Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: White, Henry Cooke, 1861-1952
| title | Nelson and Henry C. White research material, 1898-1978 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters, notes and writings, transcripts of diaries, printed material, photographs, and subject files are composed primarily of research materials for Nelson White's books, THE LIFE AND ART OF J. FRANK CURRIER (1936) and ABBOTT H. THAYER: PAINTER AND NATURALIST (1951), and article, "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing" (1929), and for Henry C. White's book, THE LIFE AND ART OF DWIGHT WILLIAM TRYON (1930). REELS D199-D202: Sixteen letters to Nelson White concerning family and research (1937-1951); typescripts about Currier and Dewing by White; a typescript on Tryon's pastels by George Alfred Williams; subject files on Thayer containing genealogical information, typescripts, and Thayer's letters to his first wife Kate, second wife Emma, various family members, Samuel Clemens, Royal Cortissoz, Dewing, Theodore Roosevelt (regarding wildlife preservation), and Franklin Roosevelt (concerning camouflage for war vehicles). Other correspondents include George Grey Barnard (1916-1917), Frank Benson (1915-1917), George de Forest Brush (1909-1917), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1903-1905), John Singer Sargent (1915-1923), Charles Freer, George Alfred Williams, and J. Alex Donald. Writings concerning Thayer include a 5-page autobiography dictated by Thayer (1907); transcripts from his father's diary; reminiscences by his father and daughter, Glady Thayer (1849-1921); lists of Thayer's works; his writings on wildlife preservation, camouflage, and other topics; and a typescript of White's biography. Printed material consists of clippings and an exhibition catalog (1922). Photographs show Thayer, his family, his house, and works of art. REEL 864: Henry White's research material on Tryon includes a copy of a 1916 letter to Beulah Strong from Tryon and 3 letters concerning Congressman Vestal's bill (1930-1931). The 20 clippings are primarily book reviews (1930-1931). Thirty-seven photographs show Tryon, his boyhood home, his works of art (1919-1923), and the Tryon Art Gallery at Smith College. Writings consist of an autobiographical account by Tryon (1924-1925) and a typescript of an article about Tryon by White. Notes concern publication of the book. REEL 1330: A letter to White from Tryon briefly mentions his activities (1925). Autobiographical notes were written by Tryon and annotated by White (1925). REEL 2807: Letters to Henry White, Nelson White, and Ida Rovetti White are from Edward Bell, Maria Oakey Dewing, Susan Eakins (concerning Franklin Schenck), Louisa and Wilson Eyre, Will Howe Foote, R. H. Ives Gammell, Harry L. Hoffman, Elizabeth Dewing Bender Kaup, Luigi Lucioni, Edwin and Henry Prellwitz, Franklin L. Schenck, Stow and Edith Wengenroth, Irving Wiles, and others (1911-1978). Eleven photographs show works of art by Currier. An article concerns "Daylight in Picture Galleries." UNMICROFILMED: Research material compiled by Nelson White on Dewing (1929) and Currier (1936) includes letters concerning Currier (1921-1967) and 8 letters from Dewing's daughter, Elizabeth Dewing Kaup (1928-1951). Subject files on Currier include a transcript of his 1870 diary, notes, clippings (1898-1936), exhibition catalogs (1931-1958), copy photographs of Currier and his family from 1860-1890, his works of art, and an exhibition installation (1958). Designs by White are on cardboard. There are also notes and drafts of the Dewing article, "Cremona", and "Laura Standish Brown Beaton. " Research material on Thayer includes typescripts of letters, written between 1884 and 1919, from Thayer to Francis H. Allen (1910-1915), Royal Cortissoz (1910-1917), Dewing (1903-1910), and Theodore Roosevelt (1910-1912). A subject file contains notes, drafts of the Thayer book, a 1913 essay on "Edward Martin Taber's Drawings", and a draft of an appreciation of Thayer by Sidney Allen. Printed material about Thayer includes clippings (1903-1951), an exhibition catalog (1961), and reproductions of Thayer's work. Photographs show Thayer, his family, house, and art works. Henry White's research material on Tryon consists of transcripts of letters from Tryon to George Alfred Williams (1906-1925), from Charles Freer to Tryon (1907), and from James McNeill Whistler to Henri Fantin-Latour. Other correspondence (1927-1936) includes 2 letters from Alfred Vance Churchill (1927-1928). Various drafts of the book contain revisions by Mrs. Bender, Alfred Vance Churchill, and Mr. Rossiter. Printed material consists of galley proofs, a clipping by Cortissoz, a brochure about the book, and an exhibition catalog for Henry White's work (1954). Photographs show a work by Tryon and the Tryon Gallery at Smith College. Bio / His Notes: Painter, art historian, and collector; Hartford, Connecticut. White was a pupil of his father, Henry C. White, and later studied at the National Academy of Design. He was a trustee of the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, and the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. Henry Cooke Nelson was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He had private art lessons with Dwight Tryon in 1875. From 1884-1886, he also studied at the Art Students League with Kenyon Cox and George DeForest Brush. He taught drawing at the Hartford Public School from 1889-1897 and co-founded the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts in 1910. |
