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Archives related to: Hofstede de Groot, C. (Cornelis), 1863-1930

titleArchief Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis
repositoryRijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Dokumentatie
descriptionCorrespondentie; stukken betreffende onderzoeken, publicaties, lezingen en inventarisaties van schilderijencollecties. (1853) 1880-1930 (1942). Archiefmateriaal, dat na de inventarisatie van het archief is aangetroffen (2 dozen).
extent6 meters
formatsCorrespondence Notes
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record linkhttp://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/default.asp?database=ChoiceArtists&action=form
record sourcehttp://www.rkd.nl/
updated03/16/2023 10:29:46
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titleDe Groot family papers, 1837-1965.
repositoryThe New-York Historical Society
descriptionCorrespondence, diaries, notebooks, stories, and miscellaneous papers, ca. 1837-1965, of various members of the De Groot and related Hawley family, their relations, and friends, especially Elizabeth King Hawley, who married William De Groot, and Adelaide Milton De Groot, the donor.

Materials include 52 letters to William De Groot during 1838-180, when he was a student at Mr. E. Fairchild's school in Plainfield, New Jersey, including many from his friends, T. Howard Conway and Julius S. Hitchcock; ca. 15 letters from Elizabeth and Marianna Hawley to their family and friends, written from Washington, D.C., in 1852-1853, when they were staying with Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, and wrote of social life in Washington; correspondence and papers relating to claims against Madame Hedwige Zak of Gallerie Zak in Paris, concerning the authenticity of a Renoir, Cézanne, and Corot purchased by collector Adelaide Milton De Groot; extensive correspondence with persons in Nice, Cannes, San Remo, Paris, and elsewhere in Europe, usually friends or relatives on vacation or relocated there, particularly Mary and Grace De Groot who lived at the Hotel de Savoy in San Remo for many years.

Frequent correspondents were: Emmeline Smith Hawley, Jane de Forest Windle of Tarrytown, Eliza H. Holly, Fanny De Groot, William De Groot, Elizabeth (Bessie) De Groot, wife of Giulio Caravadossi, Comte d'Aspremont, Francis E. Brantingham, Martha Coggeshall Brantingham, Fanny Bosworth, Rebecca Tappan, Alice E. Hawley, Fanny Baylis, Eleanor C. Mundé, F. S. Hastings, Charles Hawley, Michele de Zogheb, Frances Robinson, Anna De Groot, Mary Windle, Sophie Windle, and Frank Hawley.

Biographical and Historical Note
Family of New York City, with members also residing in France, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.

Related Material
For related materials at the Society, see the manuscript bound volumes shelved under BV De Groot and the De Groot family photograph collection (PR-120) in the Dept. of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections.

Location
New-York Historical Society

Collection
Mss Collection

Call Number
De Groot family papers
extent7 linear ft.
formatsCorrespondence Notes Diaries Ephemera
accessAccess: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society.
record linkhttp://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph000827723&vid=NYU
record sourcehttp://www.bobcat.nyu.edu
updated11/12/2014 11:29:55
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titleArtist file: Hofstede de Groot , 1864-1930
repositoryNational Portrait Gallery Library
descriptionFolder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs.
extent1+ folders (check with repository)
formatsEphemera
accessFolder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library
record sourcehttp://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/
updated11/12/2014 11:30:05
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