Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Sartain, John, 1808-1897
| title | Sartain family papers, 1795-1944. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Selected Sartain family papers from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Moore College of Art, including correspondence, printed material, photographs, sketchbooks, writings, minutes of meetings and other organizational records, and memorabilia. REEL 2727: Correspondence, mostly among the Sartain family: Emily writes to her father of her European travels with Mary Cassatt; letters from Elliott Dangerfield; correspondence of John Sartain, including letters from the poet Thomas Chivers; correspondence of William, Henry, Samuel, Harriet Judd, and Paul Sartain; receipts of John and Samuel, and undated genealogical notes. REEL 4235: Photographs; scrapbooks; unpublished manuscripts; and correspondence of John, Emily, William, Samuel, and 12 letters from family friend and fellow artist, Thomas Eakins. REEL P28 (fr. 337-581): Rembrandt Peale's manuscript "Notes of the Painting Room," subtitled "Art is Long and Life is Short." 215 p. + 24 p. index. REELS 4562-4565 [filmed previously on reels P19-P20, P24, and P27-P28]: Included are: Emily Sartain correspondence and miscellaneous items, 1895-1923; Harriet Judd Sartain correspondence and biographical sketch, 1854-1887; Henry Sartain letters, 1862-1863; Samuel Sartain correspondence, 1850-1872, including letters to John Sartain while in London on business for his father, printed matter, copyrights and certificates and records of the Art-Union of Philadelphia (AUP), 1852-1885, including catalogs of prizes, an inventory of the AUP property, 1855, and printed reports; obituary for Susanna Swaine (John Sartain's mother); John Swaine's letterbook, 1834-1837; William Sartain letters, 1862-1919, n.d., many written while living in Paris, printed matter, photographs, and sketchbook; John Sartain genealogical information, letterpress books, 1869-1871 and 1887, concerning his Philadelphia and London exhibitions, work and business, correspondence, 1845-189?, financial information, lists of works of art, memberships and certificates, lectures and writings, a sketchbook, and printed material. Also included are manuscript material and printed matter; scrapbooks containing clippings and a few letters; untitled commonplace books which were probably compiled by Harriet or Emily Sartain; John Sartain's records pertaining to the Artists' Fund Society, 1838-1846; Great Sanitary Fair, 1864; Centennial Exposition, 1876, including the Report of the Art Department, and memorabilia; the American Exhibition, London England, 1887; Sartain's Magazine expense book, 1849-1855; minutes of the Graphic Association of Philadelphia, 1849-1855; minutes of the Philadelphia Union of Associationists, 1847-1855; proceedings of the National Art Association second annual convention, , held at the Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 11-14, 1859; and minutes of the meeting of the subcribers of the [Christian]Schussele picture fund. Bio / His Notes: Family of engravers and painters; Philadelphia, Pa. John Sartain came to U.S. from England in 1830 and established himself firmly in the Philadelphia artistic community. He was director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for 23 years and served as chief of the art dept. for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and the 1887 American Exhibition in London. Four of his eight children became artists, William, Emily, Samuel and Harriet. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel 2727 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. 35mm microfilm reel 4235 available at Archives of American Art offices, at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, at the Free Library of Philadelphia, and through interlibrary loan. 35mm microfilm reels 4562-4565 available for use at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. |
| extent | 6 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Printed Materials Photographs Sketchbooks |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Reel 2727: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from: Librarian Moore College of Art, 20th and Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19130 Reels 4562-4565: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/sartain-family-papers-10786 |
| acquisition information | Material on reel 2727 lent for microfilming 1982 by the Moore College of Art. Material on reel 4235 lent for filming in 1989 by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which had received the papers from the Harriet Sartain estate and through descendants of the Sartain family, 1959 and 1988. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania lent the material on reels 4562-4565 in 1991. These papers had been previously microfilmed in 1955 on reels P19-P20, P24 and P27-P28 but were reprocessed for microfilming. A few items filmed in 1955 were missing in 1991. Items not microfilmed in 1991 include manuscript notes for John Sartains's "Reminiscences," and some lecture notes which were unfilmable; 0.3 linear ft. of mss. for articles by various authors appearing in Sartain's magazine; and Samuel Sartain's minute book of the Republican Convention. Rembrandt Peale's "Notes of the Painting Room" was not refilmed in 1991, and is only available on reel P28. Location of Original: Reel 2727: Originals in Moore College of Art. Reel 4235: Originals in: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Reels 4562-4565: Originals in: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:22 |
