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Collection Creator:

Archambault, Anna Margaretta, 1856-1956  Search this

Container:

Reel P027, Frame 449

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [P027.archambaul]

Date:

1926

Scope and Contents:

Announcement of an exhibition of old miniatures, 1926.

Collection Restrictions:

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

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Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers

Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers / Series 1: Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92bd903fc-c7e2-40b8-9fee-c333368db63b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-archanna-ref277

Container:

Box 23 of 55

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2019; Transferring office; 3/2/1988 memorandum, Massa to Fleckner; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-089, Archives of American Art, Departmental Records

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Departmental Records

Departmental Records / Box 23

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa06-089-refidd1e6458

Collection Creator:

Carlen Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 10, Folder 16

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1951, undated

Collection Restrictions:

Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Carlen Galleries, Inc., records, 1775-1997, bulk 1940-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Carlen Galleries, Inc., records

Carlen Galleries, Inc., records / Series 3: Gift (2002) / 3.4: Selections from Library of Carlen Galleries, Inc.

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ef90ba87-7bea-4094-9273-00c8f90f8b94

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-carlgall-ref284

Collection Creator:

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art  Search this

Container:

Box 111, Folder 33

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1904

1909-1913

1915-1918

1921-1922

1924

1940

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962, bulk 1885-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

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Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-carninst-ref6284

Collection Creator:

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art  Search this

Container:

Box 101, Folder 35

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1916-1917

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962, bulk 1885-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

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Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-carninst-ref5870

Collection Creator:

Carlen Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 9, Folder 37

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1969

Collection Restrictions:

Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Carlen Galleries, Inc., records, 1775-1997, bulk 1940-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Carlen Galleries, Inc., records

Carlen Galleries, Inc., records / Series 3: Gift (2002) / 3.4: Selections from Library of Carlen Galleries, Inc.

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cde61429-8d77-4993-bbf3-573219b87606

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-carlgall-ref237

Container:

Box 14 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 1: General Correspondence, 1892-1964, and undated / Box 14

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e2893

Container:

Box 42 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 42

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e7228

Container:

Box 1 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Ruel P. Tolman Collection

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Ruel P. Tolman Collection

Ruel P. Tolman Collection / Series 1: PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1909-1954, 1958, AND UNDATED. / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru7433-refidd1e528

Container:

Box 41 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 41

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e6934

Container:

Box 38 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 38

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e6440

Container:

Box 39 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 39

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e6712

Container:

Box 40 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 40

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e6795

Container:

Box 41 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 41

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e7057

Container:

Box 43 of 44

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: Exhibition Materials, 1906-1975 / Box 43

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0311-refidd1e7338

Container:

Box 3 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Ruel P. Tolman Collection

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Ruel P. Tolman Collection

Ruel P. Tolman Collection / Series 2: SCRAPBOOKS, 1934-1936, 1944. / Box 3

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru7433-refidd1e733

Collection Creator:

Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961  Search this

Container:

Box 35, Folder 39

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1940

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' research center in Washington, D.C.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Violet Oakley papers, 1941-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

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Violet Oakley papers

Violet Oakley papers / Series 3: Notes and Writings / 3.16: Projects, Pennsylvania Capitol Murals

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b6c7857f-c512-4c30-bf9c-8bcad5a3b6e0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-oaklviol-ref459

Creator:

Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Jarvis, Leonard, 1781-1854  Search this

Chapman, John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (Letters, written in ink)

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

U. S. Capitol

Date:

1837-1853

Scope and Contents:

This folder houses a series of letters referencing the building and renovation of the United States Capitol Building, most of which are from architects who worked on the project. One of the contracts orders iron beams for use in extending the Capitol building in 1857, during the second remodeling.

Arrangement:

Organized chronologically.

Biographical / Historical:

General Montgomery Cunningham Meigs was Quartermaster General of the United States Army during and after the American Civil War. He was responsible for the purchase and distribution of supplies to the Union troops. Meigs was also an engineer and architect, and before and after the war, he supervised numerous projects throughout Washington, D.C. as part of the Army Corps of Engineers. He supervised the construction of wings and the dome of the Capitol building and the expansion of the General Post Office building. Meigs designed the Old Pension Office Building. His most amazing contribution to the city, however, was the Washington Aqueduct. Interestingly, it was Meigs who suggested to Abraham Lincoln that Arlington would be a good place for a cemetery. Meigs is buried there.

Leonard Jarvis was an American politician who served in Congress from 1829 to 1837. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs for some time. This contract is signed by him.

John Vanderlyn was an American neoclassicist painter who painted portraits of politicians in the early 19th century. He was commissioned by Congress in 1842 to paint the landing of Columbus. This painting was later reproduced on a stamp. This painting was commissioned for the renovation of the rotunda in the Capitol Building.

John Chapman was an American congressman who represented Pennsylvania. He worked as a judge before being elected to the House of Representatives.

