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Creator:

Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)  Search this

Names:

Geological Survey (U.S.)  Search this

United States. Army  Search this

Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917  Search this

Crook, George, 1829-1890  Search this

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876  Search this

Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876  Search this

Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872  Search this

Kinman, Seth  Search this

Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925  Search this

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this

Red Cloud, 1822-1909  Search this

Richard, Louis  Search this

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888  Search this

Sitting Bull, 1831-1890  Search this

Spotted Tail, 1823-1881  Search this

Photographer:

Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this

Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882  Search this

Eaton, E. L. (Edric L.), b. ca. 1836  Search this

Ebell, Adrian J. (Adrian John), 1840-1877  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)  Search this

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882  Search this

Pywell, Wm. R. (William Redish), 1843-1886  Search this

Vannerson, Julian, 1827-  Search this

Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886  Search this

Extent:

4 Tintypes

3 Chromolithographs

3 Lithographs (3 chalk-manner lithographs)

1 Print (photogravure)

118 Pages (Scrapbook)

685 Prints (circa, albumen)

80 Items (circa 80 relief prints (including woodcuts and wood engraving))

30 Items (circa 30 intaglio prints (including etchings and engravings))

Culture:

Apache  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Fox  Search this

A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Modoc  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Potawatomi  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Ute  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Tintypes

Chromolithographs

Lithographs

Prints

Pages

Photographs

Newspapers

Woodcuts

Place:

Mexico

Taos Pueblo (N.M.)

California

Oregon

Fort Davis (Tex.)

New Mexico

Fort Snelling (Minn.)

Arizona

Texas

San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)

Zuni (N.M.)

Kansas

Colorado

Date:

circa 1863-1900

Summary:

Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations.

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations. The album includes photographs (mostly albumen with three tintypes), newsclippings, wood engravings, and lithographs, some of which are reproductions of Taylor's own illustrations and paintings. Photographs depict American Indians, US Army soldiers and scouts, historical sites, forts, and scenery. Some were made on expeditions, including the Hayden and Powell surveys, and created from published stereographs. Many of Taylor's illustrations are signed, and some are inscribed with dates and "N. Y." The scrapbook also includes clippings from newspapers and other written sources relating to illustrations and photographs in the album.

Biographical Note:

James E. Taylor (1839-1901) was an artist-correspondent for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper from 1863-1883. Born in Cincinatti, Ohio, he graduated from Notre Dame University by the age of sixteen. Taylor enlisted in the 10th New York Infantry in 1861 and the next year was hired by Leslie's Illustrated newspaper as a "Special Artist" and war correspondent. In 1864 he covered the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and was later one of the illustrator-correspondents at the 1867 treaty negotiations at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He soon earned the moniker "Indian Artist" because of his vast number of drawings of American Indians. In 1883 Taylor retired from Leslie's to work as a freelance illustrator. Colonel Richard Irving Dodge used Taylor's drawings to illustrate his memoir, "Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men of the Great West" (1882).

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 4605

Related Materials:

The National Anthropolgical Archives holds additional photographs by photographers represented in this collection (including original negatives for some of these prints), particularly in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 87.

Additional photographs by Whitney, Gardner, and Barry held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 80-18.

Julian Vannerson and James E. McClees photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4286.

Pywell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4498.

O'Sullivan photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo lot 4501.

Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 83-18 and Photo Lot 87-2N.

Provenance:

Donated or transferred by John Witthoft from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, April 14, 1961.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Church buildings  Search this

Mines and mineral resources  Search this

Dance  Search this

White River Massacre, Colo., 1879  Search this

Painting  Search this

Washita Campaign, 1868-1869  Search this

Mormon Church -- History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Newspapers

Woodcuts

Tintypes

Citation:

MS 4605, James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4605

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James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33fa281bf-1e72-4f26-ae86-8c8389244b4e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4605

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

14,500 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Drawings

Clippings

Date:

ca. 1860s-1960s

Scope and Contents:

Consists of photographs collected by the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Ethnology and later by the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA). Coverage is worldwide outside North America. Most of the items are photographic prints, some in albums. There are also negatives, photomechanical prints, artwork, and newsclippings. For the most part, the material is historical or ethnological, including images of specimens, portraits, and scenes of daily activity. Some landscape views are also included.

Arrangement:

Arranged by geographic area, generally following George P. Murdockʹs Outline of World Cultures.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Drawings

Clippings

Citation:

Photo lot 97, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.97

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3361718ad-0211-4be3-805f-10163a0c4dc2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-97

Series Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Container:

Box 158, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987, undated

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 23: Brown, Adele "Del" and Herizon Social Club

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8699c956a-dadb-42c0-9ae9-d383b8aaf267

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref2691

Series Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Container:

Box 26, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987-1993

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 23: Brown, Adele "Del" and Herizon Social Club

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep837e8ab21-db7b-4dbb-bf24-060f65a63d38

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref2695

Creator:

NBC Television Network  Search this

Home (TV Program)  Search this

Haultcoeur, Phillip (Hippolyte Arthur), 1908-1967 (Chef)  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color slides

Correspondence

Menus

Newsclippings

Date:

1932-1967

Summary:

Collection documents the NBC television show "Home" (1954-1957) particularly, the activities of on-air chef Phillip Haultcoeur.

Content Description:

The collection consists of correspondence, recipes, menus, photographs, news clippings, and program notes relating to the NBC television show "Home" (1954-1957) and, particularly, to the activities of on-air chef Phillip Haultcoeur.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Personal Materials, 1932-1967

Series 2: "Home" (NBC TV) Program, 1954-1957

Seroies 3: Photographs and Slides, 1950s-1960s

Biographical / Historical:

Hippolyte Arthur Phillip Haultcouer, was born on May 3, 1908 in London, England. He came to the United States in 1929 aboard the SS President Roosevelt and opened the kitchen at New York City's Savoy-Plaza Hotel, which operated from 1927-1965. He was familiarly known as "Chef Phillip." He became a United States citizen on July 24, 1940. From March 1942 to November 1945, Haultcouer served as a Tec-5 in the United States Army. In October 1948 he married Margaret M. Mulcahy (1926-1981) in Manhattan and the couple had two children, Phillip (b. 1949) and Douglas (b. 1951).

In 1953 Haultcouer founded the culinary arts program at the State University of New York at the New York City Community College to train chefs. Haultcouer also appeared on the "Home" television program of the National Broadcasting Company with Arlene Francis and Hugh Downs from 1954 to 1957.

Sources

"Chef Phillip of the Voisin Dead; Set Up State Culinary Program," New York Times, February 15, 1967, page 40.

Gould, Jack. "Television in Review: 'Home' Daytime Show for Women on N.B.C., Starts Ambitiously," New York Times March 5, 1954, page 26

The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21

National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-circa 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 04882; Reel: 152

New York City Municipal-Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan; Volume Number: 46

Provenance:

Collection donated by Phillip A. Haultcoeur (son of chef Phillip Haultcoeur) in 2020.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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:

Chefs -- New York  Search this

Cooking  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Recipes  Search this

Restaurants  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Correspondence -- 20th century

Menus -- 20th century

Newsclippings

Citation:

Phillip Haultcoeur Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1501

See more items in:

Phillip Haultcoeur Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c6858c27-5cfe-4d2d-a51e-ee36f4ea9b6e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1501

Medium:

paper; ink; adhesive

Dimensions:

8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)

Type:

Covers & Associated Letters

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1945

Object number:

2002.2035.121

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm884d0a10e-4557-43dc-97f7-6d9f47e24ae9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2002.2035.121

Medium:

paper; ink; adhesive

Dimensions:

8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)

Type:

Covers & Associated Letters

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1942

Object number:

2002.2035.441

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm826d394fd-cd06-44f8-8ddf-38c34ebae662

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2002.2035.441

Collector:

Gregory, Thelma  Search this

Morris, Gregory  Search this

Names:

Copasetic Club  Search this

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (3 folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Clippings

Date:

1965-1969

Summary:

Collection consists of two newsclippings, and an advertising yearbook documenting Strayhorn's career as Duke Ellington's chief arranger, co-composer, lyricist, and emergency fill-in at the piano.

