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| title | August Jaccaci papers, 1889-1935 (bulk 1904-1914). |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters, mostly concerning Jaccaci's joint editorship with John La Farge of the book, Noteworthy Paintings in American Collections; typescript pages of research material relating to the book and photographs (unmicrofilmed) of works of art. The papers cover the one published volume as well as the unrealized volumes. Also included are photographs of early American wall stencils. The collection documents Jaccaci's work as an art historian, writer, and editor, primarily during the period he researched, compiled, and published his book, "Noteworthy Paintings in Private American Collections." More than one-half of the collection consists of extensive correspondence to and from many notable artists, collectors, and art historians, including John La Farge, Kenyon Cox, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Bernard Sickert concerning the research and publication of the book. The papers also house legal files, writings and notes, art collection research files, and photographs of artwork. Correspondents include art historians, critic, artists, and art collectors, as well as publishers, photographers, printers, and agents. These letters discuss the research of famous American art collections, writing of essays for the book, and the book production and publication. There is extensive correspondence with his co-editor John La Farge, and with his employee Carl Snyder who was working in Europe. Other correspondence is with magazines, art associations, academic institutions, and French service organizations. Also included is a small amount of personal correspondence with friends and colleagues. Correspondents, many of whom were contributors, include Samuel H. Adams, American Academy in Rome, R. B. Angus, Sir Walter Armstrong, John W. Beatty, Cecilia Beaux, Bernard Berenson, Ernest L. Blumenschein, Wilhelm Bode, Louis De Monvel Boutet, James Britton, George De Forest Brush, Bryson Burroughs, Charles H. Caffin, Alexis Carrel, Mary Cassatt, Willa Cather, John Jay Chapman, Sir Martin Conway, Kenyon Cox, Eyre Crowe, Elsie De Wolfe, William H. Downes, Charles L. Freer, Daniel C. French, Max Friedlander, Roger Fry, Isabella Gardner, Jules Guiffrey, Jay Hambidge, Charles Henry Hart, James J. Hill, Lewis C. Hind, Sir Charles J. Holmes, Elbert Hubbard, James Huneker, Samuel Isham, Thayer Jaccaci, Bettina E. Johnson, John La Farge, Oliver La Farge, Ernest Lawson, Will H. Low, Frank J. Mather, Henry McCarter, Samuel McClure, Francis D. Millet, Paul E. More, George F. Of, Ivan Olinsky, Walter Pach, Ernest Peixotto, Elizabeth Pennell, Michael I. Pupin, Jean F. Raffaelli, Salomon Reinach, Henry Reuterdahl, Corrado Ricci, Jean P. Richter, Gisela M. Richter, Frederic Sherman, Bernhard Sickert, Osvald Siren, Joseph L. Steffens, Ida Tarbell, Anne Taylor, Carl Taylor, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Wilhelm Valentiner, John C. Van Dyke, Adolfo Venturi, J. Alden Weir, John F. Weir, William A. White, Helen H. Whitney, and Rufus Zogbaum. Research material includes information on the following collections: R. B. Angus, George Baker, Charles T. Barney, August Belmont, Chauney J. Blair, Cleveland Burke, A. M. Byers, Thomas M. Davis, G. A. Drummond, William L. Elkins, James W. Ellsworth, Henry Clay Frick, Isabella S. Gardner, J. W. Gates, George Jay Gould, L. C. Hanna, Henry O.Havemeyer, John Hay, James J. Hill, Charles L Hutchinson, Hyers, John J. Johnson, Mr. Lodge, Frank G. Logan, Cyrus Hall and R. Hall McCormick, James H. McFadden, Emerson McMillan, Samuel Mather, Frank G. Morgan, Horace Morison, Ada Brooks Pope, James Ross, Martin A. Ryerson, Albert A. Sprague, Charles W. Taft, Herbert L. Terrell, Edward R. Thomas, William H. Vanderbilt, William Van Horne, J. H. Wade, Harris Whittemore and P. A. B. Widener. Also included (reel D126) are photographs of early American wall stencils. Forty-eight unmicrofilmed photographs of works of art are from the Henry C. Frick, William Van Horne, and P. A. B. Widener files. Legal files include contracts and legal agreements for the August F. Jaccaci Company, as well as legal agreements with John La Farge concerning the research and publication of their joint book. Writings and notes include Jaccaci's lists and notes pertaining to the Noteworthy Paintings project, as well as other miscellaneous notes. Also