| extent | 4.2 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 7 reels) reels D199-D202, 864, 1330, and 2807 |
| formats | Correspondence Notes Writings Diaries Printed Materials |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Material on reels D199-D202 purchased by the Archives of American Art from Nelson C. White 1956; material on reel 864 and unmicrofilmed donated 1978-1983; and material on reels 1330 and 2807 lent for microfilming 1978-1983 all by Nelson C. White. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:55 |
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| title | Artist file: White, Henry Cooke , 1861-1952 | repository | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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| title | Artist file: White, Henry Cooke , 1861-1952 | repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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| title | Milch Gallery records, 1911-1980. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Alphabetical files, consisting mainly of correspondence, 1911-1962; sales records and stock inventories, 1911-1969; financial records, 1914-1969; printed matter; photographs; and miscellaneous items. Alphabetical files contain correspondence with clients, galleries, museums, and artists concerning arrangements for exhibitions, sales and consignments, advice to collectors, and routine business matters; also itemized invoices, receipts, catalogs of private collections, estate inventories, printed matter, ms. checklists and other items enclosed with correspondence. Sales records consist of order forms, receipts, and registers recording the date, name of buyer, and object or service purchased. Inventories are of paintings, prints, frames, and bronzes. Financial records (not microfilmed), include general ledgers, petty cash books, tax returns, and bills and receipts for goods and services excluding works of art purchased by E. & A. Milch, Inc.. Printed matter includes a scrapbook, 1912-1923, of clippings, catalogs, and invitations relating to exhibitions held at Milch Gallery and artists represented by them; Milch Gallery exhibition catalogs and checklists, 1917-1967, and undated, many priced or otherwise annotated; a complete run of MILCH GALLERY NOTES, an occasional publication, 1918-1928/29; clippings, 1921-1956, and undated; "sculpture files" consisting of clippings, photographs, and printed reproductions arranged by sculptor; reproductions of works of art and publicity for Milch Gallery exhibitions, 1947-1964, and undated. Miscellaneous printed matter (not produced by Milch Gallery) includes Catalogue of the Mary J. Morgan Collection, 1886, Catalogue of the Charles M. Kurtz Collection, 1910, and Artists Equity Association ball programs, 1950-1951; a scrapbook of clippings and photographs of the work of Walter Philipps; and a scrapbook containing biographical sketch and clippings about Thomas Moran, 1875-1937 (reel N730). Photographs include works of art, the Dodsworth Collection, L. Ricci album of photographs of antique furniture; views of Milch Gallery interior and exterior; portraits of Edward and Albert Milch, artists, and other individuals; group portraits of Ten American Artists, Associated Dealers in American Paintings, and dinners at Salmagundi Club and National Academy of Design. Miscellaneous items include legal documents, 1917-1970, package receipts, 1916-1968, and shipping receipts, 1955-1963. Among the artists represented in the alphabetical files are: Alice Acheson, Charles L. Adams, Wayman Adams, Charles A. Aiken, Grace Albee, Karl Anderson, Alexander Archipenko, Marianne Appel, John Taylor Arms, Mary Ascher, Faust Azzaretti, Peggy Bacon, Martin Baer, Hugo Ballin, Myron Barlow, Barmore, Charles Barr, Norman Barr, Lionel Barrymore, Gustave Baumann, Reynolds Beal, George Bellows, Frank Benson, George Biddle, Morris Blackburn, Ralph Blakelock, Arnold Blanch, Lucile Blanch, Oscar Bluemner, Ernest Blumenschein, Max Bohm, Aaron Bohrod, Louis Bosa, Hugh Breckenridge, Frederick Bridgman, George Elmer Browne, Edward Bruce, George deForest Brush, Claude Buck, Paul Burlin, George Burr, Howard Russell Butler, A. Stirling Calder, John Carroll, Samuel Chamberlain, Asa Cheffetz, Howard Chandler Christy, Alphaeus P. Cole, William G. Congdon, Bruce Crane, Charles C. Curran, Elliott Daingerfield, Randall Davey, Joseph De Camp, Adelaide De Groot, Adolph Dehn, Louis Paul