Scope and Contents:

The Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection consists of two newsclippings, and an advertising yearbook documenting Strayhorn's career as Duke Ellington's chief arranger, co-composer, lyricist, and emergency fill-in at the piano. The newsclippings document the collaborative relationship that existed between Ellington and Strayhorn. The advertising yearbook was published as a tribute to Strayhorn after his death. It includes numerous commentaries to Billy Strayhorn by some of the period's leading jazz musicians.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Billy Strayhorn, composer and pianist, was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 19, 1915. He joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1939 after a brief period working as the pianist for the Mercer Ellington Orchestra. For nearly three decades Strayhorn served as associate arranger and second pianist for Duke Ellington. Billy Strayhorn remained with the Ellington Orchestra until his death on May 31, 1967.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Gregory & Thelma Morris, May 17, 1991.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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:

Jazz  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1960-1970

Clippings

Citation:

Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection, 1965-1969, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0383

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Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep815c7a2bc-5f80-4e1e-b07b-aa8f6c7a13ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0383

Creator:

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad  Search this

Donor:

ConRail  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Names:

Passaic Steel Company (Paterson, N.J.)  Search this

Extent:

22.3 Cubic feet (1 box, 59 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photograph albums

Cyanotypes

Place:

Paterson (N.J.)

Hoboken (N.J.)

Date:

1878-1971

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of: a 1903 book of photographs entitled "Illustrations Showing the Works of the Passaic Steel Company at Paterson, New Jersey"; photograph albums (including several cyanotype albums) of the port of Hoboken, the terminal and buildings and other structures; a "souvenir" photograph album of the Clarks Summit/Halstead cut-off, 1914, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers; reports from the 1950s and 1960s itemizing the precise costs of the elements of the Hoboken terminal; track maps; and approximately 10,000 oversized drawings, tracings and blueprints of structures built by the railroad.

Arrangement:

Collection divided into two series.

Series 1: Business Records

Series 2: Drawings

Historical:

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 7, 1832, as the Liggetts Gap Railroad Company. Its name was changed to the Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company on April 14, 1851, and to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) Railroad Company on March 11, 1853, at which time it absorbed the Delaware & Cobbs Gap Railroad Company.

The first section of railroad, from Scranton to Great Bend, opened in October, 1851. The Southern Division of the railroad was opened between Scranton and the Delaware River on May 27, 1856, forming a more direct route to New York City in connection with the Warren Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The DL&W leased the Morris & Essex Railroad in 1868 and, after upgrading it to permit a heavy coal tonnage, secured its own line to New York Harbor. Other extensions carried the Lackawanna to Utica, Syracuse, Ithaca, and Oswego in central New York State and to Buffalo in the early 1880s. The DL&W had a particular advantage in that it was allowed to directly operate coal mines. The DL&W began mining on its own account in 1851, when a Coal Department was organized. The Lackawanna was exceptionally well placed to supply both New York City and New England via the Southern Division and also upstate New York, the Great Lakes, and Canada via the Northern Division.

The DL&W was still bound by its 1856 traffic contract with the Central of New Jersey, and on March 16, 1872, the two companies agreed to consolidate, being managed by a joint committee of directors from the two companies. However, the two companies were actually now competitors, with roughly parallel lines between Scranton and New York. The consolidation broke up after about a year over arguments as to which company would be the dominant partner. All connection between the two companies was severed in 1875.

During the long presidency of the conservative Samuel Sloan (1867-1899), the road became extremely prosperous as a coal hauler. Financial control was exercised by Moses Taylor and his National City Bank of New York, who had bought into the company at the time of the Panic of 1857. In March 1876 the DL&W converted from 6-foot gauge to standard gauge.

In 1880 Jay Gould acquired an interest in the company and promoted its extension to Buffalo (1882), giving it a significant share of the truck line business for the first time. However, Taylor and his successors refused Gould any further voice in the management. In 1890 William Rockefeller became a director, reflecting the alliance between the Standard Oil group and the National City Bank.

William H. Truesdale replaced Sloan as president and began a massive modernization of both the company's management and the physical plant. The company began issuing full annual reports for the first time since 1857. Two major line relocations were built to the highest engineering standards, across western New Jersey and between Scranton and Binghamton, to improve grades and clearances. They featured massive cuts and fills and huge viaducts, the Tunkhannock Viaduct, 240 feet high, being the largest concrete arch bridge in the world. The DL&W was a pioneer in the adoption of reinforced concrete construction for all types of structures. Under Truesdale's successor, John M. Davis, the principal New Jersey commuter services were electrified in the early 1930s.

After successful government prosecution of the other anthracite railroads for antitrust violations, the DL&W voluntarily divested itself of its Coal Dept., which became the Glen Alden Coal Company in 1921.

After World War II the DL&W hoped to merge with its principal western connection, the Nickle Plate, but was unsuccessful. After continuing losses from commuter service and heavy storm damage to its main lines in 1955, the company began to explore the possibility of consolidation with the roughly parallel Erie Railroad. The merger, forming the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company, took effect on October 17, 1960.

Source

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company records, Accession 1643, Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library

Related Materials:

Materials at Other Organizations

Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company records, 1849-1960

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Coal Department photographs (Accession 1990.267), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department

The Enderlin Collection of Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Records, 1835-1956

The collection consists of material acquired by Enderlin during his career with the Lackawanna, primarily the kind of historical miscellany that flowed into the secretary's office. Two-thirds of the collection consists of newsclippings on labor matters (ca. 1900-1919), and the remainder of agreements, letters of resignation, statistics and rough minutes. John G. Enderlin was born on August 16, 1888. In 1903, he began work as an office boy in the New York City headquarters of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, rising through the ranks in the president's and secretary's offices to become secretary-treasurer in 1933. He retired at the end of 1956 and died on September 28, 1981.

Syracuse University Libraries

Lackawanna County Historical Society

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad was one of the largest and most prosperous anthracite mining and transporting companies in Pennsylvania.Their records consist of minutes of the DL&W and its two direct predecessors.

Provenance:

The oversized items were donated to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering by Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail) through William M. Wehner in 1987. Provenance for the rest of the collection is unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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:

Railroads -- Buildings and structures  Search this

Railroads  Search this

Railroad stations -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums -- 20th century

Cyanotypes

Citation:

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1074

See more items in:

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82dc280d2-5ac8-418a-a422-7194d28d2b2a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1074

Creator:

Midtown Galleries  Search this

Names:

Midtown-Payson Galleries  Search this

Betts, Edward H., 1920-  Search this

Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988  Search this

Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999  Search this

Coiner, Charles T., 1897-  Search this

Davis, Gladys Rockmore, 1901-1967  Search this

Etnier, Stephen, 1903-1984  Search this

Etting, Emlen, 1905-1993  Search this

Fiene, Ernest, 1894-  Search this

Gruskin, Alan D. (Alan Daniel), 1904-1970  Search this

Gruskin, Mary J.  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Hale, Nathan Cabot  Search this