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| title | Read family papers, 1848-1935. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence between Read family members, Thomas Buchanan Read, Mary Pratt Read, Mary Alice Read, and Harriet Denison Butler Read, and notable military, literary, political, and artistic figures, particluarly of the 19th century. Correspondents include Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, William Whiteman Fosdick, Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, Ludwig Knaus, Hiram Powers, Thomas Addison Richards, Randolph Rogers, John Sartain, William Wetmore Story, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Philip Sheridan, James Garfield, and William Tecumseh Sherman, among others. Bio / His Notes: Thomas Buchanan Read was a poet, a portrait and history painter, and sometime sculptor, and worked in the U.S. and abroad. |
| extent | 229 items (on partial microfilm reel) reel 1478 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/read-family-papers-8401 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1979 by Denison L. Burton. Location of Original: Originals returned to the lender, Denison Burton, after microfilming. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:21 |
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| title | Selections from the Seymour Adelman collection, 1845-1958. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Selections from the Seymour Adelman Collection, 1845-1958 (ca. 1 ft.), relating to the Sartain family and Thomas and Susan Eakins. The Sartain materials include letters, 1845-1945, to Emily, Harriet, John, Samuel, and William Sartain. Correspondents include John McClure Hamilton, William Trost Richards, Russell Smith, and Xanthus Smith. Microfilm roll 4567. The Eakins materials include letters, 1931-1958, to Adelman from Charles Bregler, Thomas Eakins's protégé and Susan Ealdns's friend, including a few responses from Adelman; Susan Eakins's correspondence, 1931-1938, mostly from Eakins to Adelman regarding paintings, commissions, exhibitions, articles, and personal matters; postcards to Susan and Thomas, 1890-1933, including 1 from Walter Pach to Susan; 1 letter, 1868, from Thomas to Benjamin Eakins, and 2 letters to Thomas; 3 Thomas Eakins account sheets/ledger sheets, 1870-1895; miscellaneous Eakins family materials; and photographs by Thomas and Susan Eakins and others, primarily formal and informal portraits of Thomas and Susan, their families and pets. Selections filmed on microfilm roll 4567. |
| extent | 1 partial microfilm reel. reel 4567 |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/selections-seymour-adelman-collection-10785 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1991 by Bryn Mawr College. Microfilmed as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The material was selected from over 45 linear ft. of manuscript material in the Adelman Collection. Originals in: Bryn Mawr College Library. |
| updated | 06/09/2023 15:39:53 |
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| title | Lilly Martin Spencer papers, 1828-1966 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | REEL 131, frames 1-264: Family history; biographical material; ca. 50 photographs of Spencer and her paintings; M.A. thesis, "Lilly Martin Spencer: American Painter of the Nineteenth Century," by Ann Byrd Schumer; articles about her life and work, 1959; and a list of paintings owned by her granddaughter, Lillian Spencer Gates. REEL 131, frames 265-735: Ca. 100 letters from Spencer to her parents, Giles and Angelique Martin, written after her arrival in Cincinnati in 1841 until her mother's death in 1866, and ca. 150 letters from clients, agents, and friends regarding her early career, her marriage, her move to New York City, and later, to Newark, N.J. and to her domestic and artistic life in those cities. Also found are journals and clippings, 1857-1902; family histories; photographs; articles; clippings and a photograph related to her painting "Truth Unveiling Falsehood"; and material relating to her involvement in the women's literary association, Sorosis, ca. 1874-1887. Among the correspondents are: Samuel Putnam Avery, Charles H. Brainard, Cyrus Butler, T. Apolson Cheney, Mary Mapes Dodge of Hearth and Home, Jessie Benton Fremont, Robert Green Ingersoll, Jenny Lind, Rembrandt Lockwood, Benson John Lossing, John Sartain, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Bio / His Notes: Portrait and genre painter; New York and Ohio. Lilly Martin Spencer was born Angelique Marie Martin November 22, 1822, in England to French parents, Giles and Angelique Martin, followers of the French social critic Charles Fournier. The family came to New York in 1830, moving to Marietta, Ohio in 1833, and in 1945, co-founded the communal settlement, Trumbull Phalanx, near Braceville, Ohio. Spencer returned to New York in 1848 after her marriage to Benjamin Spencer, and achieved much success as a painter while raising seven children and moving several times -- to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, Newark, N.J., and Highlands and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Spencer died May 22, 1902. |
| extent | 0.6 linear ft. (on 1 microfilm reel) reel 131 |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.spenlill.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/lilly-martin-spencer-papers-6072 |
