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Creator:

Shaw, Edwin Coupland, 1863-1941  Search this

Names:

Akron Art Institute  Search this

Carrig-Rohane Shop (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

E. & A. Milch, Inc.  Search this

Ferargil Galleries  Search this

Gorham Company. Dept. of Sculpture (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Grand Central Art Galleries  Search this

Hatfield & Clark (Firm: Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Howard Young Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

J.W. Young (Gallery)  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

Montross Gallery  Search this

R.C. & N.M. Vose (Firm)  Search this

Robert C. Vose Galleries  Search this

Thomas Whipple Dunbar Art Galleries (Milwaukee, Wis.)  Search this

Thurber Art Galleries (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Barrie, Erwin S., 1886-1983  Search this

Batts, J. E.  Search this

Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931  Search this

Daingerfield, Elliott, 1859-1932  Search this

Dallin, Cyrus E. (Cyrus Edwin), 1861-1944  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933  Search this

Davis, Warren, 1865-1928  Search this

Derujinsky, Gleb W., 1888-1975  Search this

Dewey, Charles M., 1849-1937  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947  Search this

Dunbar, Thomas Whipple  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Eaton, Charles Warren, 1857-1937  Search this

Frieseke, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl), 1874-1939  Search this

Fuller, George, 1822-1884  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953  Search this

Gerrity, Thomas F., 1873-1935  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Hatfield, D. H.  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Johansen, John C. (John Christen), 1876-1964  Search this

Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Lathrop, William Langson, 1859-1938  Search this

MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937  Search this

MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925  Search this

Milch, Albert, 1881-1951  Search this

Minns, Hervey W.  Search this

Montross, N. E. (Newman E), 1849-1932  Search this

Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945  Search this

Murphy, John Francis, 1853-1921  Search this

Price, F. Newlin (Frederic Newlin)  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Purdy, W. Frank, 1865-1943  Search this

Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916  Search this

Ritschel, William, 1864-1949  Search this

Russell, T. H. (Thomas H)  Search this

Russman, Felix, 1888-1962  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911  Search this

Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940  Search this

Shonnard, Eugenie Frederica, 1886-1978  Search this

Torrey, Elliot, 1867-1949  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Turner, Helen Maria, 1858-1958  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry, 1853-1902  Search this

Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923  Search this

Vonnoh, Bessie Potter, 1872-1955  Search this

Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933  Search this

Walker, Horatio, 1858-1938  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Williams, Frederick Ballard, 1871-1956  Search this

Wolf, Henry, 1852-1916  Search this

Young, J. W.  Search this

Extent:

3 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1864-1937

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence with dealers, artists, museums, publishers, photography studios, and others regarding art purchases, loans, and Shaw's collection; and 16 v. of scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, and biographical information on artists. Much of the correspondence with artists relates to Shaw's requests for the information which was then used in the scrapbooks. Also included is one volume compiled in 1947 outlining the contents of the scrapbooks.

REELS 1124-1125: 16 vol. of scrapbooks, 1864-1930, relating to artists represented in Shaw's collection, containing letters, many from artists, photographs of artists and their work, biographical data, clippings and articles, and comments on their work; and 1 v., "Notes: Edwin C. Shaw Collection of Paintings," compiled in 1947, and annotated "Used at Women's Art League Meeting at Miss Shaw's in 1947 by Mrs. [Jane S.] Barnhardt, who compiled it, and then given to the Art Institute Library," containing an outline of the contents of the 16 v. of scrapbooks.

Artists represented in the scrapbooks include J. Carroll Beckwith, Frank W. Benson, Ralph Blakelock, Emil Carlsen, William Merritt Chase, Timothy Cole, Elliott Daingerfield, Cyrus B. Dallin, Charles Davis, Warren Davis, Gleb Derujinsky, Charles M. Dewey, Thomas W. Dewing, Paul Dougherty, Frank Duveneck, Charles Eaton, Frederick Frieseke, George Fuller, Lillian Genth, Childe Hassam, Charles Hawthorne, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, John Johansen, Isidore Konti, John La Farge, William Lathrop, Frederick MacMonnies, Hermon A. MacNeil, Willard Metcalf, Herman Dudley Murphy, J. Francis Murphy, A. Phimister Proctor, Henry Ward Ranger, William Ritschel, Felix Russmann, Albert P. Ryder, Eugenie F. Shonnard, Lars Gustaf Sellstedt, Elliot Torrey, Dwight Tryon, Helen M. Turner, John Twachtman, Elihu Vedder, Bessie P. Vonnoh, Robert Vonnoh, Horatio Walker, J. Alden Weir, Frederick Ballard Williams, Henry Wolf and "The Ten."