Healey, Francis C.  Search this

Kingman, Dong, 1911-  Search this

Lahm, Ren'ee, 1897-1945  Search this

Magafan, Ethel, 1916-1993  Search this

Maldarelli, Oronzio, 1892-1962  Search this

Mangravite, Peppino, 1896-  Search this

Martin, Fletcher, 1904-1979  Search this

Meyer, Fred  Search this

Moller, Hans, 1905-  Search this

Nagler, Edith Kroger, 1890-1986  Search this

Nagler, Fred, 1891-1983  Search this

Palmer, William C., 1906-  Search this

Parsons, Betty  Search this

Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970  Search this

Reinhardt, Siegfried, 1925-1984  Search this

Rosenthal, Doris Patty, 1889-1971  Search this

Saarinen, Lilian Swann, 1912-1995  Search this

Schoener, Jason  Search this

Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974  Search this

Shulkin, Anatol, 1899-1961  Search this

Simkhovitch, Simka, 1893-1949  Search this

Sokole, Miron, 1901-  Search this

Soyer, Isaac, 1902-1981  Search this

Taubes, Frederic, 1900-  Search this

Thon, William, 1906-2000  Search this

Varga, Margit, 1908-2005  Search this

Vickrey, Robert, 1926-2011  Search this

Wingate, Arline, 1906-1998  Search this

Extent:

86.82 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Video recordings

Date:

1904-1997

Summary:

The records of Midtown Galleries measure 86.82 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1997. The collection documents the operation and general administration of the business and includes artist records, exhibition material, inventories, financial records, photographs, and printed material.

Scope and Content Note:

Records of Midtown Galleries [including the addition], circa 1904-1997, comprise 86.82 linear feet on 117 microfilm reels. Records are sparse for the early years when the gallery was operated as a cooperative. As the business expanded and became profitable, recordkeeping was more systematic and thorough. Records consist of administrative correspondence, 1927-1989 and undated; exhibition records, 1934-1982 and undated; inventories and sales records, 1946-1980 and undated; financial records, 1933-1957; miscellaneous, 1934-1985 and undated; photographs, circa 1925-circa 1980; printed matter, 1932-1982 and undated; personal papers of Alan D. and Mary J. Gruskin, 1932-1983 and undated; and Papers of Francis C. Healey, 1932-1935 and undated An addition, represents scattered material, 1932-1997 and undated, that remained after the gallery closed in 1995. It includes administrative records, 1934-1995 and undated; photographs circa 1938-1988 and undated; artists records, 1932-1993 and undated; exhibitions, 1958-1993 and undated; videotapes, 1977-1988; and oversize printed matter, 1973-1977 and undated Because microfilmimg of the Midtown Galleries records was already underway when this material was received, it could not be integrated with the main portion of the collection.

Administrative correspondence is categorized as General Correspondence, Artists Correspondence, and Artists Applications. General Correspondence is with clients, collectors, museums and galleries, arts organizations, and businesses providing services to Midtown Galleries, and concerns routine business matters. Artists Correspondence contains both personal and business letters since the Gruskins were close friends of many artists represented by Midtown Galleries. Artists Applications consists of correspondence with artists seeking representation by Midtown Galleries. Both accepted and rejected artists are included in this subseries.

Exhibition records includes schedules and general correspondence about cooperative exhibitions and traveling shows. Exhibition files, arranged by title, contain correspondence concerning arrangements for each show.

Inventories include listings by artist and by warehouse location; also, lists of paintings on consignment, paintings returned to artists, loan/shipping log, and "traffic cards." Sales records include "groups totals,: artists account ledger, and sales slips.

Financial records consist of bills paid, banking records, accounting records, and tax returns with related documentation.

Miscellaneous items include manuscripts of Isabel Bishop Catalogue Raisonne and Biography by Karl Lunde and The Art of Philip Guston by Lester D. Longman. Also included are legal documents such as Act of Incorporation, partnership agreement, and leases; 32 guest registers, 1924-1985 and undated, and 15 samples of artist-designed fabrics produced by Onandoga Silk Co., 1946-1947.

Photographs of people include founders Alan D. Gruskin and Francis C. Healey, Mary J. Gruskin (Mrs. Alan D.) and many artists affiliated with Midtown Galleries. Photographs of works of art are by Midtown artists and others. Also, illustrations for Painting in the U.S.A. by Alan D. Gruskin; 2 albums of photographs of the work of Waldo Peirce, circa 1925-1930s (probably compiled by Peirce). Photographs of exhibitions include Midtown Galleries exhibitions and shows elsewhere featuring works by Midtown artists. Miscellaneous photographs include: Gruskin's Department Store (Pa.); models used by artists Julien Binford, Henry Koerner, and Doris Rosenthal; properties owned by Julien Binford and Hans Moeller; Anatol Shulkin's travel pictures of the Soviet Union; store window displays featuring Midtown artists, and fashion models at Midtown Galleries.

Printed matter includes material produced by Midtown Galleries: exhiition catalogs, 1932-1983 and undated; news releases, 1932-1983 and undated; Midtown News, 1965-1970; and miscellaneous items, 1943-1970 and undated Printed matter produced by others includes is comprised of artists files consisting mainly of newsclippings; also, articles about Midtown Galleries and the Gruskins.

Personal papers of Mary J. and Alan D. Gruskin contain biographical information, correspondence, financial records, miscellaneous items, calendars, and writings of Alan D. Gruskin. Correspondence, 1931-1970 and undated, with family and friends concerns personal business; also, letters of condolence on the death of Alan D. Gruskin, 1970. Financial records include personal finances and documentation of gifts of artwork to institutions, with appraisals and tax information. Calendars, 1939-1983, record both personal engagements and some business appointments. Writings of Alan D. Gruskin include manuscripts and drafts of columns, short stories, a screenplay, radio broadcasts, and lecture notes from courses at Harvard.

Papers of Francis C. Healey are comprised of correspondence that relates to both gallery and ersonal business. Also included are scripts and drafts for radio broadcasts, printed matter, press releases, and proposals for radio programs.

Administrative records received with the addition include general correspondence, correspondence with clients, and correspondence regarding gifts, sales and purchases. Records concerning the sale of Midtown Galleries to John Whitney Payson include Gruskin's and Payson's inventories. Also, included is a history of the gallery.

Photographs are of the Gruskins, their friends, and country house; also, views of Midtown exhibitions, openings, artists, and individual works of art.

Artists records are comprised mainly of artists files, largely containing printed matter. Among the artists records are a file of holiday cards by various artists, many with original artwork. Also included are catalogs of group shows featuring Midtown artists at other galleries

Exhibition materials include announcements, news releases, catalogs, miscellaneous printed matter, and a guest book. A small number of these items are dated after Payson's purchase of Midtown Galleries.

Videotapes of William Palmer, Isabel Bishop, and Robert Vickrey, as well as oversize printed matter relating to Midtown artists, complement the artists records.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 10 series. A detailed explanation of the arrangement of each series is provided with the series descriptions. Each series is subdivided, often by record type, with categories usually arranged chronologically; exceptions are noted. Administrative correspondence (Series 1) is arranged alphabetically, as are many inventories sales records (Series 3). Photographs of people, exhibitions, and works of art (Series 6) are arranged alphabetically, as are the artists files and exhibition clippings portions of the printed matter (Series 7). The addition is described separately in Appendix A; and, wherever possible, reel and frame numbers of related materials received and filmed with the addition have been included in the main text's series descriptions.

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Series 1: Administrative Correspondence, 1927-1989, undated (51 linear ft.)

Series 2: Exhibitions, 1932-1982, undated (4 linear feet)

Series 3: Inventories and Sales Records, 1932-1980, undated (5.3 linear ft.)

Series 4: Financial Records, 1933-1957 (3.5 linear feet)

Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1934-1985, undated (2 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1925-circa 1980 (6.5 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Matter, 1932-1990, undated (7.25 linear ft.)

Series 8: Personal Papers of Alan D. and Mary J. Gruskin, 1904-1990, undated (4.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Papers of Francis C. Healey, 1932-1935, undated (0.5 linear ft.)