Dessar, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, William Hunt Diederich, Phil Dike, Ruger Donoho, Guy Pene Du Bois, Charles Duncan, W. Herbert Dunton, Susan Eakins, Stephen M. Etnier, Jerry Farnsworth, Nicholai Fechin, Beatrice Fenton, James Fitzgerald, J. Montgomery Flagg, David Fredenthal, Daniel Chester French, Emil Fuchs, Sears Gallagher, Emil Ganso, Leon Gaspard, Lillian Genth, Xavier Gonzalez, Marion Greenwood, John Gregory, Wayland Gregory, George Grosz, Samuel Halpert, George O. (Pop) Hart, Sadakichi Hartman, Ernest Haskell, Childe Hassam, Norbert Heerman, Charles L. Heinz, E. Martin Hennings, Robert Henri, Charles Hopkinson, Leroy Ireland, Alice Judson, Max Kalish, A. Raymond Katz, Ethel Katz, Dong Kingman, Leon Kroll, Louis Kronberg, Lawrence Kupferman, Sidney Laufman, Ernest Lawson, R. Hayley Lever, Jonas Lie, Ossip Linde, Will H. Low, Luigi Lucioni, Dan Lutz, Emma Fordyce MacRae, Paul Manship, Gari Melchers, Willard Metcalf (Estate), William Meyerowitz, Ross Moffett, F. Luis Mora, Thomas Moran, Herman Dudley Murphy, J. Francis Murphy, Jerome Myers, Edith Nagler, Karl Oberteuffer, Leonard Ochtman, DeWitt Parshall, Ralph Pearson, Van Dearing Perrine, Hobson Pittman, Ogden M. Pleissner, Joseph Pollet, Nathaniel Pousette- Dart, Mabel Pugh, Edward W. Redfield, William Ritschel, Umberto Romano, Carl Rungius, Chauncey F. Ryder, Margery Ryerson, (cont.) Paul Sample, Wells Sawyer, W. Elmer Schofield, Will Shuster, David Shapiro, Joseph Henry Sharp, Millard Sheets, Eugene Speicher, Francis Speight, Maurice Sterne, Albert Sterner, Henry O. Tanner, Abbott H. Thayer, Paul Trebilcock, Dwight Tryon, John H. Twachtman, Walter Ufer, Dorothy Varian, Robert Vonnoh, Heinz Warneke, Franklin C. Watkins, Frederick J. Waugh, J. Alden Weir, John F. Weir, Henry C. White, Harry Wickey, Carleton Wiggins, Irving R. Wiles, Robert Strong Woodward, Stanley Woodward, Andrew Wyeth, Jacques Zucker, and many others. ADDITION (0.6 ft.): Business correspondence; photographs of the interior of Milch Galleries, June 1959; inventory of documents concerning the Armory Show, with related correspondence, found in the Bush-Holley House; and artists' files consisting of correspondence, clippings, photographs, sales records, and printed matter for: Ralph Blakelock, Aaron Bohrod, Mary Cassatt, Arthur B. Davies, Frank Duveneck, Walt Kuhn, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn, John Sloan and John Twachtman. I. Alphabetical files (mainly correspondence); reels 4410-4435. II. Sales records and inventories; reels 4436-4454. III. Financial records; not microfilmed. IV. Printed matter; reels 4454-4457 and N730. V. Photographs; reels 4457-4458. VI. Miscellaneous; reels 4458-4465; with the exception of Series I., arrangement is chronological Co-Creator: Acheson, Alice Adams, Charles L., 19th cent Adams, Wayman, 1883-1959 Aiken, Charles Avery, 1872-1965 Albee, Grace Anderson, Karl, 1874-1956 Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964 Appel, Marianne, 1913- Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953 Ascher, Mary G. (Mary Goldman), b. 1900 Azzaretti, Faust Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987 Baer, Martin, 1895-1961 Ballin, Hugo, 1879-1956 Barlow, Myron, 1873-1937 Barmore, Charles Barr, Charles H. Barr, Norman, 1908- Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954 Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971 Beal, Reynolds, 1866-1951 Bellows, George, 1882-1925 Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951 Biddle, George, 1885- Blackburn, Morris, 1902-1979 Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919 Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968 Blanch, Lucile, 1895-1981 Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938 Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard, 1874-1960 Bohm, Max, 1868-1923 Bohrod, Aaron Bosa, Louis, 1905- Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry), 1870-1937 Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928 Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946 Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943 Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941 Buck, Claude, 1890-1974 Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969 Burr, George Elbert, 1859-1939 Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934 Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945 Carroll, John, 1892-1959 Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975 Cheffetz, Asa, 1896-1965 Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 Cole, Alphaeus Philemon, 1876-1988 Congdon, William, 1912- Crane, Bruce, 1857-1937 Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney), 1861-1942 Daingerfield, Elliott, 1859-1932 Davey, Randall, 1887-1964 DeCamp, Joseph, 1858-1923 De Groot, Adelaide Milton, b. 1876 Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968 Dessar, Louis Paul, 1867-1952 Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938 Diederich, William