Local Numbers:

FSA A2009.06 7

Other Archival Materials:

Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994 (bulk 1960s-1994); Also located at Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Genre/Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century

Identifier:

FSA.A2009.06, Series FSA A2009.06 7

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The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3136a0efb-cf6a-4728-aa98-04f1bc16238a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2009-06-ref7

Creator:

Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Reid, Robert, 1862-1929  Search this

Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892  Search this

Widener, P. A. B. (Peter Arrell Brown), 1834-1915  Search this

Names:

Houghton, Mifflin and Company  Search this

United States. National Park Service  Search this

Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Collection Creator:

Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-  Search this

Extent:

11 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite)

1 Photograph

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Correspondence

Date:

1818-1847

Scope and Contents:

This folder is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American art. Included in the folder are letters by Robert Reid, Hugo Robus, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Eugene Speicher, John Greenleaf Whittier and Peter A.B. Widener.

Arrangement:

Organized alphabetically by author.

Biographical / Historical:

Erastus D. Palmer was an American sculptor. He sculpted portrait busts and religious bas-reliefs in a style that combined neoclassical idealism and realism. His most famous sculpture is "The White Captive," which depicts a young girl who has been captured by Native Americans.

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes was an American architect born into the wealthy Phelps Stokes family. He designed St-Paul's Chapel at Columbia University and some residential buildings in New York. Phelps Stokes also published The Iconography of Manhattan Island, a six volume work about New York City. He commissioned John Singer Sargent to paint a portrait with himself and his wife, Edith née Minturn.

Robert Reid was an American artist who studied in New England and Paris. He began by painting French peasants, but became known for his murals and stained glass designs. Some of his work can be found in the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.

Hugo Robus was an American painter and sculpture from Ohio. He studied in the United States and Paris, and then taught at the Modern Art School in New York. He worked in a very lyrical cubist style, usually with people as his subject.

Thomas Prichard Rossiter was an American painter born in New Haven, Connecticut. He traveled throughout Europe, painting portraits along the way, and he kept a studio in Paris. He painted mostly portraits, but also completed a series of paintings depicting the life of Christ.

John Frederick Kensett was an American artist and engraver who worked in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City.

Henry Rox was a German artist who studied in Berlin and Paris before settling in the United States in 1938, where he taught at many universities, including Mount Holyoke College. He is known for fruit and vegetable photo-sculptures.

Eugene Speicher was an American realist painter from Buffalo, New York. He attended the Art Students League, and then studied in Europe for a few years. He was considered a leading portrait artist in America at the time, favoring female subjects. Speicher won numerous awards for his work, and was appointed Director of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1945.

Max Weber was a Russian-born Jewish-American cubist. He studied with Matisse, Rousseau, and Picasso in Paris. Weber helped introduce cubism to America.

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet. Whittier was an ardent abolitionist who was extremely influenced by the doctrines of humanitarianism, compassion, and social responsibility found in Quakerism. He was a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and worked as a lobbyist. He is remembered today for his patriotic poetry, and his poems that were later turned into hymns.

Paul Hayne was an American poet who Whittier references in his letter to the publishers Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Hayne had just died, and his son, W.H. Hayne, wanted to edit his later poems for publication.

Widener (1834-1915) was an American businessman from Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he supplied meat to the Union Army. By investing in trolley cars and public transit services, Widener became quite successful and wealthy. He was an avid art collector whose collection included works by Rembrandt, Edouard Manet, and Auguste Renoir. He is considered one of the top 100 wealthiest Americans of all time.

Local Numbers:

FSA A2009.06 6

Other Archival Materials:

Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994 (bulk 1960s-1994); Also located at Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Identifier:

FSA.A2009.06, Series FSA A2009.06 6

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The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ab5429cd-d428-4427-b439-71f5316aec84

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2009-06-ref4

Creator:

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Andrews, Ambrose, 1805-1859  Search this

Bates, Edward, 1793-1869  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Cloar, Carroll  Search this

Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920  Search this

Bacon, Josephine Daskam, 1876-1961  Search this

Rogers, Daniel Denison, 1751-1825  Search this

Elliot, William Parker  Search this

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866  Search this

Names:

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Beach, Ella  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Collection Creator:

Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-  Search this

Extent:

14 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite, typewritter)

Type:

Archival materials

Lithographs

Correspondence

Place:

New York (N.Y.)

Date:

1779-1981

Scope and Contents:

This folder is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American art. Included in the folder are letters by Ambrose Andrews, Edward Bates, Gifford Beal, Aaron Bohrod, Carroll Clear, Samuel Colman, Josephine Daskam, Daniel Denison Rogers, William Elliot, George de Forest Brush, and Chester Harding. The letters' subjects cover a wide range of topics, including the buying and selling of art, invitations to dinner, and general correspondence.

Arrangement:

Organized alphabetically by author.

Biographical / Historical:

Ambrose Andrews was a portrait, miniature, and landscape portrait who worked throughout New England and the United States. He was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1801 and studied at the National Academy of Design. He exhibited paintings at many different institutions, including his portraits of Henry Clay and Sam Houston. Andrews's work is now in the New York Historical Society.