Series 10: Addition, 1932-1997, undated (2.5 linear feet)

Historical Note:

Alan D. Gruskin (1904-1970) hoped to become an artist, but while still a student realized that his talents were better suited to art administration than painting. Following graduation from Harvard University, he worked at a New York gallery that specialized in old masters, returning home to Pennsylvania after a year to pursue a writing career that ultimately proved unsuccessful. Gruskin returned to New York and opened Midtown Galleries at 559 Fifth Avenue in 1932. Specializing in work by living American artists, Midtown was one of a rather small number of commercial galleries in New York City that showed contemporary American art. Midtown Galleries represented academic and realist painters, and purposely avoided abstract art.

Founded during the Depression, Midtown Galleries was a shoe-string operation in its early years. Originally operated as a cooperative, Midtown Galleries' participating artists contributed to the costs and work of presenting exhibitions. Between 1932 and 1935, Gruskin served as "Art Director" of the gallery and his business partner, Francis C. Healey was "Publicity Director." Healey appears to have been responsible for weekly broadcasts on NBC radio designed to interest people in visiting the gallery. The 15-minute programs consisted of discussions with museum directors, curators, artists, writers, and musicians about a broad range of cultural topics. Copies of the scripts were offered for a dime, and the payments mailed by radio listeners bought Gruskin's meals. During this period, Gruskin lived in the gallery. After Healey's departure in 1935, Midtown Galleries ceased to be run as a cooperative.

Midtown Galleries usually represented approximately two dozen artists, and many remained with the gallery for decades. They included: Julien Binford, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Gladys Rockmore Davis, Emlen Etting, Maurice Freedman, Dong Kingman, Oronzio Maldarelli, William C. Palmer, Waldo Peirce, Doris Rosenthal, Zoltan L. Sepeshy, Frederic Taubes, William Thon, Margit Varga, and Robert Vickrey.

Gruskin worked to educate and interest the public in American art and to promote the artists he represented. In addition to countless reviews, articles, and catalog essays, he wrote three books: Painting in the U.S.A. (1946), The Watercolors of Dong Kingman and How the Artist Works (1958), William Thon: The Artist and His Technique (1964). Gruskin advocated the use of fine art in advertising and industry, obtaining commissions for his artists and at the same time assisting clients in building corporate collections. A prime example is the Upjohn Company which, at Gruskin's urging, included reproductions of paintings in "Your Doctor Speaks," a series of public service announcements. Many of the paintings were purchased subsequently, forming the basis of the Upjohn Collection. A traveling exhibition, The Upjohn Company Collection of Contemporary American Paintings, was circulated by Midtown Galleries and featured in a Life magazine article about fine art and advertising. Another example is the fabric patterns, based on paintings by several of Midtown Galleries' artists, commissioned by the Onandoga Silk Company; the fabrics were used for dresses by popular designers, with fashion shows and window displays of paintings by the participating artists at selected department stores throughout the country. Working closely with architects and interior designers, Gruskin and Midtown Galleries were innovators in the use of domestic and business settings to showcase art with Art In Interiors, a series of exhibitions held annually between 1952 and 1961.

Midtown Galleries was a pioneer in circulating traveling exhibitions to colleges and art associations in communities distant from major art museums and commercial galleries. Beginning in 1936 and or more than 35 years, Midtown Galleries circulated 8-10 shows throughout the country each year; most were group shows organized around a theme, though occasional solo exhibitions were offered. Other important exhibitions off the premises were the Central Illinois Art Exposition, 1939, and the contemporary American art exhibition at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965. The 1939 show organized by Gruskin for the Bloomington, Illinois, Art Association was a large exhibition of American art borrowed from a variety of institutions; the very well-publicized show was heavily attended, drawing visitors from a large area of the rural Midwest, many of whom had never visited a museum or seen original art.

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1932 -- established as a cooperative gallery at 559 Fifth Ave. by Alan D. Gruskin (Art Director) and Francis C. Healey (Public Relations Director); Midtown Galleries presented programs on contemporary American art broadcast by NBC radio

1934-1935 -- Tudor City Art Galleries at 8 Prospect Place, New York City, featuring works by Midtown Galleries' artists and others, administered by Gruskin and Healey

1935 -- departure of Francis C. Healey; gallery moved to 605 Madison Ave.; gallery ceased to be run as a cooperative

1936 -- began traveling exhibitions to universities, museums, and regional art associations

1939 -- Central Illinois Art Exposition (Bloomington, Ill.)

1946 -- San Francisco branch opened and closed; publication of Painting in the U.S.A. by Alan D. Gruskin

1951 -- gallery moved to 17 East 57th Street

1958 -- publication of The Watercolors of Dong Kingman and How the Artist Works by Alan D. Gruskin

1962 -- gallery moved to 11 East 57th Street

1964 -- exhibition of contemporary American art at the New York World's Fair, organized by Midtown Galleries; shown in American Interiors Pavilion, this was the only exhibit of its kind at the Fair; publication of William Thon: The Artist and His Technique by Alan D. Gruskin

1966 -- loan of Midtown Galleries' records for microfilming by the Archives of American Art; this small selection, along with many other gallery records, was donated by Mary Gruskin to the Archives between 1972 and 1991, with an additional gift in 1997

1970 -- death of Alan D. Gruskin (1904-1970); Mary J. Gruskin assumes position of Director

1972 -- first portion of Midtown Galleries' records donated to the Archives of American Art by Mrs. Gruskin

1985 -- sale of Midtown Galleries to John Whitney Payson; Bridget Moore, Director, and Mary J. Gruskin, Director Emerita

1986 -- majority of Midtown Galleries' records acquired by the Archives of American Art

1990 -- name changed to Midtown-Payson Galleries; gallery moved to 745 Fifth Ave.

1991 -- additional gift of records by Mrs. Gruskin

1992 -- records arranged, described, and prepared for microfilming

1993 -- microfilming began; continued sporadically, in small segments

1995 -- Midtown-Payson Galleries closed

1997 -- additional gift of records by Mrs. Gruskin

1999 -- microfilming completed

Provenance:

Midtown Galleries loaned a small number of records consisting of news releases, 1939-1966, and exhibition schedules to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1966. Subsequently, Mary J. Gruskin donated this material, along with many other gallery records, to the Archives in several installments between 1972 and 1991; an additional gift was received in 1997. The portion loaned in 1966 is now integrated with the main records and has been refilmed in sequence. Unfortunately, the addition of 1997 was received in Washington, D.C. after microfilming was well underway. The addition has been microfilmed and described separately as Series 10. Wherever possible, the main text has been annotated with reel and frame numbers for related items contained in the addition.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy.