REEL 4597: Correspondence, ca. 1916-1941, concerning art acquisitions with dealers Erwin S. Barrie of Grand Central Art Galleries; Thomas Whipple Dunbar; Frederic Newlin Price and T.H. Russell of Ferargil Galleries; W. Frank Purdy of the Gorham Co. Dept. of Sculpture and later the School of American Sculpture; D.H. Hatfield of Hatfield & Clark; Thomas Gerrity of M. Knoedler & Co.; Robert Macbeth, Robert McIntyre and Henry Miller of the Macbeth Gallery; Albert Milch of E.& A. Milch, Inc.; Newman Montross of Montross Gallery; J.E. Batts of the Thurber Art Galleries; Robert C. Vose of R.C. & N.M. Vose and Vose Galleries, and their frame shop, Carrig-Rohane; Howard Young of Howard Young Galleries; and J.W. Young; correspondence with artists and/or their families requesting the artist's portrait, biographical information and background, including letters from Elliot Daingerfield, Charles Dewey, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John C. Johansen, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Hervey W. Minns, Hermann Dudley Murphy, A.P. Proctor, Eugenie Shonnard, Elliot Torrey, Dwight W. Tryon, Helen M. Turner, and Horatio Walker, and the families of J. Carroll Beckwith, George Inness, Lars Gustaf Sellstedt, John Henry Twachtman and J. Alden Weir; correspondence with the Dayton Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art regarding works lent for exhibition; with publisher Frederic Fairchild Sherman; with photography studios; and other miscellaneous correspondence.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collector; Akron, Ohio. Shaw, a BF Goodrich executive and avid collector of post-Civil War American art, was one of the founders of the Akron Art Institute, now the Akron Art Museum.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1976 and 1992 by the Akron Art Museum. Shaw bequethed his art collection and papers to the Museum, then named the Akron Art Institute.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Akron  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.shawedwi

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d3e07d59-27ae-4884-8e7e-da91331b95e9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shawedwi

Creator:

Brauner, Olaf M., 1869-1947  Search this

Names:

Cornell University -- Faculty  Search this

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915  Search this

Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916  Search this

Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Carlson, John F., 1874-1945  Search this

Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974  Search this

Davey, Randall, 1887-1964  Search this

Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947  Search this

Garber, Daniel, 1880-  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953  Search this

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962  Search this

Hubbell, Henry Salem, 1870-1938  Search this

Johansen, John C. (John Christen), 1876-1964  Search this

Kendall, William Sergeant, 1869-1938  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940  Search this

Macbeth, William, 1851-1917  Search this

Mason, William, 1829-1908  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925  Search this

Ochtman, Leonard, 1854-1934  Search this

Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917  Search this

Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Ritschel, William, 1864-1949  Search this

Sargent, Walter, b. 1868  Search this

Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962  Search this

Spencer, Robert, 1879-1931  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Walker, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1857-1936  Search this

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this

Waugh, Frederick Judd, 1861-1940  Search this

Extent:

200 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1895-1938

Scope and Contents:

Letters to Brauner, mainly from artists invited to participate in exhibitions arranged by Brauner at Cornell University. Prominent correspondents include: Giffford Beal, George Bellows, Frank Benson, Karl Bitter, Edith Burroughs, Emil Carlson, John Carlson, Charles Caffin, Arthur Crisp, Randall Davey, Paul Dougherty, Daniel Garber, Lillian Genth, William Glackens, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Charles Hopkinson, Henry Hubbell, John Johansen, William Sargent Kendall; Leon Kroll, Jonas Lie, William Macbeth, William Mason, Gari Melchers, Willard Metcalf, Leonard Ochtman, Bela Lyon Pratt, Maurice Prendergast, A. Phimister Proctor, Edward Redfield, William Ritschel, Walter Sargent, Eugene Speicher, Robert Spencer, D. W. Tryon, C. Howard Walker, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Judd Waugh, and others.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical:

Olaf Brauner (1869-1947) was a portrait painter, occasional sculptor, and first professor of art at Cornell University.