Hunt, 1884-1953 Dike, Phil, 1906-1990 Donoho, Gaines Ruger, 1857-1916 Du Bois, Guy Pène, 1884-1958 Duncan, Charles, b. 1892 Eakins, Susan Macdowell Etnier, Stephen, 1903-1984 Farnsworth, Jerry, 1895-1982 Fechin, Nikolai Ivanovich, 1881-1955 Fenton, Beatrice, 1887-1983 Fitzgerald, James, 1899-1971 Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960 Fredenthal, David, 1914-1958 French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 Fuchs, Emil, 1866-1929 Gallagher, Sears, 1869-1955 Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941 Gaspard, Leon, 1882-1964 Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953 Gonzalez, Xavier, 1898-1993 Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970 Gregory, John, 1879-1958 Gregory, Waylande, 1905-1971 Grosz, George, 1893-1959 Halpert, Samuel, 1884-1930 Hart, George Overbury, 1868-1933 Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944 Haskell, Ernest, 1876-1925 Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 Heerman, Norbert Leo, b. 1891 Heinz, Charles, 1885-1955 Hennings, E. Martin, 1886-1956 Henri, Robert, 1865-1929 Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962 Ireland, Leroy, 1889-1970 Judson, Alice, d. 1948 Kalish, Max, 1891-1945 Katz, A. Raymond (Alexander Raymond), 1895-1974 Kingman, Dong, 1911- Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974 Kronberg, Louis, 1872-1965 Kupferman, Lawrence, 1909-1982 Laufman, Sidney, 1891- Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939 Lever, Hayley, 1876-1958 Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940 Linde, Ossip L. Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932 Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- Lutz, Dan, 1906- MacRae, Emma Fordyce, 1887-1974 Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932 Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925 Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981 Milch, Albert, 1881-1951 Milch, Edward, 1865-1954 Moffett, Ross Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis), 1874-1940 Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926 Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945 Murphy, John Francis, 1853-1921 Myers, Jerome, 1867-1940 Nagler, Edith, b. 1890 Oberteuffer, Karl, 1908- Ochtman, Leonard, 1854-1934 Parshall, DeWitt, 1864-1956 Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958 Perrine, Van Dearing, 1868 or 9-1955 Pittman, Hobson, 1900-1972 Pleissner, Ogden M. Pollet, Joseph, 1897-1979 Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel, 1886-1965 Pugh, Mabel, b. 1891 Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965 Ritschel, William, 1864-1949 Romano, Umberto, 1906- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959 Ryder, Chauncey F., 1868-1949 Ryerson, Margery Sample, Paul, 1896-1974 Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960 Schofield, Walter Elmer, 1867-1944 Shuster, Will Shapiro, David, 1916- Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953 Sheets, Millard, 1907- Speicher, Eugene E. (Eugene Edward), 1883-1962 Speight, Francis, 1896- Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957 Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946 Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937 Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921 Trebilcock, Paul, 1902-1981 Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925 Twachtman, John Henry, 1853-1902 Ufer, Walter, 1876-1936 Varian, Dorothy, 1895-1987 Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933 Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich), 1895-1983 Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972 Waugh, Frederick Judd, 1861-1940 Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), b. 1841 Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919 White, Henry Cooke, 1861-1952 Wickey, Harry Wiggins, Carleton, 1848-1932 Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948 Woodward, Robert Strong, 1885-1957 Woodward, Stanley Wingate, b. 1890 Wyeth, Andrew, 1917- Zucker, Jacques, 1900- Milch Galleries. E.& A. Milch, Inc |
| extent | 37.75 linear ft. (on 57 microfilm reels) Addition: 0.6 linear ft. reels N730 and 4410-4465 |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Inventories Scrapbooks |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/milcgall.htm |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Electronic finding aid available at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/milcgall.htm |
| acquisition information | Donated 1986 by the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, who acquired them from Elliott Galleries of New York City. Elliott Galleries purchased the records from the estate of Harold Milch. With the exception of the scrapbook on Thomas Moran (reel N730), the small amount of material which had previously been lent for microfilming by the Milch Galleries (reels D285 and NM1-2), was incorporated and remicrofilmed with the records in 1991 (reels 4410-4465). In 1995, an additional 0.6 ft. of records were donated via Hirschl & Adler Galleries. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:12 |