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, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Video recordings

Citation:

Midtown Galleries records, 1904-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

AAA.midtgall

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw914dd4711-6742-49ca-86c0-2e99aad538ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-midtgall

Maker:

H. K. Mulford Company  Search this

Physical Description:

glass (overall material)

metal (overall material)

paper (overall material)

rubber (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements:

instruction pamphlet (open): 3 1/2 in x 12 in; 8.89 cm x 30.48 cm

overall: 4 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in x 4 in; 11.43 cm x 18.7325 cm x 10.16 cm

box, with lid open at 90 degrees: 6 15/16 in x 7 5/16 in x 5 1/4 in; 17.62125 cm x 18.57375 cm x 13.335 cm

stock bottle, salt solution: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm

stock bottle, culture typhoid bacillus: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm

dropping flask, typhoid culture: 2 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.175 cm

dropping flask, salt solution: 2 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm

test tube rack with test tubes: 4 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 10.795 cm x 10.795 cm x 4.1275 cm

capillary bulb tube: 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 1/2 in; .635 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.27 cm

rubber bulb: 1/2 in x 1 9/16 in x 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 3.96875 cm x 1.5875 cm

longest pipette: 5 5/8 in x 5/16 in; 14.2875 cm x .79375 cm

needle in glass tube: 3 9/16 in x 3/16 in; 9.04875 cm x .47625 cm

wide mouthed pipette: 3 3/8 in x 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x .9525 cm

dropper with bulb: 4 7/8 in x 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 1.27 cm x 1.905 cm

Object Name:

biological

diagnostic, typhoid fever

Place made:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date made:

after 1905

Credit Line:

Gift of Eleanor P. Custis

ID Number:

MG.M-07860

Catalog number:

M-07860

Accession number:

223292

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Diagnostics

Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-ec89-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_725411

Collection Creator:

NBC Television Network  Search this

Home (TV Program)  Search this

Haultcoeur, Phillip (Hippolyte Arthur), 1908-1967 (Chef)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 17

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1957

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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.

Collection Citation:

Phillip Haultcoeur Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Phillip Haultcoeur Papers

Phillip Haultcoeur Papers / Series 2: "Home" (NBC TV) Program

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8994a9d56-a0f0-42bd-8c38-b8a6d7892cc3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1501-ref32

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Photographs

Place:

China

Syria

Egypt

India

London (England)

Japan

Boston (Mass.)

Detroit (Mich.)

Washington (D.C.)

Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Date:

1876-1931

Summary:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.

Scope Content:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, financial material, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Correspondence, circa 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; letterpress books contain copies of Freer's outgoing letters, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler's mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer's letters from his associates, and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910. Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenollosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Organization of the Papers:

This collection is organized into twelve series.

Series 1: Genealogical and Biographical Data

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Diaries

Series 4: Freer Colleague Materials

Series 5: Art Inventories

Series 6: Financial Materials

Series 7: Exhibition Loan Files

Series 8: Biblical Manuscripts and Gold Treasure Files

Series 9: American School of Archaeology in China

Series 10: Printed Material

Series 11: Outsize Material

Series 12: Photographs

Biographical Note:

1854 February 25 -- Born in Kingston, New York

1873 -- Appointed accountant and paymaster of New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad by Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927)

1876 -- Moves to Indiana to work, with Hecker, for the Detroit and Eel River and Illinois Railroad

1880 -- Moves to Detroit, participates in organization of the Peninsular Car Works with Hecker

1883 -- Becomes vice president and secretary of Peninsular Car Company when it succeeds Peninsular Car Works

1883 -- Begins collecting European prints

1884 -- Peninsular Car Company constructs plant on Ferry Avenue

1887 -- Meets Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)

1887 -- Acquires proofs of 26 etchings, Venice, Second Series(1886), by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

1887 -- Purchases a small Japanese fan attributed to Ogata Korin(1658-1715)

1887 -- Buys land on Ferry Avenue

1889 -- Meets Frederick Stuart Church (1826-1900) and Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) in New York

1890 -- Commissions Wilson Eyre (1858-1944) to design house on Ferry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

1890 -- On first trip to London, meets James McNeill Whistler(1834-1903)

1892 -- Moves to Ferry Avenue house

1892 -- Tryon and Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) undertake decoration of reception rooms

1893 -- Lends American paintings to World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

1893 -- Purchases first piece of Chinese art, a small painting of white herons by an anonymous Ming dynasty (1368-1644) artist

1894 -- Begins yearlong trip around the world, which includes visit to the Whistlers in Paris and first trip to Asia, stopping in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, China, and Japan

1896 -- Meets Matsuki Bunkyo (1867-1940) in Boston

1899 -- Takes part in consolidation of railroad-car building companies then retires from active business

1900 -- Attends Exposition International Universelle in Paris

1900 -- Buys villa in Capri with Thomas S. Jerome

1901 -- Meets Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) in Paris and Ernest Fenollosa(1853-1908), who visits Freer in Detroit

1902 -- Meets Dikran Kelekian (1868-1951)

1902 -- Spends summer in Britain building Whistler collection

1902 -- Views Whistler's, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room

1904 -- Purchases Whistler's Peacock Room

1904 -- Offers his art collections and funds to build a museum in which to house them to the Smithsonian Institution

1905 -- Smithsonian committee visits Freer in Detroit

1906 -- United States government formally accepts Freer's gift on January 24

1906 -- Freer signs Deed of Gift to Smithsonian Institution on May 5

1907 -- On second tour of Asia, meets Hara Tomitaro 1868-1939) in Yokohama, Japan

1908 -- Takes third trip to Asia, specifically to West Asia to study Rakka ware

1909 -- Tours Europe to study art museums

1909 -- On fourth trip to Asia, attends memorial ceremony for Fenollosa (d.1908 September) at Miidera, Japan, and meets Duanfang (1861-1911) in China

1910 -- On last trip to Asia, visits Longmen Buddhist caves in China

1911 -- Suffers stroke

1912 -- Lends selection of objects for exhibition at Smithsonian Institution

1913 -- Meets Eugene (1875-1957) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer

1913 -- Commissions Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) to design museum building in Washington

1914 -- Meets Katharine Nash Rhoades (1885-1965) in Detroit

1915 -- Settles in New York City

1915 -- Site of future Freer Gallery of Art is determined

1916 -- Platt's plans for Freer Gallery are approved by Smithsonian Regents and Commission of Fine Arts and ground is broken in September

1918 -- After falling ill in Detroit, Freer travels to New York for treatment

1918 -- Work on the museum building is delayed by the war

1919 -- Freer appends codicil to will permitting acquisitions of Asian, Egyptian, and Near Eastern (West Asian) art

1919 -- Dies in New York City on 25 September and is buried in Kingston, New York

1919 -- Construction of Freer Gallery completed

1920 -- John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942) is appointed director of the Freer Gallery

1923 -- Freer Gallery opens to the public on May 9

1930 -- Memorial ceremony for Freer is held at Koetsuji, Kyoto

Charles Lang Freer was an American industrialist who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. He was a well-known collector of Asian art, and strongly supported the synthesis of Eastern art and Western art. One of his most famous acquisitions was James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room.

Index:

Index to cross-referenced correspondents in the series Charles Lang Freer correspondence

Beal, Junius E. -- See: -- Warring, Joseph Stephens

Black, George M. -- See: -- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Board of Education (Kingston, New York) See: Michael, M. J.

Bonner, Campbell See: University of Michigan

Boughton, George H. See: Yardley, F. C.

British Museum See: Binyon, Laurence; Hobson, R. L.

Brown, Harold H. See: Art Association of Indianapolis

Buchner, Evelyn B. See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Buckholder, C. H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Butler, S. B. See: Unidentified correspondents

Carnegie Institute See: Balken, Edward Duff; Harshe, Robert B.

Carpenter, Newton H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Caulkins, Horace James See: Pewabic Pottery

Chao, Shih-chin See: Gunn, Chu Su

Chicago & North Western Railway Co. See: Hughett, Marvin

Clark, Charles Upson See: Clark, Arthur B.

Cleveland Museum of Art See: Whiting, Frederic Allen

Columbia University See: Braun, W. A.; Gottheil, Richard; Hirth, Friederich

Commission of Fine Arts See: Moore, Charles

Corcoran Gallery of Art See: Minnigerode, C. Powell

Crocker, Anna B. See: Portland Art Association

Dannenberg, D. E. See: Karlbeck, Orvar

De Menoncal, Beatrice See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

De Ricci, Seymour See: Ricci, Seymour de

Defnet, William A., Mrs., See: Franke, Ida M.

DeMotte See: Vigouroux, J.