| acquisition information | The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 1971 by Lillian Spencer Gates, Spencer's granddaughter. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:16 |
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| title | Mary and John F. McGuigan artists' letters collection, 1893-1931 (bulk 1926-1931) | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | 91 letters and newspaper clippings from Stanford White, Samuel F.B. Morse, Horatio Greenough, Daniel Chester French, Karl Gerhardt, John Sartain, Emily Sartain, William Sartain, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Rubens Peale, and James Craig Nicoll. Letter from Nicoll to "Mr. Skinner" is dated May 29, 1893. Bio / His Notes: Collectors; Dallas, Tex. |
| extent | 0.2 linear ft. |
| formats | Clippings Correspondence |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.mcgumary.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/mary-k-mcguigan-and-john-f-mcguigan-jr-artists-letters-collection-5972 |
| acquisition information | Donated 2000 and 2006 by Mary and John F. McGuigan, Jr. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:17 |
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| title | Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photograph collection, [ca. 1850]-1890. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Photographs of 19th century artists, including Thomas Sully, Rembrandt Peale, Frederick de Bourg Richards, Edward Moran, John Moran, William Trost Richards, Edmund Darch Lewis, George Bacon Wood, Isaac Williams, James Reid Lambdin, Samuel Bell Waugh, Peter Frederick Rothermel, the Sartain family, the Sartain home, John Sartain, Samuel Sartain, William Sartain, Emily Sartain, Thomas Buchanan Read, Thomas Eakins's motion studies, the Pennsylvania State Capitol, group portraits of women from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Artists Fund Society, James S. Earle and Son, and the Fine Art Gallery at the Great Sanitary Fair. Bio / His Notes: Archive repository; Philadelphia, Pa. |
| extent | 0.2 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel) reel 3919 |
| formats | Microfilm Photographs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/library-company-philadelphia-print-dept-photograph-collection-10147 |
| finding aid | Finding aid on microfilm. |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed in 1986 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Photographs were compiled from various collections of the Print Dept. of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Location of Original: Originals in the Library Company of Philadelphia, Print Department. |
| updated | 07/06/2023 17:03:03 |
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| title | Selected art related letters from the James Buchanan papers, 1837-1867. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | REEL P20: Correspondence, March 29, 1837-Jan. 17, 1867, including letters to Buchanan from Henry Dexter, Luigi Persico, George Washington Conarroe, John Sartain, Jacob Eichholtz, George P. A. Healy, and Rembrandt Peale, and one copy of a letter to Healy. REEL P25: One letter to Hon. James Buchanan from Matthew Brady, Nov. 25, 1856, and two letters to Buchanan from Thomas G. Clemson, April 25 and Dec. 28, 1845. Brady sends photographs of Wheatland; Clemson was an amateur painter and collector. Bio / His Notes: U.S. President |
| extent | 23 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels) reels P20 (fr. 609-630)& P25 (fr. 667-669) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/selected-art-related-letters-james-buchanan-papers-10876 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:22 |
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| title | Selected art related letters from Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Society Collection, 1760-1935. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters, mainly from artists, and documents selected from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's miscellaneous manuscript collection (Society Collection). Letters are to various people; 46 of them are to Townsend Ward and a few are to John A. McAllister, photographer. Many of the letters refer to paintings, portraits, commissions, and awards. Writers of letters include: Edwin Austin Abbey, Mary Gertrude Abbey, F.W. Bayley, Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Joseph Ceracchi, John Gadsby Chapman, John Cheney, James Claypool, James Cox, F.O.C. Darley, Joseph Delaplaine, Humphrey Donnehue, William Dunlap, Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere, S. Eliot, Charles Fevret De Saint-Memin, Charles Dana Gibson, Harold Edgar Gillingham, Horatio Greenough, George Harding, Levi Hollingsworth, William Morris Hunt, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Horatio Gates Jones, James Reid Lambdin, Will Hicok Low, Edward Dalton Marchant, William Henry Moody, John Neagle, Albert Newsam, Bass Otis, Thomas Paine, Charles Willson Peale, Franklin Peale, James Peale, Jr., Mary Jane Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Titian Ramsay Peale, Joseph Pennell, Clement Penrose, Robert Piggot, Thomas Buchanan Read, William Trost Richards, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Peter Frederick Rothermel, William Rush, John Sartain, Stephen Alonzo Schooff (to Townsend Ward), Russell Smith, Charles H. Stephens, Thomas Sully, Philip Syng, John Vanderlyn, N.P. Willis, Alexander