Edward Bates was a representative for Missouri in the mid-1800s. He served in the War of 1812 as a sergeant in a volunteer brigade, studied and practiced law, attended the state constitutional convention, was district attorney from 1821 to 1826, and was a member of the state senate. He declined to serve as Secretary of War for President Fillmore, but was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Lincoln, and served from March 5, 1861 to September 1864. Bates died on March 25, 1869.

Admiral Charles Henry Davis was born on January 16, 1807, and served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation between 1862 and 1865. He then served as Superintendent of the Naval Observatory. He had three ships named after him.

Forbes Watson was an art critic, lecturer, and administrator in New York City in the early 20th century. He served as art critic for the New York Evening Post. In 1933 he was appointed Technical Director of the first New Deal art program, the Public Works of Art Project, which provided work for artists in the decoration of non-federal buildings. He later worked at the Treasury Department of Painting and Sculpture, which administered funding for decorating federal buildings. Watson finally served in the Treasury Department's War Finance Division, where he organized exhibitions and posters by combat artists to promote the sale of war bonds. Forbes Watson's papers are held in the Archives of American Art.

Gifford Beal was an American artist who worked with many organizations for the advancements of the arts, finding inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including holiday scenes, every-day life, and landscapes. Beal loved spontaneity and was influenced by French Impressionists. He was commissioned by the government to paint two murals: one on the post office in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and one in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C. Beal's papers are held in the Archives of American Art.

Aaron Bohrod was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 1907, where he studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago. He worked for a while in the advertising art department at the Fair Department Store in Chicago, but eventually moved to New York City, where he joined the Art Students League. He died on April 3, 1992. During World War II, Bohrod worked as an artist for the United States Army Corps of Engineer and Life magazine in Europe.

Carroll Cloar was an American realist and surrealist who lived from 1913 to 1993. He grew up in Arkansas, but later moved to Tennessee, travelled Europe, and joined the Art Students League in New York City. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, and although he did complete some artwork during this period, none of it survives. Cloar then settled in Memphis. One of his paintings was chosen to commemorate President Clinton's inauguration in 1993. Cloar died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 10, 1993, after a long battle with cancer.

Samuel Colman was an American painter who belonged to the Hudson River School, and is most well-remembered for his landscapes. He was born in Portland, Maine, in 1832, and began exhibiting at the young age of 18. At 27 he was elected an associate of the National Academy, and later studied abroad in Paris and Spain. He was made a full Academician upon his return to the United States, and both founded and served as the first president of the American Water-color Society. He continued to both study in Europe and exhibit artwork, moving from New York to Rhode Island. Colman is represented in the metropolitan Museum, Chicago Art Institute, and many other collections. He died in New York City in 1920.

Josephine Daskam Bacon was an American writer known for writing about "women's issues" and using female protagonists. She wrote a series of juvenile mysteries and helped pioneer the Girl Scouts movement, writing a guidebook for the organization.

Daniel Denison Rogers is perhaps most widely remembered for the painting that John Singleton Copley completed of his wife, Abigail Bromfield.

Ithiel Town was an American architect and civil engineer who lived from October 3, 1784 to June 13, 1844. He worked in the Federal and revivalist Greek and Gothic styles, and was widely copied. He was born in Connecticut, and built both Center Church and Trinity Church in New Haven. Town patented a wooden lattice truss bridge, which made him quite wealthy. He formed a professional architecture firm with Alexander Jackson Davis. One of Town's most amazing feats was the construction of the Potomac Aqueduct in Washington, D.C., which allowed fully loaded canal boats to cross the Potomac River.

William Parker Elliot designed the old U.S. Patent Office, a very important Greek Revival building, with Ithiel Town.

George de Forest Brush was an American painter who grew up in Connecticut and is typified by his paintings and drawings of Native Americans. Even after moving from Wyoming, where he met the Native Americans, back to the East, Brush still occasionally enjoyed living in a teepee. Brush's artistic style later developed into Renaissance-inspired portraits. He was friends with Abbott H. Thayer, and along with Brush's wife, Mary, and son, Gerome, they all contributed to early camouflage designs. Brush died in New Hampshire in 1941.

Chester Harding was an American portrait painter born in Massachusetts in 1792. He worked in many different professions, finally becoming a self-taught itinerant portrait painter. Harding settled in Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, in a building that now houses the Boston Bar Association (the Chester Harding House, a Historic National Landmark). He studied at the Philadelphia School of Design, later setting up a studio in London, where he befriended and painted for royalty and nobility. Harding finally returned to Boston, where he died in 1866.

Local Numbers:

FSA A2009.06 4

Other Archival Materials:

Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994 (bulk 1960s-1994); Also located at Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Real property  Search this

Drawing  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lithographs -- 1950-2000

Correspondence -- 19th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Identifier:

FSA.A2009.06, Series FSA A2009.06 4

See more items in:

The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3fe083cf2-c3ca-489b-b0ee-4f49e62444b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2009-06-ref2