Detroit Institute of Arts See: Detroit Museum of Art

Detroit Publishing Company See: Livingstone, W. A.

Detroit School of Design See: George Hamilton; Stevens, Henry

DeVinne Press See: Peters, Samuel T.; Witherspoon, A. S.

Dyrenforth, P. C. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eddy, Arthur J. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eggers, George Williams See: Art Institute of Chicago

Farr, Daniel H. See: Robinson and Farr

Farrand School (Detroit) See: Yendall, Edith

Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) See: Laufer, Berthold

Flagg, Frederick J. See: Allen, Horace N.

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University See: Forbes, Edward; Pope, Arthur Upham; Sachs, Paul J.

French, M. R. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Fu, Lan-ya See: Pang, Lai-ch'en

Fujii, Yoshio See: Yoshio, Fujii

Gerrity, Thomas See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Goupil Gallery See: Marchant, William

Gray, William J. See: Barr, Eva

Great Lakes Engineering Works See: Hoyt, H. W.

Grolier Club See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Heinemann, W. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Holden, Edward S. See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

Hudson, J. L. See: Weber, William C.

Hutchins, Harry B. See: University of Michigan

Hutchins, Charles L. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Kelekian, H. G. See: Kelekian, Dikran G.

Kent, H. W. See: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee, Kee Son See: Li, Chi-ch'un

Levy, John See: Schneider, A. K.

Library of Congress See: Rice, Richard A.; Wright, Helen

Louvre (Paris, France) See: Midgeon, Gaston

Matsuki, Z. See: Matsuki, Kihachiro

McKim, Mead and White See: White, Stanford

Mills, A. L., Colonel See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Miner, Luella See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Arts See: Breck, Joseph; Van Derlip, John R.

Monif, R. Khan See: Rathbun, Richard

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See: Lodge, John Ellerton

Naser, Katen & Nahass See: Katen, K.

Nordlinger, Marie, Miss See: Meyer-Riefstahl, Marie

Panama Pacific International Exposition See: Moore, Charles C.; Trask, John E. D.

Peabody Museum See: Morse, Edward Sylvester

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Trask, John E. D.

Perry, Mary Chase, Miss., See: Pewabic Pottery

Philip, Ronald M. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Pope, G. D. See: Barr, Eva

Reinhart, A. G. See: Gottschalk, E.

Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch See: Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien

Rutgers College See: Van Dyke, John C.

Saint-Gaudens, Augusta H. See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Saint-Gaudens, Homer See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Samurai Shokai See: Nomura, Yozo

San Francisco Art Association See: Laurvik, J. Nilsen

Scribner's, Charles, Sons See: Van Dyke, John C.

Shaw, Wilfred B. See: University of Michigan

Shirae, S. Z. See: Yamanaka and Company

Smith College See: Clark, Arthur B.

Smithsonian Institution See: Holmes, William Henry; Rathbun, Richard; Ravenel, Walcott, Charles D.

Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit) See: Plumb, Helen

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens, George W. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Stratton, Mary Chase Perry See: Pewabic Pottery

Tanaka, Kichijiro See: Yamanaka and Company

Tuttle, William F. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Union Trust Company (Detroit) See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

United States Military Academy See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

University of Chicago See: Zug, George Breed

University of Pennsylvania, Univ. Mus. See: Gordon, George Bryon

Ushikubo, D. J. R. See: Yamanaka and Company

Wallis & Son See: Barr, Eva; Thompson, C. Croal Ward, Clarence See: Oberlin College

Warren, Edward K. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Warring, Stephen See: Warring, Joseph Stephens

Watkin, Williams R. T. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Watson, Margaret, Miss See: Parker, Margaret Watson

Whistler, Anna See: Stanton, Anna Whistler

Whiting, Almon C. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Williams College See: Rice, Richard A

Wright, F. G. See: Orbach and Company

Yatsuhashi, H. See: Yamanaka and Company

Index to cross-referenced correspondence in the series Whistler correspondence

Bell, William See: Unidentified correspondents

Brown, Ernest See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Cowen, John T. See subseries: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence

Ford, Sheridan See: Reid, Alexander

Haden, Francis Seymour See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Haden, Francis Seymour, Lady See: Haden, Deborah Whistler

Leighton, Frederick, Baron See: Campbell, Lady Colin

Moore, Albert See: Reid, Alexander

Morley, Charles See: Pall Mall Gazette

Morris, Harrison S. See: Reid, Alexander

Pennell, Joseph See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Prange, F. G. See: Reid, Alexander

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Society of Portrait Painters See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens Fine Art See: Reid, Alexander

Studd, Arthur See: Miscellaneous typescripts

[Vanderbilt?], George, Mrs. See: George, Mrs.

Whistler, William McNeill, Mrs. See: Whistler, Nellie

Whistler Memorial Committee See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art microfilmed portions of the Freer papers in 1992. The microfilm is available at the Archives of American Art's Washington D.C. office, the Freer Gallery of Art Library, and through interlibrary loan.

Provenance:

Gift of the Estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Architecture -- Asia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Photographs

Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA.A.01. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f1a0e3e0-630c-48d4-ba28-485946b1d615

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-01

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Names:

Freer Gallery of Art  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Yamanaka & Company  Search this

Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909  Search this

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905  Search this

Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943  Search this

Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931  Search this

Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien, 1860-  Search this

Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lady, 1857-1911  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lord, 1853-1895  Search this

Canfield, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1855-1914  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

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

Churchill, Alfred Vance, 1864-1949  Search this

Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908  Search this

Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952  Search this

Gellatly, John, 1853-1931  Search this

Gookin, Frederick William  Search this

Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944  Search this

Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1846-1927  Search this

Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951  Search this

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934  Search this

Matsuki, Bunkio, 1867-1940  Search this

McCormick, Frederick, 1870-  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-1970  Search this

Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959  Search this

Moore, Charles, 1855-1942  Search this

Nomura, Yozo  Search this

Philip, Rosalind Birnie, 1873-1958  Search this

Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933  Search this

Reid, Alexander  Search this

Rhoades, Katharine N., 1885-1965  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Warring, Joseph Stephens, 1863?-1944  Search this

Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1861-1913  Search this

Whistler, Beatrix Philip Godwin, d. 1896  Search this

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903  Search this

Wong, K. T.  Search this

Yue, Seaouke  Search this

Extent:

34 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1876-1931

Scope and Contents:

Papers concerning Freer's art collecting activities, including correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs. In addition to Freer's own correspondence, the papers include correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler and of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, correspondence of Freer's assistant Katharine Nash Rhoades, and correspondence regarding Freer's bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

Correspondence, ca. 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; 30 v. of letterpress books containing copies of letters sent, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler' mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer letters and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910;

Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art;

correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenellosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Among Freer's correspondents are: Otto Bacher, Bernard Berenson, Siegfried Bing, Laurence Binyon, W.K. Bixby, Sigisbert Chretien Bosch-Reitz, Charles H. Caffin, Colin Campbell, Richard Canfield, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Stuart Church, Alfred Vance Churchill, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Arthur Wesley Dow, Ernest Fenollosa, Albert Gallatin, John Gellatly, Frederick W. Gookin, Sadakichi Hartmann, Frank J. Hecker, Dikran Kelekian, M. Knoedler & Co., Berthold Laufer, Lien Hui Ching Collection, W.A. Livingstone, Frederick McCormick, Bunkio Matsuki, Gari Melchers, Agnes Meyer, Eugene Meyer, Charles Moore, Yozo Nomura, Rosalind Birnie Philip, Charles A. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Stephens Warring, Thomas Way, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight W. Tryon, Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution, Beatrix Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, K.T. Wong, Yamanaka & Co., and Seaouke Yue.