Wilson and Patience Wright. Among the recipients of letters are Archibald Alexander, David S. Brown, William Belcher, Col. Brodhead, B. Burrell, Carey & Hart, Edward L. Carey, Henry C. Carey, Miss Clarke, Mr. Curren, Joseph Delaplaine, John Dickinson, Dr. Dickson, William Dillwyn, William Duane, James B. Elliott, Mrs. Langdon Elwyn, Mantle(?) Fielding, John W. Francis, Charles P. Hayes, David Hosack, Mr. Howell, Major William Jackson, Horatio Gates Jones, John W. Jordan, H.H. Kjmball, C.G. Leland, Joseph Leidy, J.B. Lippincott, George Livermore, James Madison, J. Hill Martin, John McAllister, James McMurtrie, James Monaghan, J. Murray, Albert Cook Myers, Rebecca and Isabella Nathans, John Neagle, C.S. Ogden, John Paca, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, David Rittenhouse, Albert Rosenthal, John Sartain, Jacob Schreiner, James Shrigley, James Ross Snowden, W.D. Snyder, Dr. Sommerville, J.C. Stanbridge, F.D. Stone, Henry Troth, Mr. Vaux, Townsend Ward, William Hill Wells, G.M. Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Henry J. Williams, and Samuel B. Wylie. Other items include a sonnet of S.T. Coleridge by Washington Allston; business card of Pennel Beale; catalog of medals and coins of silver in the possession of Hon. John Smith compiled by Du Simitière, 1772; printed address by Mrs. John C. Montgomery soliciting donations for the repair of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, destroyed by fire, 1845; William Morris Hunt's admission ticket to Peale's Museum, 1836, stating his height and weight; description of objects on display at the Peale Museum, 1820; a photograph and business card of Benjamin Randolph; invitations and notes to Gilbert Stuart; typescript by Frank H. Taylor on lithography, 1923; subscription book for engravings of paintings by John Trumbull; and a page from John Archibald Woodside's daybook, 1802-1803. |
| extent | ca. 150 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels) reels P23 (fr. 513-705) & P24 (fr. 1-3) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/selected-art-related-letters-historical-society-pennsylvanias-society-collection-10935 |
| finding aid | Microfilm inventory available at AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Location of Original: Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Society Collection. |
| updated | 06/09/2023 15:39:53 |
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| title | Interviews of artists and architects associated with the National Academy of Design | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Transcripts and handwritten drafts of interviews of 86 artists and architects associated with the National Academy of Design, conducted by Lockman. Also included are a few biographical sketches. Interviewees include: Mrs. Edwin Austin Abbey, Wayman Adams, Robert I. Aiken, Ernest Albert, Alonzo R. Beal, Edward A. Bell, Edwin H. Blashfield, Roy H. Brown, George E. Browne, Arnold Brunner, Alexander S. Calder, Carleton T. Chapman, Benjamin West Clinedinst, Alphaeus Cole, Timothy Cole, Irving E. Couse, Robert B. Crane, Charles C. Curran, B. Franklin De Haven, William R. Derrick, Louis P. Dessar, Thomas W. Dewing, Frederick I. Dielman, Edward Dufner, John W. Dunsmore, Jared B. Flagg, John G. Flanagan, August R. Franzen, Daniel C. French, Sherry E. Fry, Edward Gay, Cass Gilbert, Walter Granville-Smith, Chester Harding, Childe Hassam, Charles W. Hawthorne, William H. Howe, Henry S. Hubbell, William H. Hyde, William S. Jewett, Francis C. Jones, Dora Wheeler Kieth, William Fair Kline, Jonas Lie, Louis Loeb, Will H. Low, Edward McCartan, Frederick MacMonnies, Herman A. MacNeil, Gari Melchers, Francis Luis Mora, H. Siddons Mowbray, Raymond P. R. Neilson, George G. Newell,Robert H. Nisbet, Ivan G. Olinsky, Willard Dryden Paddock, Walter L. Palmer, Arthur Parton, William McGregor Paxton, Ernest C. Peixotto, Joseph Pennell, Edward H. Potthast, Henry Prellwitz, Wilhelm F. Ritschel, Henry Rittenberg, Frederick Roth, Carl Rungius, Emily Sartain, John Sartain, William Sartain, Henry B. Snell, Robert Spencer, Egerton Swartwout, Douglas Volk, Bessie & Robert Vonnoh, Horatio Walker, Harry Watrous, Adolph Weinman, Charles D. Weldon, William Whittemore, Irving Wiles, Frederick B. Williams, and Cullen Yates. Bio / His Notes: DeWitt Lockman was a portrait painter, New York, N.Y. He studied in Europe, 1891-1892 and 1901-1902; a pupil of James H. Beard, Nelson N. Bickford and William Sartain; and was president of the National Academy of Design and records secretary of the New York Historical Society. |
| extent | 3 microfilm reels. reels 502-504 |
| formats | Microfilm Interviews Transcript |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews-artists-and-architects-associated-national-academy-design-7901 |
| acquisition information | Lent 1973 by the New York Historical Society. Location of Original: Originals and microfilm master negative in New York Historical Society, Manuscript Division. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:14 |
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| title | John Sartain letters, 1864-1897. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A letter to W.C. Crane sending him a copy of a sonnet written by Stockton Bates after having seen Sartain's "Irene," and a copy of the sonnet; and to H.G. Jones about a portrait engraving which Sartain is preparing of the Rev. Dr. Jones about whom Jones is writing a book. Bio / His Notes: Engraver, portrait painter, miniature painter; Philadelphia, Pa. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels D10 (fr. 1502-1504) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 3 items (on partial microfilm reels) reels D10 (fr. 1502-1504) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-sartain-letters-10331 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA. |