found are writings by John La Farge that include drafts of a book, lectures, and notes about his artwork. Writings by others in this series also include draft essays by many art historians for Jaccaci's book. For the Noteworthy Paintings project, Jaccaci created numerous research files for American art collections and collectors that would be included. These research files include lists of works of art, essays and other notes about the collection written by prominent art historians. Photographs are of works of art supporting the research files. Also found in this collection are photographs of and notes about New England stencil designs. It is unclear what the connection is between Jaccaci and the stencil designs. Author(s): Jaccaci, Augusto Floriano, 1857-1930. Beaux, Cecilia,; 1855-1942. Berenson, Bernard,; 1865-1959. Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard,; 1874-1960. Bode, Wilhelm von,; 1845-1929. Boutet de Monvel, Louis-Maurice,; 1851-1913. Britton, James,; 1878-1936. Brush, George de Forest,; 1855-1941. Burroughs, Bryson,; 1869-1934. Caffin, Charles Henry,; 1854-1918. Carrel, Alexis,; 1873-1944. Cassatt, Mary,; 1844-1926. Cather, Willa,; 1873-1947. Chapman, John Jay,; 1862-1933. Conway, William Martin,; Sir,; 1856-1937. Cox, Kenyon,; 1856-1919. Crowe, Eyre,; Sir,; 1864-1925. De Wolfe, Elsie,; 1865-1950. Downes, William Howe,; 1854-1941. Freer, Charles Lang,; 1856-1919. French, Daniel Chester,; 1850-1931. Friedländer, Max J.,; 1867-1958. Fry, Roger Eliot,; 1866-1934. Gardner, Isabella Stewart,; 1840-1924. Guiffrey, Jules,; 1840-1918. Hambidge, Jay,; 1867-1924. Hart, Charles Henry,; 1847-1918. Hill, James Jerome,; 1838-1916. Hind, C. Lewis; 1862-1927. ; (Charles Lewis), Holmes, C. J.; 1868-1936. ; (Charles John), Hubbard, Elbert,; 1856-1915. Huneker, James,; 1857-1921. Isham, Samuel,; 1855-1914. Jaccaci, Thayer. Johnson, Bettina Eastman. La Farge, John,; 1835-1910. La Farge, Oliver,; 1901-1963. Lawson, Ernest,; 1873-1939. Low, Will Hicok,; 1853-1932. Mather, Frank Jewett,; 1868-1953. McCarter, Henry,; 1866-1942. McClure, S. S.; 1857-1949. ; (Samuel Sidney), Millet, Francis Davis,; 1846-1912. More, Paul Elmer,; 1864-1937. Of, George F.; b. 1876. ; (George Ferdinand), Olinsky, Ivan G.; 1878-1962. ; (Ivan Gregorewitch), Pach, Walter,; 1883-1958. Peixotto, Ernest,; b. 1869. Pennell, Elizabeth Robins,; 1855-1936. Pupin, Michael Idvorsky,; 1858-1935. Raffaëlli, Jean François,; 1850-1924. Reinach, Salomon,; 1858-1932. Reuterdahl, Henry,; 1871-1925. Ricci, Corrado,; 1858-1934. Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta,; 1882-1972. Richter, Jean Paul,; 1847-1937. Sherman, Frederic Fairchild,; 1874-1940. Sickert, Bernard,; 1862-1932. Sirén, Osvald,; 1879- Steffens, Lincoln,; 1866-1936. Tarbell, Ida M.; 1857-1944. ; (Ida Minerva), Taylor, Anne. Taylor, Carl. Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander,; 1865-1921. Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold,; 1880-1958. Van Dyke, John Charles,; 1856-1932. Venturi, Adolfo,; 1856-1941. Weir, Julian Alden,; 1852-1919. Weir, John F.; b. 1841. ; (John Ferguson), White, William Allen,; 1868-1944. Whitney, Helen Hay,; 1875-1944. Zogbaum, Rufus F.,; 1849-1925. Adams, Samuel Hopkins,; 1871-1958. Angus, R. B. Armstrong, Walter,; Sir,; 1850-1918. Beatty, John W.; 1851-1924. ; (John Wesley) Bio / His Notes: Jaccaci, a mural painter and writer, was born in France and came to the United States in the 1880s. He and painter John La Farge were editors for what they hoped would be a multi-volume series to be called Noteworthy Paintings in Private Collections. The first volume was published in 1907, but with the untimely death of La Farge, Jaccaci abandoned the project. |
| extent | 7.2 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 9 reels) |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Research Files Notes Legal Files |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.jaccaugu.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/august-jaccaci-papers-6877 |
| finding aid | Finding Aid Online |
| acquisition information | Papers were purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which had acquired them for director Francis Henry Taylor's research for Taste of Angels. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:31 |
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| title | Records, 1866-1916 (bulk 1905-1912). |
| repository | Hagley Museum and Library |