Arrangement:

All correspondence except letterpress books: arranged alphabetically by correspondent; letterpress books are chonological.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collector; Detroit, Michigan. Collected Asian, American, and European art, including a large collection of works by James McNeill Whistler. Founded the Freer Gallery of Art, which is now part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Provenance:

Selected for microfilming from the Charles Lang Freer papers at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Microfilmed 1992 by the Archives of American Art with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Fellowships and Grants Research Resources Program. Portions of the correspondence and the letterpress books were previously filmed by the Freer in the 1970 (AAA reels 77, 453-456, and 1217-1232); those reels have been replaced by this microfilming project. See Finding Aid for information on papers not selected for microfilming.

Restrictions:

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

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.freechar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw975f501e2-91f7-48f7-82dc-03482afd00c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-freechar

Collection Creator:

Blanch, Gertrude  Search this

Bloch, Richard M.  Search this

Bradburn, James  Search this

Brainerd, John G.  Search this

Brown, George W.  Search this

Brown, Gordon S.  Search this

Buchholz, Werner  Search this

Burns, Robert  Search this

Atanasoff, John V.  Search this

Atchison, William  Search this

Auerbach, Issac  Search this

Bartik, Jean  Search this

Bauer, William  Search this

Beek, Allan  Search this

Bernstein, Mort  Search this

Bigelow, Julian  Search this

Coleman  Search this

Cohen, I. Bernhard  Search this

Computer History Forum.  Search this

COT Meeting.  Search this

Coombs, John  Search this

Crawford, Perry O.  Search this

Couret, Lynn  Search this

Campbell, Robert V.  Search this

Campaigne, Howard  Search this

Cannon, Edward  Search this

Canning, R.G.  Search this

Clem, Mary  Search this

Cass, James  Search this

CODASYL Meeting.  Search this

Clippinger, Richard F.  Search this

MIT Club Talks (Brown & Wiener).  Search this

Andrews, Ernest G.  Search this

American Federation of Information Processing Societies  Search this

Alt, Franz  Search this

Alrich, John  Search this

Association for Computing Machinery.  Search this

Association for Computing Machinery.  Search this

Argonne National Laboratories R.  Search this

Allard, Gerry  Search this

Aiken, Howard  Search this

Adams, Charles  Search this

Acton, Forman  Search this

Halstead, Maurice H.  Search this

Harmon, Leon  Search this

Harvey, Samuel  Search this

Hazen, Dean Harold  Search this

Gruenberger, Fred  Search this

Gunning, William  Search this

Hagen, Glenn E.  Search this

Hall, W.  Search this

Greenwald, Irwin  Search this

Greenwarld, Sidney  Search this

Griswold, Ralph E.  Search this

Grosch, Herbert R. J.  Search this

Goheen, Harry E.  Search this

Good, I.J.  Search this

Goteib, C.C.  Search this

Granholm, Jackson  Search this

Israel, David R.  Search this

Huskey, Harry D.  Search this

Kates, Josef  Search this

Juncosa, Mario  Search this

Householder, Alston S.  Search this

Horwitz, Bernhard R.  Search this

Hurd, Cuthbert R.  Search this

Howard, Bernard  Search this

Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992  Search this

Holbrook, Bernard  Search this

Horner, Joseph  Search this

Horn, Robert J.  Search this

Herold, Henry  Search this

Herget, Paul  Search this

Holberton, Betty  Search this

Hertz, Ted  Search this

Elkins, Harold  Search this

Estrin, Gerald  Search this

Edwards, Walt  Search this

Elbourn, Robert  Search this

Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), 1919-1995  Search this

Eddy, Robert Philip  Search this

Downey, William  Search this

Eckdahl, Donald  Search this

Dodd, Stephen  Search this

Dotts, Richard D.  Search this

Dietzhold, Robert  Search this

Dimsdale, Bernard  Search this

Desch, Joseph  Search this

Dickinson, Arthur H.  Search this

Curtiss, John H.  Search this

Dederick, Louis S.  Search this

Glazer, T.  Search this

Givens, Wallace  Search this

Gill, Stanley  Search this

Geisler, Murray  Search this

Garrison, Ken  Search this

Frankel, Stanley  Search this

Forrester, Jay W.  Search this

Forrest, Cameron B.  Search this

Forbes, George  Search this

Fenaughty, Alfred L.  Search this

Fein, Louis  Search this

Feign, David  Search this

Farrand, William R.  Search this

Fall Joint Computer Conference, 12/6/72.  Search this

Fall Joint Computer Conference, 11/17/71.  Search this

Everett, Robert  Search this

Nelson, Eldred  Search this

Neisius, Vincent  Search this

Northrop, John  Search this

Neovius, G.  Search this

Parker, R.D.  Search this

Palevsky, Max  Search this

Phelps, Byron R.  Search this

Patrick, Robert  Search this

Pickrell, D.  Search this

Phister, Montgomery  Search this

Pollmyer, R.  Search this

Polachek, Harry  Search this

Quady, Emmett  Search this

Postley, John A. R.  Search this

Rajchman, Jan  Search this

Ream, Norman  Search this

Reed, Irving S.  Search this

Rees, Mina  Search this

Rhodes, Ida  Search this

Rice, Rex  Search this

Rochester, Nathaniel  Search this

Rogers, Jim  Search this

Rogers, Stanley  Search this

Rosenberg, Milton  Search this

Rosenthal, Paul R.  Search this

Rubinoff, Morris R.  Search this

Salzer, John M.  Search this

Samuel, Arthur L. R.  Search this

Sarkissian, Harold  Search this

Schuette, Roger  Search this

Serrell, Robert R.  Search this

King, Paul  Search this

Kilpatrick, Lester  Search this

Killian, James  Search this

Kaufold, Leroy R.  Search this

Lanzarotta, Sandy R.  Search this

Kreuder, Norman L.  Search this

Korn, Irving  Search this

Kirsch, Russell  Search this

Lovell, Clarence A.  Search this

Lehmer, Derrick H.  Search this

Legvold, Sam  Search this

Larson, Harry  Search this

Martin, Richard R.  Search this

Marden, Ethel  Search this

Madden, Don R.  Search this

Lowe, John  Search this

McPherson, John C.  Search this

Mendelson, Jerry  Search this

Mason, Daniel R.  Search this

Mauchly, John R.  Search this

Michel, J.G.L. R.  Search this

Miller, Frederick G.  Search this

Menzel, Donald H.  Search this

Metropolis, Nicholas C.  Search this

Mitchell, Joel  Search this

MITRE Meeting.  Search this

Mills, Roger L.  Search this

Morton, Paul  Search this

Mumford, Louis  Search this

Mock, Owen  Search this

Morse, Philip B.  Search this

Wilkinson, James H. R.  Search this

Wilkes, Maurice R.  Search this

Wizenbaum, Joe  Search this

Williams, Charles  Search this

Wieselman, Irving  Search this

Wiener, Robert  Search this

Wild, Arthur  Search this

Wieser, C. Robert  Search this

Wrench, John W. R.  Search this

Woodger, Michael  Search this

Yowell, E.C. R.  Search this

Youtz, Pat  Search this

Woo, Way Dong  Search this

Wolfe, Philip  Search this

Woodbury, William R.  Search this

Wood, Ben D.  Search this

Zemanek, Heinz  Search this

Zuse, Konrad  Search this

Smagorinsky, Joseph  Search this

Slutz, Ralph R.  Search this

Skramstad, Harold R.  Search this

Skillman, Sherwood R.  Search this

SIAM/SIGNUM Meeting.  Search this

SIAM-72.  Search this

SHARE XXXVIII.  Search this

SHARE Meeting for Pioneers.  Search this

Taylor, Norman  Search this

Tanaka, David  Search this

Strong, Jack  Search this

Stibitz, George  Search this

Steele, Floyd G. R.  Search this

Sprague, Richard E.  Search this

Snyder, Samuel  Search this

Smith, Charles V.L.  Search this

TV Program KQED.  Search this

Uncapher, Keith  Search this

Torfeh, Mark  Search this

Travis, Irven  Search this

Todd-Tausskky, Olga  Search this

Tomash, Erwin  Search this

Toben, Gregory  Search this

Todd, John  Search this

Wheeler, R.J.  Search this

Whirlwind Discussion.  Search this

Ware, Willis H.  Search this

Wegstein, Joseph Henry  Search this

Wagner, Frank  Search this

Wang, An R.  Search this

von Hippel, Arthur  Search this

von Neumann, John  Search this

Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)  Search this

Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-  Search this

Container:

Box 74, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1974

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but original audio tapes and videotapes are stored off-site. Reference copies do not exist for all of the audiovisual materials. 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.