Provenance:

The donor, Erling Brauner, is Olaf Brauner's son.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Exhibitions  Search this

Function:

Art museums, University and college -- New York (State) -- Ithaca

Identifier:

AAA.brauolaf

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91cefe275-d9a4-4690-910d-57c29748a23d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-brauolaf

Creator:

A. Contini & Son  Search this

Names:

Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

Contini, Attilio J., 1884-1960  Search this

Contini, Cesare, 1907-  Search this

Evans, Rudulph, 1878-1960  Search this

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953  Search this

Fraser, Laura Gardin, 1889-1966  Search this

Gregory, John, 1879-1958  Search this

Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998  Search this

Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973  Search this

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935  Search this

Moore, Bruce, 1905-1980  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Recchia, Richard, 1885-1983  Search this

Rubins, David K.  Search this

Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander), 1870-1952  Search this

Extent:

1.1 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on two reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Interviews

Date:

1916-1981

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence (1916-1981); business records (1922-1971); notes (undated and 1929); interview transcript (1978); printed material (1929-1981); and photographs (1920-1945).

REELS 3612-3613: Correspondence concerning work done by the Continis for sculptors, including letters from Bryant Baker, A. Stirling Calder, Rudolph Evans, James Earle Fraser, John Gregory, Walker Hancock, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Gaston Lachaise, Bruce Moore, A. Phimister Proctor, Richard Recchia, David Rubins, and Adolph Weinman; photographs of the Contini family and of works of art, including "End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser and works by Rudolph Evans, Anna Hyatt Huntington, and Richard Recchia (1920-1945); Attilio Contini's address book; and a notebook listing works of art.

Also, receipts and invoices addressed to various sculptors (1922-1971) and a contract for work on Frederic Remington's sculpture "Coming Through the Rye" for the National Cowboy Hall of Fame; a transcript of an interview with Cesare Contini conducted by George Gurney on August 26, 1978; clippings (1950-1981), exhibition catalogs (1929-1939), and 2 programs for the unveiling of the Martin Luther monument in Baltimore, Maryland (1936) and the Bing Crosby statue in Spokane, Washington (1981).

UNMICROFILMED: Three undated photographs mounted on board of historical panels at the West Point Library executed by Laura Gardin Fraser.

Biographical / Historical:

Plaster casting firm; New York, N.Y. Following training in Italy, Attilio (1884-1960) and his son Cesare (b. 1907) came to America and operated A. Contini and Son, New York, N.Y, making plaster molds for sculptures by wide group of artists, including James Earle Fraser, Ivan Mestrovic, Herbert Haseltine, A. Stirling Calder, Adolph Weinman, Gaston Lachaise, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

Provenance:

Donated 1984 by Cesare Contini.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Sculptors  Search this

Topic:

Plaster casts  Search this

Sculpture -- Technique  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.acontson

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ab13a5d1-640e-4c1b-9068-985466a45096

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-acontson

Creator:

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Extent:

0.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1908-1949

Scope and Contents:

Mainly newspapers and clippings, 1910-1949, relating to Proctor and his work, principally from California and Oregon newspapers. Also included are 47 photographs of Proctor, his wife and family, and his sculpture, ca. 1911-1939, and a 1908 exhibition catalog.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; Wilton, Conn.; Palo Alto and Hollywood, Calif.

