Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, approximately 1736-1784
| title | Pierre Eugène Du Simitieère Papers, 1770-1783. | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Commonplace book (1770), note (1783) concerning the invention of shorthand, and signature on title page of a book. In part, positive photocopies. [S.l.]. CALL NUMBER: MMC-1012 Request in: Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101) |
| extent | 3 items. |
| formats | Photocopies |
| access | Open to research |
| record source | http://lccn.loc.gov/mm 82019265 |
| acquisition information | Purchase, 1912-1917. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:03 |
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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 | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/selected-art-related-letters-historical-society-pennsylvanias-society-collection-10935 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| 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 | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Pierre Eugène Du Simitière papers, 1774-1784. | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Letterbook (1779-1784), commonplace book, memoranda (1774-1783), and notes on publications (2 volumes), relating to Du Simitière’s artistic work and his collections of Americana. Includes extracts of printed works and lists of articles, books, pamphlets, coins, portraits, and curiosities. Correspondents include François Barbé-Marbois, George Clinton, Robert Erskine, Conrad A. Gérard, Francis Kinloch, Robert Morris, Joseph Reed, Benjamin Rush, Nathaniel Scudder, Baron von Steuben, and John Sullivan. Biographical/Historical Data: Artist and antiquarian. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 17,137 (reel 38) Request in: Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101) Notes: MSS67785 Forms part of: Papers and collection of Peter Force (Series 8D : entry 40). CALL NUMBER: 0314B FORCE : Series 8D : entry 40 Request in: Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101) |
| extent | 5 volumes, 1 microfilm reel |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera Notes Clippings |
| access | Open to research. |
| record source | http://lccn.loc.gov/mm 78067785 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| acquisition information | Purchase, 1867. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Pierre Eugène Du Simitière papers, 1560-1786, (bulk 1721-1786) | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Papers relating to natural history and Du Simitière's collection of specimens; material collected on the history of the West Indies and Colonial American affairs in New England, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, including the Lancaster Treaty, 1744, and Indian treaties, 1721-1756; letters, 1560-1781; journals, pamphlets and extracts; a broadside of the Du Simitière sale, 1785; drawings and portraits of American legislators and soldiers by Du Simitière; and leaves of a medieval illuminated manuscript. Bio / His Notes: Portrait painter, curator and naturalist; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Geneva, Switzerland. Came to America in 1765 after spending several years in the West Indies collecting natural history specimens. Elected curator, 1768, of the American Philosophical Society, and set up a natural history museum. He collected Revolutionary War ephemera and literature. |
| extent | 10 v. (on 3 microfilm reels) |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | A descriptive catalogue of the Du Simitière papers in the Library Company of Philadelphia is available on reel P25 (fr. 672-774). Location of Original: Originals in the Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming, 1955, by the Library Company of Philadelphia. In 1785 Du Simitière's effects were sold at auction, resulting in his library being scattered. Most of the manuscripts were purchased by the Library Company of Philadelphia. The Library of Congress later acquired some others. The whereabouts of some material is still uncertain. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Pierre Eugène Du Simitière Papers, 1660-1770 | repository | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| description | Printed petitions, broadsides, open letters, and political comments pertaining to the election of members to the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, and to a controversy concerning the printing of paper currency. |
| extent | 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://arcat.library.wisc.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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