents)

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Citation:

Joseph Lindon Smith papers, 1647-1965, bulk 1873-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.smitjose

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Joseph Lindon Smith papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw957fba9cb-a7d1-40b4-9a66-a5f4d2a0b7ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitjose

Collector:

Zalesch, Saul E.  Search this

Names:

Brooklyn Art Association  Search this

Society of American Artists  Search this

Baldridge, C. LeRoy  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Betts, Louis, 1873-1961  Search this

Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988  Search this

Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Duveneck, Josephine W. (Josephine Whitney), 1891-1978  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908  Search this

Foster, Ben, 1852-1926  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Indiana, Robert, 1928-  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Lage, William Potter  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997  Search this

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836-1897  Search this

Merry, C. M.  Search this

Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Rogers, John, 1829-1904  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Stankiewicz, Richard, 1922-1983  Search this

Story, Franklin H.  Search this

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Teal, William P.  Search this

Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Williams, Gluyas, 1888-  Search this

Extent:

58 Items ((portions microfilmed on 1 reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1834-1973

Scope and Contents:

Artists' letters and documents collected by Zalesch and letters written to him in response to inquiries concnering autographs and biographical information.

REEL 3097: Twenty-six letters (1845-1973) written by George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Frederick Stuart Church, Thomas Doughty, Ernest Fenollosa, Ben Foster, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, John La Farge, Homer Dodge Martin, Joseph Pennell, Edward Willis Redfield, John Rogers, John Singer Sargent, Richard Stankiewicz, Thomas Sully, and Elihu Vedder. Also included are a Harvard University bond for William Wetmore Story's tuition signed by Franklin H. Story (1834) and a biographical questionnaire completed by John La Farge for The Cyclopedia of American Biography (1925).

UNMICROFILMED: Letters written by Roy Lichtenstein, William Gropper, Gluyas Williams, Ordway Partridge, Frederick Burr Opper, James Wells Champney, C. Gray Parker, Ben Foster, Louis Betts, Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, Richard Lippold, Romare Bearden, Isabel Bishop, Thomas Hart Benton, Richard Stankiewicz, and others; a brochure for a work of art by Robert Indiana; a certificate from The Brooklyn Art Association for one share of capital stock in the name of William Potter Lage; one page of correspondence documenting a decision made for the Society of American Artists containing a note from Francis D. Millet to J. Alden Weir, followed by a note from Weir to Frederic Church, signed "O.K." by Church.

Vol. XXVI, no. 5, Feb. 1924 periodical, Old Hughes, published by the students of Hughes High school in Cincinnati, Ohio containing a published exchange of letters between principal C. M. Merry and Josephine W. Duveneck, daughter-in-law of painter Frank Duveneck about the Hughes High School purchasing a painting by Duveneck, and a reminiscence of Duveneck by William P. Teal, head of the art department at Hughes High School.

Biographical / Historical:

Saul Zalesch, an art historian, began collecting artists' letters around 1981.

Provenance:

This collection of letters was lent for microfilming by Zalesch in 1984 (reel 3097). Zalesch donated an additional three letters in 1993, twenty-five in 1999, one letter in 2008, and a publication in 2009.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.zalesaul

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw944fc0c8c-cd38-4b95-87d2-9a809479294d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zalesaul

Creator:

Curtis, Benjamin F.  Search this

Names:

Curtis & Cameron, Inc  Search this

United States. National Park Service  Search this

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926  Search this

Fleischner, Otto, d. 1939  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Potter, Louis McClellan, 1873-1912  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Donor:

Parker, John A. (John Albert)  Search this

Extent:

16 Items ((partially filmed on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1910-1925

Scope and Contents:

Miscellaneous letters and photographs from the files of art photographer Benjamin F. Curtis of the firm of Curtis & Cameron, Inc. The items mainly relate to portrait painter John Singer Sargent.

Included are two letters to Curtis from Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University, February 26 and March 2, 1925, regarding portraits of him by painters John Singer Sargent and Louis Potter, and a photo of each portrait, 1910 and undated, (one taken by Curtis & Cameron, Inc.). Eliot requests that Curtis' print of Sargent's portrait of him not be used in publication as it "looks to me like a picture of a complacent fop seven feet tall" and that he prefers Charles Hopkinson's portrait instead. Of the Louis Potter bust, he writes "my family say unanimously that it is a good looking man but that it is not I."