| updated | 07/06/2023 17:05:31 |
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| title | Miscellaneous artists' letters, receipts and exhibition announcements, 1731-1901. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Fifty-nine letters from artists to various people regarding paintings, art works, advice, and daily activities. Correspondents include: John J. Audubon, John H.I. Browere, Henry K. Brown, George L. Brown, Mather Brown, John G. Chapman, John S. Copley, Thomas Crawford, Felix O.C. Darley, Jacob Eichholtz, Charles L. Elliott, Robert Fulton, William H. Furness, Jr., Sanford R. Gifford, Henry P. Gray, Horatio Greenough, John C. Grimes, Joel T. Hart, William M. Hunt, Thomas B. Lawson, Matthew H. Jouett, John L. Krimmel, Charles R. Leslie, Robert Leslie (to Charles Willson Peale, 1793), (cont.) George Linen, Peter Maverick, John Neagle, Louis R. Mignot, Clark Mills, Benjamin Moran, Thomas Nast, Charles W. Peale, Raphaelle Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale, Titian R. Peale, Hiram Powers, John Ramage, Thomas B. Read, Archibald Robertson, John Singer Sargent, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John Sartain, John Smibert, Richard M. Staigg, William W. Story, Lawrence Sully, Henry T. Tuckerman, John Vanderlyn, Elihu Vedder, Benjamin West, William E. West, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Alexander Wilson, Matthew Wilson, and Alexander H. Wyant. Also included are a list, probably in Samuel F. B. Morse's hand, August 1, 1833, of some of the subscribers to a dinner to be given by the National Academy of Design for Charles Robert Leslie; two signed exhibition announcements, one for John H. Twachtman, and Julian A. Weir; four receipts for James Claypoole, William Birch, Gilbert Stuart (signed receipt for payment for a portrait of John Adams, 1815), and Adolph U. Wertmuller; and an indenture release deed for Stephen Warne, 1731. Forms part of: Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1912. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel D5 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Organization: Letters have been merged alphabetically with other artists' letters, and and scattered throughout the letterbooks. |
| extent | 66 items (on 1 microfilm reel) reel D5 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Financial Records Ephemera |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Microfilm inventory available at AAA offices, filed under Hart. |
| acquisition information | Donated anonymously in 1954. The letters were collected by Charles Henry Hart, and presumably compiled by him in the 2 v. "The History of Art in America as Told in a Remarkable Collection of Autograph Letters and Documents From Celebrated American Artists of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries." Other letters in the volumes are written to various people, and have been described in separate catalog records, each grouped under the name of the person to whom the letters are addressed, including Thomas Benedict Clarke, Asher Brown Durand, Charles Henry Hart, Charles Lanman, Charles Henry Hart, Asher Brown Durand, William J. Stillman, and John Trumbull. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Mary, Xanthus, and Russell Smith family papers, 1826-1954. | repository | American Art Archives |
| description | Family papers of Mary (1842-1878), Xanthus (1839-1929), and Russell (1812-1896) Smith. REELS 2035-2040: Family correspondence; 27 volumes of writings and journals, 1826-ca. 1920, about art, science, European trips, personal thoughts, poetry, and Xanthus's service aboard the U.S.S. Wabash, Port Royal, South Carolina; unpublished autobiographies of Russell and Xanthus; a printed biography of Russell's daughter, Mary; sketches and sketchbooks; 10 volumes of cash books; travel receipts, and financial papers; lists of works of art scrapbooks; exhibition material; clippings; personal documents; memorabilia; and ephemera. Among the correspondents are: Susan B. Anthony, Edwin T. Booth, Jay Cooke, George Henry Corliss, Louisa Lane Drew, George Lambdin, James Reid Lambdin, John Neagle, Rembrandt Peale, William Trost Richards, Peter F. Rothermel, John Sartain, Samuel Sartain, Owen Wister, and Sarah B. Wister. REEL 2062: Photographs of the Smith family; and miscellaneous photographs. Photographers include Xanthus Smith, Clemon's Gallery, Philadelphia, Root's Gallery, Philadelphia, and Van Loan & Ennis' Gallery, Philadelphia. UNMICROFILMED: Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and 17 glass negatives of the Smith family. Bio / His Notes: Family of artists; Philadelphia, Pa. area. Painters, Mary and Xanthus Smith, were the children of Russell Smith, a scenic and panoramic landscape painter. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels 2035-2040 and 2062 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 4.5 linear ft. (on 7 microfilm reels) reels 2035-2040 and 2062 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Writings Photographs Deguerreotype |