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| title | Arthur B. Wilder papers, [ca. 1866]-1944. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical sketches; membership cards; correspondence, chiefly with family members; an account book; lists of work; writings; art work, including sketches, watercolors, etchings, lithographs, charcoal sketches and 10 sketchbooks, and oils on canvas; photographs of Wilder, Henry C. White and others, and of Wilder's and White's work and studios; exhibition catalogs, and other printed material. Bio / His Notes: Landscape painter; Woodstock, Vt. Studied at the Art Students League and the Art Guild in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Thomas Eakins was his instructor. |
| extent | 1.3 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Sketchbooks Financial Records Inventories Photographs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA'sWashington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1993 by Lyle C. Pearsons, Wilder's grandson. Additional papers are expected. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:12 |
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| title | Milch Galleries exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1916-1921. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | "The E. & A. Milch Gallery Opening Exhibition," 1916, 18 works exhibited by 8 artists; "American Sculpture for the Town and Country House The Garden and the Grounds," ca. 1921, 56 works exhibited by 35 artists; "Second Annual Exhibition by the Painter-Gravers of America," 1917, 94 works exhibited by 20 artists; "Annual Holiday Exhibition of Selected Paintings of limited size by American Artists," 1918-1919, 76 works exhibited by 45 artists; and catalogs for one person exhibitions of Jerome Myers, Abbott H. Thayer, Ossip L. Linde, William Meyerowitz, Henry C. White, William Ritschel, Arthur C. Goodwin, Robert Henri, Leon Gaspard, Lillian Genth, Theresa F. Bernstein, and Mary Prindeville. Biographical and Historical Notes: Art gallery at 108 W. 57th St., New York, N.Y. |
| extent | 19 items. reel 4859 (fr. 542-607) |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Contained in: Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1887-1934 (bulk 1915-1925) |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:12 |
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| title | Alfred Vance Churchill papers, 1828-1948. | repository | Smith College |
| description | Includes Churchill’s correspondence with art collectors and Smith College and Columbia University faculty and administrators. There are histories of the Churchill family and of Oberlin College and social history of the Midwestern United States. Also included are Churchill’s writings and lectures on the teaching of art and of his role in developing an American taste for French Romantic painters. Correspondents include Laurence Binyon, Marion LeRoy Burton, Charles Henry Churchill, John Dewey, Charles Lang Freer, Laurenus Clark Seelye, Dwight William Tryon, Hugh Walpole, Henry C. White and other Churchill family members. Biog./Hist. Note Church (born Aug. 14, 1864) was the son of Charles Henry Churchill, a professor at Oberlin College, and Henrietta Vance Churchill. After studies at Oberlin, he studied art in Europe, 1887-1890 and graduated from Oberlin (M.A., 1898). He married Marie Marschall in 1890. He directed the art department at Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa (1892), and then taught art in the High and Normal Schools, St. Louis, Mo. (1893-1897). In 1897 he was made professor of art and Director of the Department of Fine Arts at Teachers College, Columbia University. Columbia University dismissed him in 1904, but gave him a grant to study and paint in Paris, 1904-1906. Smith College hired him in 1905 as the first resident professor in the appreciation and history of art. During his years at Smith he expanded the Smith College Museum of Art. He was an art critic and lecturer and served as vice-president of the College Art Association. His paintings appeared in the Armoy Show in Chicago in 1913. He retired from Smith College in 1932 and died Dec. 29, 1949. Location(s) SC Special Collections / SC College Archives / RG 42 Churchill |
| extent | 2 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Subject Files |
| access | The papers are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions. |
| record link | http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/smitharchives/manosca79%5Fmain.html |
| record source | http://fcaw.library.umass.edu:8991/F/?func=direct&doc_number=002167029&doc_library=FCL01 |
| finding aid | Finding aid is available in the Smith College Archives and online. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:12 |
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