Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Wolff, Christian H
| title | Fahnestock family Papers, 1849-1873. | repository | The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| description | Papers of the Fahnestock family comprise: George W. Fahnestock, diary, 1863- 1867; Mrs. Anna M. Fahnestock diary, 1869-1873; newspaper clippings on the burning of the steamboat United States, 1868; executors' account of the estate of George W. Fahnestock, 1868; notes on the Fahnestock and the Wolff families. |
| extent | (11 v.) |
| formats | Diaries Clippings Estate Papers Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.hsp.org/files/findingaid1269fahnestock.pdf |
| record source | http://discover.hsp.org/ |
| acquisition information | Gift of C.H. Wolff, Mrs. Francis K. Wolff, and Bernard Bunting Wolff, 1939, 1941. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:47 |
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| title | The Christian H. Wolff Pamphlet Collection, 1810–81 (18 volumes) | repository | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| description | Christian H. Wolff (1815–1887) was a Pittsburgh collector of art and books who lived in Philadelphia for a time in the 1860s. His family owned a large hardware business in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The collection consists of 319 items bound in eighteen volumes. Volumes 1–5 include essays, printed descriptions of private art collections in Philadelphia, and American and European exhibition catalogues. Volumes 6–18 contain American auction catalogues. Many of the sales catalogues contain marginal notes about buyers and prices as well as clippings about the sales. This collection was not filmed by the Archives of American Art, but a title list appears in the 1990 AAA guide. |
| extent | 18 volumes |
| formats | Writings Printed Materials Catalogs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.pafa.org/SiteData/doc/archivesWebMssCollec%20fnl/67129de26fdcfacd6f59893b2be5e1b8/archivesWebMssCollec%20fnl.pdf |
| finding aid | Alphabetical and chronological card file indexes are available at the Archives. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | David Gilmour Blythe Artist's File | repository | Carnegie Public Library of Pittsburgh |
| description | Christian H. Wolff, "Ledger of Art Possessions, 1857-85," MS in Blythe Artist's File, Carnegie Public Library, Pittsburgh |
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| bibliography | Bruce W. Chambers. "The World of David Gilmour Blythe (1815–1865)," (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Collection of Fine Arts, 1980) |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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