| access | Microfilmed material must be consulted on microfilm. Use of microfilmed material requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1978-1979 by Franklin R. Smith, a descendant of Smith. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Alfred Williams Anthony papers, [ca. 1880-1930]. | repository | American Art Archives |
| description | Letters, autographs, biographical data, and miscellany collected by Anthony about 19th century artists. Artists include: Edwin A. Abbey, Ernest Albert, Elizabeth A. Allen, Daniel C. Beard, Frank Beard, Samuel G. W. Benjamin, Albert Bierstadt,Nathaniel Blaisdell, Edwin H. Blashfield, Evangeline Blashfield, Charles W. Bolton, Victor D. Brenner, Sydney & Mrs. Burleigh, William M. Chase, Frederic E. Church, Harry Cochrane, William A. Coffin, Timothy Cole, Thomas Cole, Royal Cortissoz, Palmer Cox, Christopher Cranch, Felix O. C. Darley, Frederick Dellenbaugh, Frederick Dielman, Andrew J. Downing, Charles L. Eastlake, George W. Edwards, Daniel C. French, Edmund H. Garrett, Sanford R. Gifford, V. Gribayedoff, Henry W. Herbert, Elbert Hubbard, Daniel Huntington, Laurence Hutton, Ernest L. Ipshen, Norman W. Isham, F. Lynn Jenkins, John La Farge, Edward C. Leavitt, William J. Linton, Benson J. Lossing, Will H. Low, Jervis McEntee, George Merrill, John H. Mills, Thomas Moran, Samuel F.B. Morse, A. R. Mullen, Thomas Nast, National Arts Club, Wilbur F. Noyes,Frederick B. Opper, Mrs. Archie M. Palmer, Erastus D. Palmer, William F. Paris, Carl R. Parker, Hiram Powers, Howard Pyle, Thomas B. Read, Albert Rosenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John Sartain, Walter Smedley, George F. C. Smillie, Francis H. Smith, Bayard Taylor, Col. Henry S. Taylor, John Trumbull, Henry T. Tuckerman, Union League Club, N.Y., D. B. Updike, Vasili Vereschagen, Charles Vezin, Douglas Volk, D. Everett Waid, John Q. A. Ward, Clara E. Waters, Robert W. Weir, J. Thomson Willing, Ellsworth Woodward, Mabel Woodward, William Woodward, and F. Hammond Wright. Bio / His Notes: Clergyman, educator; Lewiston, Maine. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel N4 (frames 601-1163) & N25 (frames 1131-1132) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 2 partial microfilm reels. reel N4 (frames 601-1163) & N25 (frames 1131-1132) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Ephemera |
| 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. Location of Original: Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | James Reid Lambdin collection, 1831-1896. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Pamphlets, speeches, transactions, reviews, auction and exhibition catalogs, and other printed materials relating to art and art organizations mainly in the Philadelphia area, but also including New York, Boston, Baltimore, Louisianna, Europe and elsewhere. Among the societies represented are the National Academy of Design, National Art Association, Artists' Fund Society, Philadelphia Museum Company, Northern Society of Painters in Watercolor, American Art Union, Apollo Association, Columbian Society of Artists and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; correspondence between committees of the Artists Fund Society, headed by John Sartain, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and charters and by-laws of the Artists Fund Society. Originals in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| extent | 10 v. (ca. 200 items on 6 microfilm reels) reels P38-P41, P52 & P63 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Exhibition Catalogs Clippings Financial Records |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/james-reid-lambdin-collection-9731 |
| finding aid | A finding aid to the Lambdin pamphlet collection on reels P38-P40 can be found in the appendices of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts finding aid available at all AAA offices |
| acquisition information | This collection was compiled by Lambdin and housed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Lent for microfilming, 1955, by the PAFA. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:15 |
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| title | United States Centennial Commission records, 1876-1879. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Records relating primarily to the Fine Arts Section of the Centennial Exhibition, including 1 volume signed receipts for items exhibited at Photographic Hall; John Sartian's Art Department report; 1 volume of supply requisitions for the Fine Arts Section; and applications for space listing number, date, name, and address of applicant, description of article to be exhibited, and some bureau regulations and correspondence. Bio / His Notes: Organized the 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels 3602-3604 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia. |
| extent | 2.4 linear ft. (on 3 microfilm reels) reels 3602-3604 |
| formats | Administrative Records Financial Records Ephemera Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/united-states-centennial-commission-records-9973 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1985 by the Philadelphia City Archives. Location of Original: Originals in: Philadelphia City Archives. |
| updated | 07/06/2023 17:06:24 |