| description | Samuel Rea, the third great engineer-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was born in Hollidaysburg, Pa., on September 21, 1855. He began working for the PRR as a chainman in 1871, later served as assistant engineer on several branch lines in western Pennsylvania, and became principal assistant engineer of construction in 1884. On August 1, 1889, Rea resigned to become chief engineer of the Baltimore Belt Railroad, which joined two previously disconnected sections of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in that city. As a result, Rea developed considerable expertise both in urban tunnelling and mainline electrification. It was this experience that brought his recall to the PRR by President Roberts in 1892 and his assignment to study the Underground and railroad terminals in London as a model for future PRR improvements in Philadelphia. With the death of his patron, J. N. DuBarry, in 1892, Rea succeeded him in the direction of all new construction work. He was elevated successively to fourth vice president (1899), third vice president (1905), second vice president (1909) and first vice president (1911). When numerical designations were dropped in 1912, Rea became Vice President (executive) and was elected to the presidency on January 1, 1913. He retired under the rules of the Pension Department on October 1, 1925, but he remained on the board of directors until his death on March 24, 1929. Rea's position straddled traditional departmental lines. The great expansion and modernization of plant that began in the late 1880s and continued until World War I required an executive who could bridge the gap between the engineering required for new works and the fund-raising and accounting necessary for their construction. Rea's primary duties involved the direct supervision of the design and construction of new lines and the corporate work necessary to organize and finance new subsidiaries under whose charters the work would be done. He also had indirect supervision of the Treasury and Accounting Departments insofar as necessary to carry out his duties. Supervision of the Treasury Department was transferred to Henry Tatnall, on June 1, 1904. Rea had two principal subordinates, Engineer of Branch Lines Joseph U. Crawford, and Albert J. County, who was transferred to Rea's office in 1906 to handle the corporate work. Upon Rea's elevation to the presidency, County was moved into the Financial Department, and the engineer of branch lines' work was assumed by the regular engineering department. Rea's greatest responsibility was the direction of the huge Pennsylvania Station construction project in New York City. He also supervised the Hell Gate Bridge project, which permitted trains from New England points to reach Penn Station, but the bridge was not completed until 1917. Rea's surviving files cover primarily the period from 1905 to his elevation to the presidency at the end of 1912. Earlier documents dating back to 1866 were occasionally preserved, and Rea's correspondence was continued in the files of the vice president in charge of treasury, accounting and corporate work, and of the chief of corporate work. About one-third of the records describe Rea's work on the Penn Station project and its auxilliaries, including the Hudson & Manhattan "Tubes" and the Hell Gate Bridge. They include minutes of the Board of Engineers (1902-1908) and describe most aspects of the work, including the tunnels and some information about McKim, Mead & White's work on the station building. Other files describe the unbuilt North River Bridge and the work of its engineer, Gustav Lindenthal. The balance of the records are about evenly divided between the engineering and financial work required by the company's great turn-of-the-century modernization program. There is much technical material on bridges, tunnels, and electric traction, as well as much information on the early history of the New York subways, with comparative data on those in London and other cities. There is also substantial information on marine terminals and freight handling at the Port of New York, including an excellent album of photos showing the piers and yards along West Street and reports on the early planning for the New York Central's elevated West Side Freight Line. Other important projects include Potomac Yard and the low grade line between Trenton and Harrisburg. There is also some information on the last phase of the abortive