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Archives related to: Southwick, John Claflin
| title | Southwick Family Collection, 1865-1905. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The Southwick family collection consists of a group of photographs and daguerrotypes of family members and residences; marriage, birth, and baptismal documentation; materials relating to Horace C. Southwick's architectural career and travels; a small amount of documentation of the family's art collection; and ephemeral publications relating to Henry Ward Beecher. A group of books, also part of the gift, have been cataloged individually. Of particular interest are the Horace C. Southwick materials, an illustrated travel diary (1885); sketchbook (1896-97, France); sketches, photographs, and postcards of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Biddeford Pool, Maine, a church designed by H.C. Southwick; and copies of published and unpublished poems by Southwick. Biographical/Historical Note: The Southwicks were a prominent Brooklyn Heights family. John Claflin Southwick (1835-1896) was in the hide and leather business and a partner at Schultz, Southwick & Co. (1864-1884); he was married to Ella Mather Clapp Southwick (1840-1927). Their four children were John C. Southwick, Jr. (b.1865), Susie Kent Southwick Phelps (b.1868), architect Horace Claflin Southwick (1871-1925), and Clifford Southwick (b.1875). An important family connection was Henry Ward Beecher, minister of Plymouth Church of Brooklyn. The Southwick children were baptized by Beecher and John C. Southwick was a character witness at the Beecher/Tilton trial in 1874. Southwick family members were active art patrons, commissioning the family and Beecher portraits associated with this collection from artists George A. Baker and Thomas Waterman Wood. Notes: Brooklyn Museum of Art, Department of Painting & Sculpture, 1999.54.1-.7 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Department of Decorative Arts, TL1999.266.1-.11. Location: ARL Special Collections Folio Call Number: SCR FOLIO CS71 So8 B39 Available in Other Physical Formats: Photograph album: portrait of Susie Southwick on her father's lap Available as 4 x 5 b&w photonegative; In Archives. Photograph album: portrait of Susie Southwick on her father's lap (#5) Available as 4x5 color transparency; In Archives. Photograph album: portrait of H.W. Beecher (#16) Available as 4x5 color transparency; In Archives. Location: ARL Special Collections Folio Call Number: SCR FOLIO CS71 So8 B39 Other Author(s): Southwick, John Claflin, 1835-1896. Southwick, Ella Mather Clapp, 1840-1927. Southwick, John C., Jr., 1865- Phelps, Susie Kent Southwick, 1868- Southwick, Horace Claflin, 1871-1925. Southwick, Clifford, 1875- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. Baker, George Augustus, 1821-1880. Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903. |
| extent | 4 print boxes |
| formats | Photographs Deguerreotype Legal Papers Ephemera Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013110869707141 |
| finding aid | Inventory available in repository. |
| acquisition information | Family photographs, documents, and books presented to the Brooklyn Museum of Art by Southwick descendents in conjunction with the donation of a group of family portraits, a portrait of Henry Ward Beecher, and family memorabilia. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:05 |
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