Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 |
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Collector |
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1813-1887 |
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Litchfield, CT; Peekskill, NY; |
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Brooklynite Reverend Henry Ward Beecher (brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe) was and preacher, political figure, abolitionist and art collector.
Beecher's art collection included work by George Innes, Whitredge, C. W. Conant, George L. Brown, Aaron Draper Shattuck, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Jervis McEntee, Henry Inman, Eastman Johnson, Henry Inman, Van Beest, C. E. Frere, Albert Bierstadt, Victor Nehlig, Louis Lang, A. W. Warren, William Hart, G.H. Hall, Samuel Coleman, N. V. Diaz, and Jean Baptiste Roble.
Messrs. Ives & Co sold a portion of Beecher’s collecting in an 1863 auction at the Derby Gallery. In 1887, the American Art Association sold Beecher's library, paintings, bric-a-brac, engravings, and porcelains at a sale totaling $31,738.76.
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decades
of activity | 1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Pierpont Morgan Library Archives
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street |
Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gordon L. Ford, 1884 Dec. 8 |
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The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
200 Eastern Parkway |
Southwick Family Collection, 1865-1905. |
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Pierpont Morgan Library Archives
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street |
Autograph letter signed : Brooklyn, to the Rev. Dr. Campbell, |
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William L. Clements Library
University of Michigan |
Henry Stevens papers, 1812-1935. |
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Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street |
Henry Ward Beecher papers and Plymouth Church materials,
[ca. 1839-1887]. |
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Mount Holyoke College
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Beecher family papers, 1822-1903 (Bulk: 1822-1865) |
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
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Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1836-1886 |
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Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Harvard University |
Henry Ward Beecher Papers, 1863-1883 (inclusive). |
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Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Harvard University |
Beecher-Stowe family Papers, 1798-1956 (inclusive). |
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Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Harvard University |
Beecher-Stowe family Additional papers, n.d. |
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