scheme to develop Montauk Harbor into a transatlantic port, a notion inherited from the Long Island Railroad. Among the several pieces, preserved by Rea but not related to his later career, are comments on Herman Haupt's plan for improving the Ohio River (1866). On the financial and corporate side, there are files on the PRR's acquisition of interests in the Baltimore & Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroads, and on the sale of the Pennsylvania Steel Company to Bethlehem Steel. Lastly, there are files on general topics of railroad and business administration and on Rea's role as company spokesman to civic organizations. There are files concerning the company's Engineering, Relief and Pension Departments, and notes on the Publicity Bureau set up by Ivy Lee with samples of early press releases. |
| extent | 25 linear ft. |
| formats | Business Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available at the repository. |
| acquisition information | Found In: Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Records. (CStRLIN) DEHV87-A32. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Joseph Stephen Cullinan Collection, 1895-1939 |
| repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| description | Aside from its obvious use as a significant source for those persons interested in the petroleum industry, this collection covers a wide range of other research topics. Business and economic historians will be interested in the extensive financial records and correspondence of such companies as the Petroleum Iron Works Co., Producers Oil Co., the Texas Company, Farmer's Petroleum Co., and the American Republics Corporation. The collection includes records of the land division of the Shadyside subdivision, accounts of the construction of Cullinan's Shadyside residence and of the building and maintenance of his Pasadena farm. These particular documents provide a wealth of information for architectural and agricultural historians. Finally, historians of the City of Houston will be able to make use of the records of Cullinan's integral involvement with the improvement of the city through such efforts as the Houston Negro Hospital, the Northside Belt Railway, and the founding of the Museum of Fine Arts. Political scientists will find his participation in politics on the local, state, and national level as well as his involvement in Irish affairs and other international issue of particular interest. Biographical Note Few of the major figures in the history of Houston have had as widespread an influence as Joseph Stephen Cullinan. At times, the word paradoxical comes to mind when the scope of his diverse interests is examined. A leading early exponent for the Texas oil industry, Cullinan was yet an ardent conservationist, who argued for governmental controls over the petroleum business out of concern for preserving natural resources. Although he maintained a fairly consistent record of lifetime support for the Democratic Party, Cullinan advocated the Progressive candidacy of Robert LaFollette in 1924 and in the later years of his life supported the reactionary Liberty League after he became disenchanted with the policies of the New Deal. Despite his flirtations with nativist movements, he strongly opposed the Ku Klux Klan as a result of his own Irish Catholic background, even though he disavowed any affiliation with organized religion. Arriving in Corsicana, Texas from his native Pennsylvania, where he was born on December 31, 1860, Cullinan immediately became involved in the exploration and drilling of the Corsicana oil fields, borrowing on his own experiences as an oil field worker for Standard Oil. After the discoveries at Spindletop in 1901 shifted the geographical emphasis of the Texas oil industry to the Beaumont area, Cullinan moved his own center of operations there, where he became president of the newly-formed Texas Company in 1902. Recognizing the potential of Houston as an oil center, Cullinan moved the headquarters of the Texas Company there in 1908. |
| extent | 69 Boxes |
| formats | Correspondence Business Papers |
| access | Open for research. Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form. For more information, consult the appropriate librarian. |
| record source | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uhsc/00057/hsc-00057.html |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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