Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Blair, Mary Anne Italia Mitchell, 1855-
| title | Institutional Archives of The Art Institute of Chicago: Collection Records. | repository | The Ryerson & Burnham Archives |
| description | Files arranged by donor, fund or collection name, containing correspondence with dealers and artists, lists, appraisals, biographical data, transaction or donation documentation, etc. Blair, Mrs Chauncey J., 1917 |
| formats | Correspondence Inventories Ephemera Legal Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/musarchives/archcoll.html |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Raoul Heilbronner papers, 1887-1952 | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Correspondence; letterbooks; business records including invoices, inventories, notebooks, address book, records of purchases and sales, deposits, and consignments; and historical notes and clippings relating to particular objects. Individuals represented in the collection include George Grey Barnard, Samuel R. Bertron, Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair, Edson Bradley, Charles T. Crocker, Mrs. Edward H. Harriman, William Randolph Hearst, Mrs. William H. Klapp, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Thomas Fortune Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, and Henry Walters. |
| extent | 9,000 items. 9 containers. |
| formats | Correspondence Business Records Financial Records Notes Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://findingaids.loc.gov/exist_collections/ead3pdf/mss/2013/ms013122.pdf |
| record source | https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013122 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room./ |
| acquisition information | Gift, Tudor Wilkinson, 1952. |
| updated | 07/22/2025 11:37:44 |
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| title | Mary A.I. Mitchell Blair Papers 1684-1897 (Blair, M.A.I., mss) | repository | Indiana University |
| description | Consists of letters and documents which had been collected by Mary A.I. (Mitchell) Blair and mounted as extra-illustrations in Washington Irving, Life of George Washington, New York: Putnam, 1855-1859. The volumes, prepared about 1894 to 1897, were owned by Blair, a Chicago art collector and benefactor. The content of the collection, built around the life of George Washington and his contemporaries, has a strong emphasis upon the American Revolutionary War period. With the materials are two complete holograph chapters in ink, XXVII and XXVIII, of Irving's Life of George Washington. Location Blair, M.A.I. mss., Lilly Library - Manuscripts |
| extent | 235 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Research Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.iucat.iu.edu |
| acquisition information | Gift 1984. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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