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| title | Artists' Fund Society records, 1835-1855. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | REEL P24: Manuscript of the Constitution, 1837; memorial to the U.S. Congress that the Revenue Bill should include a tax on every foreign print or picture brought into the United States for protection of American artists, signed by John Neagle, President of the Artists' Fund Society, Aug. 27, 1841; and list of officers and members, October, 1855. REEL P28: Minutebooks, 1835-1843, 302 pages (index on frames 699-703); proof-sheets of the charter and by-laws of the Society, corrected in manuscript and signed by John Sartain; letters of acceptance to honorary membership, 1837-1838 (index on frame 857); miscellaneous autograph letters and notes from artists and others, 1836-1858 (index on frame 879). Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels P24 (fr. 7-10) & P28 (fr. 699-903) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 2 partial microfilm reels reels P24 (fr. 7-10) & P28 (fr. 699-903) |
| formats | Microfilm Administrative Records |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Location of Original: Reel P28: Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Association, club and society records. Reel P24: Originals in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Society Collection. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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| title | Selected papers from the Edward Carey Gardiner Collection, 1794-1872. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Selected papers from the Carey and Pennington family papers, and the Henry Carey Baird papers, relating to art, artists, engraving and publishing. Included are: nine letters from Benjamin Tanner to Mathew Carey, Mar.12, 1794-Dec. 3, 1794, about engraving maps of China and Russia from copper plates for Carey; letters to Henry C. Carey from Thomas Buchanan Read, 1856, inviting Carey to spend an evening with him to meet Frank Goodrich, Paris correspondent of the New York Times; from Rembrandt Peale, 1859, announcing an exhibition of his paintings at his home with a view of disposing of them; from D.H. Mason, 1872, regarding an exchange of portraits and other subjects; from Charles Robert Leslie, 1834-1859 (7 items), about Leslie's position as Drawing Master at West Point, a proposed visit to England, Leslie's opinion of Paris, and other subjects; from Daniel Huntington, 1850-1870 (5 items), concerning borrowing a printing copies of Carey's paintings; from Thomas Sully, 1862, thanking Carey for his approval of Sully's son's conduct as a soldier; and three receipts to Carey for subscriptions to the Sully Fund for the years 1868, 1869, and 1871, signed by James Claghorn, Treasurer. Edward L. Carey papers include a letter from F.O.C. Darley, April 21, 1845, about designs for "Simon Luggs"; from William Page, Mar. 17, 1843, wishing to exhibit "Young Traders" at the National Academy; and from John Cheney, Nov. 18, 1843, about his brother and the artist Daniel Huntington; an account of Powers' bust of Proserpine once owned by Carey; and a resoultion of the National Academy of Design regarding the death of Carey, June 23, 1845. Items selected from the Henry Carey Baird papers include: copyright papers and letters to Baird, 1845-1855, relating to the publication of Thomas Bangs Thorpe's book The Mysteries of the Backwoods; two letters from Thomas Sully, July 6, 1856, reminding Baird of the portrait, and Dec. 2, 1857, regarding Baird's paper on the "money panic"; a letter from John Sartain, May 24, 1850, ordering 75 cuts of flowers for some books being prepared; from John Rogers, Nov. 28, 1872, about Carey's "Unity of Law"; from William Mason, June 5, 1851, concerning some drawings of Mason's spinning machine; from Daniel Huntington, May 22 and July 27, 1850 about two paintings loaned by Carey and the delay in returning them; and a letter from P.S. Duval, Jan. 5, 1852, about drawings of 8 plates of flowers, done to test lithography for that type of work. Two items from the Pennington family section include a clipping of "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" by Benjamin West, owned by Henry Pennington; and a letter to John Pennington from G. McMurtrie, 1853, regarding Thomas Sully. Bio / His Notes: Carey, Baird and Pennington families were prominent in publishing, politics, and cultural and economic affairs of Pennsylvania. |
| extent | Partial microfilm reel. reel P24 (fr. 114-179) |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Ephemera |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/selected-papers-edward-carey-gardiner-collection-10914 |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Location of Original: Originals in: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Edward Carey Gardiner Collection. |
| updated | 07/06/2023 17:06:52 |
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| title | Joseph Sill selected diaries, 1832-1854. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Ca. 850 pages of selected art related excerpts from Sill's diaries. The diaries date from 1832 to 1854 and document his own painting activities, his association with the Artists and Amateurs Association, Artists' Fund Society, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He gives his reactions to the work of other artists as seen in exhibitions in Philadelphia and New York, especially at the National Academy of Design, as well as in private collections. He writes about panoramas shown in Philadelphia, purchases of works of art for himself and others, commissions to artists to paint pictures for him, etc. In particular he writes frequently of his friend, the collector and patron Edward L. Carey, and of Carey's collection. He often mentions John Sartain, James R. Lambdin, Peter F. Rothermel, Daniel Huntington, Thomas Sully, William H. Furness, Emanuel Leutze, George L. Saunders, Samuel B. Waugh, Paul Weber, William J. Hubard, Monachesi, and John Neagle. He tells of the founding and subsequent activities of the Art-Union of Philadelphia; the sale of Joshua Shaw's paintings and his misfortunes; the work and ill natured personality of William Page; meeting with and a drawing and description of John J. Audubon; a controversy between Robert W. Weir and Samuel F. B. Morse about who will paint the Mayflower Compact; V. G. Audubon's efforts to get subscribers for his father's book; and Bowen's lithographic shop. He characterizes Edward Watmough and William E. Winner. Bio / His Notes: Collector, amateur painter; Philadelphia, Pa. |
