Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Tanenbaum, Moses
| title | Hortense Ferne papers, 1840-1965 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters from Harry Roseland, Edward Caswell, Francis C. Jones, Devitt Welsh, and John Taylor Arms; autographs of American literary and art figures, late 19th-20th centuries; catalogs of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers, 1928-1937; catalog, March 1906, of the American Association of Artists listing paintings sold for Moses Tanenbaum, Ferne's father, a collector; and 36 letters to Tanenbaum from painters James Gale Tyler, Arthur P. Tait, Thomas Moran, Edward L. Henry, Jules Worms, Frederick James, Arthur Parton, Henry P. Smith, and Frank Russell Greene, discussing the progress of Tanenbaum commissions Also includes autographs and sketches to Ferne and two letters from Stephen Massett and William H. Payne. |
| extent | 0.2 linear ft. (50 items on 2 microfilm reels) reels 50-51 and 97 |
| formats | Correspondence Inventories Sketches |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.fernhort.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/hortense-ferne-papers-8106 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1971 by Hortense Ferne. Her father's letters were re-microfilmed on reel 97. Some of the materials on reels 50-51 were returned to Ferne after microfilming. A portion of thses materials was retained by Hortense Ferne after microfilming. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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