Also included are two letters, undated, from Isabella Stewart Gardner (another of Sargent's sitters) to "Dear Sir" and "Dear Mr. Sears"; an undated letter (plus typescript) to Mr. [Otto] Fleischner, Assistant Librarian of the Boston Public Library, from Sargent regarding a complaint about his murals in the library, writing that he does not want to get into an argument with a woman who considers his murals "a bewildering, crowded, rotten world of dogmas, distress and medievalism"; four photographs of Sargent, including a portrait of him at age eight, Sargent receiving an honorary doctorate at Harvard University in 1916, and one dated 1925, Montreal; a photo by Keystone View Co. of Sargent's painting "Artist Sketching," and two of portraits of Sargent by Raymond M. Crosby and an unidentifed artist.

Biographical / Historical:

Curtis was a fine arts photographer; Boston, Mass. with the firm of Curtis& Cameron, Inc.

Provenance:

Donated 1995 by John A. Parker, Benjamin F. Curtis' son-in-law.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Photographers -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.curtbenj

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw933821bae-6063-460e-bbb7-cc4b1932843b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-curtbenj

Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Names:

Duveen Brothers  Search this

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Extent:

40 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1760-1956

Scope and Contents:

Letters, business records, diary, and photographs.

REEL 380-413: Primarily correspondence, mostly Gardner's own, but including family correspondence and Gardner Museum correspondence.

REELS 631-632: Personal papers of Gardner and some records of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum including dealers' files containing invoices, notes, cancelled checks, and letters; a record book, "Prices Paid for Paintings," 1917; a record book, "Prices Paid for Works of Art"; 118 installation photographs of the museum as arranged by Gardner, 1924; a diary kept in Egypt, 1874, with sketches; a diary kept in Shanghai and India, 1883-1884; "Directions for my funeral," 1912; and "Suggestions for Running a Museum," 1913.

REELS 696-698: Letters from Bernard Berenson to Gardner, 1887-1924. Letters contain references to literary topics, Berenson's impressions of Europe, various paintings and artists, advice to Gardner on the purchase of paintings and information on their sale.

REEL 846: Checklist of Gardner's letters to Bernard and Mary Berenson, 1894-1924; typescripts of personal and official correspondence (originals found on AAA microfilm reels 696-698), 1887-1924.

Biographical / Historical:

Isabella Stewart Gardner was an art patron, collector, and museum founder in Boston, Mass. Immediately after graduation from Harvard, Bernard Berenson was hired by Gardner to travel throughout Italy collecting Italian Renaissance art for her recreated Venetian palazzo in Boston. She established her palazzo as a museum of fine European art with stipulations that after her death none of the exhibited works was to be moved or rearranged, but left as she had designed during her lifetime.

Provenance:

Microfilm lent by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for duplicating, 1972-1975.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art patrons -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Art, Renaissance -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Art, Italian -- Italy -- Venice  Search this

Painting, Renaissance  Search this

Sculpture, Renaissance  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Identifier:

AAA.gardisab

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92b22555a-93d8-4bb4-84dc-7a55d64712db

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gardisab

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0392.gardner, Frame 39-58

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104493]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw988afd5ac-c207-419c-bf78-16db6eddf2ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref100

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0410.gardner, Frame 80-82

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104691]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9baa887f6-baa6-47a3-8898-b5b3da1f8f58

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1000

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0410.gardner, Frame 83-93

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104691]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9719e01dc-541d-4f69-9d50-1c10ff83c705

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1001

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0390.gardner, Frame 86-133

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104477]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

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Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95d106aff-90c7-46da-b76d-0b50f19aa405

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1002

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0410.gardner, Frame 94-95

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104691]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

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Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9aee74e2f-fb22-4c6b-9282-5f3f52945b03

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1003

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0410.gardner, Frame 96-115

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104691]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9641e9687-872f-4e94-9036-f3ee3f6b39a5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1004

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0410.gardner, Frame 116-119

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104691]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9db43d521-855c-4b03-a6dc-922736e8d051

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1005

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0390.gardner, Frame 134-137

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104477]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93a13187c-5df5-44ea-a145-8af2dd408ffe

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1006

Collection Creator:

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Container:

Reel 0410.gardner, Frame 120-365

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000104691]

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers / Series 1: Isabella Stewart Gardner Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92c718147-ccf9-4bd8-93fb-81162c64b79e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-gardisab-ref1007