Archives of American Art

Olaf Brauner letters

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.brauolaf
Creators:
Brauner, Olaf M., 1869-1947
Dates:
1895-1938
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
200 Items
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters to Brauner, mainly from artists invited to participate in exhibitions arranged by Brauner at Cornell University. Prominent correspondents include: Giffford Beal, George Bellows, Frank Benson, Karl Bitter, Edith Burroughs, Emil Carlson, John Carlson, Charles Caffin, Arthur Crisp, Randall Davey, Paul Dougherty, Daniel Garber, Lillian Genth, William Glackens, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Charles Hopkinson, Henry Hubbell, John Johansen, William Sargent Kendall; Leon Kroll, Jonas Lie, William Macbeth, William Mason, Gari Melchers, Willard Metcalf, Leonard Ochtman, Bela Lyon Pratt, Maurice Prendergast, A. Phimister Proctor, Edward Redfield, William Ritschel, Walter Sargent, Eugene Speicher, Robert Spencer, D. W. Tryon, C. Howard Walker, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Judd Waugh, and others.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Olaf Brauner (1869-1947) was a portrait painter, occasional sculptor, and first professor of art at Cornell University.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3888-3889 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The donor, Erling Brauner, is Olaf Brauner's son.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

More Information

Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
A finding aid listing correspondents is available at all Archives of American Art offices.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art -- Exhibitions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art museums, University and college -- New York (State) -- Ithaca Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carlson, John F., 1874-1945 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Davey, Randall, 1887-1964 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Garber, Daniel, 1880- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Glackens, William J., 1870-1938 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Henri, Robert, 1865-1929 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hubbell, Henry Salem, 1870-1938 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Johansen, John C. (John Christen), 1876-1964 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kendall, William Sergeant, 1869-1938 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macbeth, William, 1851-1917 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mason, William, 1829-1908 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ochtman, Leonard, 1854-1934 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ritschel, William, 1864-1949 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sargent, Walter, b. 1868 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Spencer, Robert, 1879-1931 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Walker, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1857-1936 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Waugh, Frederick Judd, 1861-1940 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bellows, George, 1882-1925 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cornell University -- Faculty Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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