Collection Citation:

Computer Oral History Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Online transcripts for select oral history interviews were made possible by the Morton I. Bernstein Fund and the Association for Computing Machinery, the Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD), and the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN).

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Computer Oral History Collection

Computer Oral History Collection / Series 4: John Vincent Atanasoff's Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b3d435fd-42cb-4036-b597-bf8c22412f80

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0196-ref1016

Type:

Archival materials

Note:

Scrapbooks, mostly prepared by Riley, providing an historical overview of the development of entomology, 1872-1895; contain mostly newsclippings from a considerable number of publications, and some correspondence; organized in rough chronological sequence, with many irregularities, and topically from volume to volume, although some volumes are not labeled by topic. Articles by Charles V. Riley and texts or reports of his speeches may be found in volumes 10, 14 (1873-1878), 15 (in his Reports as entomologist of Missouri), 19 (1873-1878), 23, 61 (1883-1889), 71 (1888-1891), 91 (1892-1895). Some of the volumes apparently were compiled by the USDA and given to Riley, or the Bureau of Entomology. A few others may have been compiled by others. Most volumes have notations that they were cataloged but by whom is not known. There are gaps in the volume numbers.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7076, Charles Valentine Riley Papers

Identifier:

Record Unit 7076, Series 1

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Charles Valentine Riley Papers

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru7076-refidd1e213

Collection Producer:

Lodge, Arthur  Search this

Arthur Lodge Productions.  Search this

Collection Creator:

National Association of Manufacturers  Search this

Extent:

1 Motion picture film

Container:

Reel AC0507-OF0185

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Motion picture films

Date:

1954 April 28

Scope and Contents:

Elusive "Molly'! Mining molybdenum. Climax Molybdenum Co., Climax, CO.

Walls of Wood! Manufacturing fine wood that can be handled like wallpaper. Mengel Co., Louisville, KY.

Cutting Up in New England! News clipping service. The New England Newsclip Service, Boston, MA.

Wall Street Moves to Main Street! Brokers' offices on buses owned by brokerage firm. Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Blane, New York, NY.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made directly with the Archives Center staff to view episodes for which no reference copy exists. 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 will be charged for reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1959, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Industry on Parade Film Collection

Industry on Parade Film Collection / Series 1: Motion Picture Films

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87a2ba1d7-177b-4b98-a3d6-5651e945f44b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0507-ref366

Collection Creator:

National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.  Search this

Drake, Beata  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1927, 1965, undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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.

Collection Citation:

Beata Drake Covered Bridge Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Beata Drake Covered Bridge Collection

Beata Drake Covered Bridge Collection / Series 3: Guidebooks and Ephemera

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84bd3df34-faa1-461c-b0a3-e0928198270c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0998-ref575

Creator:

Ryan, Frank J.  Search this

Extent:

16 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Brochures

Books

Motion pictures (visual works)

Advertisements

Scrapbooks

Patents

Date:

1936-1982

Scope and Contents:

Archival materials relating to Ryan's career as an athlete, a sports coach at Yale, an inventor, and an author. Includes photographs, the patent for Ryan's electro-mechanical football game, scrapbooks of newsclippings, Ryan's instructional books on sports, brochures, reprints of articles and other printed materials relating to Ryan's instructional films. Also included are instructional sports films Ryan created and marketed.

Arrangement:

Divided into 2 series: Series 1: Papers, photographs and printed materials; Series 2: Audiovisual materials.

Biographical / Historical:

Coach at Yale University, creator of sports training films and author of sports training books. He developed a unique bank/school community relations program wherein banks would donate Ryan's sports training films to local schools in exchange for publicity.

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center in 2004 by Neil Ryan (Frank Ryan's son) and Fran Ryan.

Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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:

Coaches (Athletics)  Search this

Coaching (Athletics)  Search this

Physical education and training  Search this

Athletics  Search this

Sports -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 20th century

Brochures

Books

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century

Advertisements -- 20th century

Scrapbooks

Patents

Citation:

Frank J. Ryan Sports Training Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0871

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Frank J. Ryan Sports Training Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8820c15a2-732f-4d65-a29d-fd5cba5953a4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0871

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Names:

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924  Search this

Extent:

3.66 Cubic feet (consisting of 5.5 boxes, 1 folder, 9 oversize folders.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lectures

Fliers (printed matter)

Booklets

Advertisements

Broadsides

Fans

Realia

Poems

Clippings

Printed ephemera

Songs

Pamphlets

Correspondence

Ephemera

Newsclippings

Poetry

Programs

Posters

Newspaper clippings

Date:

1811-1937

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:

Temperance contains material documenting perspectives on alcohol use and regulation as well as the impact of various temperance movements on society and the government. The collection covers the issues related to these movements through multiple eras and social lenses, and addresses both pro and anti-temperance perspectives though there is significantly more material that supports the temperance and prohibition movements.

Materials represent a sampling of newsclippings, realia (ribbons, fans, and pendants), artwork in various mediums, and educational resources. No extensive records of any particular group or region exist, and no particular depth is present for any singular subtopic. The subject of temperance often overlaps with news and developments about the women's suffrage movement, elections, and wars.

While newsclippings are divided into specific subject categories, there may be significant overlap between regional issues and files pertaining to legislation and elections due to newsclippings frequently addressing multiple issues.

Arrangement:

Temperance is arranged in four subseries.

Perspectives

Organizations

Regional Issues

Political Parties

Individuals

Genre

Cigarette and Tobacco Documentation

Event Documentation

Images, Writings, and Music

Realia

Serial Publications

Subject

Medicinal Uses

Temperance and Government

Temperance and Religion

Temperance and Society

Temperance and War

Oversize

Miscellaneous

Related Materials:

Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:

Temperance is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

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:

War  Search this

Women's suffrage -- United States  Search this

Clergy  Search this

Suffragists  Search this

Women -- Suffrage  Search this

Government and politics  Search this

Presidential campaigns  Search this

Presidents -- United States  Search this

Elections  Search this

Political literature  Search this

Political cartoons  Search this

Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Political activists  Search this

Cigarette industry -- 20th century  Search this

Temperance  Search this

Political clubs  Search this

Tobacco  Search this

Alcohol  Search this

Alcoholism  Search this

Fraternal organizations  Search this

Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Law and legislation  Search this

Politics -- New York (N.Y.)  Search this

Legal History, U.S.  Search this

Tobacco -- 20th century  Search this

Cigarettes -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lectures

Fliers (printed matter)

Booklets

Advertisements

Broadsides

Fans

Realia

Poems

Clippings

Printed ephemera

Songs

Pamphlets

Correspondence

Ephemera

Newsclippings

Poetry

Programs

Posters

Newspaper clippings

Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Temperance, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Temperance

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Temperance

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a5453985-1d66-4fe8-9049-a58dbd598ecb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-temperance