Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Munn, Charles Allen, 1859-1924
| title | Charles Allen Munn collection relating to Charles Willson Peale, John Trumbull and Benjamin West, 1788-1917. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A diary of Charles Wilson Peale, 1788-1789; letters, an account book, 1816, and a letter book, 1809-1810, of John Trumbull; and a brief manuscript autobiography of Benjamin West. Charles Wilson Peale papers include a diary kept in Philadelphia and Annapolis, May 30, 1788-May 5, 1789. In in Peale writes about: working on his drawing machine "for taking perspective views"; people sitting for portraits; techniques in painting; repairing pictures; travel conditions between Philadelphia and Annapolis; the operation of his Philadelphia museum; recipes for preserving birds and animals; business and travel expenses; experiment in making bifocals; social activities and acquaintances. John Trumbull papers include: two unsigned letters, 1819; account with A. C. DePoggi, 1791-1794; correspondence with Houdon; letterbook, 1809-1810; account book containing inventory of prints, 1816; correspondence with Charles Wilkes and Asher B. Durand, 1819-1822; and corrected proof of original manuscript of a description of Trumbull's pictures. The Benjamin West papers consist of an undated autobiography. |
| extent | 70 items (on 1 microfilm reel) reel N68-20 |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Account Books Inventories Manuscript |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1968 by Fordham University Library. Originals returned to Fordham University Library after microfilming. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:55 |
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| title | David McNeely Stauffer papers, 1817-1910. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Summary: Letters, 1850-1910, biographical data, and miscellany pertaining to Stauffer's study of early American printmakers. Writing to Stauffer are: W. Bruce Almon, Vistus Balch, Albert C. Bates, William A. Beardsley, Clarence S. Bement, J. W. Bothwell, Mrs. J. C. Bruen, William J. Campbell, John Bassett Chapin, Charles E. Clark, William W. Conway, Warren C. Crane, John J. Currier, Charles G. Darrach, Theodore L. De Vinne, Campbell Dodgson, Wilberforce Eames, John H. Edmonds, D. Edwin, Fanny J. Flagg, Edwin D. French, Robert Fridenberg, E. M. Gallaudet, Ernest L. Gay, Charles S. Giles, Walter Gilles, Charles W. Girsch, Charles E. Goodspeed, Samuel A. Green, Charles B. Hall, R. T. H. Halsey, Edward B. Hamlin, W. F. Hammersly, H. R. Harper, Charles H. Hart, Sumner Hazelwood, Henry W. Herbert, E. B. Holden, Samuel Hollyer, John W. Jordan, Charles Lanman, Charles Lanborn, R. H. Lawrence, Alexander Lawson, L. Lement, Emanuel Leutze, George E. Littlefield, Orleans Longacre, Benson John Lossing. Also, Kate L. McNeely, Frank E. Marshall, James T. Mitchell, F. Moras, Jedediah Morse, Charles A. Munn, William Nelson, Dr. Charles L. Nichols, Frederick B. Nichols, Ourdan Family, Nathaniel Paine, Daniel Parrish, Jr., Howland D. Perrine, Harry Piers, A. Winthrop Pope, Thomas B. Read, Emil H. Richter, William Rollinson, William Sartain, Charles Schlecht, Stephen A. Schoff, Howard Sill, Denison R. Slade, C. A. Smith, F. Hopkinson Smith, Sidney L. Smith, J. Winfred Spenceley, Thackera Family, William Thornton, R. H. Tiebout, Henry T. Tuckerman, Frances K. Walter, A. Coolidge Warren, Frank W. Weitenkampf, and John P. Woodbury. |
| extent | 170 items (on partial microfilm reel) reel N4 (frames 1-415) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division. Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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| title | Corinne Robinson Alsop Cole Additional Family Papers, 1882-1969 (*87M-102). | repository | Houghton Library |
| description | Corinne Douglas (Robinson) Alsop Cole papers include letters received from Ethel Carow (Roosevelt) Derby and Douglas Robinson, and an interview with Hermann Hagedorn. History notes : Corinne Douglas (Robinson) Alsop Cole was the daughter of Douglas Robinson and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson, younger sister of American president Theodore Roosevelt. Notes : Part of the Harvard College Library’s Theodore Roosevelt Collection. For context see: Theodore Roosevelt Collection: manuscripts--Roosevelt family papers (008186829) |
| extent | Ca. 400 mss., 100 photographs. |
| formats | Correspondence Interviews Photographs |
| access | For access apply to Theodore Roosevelt Collection curator. |
| record link | http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/findingAidDisplay?_collection=oasis&inoid=2406&histno=1 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Draft finding aid in the Houghton Reading Room reference collection (refer to: Theodore Roosevelt Collection--New MSS.) under *87M-102. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Joseph Alsop, Mrs. Stewart J.O. Alsop, Mrs. Percy Chubb, and John Alsop, 1986. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:51 |
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