Archives of American Art

Artists' Fellowship records

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.artifell
Creators:
Artists' Fellowship
Dates:
1872-1980
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Linear feet
(partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, membership files, minutes, historian's records, financial material, subject files, and miscellany.
Scope and Contents
REEL 2029: 41 group photographs of artists' outings. Appearing in one or more photos are: George R. Barse, Charles Bittinger, A.E. Blackmore, Robert F. Bloodgood, J.G. Brown, Frederick S. Church, Percival De Luce, William H. Drake, Charles H. Ebert, Homer F. Emens, L. Farragut, William B. Faxon, William C. Fitler, Arthur R. Freedlander, J.C. Guy, Seymour J. Guy, William St. John Harper, Carl Hirschberg, William H. Howe, Francis C. Jones, James Kinsella, L. Kleiser, Homer Lee, Joseph Lauber, William H. Lippincott, Will H. Low, George W. Maynard, Charles F. W. Mielatz, B. Mitchell, James C. Nicoll, Ivan G. Olinsky, John F. O'Sullivan, W. P. Phelps, William M. Post, Frederick Richardson, Roswell M. Shurtleff, William T. Smedley, Charles Y. Turner, Douglas Volk, and Giles Whiting.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Artists' Fellowship's purpose is to assist artists and their families in case of sickness, bereavement or distress. It grew out of the Helpful Society, founded 1868, and housed in the Tenth Street Studio Building. It became the Artists' Mutual Aid Society, whose name was changed in 1889 to the Artists' Aid Society. In 1925 the Society was incorporated as Artists' Fellowhip, Inc.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2029 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1980 by Artists' Fellowship, via Michael Engel II, President. The original negatives and album of vintage prints on reel 2029 were found in the offices of the National Academy of Design, where the Fellowship at one time maintained offices.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Identities of recipients of awards: Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from Artists' Fellowship, Inc. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Terms of Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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Barse, George R., 1861-1938 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bittinger, Charles, 1879-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Blackmore, A. E. (Arthur E), 1854-1921 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bloodgood, Robert Fanshawe, 1848-1930 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brown, John George, 1831-1913 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
De Luce, Percival, 1847-1914 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drake, W. H. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ebert, Charles H., 1873-1959 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Emens, Homer F. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Faxon, William Bailey, 1849-1941 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fitler, William Crothers, b. 1857 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Freedlander, Arthur R., d. 1940 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guy, J. C. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guy, Seymour J., 1824-1910 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harper, William St. John, 1851-1910 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hirschberg, Carl, 1854-1923 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Howe, William Henry, 1846-1929 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Jones, Francis Coates, 1857-1932 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kinsella, James, 1857-1923 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kleiser, Lorentz, 1879-1963 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lauber, Joseph, b. 1855 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lee, Homer, 1855-1923 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lippincott, William H. (William Henry), 1849-1920 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maynard, George W. (George Willoughby), 1843-1923 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mielatz, Charles Frederick William, 1860- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nicoll, James Craig, 1846-1918 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Olinsky, Ivan G. (Ivan Gregorewitch), 1878-1962 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
O'Sullivan, John F. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Phelps, W. P. (William Preston), 1848-1923 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Post, William Merritt, 1856-1935 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Richardson, Frederick, 1862-1937 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shurtleff, Roswell Morse, 1838-1915 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas), 1858-1920 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Turner, Charles Yardley, 1850-1918 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whiting, Giles, 1873-1937 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists' Mutual Aid Society Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists' Aid Society Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Helpful Society Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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