Provenance:

Donated 1966 by Dr. Phimister B. Proctor, son of A. Phimister Proctor.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.procalex

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9abdc6085-3dc2-46b6-8df8-fa8eae0f1d0d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-procalex

Creator:

William Henry Rinehart Fund  Search this

Names:

Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute  Search this

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936  Search this

Dietsch, C. Percival, 1881-1961  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908  Search this

Keck, Charles, 1875-1951  Search this

MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947  Search this

Miller, Joseph Maxwell, 1877-1933  Search this

Pitt, Faris C.  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Riggs, T. Lawrason (Thomas Lawrason), 1888-1943  Search this

Rinehart, William Henry, 1825-1874  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Schuler, Hans, 1874-1951  Search this

Stouffer, J. Edgar  Search this

Uhler, Philip R., 1835-1913  Search this

Walters, Henry, 1848-1931  Search this

Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1820-1894  Search this

Extent:

1 Reel (ca. 800 items (on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1875-1930

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, business records, printed matter, photographs and miscellany.

A statement of purpose of the fund; a volume of Rinehart Committee meeting minutes, including Rinehart's will; abstracts of minutes and reports of the Rinehart Committtee; a ledger recording Rinehart Fund expenditures, including cash paid for scholarships, instructors' salaries, models, shipment of works from Rome and Paris to Baltimore, and sculpture acquisitions; William T. Walters and B. F. Newcomer's account with Rinehart's estate; bills and receipts; printed material, including regulations for scholarships; clippings; and miscellany.

Correspondence includes ca. 200 letters from Rome and Paris, from Rinehart scholars including letters from J. Edgar Stouffer, with one letter containing 5 photographs of his sculpture, C. Percival Dietsch, Alexander Phimister Proctor, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, Hans Schuler, Charles Keck, J. Maxwell Miller and others; correspondence and indexed abstracts of letters of the Rinehart Advisory Committee, including letters from Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, Edwin Howland Blashfield and Charles K. McKim; correspondence of the Rinehart Fund Committee and Peabody Institute officials, including letters from Daniel Coit Gilman, Faris C. Pitt, Lawrason Riggs, Henry Walters, and P.R. Uhler; and a letterpress book.

Biographical / Historical:

The American neo-classical sculptor, Willam Henry Rinehart, established this fund through a bequest to provide scholarships for young artists to study in Paris and at the American Academy in Rome. Administered through the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1984 by the Peabody Institute.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Sculptors  Search this

Arts administrators -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.willherf

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw913429347-418f-4e00-a9a4-5bce233a4163

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-willherf

Creator:

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Names:

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950 -- Pioneer mother  Search this

Vanderslice, Howard, 1853-1929  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1924-1950

Scope and Contents:

Papers concerning Proctor's bronze statue THE PIONEER MOTHER, commissioned by Howard Vanderslice in 1924 and presented to the city of Kansas City, Mo. in 1927. The figures depicted in the sculpture are Vanderslice family members, including Major Daniel Vanderslice, a veteran of Indian wars and an appointed agent to tribes in Missouri; his son Thomas J. Vanderslice with his wife and infant son, Howard Vanderslice, ca. 1853. Included are: a letter to Proctor from Maria Wulff, the model for the statue, and Elizabeth Ewing regarding their impressions of the sculpture, 1924; a letter to "My dear Howard" from Wulff and Ewing, Nov. 11, 1927, the day the sculpture was dedicated 1927; 2 annotated calling cards from Proctor mentioning it; clippings, 1926-1935, regarding THE PIONEER MOTHER and other works by Proctor; photographs of Proctor, his family, home and studio, undated and 1925; a photograph of Vanderslice, 1927; 5 photographs of Maria Wulff "in the dress of the Pioneer Mother," 1925; and photographs of THE PIONEER MOTHER and other works. Also included are an eulogy to Proctor by the Camp Fire Club of America, 1950; a watercolor by Jean Proctor; an etching by William Proctor, 1937.

Biographical / Historical:

Proctor was a sculptor; Wilton, Conn.; Palo Alto and Hollywood, Calif.

Provenance:

Donated 1989 by the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California, who received the papers from a friend of the museum, who stated only that they came from "an old house."

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- California

Identifier:

AAA.procalep

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw982261bb8-a3d1-403f-94fd-3eec058fcc27

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-procalep

Creator:

Pratt, George D  Search this

Subject:

Pratt, George D  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister 1862-1950  Search this

Physical description:

0.11 cu. ft. (0.11 non-standard size boxes)

Type:

Field notes

Collection descriptions

Date:

1913

Topic:

Mammals  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 12-342

See more items in:

Field Book Project 1855-2010

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_361480