| extent | 2 partial microfilm reels. reels P29-P30 |
| formats | Microfilm Diaries |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/joseph-sill-selected-diaries-13482 |
| acquisition information | Microfilmed for the Archives of American Art in 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Diaries donated to the Society by Edward Madiera. Location of Original: Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph Sill diaries, Mss. collection # 600. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:16 |
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| title | Artist file: Sartain, John, 1808-1897 | 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 | Sartain Family Papers. | repository | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| description | The material in the Sartain Family Papers relates primarily to William Sartain (1843–1924) and, to a lesser extent, his father, John Sartain (1808–97), and his sister, Emily (1841–1927). Also see the papers of Annie Perot; Writing about Eakins, pp. 363–67 (see “Resources on Thomas Eakins” in this volume); and Katherine Martinez and Page Talbott, eds., Philadelphia Cultural Landscape: The Sartain Family Legacy (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000). Scrapbooks of William Sartain containing clippings and reproductions of his work as well as some correspondence, sketches, and photographs (6 volumes) Correspondence of various family members, 1875–1932 Photographs of family members, the interior of the Sartain family home, and a William Sartain painting exhibition, ca. 1880–ca. 1920 Letters to various family members from Thomas Eakins, 1866–68, 1886 |
| extent | 4 boxes |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Scrapbooks Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.pafa.org/SiteData/doc/archivesWebMssCollec%20fnl/67129de26fdcfacd6f59893b2be5e1b8/archivesWebMssCollec%20fnl.pdf |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Letters : from Stephen J. Ferris and Garrett C. Neagle, Philadelphia, 1897 Oct. 25 and 26. | repository | Bryn Mawr College |
| description | 2 ALsS. Both express their condolences on the death of her father. Preferred citation: The Adelman Collection, Bryn Mawr College Library. Subjects: Sartain, John, 1808-1897. Other authors: Ferris, Stephen James, 1835-1915. Neagle, Garrett C. Location B Canaday Special Collections (Manuscript Collection) Call Number Adelman Coll. Eakins 6 |
| extent | 2 items (together 4 p.) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b2181210~S10 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Letters : Rock Island, Ill., and Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1862 Feb. 10, 1871 Apr. 17., and 1880 June 12 | repository | Bryn Mawr College |
| description | 3 ALsS. Heartily thanks Sartain for the part he has played in Ferris' election as an Academican of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Also includes a letter of introduction for Ellen Oakford, who would like to talk with Sartain about etching. Background Etcher Location B Canaday Special Collections (Manuscript Collection) Call Number Adelman Coll. Eakins 6 |
| extent | 3 items (together 3 p.) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b2181187~S10 |
| acquisition information | Donor: Adelman Collection br |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Dalton Dorr Records, 1876-1904 | repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | Dalton Dorr played a key role in the beginnings of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, now known as the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dorr was elected Secretary of the corporation in 1880. In 1888 he is listed as both Secretary and Curator. By 1892 he performed the duties of Secretary, Director, and Curator. In 1899 William Platt Pepper took over as Director, although Dorr continued as Curator and Secretary. Dalton Dorr died on February 26, 1901. Shortly after, Edwin Atlee Barber took over Dorr's roles as Secretary and Curator. This collection contains letter books dating from 1876-1904 of Dorr, Pepper, and also Edwin Atlee Barber. The correspondence pertains to Museum collections, acquisitions, exhibitions, staff, Memorial Hall repairs, and overall information regarding the establishment of the Museum and associated schools. |
| extent | 4.5 linear feet |
| formats | Letterbook |
| access | The collection is open for research |
| record link | http://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=DOR&p=cs |
| record source | http://www.philamuseum.org/archives/findingaids.html |
| finding aid | Available online |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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