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Archives related to: Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940

titleFrederic Fairchild and Julia Munson Sherman papers, 1874-1970.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionPersonal and business correspondence; biographical material; photographs of Elliot Orr and others, a daguerreotype of a drawing of Judge David Sherman Boardman of the Superior Court of Connecticut, 1853 by Waldo and Jewett; art work by Albert Lorey Groll, Elliot Orr, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Theodore Bolton, and others; notes;

clippings and printed material; business records; correspondence regarding the Sherman's art collection; files containing writings, photographs, letters, and printed material regarding Ralph Earl, James Peale, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and other subjects of F.F. Sherman's writings and publications; manuscripts of articles written by Jean Lipman, Walter Gutman, Eliot Clark, and others; and ca. 100 books, pamphlets, catalogs and articles written, edited or published by the Shermans.

Included in the printed material are v.1-3, v.4 (nos.1 and 3) and v. 5 (no.1) of Sherman's "The Literary Miscellany," 1908-1912; "Fine Art Publications" catalog, 1919-22, 1925-26, and 1932.
extent5.0 linear ft.
formatsCorrespondence Photographs Drawings Writings Catalogs
accessUnmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/frederic-fairchild-and-julia-munson-sherman-papers-8469
acquisition informationDonated 1956-1972 by Julia Munson Sherman and the Munson Estate.
updated04/24/2025 09:08:29
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titleJohn Singleton Copley as a portrait miniaturist
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
descriptionFrom Art in America & elsewhere, June, 1930.
Frick: Revised list of Copley's miniatures and other notes by the author in envelope inserted in back (7 pieces).

Call Number
MS.053
extentp. 207-214, 1 plate : ill.
record sourcehttps://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991007206549707141
finding aidN/A
updated02/14/2025 10:07:53
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title[Papers concerning the lives and works of Jeremiah Pearson Hardy and his sister Mary Ann Hardy].
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
descriptionCorrespondence between Frederick Fairchild Sherman and Charlotte W. Hardy (12 letters): Feb. 27, 1933, Mar. 1, 1933, Mar. 2, 1933, Mar. 6, 1933, Feb. 17, 1934, Feb. 23, 1934 -- Two-page photocopy of 5 p. typed notes by Frederick Fairchild Sherman on the miniatures of J. and M.A. Hardy. One page of original dated Mar. 31, 1933 -- Mar. 12, 1933, Mar. 20, 1933, Mar. 24, 1933, Mar. 26, 1933, May 10, 1933, May 13, 1933 -- A collection of photostats (15 p.) of material lent by Charlotte W. Hardy. Copies made June 25, 1958, includes: Letter (2 p.) to CWH from William N. Mason, Sept. 9, 1933; Letter (9 p.) to CWH from Waldo G. Wildes, Aug. 21, 1939 (these two letters deal in part with paintings in the (then) possession of Mason and Wildes) -- "Paintings by Jeremiah Pearson Hardy, list by Charlotte W. Hardy, 1958." (1 p.) -- "Paintings by Mary Ann Hardy ..., list by Charlotte W. Hardy, 1958." (1 p.) -- [Genealogical notes on the Hardy family] (1 p.) -- "Hardy paintings owned by Sidney M. Jones and family ... St. John, N.B., 1958." (1 p.) -- "Family portraits painted by Jeremiah Pearson Hardy ...," (2 p.) photostat of typescript lent by Charlotte W. Hardy Sept. 17, 1953. List date "1945 ... corrected 1953." -- "Portraits by Jeremiah Pearson Hardy." (2 p.) photostat of material lent by Charlotte W. Hardy Sept. 17, 1953. List dated 1950 -- Two newspaper articles (3 p., photostats only) on J. Hardy and M.A. Hardy. Articles may be from a Bangor, Me., newspaper. Copied from material lent by Charlotte W. Hardy Sept. 17, 1953.
extent22 items
record sourcehttps://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991007603499707141
finding aidN/A
updated02/14/2025 10:07:53
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titleNotes on miniatures by Charles Willson Peale.
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
descriptionTypescript, dated 1926 and 1931.

Call Number
MS.053
extent1 v.
record linkhttps://archives.frick.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/17842
record sourcehttps://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991007227739707141
finding aidAvailable online.
updated02/14/2025 10:07:53
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